Posted on October 25, 2004 by thyaga
While India and Australia are battling out in the heat and humidity in the current Test match series, an interesting thing that is happening and which is creating a small storm of controversy by itself, is the latest fad of “Walking” in test cricket, led by a bunch of Australian cricketers (can’t believe it, eh [...]
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Posted on October 15, 2004 by thyaga
Have you noticed how often VVS Laxman gets Clean Bowled of late ? I used to admire his batting but his recent mode of dismissals have just left me a little frustrated. The “Clean Bowled” trend started off some time during the India-Pakistan tour in the beginning of this year and it has just continued [...]
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Posted on October 14, 2004 by thyaga
A couple of days ago, Google introduced the Google Desktop application, which is basically a Search utility for your entire desktop. You can download the software from Google and installation is pretty much straight forward. Some of the salient points are as follows:
After the installation of the software, there is an initial period where the [...]
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Posted on October 10, 2004 by thyaga
Durga Puja, 2004 is just around the corner and for all us who have grown up in West Bengal, there is no sweeter sound than hearing the mantras and songs early in the morning on the day of Mahalaya, which marks the official beginning of the Pujas. Ever since I have lived in the USA, [...]
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Posted on October 6, 2004 by thyaga
The Vice Presidential debate showed to the whole world, something what software engineers world over are familiar with – that, there is indeed a very thin line between a .org and a .com . Dick Cheney, in trying to defend his role at Haliburton, spoke about the site http://www.factcheck.com where he actually wanted to [...]
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