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150 Things To Do Before You Turn Thirty

I got this from my friend Sudheendra’s site.
I have seen this tag on so many blogs and why not, it’s a wonderful tag! The name is ‘150 Things To Do Before You Turn Thirty’. The rules are,
1. The things you have already done – make them bold.
2. Italics is for things that you are [...]

Posted 12 February 2009 † robotgeek § ‡ Comments (2) °

Laundry Hack

Everybody goes through the same rigmarole. Wash your clothes on a weekly basis, and use the dryer to dry them. Then you probably iron them, before you let them hang in your closet.
Hack #1: Iron Elimination
If you take your clothes out as soon as it finishes drying, and hang them in your closet, there [...]

Posted 25 January 2009 † robotgeek § ‡ Comments (5) ° Tagged:

Calling Card Solution

I’ve always hated the calling card solution to call back home. You have to dial the calling card access number, then optionally type in your pin number and then dial the international number that you are trying to call. It is cumbersome, and I hate it!
I use Reliance Global Call for my calling card [...]

Posted 02 January 2009 † robotgeek § ‡ Comments (1) °

Translators, an observation

Imagine you are listening to the radio. Have you ever found it irritating that when they play translations of people speaking in a different language, they play a couple of seconds of the original person’s voice.
I was listening to PRI’s – The World on WLRH while driving the other day. It then struck me [...]

Posted 06 November 2008 † robotgeek § ‡ Comments (0) °

Straight Edge Razor

I’ve used Mach 3 since I started shaving. It worked well for a long time. Then, my stubbles grew thicker, and Mach 3 lost its sharpness after a few shaves. This led to unsatisfactory shaves. I switched to the the Shlick Quattro – I like this blade (i’ve been using this blade for about a [...]

Posted 26 October 2008 † robotgeek § ‡ Comments (0) °