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Change!

Don’t worry… I am not going to talk about politics and elections.. I am going to make a few changes here.
A new customised theme.. designed by yours truly. I was never happy with the themes I found.
Instead of many small posts, I will have one nice big write up once a week or so.
I will [...]

Ubuntuguide.org crashes ubuntu??

I just installed Ubuntu 8.04. Installed using WUBI and everything working perfectly on my HP Pavilion dv6750ee laptop apart from the Wifi adapter. Anyway, there is a fix online which solves this problem.
But there is one very interesting bug.. When I open firefox and try to surf to Ubuntuguide.org, Ubuntu crashes! Well, technically, X [...]

Do Orkut apps work?

I just installed the Flixster movies application in my orkut profile. When I click on the application link on the left, it shows flixster’s loading animation for a few seconds and then shows a blank page.
EDIT: Its the flixster movies application that doesn’t work. I tried iLike and its working fine

Another interesting thing [...]

BarCamp Bangalore!

One month since I posted something here. Reason: I started playing World of Warcraft, and now, all the free time I get is spent in the world of Azeroth and Outland. My character is already level 60! Yes, I am now officially jobless.
Anyway, few things of point out:
My blog was offline for a week because [...]

God bless Airtel for Mobile Office! BSNL wireless not upto the mark..

God bless Airtel for their Mobile Office plan. Gone are the days when they used to cut your balance and leave you unactivated. In the recent times, the speed and connectivity has really increased. Browsing and small downloads are really comfortable now.
However, now there is another reasonable option. BSNL wireless internet service. They give laptop [...]

Airtel mobile office and DND on website..

I just browsing through Airtel’s website and I found 2 really interesting things:

They have not mentioned their Rs 100 per week (or Rs 20 a day) mobile office plan anywhere in their website. Instead, they have this: http://www.airtel.in/Level2_t3_services.aspx?path=1/6/6/3/6 which is truly scary. These are the same rates as their data card plans!
You can now register for [...]

Dubai Metro Pics

I got a forward with 10 pics of the Dubai Metro under construction. Its looks so beautiful, its hard to imagine that this place was practically nothing but a desert only a couple of decades ago.
And lets not forget the tallest building in the world Burj Dubai! And all those artificial islands, including those 3 palms, the world map, and [...]

Internet.. My unhealthy addiction

How many website accounts do you have? Here is a list of mine:
GMail
Google Reader
Del.icio.us
Stumblupon
Digg
Reddit
Feedburner
Facebook
Orkut
Consumating
Twitter
MyBlogLog
Technorati
Wordpress.com
Yahoo!
Windows Live
Those are 16 which I can recall now, but I am sure there are a few more. I started using internet about 6 years ago, and now I can’t imagine living without it for a single day. A month ago when [...]

Why good jobs are hard to find, and the better alternative which most students ignore

I have been doing some thinking lately. Ever wondered why it is still so hard to get a good job in India and unemployment is so high? Also, why is this trend changing so rapidly in the recent times?
I may know nothing about economics, but here is my opinion on the subject. What you will [...]

Update: a new host, cross platform applications, OpenTTD..

Just after using my new host for 3 days, it stopped serving this site for some unknown reasons, so, for the second time in a month, I shifted my blog to yet another free host. One of these days, I am going to start paying for hosting, but I don’t think that day is very [...]