Archive for August, 2005

Murphy’s other law

By Surya ⋅ August 25, 2005 ⋅ 7 comments

Came across this Murphy’s other law today..
“ If mathematically you end up with the incorrect answer, try multiplying by the page number”.

Spammers and my home address

By Surya ⋅ August 23, 2005 ⋅ 3 comments

I am usually spared from terrible spams mainly because till recently, I was overly protective of my email address. Thanks to that, some of the spam in my mailbox do get a second glance once in a while - and today I got one which was addressed to me along with my home [...]

Google groups woes

By Surya ⋅ August 23, 2005 ⋅ 4 comments

A couple of weeks back, I decided it is high time we had a groups for my family. I have never really liked the yahoo groups interface - so I chose google groups. Also, I had am implicit faith in the people who gave us google(the search engine) and gmail. But that was for nought! [...]

Not newsworthy?

By Surya ⋅ August 21, 2005 ⋅ 10 comments

I just watched my daily CNN News headlines and was hoping to catch an update on the blasts in Bangladesh. The strange thing is - it wasn’t even mentioned in the headlines! I thought I had perhaps read the earlier piece wrongly and checked the BBC News site. And its not even in the [...]

India is different!

By Surya ⋅ August 19, 2005 ⋅ 8 comments

Do not reinvent the wheel. If someone somewhere has done it well before you, replicate it - that is the present day business mantra. Knowledge management and best practice sharing are accepted norms in businesses these days.And with our high technological and communications capabilities, it is as easily done as said.
But here is a different [...]

Little deeds of love

By Surya ⋅ August 18, 2005 ⋅ 23 comments

Someone asked me today if I missed home. I laughed and said, “Its been a decade since I left home. I am used to it”. I don’t know why I always lie when someone asks me that question. Or even to myself, for that matter.
My father would fill ink in my crooked Hero pen every [...]

The Sie-Du Thing

By Surya ⋅ August 6, 2005 ⋅ 21 comments

I bet I am not the first foreigner to complain about the Sie - Du nuances of the German language. And I am convinced the only reason it exists is to confuse the hell out of non-Germans.
I didn’t realise what a pain it is, till now - I have finally reached a stage where I [...]

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