Archive for the ‘Miscellaneous’ Category

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 [...]

I have been an ICICI customer since 2003. I have been using their ebill pay facility for many years now and never had any problems but off late I am having so many issues its just too much! The problems started when my registered billers suddenly failed to get paid a few months back. I [...]

Tip for online book shoppers in India: Compare prices at Iglooo.in and isbn.net.in before buying. I got The God Delusion from landmarkonnet for Rs. 171 (After 10% discount), which is available for as high as 325 at some other sites. Don’t remember when I last bought a book from Crossword or a bookstore. Other book [...]

Routine

In: Miscellaneous

13 Aug 2010

I sleep at 3 AM, wake up at 9. Reach office at 11, have lunch at 3, reach home at 10, have dinner at 11, sleep at 3 and the cycle continues… Days, Weeks, Months, Years. Robotic life. I hate monotony. Sometimes its kick ass stuff, sometimes t]just plain old shit. What the fuck am [...]

I have been receiving emails from certain companies in China saying they have been approached by some company to register various domains for “Uconomix” like uconomix.cn, uconomix.asia, uconomix.cn, uconomix.com.cn, uconomix.com.hk, uconomix.com.tw etc. And since I own Uconomix.com domain and the Uconomix name, they have kept the application of the other company interested in registering these [...]

Scamsters have now started sending phishing emails in Hindi! I received one today telling me my Bank of India account has been blocked and I should login and activate it. Of course I dont have an account in Bank of India but what is interesting is the mail is in Hindi. Very bad Hindi actually. [...]

Server is hung

In: Fun|Miscellaneous

12 Jan 2010

“Server is hung”, informs Rohit. “Hung”? ins’t it supposed to be “hang”? asks Vijay. “Its past contonous tense” tells Rohit. “Past continous?, I think that is present continous.” Param jumps in the conversation. “I think that is present perfect” I give my opinion. By now everyone is interested in knowing what tense is that. So [...]

The year 2009 has been particularly good for me. Lots happening both on professional and personal fronts. Business revived taking the team size to 6. Got the new office, new car. My sister in law got married to my best friend – with whom we are going to spend our new year eve Watched lots [...]

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