http://www.yash.info/blog Yash's adventures with life, business and technology Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:46:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/personal/mensa-test-experience http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/personal/mensa-test-experience#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:46:59 +0000 Yash http://www.yash.info/blog/?p=528 I had taken the Mensa Admission Test back in the month of September. Got my results last week. There were two tests, one had 50 questions and the other had three sub tests with 15 or 20 questions each. All were multiple choice questions and we had to solve them in amazingly small amount of [...]]]> http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/personal/mensa-test-experience/feed 0 http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/uconomix/if-its-on-the-internet-it-must-be-true http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/uconomix/if-its-on-the-internet-it-must-be-true#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 07:09:50 +0000 Yash http://www.yash.info/blog/?p=524 ]]> http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/uconomix/if-its-on-the-internet-it-must-be-true/feed 1 http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/inspirational/why-complicate-life http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/inspirational/why-complicate-life#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 07:11:58 +0000 Yash http://www.yash.info/blog/?p=521 Missing somebody?…… Call Wanna meet up?….. Invite Wanna be understood?… Explain Have questions?…. Ask Don’t like something?.. Say it Like something?…. State it Want something?…. Ask for it Love someone?…. Tell it Courtesy: 9gag]]> http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/inspirational/why-complicate-life/feed 0 http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/personal/tatasky-hd-dth http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/personal/tatasky-hd-dth#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2011 11:31:49 +0000 Yash http://www.yash.info/blog/?p=512 Choosing a DTH provider in India is tougher than choosing a spouse. I have had a Full HD 32″ LCD TV for a year but I was still running on the old cable connection. Finally I thought it’s time to move on. Main lure was the presence of HD channels. Lots of channels are now [...]]]> http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/personal/tatasky-hd-dth/feed 2 http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/atheism/choose-your-path http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/atheism/choose-your-path#comments Sun, 27 Nov 2011 19:31:57 +0000 Yash http://www.yash.info/blog/?p=506 I stumbled upon this image and I posted it on Facebook. Somebody suggested a program should be made from it. What could be a better way to kill some time on Sunday for an atheist programmer? So a bit of jQuery and some image hunting and a program was ready. Choose Your Path The time [...]]]> http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/atheism/choose-your-path/feed 1 http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/movies/rockstar-transformation-of-a-regular-guy-to-a-devil-may-care-rockstar http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/movies/rockstar-transformation-of-a-regular-guy-to-a-devil-may-care-rockstar#comments Sun, 13 Nov 2011 07:08:30 +0000 Yash http://www.yash.info/blog/?p=501 Rockstar is the movie of the year! It’s the best of what Bollywood had on offer in 2011 so far. Mind you it’s not your typical Bollywood masala movie. It’s different. It does not have a happy ending, it doesn’t even have a sad ending, in fact it does not have any conclusive ending. Much [...]]]> http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/movies/rockstar-transformation-of-a-regular-guy-to-a-devil-may-care-rockstar/feed 2 http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/atheism/religions-are-a-waste http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/atheism/religions-are-a-waste#comments Sun, 06 Nov 2011 10:06:27 +0000 Yash http://www.yash.info/blog/?p=498 Couple of days back I was traveling in the train and I saw a middle aged man around 50. He was weary and visibly poor and he was holding a yellow bag in his right hand and had prayer beads inside it. He was reciting something…constantly. I kind of pitied that man. He probably had [...]]]> http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/atheism/religions-are-a-waste/feed 1 http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/miscellaneous/two-types-of-people http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/miscellaneous/two-types-of-people#comments Sat, 05 Nov 2011 20:44:07 +0000 Yash http://www.yash.info/blog/?p=494 There are two types of people 1) Those who just perform their biological functions – eating, reproducing and dying – the majority 2) Those who invent new things or new ways of doing things, they change the world, they change the way the majority lives. They are obviously the miniscule minority. wheel, fire, weapons, farming [...]]]> http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/miscellaneous/two-types-of-people/feed 0 http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/personal/online-passport-application-in-india-dont-trust-the-passport-website http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/personal/online-passport-application-in-india-dont-trust-the-passport-website#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 07:40:38 +0000 Yash http://www.yash.info/blog/?p=486 So you are a programmer, work whole day in front of a computer, do your shopping online, pay your bills online and file your IT return online and so you thought you will also be able to renew your passport online? Ha ha ha come back to the real world dumbass! You think you are [...]]]> http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/personal/online-passport-application-in-india-dont-trust-the-passport-website/feed 5 http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/mumbai/eye-donation-and-useful-tips-to-protect-the-eyes http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/mumbai/eye-donation-and-useful-tips-to-protect-the-eyes#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 07:20:25 +0000 Yash http://www.yash.info/blog/?p=480 I am part of Mumbai Freethinkers, Mumbai chapter of Nirmukta an organisation that promotes scientific thinking and rationality in India. We had organised an eye donation camp on Sunday 16 October and Dr. Mayur Morekar, a fellow freethinker gave an awesome presentation about the benefits of eye donation and gave some useful tips for protecting [...]]]> http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/mumbai/eye-donation-and-useful-tips-to-protect-the-eyes/feed 0