Category Archives: Interesting stuff

Jaywalking fines in Delhi??? You must be joking!

Posted on December 8, 2007 by Rahul

Reuters.com reports that Delhi Traffic Police has started fining jaywalkers in Delhi! Having lived in Delhi for 25 years, and probably crossing roads independently for 15 of them, I think that extremely few motorists (or for that matter pedestrians) understand … Continue reading →

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Marketing Google style – new Gmail, OpenSocial and OHA

Posted on November 5, 2007 by Rahul

I’ve seen or heard of very little Google marketing (the only thing that comes to mind is a hoarding they put up for job seekers…) But if we see today Google seems to have one of the best known brands … Continue reading →

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The Great Hargeisa Goat Bubble

Posted on October 26, 2007 by Rahul

With the Sensex scaling new heights today and India’s real estate in a boom, someone forwarded an email today. It contained this absolutely hilarious story about markets and bubbles. Some excerpts: “I eked a meagre living, exploiting a fundamental structural … Continue reading →

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PassPack.com

Posted on October 24, 2007 by Rahul

Found this interesting site today. It lets you store your passwords online and then you can log on automatically to your sites right from the password manager. Since its online you can (obviously) access it anywhere and they’ll also walk … Continue reading →

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