This one really take the cake. Other than the numbers, I can't read a thing on it.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Worst Medical Bill
Not that I preserve or collect any sort of bills. But I came across this one while I was putting together all medical bills which I need to submit.
This one really take the cake. Other than the numbers, I can't read a thing on it.
This one really take the cake. Other than the numbers, I can't read a thing on it.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Monday, January 28, 2008
By Road, By Air
Just read that Pune Airport is closed for 2 weeks starting Feb 12th. Interestingly Jet has tied up with Raj Travels to get you to Mumbai by road in time for several connections. Quite a neat service extension
Monday, January 21, 2008
Monday, January 07, 2008
Caricature
We got this caricature done in Florence. The lady finished it in 20 mins flat. We got it framed once we returned. Snehal wanted to write a short memory of our trip along side the photo. It makes for pure nostalgia for us.
Saturday, January 05, 2008
New Year Purchases
Since I lost most of my gadgetry I had to start shopping and play catch up. This year I also ventured a step further into my paid digital world. More on that later.
For starters, (thankfully) my office replaced the laptop since it was insured. But it took me a while to get all that data back. Also for a change I downgraded from Vista to XP (and am I glad!). In fact I will post about it some time later.
Second on the list was the iPod. I got my self the Classic iPod 80 GB from Heera Panna. Ironically the premium for picking up the laptop from Heera Panna is down to a measly $22 (Rs. 880) which is a steal from the official price from Apple India which is nearly 75% of the original cost in US$. I had the 60 GB earlier which was much thicker than the 30GB which was also available. The new 80GB is now the lighter option (God knows what'll happen in another 2/3 years). The interface is much slicker and so is the entire body. Since both iPods that I lost earlier were white, I bought the black iPod hoping to change my luck with iPods.
Fortunately the black iPod fits like a glove on the iVoice iPod speakers I got as a hand-me-down gift from an office colleage. The iVoice sound is pretty cool & it comes with a remote as well which handles basic iPod functionalities. Since it works only with an iPod & given that my colleague doesn't own one & is also not into music much, I was more than happy to take it. We used it recently at a picnic and it was wonderful.
Next on the list was a camera. I was going to stick to my Panasonic Lumix which I lost but I was seriously recommended the Canon IXUS 750 (also called the PowerShot 750 and I haven't been disappointed. The quality of snaps is wonderful but I am still to get to know all the features since there are quite a few and I haven't yet got down to reading the manual. An excellent review is here.
That pretty much ended my real world shopping list. There's still a laptop bag & glares left on the list which my wife has promised to buy. We plan to stock up on that some time next week.
On my paid digital world I upped the ante a little bit. Firstly I went & purchased the license for MultiNetworkManager 9.0. I have used a cracked version of this on my Sony Vaio. Its a boon for roaming laptop users. I travel to many of our offices and setting multiple IP's, proxies & printers really gets my goat. I was missing this on Vista and since I downgraded to XP, I bought a the license for @ $29. And now I am a happy man.
This morning I purchased a PRO account on Flickr. I have been toying with it for quite a few months last year. Though I have been a Picasa Web Albums fan I thought that the features on Flickr are way too amazing and hence the decision. Another trigger was that I had not discovered any site which allowed unlimited storage of photos. I know that Zooomr does, but the features are just elementary. And since I lost a few precious snaps when I lost my laptop I decided to back up my photos online. A Flickr pro account does just that. I am just about uploading my photos, so will post a few once I have managed them online.
So there we go. Quite a bit of shopping for the New Year
For starters, (thankfully) my office replaced the laptop since it was insured. But it took me a while to get all that data back. Also for a change I downgraded from Vista to XP (and am I glad!). In fact I will post about it some time later.
Second on the list was the iPod. I got my self the Classic iPod 80 GB from Heera Panna. Ironically the premium for picking up the laptop from Heera Panna is down to a measly $22 (Rs. 880) which is a steal from the official price from Apple India which is nearly 75% of the original cost in US$. I had the 60 GB earlier which was much thicker than the 30GB which was also available. The new 80GB is now the lighter option (God knows what'll happen in another 2/3 years). The interface is much slicker and so is the entire body. Since both iPods that I lost earlier were white, I bought the black iPod hoping to change my luck with iPods.Fortunately the black iPod fits like a glove on the iVoice iPod speakers I got as a hand-me-down gift from an office colleage. The iVoice sound is pretty cool & it comes with a remote as well which handles basic iPod functionalities. Since it works only with an iPod & given that my colleague doesn't own one & is also not into music much, I was more than happy to take it. We used it recently at a picnic and it was wonderful.Next on the list was a camera. I was going to stick to my Panasonic Lumix which I lost but I was seriously recommended the Canon IXUS 750 (also called the PowerShot 750 and I haven't been disappointed. The quality of snaps is wonderful but I am still to get to know all the features since there are quite a few and I haven't yet got down to reading the manual. An excellent review is here.That pretty much ended my real world shopping list. There's still a laptop bag & glares left on the list which my wife has promised to buy. We plan to stock up on that some time next week.
On my paid digital world I upped the ante a little bit. Firstly I went & purchased the license for MultiNetworkManager 9.0. I have used a cracked version of this on my Sony Vaio. Its a boon for roaming laptop users. I travel to many of our offices and setting multiple IP's, proxies & printers really gets my goat. I was missing this on Vista and since I downgraded to XP, I bought a the license for @ $29. And now I am a happy man.
This morning I purchased a PRO account on Flickr. I have been toying with it for quite a few months last year. Though I have been a Picasa Web Albums fan I thought that the features on Flickr are way too amazing and hence the decision. Another trigger was that I had not discovered any site which allowed unlimited storage of photos. I know that Zooomr does, but the features are just elementary. And since I lost a few precious snaps when I lost my laptop I decided to back up my photos online. A Flickr pro account does just that. I am just about uploading my photos, so will post a few once I have managed them online.So there we go. Quite a bit of shopping for the New Year
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