Kiran's blog

2013-06-02

Google Glass is in the news these days with everyone either raving about how cool it is or about how idiotic it makes the wearer look. There is even a...

2013-05-19

We recently came off an election in Karnataka and I watched with interest the proceedings and the result. The BJP successfully lost the only South Indian...

2012-12-01

We live a large part of our lives online these days. The services that we use carry sensitive and personal, data on their servers - data, which, if lost...

2012-11-25

Until recently I have been periodically taking manual backups of the content on my website. However given that life has been extremely busy in recent...

2012-03-04

Back in 1991, on my 9th grade school trip, we had an incentive to look forward to. We were all going to be allowed access to some money to buy stuff of...

2011-08-02

Ever since Google came up with their latest challenge to Facebook in the form of Google+, there has been quite a lot of buzz about this new Social Networking...

2011-07-03

I have been asked many times by many people: "What is root and what is the advantage of having it on my phone?". I could reply by the standard answer...

2011-06-19

As we drove through the Bandipur Forest in the safari jeep, the mood was getting increasingly desperate. We hadn't sighted a thing! On the safari the...

2011-04-24

This post is more a user's rant than an expert opinion. I have used Android for just about an year now and have wondered why certain things were the way...

2011-03-23

Nagarahole Wildlife Reserve Recently, I got the opportunity to visit two of Karnataka's well known Wildlife destinations: first, as a birthday present...