Day 1

1/1/2012 Woke up, got ready and paid a visit to the temple. Going to the temple is always peaceful and has a feel-good factor. So many times, I have thought over and decided that I should go there at least a week, esp when its not far from where I live. Sunny was with me … Continue reading »

Happy New Year

Another year has bid adieu and we have welcomed 2012 here. Last year was more or less balanced on the good and the bad things for me. I just wish this new year bring more of the good things. Celebrate the new year and welcome it with open hearts. Pledge to be good and do … Continue reading »

Ban on Plastic Bags

Two weeks back, while shopping, I had kind of rude awakening to the fact that big retail stores are trying to do their part in ban on usage of plastic bags. Nonetheless, since we’re in India and most of the times, there are loopholes in every single law (please don’t generalize and hit me back … Continue reading »

Traffic Woes – Part 1

Traffic congestion is a problem which humanity faces worldwide. There are different reasons though in different cities at different times. Even in a world class city like New York City, congestion is a problem at times, though not always. Whatever I witnessed there was near the tunnels, mostly due to the toll. At other times, … Continue reading »

Technical Issues

A nationwide courier company in India, AFL courier has one of the worst technical glitch on its shipment tracking screen (the URL which is embedded when an online retailer notifies your shipment delivery). If you simply copy and paste the reference number from somewhere, and inadvertently there was a space character after the last number, … Continue reading »

An experience with Delta

I was flying back from States on Saturday (7/2) and was booked on Air France flight from Newark airport. The flight from Newark to Paris, was for reason cancelled and I was re-booked on Delta, which is code-share partner of Air France. I was travelling with a check in bag, a carry-on bag and a … Continue reading »

Hi, this is Pooh joining…

To begin, I need to tell you mere mortals (yeah, all of you who don’t know what Agile methodology is) about Agile methodology. I would also like to clarify that I am not a dissident as far as it is concerned with Agile. In fact, I love the Agile methodology, its charter and its principles. … Continue reading »

Google’s Introduction spell…

Starting this week, as Google has officially announced that users will be noticing a lot of design changes across the board of Google products.  Though it did not mention that Google will also be unveiling some new products, which being Google+ for public offering. Google+ has been released for limited public with invitations being the … Continue reading »

Another password leak!

And this time it was not a group of hackers who did this. All it took, was a Google search by Australian security consultant Daniel Grzelak. Daniel was searching for open userIds-password databases, which have been indexed by Google. He just entered the search term “filetype: sql hotmail gmail password” and after few hours and few … Continue reading »