I suddenly  realised that the search function in my Coffeedesk theme has gone kaput. I went on a frantic search for other themes and tried out a few including the Black Buttons Theme, an “Information Technology ” theme and a few others, but none of them fit the bill. I finally settled on the one [...]

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If there has been a perceptible decrease in blog posts, that because I’ve got a new distraction- a Playstation 2  ostensibly bought for my 4 year old daughter but on which I have logged more hours than her so far:-)  This is not entirely my fault, Killzone, the free game which came along with the [...]

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I had thought of nominating a few of my favourite startups for the TATA NEN Hottest Startups Awards but then I found that most of them had already been nominated. I couldn’t quite get the whole point of the awards which billed themselves as ” India’s first ever people’s choice awards” since the only companies [...]

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I just came across the Red Herring Asia 2008 Finalists List and noticed that there are quite a few startups from India on the list, some of which I use regularly. For instance, I have been a member of Mouthshut from October 2, 2002, according to my Mouthshut dashboard. Though I have written only five [...]

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If one defines a smartphone as one that has its own operating system, then, for sure, my Nokia 6600 qualifies as a smartphone. It is another matter entirely that I have gone full circle and use it only for making calls these days.  There was a time when I used to surf the Internet on [...]

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