500+ subscribers, great content, wow this site must be good !

For the first time since starting this blog, I have crossed 500 RSS Subscribers today. Exactly an year ago, this blog had a small number of 25 readers and today the count reached to 505, with over a hundred of them reading updates through email. I am very happy to find this many passionate readers [...]

Dear Microsoft, Blog is a real word

Dear Microsoft (and other guys who design software that can be used to write something):
Blog is a real word, just like bog or bloc or blot or blow or blob. So please add it to your esteemed dictionaries and stop harassing everyone with the wiggly red lines. Of course you can blame me for not [...]

Welcome to Pointy Haired Dilbert - Chandoo.org

It has been a while since I wrote a welcome post to my readers, so here again.
Pointy Haired Dilbert - Chandoo.org is a blog about technology, business, data analytics, excel, photography, advertising and my life. I am Chandoo, an excellent donut eater, coffee drinker extraordinaire, blogger beyond reform, crappy coder, lousy manager, happy husband, lazy [...]

Google menu - does it lack common sense?

Dear Google:
I must appreciate your efforts to make my online life as simple as scratching my forehead. You have so many services that whenever I visit a website that offers something spectacular I secretly wonder whether you are behind it. But, recently you started putting a nice menu on the top of your sites to [...]

PHD’s Regular Blah #12

I have been busy last few days both at office and home. While work is keeping me busy at office, at home I am occupied with learning how to drive.

I took my permanent license exam today and failed miserably. My examiner was surprised that I failed on so many counts, once I actually joined the [...]

Wow! - Traveling salesman in the age of ebay

Xkcd simply rocks, so much so that its one of the first things I check in the morning. See this gem:

Track / share your goals using Google Spreadsheet Gadgets

Google docs team has announced gadgets, auto-fill support, formula help while typing and several other goodies yesterday. I was experimenting with these stuff and wanted to share a cool idea with you all.
Tracking / Sharing your goals (or resolutions, progress) with everyone using Google Spreadsheet Gadgets:
For the example purpose, let us build a gadget that [...]