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August 17, 2008

Windows 95 to Windows Vista

The first computer I played around with was a machine with an Intel Celeron 300Mhz processor, 32MB RAM and 1GB of hard disk space. Installed on it was an illegal copy of Windows 95. I was 8 and did not have the slightest idea about why we should pay for software we use. The computer [...]

July 15, 2008

The passing away of spaces on the web I considered important

1. revieware - I’m not sure this really ever took off. People still prefer to use their own blogs to post reviews and things they find interesting. I think revieware as a community website was a failure because there was no real aim. A review website built to allow anybody to post anything may never [...]

July 7, 2008

Federer vs. Nadal

Don’t know about the results just yet but this certainly is the most entertaining match of the tournament.
Rain has stopped play in the 5th set(in deuce currently). Let’s see what happens.
Nadal won. The match was just too good. Need to convert the VHS tape now.

March 23, 2008

Holi(day)

Woke up everybody with a water spray.
Got drenched in staining coloured water.
Cleaned myself up assuming I was done with Holi this year.
Anurag and Amit came and made my white T-shirt purple.
Asked them to head to Priyanka’s because she too had wiped off all marks of colour.
Had cousins over for Dinner, watched The Longest Yard in [...]

March 16, 2008

Stop Smoking, Manage your Money Better

If you are addicted, and smoke 20 or more cigarettes a day MoneyMagic suggests quitting and trying to save £2,000 per year. Which is kind of shocking. Smoking is expensive, now not only looking at how quickly you lose your health but also how quickly it drains your wallet. So you’re not planning to quit [...]

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