My screen just widened!
on 2 Aug, 2007 in gadgets, technology | 0 Comments
OCDOBG stuck me when I was in HK last week. That is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Of Buying Gadgets, This time I have picked up the biggest possible thing that can still be carried inside the luggage bags. A 19inch widescreen lcd monitor. The Samsung 931bw.
I have been thinking about upgrading my old 15 inch samtron [...]
Read More >>The Art of Excel Charting
on 27 Jun, 2007 in Excel Tips, hacks, visualization | 7 Comments
Yesterday while going through my feeds, I have landed on this post about the demographics and use-figures of various social networking (2.0) tools, et al (by businessweek) on think:lab blog. When I looked at the BusinessWeek’s graphical representation of demographics and usage figures of social networks, the first thought that came to me is, “well, [...]
Read More >>Making sense out of NEWsense
on 30 Mar, 2007 in media, wonder why | 0 Comments
Imagine a kid having this conversation with his mom,“Mummy, mummy, tell me when will some one run a marathon in space?”“It will happen when Mumbai university lists in BSE”“Mummy, mummy, tell me when will the university list in BSE?”“They will list when Rakhi Sawant looks like this”“Mummy, mummy, tell me when will Rakhi Sawant dresses [...]
Read More >>The Calvin Fund!
on 22 Mar, 2007 in Movies-Books, calvin fund, personal finance | 0 Comments
Well, thats not a new mutual fund in the market, but I can understand your confusion, given that several AMCs have tiger funds. Calvin fund is the name I am giving to my investment drive. The aim is to purchase a complete collection of my favorite strips, “Calvin & Hobbes - The complete collection” which [...]
Read More >>Creating New MFs - the SBI way
on 7 Dec, 2006 in personal finance | 0 Comments
Mutual fund companies often develop this compulsive urge to launch a new product, but sadly mutual funds are one of the boring financial services and all most all of them do one of the following four:
Retain your capital and provide liquidity
Give returns at risk free rate by investing in longterm governament bonds etc. [...]
New-Clear Advertising
on 11 Oct, 2006 in Random | 0 Comments
I think a new form of advertising has emerged, thanks to ingenuity of IBNLive and suchlike. Even a serious news item like possible second test by N.Korea gets its share of meaningless and possibly sponsered images. Look at it youself…
Source: IBNLive
Read More >>Dhud! Dhud! Dhud! Dhud!
on 19 Sep, 2006 in Random | 0 Comments
No prizes for guessing! I am going to buy Bajaj Avenger in another 2-3 weeks time. After so much debate on to car or not to car I have finally leaned to the right and choosen this bike. I wanted to buy this one ever since I have been to Leh/Ladakh [click to read the [...]
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