Solar Power – A Distant Dream or a Reality?

July 29, 2008

With growing fuel prices and depleting sources of energy, People all over the world have started looking at alternate ways of generating energy which they use in their daily life. Given the population and the rate of consumption of these non renewable sources of energy, The day when we could run out of it is not too far.

Electricity is the most common form of energy that we use on a daily basis.Power these days is generated using Thermal Energy, Read the rest of this entry »


First look at ‘Colors’ – The new Hindi General entertainment channel

July 28, 2008
Colors

Colors

Colors – The new Hindi General Entertainment channel was launched on 21st July 2008 all over the world, With shows like ‘Khatron ke Khiladi’ hosted by our very own bollywood action hero, Akshay Kumar. The promos looked promising Read the rest of this entry »


Colors Launches – “Time to earn Money”, says TataSky.

July 22, 2008

Colors – A new general entertainment channel was officially launched all over the world on 21st July 2008. Khatron Ke Khiladi – A new fear factor show, hosted by Action King Akshay Kumar gathered all the attention before the launch.

TataSky never misses out on any money making opportunities, Read the rest of this entry »


Giftmate, Saving half my TV subscription.

July 11, 2008

My 4th Essential TV, Subscriptions at half the price.

How? Thanks to a service called Giftmate.
A latest offering on most of the E-Commerce websites, Giftmate, also called as Paymate is just another payment option. It is mainly a pay-by-sms service. Linked to a unique mobile number, A user can recharge the account using credit card or internet banking.  A user can buy any product from the 3000+ sites associated to Giftmate. Once an order is placed, the users can then select paymate as their payment option and confirm the order by a simple sms. Using such accounts, u expose ur credit card information to only one publisher, In this case, Paymate. How did i use this to my advantage?

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Television – An essential part of life

July 4, 2008

“Zindagi jeene ke liye sirf teen cheezo ki zaroorat hoti hai, Roti, Kapda aur Makaan.”

Translation : The three most important things to live life -  Food, Clothing, House.
Has the time come to add television to the list of essentials to live life? asks my friend. I wonder where this topic popped into his mind while we were busy watching a movie on his computer. The Movie stopped and the drama began when we started to discuss. Read the rest of this entry »


Chennai – My view at the city

July 3, 2008

I travel more than 25Kms in the morning to reach my office, Which normally takes a 1hr drive. Wondering what people do? Well, Most of them are listening to music.

“No prizes for guessing this one. Its now more common to see people with headphones, be it walking, talking, or anything. Cell phones and Mp3 players are a common accessory. Its now a style statement. I personally don’t own a mp3 player, nor do i have a music phone. I just cant keep doing one thing for long, I fall asleep immediately. Well, that’s a personal issue.”

While some are listening to music, the rest prefer to sleep, Read the rest of this entry »


Fuel prices at record highs – Justified?

July 3, 2008

Wife: Honey, Take me to a costly place.
Husband: Ok, Get ready. Lets go.
Wife: Where are we going??
Husband: To the petrol bunk.

Its now a reality. Oil prices all over the world are on their record highs. Read the rest of this entry »