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    Apple, please treat users as grown-ups!

    1st March 2021 /

    I have an #iPhone and #iPadPro, I like their reliability. But it is infuriating how Apple dumbs down & eliminates features in the name of simplicity. Case in Point: To find a text within a #webpage in #Safari, is easy to do (CTRL-F or Menu) on a PC or Mac. In iOS or iPadOS you need to do a summersault! (Actual instructions are here) On which universe, finding a text is sharing?

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    Why I reset my PC once in a year or so?

    8th July 2020
    HP Pavilion 14-ce1000tu-Intel Core i5, Windows 10, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD

    The laptop for my son – HP Pavilion 14

    9th June 2019

    My New Sony VAIO Laptop

    5th March 2007
  • Gadgets

    Electronic waste and recycle by providers

    23rd December 2020 /

    Earlier I had three TVs in my house connected to Tata Sky DTH, now only one, so I have an HD set-top unused for years, a recorder HD box that is making noise, and one unused dish antenna – when I requested Tata Sky service to take them back, they flatly refused. I told them I was not looking for a buyback or cash, in fact, I volunteered to pay them for it. I feel guilty about throwing a perfectly working box(es) in the garbage and add to electronic waste unnecessarily. Unlike smartphones & say TVs, the set-top boxes are proprietary and integrated with the DTH operator’s CRM – they…

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    iOS7 Beta–Anxious moments, Fix

    13th June 2013

    USB Charging Station

    23rd April 2016

    An useful gadget accessory for $3

    18th August 2015
  • Technology

    Today’s special – Annoyances with apps

    2nd December 2020 /

    Today’s post is about two annoyances I have experienced with apps: #WhatsApp and #MicrosoftEdge. Forward in WhatsApp: WhatsApp drives me nuts. Whenever I forward a picture message with a text, it leaves the text out. I have to use the share sheet (in a circular way) to share to WhatsApp again. Why can’t I select multiple photos & videos, to share them to Google Photos or Drobox for safe keeping? URL copy ‘n’ paste with Microsoft Edge: Last few days Microsoft Edge browser was driving me crazy. Every time I copy a URL from the browser address bar and then paste it in Facebook / Twitter / LinkedIn text boxes, I…

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    What I find wrong with the Stephen Fry’s video?

    13th October 2008

    Windows XP 64 – Love at first sight!

    9th May 2005

    Most developers are amateurs?

    20th June 2008
  • Microsoft

    Activating correctly the Microsoft Office 2019 Home & Student edition

    9th November 2020 /

    I am annoyed when companies design products to get the paying customer into doing things that are good for the manufacturer’s top-line and expensive for the customer. There is nothing wrong in upselling, but they need to be transparent on what is already provided and what’s the upgrade for. Unfortunately, this stealth mode operations are a common theme in the world of Windows PCs and Android Smartphones for decades. The excuse they provide is that there are wafer-thin margins in the business, unlike Apple, who operate on the higher end of the market. Though I am not a fanboy of Apple products, I admire Apple for remaining clean in this…

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    Games in Windows Vista

    16th October 2007

    Demand for SharePoint developers

    20th June 2008

    Ray Ozzie will be at Mix ’08

    31st January 2008
  • Toy Train at the Phoenix Mall, Velachery
    Chennai

    In India horn sound chases you everywhere

    6th March 2020 /

    In India, horn sound chases you everywhere, even in the malls. You don’t get respite from it. I find it crazy that mall owners in Chennai like those of Phoenix Mall, Velachery and Forum Vijaya Mall, Vadapalani do this – run toy trains on the corridors, leaving no space for shoppers to walk. P.S.: I created this amateur video for fun in a few minutes with the “Video Editor / Photos” that comes OOB with #Windows10.

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    A weekend away at Yelagiri

    6th August 2006
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    Purchase of Pooja items for Ganesh Chaturthi 2019

    1st September 2019

    The Hindu MetroPlus TheatreFest 2012

    12th August 2012
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