http://www.pranavchavda.com words, truth, non-sense Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:57:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here in india, most big restaurants and coffee shops used to have open, ventilated seating for smokers and closed, more air-conditioned areas for non-smokers. This, however, didn't stop the stupid fucked-up liberal government to ban smoking completely in restaurants starting today. The problem is, I can't eat without smoking in ... http://www.pranavchavda.com/2008/10/stupid-smoking-ban/ Setting up the Ahmedabad office is taking way longer than anticipated. Things are at their final stages though - changing the flooring and stuff, hopefully, work will begin before the end of this month. Found some very cool hang-outs meanwhile, I've started liking the city - as a place to ... http://www.pranavchavda.com/2008/08/19/ View from my new office in Ahmedabad, peaceful, no? http://www.pranavchavda.com/2008/07/chinubhai/ FYI all, Will be mostly away from the internet for the next few days. http://www.pranavchavda.com/2008/07/17/ If, like me, you are a subscriber to Apple's MobileMe suite of web-apps, and also run linux on your computer, when you tried to access the service on your linux machine, you probably got this: Apparently, It is only possible to run MobileMe on either a PC or a Mac. MobileMe ... http://www.pranavchavda.com/2008/07/howto-apples-mobileme-on-linux/ ...is mobileme for the rest of us. Funambol, is a free (as in open-source) way to get push email, contacts and calander on your phone (not just the iphone). I signed up and downloaded it on my WM5 based HTC Wizard, and I am already thinking about what to do with ... http://www.pranavchavda.com/2008/07/funambol/ It's official - I am moving General Internet Pvt. Ltd's head office (and only office) to Ahmedabad, Gujarat from Bombay, Maharashtra. Ever since I started talking about moving the business out of Bombay, I get asked why - It's a question that not only others but I have also asked myself ... http://www.pranavchavda.com/2008/06/moving-to-ahmedabad/ LMAO - these are VERY funny photo-shopped images try to visualize how the world would be if google was it's ruler - thanks to a contest at worth1000.com. Here's my favorite: :) http://www.pranavchavda.com/2008/06/what-if-google-ruled-the-world/ Headed to Ahmedabad by train in an hour (in search of office space - that story in another post). Will be there for 3 days most probably without any internet access, which means i can only be contacted by phone for the next 3 days - 9869 77 99 44 Be ... http://www.pranavchavda.com/2008/06/train-at-815/ Well, no .. it's not exactly liveperson, and isn't meant for businesses and enterprise customers, but google has a cool new widget gadget out that lets visitors to your website or blog chat with you whenever you are online on Google Talk. Look towards the the left side of ... http://www.pranavchavda.com/2008/06/google-talk-vs-liveperson/