Monthly Archives: February 2010

XP is a jealousy custard

The week started off with a bang this morning when I went into my office only to discover the frozen remains of my screen saver on the computer’s screen Continue reading

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The Case of the Missing Servant

The Case of the Missing Servant marks the first appearance of Delhi-based private eye Vish Puri. Continue reading

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PC woes

What a miserable situation! Woke up a few days ago and my PC was dead in the water. The full story will be written as soon as I have something more convenient than my BlackBerry to do it on. Guru … Continue reading

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Full House

I am always very happy to find a new Janet Evanovitch book in the library and, when I saw Full House on the shelf, I seized it eagerly. Continue reading

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Talky talky

Found online at the Daily Telegraph: I wonder what this lady was saying? “Hello, I’m upside down.”  ??? Or maybe it was  a true-for-a-change version of the old lie, “I’m stuck in traffic.” Make that really, really stuck!”

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Having a quiet word

Several times over the years I have mentioned tools which can be used for making blogging easy. Continue reading

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CD cover

Sorting through my in-tray, the other day, I found the CD soul in a suitcase that local musician Rowan Stuart had given me in appreciation for some pictures I contributed. The first thing was to feed the disc into CD … Continue reading

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Durban @ night

Things have been a bit quiet on the photographic front. Not so much on the taking, as on the processing side. Nevertheless, I did like this one taken at the weekend on a trip downtown. It’s made up three of … Continue reading

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Letting the River Run

In the second of what will be an occasional series on YouTube videos that I have enjoyed, I present Carly Simon with Let the River Run. The term flashing grin must have been invented with this girl in mind. I … Continue reading

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Polishing the chrome

One minute I was a committed user of Firefox web browser, and a minute later, I wasn’t. Continue reading

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