2009 March | Cybergavin

Ahoy there! This is my personal blog where I simply log my thoughts, opinions, experiences and information on anything that interests me.

Archive for March, 2009

“No No” to the Nano

The Tata Nano was finally commercially launched on 23rd March 2009, much to the joy of many Indians. I appreciate Ratan Tata’s aspirations to improve the standard of living of the average middle-class Indian family, but to me, his launch of the Tata Nano will benefit his business and actually cause a lot of heartache for Indians.

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So which language do you learn?

With the myriad of scripting and programming languages around, a newbie to software application development could easily get lost. Well earlier, scripting languages were limited in functionality and software programmer wannabes would have easily chosen one of the few popular programming languages around (C/C++/Java) to get started.

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Next Version of ITIL Incident/Problem Management?

A couple of years ago, I stumbled upon this hilarious flowchart for problem solving. Unfortunately, I do not know who authored this flowchart to give credit where it’s due.

 

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Perhaps for all its simplicity, this flowchart may become the next version of ITIL’s Incident/Problem Management.

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I purchased the Khan Vs Barrera fight on Sky Box Office and looked forward to a good night’s fight with a glass of Ballantine’s and some fried swordfish.

 

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Among the undercard fights, I quite enjoyed the Enzo Maccarinelli Vs Ola Afolabi (left photo)  for the interim WBO cruiserweight title.

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