Monday, November 12, 2012

Major Find (Ctrl+F) bug in Google Chrome

Just logged a bug for Google Chrome. 

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=160481

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Why Modi? Why TOI?

See how cleverly TOI replaced "But why is he silent..." to "But he has thus he has thus far remained silent...". Dear TOI, people are not fools. They understand your intentions, tone, and language you use deliberately. 

The first screenshot is from the ePaper of TOI-Pune. Page 9 on 11th Oct 2012



The second screenshot is for the same news item, but from the online edition. 

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Airtel MCA (Missed Call Alerts) Woes


I was surprised to find out that Airtel doesn't provide the Missed Called Alerts (MCA) for 'busy' condition. 

Typically, an MCA is sent for the following 3 conditions. 
1. Mobile out of reach
2. Mobile switched off
3. Mobile busy

I checked with Tata Docomo and BSNL. Both work for all the above 3 conditions. But not airtel. 
Airtel fails to work on BUSY condition. 

When i contacted airtel several times through emails and twitter, they instead suggested to activate call waiting. 
(I already have call waiting option enabled since the 1st day of sim activation nearly 6 years ago. )

Activating CW (call waiting) is a different thing than the MCA. I have the following two observations regarding the suggestion. 
1. The MCA should work in case the CW is off. 
2. Even when CW is activated, we do miss calls in "ringing" condition i.e. when then call has not yet connected. 

The following questions arise on airtel's service. 
1. Is airtel using outdated technology for their MCA service?
2. Why should we get incomplete service from airtel when BSNL is providing it fully and that too for free, and tata docomo for less than half of what airtel is charging? 

I request airtel to work towards fixing this issue. 

Thursday, April 05, 2012

PC to giyo! (ala Thakur to giyo from Karan-Arjun)




So, Sheela Bhatt (@sheela2010) has the following to say: 


I don’t mean to say that IE scoop is not based on facts but, the fact is atmosphere in Delhi is very much vitiated. Must share this info.
My friend and senior journalist Virendra Kapoor had alerted me two months back that the intelligence agencies want to “plant” a story against army chief general V.K.Singh.
He told me the storyline, that the Home ministry guys want to plant, is that how Gen. Singh wanted to stage the coup against UPA government but... the top brass in the Army is not ready to join Gen.Singh.... He had insisted that I should double-check.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Internet: according to Congress nomenclature

I can't resist to post an sms joke i received last month.  

What would the Internet be called if Congress decides to rename it?

"Shrimati Sonia Gandhi Antarrashtriya Mahajaal (or Maayajaal?)"

["श्रीमती सोनिया गांधी आंतरराष्ट्रीय महाजाल"]

"दिव्य" चे मराठी अगदीच दिव्य आहे

"बयाण" म्हणजे काय रे भाऊ?