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Region Free DVD Drive
DVDs come in several region-coded format restrictions. The DVD players are usually restricted to play a single-region or a couple of regions. However, I was always under the impression that computer DVD drives were region-free i.e. these computer drives can play content from any and all regions; without restrictions. Last year, we purchased a TV series from Amazon UK more...
Mastering your eMail Inbox
Has it happened to you that you open your personal email and see the count of unread messages to be sky-rocketing? Have you faced issues with locating particular information which was sent in an email just because your email account is not organized? I know friends who have thousands of emails cluttered in the inbox. I have been very efficient in managing my work / more...
2011 – The past || 2012 – The current & future
2012 and past 2011 was an eventful year for me. A few events which I would like to share: Esha and me, we completed our first wedding anniversary (May 2011) I entered the Android world after my Windows Mobile Phone died (August 2011) I visited India to be with my family (December 2011) 2012 and beyond Looking back at 2011, I see that I have not been able more...
Respect your eyes
Eyesight is one of the best gifts one has in this world. Without eyesight, one may be handicapped. How will one enjoy the beauty around us if our eyesight is poor? In today's world, with everything being concentrated heavily towards computers, it is necessary to spend some time taking good care of our precious eyes and respect them. I have been using a computer for more...
Moms visiting us
A quick and exciting little week. My mom and sister-in-law's mom are visiting us for the next few months. When they arrived at the airport at Boston's Logan International Airport, the weather was pleasant, sun shining, highs towering over 54 F (12 C). However, two days later, we were hit by a snow shower pushing the lows to 11 F (-12 C). The sudden change in weather more...
Getting back in action
Days are going on so quickly that I feel I am loosing my sense of retrospection and pen my thoughts down. What can one do? Discipline one self to spend 15 mins every day Identify what one has learned Share a couple of lines and see what people need to say on this Hopefully, I will be more 'active' and less preaching over the next few more...
Travelled Countries
I have had an opportunity to travel across several places in the world. Today, I am going to list the countries where I have been to so far. North America: United States Europe: Germany Czech Republic Austria Asia: India Singapore Thailand In the coming weeks, I will pinpoint in detail the places I have visited in each more...
Peaks and Valleys
One of my 2011 resolutions was to read something meaningful every month. January 2011 is coming to an end and today I am going to write about 'Peaks and Valleys. Making Good and Bad Times Work For You — At Work and In Life'. This is an inspiring book written by Dr. Spencer Johnson; who has authored some of the bestselling self-help management books like 'Who Moved My more...
Winter Storms and Planning
This past week I have been thinking about the website design and content. Also, we encountered winter snow storms and extremely cold weather. Expect a website content update happen soon. Thank more...
A Busy Week
This past week was very hectic leading to pending work which had to be completed over the weekend. We all went out shopping for my sister-in-law's baby shower (which is going to be held in February 2011). I will not be posting something long this week. Looking forward to next week. Thank more...