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Entries from February 2008

Number of Wheels Matters

February 26th, 2008 · 11 Comments

checking in after a full week to report back. after the mad scramble into the new aparment, new beds, new furniture, new cook, new refrigirator, new office, new broadband connection, new desk and lots of newfound acquaintances, and of course a couple of lakh rupees later, here i am. never thought a man could have […]

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Tags: Chai · Bangalore · Spirituality

Gharonda - t plus 4 days

February 18th, 2008 · 2 Comments

hunting for an apartment a necessary evil - but we finally found a flat we could be happy with.
before we left for bangalore, my wife planned the hell out of ensuring that we have a flat to arrive at as soon as we landed. she found an apartment in the Raheja Residency in the heart […]

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Tags: Silicon Valley

Why OpenID Matters

February 16th, 2008 · No Comments

after the initial pioneers, the big boys are flocking to OpenID initiative. yahoo!, google and others are jumping in head-first into this initiative that seemed to have AOL, SixApart, Verisign and co as the initial backers.
not since mybloglog have i seen a more promising and portable social web technology that frankly took me by surprise […]

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Tags: Silicon Valley · Bangalore

Bangalore Life : t plus 1

February 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments

it’s been almost a day since i touched down into bangalore HAL airport with 8 humongous bags and 4 carry-ons. plus the entire family to tug along. thank heavens for my brothers’ pad. we are in ‘holding pattern’ in his apartment, pending our own apartment hunt.
it so happened (huh! why is this a surprise to […]

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Tags: Chai · Bangalore

Returning to India - t minus 3 days

February 11th, 2008 · 2 Comments

the house is a bottomless pit of junk! we spent all day packing until the luggage maxed out. the airlines allow 25kg per bag, and 2 bags per person. and closed down the kitchen and giving away whatever stuff we had left over to friends and neighbors or at the goodwill donation center (they are […]

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