tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79452482011-04-21T20:03:35.244-04:00Thoughts float around in my head,<br> Like tiny, glowing motes,<br> Ones that I want to be read,<br> Enter this blog as notes.AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.comBlogger2441100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1147547253830288942006-05-13T15:03:00.000-04:002006-05-13T15:11:08.760-04:00

After a lot of thinking and reflecting, I have decided that this blog needs to move. While I am not unhappy with the service that Blogger provides, I want the independence of having my own site and configuring it to my liking. Of course, the moving process has just begun, and as usual, run into some technical snags. The posts will be moved soon, but until then, keep an eye on the new photoblog.

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1147481269414115402006-05-12T20:45:00.000-04:002006-05-12T20:47:49.506-04:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Smile, originally uploaded by shadowfall. Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 ISExposure: 0.04 sec (1/25)Aperture: f/3.5Focal Length: 14.5 mmFocal Length: 0, 0, 0, 68

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1147400054906713742006-05-11T22:11:00.000-04:002006-05-11T22:14:15.010-04:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Tulip Heart, originally uploaded by shadowfall. Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 ISExposure: 0.001 sec (1/1000)Aperture: f/4.5Focal Length: 55.9 mmFocal Length: 2, 5590, 230, 172

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1147314782777281952006-05-10T22:30:00.000-04:002006-05-10T22:33:02.873-04:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Fried!, originally uploaded by shadowfall. Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 ISExposure: 0.017 sec (1/60)Aperture: f/3.5Focal Length: 19.7 mmFocal Length: 2, 1970, 230, 172

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1147234710871761052006-05-10T00:16:00.000-04:002006-05-10T00:18:33.500-04:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Web, originally uploaded by shadowfall. Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 ISExposure: 0.003 sec (1/320)Aperture: f/4Focal Length: 48.6 mmFocal Length: 2, 4860, 230, 172

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1147015391058386142006-05-07T11:20:00.000-04:002006-05-07T11:23:11.136-04:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Green heart, originally uploaded by shadowfall. Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 ISExposure: 0.01 sec (1/100)Aperture: f/4Focal Length: 26.8 mmFocal Length: 2, 2680, 230, 172

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1146843616851225412006-05-05T11:37:00.000-04:002006-05-05T11:40:16.970-04:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Shoestring, originally uploaded by shadowfall. Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 ISExposure: 0.001 sec (1/800)Aperture: f/4Focal Length: 57.8 mmFocal Length: 2, 5780, 230, 172

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1146615173756930482006-05-02T20:10:00.000-04:002006-05-02T20:12:53.840-04:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Framed Clouds, originally uploaded by shadowfall. I've been playing around with the focussing system on my camera (Canon S2 IS for those not in the know) over the past month.I've also been very lazy in uploading the photos

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1146371814309329012006-04-30T00:11:00.000-04:002006-04-30T00:36:57.796-04:00

The rain is raining all around, It falls on field and tree; It rains on the umbrellas here, And on the ships at sea. - Langston Hughes, April Rain Song Come, fill the Cup, and in the Fire of Spring The Winter Garment of Repentance fling: The Bird of Time has but a little way To fly--and Lo! the Bird is on the Wing. - Omar Khayyám Sweet April showers Do spring May flowers. - Thomas

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1146253898778310402006-04-28T15:51:00.000-04:002006-04-28T15:51:38.860-04:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Blues, originally uploaded by shadowfall. Praise the spells and bless the charms,I found April in my arms.April golden, April cloudy,Gracious, cruel, tender, rowdy;April soft in flowered languor,April cold with sudden anger

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1146098254254562842006-04-26T20:16:00.000-04:002006-04-26T20:37:34.336-04:00

A couple of posts back, I wrote that Colibri and Snarl were "dead in the water". Well, it seems that I am only partially right. I had written to Michael Walter (creator of Colibri) a few days back and when no response came immediately (read : in a day), I assumed that he was no longer developing it. But, to my great delight, I received this mail : Hi AC, I'll release a new version within 1

