February 3rd, 2010 |
by Anita |
published in
Internet, Personal, Rants
Had quite a bad experience with makemytrip.com today.
I booked a ticket online for a bus to Chennai in the morning. After the payment was done, the screen blanked out and I didn’t get a confirmation for my ticket.
Then I receive an SMS with my booking ID and a message that my credit card had been […]
September 2nd, 2009 |
by Anita |
published in
Internet, Projects, Technology, Work
Started in 2007, this is a series of quarterly lectures this year on science, technology and the internet in India. The lectures, under the banner of the Yahoo! Big Thinkers India series, bring together academia, scientists, the corporate world and the media.
The speakers are acclaimed experts from the Yahoo! International team. They bring with them the […]
July 14th, 2008 |
by Anita |
published in
Blogs, Internet, Living
An Australian woman often described as the world’s oldest blogger has died at the age of 108 after posting a final message about her ailing health but how she sang “a happy song, as I do every day.”
Not that I want to live to be 108, but I can quite picture myself in my old age, […]
March 24th, 2008 |
by Anita |
published in
Internet, Living, Personal
After several failed attempts at getting Airtel (no ports), Sify (no connectivity in my area), Hathway (no response), I finally settled on Tata Wi-Max (VSNL) who got back to me very promptly saying they could give me a connection. Surprisingly, the folks at TI were super efficient. Not only was my connection okayed in a […]
May 22nd, 2007 |
by Anita |
published in
India, Internet, Living
Why is this so hard, I am thinking?
It should be as easy as walking in to the vendor, getting the information and then the connection.
But if life was that easy, this wouldn’t be India, would it?!
So here I am, still struggling to find a broadband connection at home, after Airtel cancelled my line because they didn’t […]
February 13th, 2007 |
by Anita |
published in
Blogs, India, Internet, Living, Projects
Metroblogging ® is the world’s largest network of city focused blogs, with over 700 bloggers contributing to more than 50 cities…
From San Francisco to Bangkok, from Karachi to Toronto, Mumbai to Bangalore, Metblogs are a hyper-local look at what’s going on in the city. Our hand-picked core of regional bloggers give each site a new […]
January 30th, 2007 |
by Anita |
published in
Blogs, Internet
I had a few complaints from folks not being able to leave comments. Apparently, the version of spam karma2 I’m using is not compatible with this template and so the comments were not being accepted.
It’s been fixed now, so please do leave me a comment or two so I know it’s working fine :) In […]
January 26th, 2007 |
by Anita |
published in
Blogs, Internet, Projects
After receiving quite a few comments and suggestions, have finally managed to give the blog template a fresh new look — thanks a bunch to the Cyberscorpion! It’s been much overdue.
A few odds and ends might need to be tied up over the next few days. In case you notice anything amiss, do drop in […]