Duct tape found! Three men arrested!!!
on 25 Aug, 2006 in Random | 0 Comments
Well, thats exactly the type of news items I am reading / watching these days. Not that there is nothing else is happening in the world, for some obvious reasons most of the MSM have chosen to adopt the policy of selling the news instead of reporting the news.
So, even PHD decides to celebrate this [...]
A dream that is three and half years old…
on 11 Aug, 2006 in Random | 0 Comments
January, 2003:It was my engineering final year, campus was abuzz and everybody was hopeful and anxious since its placement time. CSE people have more opportunities naturally and we kept hearing about the companies that might visit the campus this year.
Finally the first company was announced. India’s largest software services company it is. We were running [...]
Orbit Musings and other things
on 3 Aug, 2006 in Random | 0 Comments
>>> How come chennai doesnt have any English / Hindi FM channels? I think (correct me) all other metros have them. The only FM channel where you can hear something in Hindi is All India Radio’s FM Channel.
>>> I am planning to buy a TV. My budget is 10k. The TV must be flat screen, [...]
A date with my plate!
on 31 Jul, 2006 in Random | 0 Comments
I would call it the Chennai’s food backbone, Saravana Bhavan as it is popularly known in this coastal city. As we enter this high-class vegetarian restaurant’s head office branch in Vadapalani, my friend was skeptical about the quality of the food and worried looking at the bustling crowd.
We opted for the AC room and even [...]
CATvertising
on 24 Jul, 2006 in Random | 0 Comments
This is that of the year when a huge business would thrive. A conservative estimate of the size of that business would be 60 crores or more per year. And its none other than Indian MBA entrance exams and their coaching. The CAT notification is out and so are the notifications for other prominent schools.
People [...]
Learnings of the week that was
on 21 Jul, 2006 in Random | 0 Comments
Not that you would be interested to know them, but anyways,
>>> It does rain in Chennai for more than 12.3 seconds at a time. It happened once yesterday.
>>> Using combo-boxes in excel is not that difficult, it is so much more fun and intuitive. Try learning them here if you are a excel freak like [...]
Understanding Customer - Insights from street
on 24 Apr, 2006 in Random | 0 Comments
Part 1 of many more to come
Location: DTDC Main office, Hyderabad
Customer: Sir, can you courier this to Nellore (its a town in AP)Service Personnel: What is in it?
C: a SIM cardSP: We dont deliver SIM cards
C: Why?SP: Because, we donot take responsibility to them. (apparently either they are not covered under insurance or Govt. has [...]