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1145849041854481322006-04-23T23:24:00.000-04:002006-04-23T23:24:01.940-04:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Repast, originally uploaded by shadowfall. Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 ISExposure: 0.077 sec (1/13)Aperture: f/2.7Focal Length: 6 mmThat was dinner tonight. For those not in the know, the menu comprised of1) Aloo (

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AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1145680096135051412006-04-21T23:54:00.000-04:002006-04-22T00:30:31.760-04:00

Before I start - let me apologize to all the people who develop software for a living. I have no idea how you work. I only have a theoretical idea on how software goes from concept to a finished product. People who own a Mac are lucky people - they have a bunch of talented people who think of innovative ideas - and then implement them. I am of course talking about the applications that are

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1145591870405921072006-04-20T23:57:00.000-04:002006-04-20T23:57:50.470-04:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Slits, originally uploaded by shadowfall. Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 ISExposure: 0.017 sec (1/60)Aperture: f/3.2Focal Length: 9.1 mmTook this photo last morning just before I dashed off to college. I'm looking for a

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1145424046887128932006-04-19T01:20:00.000-04:002006-04-19T01:20:46.960-04:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Wistful, originally uploaded by shadowfall. Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 ISExposure: 0.125 sec (1/8)Aperture: f/3.2Focal Length: 12.4 mmCropped from an original size of 2048 x 1536

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1145408229536611642006-04-18T20:57:00.000-04:002006-04-18T23:20:47.806-04:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Lumimous, originally uploaded by shadowfall. Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 IS Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1000) Aperture: f/7.1 Focal Length: 10.8 mm I need to get a damn photoblog!

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1145312598533017102006-04-17T18:23:00.000-04:002006-04-17T18:23:18.593-04:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Red Ganesha, originally uploaded by shadowfall. This post is just to throw around a few ideas that are going around in my head. Some of them may actually be implemented - but with me - you never know. This is something like

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1145231899653180002006-04-16T19:58:00.000-04:002006-04-16T19:58:19.746-04:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Canned Tower Front, originally uploaded by shadowfall. Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 ISExposure: 0.125 sec (1/8)Aperture: f/3.2Focal Length: 12.4 mmDo let me know how you like this mini-series of photos...PS: Another

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Warning : Rant! For the last 18 months, my staple reading (other than my textbooks and other mandatory material) has mostly been in the realm of Fantasy. Note that I say Fantasy and not Fantasy and Science Fiction. This is an old rant of mine, but here we go again. These are two separate genres and for the love of God, classify and separate them! Now, a lot of people will argue that these two

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1145029456312663012006-04-14T11:41:00.000-04:002006-04-14T11:44:35.006-04:00

This guy seems to think so. He's taken the voice over of Windows Vista and played it over an OSX demonstration. The results are hilarious - and an indication on how eerily similar the "new features" of Vista are close to the existing ones in OSX. For all those people who miss my writing (man - you guys must be into pain), fear not. I've been taking more photos these

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1144945202553616442006-04-13T12:20:00.000-04:002006-04-14T00:33:51.663-04:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Reflections in cola, originally uploaded by shadowfall. Exposure: 0.125 sec (1/8) Aperture: f/2.7 Focal Length: 6.7 mm PS: See the larger image to clarify the image title.

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The new(ish) Chase credit card advertisement has a nice song that plays in the background. The song managed to hook itself in my brain and I spent a while finding the name and singer of the song. It's by Five for Fighting and the song is called 100 Years. Allow me the present the lyrics : I'm 15 for a moment Caught in between 10 and 20 And I'm just dreaming Counting the ways to where you are

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1144527940195416712006-04-08T16:25:00.000-04:002006-04-08T16:25:40.266-04:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Rain on fern, originally uploaded by shadowfall. The weather has been really confused over the last few days. It's been running the gamut of temperature and atmospheric conditions.A couple of days back it was snowy then

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1144446148051481162006-04-07T17:42:00.000-04:002006-04-07T17:42:29.160-04:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Stages of Bloom, originally uploaded by shadowfall. I finally finished unpacking stuff in my room and decided to take a break. So I took my camera and went outside to take a few snaps. These blooms are part of a shrub that

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1144259624922503942006-04-05T13:46:00.000-04:002006-04-05T17:11:41.656-04:00

