http://blog.arjie.com The truth, one post at a time Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:02:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been using this phone for around a month now. I bought it on eBay in one hell of a deal: I got it for Rs. 8,500 while it is sold at stores for around Rs. 12,500 against its MRP of Rs. 16000. It's been good to me, particularly because ... http://blog.arjie.com/2008/09/16/my-nokia-e65/ So today, I decided to give Google Chrome a whiz because everyone's been talking about its javascript performance and man, is it awesome or what! I haven't seen something go this fast since I tried Konqueror after Firefox 2, and Chrome just blows both of them out of the water. ... http://blog.arjie.com/2008/09/03/google-chrome/ I now post at the blog at arjie.com, the root of this site. Please look there for updates. http://blog.arjie.com/2008/08/10/eyes-right/ Ouch, I wanted to see him before he went. He did forecast the tsunami. I've also forgotten password to other blog, and am at work. Ah well. http://blog.arjie.com/2008/03/19/arthur-c-clarke-is-dead/ I don't quite know what to make of this. It's funny, but it's a LOLcat comic? http://blog.arjie.com/2008/02/21/laugh-out-loud-cats/ On Slashdot, there's a popular joke about how most people don't read the article listed before they comment on the topic - presumably by reading the summary or, in some cases, just the headline. On Digg, however, the stories are voted popular by people who have user accounts on the ... http://blog.arjie.com/2008/02/13/the-problem-with-digg/ Someone posted a link to this on a forum I know, it's hilarious, generates slogans from a word that you give it. I used George and got the ominous "George comes to those who wait." just before I got the one in the title. Of course I left out the ... http://blog.arjie.com/2008/02/12/slogan-generator-you-deserve-a-george-today/ No really, it is. I try to go to sleep early, really I do, but I just lie there awake until around 3, when exhaustion overcomes me. As a consequence, it's really hard to stay awake in class and sometimes I find myself being shaken awake at the end of ... http://blog.arjie.com/2008/02/07/pointless/ I've loved trains ever since I was a kid. I remember running/cycling down to the station just to wave at the trains going by, and pestering my dad to take me to the engine. I did get in a steam engine once and even pulled the thing that makes it ... http://blog.arjie.com/2008/02/05/ooh-trains-fast-ones/ This one is for Marc and Suren: Do you remember The Neutronium Alchemist? I do. Crossroads of Twilight? I do. Pandora's Star? I won't forget that either. Thanks for all the help spoiling the story, it's just what I needed. I'm always the goddamn second chicken. Chicken: Is this "The Sixth ... http://blog.arjie.com/2008/02/03/spoilers/