http://yehmanas.com yeh manas Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:07:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I just tried signing into my Flickr account and it kept giving me 'wrong id/password' message, making my heart skip a beat each time. But after five minutes, I was able to sign into My Yahoo! and now another 10 minutes later, into Flickr.com. Did they just have a hiccup? http://yehmanas.com/archives/157 This was taken on a recent trip to Haryana with a friend of mine. At the top of ever-winding stairs was a row of these water taps, which were attracting bees like flowers. What was more interesting was that almost nobody else seemed to notice and used them without care. This ... http://yehmanas.com/archives/156 Silicon Alley Insider has very quickly become one of my top 10 daily reads. Almost everybody on this planet has an opinion about Microsoft courting Yahoo! and Henry Blodget is no different. What's the most interesting to me is - The problem is the way Microsoft has always framed the "cloud ... http://yehmanas.com/archives/154 There is a tiny revolution coming about in the 'i-still-love-print' industry. There are a bunch of things happening at the same time and its very exciting. Finally, there's a mainstream product that you can think about getting your loved ones without thinking about providing customer support for life (for ... http://yehmanas.com/archives/152 As per Business Standard George Soros has picked up a 3% stake in Reliance Entertainment for $100 million effectively valuing the company for $3 billion. ContentSutra got a confirmation of the same from Rajesh Sawhney, President of the Rs. 400 crore investment. Zapak, Big Adda, Big Flicks, Jump Games and the ... http://yehmanas.com/archives/151 I am in the middle of rapid prototyping a new Rails based web application for India and we are coming up with multi-platform interface for it and I thought, "why not for the iPhone?". So I started researching the other sites out there that iPhone compatible and after a bit ... http://yehmanas.com/archives/149 There's a lot of buzz about a new beta release today from Israeli startup Oovoo - Free calls to landlines and mobiles in the USA and Canada till March 1, 2008. Features - Six person video conferencing & chatting Record calls Call long distance (free for 3 more weeks) Find & add friends File ... http://yehmanas.com/archives/143 I don't know how lost I was in my own empty space that I missed the launch, the success of 'Breathing Under Water' and the phenomenal return of Karsh Kale with another favorite of mine, Anoushka Shankar. This is a co-produced album that in my opinion returns Kale to his ... http://yehmanas.com/archives/141 I have had which I had only heard about. A really 'meh' day, or to be more eloquent - a 'blah' day! I guess I am just going to chill out in front of the one-way-meant-for-boobs tube and read some of the latest on ContentSutra and UX Magazine. http://yehmanas.com/archives/138 I hardly run across a software project that really excites me. But when it happens, its euphoric. For the longest time I have been a proponent of the Xbox Media Center (XBMC). Whether its against the AppleTV or Xbox 360 or Playstation 3 (forget the Wii for media), its stood ... http://yehmanas.com/archives/137