on Nov 18, 2009 in ims blog The revamped Google translate works wonders. I specified Nepali, gave meHindi.try 4 urself! http://ping.fm/XzEUu ims blog...

on Nov 5, 2009testing my ping.fm account to shorten, post & track urls & attach picshttp://ping.fm/14gsL...

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on Nov 3, 2009Modern Man's Kama Sutra (SFW) [PIC] Snowcap Vanishing From Mount Kilimanjaro The snows of Kilimanjaro may soon be gone.The African mountain's white peak — made famous by writer Ernest Hemingway — is rapidly melting, researchers report. So...

Worldlink's WORLD CALL = crappy advertising!
on Sep 2, 2009 in Nepal rants image via wordlinkThis is Worldlink's pitch for a VOIP solution -"World Call" that it launched time ago.The first thing that came to mind when I saw the hoarding board on a rooftop in New baneswor, - "What a crappy piece of advertisement!"The slog...

facebook lite! Got an invite but no preview, damn the slow internet :(
on Aug 12, 2009 in web 2.0 facebook rants I got an invite to Facebook lite, today.Here's what the text looked like...“You have been selected as a beta tester for Facebook Lite!We are building a faster, simpler version of Facebook that we call Facebook Lite. It’s not finished yet and we h...

Panoramic image from Muktinath, Mustang
on Jul 27, 2009 in raves hugin free FOSS A compact digital camera, high resolution photos of landscapes from the Muktinath area, free software with a wonderful free algorithm. What do you get? A panoramic photo as a showcase for your blog! Hurray! View from a benc...

A longer than expected day hike!
on Jul 10, 2009 in maps google A day hike from Lakuri bhanjyang to Godavari turned out longer than expected. This happened because of an unanticipated Pani Puja/Jatra that ensued at Godavari leading us to lengthen our hike another four or more kilometres all the way to Hari Siddhi...

This is a first for me (a Google error)
on Jun 17, 2009 in web 2.0 google rants This is exactly as Google said it. I was minding my business, researching material for a work project and then lo.. Google lowjacked me with this.. :=] We're sorry... ... but your query looks similar to automated requests from a computer virus or...

Ignorance is bliss!!
on Jun 17, 2009 in rambles Environment rants Ignorance is bliss, or is it? What if, we were all oblivious to the pesticides, antibiotics in our food, the smoke/smog in our atmosphere, the toxins in the drinking water and the problems with all our daily lives (carpal tunnel syndrome, tendinitis,...

adaptation or mitigation?
on Jun 17, 2009 in rambles climate change I get confused by the whole adaption vs mitigation quagmire. Under which bandwagon are such actions like resorting to sustainable consumption, reducing our carbon footprints, switching to a local producers and minimising air travel (where applicable)...