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Entries from December 2007

Fear and Success

December 30th, 2007 · No Comments

I love the holidays because it allows me to recalibrate and prioritize what’s important in life. The last couple of years I’ve re-read Steve Job’s commencement speech for inspiration. This year I was forwarded a link to Mark Cuban’s latest blog post at blogmaverick.com titled “Success and Motivation.” Mark Cuban is a fellow Hoosier [...]

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Tags: Business

Great Mac App

December 28th, 2007 · 3 Comments

Firewalls are great for blocking incoming traffic to protect your computer. However, I’ve always wanted to know in real-time whenever a program on my Mac attempted to establish an outgoing connection to the internet. Enter Little Snitch, the program does just that, it tracks the outgoing traffic. Some programs “phone home” to establish [...]

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Tags: Technology

Big Letdown

December 27th, 2007 · No Comments

When I moved to India around 2 1/2 years ago, I was a big believer in Big Bazaar and its ability to build a “big box” retail environment, a first for India. However, my views has changed over time and a recent visit to Big Bazaar put the final nail in the coffin.
Kishore Biyani and [...]

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Tags: Business · General

Happy Holidays

December 24th, 2007 · No Comments

Greetings from Bombay, where it’s sunny and 90 degrees and does NOT feel like Christmas. But the holiday spirit is definitely everywhere you go. Anyways, if you click on the image to the left you’ll see one of the funniest Dear Santa letters ever. Even after reading it 50 times, it makes [...]

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Tags: General

Leopard Rocks

December 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

It’s been 2 months since Apple came out with the latest version of it’s operating system 10.5 (aka Leopard). I finally installed it last week and can say it was worth it. I initially was going to upgrade my system by having Leopard install over my existing OS, but at the last minute decided [...]

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Tags: Technology