Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) is expected in about a week here. I am definately going to upgrade have upgraded to it. albiet after about a week or so of the release, since I am pretty risk averse. So, I thought that this would be a good time to do a long term review of Ubuntu [...]
Adsense Outage
At about 10:45PM Indian Standard Time, I tried to access my Adsense account and it was down. Then I tried again at 11:30PM IST and it was up. The page displayed was the site down message in about 20 languages.
I wonder how many people like me will put this up on various blogs and sites.
Windows 7 to have 20 Editions?
Microsoft has confirmed that its next version of Windows is actually going to be called Windows 7, dispelling rumours that it is going to be called something fancy. Hopefully this minimalistic approach will also spill over into the operating system as well and they will be able to deliver to us something that is clean [...]
HAPPY DIWALI
Diwali, The festval of LIghts is here and so,
Here’s Wishing All a Very Happy and Prosperous Diwali!!!
What Americans Should Do
Here is a little humour that all Americans could use considering the amount of stress that they must be under.
If you had purchased $1000 of shares a year ago in:
Delta Aitlines, you would have $49 today
AIG, you would have $33 today
Lehman Brothers, you would have $0 today
But if you had purchased $1000 of beer one [...]
Hyderabad-Scary Pedestrians and Two Wheelers
This is an extremely biased review of the city based on the 2 days that I was there. So in the event that you happen to love the city for a reason unfathomable to me, you can save your energy and not hit out against this review because… I just don’t care for your point [...]
Mumbai to get Wax Museum
The Municipal Corporation of Mumbai (BMC) has gotten together its plans to start a Wax Museum in the city of Mumbai at the Birla Krida Kendra in the Marine Line area of the city. This ambitious project would occupy a total area of 56000 sq. ft. and will be akin to the famous Madame Tussauds [...]
Ubuntu 8.04 Long Term Review
Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) is expected in about a week here. I am definately going to upgrade have upgraded to it. albiet after about a week or so of the release, since I am pretty risk averse. So, I thought that this would be a good time to do a long term review of Ubuntu [...]
Letters from Iwo Jima
I finally saw Letters from Iwo Jima yesterday. The movie was extremely well made and the depictions of the time and life of the Japanese was very well done. The conditions on Iwo Jima (from what I have read) were shown well. Ken Watanbe was good as usual. I wonder how Client Eastwood was able [...]
Hyderabad-Scary Pedestrians and Two Wheelers
This is an extremely biased review of the city based on the 2 days that I was there. So in the event that you happen to love the city for a reason unfathomable to me, you can save your energy and not hit out against this review because… I just don’t care for your point [...]
HAPPY DIWALI
Diwali, The festval of LIghts is here and so,
Here’s Wishing All a Very Happy and Prosperous Diwali!!!
Ubuntu 8.04 Long Term Review
Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) is expected in about a week here. I am definately going to upgrade have upgraded to it. albiet after about a week or so of the release, since I am pretty risk averse. So, I thought that this would be a good time to do a long term review of Ubuntu [...]
What Americans Should Do
Here is a little humour that all Americans could use considering the amount of stress that they must be under.
If you had purchased $1000 of shares a year ago in:
Delta Aitlines, you would have $49 today
AIG, you would have $33 today
Lehman Brothers, you would have $0 today
But if you had purchased $1000 of beer one [...]
Letters from Iwo Jima
I finally saw Letters from Iwo Jima yesterday. The movie was extremely well made and the depictions of the time and life of the Japanese was very well done. The conditions on Iwo Jima (from what I have read) were shown well. Ken Watanbe was good as usual. I wonder how Client Eastwood was able [...]
What I am Reading Now - 3
I have now moved onto the 2nd book in the Dune series. The book is called Dune Messiah. The story takes up 12 years after the first book in which Paul Atreides comes back to defeat the Harkonens and the Padisha Emperor to take back Arrakis as his Dukedom.
In the second book Paul Atreides has [...]
Adsense Outage
At about 10:45PM Indian Standard Time, I tried to access my Adsense account and it was down. Then I tried again at 11:30PM IST and it was up. The page displayed was the site down message in about 20 languages.
I wonder how many people like me will put this up on various blogs and sites.
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