The Internet has made our lives easier. Right? You’d think so if you consider the things we can do slouching at our desks — banking, paying bills, keeping up with our social lives, shopping… Personally, the ability to pay bills online is the one aspect I am particularly grateful for. Gone are the days of […]
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MacBeth betrayed
Let this be marked as a black day in the history of my computing life; for this was the day I installed Windows on my Macintosh (her name is MacBeth, remember?). Since the Intel-based days of the Mac, installing Windows has always been an option, and the presence of Boot Camp makes it a ridiculously […]
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Devil’s workshop
It’s a funny thing, but a universal truth: doing nothing is incredibly tiring. It’s also very funny how one feels so completely unproductive without a deadline hanging over one’s jugular. Why is it that the ideas start to flow only at a time when things are insanely busy? With no pressing work (as in work […]
Feet on the street
Feet on the Street was a 5 km charity run, the first of it’s kind in Bangalore. The idea was two-fold: to get people of all ages and all walks of life to start running for fun, and also collect money for charity. The proceeds from this run went to Dream a Dream. This was […]
Make Bangalore safe again
Can there be anything worse than not feeling safe? For women on Bangalore’s roads looking over their shoulders in apprehension is a new feeling. The one thing we felt in Bangalore was safe, and now that is no longer true, thanks to a group of misguided people who feel that attacking innocent people is how […]
A mad dash to Pondicherry
Pondicherry had been on my list of places to visit for a long time, and I was especially curious about Auroville. And, of course, the thought of running 5 km made me excited and apprehensive in equal measure. In sum, though, it was an enjoyable trip, and I might have come away with a new […]
Mumbai on a black horse
Over the past seven days I’ve had the opportunity to visit two of India’s original four metro cities — Chennai (Madras) and Mumbai (Bombay). Nothing unusual in itself, but it so happens that I’d never set foot in either city, even though I’ve lived in the others (Delhi and Kolkata [Calcutta]). Mumbai, of course, was […]
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Get Free Web Designs
Need a new Web design? Try the brand new Get Free Web Designs. Choose from a showcase of 172 XHTML/CSS-compliant designs — and growing fast — from talented designers such as Wolfram Fiedler, Karen Blundell, Rambling Soul and many more. Some of my templates are up there too, and maybe now I’ll be motivated to […]
Joint statement on the Mangalore assault
Issued: Bangalore: 9 p.m., 29 January 2009. (To add your name, please visit: Ultra Violet): We, the undersigned, strongly condemn the horrific and unprovoked assault by a group of 40 hooligans, reportedly members of the Sri Rama Sene, on young women in a pub in the coastal city of Mangalore, Karnataka, during the afternoon of […]