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Uber Cool High Nerd

pc — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:44:43 +0000

I am a certified “Uber Cool High Nerd”

You can take the test here.

P.S. I got the link from Chris Sells’s blog.

Do you want an iPhone ?

pc — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 18:35:08 +0000

If you dont want to stand in the long queues to buy an iPhone, you can buy them off eBay for the paltry sum of $660 (upto to $1500)

Everything sold by Apple is way overpriced. I am not giving Steve Jobs any of my money.

Edit:

More on this outrageous hype from Information Week :

“Craigslist is running ads from people offering to either hold a place in line for iPhone customers, or to buy the phones outright.”

Read the full article here.

Edit # 2:

You can see the ‘internals’ of the iPhone here.

Edit # 3:

iPhone reselling seems like a bad idea

Favourite Text Editor

pc — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 05:22:40 +0000

This week’s poll results on CodeProject:

Unbelievable !

BTW, my favourite text editors are Textpad & Emacs.

Hacking for Dummies

pc — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 22:56:01 +0000

I couldn’t help laughing aloud reading some of the “hacking tips” on a blog post here.

Tip 3 is the most amusing:

There are a couple of commands in DOS for refreshing the BIOS password. These stuff stuff works only on windows earlier than XP where direct DOS boot was allowed. Sorry I don’t remember any of the commands now.

The blog is aptly titled “ignoramus musing“.

P.S. Yes, that was pretty mean. Sorry dude.

Salary for different jobs in the US

pc — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 23:10:04 +0000

Most of the hits on my blog come from people searching about salary for jobs in the US. So finally, here is a list created by Salary.com from the data collected from the top 20 metros in US.

Modern Life

pc — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 19:40:27 +0000

Modern Life (posted on Reddit).

So true !

Dont Shave That Hair

pc — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 22:26:34 +0000

In case you’ve been contemplating shaving your a** hair, don’t do it ! Here is why.

Super fast, super cheap Sony Vaio

pc — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 18:21:01 +0000

Today I saw an ad in Craigslist for selling a Sony Vaio (the URL will work for only 7 days). The seller says:

Sony Vaio Laptop – “BEST BRAND LAPTOP”
- Laptop – Very Fast -

Comes with XP, Office, McAffee

DVD/CD-RW

Blah… Blah….

Towards the end of the ad, we see the true colors:

Pentium III
192 mb of Ram – Very fast
Huge 12 Gigabyte Hard drive

So you think this ultra modern machine would be expensive? Not at all, my friend. You get all these for a mere $419 !

Any takers for this great deal ? Respond fast, this is sure to go fast.

What (wo)men want…

pc — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 23:58:04 +0000

In my control panel (under Search Engine Terms) I can see the terms that people use to search which creates hits to my blog and the most popular search keywords that generates traffic to my blog are :

H1 salary USA
average salary software
software consulting companies H1B
indian life USA
wipro salary USA
monthly expense USA
tavant
visual basic encapsulation
visual basic OOP
nerdbooks
proof by analogy

In general this post generates most of the traffic to my site from search engines.

Alcohol Effects & Remedies

pc — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 00:19:47 +0000

I got a forwarded mail today with subject lines as “Alcohol Effects & Remedies”. I usually ignore forwards but I decided to read this one because I thought it would contain some information on reducing the effects of alcohol on you (no no.. Its not for me, one of my friends drinks too much ) It turned out that it was not a serious mail but I found it funny enough to share it with you.

1.Symptom: Cold and humid feet.
Cause: Glass is being held at incorrect angle (You are pouring the drink on your feet).
Cure: Maneuver glass until open end is facing upward.

2. Symptom: The wall facing you is full of lights.
Cause: You’re lying on the floor.
Cure: Position your body at a 90-degree angle to the floor.

3. Symptom: The floor looks blurry.
Cause: You’re looking through an empty glass.
Cure: Quickly refill with your favorite beverage.

4. Symptom: The floor is moving.
Cause: You’re being dragged away.
Cure: At least ask where they’re taking you.

5. Symptom: You hear echoes every time someone speaks.
Cause: You have your glass on your ear.
Cure: Stop making a fool of yourself!

6. Symptom: The room is shaking a lot, everyone is dressed in white and the music is very repetitive.
Cause: You’re in an ambulance.
Cure: Don’t move. Let the professionals do their job.

7. Symptom: Your dad and all your brothers look strange.
Cause: You’re in the wrong house.
Cure: Ask if they can point you to your house.