Snapshot: 11:11:11 on 11/11/11
One of the first lessons taught to us in the introduction to decimals class was the difference between face value and place value of numbers. The date time combination in…Continue Reading →
Add-on incompatibility could be a reason behind Firefox’s decline
Google’s marketing push for its Chrome Web browser seems to be paying back rich dividends. Microsoft may have also rolled…
Bhupen Hazarika (1926-2011). North-East India loses a star
The legendary Bhupen Hazarika died of multiple organ failure in a Bombay hospital today. He was one of the few…
Dear Seventymm, you suck!
A few days ago my brother went to watch Ra.One and he was not very pleased to see Seventymm.com as the merchandise partner for the film (It is a different…Continue Reading →
How to easily get unflattering content removed from a website
Some of you have enquired about why the post on Dolly Bindra on Fantasy magazine cover suddenly disappeared from the…
How to get your old Gmail look back
Google has introduced a new look for Gmail, that it is in phases implementing across all its services. And expectedly…
Fancy a puff from an air-conditioned cigarette?
When I first saw this ad for Caravan Air-Conditioned Cigarettes, the first thought that came to my mind was “WTF is an air-conditioned cigarette?” Guessed it could be some menthol…Continue Reading →
For American cartoonists in WWII era Gandhi was a fool and a traitor
Cartoonists in American newspapers during World War II didn’t seem have much regard for, or an understanding of Mohandas Karamchand…
Watch: Helen, Queen of the Nautch Girls (and a Lux ad)
A 1973 31-minute documentary from Merchant Ivory Productions, directed and narrated by Anthony Korner on Bollywood greatest ‘item girl’ ever.…
So the leaked Rs 10 coin design with the new rupee symbol was a fake
Within two weeks of the announcement of the new symbol for the Indian rupee, a design for a Rs 10 coin surfaced online and was widely circulated. Many, including me,…Continue Reading →
How I could have easily hacked into your Seventymm.com account, but didn’t
I am not much of a hacker and also am not on the lookout for holes in a system that…
Sunil Gavaskar’s health plan and mix-up as a newborn
Sunil Gavaskar was paid Rs 2,000 for the first advertisement he appeared in. Though CK Nayudu and Farokh Engineer were…
