Life You owned and used a Dell laptop until now. Recently you purchased an HP Envy. What factors influenced you in choosing HP over Dell or even Acer, Asus for that matter? No beer for short answer. Posted as an answer to Ashwin’s formspring me question I had rather definite set of requirements that I was not going to deviate from: – A 14″ screen – Decent graphics card – NO Full HD resolution on the screen – Bonus marks for looking good – Price not exceeding $1200 Let me elaborate
3i Heading back to Austin Well, I'm heading back to Austin for a second stint. Had an amazing time [the last time][1] I was there - was there for almost a year. Learnt a lot - technically & otherwise. Unlike last time when I had a flight from Chennai to Mumbai and then a
3i Of comatose blogs & vacations Its been a very busy, hectic past few months. Besides my day night job( I work at US timings, PITA), I’ve also started contributing to techie-buzz, though my day night job takes a whole lot of my time, and I’ve not been able to contribute much. My
mangalore A Snapshot of Me From The Past Picture from 10th standard yearbook, circa 2001. Somethings are priceless 🙂 Thanks, Kevin.
meetup 25. My 25th Birthday "Celebration" March 19 1985, 05:28. Date and time a certain SJ (no, not Steve Jobs, [me][1]!) came into this world. Fast forward to March 19, 2010. Today. Yesterday. couple of days ago. 25. I've "officially" completed 25 years of which 22 years were spent in
3i The case of the Neverending SMS Series Most of the [Ruby gang][1] are very well aware of the "Stupid SMS series". For the uninitiated, it was Nitin's way of…. umm… timepass ? by sending SMS to all of the [Ruby gang][1] which made absolutely no sense whatsoever ( I hate to admit it,
Austin Back In India Yeah, I’m back in India. Well, actually landed in Chennai long time [ damn it’s been more than a month o_0 ]. So let me recap what’s been happening and what I’ve bene upto. First thing: the return trip. The return flight was rather uneventful, nowhere near
3i Celebrating 2 years Couple of days ago, I tweeted this [little message][1]. July 9, 2007 is a red letter day for me - for that was the day I started my career as a working professional. As I tweeted that, I was greeted over IM by few of my friends and colleagues. It
3i Yes I'm alive! It's been a while hasn't it, since I last blogged ? \goes to next tab to check last manual blog post\ April 19. God! Hadn't realized its been so long since I last composed. Yes, I'm alive (hey you're reading this
3i So what's been up with me ? Its been a while since I posted eh… oh yea been busy with lots of stuff just work :|. Lot has happened, so let me get started. First, yap I'm still in Austin - I was scheduled to make a return to India in January March - well that didn'
mangalore I am in III Standard [][1] A little something my Dad sent to me by mail. Brought a HUUUGE wide smile on my face 🙂 [1]: https://i.sathyabh.at/sb/2009/03/iiistd-pic.png
Life Shriya walking MOV00765 Originally uploaded by soops_b Oh God! Shriya looks sooooooo cute! Damn I miss her 🙁
Austin I travelled time! hehe now that got your attention didn't it? 😛 Well I didn't \actually\ travel time, just that effective yesterday, Daylight savings is in effect. Which means the states/countries following Daylight Savings set their time ahead by 1 hour. On Sunday, March 8 there were only 23
3i 3 Months… And More to Come! Its been a while since I've posted (crap nearly a month) on my blog - so what have I been upto and what's happening ? For starters, work, work, work, more work - did I mention work ? There's just 2 people here in Austin for the project
Austin | You know very few people know my full name. Most people call me as "Sathya", my twittter friends "SathyaBhat". Mainly that'd would because I've never mentioned it - not because of "privacy reasons" or I have a name which would cause
Life Bold the things you've done Was going through tumblr posts of people I follow, so thought I'll post this here. 1. Started your own blog 1. Slept under the stars 2. Played in a band 3. Visited Hawaii **5. Watched a meteor shower 1. Given more than you can afford to charity 2.
Austin My Black Friday Purchases "Black Friday" in US is the day after Thanksgiving day. On this single day you get the best deals - flat discounts, and unbelievable prices. There's a catch though, the best deals are available real early - I mean as early 5 AM - people are known to camp
Kudla You know you're a Mangi[Mangalorean] When… Found this post while randomly browsing through facebook groups. Was literally ROFLMAO as I read through this. Here goes 1. Sunday morning breakfast has to be sanna and sorpotel. 2. Konkani is never spoken, always sung. 3. At all family gatherings, (after a few drinks) the older men of the
Austin Initial Impressions. After the rollercoaster ride that is my Mumbai - Austin flight, I've finally settled down here, Here's been my initial impressions. * There are Indians everywhere. Yes I'd heard about it, now I've seen it. Met quite a few Indians here (not necessarily friendly
Austin The dates are in Just a quick post. Got the dates for my trip to Austin. Leaving tomorrow, November 20th, at 15:15 for a Chennai -> Mumbai flight. 23:40 is the Mumbai -> New Jersey flight. Finally, 08:00 New Jersey -> Austin flight. Oh Aalaap just [mentioned about a tweetup][1]
3i My Last few days in India…. Yup, this upcoming week will be my last week in India. I'd mentioned earlier about me getting an onsite gig. This week will probably be the last week here in India, before I fly off to Austin, Texas. I still have my Visa interview due this Wednesday, November
3i And The Passport Arrives After running about the Mangalore passport offices, running behind the cops to get verification done, and running to Bangalore passport office and converting the passport application to Tatkal, I finally received my passport in Chennai yesterday. It wasn't all smooth sailing though - I could've gotten it
3i Layoffs galore SInce the past couple of days, I’ve been reading lot of email forwards regarding X or Y Company laying off Z people, and frankly it never really bothered me much – mainly because the forwards aren’t that reliable. But then today, that whole thing of a layoff really hit
Chennai The Chennai Twitter Meetup Picture courtesy [Karthik][1] Well the third Chennai twitter meetup was held yesterday - and like the second tweetup, this one too was decided in a hurry. UNLIKE the last tweetup, we had more people - 7 people all in all including me, The ones that attended were * Ashish (@ashishmohta) * Balaji Sowmyanarayan(
3i Onsite opportunity beckons Couple of days ago I'd posted a small text on my Tumblelog which went like this: next couple of days could give me a very important break in my career. Will it happen or won’t ? Hoping for the former. That was cryptic, wasn't it ? Atleast