Archive for January, 2006
Is it Really a Deal?
Every year, in the weeks preceding Super Bowl, local newspapers in the United States are fat with no interest until january 2007/2008/2009, no interest for 12/24/36 months, etc. advertisements for televisions from electronics stores. Of course, these ads are for expensive big-screen TVs. This year the focus seems to be on LCD/DLP/Plasma televisions. A [...]
Posted: January 22nd, 2006 under internet, technology.
Comments: 3
WordPress 2 is Available
WordPress 2.0 was released at the end of last year, about three weeks ago. I have been playing with it the past few days and I like WordPress even more now than before. It is so easy to install and use. I hope to have WordPress 2.0 power my blog as soon as bugs, if [...]
Posted: January 19th, 2006 under WordPress, technology.
Comments: 1
Dell Computers are Inexpensive
Well, they may not look as cool as similar products from Apple but they aren’t as expensive either. They are built well and run for a long time when treated like any other computers. My only complaint is they come with a lot of unwanted (trial and non-trial) software. Among the theories on the ‘net [...]
Posted: January 13th, 2006 under technology.
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Is This For Real?
I don’t see this news— Yahoo!’s acquisition of Webjay—anywhere else except on YMusicBlog. The presence of Google Ads on Webjay makes me suspect this news even more.
Posted: January 10th, 2006 under internet.
Comments: 4
Terrific Chinese Restaurant in Bangalore
Since I was in the neighborhood and it was dinner time, I walked into this Chinese restaurant sunday evening. The food is great and reasonably priced—about Rs. 100/dish. Portions are huge. The Punjabi folks managing this modest little restaurant were very friendly and seem to be well travelled (within and outside of India). I tried [...]
Posted: January 1st, 2006 under thanks.
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