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Shuffled

Raj — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 14:05:42 +0000

I realised today that sometimes it’s a good idea to just put the Ipod into thrshuffle mode especially since I have a huge music library. I discovered a lot of songs that you used to like once but hadn’t heard in a long time. Some of these songs also brought back memories of the times when I first heard the song and all the things that I assoicate with the song. Felt nice!

Help people help themselves

Raj — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:18:16 +0000

Living in India makes most people indifferent towards poverty and I must confess that I too am guilty of doing it. But I still believe its important to do whatever one could to help the needy. I always have and still think the best way to help is by ensuring that you empower the person in need of help to lead a good life and the best way to do that is by sponsoring a child. Just a small contribution every month can change someone’s life. I plan to do it very soon and will post all the details on this blog when I do it. And like I have done in the past, I again request everyone to sponsor a child.

This post is part of Blog Action Day 08 – Poverty

Life’s to-do list

Raj — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:21:59 +0000

I’ve known about 43 things since its launch and lots of my friends made a list for themselves but I somehow didn’t feel the need. That’s until now! Today, I finally decided to make the list just to have all (okay, most!) of my short and long term goals at one place. The final list can be viewed here. It consists of 14 items for now. I’m already working on some of the goals (learn a foreign language, learn to play the guitar). Few are to be followed throughout my life (go to the gym regularly, to live instead of exist, take more pictures, travel more, meet new people). Few are yet to be started (learn to cook, learn to dance). Some are one time, easily achievable goals but what I never get around doing (go to a concert, get a massage) and some not-so-easy ones (go bungee jumping). And there’s one long term goal (Own my own business) although that’s something I’d love to do and not really a goal. I’ve still kept it on the list. I wonder how many of these will I be able to complete! Do you have a similar list?

End of My Phony Troubles

Raj — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 08:48:21 +0000

After six long months, my HTC Touch is back to being a Pocket PC. Since end of December last year, my phone had suddenly started behaving badly. All files stored on it became read-only, it couldn’t be synced with a PC anymore and no new programs could be installed on it. In short, it had turned into a low-end phone. I even came close to losing all my contacts because of it. After looking for a solution online for months, searching for an exact error message lead me to a really useful thread on Microsoft Forums of all places. The last post on this page (couldn’t find a direct link!) provided the solution and once I followed it, my phone was miraculously back t normal. And guess who the culprit turned out to be – Word Mobile. Incredible, isn’t it? I would never have believed that Word could render a mobile phone useless if I hadn’t experienced it myself. Anyways, I’m ecstatic that my phone is back to normal now. The world is beautiful again, the birds are chirping…you get the drift!

The Wonders Of LeechBlock

Raj — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:10:09 +0000

I learnt about this extremely useful Firefox extension in a post about being industrious. It allows you to block all the websites that you think you waste a lot of time on. As the description says: “All you need to do is specify which sites to block and when to block them.” Really! You can create different sets of sites and block them during different hours of the day. What’s really great is that it does not allow you to edit the options for a set during the time of the block so you can’t do much in a moment of weakness. I’ve been using it for the past one week and so far it’s been great. So if you use Firefox then this might be a good tool for fighting distractions at work. Go ahead, give it a try! Get it here!

Not Now, But Soon

Raj — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:25:21 +0000

The Heroes soundtrack was released recently and it includes a track from one of my favorite artists, Imogen Heap. Its called “Not Now, But Soon” and I really like it. I am not sure if people who aren’t familiar with her music would enjoy it as much on the first listen. Give it a try! Hear (or rather watch) the official sample here.

What the Duck?

Raj — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:48:32 +0000

“What The Duck?” is a really hilarious and witty comic strip about a duck who’s a photographer. (Yes, you read it right!) Give it a try, you might like it. I am subscribed to its feed and each new post brings a smile to my face.

Catfight

Raj — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:29:21 +0000

So last Saturday morning at 5, I heard some strange and loud noises. It sounded like a cat and it just kept going on and on and I finally had to get out of my bed to see what was going on. I was a little weary of going out cos the cat sounded angry and I was afraid that it might attack me. So I turned on the light of the front yard and turned out that two cats were standing there – growling and fighting (and drooling a lot, for some reason). After a while, they started physically attacking each other. I couldn’t take it anymore and so I opened the door at this moment and both the cats ran to the neighbor’s house. I returned to my bed but I could still hear them shouting and rolling on the neighbor’s roof. I believe cats are evil and this isn’t the first time I’ve seen cats engaging in such behavior. I wrote this post about it. Maybe these people are right. Cats are aliens!

Entrecard Love

Raj — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:27:07 +0000

For those of you who don’t know, Entrecard is your blog’s business card. You basically get a widget (the one displayed on my sidebar under “take a look at”). That’s where other bloggers with Entrecards drop their card when they visit your blog and you drop your card on their blogs. Also, you advertise one Entrecard for a day on your widget and you can have others advertise your card on their blogs. All this is accomplished using Entrecard’s own currency, Entrecard credits or ECs.

I have been using Entrecard for almost two months now and here are few of my Entrecard favorite blogs/top droppers:

Random Seinfeld Quote #4

Raj — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 11:14:53 +0000

From the episode, “The Alternate Side”
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Jerry: I don’t understand, I made a reservation, do you have my reservation?

Agent: Yes, we do, unfortunately we ran out of cars.

Jerry: But the reservation keeps the car here. That’s why you have the reservation.

Agent: I know why we have reservations.

Jerry: I don’t think you do. If you did, I’d have a car. See, you know how to take the reservation, you just don’t know how to *hold* the reservation and that’s really the most important part of the reservation, the holding. Anybody can just take them.

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