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Long term usage review of 13″ M1 MacBook Pro from the lens of a Windows & Linux user
Posted on May 1, 2022 2 Comments
The story begins with a long time Windows & Linux user getting a taste of the Mac world. I joined a new organization – CoLearn last year. The company gave me a 13″ M1 MacBook Pro (2020) for work usage. Prior to this, I had never used a Mac, I had been a full time […]
Everybody is a trader and money is a storage device of time
Posted on September 8, 2021 Leave a Comment
In this world, everybody is a trader. The thing that is traded changes depending on person. A stock market investor trades money in lieu of asset (stock). Similarly people trade their time to acquire money. Think a bit more and you realize money is a storage device of time in some sense. The stone age […]
Headphones and fatigue due to online meetings
Posted on August 30, 2021 Leave a Comment
I have been doing online meetings long before we had the pandemic and lockdown. Over the years the duration of the calls started increasing since I was working for a startup. Once the call durations increased I started feeling a weird kind of exhaustion at the end of every call, and I couldn’t exactly point […]
A small review of JBL E65BTNC
Posted on June 16, 2019 Leave a Comment
In 2016, I came across a nice deal for an on-ear headphone – The Motorola Tracks Air. It was selling on Flipkart for ₹2500. That was steal deal, considering the original price is ₹8990. I used it for on and off for quite some time but the on-ear type meant it started hurting my ears […]
Maintain lead acid batteries regularly
Posted on June 13, 2019 Leave a Comment
Thursdays are usually maintenance day for the electrical power supply company in my area. So there was nearly a full day power cut. Luckily, I have a UPS so that sorts out the problem for 8-9 hours. The lead acid battery I use for my UPS is about 3-4 years old, and these being unsealed […]
Results of an online survey about preferred tyres
Posted on March 13, 2016 Leave a Comment
I am facing some instability on my car rides and after showing it to numerous mechanics, wheel alignment centers everyone said the same: The tyres have gone bad and they need replacement. The car hasn’t had that much running to justify a tyre replacement so I started looking online for solutions. Finally I have to […]
Call Rate comparison: Per second vs Per minute
Posted on March 10, 2016 Leave a Comment
A simple graph I made using spreadsheet to compare call rate in per second vs per minute. There was a similar graph somewhere around, but I lost the link and hence I made my own graph 😛 1.5 paisa/second and 45p/minute are common rates in per second and per minute plans offered across India, so […]
The PC reset problem with Active PFC SMPS and UPS
Posted on March 22, 2015 14 Comments
I have a desktop machine with a Corsair SMPS which has active power factor correction. I had a Luminous 675 VA UPS before buying my new desktop machine with this SMPS. The cheapo power supplies available in India (which cost a fourth of the cost of branded ones like Corsair, etc) do not employ power […]
A Linux geek’s experience with Windows 8.1
Posted on November 13, 2014 2 Comments
End of October, my Nexus 4 died, apparently due to a bad battery. What happened was the phone switched off automatically (not the low battery switch off, but at some random % > 50) while using a couple of times. That ended up getting worse by corrupting something leaving the cell radio in a non […]
Blog converted to WordPress
Posted on January 3, 2013 4 Comments
There’s no doubt that WordPress is the most popular blogging platform. I used to be a WordPress hater since I had a disaster with the same in 2007 when I had jumped into the blogging bandwagon (that blog does not exist anymore). And after that incident, I always used Drupal, and in my opinion, Drupal […]
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