Friday, September 16, 2011

synergy with two macbooks

if you are trying to use synergy - http://synergy-foss.org/ with two macbooks pick version 1.3.1. Because with other versions the keyboard won't switch to the clients at all.

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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

My Firefox Addon Statistics

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I never thought that 67000 people will download this extension when I wrote this :) It grew organically and fun to watch.

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Thursday, January 27, 2011

Simply True & Utterly Humorous: Life in graphs

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Annu K Rekha <annu.rekha@in.ibm.com>
Date: Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 12:25 AM
Subject: Simply True & Utterly Humorous: Life in graphs
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Annu K Rekha
Business Controls
IBM India Private Limited
Embassy Golf Links Business Park,
Email: annu.rekha@in.ibm.com
 
Early bird gets the worm, but the Second mouse gets the cheese.
 
 

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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Bangalore Parking Rules

Vehicle Towed

I had my vehicle towed for the first time in bangalore today. I parked my (friend's) two wheeler in front of a SBI ATM on MG road to withdraw some cash. I did not notice that there was a towing vehicle behind me and also did not know that I was not supposed to park there. It took me just 45 seconds to figure out that the atm was not working, I turned back and my vehicle was being loaded into the towing vehicle. I argued that I did not know that I should not park here and pleaded to give the vehicle back. But the towers instructed me to come to the traffic police station, pay the fine and pick the vehicle.

At the Traffic Police Station

I took a auto immediately, rushed to the police station mentioned. My two wheeler was already chained in front of the station, ultra fast. I went to the station and enquired for the procedure. They instructed me to pay 300 rupees fine and take the vehicle. It was very straight forward, a) pay the fine b) get the receipt c) ride the vehicle back. I should say that I was very happy with the experience at the station. There is no unnecessary questions, no asks for bribe, etc, etc. The auto owner mentioned that Bangalore is like United States and policemen are very strict. All in all I felt very happy about the experience, even though I had to pay 300 rupees. I made a mistake and I paid for it. I should better know the parking and traffic rules at Bangalore before I start to drive.

Quirks

Note that there were no documents asked at the station to prove that you own the vehicle. I just provided my driving license (tamilnadu license) and 300 rupees. I also did specify the vehicle number. Its just very easy to go outside the station, look at a vehicle that is chained, note down the number, go in pay the fine and take the vehicle away. So if your vehicle is towed I advice you to go and get it back as soon as possible. Obviously someone else needs a key to drive your vehicle away, but its very easy to get a master key for some vehicles.

Receipts


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