Category: Live Journal Entries

“Buy me a Pizza!” Well this is one of the cutest pick up line for a guy that I have heard in ages.

Yeah! used right I am sure it will work. Someone willing to try it out for me?

BTW the line is from the movie “American Desi” which we just finished watching. The movie itself is not too great nor do I feel that it is even a near to reality depiction of Indians in America.

Maybe some of my recently departed :o) friends can confirm or deny my ass-umptions.

Have finished nearly half of my article titled “Outsourcing: A brief guide”

Finally managed to publish a much wanted document on SANIsoft’s site – Our Open Source Business Model, Opinions on this have ranged from “this is not possible” to “this is not what it means” and I guess almost every individual reading it will have his own ideas about it

I intend it to serve a purpose and that it will adequately 🙂

“In a country that prides itself as being the world’s largest democracy, with a constitution deemed fair to all, why this amazingly blatant display of monopoly?”*

This was written almost 8 years ago about the Internet in India.

It applies to so many more spheres of Indian life!!

Nothing much has changed but then still has … ….

* From https://atulchitnis.net/view/atul/indianet/index.html

1) Pest control
2) Painting of exteriors
3) Perimeter fence
4) Servicing of the drainage system
5) Some windows and grills
6) 1 door
7) … ….

Swati is on to her second phase of renovation. No money left for the new PC I had intended to buy.

Hmm… everything is so bloody expensive

Among other things informed that my Professional PHP 4 book (yeah no link to Amazon and I wrote only 3.5 chapters not the entire book 😉 has been reviewed at Slashdot. Rather complimentary review and rated 9, I guess it is 9 out of 10

I did not know how much I miss the MAD magazine till sent this link

https://www.kingsly.net/GulfWarsII.jpg

Do read the fine print at the bottom of the image :))

https://www.pivotlog.net/images/fistme21.jpg

For the lovers of PHP – Viewer discretion advised

Thanks to for the link

Gujarat : 127/181 seats to BJP, Voting 62%.

Blatant threats that the Gujarat Experiment will be repeated next in Rajasthan and then in more places.

Ominous ?

Have been putting off writing several things. Guess I cannot escape much longer but I will definitely try 😉

1) New OO features of PHP5
There are a lots of new Object Oriented features which are promised in the new PHP5 slated for release this summer. Have to practice with them and the best way to learn is to teach someone… …

2) Outsourcing to India – What to look out for?
Too many people have burnt fingers giving work to self advertised mega corporates which turned out to be one computer one man shows. some of them were our own clients who did not consult us before hiring in places like Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore – a set of guidelines which does not negatively portray freelancers will have to be made.

3) SANIsoft’s Open Source Business Model
Hmmm… … This has to be factual and still be an interesting / impressive read

4)

No let me start with the above three first.

In other things – yesterday night we went out for dinner because there was no electricity and Aasim refused to eat in the light of the torch…

Good that we did – nice bhuna chicken and afghani kebabs

Seeing the predicament of some of the younger geeks (boys all of them) at Bangalore I had joked that I will write a HOW-TO for them on flirting and dating, after coming back some events also made me consider the point seriously BUT when I got down to it and cut away all the fluff about how looks don’t really matter and how to be charming and which kind of girl etc etc it all boils down to a few simple lines

Will she go out with me – ASK
Will she like me – ASK
Is she already going around – ASK
Will she let me kiss (or fill in the blank with your preferred activity) – ASK

Don’t get stuck in the “what if …. …. ?” fill in the blank with your favorite dilemma

There is no fool like the one who never asked.

Lastly – Rejection from one does not mean rejection from all even if you *right now* feel she was *the* one

May be the ladies around will have some more things add to this but in my experience this should suffice in 99% of the cases

Have put up the pictures I took at Bangalore here . Not many of them and none of them are too great either, basically due to the fact that most digital cameras come with flash which is too weak to take pictures in a hall and mine is 2 years old now!!!

Still those pictures do fill in some of the missing links, specially those of the impromptu gathering at Windsor Pub post Phenom Rock Show 😉