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How Vampires Work!

Like they are some kind of mechanical device with acute technological advance that they have to explained at "Howstuffworks.com". There was a time ( before Wikipeida offcourse) when I would go to how stuff works to read on IR(infra red) Sensors for a science project or read on the mechanics and physics of a refrigerator if it needed repair; but this is absurd? It is categorized under science, but honestly this is more myth or fantasy. I'm not arguing about the fact that the site provides this information, which by the way is relevant and well summarized but its still deviating from the information it was popular for! Read the article : http://science.howstuffworks.com/vampire.htm A lot good sites have started to lose focus of their core competencies and branching out in every which direction to improve site ratings and visibility! Look at ask.com or askjeeves.com. These were great sites in the 90's. Over time they started to deviate under the impression that they w...

So much for the festival of lights!!

Well it took me 12 hours into the day to realize the fact that Diwali is long gone and nothing like what I cherish it to be. The lack of a social ring, lack of a motive, lack of crackers and lights!!! All I could do to rekindle what's left of my thirst for Diwali; was to have full 5 course South Indian Meal!! God bless that place! Now as I head back to the office after my lunch, life is going to go back to the same, mundane office routine. Again so much for the festival of lights, Happy Diwali Koushik ;Alone in Cal

The most painful trip to Macy's

What happened to customer service??? They have 4 isles for watches, from tommy to fossil and 1 dude to service 8 customers!! I normally take about 10 - 15 mins to select and purchase anything, but by god waiting 1 hour for my turn almost questions my reason to buy anything in the first place!!! The annoying thing about Macy's is that they have designated attendants for specific products!! You wouldn't expect someone for the ladies garment section to help you out at the electronics section, but how difficult is it to hand out a few watches and bill it?? Probably it's the economy, maybe they shed some staff, but at the cost of customer satisfaction??? They don't even have a counter to call for assistance!!!! I'm really going think about going there if I need an assisted purchase!!

Another shot at this!!

Ok so geting into blogger and typing was hard enough that now I have an app on the iPhone with which I should be able to post blogs!!! Let's see if this is worth the effort!!

Another Blue Monday

Each Sunday night before I hit the sack I tell myself to be optimistic about the week to come. Despite my sincere self-gratifying pep talks, at first light on Monday - I get the blues!! I'm not sure why, but I still hate waking up on a Monday morning just to digest the fact that another week of work and mundane errands awaits me!! I hope it's not etched into my head, because I know things will change and that life has more to offer! **REALITY CHECK** Who am I kidding, I'm already late for work, better get on to it!! This philosophy is sweeter when I'm living pointlessly in an illusion called the perfect life!! Thanks Koushik Venkatesh