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[26 Oct 2008 | 6 Comments | 144 views]

George specializes in Goan cuisine and sea food … how do I know ? Well …
a) It says so on the banner
b) I’ve had the food and IT IS awesome
c) All the locals eat there. One can always be sure that the food is good if the restaurant is always packed and 75% of the people eating  are locals.
In the capital Panjim, you’ll find George Bar and Restaurant, right around the corner - going towards Panjim Church. On the first look, It’s an old and rickety looking joint, but they …

Technology »

[24 Oct 2008 | 4 Comments | 251 views]

I have a confession to make. I LOVE youtube.
So ? Whats so great about it, you ask ? Everyone loves youtube.
Well, yes and no. Everyone likes to spend time on youtube, watch a dozen videos everyday and then move on. I, on the other hand, actually like some of those videos enough that I like to take them with me and play them back on my iPhone/iPod video.
Unlike some other video sharing sites, though, youtube doesn’t offer an easy way to download videos for offline viewing.
There are a ways to …

Technology »

[22 Oct 2008 | No Comment | 104 views]

Will it ?
Conventional logic would say, Yes ! I mean, Open Source is free, right ? Everyone should infact be only using Open Source in an economic crisis.
Well, Andrew Keen doesn’t think so and he’s on Slashdot right now for thinking the way he does. Now, Andrew is entitled his opinion and all that jazz, but, seriously, I think the article is a load of bull****.
The reason Andrew’s thought process doesn’t make sense to me is because he completely and conveniently has chosen to forget the very reason why Open …

Technology »

[21 Oct 2008 | No Comment | 245 views]

So, I was reading this article which talks about the advantages of MS Hyper-V over VMware ESXi and I’m amazed at the FUD that Microsoft has been spreading. I don’t usually write about virtualization over at this blog, but this I just have to clear.
It is quite clear from the article that the author, Greg Shields, has no clue about ESXi (or Hyper-V, for that matter). Greg starts his post with the following sentence,
Hyper-V Server is a free, recently released download from Microsoft that brings free virtualization hosting to small …

Life »

[18 Oct 2008 | No Comment | 49 views]

This is a quick note to let all visitors know that I’m back from my vacation in Goa and just haven’t been able to update this blog since then. Work as usual has been taking most of my time but I intend to get back to updating this blog regularly as soon as I can find the time.
I’ve got loads of stuff to write about from the trip, the beaches I visited, the pubs I went to and the food I ate. Keep reading.