Monthly Archives: February 2007

Power-napper par excellence

Posted on February 28, 2007 by Varun

That’s me. Since my college days I have a habit of sleeping for an hour in the afternoon usually just after lunch. We usually used to have our lecture from 1 to 5 in the afternoon and since attendance was not mandatory for most of the courses I would skip one or two (at least) and sleep nicely.

However things changed when I left the nice comfy world of college to earn my livelihood. Was it acceptable to sleep in office? What would colleagues think? What would my boss think? But I was lucky enough to always end up in liberal-attitude projects and understanding bosses and so never had to really confront those questions. So my power-napping still continues. The duration has come down to 20-30 minutes but not the effectiveness. Continue reading →

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Bloggers immune from suits against commenters (at least in the US)

Posted on February 26, 2007 by Varun

Nice move: In the US a Federal Court has ruled that message board operators and bloggers will not be held responsible for postings made by others on the board or blog.

Examining the impact of Sec. 230 on this case, the court noted that “Congress intended that, within broad limits, message board operators would not be held responsible for the postings made by others on that board,” adding that allowing bloggers and message board operators to be sued for the statements of commenters on their sites would have an “obvious chilling effect” on speech.

I wonder if an Indian court of law would also rule in a similar way. Continue reading →

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I don’t like laptops

Posted on February 26, 2007 by Varun

I don’t like laptops. My fingers keep hitting the wrong keys, my palm keeps grazing the touchpad causing my mouse pointer to go haywire, I have to actually search for keys and I have to pore into the tiny monitor. Even my next system is going to be a good old desktop, that’s for sure. Continue reading →

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Monday blues

Posted on February 26, 2007 by Varun

It’s Monday. And I have been bitten by the Monday blues bug. Am sitting here, composing this post but have to go to office in another hour or so :-( I wish I could take a week-long vacation. Just pack my bags, take a few books, con some friends into coming with me and go someplace without any planning. Some place where we can just chill, talk, relax,play and ignore our routines and schedules for a few days. Sigh. Continue reading →

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