The last few days showed us what we can expect from an american spring. Warm weather, clear skies, and just a hint of the receeding winter in the air. After 4 months of cold winds, snow and low temperatures, this came (literally) as a breath of fresh air. The last few days also seemed to bear out the theory that spring was finally here. And I was happy, blithe, joyful.... well you get it. No

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1144184278959068072006-04-04T16:26:00.000-04:002006-04-04T17:13:29.630-04:00

Regular readers of my post will know that I was having trouble with my Flickr badge and Google video. You can read about all my wild and wacky adventures here. Now, the thing that irked me the most was the fact that I could see the Flickr badge on other sites and all the people who came to my site could see my badge as well. That got me thinking that the problem may not be Flash related after

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1144091697393966362006-04-03T15:14:00.000-04:002006-04-03T15:14:57.676-04:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } (Blue) Eye Spy, originally uploaded by shadowfall. Hi! Back after a bit of a break. Shifting houses and not having a net connection at home does tend to disrupt the normal, smooth (?) flow of posts that flow from my

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1143211987694958302006-03-24T09:45:00.000-05:002006-03-24T09:53:07.733-05:00

Note : Will not make sense till you read the post below. Seriously. A = me and N is Anshul. Enjoy :) A: see post A: the end N: ouch N: *o-u-c-h* A: yeah! A: the funny thing is A: it's off across the board A: IE, Opera and FF N: your comp has been flashed clean A: truly N: check if registry key is back A: nope N: search registry for macromedia A: found a factory object N: hmmm is that good or

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1143209384797997762006-03-24T08:49:00.000-05:002006-03-24T09:27:31.446-05:00

Due to a set of circumstances I do not want to talk about (believe me - I don't), Firefox needed to be re-installed on my computer. From experiece, the only thing I know that's worth saving is the bookmarks I have collected (and sorted) over time. So the bookmarks were duly exported and I was pleased. Then a quick reinstall took place and Firefox was back on it's throne as my ruling browser.

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1142777118348630642006-03-19T08:47:00.000-05:002006-03-19T09:05:18.386-05:00

Last morning I "woke" up around 8:30 AM. Well, actually, I tried to. My eyes felt like they were glued shut - but my body refused to sleep any more. By the time I actually got up and brushed my teeth, things seemed to be back to normal - i.e eyes open (check), body working (check). I sat in front of the laptop to check my mail and see who was online. Somehow, I just could not concentrate on the

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1142480700034585592006-03-15T22:45:00.000-05:002006-03-15T23:04:46.530-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Two birds of white and grey, Each going a different way. Golden sunset with the sky afire, The heart lightens and the eye admires. Brick house under painted skies, The wind blows making clouds fly. Evening moon

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1142121849727054732006-03-11T19:04:00.000-05:002006-03-11T19:06:57.516-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Aztec Sun Disc, originally uploaded by shadowfall. Psst : 1] Longish post due to a lot of photos 2] Those who want to see the photos only, go here 3]50+ photos uploaded today! Crossed 250 and 300 photos - all in one shot.

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1142028697271920862006-03-10T17:06:00.000-05:002006-03-10T17:11:37.283-05:00

When I fire up my browser (Firefox), the page that I usually head to first is the Gmail website. Over the last week or so, I have noticed that if I have an open tab or two and then open Gmail in a new tab, Firefox crashes. As a smart person, I have the session restore extension installed. It manages to catch the failed session and restore it. Unfortunately, the reloaded session also crashes.

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1141876811263268522006-03-08T23:00:00.000-05:002006-03-08T23:03:04.700-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Bird in the braches (again), originally uploaded by shadowfall. This post is a couple of days late actually. Can't be helped. For some odd reason, assignments seem to take priority over blogging. Am still trying to figure

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1141512936647803532006-03-04T17:33:00.000-05:002006-03-05T01:12:52.060-05:00

My friend and I went grocery shopping today. By the time we finished picking up all that we needed, there were 6 bags filled with "stuff that we really need" and 2 bags full of stuff that we actually needed (read milk, rice, etc). Now, since we are poor students, we don't own a car. The grocery store is a 20-25 minute walk in good weather conditions. It's a lot longer with 8 heavy bags and a

