Category Archives: miscellaneous

Video – Abhinav Bindra’s Gold

Posted on August 11, 2008 by Varun

Watch Abhinav Bindra win the gold for India in the 10 meter air rifle event at the Olympics. The video is more than an hour long, fast forward to the 25th minute to see the last round and fast forward … Continue reading →

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Thought

Posted on June 18, 2008 by Varun

If they give you ruled paper, write the other way. ~ Juan Ramon Jimenez

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A Post. Crap.

Posted on May 14, 2008 by Varun

A Post. Crap.

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Today’s Orkut fortune

Posted on February 12, 2008 by Varun

My Orkut Today’s fortune: I wonder which “affairs” Orkut is talking about :-p

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Offline for around a month

Posted on January 4, 2008 by Varun

Net was down at my place for around 25-30 days. And since I cannot check personal email or sites such as Orkut from work my apologies to friends who had sent emails, scraps etc. I am working my way through … Continue reading →

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Email Jail

Posted on January 4, 2008 by Varun

A place where the no. of emails coming into your inbox is greater than the speed at which you can read them or respond to them. Sigh.

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New year resolutions

Posted on January 4, 2008 by Varun

Short and simple: Sleep less. Exercise more. Read more. Score right now is 0 out of 3. Thus it can only get better

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Meaningful change

Posted on January 4, 2008 by Varun

I just found something philosophical and quite true in a very unexpected place. Read this para from the technical blogpost (rant actually) titled “Rails Is A Ghetto” – I believe that in order for anyone to create meaningful change in … Continue reading →

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Hutch/Vodafone service in Mumbai terrible

Posted on October 25, 2007 by Varun

I have lived in 5 cities for more than a month in each city. I have availed mobile services from every single major mobile service provider in India. And I with that kind of experience behind me I can confidently … Continue reading →

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The new Idea Ad – Too good!

Posted on October 14, 2007 by Varun

I really loved the new Idea Ad starring Abhishek Bachchan! Check it out on YouTube below. Simple, memorable, ties in with the central “Idea” theme and you like watching it again and again. via Full2 Faltu

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