(In which I pontificate, and generally try to sound like I know what I’m talking about)
Part 1: The Problem with eBooks
I just love books. I don’t think anything is ever going to replace the sheer joy of reading an actual, physical book. One you can touch and smell and feel.
That said, I think eBooks are [...]
I’ve been scanning through a few résumés lately for work, and as always, am astounded by the level of unprofessionalism most people’s résumés show. The funniest bits are usually present in the introduction (or career objective section); take this one for example:
To contribute my best to the organization, which explores my knowledge [...]
(A rambling, non-linear post.)
As I keep mentioning, I have a hate-hate relationship with social networks. Twitter seems to be the only exception till-date; every other site has me running for the hills.
That said, I have accounts in LinkedIn, Orkut and Facebook. I got suckered into creating an Orkut account, as all my friends were on [...]
Or, the part where I can’t get my mobile phone working
I have an Airtel phone post-paid mobile phone connection, registered in the Delhi/NCR region. I had planned to use the same number (on roaming) in Mumbai, and hang on to it till next June, when number portability hopefully kicks in.
There was only one problem with [...]
I’m thinking of publishing some ‘open’ bug reports. I’ll be posting mostly about websites that I (or people I know) use; and I’ll send this as feedback to the site as well, when possible. Lets see if I can get some responses.
Here’s a bug report for bseindia.com:
Sample URL:
http://bseindia.com/price_finder/stockreach.asp?scripcd=500325
[...]
I thought about activating voicemail on my phone, but can’t figure out how from Airtel’s site: it’s an usability disaster.
Sometimes, I want to force everyone to use Emacs, and put this bit of magic into their default site-start.el:
(defun yank ()
(interactive)
(insert "Copy/Paste isn't allowed!"))
Life could so much simpler…
Rails is shitty from c.l.l—“100% magic with 0% design” is probably why it’s so popular as well.
OK, it’s been quiet over here for some time. I went to Mysore on the 20th, and spent around eight hectic days working there. It was a lot of fun, and very tiring. This was the first time I’d been to the south, so I was really excited.
I had written a very long-ish post about [...]