Inverse Karma

For many years until now, LimeWire had been my (and for many others, their) tool of choice for downloading and sharing music. However, this May, the RIAA won a lawsuit filed against the P2P company, effectively making LimeWire unusable. Though BitTorrent is the de-facto standard for downloading content on the Internet now, somehow for me, [...]

Photography had always been a passion for me, and I was clicking pictures (good and bad) and reading about photography techniques all the time. With the time just right for buying a good camera (read: have enough money), and putting months of research into good use, I finally decided to buy a camera on my [...]

As I slowly but surely drown into the monotony of office life, I still look back at my wonderful 5 months at Mysore. At the beginning of his year, I was sent there to undergo training for my employer. With great hopes of learning and of a personal transformation, I entered the gigantic campus of the [...]

Never before in my life have I felt so overwhelmed with awe. Inception, yet another masterpiece from the genius mind of Christopher Nolan, is one of the most beautiful, captivating, breathtaking and also confusing movies ever made. I bitterly regret missing the first 5 minutes of the movie, as I’ve missed five whole minutes in [...]

Work makes life so mundane (I know, I’ve been going to office for only a week now) that we tend to forget important things, like birthdays. Sending a personalized “happy birthday” text, or better, calling up and wishing them makes it so much more special. Technology has already made inroads into this part of life [...]

Last weekend was important to all of us here – it would be the last weekend that we’d be free, as after that, the stress sets in with grueling 10-day JAVA modules. So we planned to get away for those 2 precious days and go to some nice place, in fact – any place other [...]

Three days back, I witnessed something that is virtually impossible to experience in Chennai – hail rain. Having been in Mysore for 3 months now, I was kind of disappointed with Mysore’s climate, which was starkly similar to Chennai, except for the evenings, which are cool here. However, just like Chennai, there was hardly any [...]

Finally I’ve found time to write something on IK once again. If you had read my last post Heya!, you would know that I’m away from home, away from unlimited internet access, and away from an Indian-style toilet. It’s almost a month since I’ve been here, and here goes my tirade on all things good [...]

Overwhelmed with the fantastic response to my Google DNS Helper, I decided to write a much better version of it, not restricted only to using Google Public DNS but other popular public DNS services. Presenting the DNS Helper The name says it all. The utility runs in your Windows notification area and provides a popup [...]

2010 has gotten off to a great start! After a long (and frustrating) wait, I finally got my iPod Touch this week. I had been saving for it for quite some time, and let me tell you, its well worth the wait! It is truly every gadget freaks dream device. My friend went totally ape [...]