Category Archives: General

So I upgraded my phone as soon as 2.2 was available. I downloaded over WiFi and 3G, about 86MB, took about fifteen minutes for the whole process to be completed. I also upgraded my wife’s phone in the process. Now … Continue reading →

Jennifer and I went to real seafood for dinner since we get half off for my birthday.i was really impressed with hope well my camera took the night pictures.

Image via Wikipedia Here is the list of applications that I consider to be must haves on the EVO 4G Android platform: Dolphin HD (Web Browser) K9Mail (Email) Astro (File Browser) Call Confirm (prevent unwanted calls) Cnectd (Group Chat for … Continue reading →

So I switched to the EVO 4G and the Android Operating System with high hopes. I really wanted to get an iPhone but reality, constraints of phone networks and a programmers’ sensibility prevailed. I have to say, I am lovin’ … Continue reading →

This is my first post from android with the wordpress application and using the swype keyboard. I have to say that this is fun and an interesting distraction. I had to correct two words since I have had to type … Continue reading →

To give you a quick glance of what the review is going to be about, I know why they call it the CrackBerry now. After years of waiting for the “right moment”, I finally purchased my very own Treo 755p … Continue reading →

Make decisions based on your best knowledge, not your worst fear. – Me

Jennifer is pregnant with our first child. Can you believe it? I am gonna be a father . . . Celebrations abound!

This is a pickup only in (or delivery within 50 miles of) the Toledo area. I would like to find a good home for my trusty Aerobird Challenger and my Storm Launcher. I would prefer pickup but I could deliver … Continue reading →

One’s greatest hidden strengths are their weaknesses.

Venture Hacks: Venture capital essays Personal bookmark for a new blog talking about venture capital, management, funds, making the right decisions and survival in the world of private funding.

I read this on another post about a free speech mess in the blogging world, but it comes from Mark Pilgrim and really says a lot about bloggers. I might have to use it sometime. I get to say whatever … Continue reading →

I know that I searched far and wide for this answer and even ended up canceling my subscription with Rhapsody. The answer was relatively simple and I hope that someone will benefit from me posting it here. If you are … Continue reading →

Clocky – Alarm Clock that runs away Gauri Nanda came up with an alarm clock that jumps off your sidetable and runs around the room if you ask it to snooze. All this for $50!

O’Henry wrote that life consists of sobs, sniffles and smiles, sniffles predominating. I say that life consists of hopes, shattered hopes and fulfilment, shattered hopes predominating.

So, I needed to get in touch with Amazon.com Customer Service and was really not in the mood to explain my quandary in a long email. So, I decided to look on Amazon.com for the phone number and could not … Continue reading →

My friend Vijay and his wife Archana visited Jeetu in Ann Arbor and it was a wonderful surprise for me. We had a couple of dinners together, enjoyed each others’ company, ate Jeetu’s delicious food, drank a few and just … Continue reading →

Milton Friedman Dies at 94 Friedman is a hero to me. I knew of him but did not know much about him till I started my MBA. His knowledge, experience, insight, direction and the education that he imparted on the … Continue reading →

I normally do not ship much and try to either use UPS or USPS to send my packages. I have also used FedEx in the past with relative success. However, now the big names have come up with a way … Continue reading →

I recently sold off my iRiver H120 on eBay and replaced it with a Sandisk Sansa e260 from Amazon for about $120 including shipping. As a side note, Amazon is simply wonderful. They are fast, courteous, and have price matched … Continue reading →

Django for non-programmers Interesting personal link. I will definitely need to read through some more about DJango.

UC Berkeley on Google Video: Finally! Almost every video on there is interesting and I will definitely watch them as soon as I have a few minutes. Look for Sergei Brin (of Google) in Information Systems 141 talking about Search … Continue reading →

Gmail Tips and Tricks Monster Roundup Personal bookmark. I think I could really use a lot of these tips, especially being able to forward filters onto SMS. Nice.

I recently purchased an Aspire 5601AWLMi Notebook for school and as a mobile development and testing machine. I paid about $599 for it after rebates from CompUSA and it is replacing an aging Celeron M Toshiba notebook that I had … Continue reading →

Since everything seems to have settled down quite a bit and we are not only done with the ceremony but also with the honeymoon and the leftover food, I think it is time to get back to normal life. Jennifer … Continue reading →

One Time Password DisplayCard heightens transaction security This was pretty much what my masters thesis was about. We just did not have the technology, money or the know-how to put it into a real electronic paper format like this company. … Continue reading →