Archive for September, 2007

ApnaCircle.com does it a bit better

Monday, September 24th, 2007

I hated bigadda.com. I thought it was a Naukri.com project. Realized today that it is a baby of Mr. Sabeer Bhatia.
He has now launched a ’social networking portal’ named ApnaCircle.com. Am still checking it out but I hated it when after registering I was thrown at this page.

Update on Movies released this year

Sunday, September 23rd, 2007

Spider-Man 3: May 4
Disappointment
Shrek the Third: May 18
Missed it. Looks average.
Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End: May 25
Was average for me

The Bourne Ultimatum

Sunday, September 23rd, 2007

I am not a fan of the series though I think I have read the first novel. I have also seen the first two parts of the trilogy. Never got in to them but they have never been a disappointment.
Checkout out The Bourne Ultimatum today and I was quite happy that I saw the movie. [...]

Jab patni sataye to inhey bataye

Sunday, September 23rd, 2007

A hilarious board I saw on the Ring Road in Delhi.
Translation for people who does not understand Hindi:
In response to anti-dowry laws.
If your wife blackmails (troubles) you.
Do call us.
Just call/contact us. No need to meet us.
Address/Telephone Number
Looks like a help service for guys who are being mishandled (??) by their wives who knows the [...]

Loins of Punjab Presents

Sunday, September 23rd, 2007

This movie is actually pretty awesome. Turned out to be a shocking surprise as Bheja Fry did earlier this year.
In fact, I would recommend all readers of this post to go and see this movie. It’s something I had call a good comedy film. Not the crap we see from our own regular Bollywood [...]

Active Members: 1,000

Sunday, September 23rd, 2007

India Broadband Forum has just clocked an active member base of 1000… This is likely to be temporary but an impressive feat for a forum which has a very limited appeal for most visitors.

Microsoft Rumors websites?

Sunday, September 23rd, 2007

Why are there a lot of Apple rumor sites and none (or maybe I have not heard about any of them) related to Microsoft?
The answer perhaps is that Microsoft likes to talk first and do later. And most of the time they deliver less than what they talked about in the first place.
And that [...]

Firefox 3 alpha 8 impression

Sunday, September 23rd, 2007

Nothing exciting in it for me. Still gives the error on Digg.com site. Even with 2 stories opening at the same time. Extensions won’t work so cannot move to it full time. Has been stable for me. Stabler than Opera 9.5 weeklies. Incidentally, the Kestrel releases are not at all working for Dr. Abhishek Puri [...]

India vs. Pakistan final…

Sunday, September 23rd, 2007

Totally unbelievable stuff. I could have not expected this. I cannot really say that Australia played badly today. But they did. India bowled really well and I really do believe that they can win this tournament.
And they face Pakistan in the finals! What more could one have asked for.
Does I smell match fixing [...]

Airtel or is it Vodafone but that is Hutch now!

Friday, September 21st, 2007

A user on the India Broadband Forum pointed out this official website which sounds like it represents Airtel (of India) but it turns out to be the website of Vodafone Spain!

The website: http://airtel.com
It points to: http://www.vodafone.es/
It is especially funny considering Vodafone is now one of the major rivals of Airtel in the Indian market. [...]