April 2009
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‘Duniya ke neta’
Here’s the transcript of a funny comic by Jug Suraiya and Neelabh in today’s ‘Sunday Times of India’:
Reporter: “You’ve said that if you’re made PM you can revive the economy in 100 days. But you already WERE the PM, so why didn’t you revive the economy then?”
Manmohan Singh: “Because if I had, how could I have said I’ll revive the economy if I became PM again…”
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“If you show me an incorrect sentence, I can fix it, but if I need to know the...”
– Brian Clark, Copyblogger (This EXACT same thing applies to me as well, except for the part about asking my wife, or even having one in the first place.)
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“Outside of specific professional or academic contexts, writing with a personal...”
– Brian Clark, Copyblogger
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E-mail to Airtel that I couldn’t send
I really love to write, as should be evident by what I do in my free time. Now it so happens, every now and then, that I put some effort into writing something really lengthy and well thought out and then have to select the whole thing and hit Delete. This bugs me no end—I mean, I put some effort into that thing, why should no one ever get to read it, even if doing so won’t do anyone any good?
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Apple MacBook Air versus Dell Adamo
Aayush: http://twitpic.com/33amp - Wasn’t this Adamo supposed to be THINNER than the MacBook Air? Doesn’t look like it to me.
Aulia: @aryayush I think they meant thinner than the box
Aayush: @aulia Ha, ha! That must be it! Oh, you’ve cracked the mystery. Congratulations. ;)
Yash: @aryayush because ure looking at the tapered edge of the macbook air. At it's thickest point, MacBook air is thicher than adamo.
Aayush: @yashgupta Thicker if you measure it with measurement tape—but it LOOKS and FEELS thinner. And it’s lighter. That’s all that matters.
Yash: @aryayush looks and feels. but when you actually go to store it, u can fit adamo in a slimmer bag (or manilla envelope if that's how u roll)
Aayush: @yashrg Yeah, and that’s what acts as a decider for a laptop purchase, huh? Which one can you fit in a 2mm slimmer bag? LOL!
Yash: @aryayush it's about bragging rights! I grew up with this instinct. I pray one day you will understand it too.
Aayush: @yashrg Besides, I’m 100% sure that any bag that can accommodate a Dell Adamo will be a snug fit for the MacBook Air as well.
Aayush: @yashrg The MacBook Air is more portable and powerful, better looking, has a smaller carbon footprint, and a shining Apple logo on the back.
Debsuvra: @aryayush LOL! You two are fighting over two notebooks those don't have anything rather than their looks.
Yash: @aryayush like i said, braggin rights.oldest i cn rembr: my 18gear bike& latest:e-sata express card that's better than your firewire800.
Aayush: @yashrg Not to mention the fact that it’s cheaper than the Dell Adamo and has the best goddamned trackpad in the business. No comparison.
Aayush: @yashrg Besides, I don’t think I’ll ever see the day when a Dell owner commands more “bragging rights” than someone who owns a Mac.
Yash: @aryayush hah. like saying maruti 800 is cheaper than the alto but has better seat upholstry.
Aayush: @debsuvra And their portability. As someone who “downgraded” from a MacBook Pro to a MacBook, I understand the importance of that.
Aayush: @yashrg That’s a lousy comparison. It’s the MacBook Air that’s cheaper and also has “better seat upholstry”. So your comparison falls flat.
Yash: @aryayush oh really? name one mac laptop that can do SLI graphics!
Aayush: @yashrg Also, the trackpad is one of the most important parts of the notebook, much more so than the seat upholstery in a car.
Yash: @aryayush the higher end is still higher end. a class above the maruti 800. even though the maruti is old, reputed, sturdy, economical,
Aayush: @yashrg Anyway, there’s no end to this discussion and Twitter is no place for it. Let’s spare both our followers the torture. Finité.
Harshad: @aryayush thank you :-)
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The everlasting washing machine…
We have this washing machine in our house that will soon be eleven years old. Think about that for a second—it will be eleven years old! The only thing that’s older in my house is our television! My mother always washes the clothes in the washing machine and then washes them by hand. Then she runs them in the dryer, only to take them out later and hang them for drying on the rooftop. It’s a crazy...
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“Listen up, Microsoft. I’m typing this on an HP laptop running Windows 7,...”
– Dan Nosowitz, Gizmodo
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Selective desaturation can really call attention to a photo by removing all the color except for one designated area. ColorSplash brings this image-editing capability to the iPhone, with eye-catching results.
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Re: Limits in Instapaper Free 1.4
instapaper:
New limits in 1.4 Free:
Screen rotation has been removed.
Is that supposed to be a limitation or a feature? One of the major reasons behind my upgrading to Instapaper Pro was its ability to disable screen rotation, which was incredibly annoying for me on Instapaper Free.
The primary reason why screen rotation is annoying in Instapaper is that the font size blows up when you do...
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“Not everyone wants a machine that’s been washed with unicorn tears.”
– David Webster, General Manager for brand marketing at Microsoft (That was more witty and creative than all of Microsoft’s ad campaigns put together.)
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I was just lying on the bed reading an article on...
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The difference between Macworld and ‘The...
One thing I’ve noticed over the course of my short writing career is that there is a marked difference between the writings of people who knowingly advocate being on a certain bandwagon and those who take a neutral stance. A review of a hybrid car written in a magazine only about hybrid cars will sport a different tone compared to one published in a magazine that pays equal heed to all sorts of...
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I completely agree with Pogue on both counts, specially about the CAPTCHA images. Oh man, I hate them so much! I mean, I understand that they’re required to stave off spam bots but to make them so difficult that even human beings have trouble deciphering them is just plain ridiculous. I do like Apple’s CAPTCHAS, like this one:
It couldn’t be any clearer what it says and it does effectively...
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Presenting Shrenique Golecha’s Blog…
shrenique:
This is the first ever blog entry of my life. I don’t know why it took me so long, given that I really love writing. Despite Aayush’s persistent egging me on, I could never break the ice. Not that I didn’t like the whole idea of having a web diary sort of thing. But I coudn’t estimate how much time I would have to devote.
Now that I have started…
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