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1141431322136926042006-03-03T18:55:00.000-05:002006-03-03T19:21:03.206-05:00

I went to college for some work this afternoon. Before leaving, I checked the weather report. It said : -2 C (feels like -9). An extended forecast revealed the same pattern of high winds and low temperatures would prevail through the day. When I left the house though, the weather was quite pleasant. The sun was shining brightly (note - I did not say warmly). Made me think that the weather dudes

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1141337829915624002006-03-02T17:10:00.000-05:002006-03-02T22:48:43.113-05:00

I woke up today hearing that there was a severe weather alert with a day of sleet and snow. Even so, I woke up hoping for a day that looked like the photo above. What I got can be summarized below. Depressing grey skies and a bunch of forlorn birds. And a lot of snow, rain and sleet. In all possible combinations. Well, every grey day has a silver lining somewhere. It seems that my college

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1141227786467636772006-03-01T10:33:00.000-05:002006-03-01T10:43:06.520-05:00

This is one of the new Mac Minis on the Apple line up. The problem is that I am sorely tempted to buy it - even though I have a perfectly good laptop. Why? Well, first of all it's a Mac - well, that's not exactly a reason. But who cares - human beings are illogical creatures. For those not in the know, here are the feature specs : 1.66GHz Intel Core Duo processor 2MB L2 Cache

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1141138910450363352006-02-28T09:57:00.000-05:002006-02-28T10:01:52.020-05:00

Will make this a short post - have a mid-term today. The smart guys at Encyclopodia have come up with a way to transfer Wikipedia onto iPods. Thankfully they have created the trnasfer software for Windows and Linux. Find out more about it here. Now really I gotta run. Enjoy! PS : I just wonder how they will handle updates....

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1141000675255525182006-02-26T19:17:00.000-05:002006-02-26T19:37:55.350-05:00

I take (a small amount of) pride in my vocabulary. To be honest, I don't have no idea how many words I know - but the number I know usually serve me well. Till I play Boggle. I suck at Boggle. What's Boggle? Oh - I assumed that it's common knowledge. Boggle (the physical version) consists of a 4x4 grid. Each grid has a cube with a letter from the alphabet - one on each side placed in it. The

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My friend and I were cooking dinner today (yes, I do cook - so there) and we had to get a new can of salt. Now, I have this thing about reading ingredients from cans. And this one boldly proclaimed itself as REAL SALT - with Iodine. I was intrigued. Iodized salt is something I am familiar with - Real Iodized salt was something new. So, I turned the can around to see if they provided any more

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My grandmother passed away today. I sit here, trying to let the words flow to take away some of the shock and disbelief. Even though I got the news early this morning, I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact. I know that in time acceptance will come, but in the interim it feels very hard to believe that someone who had so much energy is no more. I miss her most in the small ways. Her

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There are some software with which you get so comfortable that moving away from them seems alomost painful. One of them - for me - is Winamp. Been using it for such a long time that it seems like a permanent fixture on my computer. Then there came a time when music management seemed to be required. I wanted lists, songs arranged by certain criteria - basically the whole media manager bowl of

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I had a great day today. Went to Manhattan to meet my cousin for brunch - and then went to The Metropolitan Museum of Art. It's been a very long time since I set foot inside a musem. The last one went into was the Prince of Wales museum in Mumbai (Bombay) - and I don't have very fond memories of it. Well, today I tried to make up for all the years of non-exposure to history and culture. Today,

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"It is cruel, you know, that music should be be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness and of pain: of strength and of freedom. The beauty of disappointment and never-satisfied love. The cruel beauty of nature, and everlasting beauty of monotony." - Benjamin Britten [Benjamin Britten is considered one of the greatest English composers of the 20th century]

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It seems that the new trend in OS hacking is trying to make OSX run on Wintel machines. Just goes to show how starved we are for a well behaved operating system :). Hence, the good folks at Apple included this piece of poetry in the new releases of OSX : "Your karma check for today: There once was a user that whined his existing OS was so blind he'd do better to pirate an OS that ran great

