Chandra's world

Monday, May 16, 2016

The return

As he said in that must-watch movie - I will be back....I am indeed back. And as it's been 9 years, I would love to claim that I too was inventing a new technology just like this man did to shoot a movie in the way he wanted to do. But considering that this will be a stretch, let me just state that I just felt like coming back....today.

More to come....

# posted by Chandra @ 10:35 PM

Friday, December 07, 2007

To everyone who visited my blog,

I have always tried to publish posts on a regular basis. But for varying reasons ( ranging from 'being lazy' to 'lack of good stuff that inspires me'), I have been maintaining an absymal frequency in this matter.

Hence, I plan to take a break from blogging now. And perhaps the most important reason for this decision is my internal guilt of letting down people who are visiting my blog ( assuming that there are people who are visiting!) with an intention to read a new post.

Thanks a lot to everyone who have been patient with me and who took the time out to visit my blog and read the stuff that I write.

Being an eternal optimist, I am hopeful that I will be be back in the near future.

cheers!
Chandra

# posted by Chandra @ 4:42 PM

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

India wins

A nice summary article that talks about India’s series wins away from home, in the light of India’s latest win in England that concluded yesterday. Considering that I am temporarily put up here, I feel a lot closer to the win. Adding to that is the fact that I managed to watch the Indian team in action when they came down to Hove for their match against Sussex.

It was for the first time that I saw the entire Indian cricket team in flesh and blood and getting up and close with them, seeking their autographs (Sreesanth was the most patient and had the most legible autograph) and getting clicked with them (RP Singh was the best here with patience personified in agreeing for photographs) was a wonderful experience. In a way, this series win by India in England rounds of a wonderful summer experience for them as well as for me.

# posted by Chandra @ 10:51 AM

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Google killers??

hakia.com
powerset.com
ChaCha.com
search.wikia.com
toptenwholesale.com
zillow.com
kayak.com
yahoo.com
ask.com
live.com
contextweb.com
quigo.com

The 12 sites listed above are being talked about as Google killers in an interesting article that I have come across. Ranging from vertical search engines to search engines that utilize a new technology – “natural language technology” to old competitors that have revamped their sites, all are preparing to combat Google and beat it at its own game.

Though some sites do offer interesting potential, I don’t quite think that any one of them can actually kill Google. Perhaps a combination of ‘Hakia’ (with its natural language technology), ‘search.wikia.com’ or (with its concept) & ‘Kayak’ (with its design & UI) will do it. And by the time all of them will get together (if at all they do manage to come together), Google would have already possessed these unique elements or better still, end up buying them!

In any case, Google admirers and bashers have to keep watching this space.

# posted by Chandra @ 8:02 PM

Monday, April 16, 2007

A cool tool!

Sometimes, fellow bloggers come up with something that ought to be highlighted for its brilliance and the thought process that went into it.

I have always been a regular reader and an admirer of Anand’s fantastic site. Have lost count of the number of times I have referred his site to my friends. Of course, it never so happened that I wrote about his site, but quietly linked it on my blog reads. However, when he came up with this gem of an invention, can’t help but write about it!

Basically, you can EASILY search and listen to your favorite Tamil or Hindi songs online or for that matter download them! Clearly inspired by Google’s minimalist home page design and winamp’s “find as you type” functionality, it’s a brilliant tool that can whet the appetite of any discerning music lover. Not just that, he goes one step further and like the wikipedia spirit, writes down on how he actually created it. He spent over 2 years on this and I can just say: well spent effort!

# posted by Chandra @ 9:16 PM