Sandeep Chandur

Band-aids

2008-05-06T19:57:16Z

The USA is the first country where I found band-aids available in different colours to match different skin tones. Heh.

Kid

2008-03-20T03:02:23Z

Shruthi, circa 1985. Hadn't laughed so hard in ages.

Credit card

2008-03-10T02:39:51Z

If your credit card was stolen, and you reported it to the issuing bank within 24 hours, do you have any liability insurance?

Before you answer the question, check with your bank's website.

The bank expects you to pay any fraudulent charge up to the point that you inform the bank. Any charge that appears after you report to the bank (i.e., after they have blocked your card) will be borne by the bank. Which will be, surprise, surprise, ZERO.

This if the friggin' zero liability insurance that you have in India. For more details, check out this article.

An informal poll

2008-02-18T22:21:36Z

Which fingers do you use most often for alt-tabbing?

With me, it's the thumb and the ring finger (both left hand, of course).

irq2 @ 2008-01-23T09:09:00

2008-01-23T14:10:40Z

Man saved from croc shot in error

Excerpt from the article:

Two shots

Crocodile attacks and shootings are rare in Australia.

To suffer both at once is - to say the least - unfortunate.

It arrived!

2007-12-22T22:53:45Z

Not sure if any of you saw my post on the C&H Complete Collection sale. Anyway, I ordered mine even before posting that.

The shipment arrived today. Right now my grin is wider than Hobbes'. Best part? I had some 66 bucks in my Amazon gift certificate account, so in effect I paid $1.69 for my collection!

Fifth

2007-07-29T01:48:38Z

I had never seen The Fifth Element until today. For some very strange reason, I thought for a long time that the movie was crap. Consequently, I had not read any of its reviews nor checked out user comments on IMDb.

And today I saw it. 10 years after the movie was released. And you know what? It kicks ass! Nobody but Bruce Willis as Korben Dallas.

On a related note, check out this funny article.

irq2 @ 2007-07-28T06:37:00

2007-07-28T10:38:16Z

D'oh.

Just like BASIC, only LOLsome

2007-07-24T12:23:50Z

What an overdose of http://icanhascheezburger.com/ can do for you:

HAI
CAN HAS STDIO?
I HAS A VAR
GIMMEH VAR
VISIBLE "You said " N VAR N " !!"
KTHXBYE

Go get some LOLcode.

Trip Planner

2007-07-16T22:11:58Z

When planning your next trip, do check out the Yahoo! Trip Planner on Y! Travel. Great for new ideas, copying and customizing others' itineraries, etc.

Dinner

2007-07-09T02:29:26Z

Sorry the photo sucks. I was too hungry to take good photographs :)

Best men's final at Wimbledon

2007-07-09T02:11:47Z

Well, the votes on the BBC website are in, and the 1980 final between Borg and McEnroe turned out the best of the lot. I voted for the 2001 final between Ivanisevic and Rafter, and I still think that that was the best.

Obvious winner, but...

2007-07-08T17:05:38Z

...damn, that was one fine men's Wimbledon final.

The iPhone story

2007-07-06T21:27:43Z

Still contemplating whether to keep the iPhone or return it.

Playing in the head

2007-06-05T05:04:47Z

For some reason, I can't seem to get Gwen Stefani's Sweet Escape outta my head. Hmm.

irq2 @ 2007-05-18T09:44:00

2007-05-18T13:50:54Z

Incidentally, I was the first to break the news to the gadget world. Not that it means anything, but it's funny how the mainstream media is treating this as a newsworthy item. I don't think it's that big a deal, but I guess when "Apple" and "iPhone" are in the same sentence, everyone wants to have a say.

irq2 @ 2007-05-08T15:13:00

2007-05-08T19:18:31Z

Funny, they never really fixed the slightly crooked logo (created by Gandhi, digitized in Gimp by yours truly):

irq2 @ 2007-05-06T12:48:00

2007-05-06T16:48:53Z

Heh. Some mothers do have 'em.

Fadia redux

2007-04-16T23:02:32Z

Groan, not another one. A member of Global Ethical Hackers’ Association (GEHA)? WTF? If you look at the whois info for ethicalhackers.org, the domain is owned by the same guy. And the website is currently "under maintenance." Or was it hacked, I wonder?

IMDb

2007-04-05T00:03:10Z

One of the more interesting tags on IMDb: Babe Scientist

The fastest way to download Acrobat Reader for Windows...

2007-02-09T13:31:41Z

... is to search for readstep2 on Google (notice I didn't say "Google for") and hit the "I'm feeling lucky" button.

Quote of the week

2007-02-02T13:10:40Z

"I am not a witch doctor and in fact you cannot have a witch doctor. You are either a witch or a doctor."

Source

Classic MAD Magazine moment #347

2007-01-23T18:04:13Z

"If fans of New Kids On The Block are called blockheads, what should fans of Dick Tracy be called?"

- Editor

Wii PSU

2007-01-11T11:25:02Z

Do you know anyone coming to Bangalore from Singapore/USA/any other place where Wii is available? If yes, please let me know. A friend got his Wii shipped from the US and due to a bad 220/110 converter, the PSU got burnt. Luckily he had not plugged in the Wii.

This is very interesting...

2006-12-27T13:08:43Z

From Google Maps:

...especially since the petrol pump is actually named after Nikhil, Deve Gowda's grandson.