Archive for January, 2005

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Can you spot the snake?

Photo taken @ Bannerghatta National Park, about 20 km from Bangalore City.

Republic Day Flower Show

The flower show in full swing at The Lalbagh Botanical Gardens, Bangalore. This amazing display of flowers is being held in honor of India’s Republic Day, January 26th.

Dakar Rally 2005

France’s Stephane Peterhansel won his second straight Dakar Rally, a 5,566-mile race that began in Spain two weeks ago, covered vast stretches of African desert and left two motorcyclists dead. Read more…

Quiz: What’s Your Leadership Style?

Executives behave and display a certain style when they are conscious of their role and play in public the role of the CEO, CFO, or the CIO for that matter. Do you have the leadership style of a CIO? Do you have what it takes to become a CEO of a high-tech company?
Take this […]

Rio Fashion Week

Check this out!. You will not be disappointed.PS: The site could be a bit slow in loading, but worth the wait.

Bangalore Map #1

A good map of Bangalore is located at Maps of India. The site also has maps of lots of other places in India.

Mantralaya goes Hi-Tech

Devotees going to Mantralaya can now register their accommodation by sending an SMS. This facility is available by sending an SMS to 09841457817. Include your phone number, date of visit and number of rooms required in the message.

You are not alone!

Have you ever felt that a particular piece of hardware or software stinks? You are probably not alone. Head over to Computer Gripes to read and/or share similar experiences.

Outlook Bloopers!

Sandeep Library E-Mail
Originally uploaded by Vulture.

The subject line of the first e-mail is a real gem! It reads “RE: Any one of you … forward that library ass…”

The Bangalore Shopping Guide

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Investment Insights: Part #1

Fidelity Investments (http://www.fidelity.co.in) is offering some insightful nuggets in their exclusive investor guides. Just registered myself. Watch this space for more info.
Toll free number: 1600 12 12 62

BOSE: The Power of Silence

BOSE is offering a free portable CD Player on purchase of selected headphone models on all purchases before 31st January 2005. Visit The BOSE Store at

The Pavillion (next to Deepam Silk, MG Road) or
The Forum Mall (Koramangala)

To order call 1600-11-2673 (BOSE) or SMS ‘QUERY’ to 9899702673.

A foreigner’s impression of Bangalore

Jonathan shares his experiences in Bangalore at Bangalore Torpedo. Should make very good reading as the days go by.

Flickr

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

World Rally Championship: The Game

Just could not resist putting this one up!

Hall of Fame

Hmmm… I just assisted in mapping the physical locations of the world to the virtual locations of the Internet by executing a lookup on Bangalore at The Net World Map Project. Just by doing this I entered their Hall Of Fame.
Here is the e-mail of glory:
Hey! Check out this site. They are building a map […]

A blog with a name

Re-christened this blog as GEO 12.97°N 77.56°E. The reason, my hometown Bangalore is at this geographic location and the name sounded cool. To read more about amazing Bangalore head over to Wikipedia.

A cute ad from AirTel

Send ‘M’ to 3333 and subscribe to AirTel Today, a mobile paper launched in collaboration with India Today, plus lots more. All at Rs. 30 per month and oh, of course the additional 10.2% service charge.

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The Simpsons: Take #1

On yesterday’s episode of The Simpsons:
The scene:
Bart is working as a bartender at a Mafia Boss’s outfit. The Mafia Boss is using Bart’s house as a store for stolen cigar boxes. Bart sees on TV that the Mafia Boss has been named as a suspect for this robbery. Bart rushes to the outfit and then…
Mafia […]


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