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Over the last few days, I have seen major problems with Blogger (or Blogspot, if that's the name you prefer). Wierd outages : Was trying to update my blog a few days back. It updated and then told me to republish my index 10 minutes later. I tried in half an hour - only to get the same message again. Finally, after 4 hours (and a browser change from Firefox to Opera), the index was

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } IMG_0864-1600x1200, originally uploaded by shadowfall. After the snow finally stopped at 5 PM, my roomies and I decided to go clear the snow from the driveway. Of course, I had my camera and took a few snaps. This was the

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } collage, originally uploaded by shadowfall. A blizzard was predicted over the weekend for the NY area - and boy did they get it right.The snow started last evening and even as of now, shows no sign of stopping. So I did

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Can you see the error in the photo above? If you can't - here are two hints : 1) See the screen 2) The laptop is supposed to have XP Home installed. Happy solving!

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I will be installing Fedora Core 4 on my system today. Need it for a couple of courses I am taking this semester. In the windowing system department, I've always been a little biased towards the KDE environment as compared to Gnome. Just a personal preference. The good folks at KDE are picking up their game. Version 3.5.1 was released recently and had a nice set of features/fixes. So, when

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Here's a solution for all the times that you want to use a messenger system on another computer - or in college where IMs are more or less banned. It's called Meebo, and it works like a charm. Simply type in your username/password for the account(s) of your choice - and presto! instant messaging in all it's glory. Certainly beats the idea of installing the messenger(s) you want/need to use on

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As I wrote in a previous post, that I prefer Star Trek : TOS to Star Trek : TNG. One of the primary reasons of course is the captain of the original Enterprise - Captain Kirk. I think Picard is too much of a "thinker" and depends way too much on his "Number one" and Data. Kirk actually got things done - by himself! Of course, there are people with more time and resources. They have come up

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In today's news : The Indian cricket team is back to normal. Fans all over India were surprised and worried when the team showed spine and fortitude in the first two test matches against Pakistan. They need not worry anymore - our team is back to it's normal, spineless best. It was a match that was India's to lose - and as a commentator long ago very smartly said "India has snatched defeat

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Ever wanted to spell your name with pictures? Well, Flickr Spell allows you to do just that. Type in your name and it goes through Flickr images and picks out the letters you have chosen. Also, it randomizes the images so you may or may not get the same image type every time. For instance : There is a small bug where some letters may not show up. Keep at it - it will work. May just take

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I've been neglecting writing and posting a lot of vidoes. Promise to rectify that situation soon. My excuse (and really, it's true) is that I'm not feeling well today. Here are two more vidoes I liked. Video number one is possibly the worst coke commercial - ever. And it has am amazing lead - Bill Gates. Who would have thought. A dude on the video site happily pointed out a factual error in the

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This one goes out to all the "game widows" of the world.... PS : Guys, hang on for the first minute or so of the song...It definitely gets better. Sort of lulls you then gives the old one-two. The dudes responsible are the Aussie comedy group Tripod Adios

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I'm a big fan of Jackie Chan movies and the Prince of Persia series. The dudes in this video seem to be inspired by both these guys :) Really makes you think what the human body is capable of.... Enjoy!

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I'm not Sachin Tendulkar's biggest fan (big whoop - the guy has enough of them). I do however respect his skills as a cricketer - especially as a batsman a lot. So, it's really annoying to see idiots writing him off for the smallest reasons - again and again. Why don't they learn that this man will retire when he knows it's time? Here is the article that's been bugging me since this morning.

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Bird (by day), originally uploaded by shadowfall. Well, my flickr page finally went pro. My thanks to all the people involved in the decision ;)Now that I have a larger play area, I've uploaded a few photos I could not

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I'm a big believer in keyboard shortcuts. Of course, the major motivation for that fact is that I am too lazy to take on of my hands off the key board. This I feel most keenly while playing songs. Come on - why should I have to open the player window, click next song, and then go back to what I was doing! So, I went searching for a plug-in for Media monkey that gave me access to the required

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Well, I came across this test on a link from Digg . It's a little long - and as the title states, it rates your geekiness. I managed a score of 28.79684% which puts me somewhere between a Total Geek and a Major Geek (closer to Total Geek). Think my score was a little low due to my hate of coding. Ah well. Do put up your scores and pass on the test. Adios!

