There is a lot happening around me, but I am so sick of it! Let’s talk about my Sims’ lives for the moment. Much more exciting! Thanks to Marie, I am now no longer allergic to sending Sims to college! At the moment there are about half a dozen Sim teens waiting to go to […]
Tech
The great notebook rip-off?
It’s no secret that products often get dumped on the Indian market when they are withdrawn in the West. My sister who recently visited a well-known clothing store in Frankfurt, Germany, was quite shocked at the difference in quality there from the “crap” we get here. Me, I had a rather sinister revelation. On the […]
The Sims 2: Out of Business
It’s been over a week since the official India release of the latest The Sims 2 expansion pack, Open for Business (OFB). However, the game is nowhere to be seen in the market. The reason, if my contact is to be believed, OFB and a couple of other games are stuck at Customs at Mumbai […]
IT super-power or IT super-shame?
The rape and murder of Hewlett Packard call centre employee Pratibha Srikantamurthy in Bangalore in December 2005 not only shocked the whole country, it also brought to light the indifference that even a company as big as HP has regarding the welfare of its workers.
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It’s a kind of madness!
Administering a web site and running a blog is actually a pretty simple business, but it does change your life!
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Teething troubles
I discovered recently that my present blog theme goes nuts in Internet Explorer!
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The scourge of the call centre!
Indian call centres’ notoriety has spread far and wide—and it is not hard to imagine why.
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Quake scare (and a bit about my Sims)
Well, I’m so busy with my Sims, that I haven’t found time to update!
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A Sim-ple Life!
My Sims live a much more full and exciting life than I do—and it gives me great pleasure to make their lives even more interesting!