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Archive for 2008
Meaning of the “Dim” keyword in Basic
In: Programming
19 Dec 2008Visual Basic is my favourite programming language. And sometimes I used to winder what does the Dim in a variable declaration stand for. I had read about it sometimes back but I did not remember much, today I Googled up a bit and found the meaning. Dim stands for Dimension. It was used for declaring [...]
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Holy books provide a proof that god doesn’t exist
In: Atheism
16 Dec 2008Judaism, Christianity and Islam all originated from the common geographical area. Bible makes reference to Judaism and Moses and Quran acknowledges existence of both Moses and Jesus. However none of these three religions make any reference to Hinduism or Buddhism in thier holy books. It’s a proof that these books are not a word of [...]
Maruti Suzuki A-Star is launched in India
In: India
19 Nov 2008Maruti Suzuki’s latest offering A-Star is out today in India. I am very excited about this car. The official site of the car at www.marutisuzukiastar.com is terribly slow. May be everybody is rushing to the site to know more about this gorgeous looking car! (BTW the site is developed in .Net with heavy dosage of [...]
Video of moon’s surface taken by Chandrayaan
18 Nov 2008Here’s one of the first videos of the moon’s surface taken by the terrain mapping camera of Chandrayaan – India’s first unmanned mission to moon.
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- Tags: Chandrayaan, ISRO, moon
Bubble Breaker – 870 points in a single shot!
In: Fun
12 Nov 2008I was playing Bubble Breaker on my mobile and hit the jackpot! Got 870 points in a single shot! This is a big deal in this game and highest by far for me. Then I saw videos of a few people getting 1000+ score in a single hit but I am happy with this for [...]
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- Tags: Fun, game
EMICalc.net – Equated Monthly Installment Calculator
In: Miscellaneous|Web 2.0
12 Nov 2008I have launched EMICalc.net, another calculator site after AgeCalc.net (An age calculator). As the name suggest this site has a calculator to calculate your equated monthly installment for a mortgage or loan. There are tons of EMI Calculators out there but this one is bit different in the sense that it also tells you the [...]
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- Tags: amortization chart, EMI, mortgage
Donate to Wikipedia
In: Miscellaneous
5 Nov 2008It looks like Wikipedia’s annual fun raising is going on. I have donated whatever little I could contribute. In my opinion Wikipedia is a great service. I pay money to buy newspapers and subscribe to magazines. I use Wikipedia in the similar fashion – to gain information on various topics so the donation is well [...]
Sub prime crisis – an explanation in simple words
In: Interesting
5 Nov 2008I came across this presentation about how the sub prime crisis was created. It shows how borrowers, mortgage agents, banks, investment banks, rating agencies and governments f**** up! Very interesting. An explanation in very simple terms that everybody can understand. View in full screen to read the text clearly.
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I got a car
In: Personal
24 Oct 2008I got myself a car as a Diwali gift! My first one! A Maruti 800. It’s used but new for me anyway! I bought the car through carwale.com – India’s no. 1 car portal. The seller had posted a premium ad (so I could view his contact details). I called him, arranged to see the [...]
V.I.P. underware baniyan ringtone
22 Sep 2008V. I. P. Underware baniyaan! I had heard of this line from a song a long time back. One day I Googled a bit and found the source. A song from a 1977 movie Kitaab. Lyrics written by the great Gulzar. Wonderful song. I made an MP3 ringtone by cutting and joining a few pieces [...]
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- Manav: So funny.. [...]
- Ashok: Hi Yash, I got to see your "Indian Language Converter". It is really a good work done. I am just [...]
- Jason Webb: I hope Entrepreneurship is about doing something you like to do that fills a need or satisfies a wan [...]
- Lalit: I got this one a few times too ... [...]
- manish: I fully agree with the comments above. This is most stupid phone that I ever used nokia. [...]
