http://bonchibuji.blogspot.com/I don't want to be a product of environment. I want the environment to be a product of me.ennoreply@blogger.com (Visakh aka Bonchi Buji)Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:11:19 PSTBlogger http://www.blogger.com192111Subscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with Googlehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BonchiBuji/~3/cmpaqNQEBik/whats-up-with-blue-dart.htmlBlue DartindiaCourier Servicenoreply@blogger.com (Visakh aka Bonchi Buji)Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:11:19 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306932089434323286.post-2726089367282426609Update (6th Dec 2011) - Blue Dart called me yesterday and asked me about this problem. I gave a brief description of the issue I faced. They apologized for the delay and the confusion caused. They also asked for an email from me. They said they will be opening an incident for this. I am writing this post since my experience with Blue Dart courier service in India in the last 30 months has not 2011-12-06T15:41:19.945+05:300http://bonchibuji.blogspot.com/2011/12/whats-up-with-blue-dart.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BonchiBuji/~3/YVXf4SK0_Y4/they-said-it-couldnt-be-done-and-he-did.htmlCObituaryDennis Ritchienoreply@blogger.com (Visakh aka Bonchi Buji)Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:06:50 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306932089434323286.post-5236068454591010025 Couple of days back, we lost one of the most influential innovators of new age, Dennis Ritchie. Right now, relaxing on his chair at the happy hunting grounds, he will be bragging about C and Unix, his innovations, which changed the way we program and conduct our day to day business. Steve Jobs would have already drawn up plans to redesign and rewrite the entire code base of heaven (or whatever 2011-10-13T22:36:50.673+05:300http://bonchibuji.blogspot.com/2011/10/they-said-it-couldnt-be-done-and-he-did.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BonchiBuji/~3/vZSYozcyfAc/rakht-charitra-part-1-movie-review.htmlmovie reviewRakht CharitraHindi filmsRam Gopal VarmaVivek Oberoinoreply@blogger.com (Visakh aka Bonchi Buji)Fri, 22 Oct 2010 14:28:12 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306932089434323286.post-4924930474151809983"Revenge is the purest emotion."The first part of the two-series film, Rakht Charitra, keeps up to its tagline. As the saying goes, revenge makes a man blind. And as Gandhiji said, "An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind."After the collateral damage in the form of Aag, Ram Gopal Varma (RGV) has risen from the ashes like a phoenix. He delivers a well paced, well scripted and well shot 2010-10-23T02:58:12.478+05:300http://bonchibuji.blogspot.com/2010/10/rakht-charitra-part-1-movie-review.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BonchiBuji/~3/DIwOHMqQo3s/ars-technica-forum-user-details-hacked.htmlArs TechnicaHackingnoreply@blogger.com (Visakh aka Bonchi Buji)Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:42:51 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306932089434323286.post-8745359992819759266Today, I got the following email from Ars Technica.The following is an e-mail sent to you by an administrator of "Ars TechnicaOpenForum". If this message is spam, contains abusive or other comments youfind offensive please contact the webmaster of the board at the followingaddress:civis@arstechnica.comInclude this full e-mail (particularly the headers).Message sent to you follows:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~2010-04-30T23:12:51.197+05:305http://bonchibuji.blogspot.com/2010/04/ars-technica-forum-user-details-hacked.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BonchiBuji/~3/1N7UtrFbSCc/tuzhilin-report-how-google-fights-fraud.htmlGooglenoreply@blogger.com (Visakh aka Bonchi Buji)Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:08:15 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306932089434323286.post-4014395707709681241Alexander Tuzhilin's paper on how Google handle's fraud clicks.Tuzhilin Report - How Google fights fraud clicks height="500" width="100%" > value="http://d.scribd.com/ScribdViewer.swf?document_id=17019033&access_key=key-2loo0qanv77mcicsvobr&page=1&version=1&viewMode="> You can download it here.2009-07-04T07:38:15.549+05:302http://bonchibuji.blogspot.com/2009/07/tuzhilin-report-how-google-fights-fraud.