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It looks like some gnomes in Sweden are working on a way to share music wirelessly among mobile devices. From the site : "Push!Music currently runs on WiFi-enabled PDAs and allows users to actively recommend songs by sending (or “pushing”) music to other users in the proximity. Users can also get spontaneous music recommendations as songs recommend themselves: songs that either come from your

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Well, as you all know, I have been looking for an equivalent for QuickSilver for a Windows machine. I finally found one - from a link on the QuickSilver site itself! In the process, I managed to find a launcher for Linux as well. I'm on a roll! The models are being developed based on the QuickSilver philosophy. The products are still in the alpha stage - but I would suggest a look. If nothing

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Hi people. Am on my winter vacation in Canada :). Will try to put up something when I can get out of my gruelling daily routine of eating, sleeping, lazing, seeing TV and the beautiful expanses of Canada. Here's wishing everyone Happy holidays and a great new year. Peace.

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Here's one more fan story - I seem to be doing a lot of them these days. Happens, I suppose. I'm pretty sure the trekkies who read this page have already realized the show I am talking about. For all the non-trekkies out there, I am refering to the multi-versioned serial Star Trek. According to a story on Digg, it seems that the homepage of the Star Trek series will be shut down from Dec 31st.

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I'm a big He-Man fan (watched it a lot as a kid and as a big kid ;)) - and this cartoon still cracks me up. Techie fun and cartoon fun all in one! Am I in heaven? I'm not a big fan of the dude in blue - am more of a Batman fan. I was pretty happy with the way they handled the Dark Knight in Batman Begins. Unfortunately, there seems to be some confusion with the people making Superman Returns.

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1134829354228441372005-12-17T09:22:00.000-05:002005-12-17T09:22:35.000-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Collage, originally uploaded by shadowfall. I wanted to show off multiple pictures on my blog from my Flick account - and didn't know how to go about it - no fun to take an entire set of photos and just show one is there?

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1134803186303157202005-12-17T01:41:00.000-05:002005-12-17T02:14:03.673-05:00

Honest confession : I'm a big - nay huge Winamp fan. Been using it a long time - right from version 2.xx onwards. The player has definitely improved over time and as of now my favourite features are a) the search (matches ID3 tags as well as file names) b) single button enque. Press q on any song in the playlist and it will play next - even if shuffle is tuned on. And it can be pressed multiple

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Ice n Snow 05, originally uploaded by shadowfall. Well, as you can see,I am still not tired of snow. I have been assured that once it gets under my jacket and gloves and once I fall in it, the allure of the snow will be a

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Snow Bulb, originally uploaded by shadowfall. It snowed here last night from around 3AM to 8AM. Put an inch of snow on the ground - which shows no sign of melting away. Naturally, it was a great photo-op. Hope you like them

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As the title says, the 1.5 release of Firefox is out. Go and get it here. Looks like they are celebrating the new release with a new web page :) Enjoy!

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My first introduction to the world of role playing games (RPGs) came in the form of Baldurs Gate 2. In spite of the fact that it was a lot different from the "RPG" (now known to my educated mind as a hack-n-slash) Diablo2 that I had just finished, it soon had me hooked. As I continued playing through the game, I finally understood what a RPG was supposed to be like. Huge storylines, plot twists

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Well, it's been a fun first thanksgiving for me. What did I do - laze! And believe me - I was thankful for every minute of it. The fun part of the holiday was seeing the number of deals that sprang up over the weekend. It's something that is not normally seen back home. All the major sites I surf for hardware stuff were slow or non-operational (CircuitCity, BestBuy, etc). But it was great to see

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I am not a great cook. The best I can do in the cooking department is boil water, make tea, a weak coffee, some egg dishes and maggi. Note that I have not included toast in this list - even though the temptation was very strong. However, my sense of taste (as Anshul will attest) is very strong. I am the official taster for most of the food made in the house. It's a pretty demanding (yeah, right)

