Yesterday my site was down as the backend (mysql) had some some issues. I pinged the tech support after waiting for one hour. The tech support guy confirmed that it was a known issue and already a team of guys were on it. I was surprised. If they had known that already, why didn’t they [...]
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Grief!!
Grief is painful — very painful. Grief is a solitary journey. No one but you knows how great the hurt is. No one but you can know the gaping hole left in your life when some one you know has died. And no one but you can mourn the silence that was once filled with [...]
HowTo: Streaming music/photos/videos to Wii
Wii doesn’t have in-built media client or DMA capabilities, but there is a workaround… If you don’t have Xbox360/PS3 or a dedicated DMA device, you can try out streaming from your PC to your TV via Wii using a program called Wiisic [Doesn't mean you cannot do this with Xbox360/PS3 in place] Note that, you [...]
Intel-speak during out-of-office hours
There is no denying that the corporate work culture has a big impact on our off-office life. For example, if you are a SW development manager by profession, you automatically tend to map many of the things learnt in the office on to normal house activities – ‘Lets put a detailed requirements list for the [...]
Who is the real worker & some personal tales!
Its been a while since I posted. What have I been doing? Apart from the occasional tennis sessions in Wii, I am kinda stuck in the work (if you thought it sounded like "stuck in the rut", you have a warped mind! ). Its already 12 in the night here, me feeling very sleepy. But [...]
[Movie] Untraceable
I have been watching way too many movies past 2 weeks, cannot even remember many of their names now. Last weekend I planned to go to Salem, but ended up in Fry’s (Wilsonville). I bought a Wii there and am thoroughly enjoying the games in it, but more about that in a different post. Amidst [...]
A story of WMDs and patents
It has been a pretty tight week so far. Luckily my hotel is closer to my office, at least I don’t have to worry about getting lost. Talking about getting lost, people here use GPS heavily. The cab driver, when I came from the airport to the hotel, didn’t know where Holiday Inn was in [...]
Oregon, here I come!
I will be visiting Portland (Oregon) for 5 weeks, starting WW19. This being a very short trip, I can’t hope to explore OR fully. Anyway, I did a quick search to get a list of must-see spots. Filtering the “normal” stuff apart, I am planning to at least cover the following places: Do let me [...]
Mid-life crisis of a software professional
I just added one more year to my age yesterday. Thanks to my wife, the day was special. But, It is scary actually, thinking about how my graduation 8 years back feels as if it happened only yesterday! Time *is* flying. Looking back, I have had my share of moments – moments I feel proud [...]
Switched to 1Mbps Airtel Unlimited DSL
When BSNL came up with the 2Mbps and 1Mbps plan, most of my friends who had Airtel 256Kbps line, jumped on to the BSNL bandwagon. I didn’t, for the simple reason that BSNL came with a data transfer limit! That is, only the first 1.25GB or so is free every month and after that you [...]