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BonchiBuji/~3/U0oaNZJNgWM/delhi-high-courts-ruling-legalizing.htmlindianoreply@blogger.com (Visakh aka Bonchi Buji)Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:03:15 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306932089434323286.post-610607132400121122Here's the full ruling of Delhi High Court which legalizes homosexuality and voids section 377 of Indian Penal Code. (105 pages, nice info for lawyers)Delhi High Court Ruling - 2nd July height="500" width="100%" > value="http://d.scribd.com/ScribdViewer.swf?document_id=17088586&access_key=key-19l2x5pra7wwbkkquhcr&page=1&version=1&viewMode="> You can 2009-07-04T07:33:15.400+05:300http://bonchibuji.blogspot.com/2009/07/delhi-high-courts-ruling-legalizing.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BonchiBuji/~3/T4T6nEmM6-w/king-of-world.htmlStoriespersonalnoreply@blogger.com (Visakh aka Bonchi Buji)Sat, 30 May 2009 23:27:21 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306932089434323286.post-1903727984347699449The King of the World is a novella which I wrote some time back. I have published it online at The King of the World. Check it out and let me know how it is. I am embedding it below. The King of the World Publish at Scribd or explore others: Fiction Books novel horror 2009-05-31T11:57:21.336+05:300http://bonchibuji.blogspot.com/2009/05/king-of-world.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BonchiBuji/~3/kqP7z1DgWP4/leave-out-all-rest.htmlTwilightSoundtrackpersonalLinkin ParkMoviesnoreply@blogger.com (Visakh aka Bonchi Buji)Thu, 21 May 2009 08:36:49 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306932089434323286.post-5634336869122280047When Linkin Park's Minutes to Midnight released two years back, other than Shadow of the Day, Bleed it Out and What I have done!, I didn't like any other song. But after watching the not-so-good (or better, I would say ok) movie Twilight last week, the song Leave Out All the Rest is growing on me. I have listened to it countless times after that. Maybe the beautiful lyrics and the awesome 2009-05-21T21:06:49.621+05:300http://bonchibuji.blogspot.com/2009/05/leave-out-all-rest.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BonchiBuji/~3/LyAITkRmX7E/congrats-manmohan.htmlManmohan SinghindiaPoliticsnoreply@blogger.com (Visakh aka Bonchi Buji)Wed, 20 May 2009 09:29:20 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306932089434323286.post-403857388187426595Dear Dr Manmohan Singhji My heartiest felicitations to you on being chosen as the Leader of the Congress parliamentary party. Having regard to the fact that you head the single largest party and the largest pre-election alliance and taking note of the letters of support enabling you to command majority support of the newly constituted 15th Lok Sabha, I have the pleasure to appoint you the prime 2009-05-20T21:59:20.122+05:300http://bonchibuji.blogspot.com/2009/05/congrats-manmohan.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BonchiBuji/~3/OBnvGkHbXRg/unix-awk-and-me.htmlpersonalUnixOracleTeradatanoreply@blogger.com (Visakh aka Bonchi Buji)Thu, 19 Feb 2009 04:19:03 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306932089434323286.post-7115871287762382338I am a database guy. Or to be more specific, I am a Dataware housing developer. I work in Teradata and Mainframe. I was doing my regular Fastloads and Multiloads and suddenly it happened.Recession!!Recession mean less money. Which translates to less spending. On everything. Which again means less jobs. Which can mean I might lose my job anytime.So, I was asked to learn Unix and Oracle (PL/SQL) so2009-02-19T17:49:03.640+05:300http://bonchibuji.blogspot.com/2009/02/unix-awk-and-me.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BonchiBuji/~3/upsycxUFJlQ/google-search-shows-partiality-to.htmlGoogleMicrosoftnoreply@blogger.com (Visakh aka Bonchi Buji)Sun, 08 Feb 2009 03:19:00 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306932089434323286.post-2084917211992160201Have you ever wondered how Google search works? How Google indexes the web? Thought of how to make your website to the front page of Google?Well, now one really knows how Google indexes and shows the results (Except for the guys at Mountain View). This has been a long debated issue which showed (and still shows) Google in a bad light. If they don't tell us now they work, then how can we make our 2009-02-08T16:49:00.705+05:300http://bonchibuji.blogspot.com/2009/02/google-search-shows-partiality-to.html