Archive for the 'Nuisance' Category

Apple’s iPhone mentality: I told you so

« 7 August 2008 at 3:23 pm | 2 Comments
Techy, Nuisance | Tags: »

Most people who know me also know that I don’t particularly like Micro$oft bashing as a sport primarily because it’s not just them.
It’s just that I never had enough non-Microsoft examples to prove why I thought so. However, slowly, over the years, it’s coming out …
Apple’s iPhone 2.0 has a special “feature” that connects to […]



This not spam. Because you are special

« 23 July 2008 at 1:55 pm | 1 Comment
Nuisance | Tags: »

Here is the disclaimer at the bottom of a spam email I got today …
We do not send or support spam.
You are receiving this information because you have
been exclusively selected.

Umm, okay … I’ve been exclusively selected to get unsolicited email. I guess I must be special, then!
Yeah, so many months and then this lame blog […]



Political dumbness

« 2 April 2008 at 10:12 am | 2 Comments
Nuisance | Tags: »

Political dumbness at its usual.
Some dumb political worker thinks hiding an important road sign at a busy crossing on Tumkur Road, Bangalore will help things improve!



Why TechCrunch et al are still niche sites

« 28 June 2007 at 10:25 pm | No Comments
Techy, Nuisance | Tags: Nuisance Mike Arrington Mossberg iphone »

There is this entire world beyond the small number of sites that talk about Web 2.0 and cheer each other over minor victories and launches of website betas. Web 2.0 and people reporting about it have always made me wonder … why is there such a big buzz about such a limited market/group of people? […]



American Express: typical bad customer service

« 25 June 2007 at 10:49 am | No Comments
Nuisance, Frugal | Tags: Nuisance customer service American Express membership rewards amex delta »

I’ve been moving my Amex membership rewards over to my Delta Skymiles card for years now. First, it was a 1:1 transfer (take 5000 from amex and put in 5000 into Delta).Then it became a 2:1 (take 10000 from amex and you get to put in 5000 into Delta).
However, today, when I called them, they said […]



Firefox 2.0: A Personal record

« 29 May 2007 at 12:59 pm | 1 Comment
Techy, Nuisance | Tags: Software Firefox 2.0 cpu usage »

With my install of Firefox 2.0 on my tablet PC yesterday I set a new personal record.
For the least amount of time I have ever kept a mainstream application on any computer of mine.
Shocked? Me too!I uninstalled Firefox 2.0 within 10 minutes of first using it.
It took over my computer’s usage (taking up 90% to […]



True cost of maintaining inventory

« 28 May 2007 at 10:20 pm | No Comments
Nuisance, Ideas/Work | Tags: logistics inventory control spare parts »

What is the true cost of maintaining and stocking a physical inventory? For both new products and spare parts?
For example in the auto industry … individual repair shops always seem to be able to get spare parts on demand from some source and usually in a few hours but in the IT/Computer hardware industry, spare parts […]



Israel vs. the Arab world: Better marketing

« 22 May 2007 at 1:44 pm | 1 Comment
Personal, Nuisance | Tags: marketing non-violence anti-war »

I’ve often wondered about this … maybe it’s the last few years in New York and in America in general that has given me a better perspective on this topic …
The Israeli’s don’t like Palestine .. so they do better verbal/print marketing through articles/news/speeches in the americas. But when it comes time to bomb houses […]



Photobucket.com down?

« 3 April 2007 at 4:39 pm | No Comments
Techy, Nuisance | Tags: problem photobucket down server »

Why on earth would photobucket.com go for “site maintenance” in the middle of the day?
 
Weird.
 
 
 
 



India vs. Bermuda

« 19 March 2007 at 10:14 am | 3 Comments
Nuisance | Tags: India Cricket World Cup »

It’s a pain in the neck to see Ganguly and Sehwag go to bat against Bermuda. Everytime Sehwag goes ahead and improves the run rate, Ganguly comes back to mess it up again.
They’ve been at it for about 10 overs now.
 
WTF




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