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Daily Bakwas for 2009-04-30

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  • Ah, TOI says “NRI” from Texas gets Swine Flu to India. Why not call him Indian, like you usually always do? #
  • I lost my monitor calibration @ work. God what a mess my work monitor is! #
  • Cleaned up my office space after like months…. it was abt time to do it. Otherwise I’d have no space to sit in my own cubicle. #
  • @patrix The president loves to be photographed eh to prove he’s really bringing a change eh? 😉 in reply to patrix #
  • Used Tripit. Found it useless. Nothing more than a glorified google spreadsheet which I maintain much more handily. #

Daily Bakwas for 2009-04-29

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  • Desi ones are littered with bad English, grammar, punctuations, random commas and full stops etc. Its a nightmare to make sense out of ’em. #
  • Software functional specs written by desis vs non desis have a huge difference. #
  • This dude works in my company in Blr. http://www.kiranc.com/ – Has amazing pictures from North India. I wish to go where he has! #
  • CA has declared a state of emergency for Swine Flue. Will this mean Work from Home for a few days? #
  • What if Bird Flu and Swine Flu mutated? #
  • @cgawker LOL. Pidipompi is my favorite ad these days well 😉 better than most comedies. in reply to cgawker #

Daily Bakwas for 2009-04-28

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  • U know u & your friends are growing apart when your phone calls are regularly punctuated with a pause and “Aur Sunao Yaar”…. #
  • KKR team should simply resign and join Balaji teleflims or some ad agency. All they do is create ads, controversies and the likes. #
  • Isnt it irritating when a form refuses to submit because you got the RIGHT captcha code? Why have it if its going to be so poorly designed! #
  • @cgawker LOL!! Only one year too early eh 😛 in reply to cgawker #
  • If you thought patriot act was a mess… http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/008200904271121.htm #
  • How many hours… oh wait, minutes did Karunanidhi’s fast last? #

Daily Bakwas for 2009-04-25

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  • My router threw an error saying “pre and post compressed file size are not same”. DUHHH!! Why would they be the same?! They were compressed! #
  • @patrix Some blogger i stumbled upon through desipundit 😉 – he’s called himself some social media analyist. I am like WTF. in reply to patrix #
  • Why is anybody who blogs calling himself social media analyst or something stupid like that?! #

Daily Bakwas for 2009-04-22

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  • Created a google profile, with relevant info. Happy that not all info is public, least of which is my email address! #
  • @patrix Nice. This is the monitor calibration tool I use: http://www.hex2bit.com/ It made a huge difference to me 😉 in reply to patrix #
  • Saw a woman walking outside in sweater, in 100 degree weather. Either she’s too sick, or well…. #
  • @patrix Dunno about the restriction and its impact. I’m not very upset though abt it. Its only the 1st stage – there’s a lot more to come 😉 in reply to patrix #
  • @cgawker Thanks a lot 😉 – This country’s immigration system is a bigger mess than its healthcare, so am not terribly surprised by this. in reply to cgawker #
  • After 9 months, DOL has decided to audit my perm app. So begins another 18 months wait. The name Fragomen on app ensures an audit for sure. #
  • Why doesnt the GOI set an example by revoking Dhoni’s padmashree instead of saying “in future if this happens we’ll do this” #
  • RT @busybee This seals it. Behenji (Mayawati) knows what Indians need. Awesome Wallpapers! http://tinyurl.com/5whoa7 – Jesus! #

Daily Bakwas for 2009-04-21

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  • The circle2corner.com ad on MTV always leaves me with WTF look on my face. What is it? Think of it as myspace for your jhaaduwali bai. #
  • What kind of a ridiculous name is Pidipompi for a calling card to India. Their ads make me puke! #
  • Youtube now does movies too: http://www.youtube.com/movies – Found Hera Pheri and couple of hindi flicks too. #
  • I feel sorry for Sourav. Quit the game and retire all together, please! #
  • A 12$ entry fee PER person, Filoli gardens is a disaster. Not going there again, even for free. Pictures here: http://tinyurl.com/ckejxs #
  • Not to mention MySQL. Oh no, Oracle, dont kill it like you killed peoplesoft! MySQL is open source – save it! #
  • Oracle buying Sun. This is as weird as it gets. Will Java remain open source anymore now? #