Vanilla Ice Cream that puzzled General Motors

October 17, 2007 | 24 Comments

Many of you, unlike me, might have come across this long ago, as it is in circulation for years now. But I just received it today and was spellbound by the incident. For those who are not aware of it, it goes like this – Never underestimate your Clients’ Complaint, no matter how funny it [...]

Oct

16

Golden Temple comes to Park Circus for Durga Puja

October 16, 2007 | 5 Comments

I couldn’t resist clicking this morning, as I was about to take cab for office from Park Circus. As always, the Durga Puja pandal at PC is turning out to be magnificent and this year’s theme is Golden Temple, Amritsar. Although not yet completed, with ornamentation and much of the frills yet to be done, [...]

Oct

15

My First JAPH!

October 15, 2007 | 1 Comment

Finally after procrastinating for long, I decided to tread the path traversed only by the GODs of PERL – writing JAPHs!! And my brain storming for about 6 hours finally ended with a JAPH, not too bad for a debut, albeit a little amateur. For those of who are still wondering what the heck is [...]

Oct

9

I’m Speaking at WebOSS ’07

October 9, 2007 | 1 Comment

The first of its kind Web Technology Conference on Open Source Technologies, WEBOSS ’07 is being organised in Kolkata on Saturday 13th October, 2007. I was pleasantly surprised when Hussain (Hussu) , friend of Pradeep, called upon me to ask whether I would be interested in speaking at the event. The event focuses on Web [...]

Oct

1

Durga Puja – 17 Days to go

October 1, 2007 | 1 Comment

Flash Movie Courtesy – http://www.friendskolkata.com/ Durga Puja, or better – Durga Pujo. You don’t need to be a Bengali by birth to know the significance of this great festival. People like myself, who have become de facto Bongs by the virtue of making Kolkata their home city, have long [...]

Oct

1

For World Peace

October 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Another forwarded email which I could not resist posting!

Oct

1

Multiple Yahoo Messengers simultaneously

October 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment

I just received this forwarded email with instructions on how to activate multiple instances of Yahoo! Messenger on the same machine without the use of any software. I tried it out and its awesome! Working really fine. Just follow the instructions below and you are all set: Go to Start —-> Run . Type regedit, [...]

Sep

27

It Ain’t Over Yet!

September 27, 2007 | 3 Comments

Perhaps I wrote my previous post (WTF!) too early! Continuing its assault of emails, the count reached a phenomenal 207!! Way to go Calcutta Telephones Click on the following image to get an idea:

Sep

26

WTF!

September 26, 2007 | 1 Comment

(Click on the image to enlarge) I guess the guys at BSNL need a good sleep! I opened my mailbox a while ago to be shocked by the number of times the payment notification mail had been sent by their mail server. I know that it is an automated process but something is going amiss [...]

Sep

25

Celebrations Galore!

September 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment

It was an occasion which probably comes once in a lifetime – India vs Pakistan in a World Cup Cricket Final, and no one would have dared to bite the nails in the solitude of their living rooms. So all gathered at Rahul’s place at 5 PM sharp to cheer up Team India. I left [...]

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