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 [...]
Google Maps adds directions by Public Transport - Wow
on 22 Jul, 2008 in ideas, technology | 4 Comments
Wow, this is awesome. Google maps has added directions by public transport. Sometime back when they integrated public transport timings along with bus-stop / train station icons, it was pretty cool, but adding directions based on bus / train routes is totally awesome. Try it for yourself, click here to see a sample direction.
Read More >>Awesome folks at flickr introduce instant zoom for photos
on 18 Jul, 2008 in pics, technology | 0 Comments
Wow, this is one of the coolest features on flickr, you can use instant zoom to see finer details of pics (the ones which have all sizes allowed for anyone).
Read More >>Use Google docs to track your bucks - [spreadsheet forms idea]
on 14 Jul, 2008 in Excel Tips, hacks, ideas, personal finance, technology | 5 Comments
Each of us have our mechanisms to track how we spend money. We use Excel, various online sites and software like Quicken or Microsoft Money to track how we spend our bucks. The bottom line is to track where each penny / paisa / cent is going. So, how great would be it be, if [...]
Read More >>Am I a Japanese Translator?
on 6 Jun, 2008 in Humor, business, wonder why | 2 Comments
Fridays can be immensely fun, as I anticipate 2 days of doing-nothing while sipping coffee working on excel sheets. But nothing can make my day better than this immense suckmanship displayed by Naukri with their job recommendation for me.
All the Japanese I know can be summarized to 1 word - “omurice“, now that I think [...]
Read More >>“I am feeling lucky” Firefox Search plug-in
on 5 Jun, 2008 in hacks, ideas, technology | 0 Comments
While trying to understand how the Mozilla firefox search plug-ins work [ more ] I got curious and wrote a search plug-in that will take you to the first Google search result directly instead of displaying the results pages, ie mimicking the “I am feeling lucky” searches. Feel free to download and install it. [...]
Read More >>7 Most innovative software job titles
on 2 May, 2008 in Humor, business, ideas, technology | 1 Comment
Gone are the days when software jobs are called ‘coder’ or ‘programmer’, as sophistication increased companies started calling the same coder as ’software engineer’ or ‘programmer analyst’, then there were ’sr. evangelists’, ‘associates’ and ’server gurus’, but in the new era where demand is outstripping supply, naming a job creatively is as important as the [...]
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