Dec 15, 2009 Posted by Gubbi

Third Party Batteries and Power Adapters on Dell Laptops.

Dell has a slimy trick. Many people choose them for customizability, cost benefit compared to some brands and quality. All these are great reasons to buy Dell laptops. However, they have a trojan horse kind of a trick with them that goes unnoticed until much later. It’s their batteries and power adapter. Dell logo Dell batteries don’t have a long life and often they start failing after 1 or 1.5... read more

Nov 23, 2009 Posted by Gubbi

The Holy Trail Continues.

This is the 6th makeover to my blogging since I started it.. And looking back at all the earlier posts, I see many other posts about a makeover… fresh start… Pretty common for the blogs eh? Yet Another New Day. Yet Another New Start. Version 1: Vinuth Mahipal Reddy Madinur: http://vinuth.blogspot.com/ Pensive Pouch: http://vinuth-ppouch.blogspot.com/ My Scrap Book:... read more

Feb 3, 2009 Posted by Gubbi

When two rivers cross, do they actually meet?

A few days back Shahrukh Khan got on to twitter and has been posting a tweet now and then… The latest one is interesting:    shahrukh_khan: When two rivers cross, do they actually meet?   Now what is your first reaction to this? Mine was: Gaah, what was that? I thought for a while, but didn’t know what to respond with… I thought it would be fun to see how others respond to it…... read more

Jan 30, 2009 Posted by Gubbi

I’ve been Tagged !! :)

My goodie good friend here has tagged me Was scared of getting tagged fearing what beans need to be spilled. But she is a good person and the rules are manageable. So Thanks !! 1. Family: Conversation snippets with my Maa. 2. Friends: umm, well nothing here. But I guess I can fit this by slightly bending the rules 3. Myself: This and this and the current post.       4. Love: Hmmm. I’m a... read more

Dec 13, 2008 Posted by Gubbi

College, Enthusiasm and Studies.

Professor is six minutes late.   Venu wrote a nice post presenting his hypothesis to explain the decline in enthusiasm with regards to studies among the undergrad students.  It was a great read and a good topic to contemplate on. Go read his post to understand what exactly I’m responding to.  The “pecking order” might be one of the factors. But I’m not entirely convinced. I... read more