A quick note to myself, while I still recover from my first Kindle Krash Slide and hold the power switch for at least 15 seconds, this is way past when the green light on the power switch goes off indicating that the Kindle has been turned off Release the switch Slide the power switch again [...]
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500px is not Flickr
June 7th, 2011
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Suddenly everyone and their cousin is talking about a Flickr alternative that is attracting users in large numbers – 500px, oh! well, 45k may be large for some I have been putting my digital photographs online since past 10+ years and have moved from uploading them to my own personal site, to flickr and then [...]
750words.com – Stream your consciousness
September 7th, 2010
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For past couple of months I have been undergoing a writing crisis of sorts. Reviving this journal was a part of the plan to over come the writers block. The plan did work for a while and then I slipped up again. I don’t really know if the thing I call a ‘block’ is real [...]
The boy who harnessed the wind – A Review
August 17th, 2010
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A thought that struck my mind as I was finishing this book was – How would the story of Wright brothers and their One day at Kitty Hawk be if they lived in an era with internet? I read the Wright brothers story when I was in school and at that time all I was [...]
My top 10 iPad gripes
June 5th, 2010
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It is heavy and does not lend itself well to being held in a single hand due to the smooth metal back – I remedied this by ordering a silicon rubber sleeve. Safari for iPad does not offer search within a page. This can also be remedied by following the instructions here Screen should have [...]
Sony Walkman W202 Review
September 23rd, 2009
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The reason I had stopped listening to music while at work was My work area is in an open place I hate the tangle of wires associated with most MP3 player headsets Tweet
Alfred Hitchcock Collection – A review
July 14th, 2009
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I picked up the box of Alfred Hitchcock Collection because It had one of my favorite movie – Rebecca It was less than INR500/- for six movies from the master of suspense, thus an undeniable ‘Steal’ Well actually the box, marketed by moserbaer in India, is priced INR549/- but if you have good contacts with [...]
Taking screenshots on E71
June 23rd, 2009
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Since I decided that I want to be able to write reviews of software on my E71 phone (yeah, that will kind of make this journal bloggy ) the first thing which I wanted to do was ability to take screenshots. A bit of Googling brought me to Antony Pranata’s website and his freeware application [...]
