tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51284243652328869912024-11-01T00:45:20.402-07:00This Blog is a mess of topics really.. everything from Food, Travel, Technology,environment, Ideas, things i am working on & more.. Just a mess really..Parth Lawatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14705818335167709552noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128424365232886991.post-73595266848062751732021-09-24T22:34:00.004-07:002021-09-24T22:41:04.827-07:00

When you have big players in the market competing for User's it often leads to walled gardens being created. Apple is famous for those.  Almost everyone in the tech ecosystem - Amazon, Samsung, Google, Microsoft have tried their best to create their own has tried to emulate this & has been successful to various levels. Walled gardens are a great way for companies to ensure users

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I decided to do this post as a SEO experiment as i was not able to find any content on the internet for trying to get rid of the flying pests - चिलटं/चिलंट that seem to dominate kitchens and gardens especially in the monsoons in India when things are very wet and humid. From what i could find on the internet चिलटं/चिलंट seems to be closest to fruit flies which seem to be different

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> Home Folder > Desktop > Downloads > Music > Pictures > Templates > Ubuntu One ( This is already on Cloud but backing up can save bandwidth) > Videos > VirtualBox Vms >> If you want to save old settings, bookmarks etc, you will also have to backup the hidden folders in the home folder. Typically each piece of software you install will make its own '.hidden'

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Finally the #lollipop update arrived for my #google #nexus5 yesterday.. Yaaa ! I had already sideloaded it on the nexus7 tablet but decided to wait for the OTA for the phone.. However the update kept failing to install and kept freezing at a black screen with the android mascot on it with a help full message 'Error'. The problem finally was that I had modified my /etc/gps.conf file sometime back

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1.5 Wati Besan (Tawyawar Bhajun) 1 kg dahi Kaju paste 50 gm Garam masala Karuri methi powder Chilli powder Haldi/Turmeric powder Mix everything well.  Marinate you Barbeque veggies like potatoes, paneer, Capsicum, mushrooms etc for an hour or so. In case of Paneer u can wait for more time.. That's it .. setup your Barbeque, skewer the veggies and get started ! Thanks to Shraddha for this

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If you have been reading the papers at all, you will know that another Draft DP is out & our Great City Planners have done an "awesome" job by planning roads over & under the hills. Not only that they have also planned an Amusement park near the Vetal Tekdi Quarry. Its time to once again Show our elected representative what the People of Pune really want.. Please don't ignore this &amp

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Awesome Recipe thanks to Subha Ajji (granny). Executed by Himangi ! Ingredients 1 cup Methi ( Fresh green Fenugreen) washed and cut finely 1 cup boiled Corn 1/2 cup onion finely chopped 1 cup paneer cut into corn sized pieces 3 cups boiled rice pulao style Paste of fresh green chili and garlic 1 tsp Procedure Heat Oil in Pan. Add Jeera (cumin seeds). Add onion and fry for 1-2 mins. Add chili

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This has been a pending blog for months now ! Just discovered the draft on my phone so here goes :-) On a client visit to Vashi a month or so back, we went out for lunch at a nearby food mall. What was awesome was that the guy doing the billing gave us a square blue device with the bill and asked us to be seated. As soon as our order was ready, the device lighted up and started vibtating ! All we

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Seo and indexing for Marathi, Hindi sites is one of the biggest challenges that both site owners as well as Search engines will have to figure out as more and more Native language sites make their entry on the Indian Internet landscape. As India experiences its Internet and ecommerce boom, native language content is going to play a huge role in reaching to the grassroots. And Search Engines like

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Mid April in Maharashtra is not the best time to head out for a Trek. Temperatures howering between 35 and 40 deg C and a sweltering Sun on you heads, you will agree don't make up great trekking weather... But trekking freaks that we are, we still manage to head out in the hottest of weathers. Harishchandragad is one of my favourite haunts in this season, with a climb of 3 to 5 hours  from

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Yesterday while working on a presentation, I came accross this issue in a Joomla 2.5 site where none of the users or admin cud login though we double checked that the correct credentials were being used. There was absolutely no error message shown. The cause I found soon after was that the variable cookie_domain had been set to something and my site was then on a local server.. make sure this

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Looking at a bunch of heavenly smelling wild roses on my terrace set me back about 20 odd years when i'd seen my grandmother making delicious Gulkand from her own rooftop garden. Making Gulkand is a surprisingly easy, though very long process.. here's what you do.. Take a glass bottle or jar. Equal quantities or rose petals and sugar are needed. Add more sugar if u like it sweeter.. Arrange

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Couldn't find this recipe online so thought i'd post it. Writing it now as wifey prepares it :-) You are going to need some extra oil for this one. Take oil in a pan , add Mohri, garlic, onion and fry till its red. Next fry the cut Kardai leaves in it. Cover the pan till the leaves get cooked. Mash the leaves well. Add Sat, jaggery for taste , Amsul (dried salted kokam.This adds a sour taste).

