america Category 
Watch out if you are buying insurance online at GEICO - your password is not encrypted
on 23 Jul, 2008 in america, business, technology, wonder why | 2 Comments
I have noticed something totally strange while trying to get an auto insurance quote online at GEICO. See it for yourself.
They are showing your password in the URL… OMG
Make sure you don’t use the site for getting new quotes as it could be a potential privacy breach as anyone watching the URLs like [...]
Photographic Fridays #5 - Dawn
on 18 Jul, 2008 in america, photographic fridays | 0 Comments
During my evening jogs I go past this place, its a patch vast open space in the midst of the urban land. I made a mental note to shoot here during early morning as I would get very good view of sky. Yesterday I woke up early and drove there to took some shots. The [...]
Read More >>Photographic Fridays #3 - Daisies
on 5 Jul, 2008 in america, personal, photographic fridays | 3 Comments
same flower, another angle, originally uploaded by Chandoo.
We went to near by Scioto River park last weekend to spend some time without any noise. But we didnt know that there was a concert going on there. So we walked out of the park to surrounding Dublin residential area and I spotted few nice flowers en [...]
Read More >>Get stock quotes with one click in excel, and company profiles too
on 24 Jun, 2008 in Excel Tips, america, hacks, technology | 4 Comments
While trying to spell check one my sheets I have learned this cool trick to fetch real time stock quotes without any webqueries or vba or anything.
First enter the stock code in a cell (this works for US stocks only), for eg. AAPL for Apple, MSFT for Microsoft etc. Then ALT+CLICK on that cell, [...]
Read More >>Photographic Fridays # 1 - Ground Zero
on 20 Jun, 2008 in america, photographic fridays | 6 Comments
WTC site - ground zero, originally uploaded by Chandoo.
This is the first of a new series of posts I am planning, “Photographic Fridays”, Every last weekday I will post a photo I have taken for your review / comments. I want to be a better photographer and all your comments are going to help me [...]
Read More >>App. idea for iPhone developers (for other location aware phones as well)
on 11 Jun, 2008 in america, business, ideas, technology | 5 Comments
Now that iPhone is going to have GPS built in, here is an application idea any of you iPhone app developers out there.
The idea is simple, whenever the phone-holder is driving, this app would automatically answer calls with a pre-recorded message (that can go like, “Hi.., I am driving right now, please leave a [...]
Brooklyn Bridge in the night
During our recent visit to NY I have been to the famous Brooklyn Bridge and I clicked photos till my fingers itched. Here are some of them, let me know if you have any review comments
I couldnt carry my tripod though, some of the pics became real blurry at original resolution.
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