Monthly Archives: March 2008

Happy Birthday blog!

My blog completes one year in the internet world today. Happy Birthday to it!! Wishing it many more years to come.

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Tasty Rajma (Kidney beans) Recipe

While in the US, there is little choice of fresh / frozen vegetables especially in small towns like Kingsville. I’m left with no choice but to use what I get in ways that would wake up my Indian taste buds. … Continue reading

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India rejects Microsoft's Open-XML standard

Good news arrives, from India for all those against Microsoft’s Open-XML format. This format has been voted out for now by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) in favor of the Open Document Format (ODF) backed by IBM, Sun Microsystems … Continue reading

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It is 'in' to be in India ! US is out !

There are exactly 60 days for my flight to India, for the entire three months of summer. I’ve never been as excited to return or rather be in India. As long as I was in India, I was all for … Continue reading

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Basic Blogging Tips

From my new blog – RedWeb-  is a post about blogging : Here are a few blogging tips that I managed to write combined with my experience and from what I read on other websites. 1. Select a niche or … Continue reading

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Making money : Paid to Click advertising.

Whew!! That Dell- Ubuntu post did make some news !! I got about 7000 visitors in a few days!! That apart, it is spring-break now, and I’m really enjoying life without school. I’m working on a few websites, and am … Continue reading

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Dell gives ubuntu its place.

Today while browsing for deals I saw that Dell introduced two very hot, top configuration Inspiron systems for about $760 for 14.1″ one and $756 for the 15.4″ version. And guess what? These systems were preloaded with Ubuntu Linux!! After … Continue reading

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Ebay used my Registrant address for shipping

A few days ago, when I bought an item on ebay, the Registrant’s address on file on ebay was used as the shipping address. The thing is I had forgotten to add the apartment # in both the shipping and … Continue reading

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For Linux Newbies : My presentation on Linux last semester.

I should have done this long back, but here is the pdf version of the presentation that I gave last semester at school. It is completely Linux Newbie targeted, and basic concepts of Linux/ Open Source, etc have been put … Continue reading

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Am I already becoming americanised?

Its been just 6 months, and I already feel that the American culture is overpowering my Indian culture. I eat pizza/spaghetti/ sandwiches. Breakfast is cornflakes/toasted bread. I listen to XM radio most of the time. I never bothered to watch … Continue reading

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