Touchy/ Feely – Article by Chetan Bhagat

I remember the incident – I was in a restaurant, and one girl in our group was especially charming. So I, like any other male, tried to put on a wooing act. You know the routine, a nanosecond extra eye contact, a few more nods to whatever she says, and attempts to throw in those [...]

Flickr tops TIME’s list of Best 50 Websites of 2009

Washington, Aug 27 (ANI): The hottest thing on the Internet is not social networking websites like Facebook and Twitter, but Flickr-the popular photo-sharing portal – and the proof is: it has topped TIME’s list of the best 50 websites this year. One of the noticeable trends in this year’s list, which was released this week, [...]

PARENTS ARE PRECIOUS!!

This was narrated at a Seminar recently on Human Relations : Venkatesh Balasubramaniam (who works for IIT) describes how his gesture of booking an air ticket for his father, his maiden flight, brought forth a rush of emotions and made him (Venkatesh) realize that how much we all take for granted when it comes to [...]

Weekdays And Blogging … How are they related ?

Bloggers, take a moment to read this up… Its damn funny and true as well… !!

ONLY THE ENGLISH COULD HAVE INVENTED THIS LANGUAGE !

We’ll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes, But the plural of ox becomes oxen, not oxes. One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese, Yet the plural of moose should never be meese. You may find a lone mouse or a nest full of mice, Yet the plural of house [...]

ABC to hack root password in Linux !

The following link has the detailed instruction along with snap shots http://somnathsingh.wordpress.com/2009/08/20/how-to-hack-root-password-in-linux/ Note this technique only works for Fedora and Red Hat !! Hopy you find it interesting !!

ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT… A Software Engineer’s Story !!

ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT… WRITTEN BY AN INDIAN SOFTWARE ENGINEER… A Bitter Reality As the dream of most parents I had acquired a degree in Software Engineering and joined a company based in USA, the land of braves and opportunity. When I arrived in the USA, it was as if a dream had come true. Here [...]

Side Effects of working in IT Sector !! – Hilarious !

Some of the Software Engineers at their best:AnupI don’t login to orkut, yahoo, gmail, you tube, etc… At my personalInternet connection at home… thinking it will be blocked any way.Till I realize – I am at home.RohitYeah sometimes it does happen with me also…………while writing personalMails also………I jus use the way as if I am [...]

ABC of Friendship !!

(A)cepts you as you are (B)elieves in “you” (C)alls you just to say “HI” (D)oesn’t give up on you (E)nvisions the whole of you (even the unfinished parts) (F)orgives your mistakes (G)ives unconditionally (H)elps you (I)nvites you over (J)ust “be” with you (K)eeps you close at heart (L)oves you for who you are (M)akes a [...]