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/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/miscellaneous/icici-bill-pay-is-going-from-bad-to-worse http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/miscellaneous/icici-bill-pay-is-going-from-bad-to-worse#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 05:36:22 +0000 Yash http://www.yash.info/blog/?p=478 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 [...]]]> http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/miscellaneous/icici-bill-pay-is-going-from-bad-to-worse/feed 0 http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/miscellaneous/tips-for-online-book-shopping-in-india http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/miscellaneous/tips-for-online-book-shopping-in-india#comments Fri, 05 Nov 2010 21:17:29 +0000 Yash http://www.yash.info/blog/?p=294 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 [...]]]> http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/miscellaneous/tips-for-online-book-shopping-in-india/feed 2 http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/miscellaneous/routine http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/miscellaneous/routine#comments Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:44:44 +0000 Yash http://www.yash.info/blog/?p=281 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 [...]]]> http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/miscellaneous/routine/feed 0 http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/miscellaneous/a-chinese-way-of-selling-domain-names http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/miscellaneous/a-chinese-way-of-selling-domain-names#comments Sat, 12 Jun 2010 11:51:47 +0000 Yash http://www.yash.info/blog/?p=273 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 [...]]]> http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/miscellaneous/a-chinese-way-of-selling-domain-names/feed 2 http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/miscellaneous/phishing-email-in-hindi http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/miscellaneous/phishing-email-in-hindi#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2010 11:27:35 +0000 Yash http://www.yash.info/blog/?p=254 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. [...]]]> http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/miscellaneous/phishing-email-in-hindi/feed 0 http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/miscellaneous/server-is-hung http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/miscellaneous/server-is-hung#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:06:57 +0000 Yash http://www.yash.info/blog/?p=244 “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 [...]]]> http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/miscellaneous/server-is-hung/feed 0 http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/miscellaneous/bye-bye-2009-welcome-2010 http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/miscellaneous/bye-bye-2009-welcome-2010#comments Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:34:25 +0000 Yash http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/miscellaneous/bye-bye-2009-welcome-2010/ 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 [...]]]> http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/miscellaneous/bye-bye-2009-welcome-2010/feed 0 http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/miscellaneous/recipe-for-success http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/miscellaneous/recipe-for-success#comments Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:30:33 +0000 Yash http://www.yash.info/blog/?p=229 A quickie – Recipe for success A bit of hard work A bit of smart work A bit of opportunity A bit of intelligence A bit of risk-taking A few connections A supportive family/spouse And voila!]]> http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/miscellaneous/recipe-for-success/feed 0 http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/miscellaneous/rain-as-seen-from-my-office http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/miscellaneous/rain-as-seen-from-my-office#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:06:33 +0000 Yash http://www.yash.info/blog/?p=186 ]]> http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/miscellaneous/rain-as-seen-from-my-office/feed 0