Monthly Archives: April 2004

Google IPOs

So Google finally IPOs — with an approach as unusual as its approach to webmail. The founder’s letter in their S1 filing eloquently argues the case for taking the long view: Although we may discuss long term trends in our … Continue reading

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Gmail – First Impressions

I’ve been using Gmail for about 5 days now (found out via Evhead about the Blogger offer before the Slashdot story broke) and here are my first impressions: The service’s reliability is very good indeed. Even for a beta, this … Continue reading

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The Baroque Cycle's 'Confusion'

I’m now tucking into Part 2 of Neal Stephenson’s Baroque Cycle, The Confusion. For a change, Landmark in Madras actually stocked the book in time for its April 13 launch date .

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Elections 2004 — 'Feel Good' Wearing Thin

The Telegraph has an article about a new pre-poll survey that predicts a reduced majority for the NDA, saying that the “feel good” factor seems to be wearing thin, particularly in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. Not … Continue reading

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Free MapPoint Subscription

For those interested into building location awareness into their apps (and have MSDN sub IDs) this is a sweet deal: MapPoint sub free for MSDN users. You get access to their staging environment for a year and upto 50k commercial … Continue reading

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Great Indie Music Site

Why not go to MP3 Lizard for all your indie MP3 needs?

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de Icaza on Java, Gtk and Mono

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Quick Bits: Sun, Gmail

Summer is icummen into Chennai. Gmail‘s 1 gig free sounds good, and I hope the service is reliable. What’d really kick ass: a desktop app communicating over HTTP to my Gmail account (like Outlook Express communicates with Hotmail). Dredging through … Continue reading

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