Traffic enforcement on Facebook!

We might not have a traffic camera at every intersection, what we have is the power of social media! Visit Delhi Traffic Police on Facebook

@Microsoft

So it has been a month since I have been at Microsoft. Still getting comfortable with the code base, trying to understand the design of the software; it seems like starting again. Working at Microsoft IDC at Hyderabad seems like a long time ago. There are so many parallels between when I started at IDC [...]

More “blowing your own trumpet”

From my network security professor Hi CS6262 star students, If you’re receiving this mail, you should be proud of your accomplishments in CS6262, as one of the top 10 students in the class. I very much enjoyed having you in class, and I sincerely hope you enjoyed the class, too. We hope you found the [...]

Jumping with Joy!

Snowfall!

This was the sight that greeted me when I woke up today. Even though I am not a great fan of cold weather, there is something about this snow scene that made me look up and watch and capture the moments on camera. There is something about sitting in a warm room peering out of [...]

Day 2, looking for a silver lining on an overcast day

Today was my second day in Charlottetown and I was hoping for better weather. At least the forecast at Yahoo had said that it would be sunny today. But it was so wrong; it poured throughout the day and there was just a little sunshine when the rain stopped for a moment. Worse, I have [...]

Down in Charlottetown

Couldn’t think of a title that rhymed better! It has just been a day since I landed here. The weather was pleasant even though it has been raining throughout the week. So I went Downtown with my Uncle and Aunt to see the place. My cousin brother, his wife and two kids are also here. [...]

Night-out at the airport

So my journey to Charlottetown begins at Atlanta airport in a somewhat unusual way; with a night-out at the Atlanta airport. Why? Because my flight departs at 7 am and I can’t find anyone willing to wake up at 4 am to drop me off at the airport. So after dropping some of my worldly [...]

Why was Yahoo SMTP misbehaving?

Yahoo provides free SMTP access to all its non yahoo.com domain email addresses. I started using the server around 6 months back. The best part was that the SMTP servers were dumb. They were acting as open message relays for anyone who had a valid Yahoo ID. So I could send an email message as [...]

The blog is still alive but in a coma!

I am really pressed for time in this internship interview, TA, exam, test and assignment scenario. Will post soon about something that interests me (or some new trick I learnt) soon

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