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Those of you looking at getting on board Google Apps for free are going to be in for a nasty surprise. It seems that the watered down free version of Google Apps has been discontinued.  All you can get now is a measly 30 day trial...

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Please take a moment to Read this. I wouldn't be mailing if this wasn't serious. Eight long years go..  In January 2003, articles started appearing in papers about the Government's plan to Allow construction on the Hills of Pune. This wasn't the first time that the very Identity of Pune, Its Hills - the Lungs of the city had been threatened. But this

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Finally managed to retrieve the tweets I had done before & after my Wedding (Jun 16, 2009) . My Wife still curses me for tweeting during the ceremonies .. But i feel it was worth it ! I wasn't able to retrieve these for a long time.. I felt they were completely lost .. Was planning to use the API to get them.. but then i was able to get them using the All My Tweets app.. &nbsp

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Made some simple grilled vegetables today. You can make these on an electric grill or use a barbeque or just toss them on a tava.  Each method can add a taste of its own. What vegetables ? I used small potatoes, capsicum, cottage cheese(paneer), tomatoes, onion, cauliflower florets, baby corn. The Marinade Ginger garlic paste, turmeric, chili powder, garam masala, rock salt and black salt,

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A few years ago when i'd gone on a cycling expedition near Kullu I got back 3 varieties of roses. Of these only one flowered and recently its really on a roll ! At one point it had over 23 buds :-)

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Very rough draft of a trek 3 yrs ago 26th to 30th October/ November 2011 26th 6 15 Start 7 20 bfast at shirwal 11 30 kolhapur 1 00 start post lunch 7 30 reach vijaydurg 9 30 govt resthouse 27th Visit vijaydurga 730 to 11 11 start on to yashwantgad 2 on to ambolgad 4 lunch at adivre 6 30 reach purnagad stay in a temple just below the fort 28th 8 30 start for pavas 9 00 Bfast there 10 00

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Some pics from our roof top farm. Bottle gourd and chillies !  Will post a full gallery on picasa soon ! Currently have tomatoes,chillies, sweet potato (ratala) , lal math, 'wal', basil, bottle gourd on the food front. More photos coming soon.

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The people have taken to the streets in Pune and all over India to support the anti corruption movement led by Anna Hazare The Tricolor flies with new found vigor in the Anti Corruption rallies across India. The Youth are rediscovering the meaning of freedom, patriotism & democracy.. The people sitting for fasting in the night batch 8 pm in the night to 8 am in the morning.. Everyone

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Continuing on our journey, we started for Dharmapuri at about 3 30 after getting a smacking lunch at Krushnai lunch home in Ambejogai. We reached the place at about 5. Dharmapuri is more of a 'Gadhi' than a fort, located about 30 kms from Ambejogai on the road to Ahmadpur. The peculiar feature of the fort is that a lot of temple remenants have been used in the construction. Practically every

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Awsa is located just 19 odd kms from Latur. We started from Latur at about 3 30 after having a awesome lunch at my uncles's place. The fort closes at 5 and we managed to get there just in time.There is an old doorway at one point which seems to be part of the old walls surrounding the village below the fort. The wooden doors here are still standing and have iron spikes on them to deter an assault

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We started from Latur for Udgir at 8 30 in the morning. Udaigiri fort lies in the town of Udgir - 65 kms from Latur. The fort is surrounded by a large moat and we have to cross a bridge to enter the fort. From here going to the right there is the Samadhi of Udgir Maharaj after whom the town is named. There is a large water tank in which there is a cave on one side inside which there is a

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We had been travelling for a long time-almost 4 hours when we reached Jamkhed. Our destination the fort of Dharur was still a long way off so we decided to take some rest in a temple in a village half way between Jamkhed and Patoda. Feeling refreshed, we started off at about 8am from there and stopped at Manjarsumba to get some breakfast. We have now just started on our way again. The next mile

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