All work and no play

January 26, 2010

This blog has been dormant for a while now. And no it’s not because of Nanu Coder. I’ve been flat out busy at work, even working weekends. With the little free time I get, I try to create a semblance of normalcy in my family life. However we are near the crescendo of work associated [...]

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How does he know?

October 8, 2009

Nanu Coder loves it when I hold him in my arms and walk around. If he is crying he immediately stops. I guess it comforts him and makes him feel safe. But the moment I sit down he starts getting restless. And if I don’t get up and start walking immediately he starts crying. No [...]

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The Lukkha Coder team expands

September 16, 2009

After the initial announcement of the expectation of a new addition to our team at Lukkha Coder, we are pleased welcome Nanu Coder. Although happy to be part of the team, his start date was delayed by 7 days. The delay was capped by a tough 36 hour negotiation process, which left S, who handled [...]

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Google Transit finally comes to Los Angeles

July 13, 2009

Planning a trip no longer means going through the antiquated and cumbersome Metro Advanced Trip Planner, or trying to figure out connections using the mind numbing Metro System Map.

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Rwanda and it’s IT infrastructure

June 26, 2009

The blogosphere is fast becoming a vast morass of generic banal generic content. But every once in a while I come across something that not only makes it worth going through the hundreds of unread items in RSS feeds, but also makes me feel really good. Today I came across one such post by Sarah [...]

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Have you got your Facebook vanity url yet?

June 13, 2009

Starting 12:01 EST this morning, Facebook is allowing all users to claim a keyword that will to used in the URL to their regular profile page. So instead of using user ID numbers in the URL, Facebook will use your vanity URL (http://www.facebook.com/jobanputra). The reason they need them – vanity URLs have proven to be [...]

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If you ever had $39..

June 8, 2009

..that you wanted to waste donate, do what I did, and help out your state. DMV late registration fee in California – $39 (credit StopBuyingCrap.com) Not that there is ever a good time to fritter away hard earned money like this, but it’s especially hurtful when you are saving up to buy a new camera.

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Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

April 14, 2009

Who will guard the guardians, was the first thing that came to my mind when I read about how Keyen Farrell, a Google employee was able profit from a trademark owned by Jeremy Schoemaker .

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Today is Gender Day

April 10, 2009

Or Blue or Pink day, or change our lives forever day. Call it whatever, but today is the day S and my life is about to take a very interesting turn. At around 1 PM PST, S and I will be going for her second ultrasound. There have only been few moments my life over [...]

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Responses to the exciting news

April 6, 2009

Few days back I chose to announce some exciting news on this blog. To all who responded I would like to say thank you. I know people are very busy and so I was overwhelmed with the number of responses I received. Thank you for sharing our excitement. Although each phone call, comment, email, IM [...]

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