Anu and I were blessed with a baby boy. Arya was born on June 11 at 10.37 a.m. He weighed 7 lb 1 oz and measured 20.5 inches tall.
The whole experience was surreal and to hold him was by far one of the best feeling I have experienced.
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…….to a a new place, a 2-bedroom 2-bathroom apartment. It is located in a very nice community and the house is a corner apartment with a huge balcony and lots of light. Go Green!!
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Just as I decided to print my new lease agreement, the amber toner light on my Brother HL 2070N started glowing. “Amber” lights are typically warning lights, but not so with Brother printers. The amber is really a red, meaning you cannot print any more until you replace you toner cartridge.
I went online to look for the toner at Amazon.com. I am a review freak [often this ends up making the decision buying process more complicated than vice-versa]. I decided to read the reviews and ahem, here is what I found.
Remove the cartridge and find 2 clear plastic port holes, one on each side……….. Cover one or both windows with a small piece of masking tape
I gleefully did as instructed and voila! things were back up and running again. There was ZERO change in print quality. What a rip off it would have been had I not come across the suggestion. Long live C. MACPHAIL.
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No, this post has nothing remotely to do with Valentine’s day even though it comes a day after it. It stands for Keep It Simple, Stupid. See this.
I had a package being delivered to me by USPS. I received a tracking number via email, and I decided to check its status. And that’s where the fun began. The internet has become so usable that I was expecting www.usps.com/tracking or something similar to work. But that dumb piece of shit would not work. My options were this:
[1] Google it (or)
[2] Traverse through menus on the USPS website to get to my tracking.
Regardless, the link that works is this:
http://www.usps.com/shipping/trackandconfirm.htm?from=home_header&page=trackandconfirm
I decided to try the other big name courier services: FEDEX, UPS and DHL. The results and my reactions are italicized.
FEDEX → Almost just as expected
fedex.com/tracking automatically redirects itself to fedex.com/Tracking. fedex.com/track did not work though. I am not mightily impressed.
DHL → WOW, I was not expecting this
dhl.com/tracking or dhl.com/track redirects to http://www.dhl.com/publish/g0/en/eshipping/track.high.html. Brilliant, this is how things should be.
UPS → What the _uck, you must be kidding me !!!!!
ups.com/tracking or ups.com/track {mis}directs to http://www.ups.com/content/not_there or a BIG 404 egg-on-your-face. Maybe they are spending way too much time and effort in creating ads and not getting simple things right. If someone from UPS stumbles on this site and reads it, I would hope they would fix it. The last time I checked a URL redirect was not a rocket science.
If you can’t keep it simple, then at least make it simple. Damn it….Things are just supposed to work.
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My office is very diverse with employees from 14 different countries working together (at least for the most part). There are many Latin-Americans, needless to say. Football (NFL) and soccer (the “real” football) often take center stage during lunch hours. The never ending argument is why American Football is called “Football” when everything except the field goal kicking and punting happens without any contact of the ball with the leg. Although, no one has ever given any explanation that is reasonable, maybe I did find an explanation to it.
A football is called a football because it is a one-foot long ball. Simple!
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For all those drivers on their cellphones, people too old to be even walking and women, I urge you to install an aftermarket governor on your cars that will prevent you from going 12 miles an hour on the freeway.
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I know time flies, but it seems like 2 days back when I made a resolution of posting at least 52 times last year. It is more than a year and I am making the same resolution this year. God save me and the people who live around me.
2008 in review:
† JANUARY :
» Year begins with resolution of atleast a post a week, I am sure you saw the results
» Michelin baby Kavya is born to Anu’s cousins Ravi and Lalitha
† FEBRUARY :
» Nothing exciting except 7th valentine’s day with Anu
† MARCH :
» I turned 26 on 27th, getting older !! Anu baked a wonderful chocolate cake for me. Do you think I am gaining weight only because of no exercise?
» First International project Gate District Towers at Shams Abu Dhabi, UAE
» Attended workshop in Dubai
† APRIL :
» Anu’s mom visits the US, spends 2 months with us
» Uncle turns 60
» Traditional function and pooja in Oklahoma City
† MAY :
» Took 2 weeks vacation, visiting family and friends, attending Anu’s cousin’s wedding
» Visited Oklahoma City(OK) ; Dallas (TX); Rolla, St. Louis (MO); Manhattan (KS)
» Uncle’s Birthday bash @ New York (NY); catch up with Satya, splash and dash trip of NY
» Second Trip to Trinidad (WI) for Centre City Mall
† JUNE :
» Registered for classes in Miami Dade College to make up for Humanities/Social Sciences
» Grandfather passed away. Miss him lots
† JULY :
» Niece Swarna turns 1, Anu’s mom returns back to India
» 2nd wedding anniversary. Stupid Humanities class had an exam
† AUGUST :
» First semester of classes over at MDC, both A’s. Registered for another semester
† SEPTEMBER :
» Ravi, Lallu, Vichu peripa, Rama perima and Michelin baby visit us on Labor day weekend
» Second Trip to Dubai for project meeting, clubbed it with India trip. Spent a nice week with mom, dad and paati and 2 days in Madras with Venky,Ramya and Swarna papa
» AISC Seismic Provisions Seminar @ Lexington and AISC Intelligent Design Seminar @ Miami
† OCTOBER :
» Hectic with work and classes simultaneously
» AISC Seismic Connections Seminar @ Houston
† NOVEMBER :
» Best friend Pramod gets engaged to longtime sweetheart
† DECEMBER :
» Anu’s cousin Aravind and wife Katie visit us. Included trips to The Everglades, Miami Seaquarium
» Second semester ends at MDC, both A’s again 
, registered for last semester (hopefully!!)
» Year end tradition – Road trip to Panama City, Pensacola, Gainesville (FL)
» Anu turned 25
» Year end bash with friends (Dhuruva, Pari, Neel, Navin, Rhea, Nikhil, Joe, Xenia and Chris)
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Wish all you folks who might have trudged on this site a very happy and prosperous 2008.
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Kudos to the Finn. I do feel a little sorry for Hamilton, but not a lot. I don’t like Hamilton, as much as he might be a prodigy. I am so happy for Kimi and the tifosi. Way to go…..
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When watching the UPS ad, I came up with something that goes thus:
" I am from India; What can brown do for you "
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