Trenchant

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Trekking trip to Maula Ali Dargah

Yesterday morning I went on my first official trekking trip ever! What started as a casual invite from a friend to join her on the adventure, went on to become an unforgettable memory. The trip was every bit fun filled and I learnt how to trek too!
For those of you who are wondering where Moula [...]

Travelling in and around Delhi NCR

Some one new to Delhi might feel it difficult to travel within Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR).
I had done some home work for myself while preparing to visit around Delhi-NOIDA-Gurgaon early in 2010. It took me quite some browzing time and effort to compile information. I thought this information would help travelers like [...]

A journey up north…could be cold and lonely

I had been on a trip to Delhi last week. In what had been a one-of-its-kind experience for me, I discovered on one hand that it is not all that difficult to go around Delhi NCR and on the other hand, one could feel severely lonely and cold. The ‘cold’ part is not just because [...]

Wordpress attachment import/export issue – workaround

I exported the all my wordpress posts here using the Tools – export option. I later tried to import all the posts to my new domain (I shall announce soon). The import was only half successful. Pictures that form an integral part of my posts have been skipped.
And in fact there were errors like:
Remote file [...]

My trip to Vizag

I happened to visit Vizag for the first time last weekend. I was there to attend a friend’s wedding on Sunday night. Arrived at 6AM on Saturday morning at the Vizag railway station after an overnight train journey (Godavari Express). The journey wasn’t too pleasant, thanks to the scrimpy side-upper berth (I got that even [...]

Install Windows-7 on a vista laptop

Ever since Microsoft announced the Windows-7 OS, I was curious and so were millions of Windows users. Well I personally did not like the Vista OS for the primary reason that it simply overloaded the PC. A typical Vista installation treacherously occupies 7GB of space on the hard-drive and demands a minimum of 2GB [...]

Computer virus types; Symptoms & effects of infection; Review on free antivirus, firewall & antispyware

My lil laptop caught cold!
Etiology (study of disease causation) of common cold says there are over a hundred different kinds of viruses that cause common cold. In addition, that is one reason why one cannot ideally gain immunity to common cold.
My laptop is no super man, so she got one too, a bitter cold.
This [...]

My IceBreaker Speech at Toastmasters

Toast Masters Club is a place where one can hone his/her verbal communication skills, in a professionally guided environment. Interested? Want to know more? Check this out: http://www.toastmasters.org/
A club can be chartered (formed) with a group of 20 interested candidates. The club meets often in an organized way. Members take up roles as Speakers, Evaluators, [...]

Calculator, Paint missing in windows XP

I suddenly realized that the Games folder, the Calculator and the Paint applications went missing on my Windows XP PC.
The games that come with XP don’t interest me much, but the calculator and paint come very handy when you have some quick math or a screen-shot-edit to do.
This might have happened when the Automatic Updates [...]

XP drivers for Dell XPS m1330

I bought a Dell XPS m1330 laptop. It came with Vista home premium but I have always thought XP was the best MS OS around. It did not take me long to realize I had to install XP on my laptop but at the same time I wanted to retain the Vista that it came [...]