Covid-19 has raised anxiety levels for everyone and we are all washing our veggies after learning that the virus can survive on surfaces for days. Fortunately there is a better way. We can use the UVC (far ultraviolet aka UV-C) lamp from our ubiquitous water…
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This is only a partial solution since I haven’t figured out making it a true repeater with WDS yet. So I can actually use a RJ45 cable coming from my ISP (in my case, the modem in another room) as an input to the ADSL+WIFI…
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Updated as of Jan 2016 TL;DR – Its makkhan (butter). No seriously. The awesome camera and the fluidity are worth it. Why am I writing this blog? Because I am nauseated and fed up by silly bullshit comparisons of iOS and Android which demonstrate zero…
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I am the recent / proud owner of a CBR250R ABS. Honda India has next to zero effort / desire to please customers, forget winning in the market. They are only surviving courtesy the technical smarts of the Japanese engineers. The folks here are no-gooders.…
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Folks, This came out of a discussion on www.team-bhp.com – this is a standard newbie query. Why should I buy a more expensive bike? Let me “test the waters” first. There are two levels of issues: a. Long term commitment b. Type of cycling A.…
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This post was borne out of the need to track blood donation requests in Chennai. I donate regularly. However, if you want to donate as frequently as possible, you need to do so proactively. Either one donates to a blood bank nearby. I prefer to…
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