It dosent rain in Chennai Part III

28Oct05

Today morning I woke at around 6 to the sound of machinary.Stepping out into the balcony I saw some municipality workers running huge pumpsets that were pumping water out of houses and towards the graveyard.A few other ppl were also using power saws to cut off the remaining parts of a tree that gave way [...]

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It dosent rain in Chennai Part II

28Oct05

As I ate breakfast,the power lines gave way.I called up office and told them I might be late due to the rains..after all..it dosent rain in Chennai.The rain kept picking up..I called up a couple of cab companies to send a cab over..mostly I didnt get the line..and when I did the guy at the [...]

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It dosent rain in Chennai Part I

28Oct05

While starting for Chennai to join VZ, my dad dug out the old raincoat.I said NO! Dad,It dosent rain in Chennai.
I probably should have got it along.
This thursday when I started for office it was drizzling just a little,the sky was overcast and the clouds appeared heavy.I thanked my stars for making it to office [...]

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21Oct05

Cab from Office to Railway station    -free(offish pays)
Luxury taxi for the day                  - 1500 Rs
2 day stay in Taj Coromandel         -9800 Rs
Lunch at fancy restaurent             -1200 Rs
Balcony tickets for Love ActuallyA lot like love    -180 Rs
Coming back to office just to realise that the link is down- Priceless
There are somethings money can buy for some [...]

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Glass and Chrome

20Oct05

These days its raining in Chennai.I find out only when I step out of office early in the morning(Graveyard shift these days).
Most days its 35+ degrees in Chennai.I find out only when I step out of office.
Occasionally its a beautiful day in Chennai.I mostly miss those days because I am ensconed(?) in my office.
My office [...]

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Adsense for TV

18Oct05

These days I get to watch a lot of TV.Inside my room in my guest house, I have a TV without a set top box.For those of you not in the know,Chennai was the only metro in the country where the CAS ruling of a couple of years ago was implemented.
I can step into the [...]

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Does Google “really” own Blogger?

17Oct05

Normally when Google does something we expect it to be
 a.Cool
b.Fun
c.Innovative
d.Another step on the way to world domination
When Google buys out someone,we expect good things to come out of the acquisition too.For example Keyhole turned out to be the amazingly cool and endlessly fun Google Earth..Picasa which was a paid product before [...]

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Why work?

12Oct05

iPod Shuffle 512mb-99$
iPod Shuffle 1Gb-129$
iPod Nano 2Gb -199$
iPod Nano 4Gb -249$
iPod 20Gb      ~249$
iPod 60Gb      ~349$
iPod Video 30Gb-299$
iPod Video 60Gb-399$
iBook G4         -999$++
iMac G5          -1299$++
Thats why I work
 

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Analogies

12Oct05

My ex-boss ( I have recently shifted projects) and I would reach office at around the same time. We would both get equally frustrated looking for parking space close to the office building and would finally be forced to park 2km(Not exxagerating) away and walk back.
Everyday we would pass a dilipated old luna parked hardly [...]

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Shutterbug

11Oct05

I have been doing some research about digital cameras of late.I plan to buy one soon, as my “old” (13 months) camera has a broken LCD and various scratches and itches.
When I bought my first digicam I had a very basic set of parameters to satisfy.
1.Branded
2.Cheap(Sub 10k)
3.Easy to use yet a decent feature set.
4.Good picture [...]

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