This is the first for me – google server error while searching. You can click on the image to see the full version.
Oct 28 2006
White, nerdy, fluent in JavaScript and Klingon
You need to turn up the volume and listen to the words - awesome 
Oct 27 2006
Dell express upgrade to Vista
If you buy a en eligible Dell on or after October 26th you can upgrade to Vista. Check out Upgrade Express Site and http://www.dellvistaupgrade.com/ and for more details.
Oct 26 2006
Who am I
What do you know, Vista finally has a whoami.exe – you do know the whoami from Unix/Linux, right? Type in “whoami” (without the quotes of course) in a command prompt to launch this. It shows you all the user and group information in addition to SID details, privileges access tokens, etc. Pretty cool and handy especially when trying to debug applications and security related issues.
Below is a screen-shot of the output of this dumped to a text file (click the image to see it in full size).
And yes, I do understand the irony about ÎÜñ|‹ø\/\/ñ and “who am I” 
Oct 24 2006
Banks and Technology?
Yes, they are like Military Intelligence – an oxymoron. And HSBC is not too off as well by locking out accounts of users running on NetSurf (which incase you did not know is an opensource browser for RISC OS platform).
See I keep saying, common Sense ain’t very common.
Oct 22 2006
Affect vs Effect
Yes, it is one of the simplest rules of grammar, but I still get confused – I call it Writers Block 
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Technically my mother-tongue is Hindi, and I can speak the “street version” of it and while I can read it – you honestly don’t want me to. The fact that most fellow Indians around at that time are in splits and rolling on the floor might give you a clue. Well I am not particularly proud of that, the fact remains I suck at Hindi and no matter of dressing can fix that. On the flip side, my English is quite strong and for the most part I can read and write it just fine, some of my spellings and grammar sure can do with a refresher (hey but Word helps).
This grammar usage (or rather the lack of it) was highlighted by two things – one writing a book and two, Meenakshi actually starting to read this blog (more on that another day).
I did find these two sites which help people like me in helping find out the difference between Affect v Effect:
If you want to hone your Hindi skills then check out BBC Hindi.
Oct 22 2006
Door Unlocker
I guess, Dheera did not like the faculty entering his dorm room at MIT, so he had to fix the situation I suppose. .
If I ever get to own a house with a basement (which would be my “hang out” area), I am sure to get one of these. Writing the PS/2 keyb driver seems simple enough and the code unlock door code is straightforward as well (however, you might want to format it to make it readable). Sweet, I do need to make one of these.
(Can I see Meenakshi rolling her eyes?)
Oct 21 2006
Fry's finally has a site – w00t!
Those who know me, know how much I love Fry’s electronics and is the single most thing I miss after moving to London! They finally have a website now! Although they have had the domain for a while they have not started using it till now. If you have not heard of Fry’s (where the heck have you been living dude), then read up more here.
Ah, I miss the those Fry’s Ads in the newspapers every week.
Oct 20 2006
To BCC or not to BCC
Oh man, this is so perfect after my faux pas on the Diwali greeting, which accidentally was emailed with everyone in the “To” line as opposed to BCC. Needless to say, Meenakshi was pissed!
Oct 20 2006
China's reproduction of disputed India/China Border
While this story is a few months old, I just came across it. Seems like China has accurate reproductions of the disputed Indo/China border down to scale – including accurate geographical features. Take a look below – the image on top is from China’s reproduction and while on the bottom is on Google earth.
Oct 20 2006
Happy Diwali
Hope all of you have an very happy and safe Diwali!
http://www.bahree.com/diwali/happydiwaliwithahumor.htm
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