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I tried the new driver issued by Sony for the Intel 2200b/g internal wireless card. It's definitely an improvement over the previous version. The connectivity has definitely improved and the number of dropped packets has come down to zero. The only problem is the fact that I do not get a lower rate of data transfer on the internal card as compared to the external card - even after installation

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A month back, I put up this post talking about the trouble I was having with the inbuilt wireless card on my VAIO laptop. Quick refresher : Dropped packets and low speeds. I could live with slower transfer speeds, but the connectivity drops and the dropped packets really irritated me. But it looks like I was not an isolated case. The Sony update site now carries an updated driver for the Intel

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Well, according to this story on ArsTechnica, Firefox 1.5 should be released later tonight for the general public. To quote from the article : "Firefox 1.5 includes a large number of critical new features and bug fixes. Users can look forward to complete support for ECMAScript for XML (E4X), drag and drop tab placement support, browser cache enhancements, massive improvements in rendering

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Over the years I have had a lot of fun with my friends by trashing Mithun Chakraborty movies. Admittedly, the man was (emphasis on was) a great actor, his recent films leave a lot to be desired. Elaborate, you say. Well for starters - better dialogue! Here's one to prove my point "Dikhne me bewada, daudne me ghoda, aur maarne me hathoda hoon main". Literal Translation : Look like a drunk, run

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1132021838669753552005-11-14T21:30:00.000-05:002005-11-14T21:34:38.490-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Evening Moon, originally uploaded by shadowfall. I'm starting an experiment of sorts. The plan is to take a snap of the moon every evening (time permitting) but delaying the time from the previous day by 15 minutes.

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1131833075047290922005-11-12T17:04:00.000-05:002005-11-12T17:04:35.096-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Clouds on a Wire, originally uploaded by shadowfall. Went on a walk last evening - not that I had much choice. Was running low on anything edible. So paid a visit to the friendly neighbourhood Target store.Decided to take

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1131721804123300572005-11-11T10:04:00.000-05:002005-11-11T10:10:04.140-05:00

Well, it's a day late, but here's wishing my favourite browser another good year. Let the usage climb! As an aside, here are some Firefox extensions I really like 1) WeatherFox 2) Mouse Gestures 3) AdBlock 4) FlashGot 5) I Will Not Fear (this is more for Dune fans) For all those who still haven't given FF a shot, there is a handy-dandy link on this page where you can download the latest

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1131417341629054912005-11-07T21:35:00.000-05:002005-11-07T21:35:41.633-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Rose Red (Pink), originally uploaded by shadowfall. Not much going on in my life as of now. Was supposed to have a test today, but that got postponed to next week. I guess that explains the spring in my step :)Anyway, took

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1131063960272774212005-11-03T19:19:00.000-05:002005-11-03T19:26:00.293-05:00

Quickie post - am heading off for a lecture. I've been a big fan of the Calvin and Hobbes comics. It's a wonderful, wonderful comic that explains profound philosophy (and some really funny worldviews) through a smarmy little kid (Calvin) and his stuffed tiger (Hobbes). The comic blends together beautiful truths of life, a healthy dose of humor and beautiful artwork to crate a melange that will

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1130913438683410142005-11-02T01:37:00.000-05:002005-11-02T01:38:26.030-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Spirit of Divali, originally uploaded by shadowfall. Here's wishing everyone a very happy and prosperous Divali. For a little history lesson, this is my Spirit of Divali picture from last year. Enjoy :)

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1130876857548536502005-11-01T15:27:00.000-05:002005-11-01T15:27:37.600-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Connecticut views 02, originally uploaded by shadowfall. Well, some more photos of Connecticut - this time more focus on the landscape shots. You know, last time this year I was home celebrating Divali with my family and

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1130767383428503132005-10-31T09:03:00.000-05:002005-10-31T09:03:04.656-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Water and Light 2, originally uploaded by shadowfall. Was in Connecticut for the weekend to visit an uncle. It's a really beautiful place and I finally managed to get some good snaps of the colors of Fall.If you are going

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1130592584684725172005-10-29T09:23:00.000-04:002005-10-29T09:29:45.103-04:00

I've been having trouble with the integrated wireless card on my laptop since the day I started using it. The problem basically came in the fact that every once in a while it would simply forget that it was supposed to be connected to a network and drift into la-la land. The thing is - I spent a month wondering whether the problem was from the router side or the card side. So, as any Computer

