September 2008
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Beautiful Mashad, Iran by Ebrahim Baraz
Amazing work by Ebrahim Baraz. Check out the complete set at Ebrahim Baraz’s Photostream on Flickr http://flickr.com/photos/ebrahimbaraz/
Ramadan 2008 in pictures - http://tinyurl.com/3wcdnm
Nokia should give release notes with the update, listing the changes - this is a basic requirement
After all the trouble, the phone did not get updated but I am happy that no damage was done
Updating Nokia E51 firmware was a scary experience: the updater would stop at 15 mins and give a warning not to disconnect the phone cable
Extremely saddened on reading the poor boy’s fate in the Delhi blast.
The best way to curb terrorism is to actively involve the Muslim community to help weed out terrorists rather than isolating & blaming them
Rain in Chennai! Hope it continues for a while and brings down the heat
Awful Chennai weather - feels like summer in May
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Reflections in Ramzaan
As Ramzaan draws to a close, it is time to reflect on the cleansing that one has done to his/her soul in this month and carry forward the piety and good deeds to the rest of the year.
Photo by Beholder at http://www.flickr.com/photos/beholder/250758658/
A dull, quiet day at work. Hoping to wind things up early.
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Random thoughts
1:13 Its 1 AM in Chennai and there is a warm breeze blowing across the room. Sometimes, summer just refuses to go away…
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Random thoughts
1:0 Since Loud Twitter did not work on my tumblog on Tumblr, wrote a script that does the same thing. Plan to share the code shortly 0:56 @nancygandhi at least some other poor ladies will get the clothes/money 0:52 Like the new Twitter interface - looks clean and nice
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12:37 It reminds me of a Blue Star ad where Eskimos are shown at one end and camels at the other. 12:36 Centralized cooling in office is not working; one area is freezing, the other is warm.
I use Google News for getting news and I see this - http://tinyurl.com/5b3uxg
Jeremy Clarkson rips apart the Reva G-Wiz http://tinyurl.com/5rpeax
Looking at www.bubbl.us and www.mindmeister.com - online mind-mapping tools
Most of my eggs are in the Google basket: GMail, Google Reader, Bookmarks. Twitter, Tumblr and Flickr are the ones that are not.
Chris Brogan’s free book on personal branding: http://www.chrisbrogan.com/img/broganbranding.pdf
IFB Bosch cust service is horrible: they’ve not showed up for over 2 weeks to fix a washing machine part in warranty despite several calls
Probably a bit too much: http://tinyurl.com/5nmszy
Trying out Chrome - so far it looks ok; will definitely stick with Firefox; I’ve customized it just for my needs.
Lost Mozilla Thunderbird profile when reinstalling Win XP for SP2. Sad. Had a lot of folders, contacts, rules and stuff…
Installed XP SP2 (finally!) and building PC bottom up - everything fine so far except that Thunderbird is not able to locate the old profile
Successfully completed TOGAF8 certification; have been dabbling with architecture for a while and now certified too. www.opengroup.org
Crossing Mount Road at SPIC Jn. Guindy is an ordeal but today due to the security blockade for Sonia Gandhi and PM, it was a breeze
Saw a crowd at a roadside stall offering correspondence courses;went closer and found that it was for the pirated DVDs being sold behind it!
Dinamalar (Tamil daily) has published cartoons against the Prophet; unable to understand why some ppl always have to hurt others’ sentiments
In the mood for reviews, which explains the train of review tweets. Got into the top reviewer list in the process :) www.microrevie.ws
Shatabdi express between Bangalore and Chennai is an ISO 9000 certified train. Have always had a good experience though it is late at times
THIRST
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Overheard a conversation on the iphone
iphone prospective buyer: How is the phone?
iphone owner: Great, I love it!
iphone prospective buyer: How is the camera?
iphone owner: It is alright but is only 2 Megapixel
iphone prospective buyer: Does it have a flash?
iphone owner: No
iphone prospective buyer: What kind of lens does it have?
iphone owner: ... (blank)
iphone prospective buyer: Nokia uses Carl-Zeiss lens in most of their phones
iphone owner: ... (blank)
iphone prospective buyer: I need a real camera, I want to use it
iphone prospective buyer: You know what I will go buy the Nokia N96