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Twitter Updates for 2010-02-08

February 8th, 2010 · Uncategorized

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Twitter Updates for 2010-02-07

February 7th, 2010 · Uncategorized

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Twitter Updates for 2010-02-06

February 6th, 2010 · Uncategorized

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Twitter Updates for 2010-02-05

February 5th, 2010 · Uncategorized

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Twitter Updates for 2010-02-05

February 5th, 2010 · Uncategorized

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Twitter Updates for 2010-02-04

February 4th, 2010 · Uncategorized

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Twitter Updates for 2010-02-03

February 3rd, 2010 · Uncategorized

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Another Update

December 5th, 2009 · happenings, travels

It seems that I’m destined to be on the move all the time.

One of the reasons I’ve been unable to post to this blog is that I’ve been travelling. Others include pure laziness. Starting with Hyderabad and ending in Pune. Will put up a separate post on my travels, including one on the Fosters event at Hyderabad.

It’s been crazy moving around. First living in a suitcase, then shifting houses and once I’ve shifted, having to pack up and move to Pune in a week. Vacating places, uprooting myself, more living out of a suitcase. Though it hasn’t been traumatic, it’s been quite hectic – more than ever.

So, now I’m stationed in Pune for three months on work. No, I haven’t switched jobs. This is part contingency management, part training. New place, but somewhat familiar. Most importantly closer to Bombay, closer to home.

It should be good. Let’s see.

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On Diwali. Three things I miss and three I don’t

October 17th, 2009 · food, thoughts, twitter

Starting off with the ones I miss:

  1. The Diwali breakfast spread. 5 kinds of Poha: Dry, in Milk, in Coconut Milk, in Curd, with Jaggery. Banana Halwa. Usal. Spicy Cucumber Raita. And we all get up really early to make it. (sorry, no pics).
    [Mini-update]: I missed out Ambadyachi Karam. Chutney made of some raw mango-like thing.
  2. Meeting people: Friends and relatives. It isn’t the same here in Gurgaon, because the ties aren’t the same.
  3. Puja. This one’s a comfort zone because you don’t feel awkward at other people’s houses. I’m not orthodox, just clumsy and I wouldn’t want to offend people by doing or saying something inappropriate.

And three things I don’t

  1. Pollution. The firecrackers add to the notoriously polluted Bombay weather. That coupled with closely spaced buildings makes it worse. Not to mention the noise that reverberates. There’s more open space here.
  2. Narkasur. Reenacting the tale symbolically is fine. But waking people, who want to sleep an extra hour, is just criminal. I prefer the way they do it in Goa. Collectively. Not individually.
  3. Crowds. The maddening rush to get away from Gurgaon. Or the crowds at the airport. In the trains. Staying back is comfortable.

And on a totally different note. Here’s something to share the Diwali cheer. Anaggh has posted on his blog about contributing to Charity via blog comments, tweets, texts, gifts. As of yesterday evening and today morning more people have come forward. Wish us (@anaggh, @b50, @nichetechie, @atulkarmarkar, @prolificd @sizzler_chetan, @sudhiru, @shayonpal and we collectively contribute Rs. 11.50 to charity (Educating the girl child). You can also use the #deepwish tag

Additionally, I’m contributing Rs. 2 to the same charity, for every comment on my blog.

Have a great Diwali. And a happy new year to  all those celebrating it :)

[UPDATE 1]: @hp_lifelive has added Rs. 2. So now we’re at Rs. 13.50. Keep the tweets coming.

[UPDATE 2]: @iamshishir is contributing Rs. 2. That makes it Rs. 15.50. Update via Bombay Addict’s post (@b50)

[UPDATE 3]: Anaggh’s blog post is now updated to reflect status of #deepwish. Collection strategy is in progress. Keep checking tweets.

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On Upgrading to WP 2.8.something

October 11th, 2009 · randomness

I’ve realised that I am not as tech savvy as I thought I was. So I’ve been putting off upgrading to WP 2.8 because I’d have to take backups and all that. Also due to the fact that there hasn’t been any internet access at home. So when I finally had access here in Bombay, I decided to look up stuff. Still no clue. So I tweeted and some tweeps responded with help generously.

So then I went to Il Filosofo site (actually through the “Manage Plugins” panel) and got the backup tool. Very useful. Also managed to get a download of the entire database from dreamhost. And then updated to 2.8.something. Easy.

The interface looks slightly better, and the page doesn’t get distorted when I do a “quick edit”.

Feel better that the blog is all cleaned up. Now to post some useful stuff.

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