Archive for January, 2008
Huh!
By Chandoo at 29 January, 2008, 3:13 pm | 5 Comments
As usual in the morning I opened CNN IBN homepage to check what is happening in India. To my surprise the IBNLIVE site insists that I must read these happening news items.
Mind you, they are not about state of union or lost test series or Australian open or dropping mercury in Delhi or impending [...]
Read More >>PHD’s Regular Blah #11
By Chandoo at 28 January, 2008, 8:52 pm | 4 Comments
GOOD NEWS, my wife has finally come to US yesterday. I am so happy. It was sad being away from her on our first marriage anniversary. But finally she came, her journey was safe and uneventful.
Buy walmart shares if you can, now that I have shifted to a hotel bang in front of the giant [...]
How to: sharing trip expenses using excel
By Chandoo at 25 January, 2008, 9:17 pm | 5 Comments
Yesterday we were calculating our Washington trip expenses and it occurred to me that if there is an excel template where I could enter the trip expenses and who paid what to find out how much we need to pay up / collect, it would be great. I looked around for few seconds, couldn’t find [...]
Read More >>Subliminal Soup Ad from Potbelly
By Chandoo at 23 January, 2008, 3:51 pm | 3 Comments
We have been to Potbelly sandwich works in Washington for lunch and the restaurant instantly became my favorite. Its the kind of place with a soul of its own, you can feel the passion the shop people have shown in every aspect. Of course the food was excellent, I had a chicken salad sandwich, veg [...]
Read More >>Weekend @ Washington
By Chandoo at 22 January, 2008, 1:45 pm | 0 Comments
Few of us have driven down to Washington DC for the last weekend. We have seen few museums, couple of nice dinner places / pubs and had tons of fun. I will write a detailed post today evening. See the below teaser pic in the meanwhile
Read More >>Mobile Banking Innovation from ICICI Bank
By Chandoo at 18 January, 2008, 4:56 pm | 7 Comments
ICICI bank never ceases to amaze me with the amount of innovation / service offerings they bring to the customers regularly. Any industry will come with its own limitations and boundaries and it takes leaders / innovators like ICICI Banks pantaloons, walmarts, apples, googles, airtels of the world to change the game, remove barriers or [...]
Read More >>Business Idea : Train / Flight Ticket Printing Machine
By Chandoo at 17 January, 2008, 7:31 pm | 14 Comments
Recently I was booking few train tickets for my in-laws at IRCTC website, which btw is a wonderful website that makes the whole train reservation affair so simple. Just then I have realized that even though you can book tickets online, you still need to carry a printout of the ticket when you board the [...]
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