Dataone Usage

Found a program online that checks your dataone usage (windows only). This one is created by ShaPlus Software(has a nice UI) You can download the prog from here There is a Perl version of the same which is available for linux too… get Details here

The Prince with Six Toes

King Sudharmik was blessed with a son who had six toes on his left foot. The court astrologers told the king, “This is an omen of Poverty. The boy is born under evil stars and you’ll die early.” Soon after, a powerful enemy invaded the kingdom and killed Sudharmik. His wife also died. The prince’s … Read more

A New Poll

Feel Free to vote on my new Poll (based on this blog entry): Q: Do you think Cricket has become interesting again? 1. Hell Yeah 2. Yeah kindof 3. Not sure need to watch a few more matches 4. No 5. What is ‘Cricket’? Vote here

Google Desktop 2

Google have finally pulled their Desktop Search and Sidebar out of beta. The final release is available now from desktop.google.com. There is apparently dozens of new plug-ins available. I am yet to try out the plugins but totally love the sidebar and ofcourse the Search. The news, desktop and the image aggregator are totally cool … Read more

Every time I think Im Out… They pull me back in

After a long gap Im finally back to watching cricket again. Call it the Dhoni effect or just the fact that Indian cricket team is finally winning consistently. But cricket is not just it… frankly im watching a lot more stuff I used to watch religiously.

I can remember the match fixing scandal which took a huge bite out of my love for cricket. Then India went to the finals of the world cup and came out second best. Ever since then they have not been performing the best and frankly I went thru most days not knowing there was a match.

So what changed it all… one man Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

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