http://sameek.com Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:08:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Seems like someone had hacked my web-site. But after some tweaking and a little help from my friend Jayant. Special thanks to rakesh, without whom, i would not have noticed it.I got it back online again. The damage done was not severe. but still... I have been neglecting my blog ... http://sameek.com/2008/11/30/im-back.html Google is launching the beta version of its brand new browser called CHROME. Seems interesting to me. I guess they wanted to start from scratch and develop a browser more suited for what Google wants to achieve. The storybook for Chrome is a pretty decent read. Check it out here. ... http://sameek.com/2008/09/02/chrome.html First of all a very HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY to all my fellow Indians. Today, being a national holiday, I was in home all day. Well, I wanted to go out but I guess nowadays 15th august means..."Terrorists' Independence Day". Every body started telling me..."NO way! Don't go out. Stay indoors. ... http://sameek.com/2008/08/16/india-at-61-my-thoughts-what-is-going-on-in-this-country.html About two weeks ago I ordered a laptop from Dell. A hefty price tag of 50k. Well I confirmed my order and then about 2 hrs later I got a call from my bank. "Sir, have you made 2 transactions from Dell, each of 50k each??" . "WTF?? No ... http://sameek.com/2008/08/15/why-i-dont-like-dell.html I bought a HK soundsticks II recently and I have got to say, I am blown away. First of all, It looks awesome and I thought that the hefty price tag, (Rs. 11k) is just because of the looks. But no son.... The sound is (if possible) even better. The ... http://sameek.com/2008/08/02/harman-kardon-soundsticks-ii.html Its been a Long time. I am glad to be back and blogging again. I have been busy a lot but mostly I have been really really lazy. Lets hope I can keep the absences to a bare minimum. I have been lucky because I was able to take about ... http://sameek.com/2008/07/19/a-trip-around-the-country.html The Ultimate Infoline To Everything Local™. Visit http://www.cityinfoline.in/ Keept it going Guyz! http://sameek.com/2008/06/17/city-infoline-up-again.html Well people might wonder what the hell does this DHD mean?? DHD is the infamous acronym for The "Dirty Half Dozen". What the f...? You may ask. What kind of lame-ass name is that. Well we don't give a flying f... what you think. The DHD was about free spirit ... http://sameek.com/2008/05/13/dhd-2-wickets-down-still-going-strong.html Since the last month, I have been shifting my focus from PHP to Python. Its not like I myself found anything wrong with PHP. Its just that while having a conversation with a friend of mine, he mentioned the latest craze in the Web Application Framework area, Some odd sounding ... http://sameek.com/2008/04/08/wrapped-in-python.html You might be wondering what happened to me for the last two weeks. Well, My Laptop broke down. No problem really, Just that the cooling fan was not working. Well, since the last 2 years my Toshiba has been withstanding quite a lot of punishment in my hand. Finally, it ... http://sameek.com/2008/04/01/toshiba-service-sucks.html