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1130377170509542172005-10-26T21:39:00.000-04:002005-10-26T21:39:30.560-04:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Golden glow, originally uploaded by shadowfall. Took some more photos today when I was in college. As usual, there are some nice cloud shots (they seem to have become staple now). Also, reappearing after a while, some close

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1130245095682370522005-10-25T08:43:00.000-04:002005-10-25T08:58:15.730-04:00

The Sri Lankans have come to India to play a series of cricket matches. I caught this bitof info a few days back - and recalled it again when the local Mumbai team won a close victory over the visitors. But then it simply went out of my mind again. Until last night. I was busily doing nothing when Anshul interrupts to tell me that Tendulkar and Sehwag are letting the world know that "Boost is

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1130012580728105682005-10-22T16:15:00.000-04:002005-10-22T16:29:00.700-04:00

I was browsing around the net the last couple of days - didn't really have too much work to do. I came across this quote from Jay Leno that I find funny every time I read it. To quote : "Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes having a baby! That's the big story. So I guess Oprah's couch isn't the only thing he was bouncing up and down on." End quote. The other one is a headline from the BBC news service :

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1129938742257570582005-10-21T19:49:00.000-04:002005-10-21T19:54:53.526-04:00

Taking a cue from Anshul's post, I tried out the quiz for myself. Never expected to be *this* character - but hey, that's the way it went! Anyway, give it a shot - and see for yourself what you truly are!

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1129848084552885352005-10-20T18:41:00.000-04:002005-10-20T18:41:24.610-04:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Clouds 01, originally uploaded by shadowfall. I was originally planning to post tis mini-piece tomorrow morning, but you know, life never goes as planned. So, am writing it now.I've always loved watching the sky. It always

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1129549994330636202005-10-17T07:37:00.000-04:002005-10-17T07:53:14.356-04:00

Man - a 150 posts. Who would have thought that someone who (mostly) writes for an audience of two would actually limp to a 150 posts. Well, it's done and I'm pretty happy about the whole thing. Anyway, today's article is a little mixture of a few things. Let's start off with cricket. You know, after the Ashes series, everyone started writing off Australia. Why? Cos after a really long gap,

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1129400805280418112005-10-15T14:26:00.000-04:002005-10-15T14:26:45.336-04:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Sun n Clouds, originally uploaded by shadowfall. Another 1000 words of happiness from me that the sun is back!

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1129388027811795562005-10-15T10:51:00.000-04:002005-10-15T10:55:07.790-04:00

To see the sun and feel warm after a week of unceasing rain is an awesome sensation. I'd almost forgotten what a clear sky looked like! Anyway, this weather should continue. At the most I'm hoping for partially cloudy skies - am sick and tired of the whole rain thing. That's all from me for now. Later all.

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1129297608864005912005-10-14T09:20:00.000-04:002005-10-14T09:46:48.920-04:00

I'm pretty sure that a certain person who reads this series (i.e the PC v/s Mac) is smiling away. He's thinking somewhere "I told you so..". Anyway, all that aside, let's talk about today's little software gem that I found. So, the last time I saw the Mac, there was a nice launcher software that basically had a list of all the applications that were installed on the system. When you started

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1129142281412409772005-10-12T14:25:00.000-04:002005-10-12T14:38:01.450-04:00

I hate - no abhor the rain (well, at least at this time). When I came here from India it was raining in both the cities I was shuttling between. And it's irritating to have that rain follow me all the way to a new continent. I mean, come on - how many times does a person need to be rained on? And somehow the gray, leaden skies really don't do much to improve my mood - and I'm supposed to be

AChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212907225249533695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945248.post-1128741603728325342005-10-07T23:08:00.000-04:002005-10-07T23:20:06.436-04:00

Well, the government of Maharashtra thought they were going to get lucky. Guess what - their luck just hit a dry spell (pun intended). After pouring rain for the last couple of months, the rain gods have decided that the state has had more than it's share of water and are looking to withdraw. The problem with the scenario is that in India, October is a bad month in terms of weather. In this

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