Category Archive: Information Technology

Nov 06

Festive Digital Excitement

I am not complaining, but yesterday I received 38 SMS on my mobile, 11 wall comments on Facebook, 19 direct messages to my Inbox, 49 email,  and 7 e-card greetings – all wishing me a very Happy Diwali. Last month, on my birthday, I received – and again, I am not complaining – over 80 …

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Oct 30

BBM – Boon, or Bane?!

Today someone forwarded me the following text, on my BBM (that’s short for Blackberry Messenger, for those not from this planet). It’s insightful, and makes people laugh ~ especially the die-hard Crackberrys! How BBmessenger Has Changed Us: ~ This is sooo truee!! You check your phone before you even wake up Ignoring people has become …

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Feb 28

Lalu and the great Indian rail journey!

Lalu Yadav is now officially my favourite turnaround artist. From being the political icon of one of India’s most backward states, and the butt of many jokes just a couple of years back, the man with the i’ll-do-what-i-like attitude has, as Rail Minister of the Government of India, managed to kick ass and is doing …

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Sep 20

Indian Railways online..? Not really!

The day before yesterday I booked a couple of train tickets online at the Indian Railways online reservation site. Thinking all along (until I booked the tickets) that this giant slowpoke elephant (thanks or no thanks to Lalu Prasad Yadav) had finally come of age – technology age. Nope. It has not come of age. …

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Sep 18

Website Error? then laugh!

Here’s an interesting error report I just came across while surfing the ‘net! It made light of the moment and got me to talk about it, rather than complain and curse! The site name has been blurred to protect the identity of…. well err, me. Because this is like national television and I don’t want …

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