Here’s the link to Steve Jobs’ famous commencement speech (in case you haven’t read it already). A few excerpts : It wasn’t all romantic. I didn’t have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends’ rooms, I returned coke bottles for the 5¢ deposits to buy food with, and I would walk […]
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Tejaswee Rao Blogging Awards
Feminist and fellow-blogger Indian Homemaker has announced Blogging Awards in the memory of her daughter Tejaswee. There are about 35 categories, in which you can nominate posts. I have added a few of my own which fit, and ask you to to do the same. If you have read of posts which fit into these […]
Read the rest of this entry »The other Salman Khan
You’ve probably heard of Salman Khan, the popular hero of Hindi films (If not, head over to my Movie Review Blog). Now here is another – Salman Khan of Khan Academy – the completely free virtual school. The first time I surfed to this website after hearing about it from a friend I was astounded […]
Read the rest of this entry »8 simple steps to move from Blogger to WordPress
Here are 8 simple steps to ensure a smooth transition from a Blogger blog to a WordPress blog. This post assumes that you already have a domain name (myblog.com) and web host (one of the several out there : GoDaddy, Blue Host, DreamHost etc.) Install WordPress: On some hosts (like BlueHost), installing can be a […]
Read the rest of this entry »How to get smart : Bring BQC back
This is a Google-dependent world. What you don’t know is on the World Wide Web, and it’s yours for the searching. And when all knowledge is right there at your fingertips, available with a few taps on the keyboard and a few clicks of the mouse, is there then, any need to store it in […]
Read the rest of this entry »The Great Big Book Give Away
Love books ? Reading your idea of heaven ? Think nothing is better than a good book ? Well then, welcome to the club ! Yup, there’s a club for that. It’s on Facebook, and it lists numerous books and how you can get them for free. No, no catch, no tricks, no reading the […]
Read the rest of this entry »The Best and the Worst of 2007
I’ve picked the best films of the year – THE TOP 10 COUNTDOWN 2007, and they are at my blog, here, and also at Planet Bollywood , here. Also see the picks of the other Planet Bollywood critics in the Spotlight Section. And then I couldn’t help it – there were so many of them […]
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