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Hacking your Alexa Ranking 1

May

2013

In case if you are working in any web related business based in India, then you would be aware of Alexa. The site which maintains website rankings by traffic. These numbers are indicative, however some people rely on them so much so that they look at a definitive way of increasing the rankings only … ...

India’s first passenger train journey

Apr

2013

On 16th April 1853, India’s first passenger train journey began. It started from Bori Bunder in Mumbai, all the way up to Thane. This was a distance of 32 km, wherein 3 coaches were hauled by the engine. Thus started rail transport in India. This piece of history came to my notice not because of the ...

As the World Ends 2

Dec

2012

Today is the D-Day, the day when the Mayan calendar runs out … and thus, leading us to think that the world has ended. What were they really thinking? In almost all civilizations, this day has been predicted. We Maharashtrians have an end of the world known as pralay. This literally translates into the great ...

The changing image of Orcs in Pop Culture 2

Jul

2012

This Sunday, I was watching the Lord of the Rings: Return of the King on TV and it struck me that the orcs in the movie are positively evil … Chaotic Evil in fact. They are completely selfish and have no respect for society, value personal goals above everything else and are seeking to destroy ...

Confessions of an Ambush Marketer 1

May

2012

Dear Internet Surfer, I have sinned. Ever since I have found about HTML forms and Emailing systems, I have been lurking around in web-pages awaiting to spring that form on you When I found about javascript and the onLoad event, I welcome you to my pages and bidded for my time. The time to spring ...

Don’t hire dogs 6

Feb

2012

Dog’s are a man’s best friend. They are considered as faithful, loyal and will always be there to lift you up. A dog will fetch things for you and do silly tricks such as sit, roll over, etc. In different companies, there is one such breed of employees. Don’t get me wrong, I am not ...

Why this Kolaveri Di? 3

Nov

2011

I am sure that by now most of you have heard of this song. If you haven’t yet heard the song, then do give this video a look-see - There is a huge hype around this song, for a multitude of reasons - It’s written and sung by the son-in-law of Rajnikanth The main keyword ...

The Blue Nothing Digest 4

Sep

2011

The internet is virtually an infinite source of inspiration, great news, stupidity and entertainment. I thought that I might share some gems which are either relevant to me, or which I think you might find interesting. It’s been a month that I have been a father of two, oh, we are going to name him ...