Book Review: Death by Facebook by Everett Peacock

Title: Death by FacebookAuthor: Everett Peacock Paperback: 312 pages Publisher: CreateSpace (March 4th 2011) Genre: Mystery Read: eBook Stars: ****/5 Summary: (GoodReads)A vacationing soldier in Hawaii... Earth's most active...

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Is Amazon trying to monopolise the book readers market?

Amazon seems to be getting very restrictive recently both towards authors and readers. It seems Amazon is trying to increase sales and monopolise the market by forcing authors and sites such as GoodReads to link only to them.Amazon is forcing authors to restrict their books to only Amazon and I’ll talk...

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Pics of the Week

Photos of me with the dogs are rare, I guess I can't be in the picture and take it too :DHere's one with Cuckoo that I really love... Its one of those rare moments I have with her :) The photo wasn't posed, she did come...

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Pics of the Week

This one got my attention for the detail - an old mirror, a fan, a old cupboard, a hangar... and a guy who looks like the caretaker of an old bangla.I like the old grungy look, it reminds me of ancient places with lots of...

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Why Do Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses Need a Social Media Strategy?

The last few years have seen a rise in the use of online networks in India. More and more people are going online now and Facebook has become a common word. A year ago my Mom got herself a Facebook account and today my Granny asks us to login (to the “Diary” ask she calls it or Facebook as we know it)...

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Ask and You Shall Receive

In recent conversations I’ve come across this question often, “people come to my website, check it out but do not return”. This is a problem a lot of small entrepreneurs and businesses have when they start out. You create a website/product based on what you think people need (if you had researched this...

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Starting the Year At The Movies

This year just like the books I’ve read I’d also like to list and rate the movies I’ve seen. Over the years I’ve watched a lot of movies but can never remember them all. This would be a good way to document them.This year...

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Bheeshma's bhishana pratigya and Amba

I’m currently reading ‘The Palace of Illusions’ which is the Mahabharata from Draupadi’s point of view. It’s an interesting take on the epic and it’s got me thinking. One of the sub-plots is the story of Amba and Bheeshma, which concludes during the war of Kurukshetra. Amba vows revenge on Bheeshma...

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Book Review: Little Blue Envelope Series

Title: 13 Little Blue Envelopes Author: Maureen Johnson Paperback: 319 pages Publisher: HarperTeen (October 1st 2006) Genre: YA Read: eBook Stars: ***/5 Summary: (GoodReads)When Ginny receives thirteen little blue envelopes...

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Pics of the Week

I really like this photo for its colours - they just pop.And then there's the whole jump, there's something beautiful about that and am envious. Thats something I have to do, I have conquer my fear of jumping with a cyc...

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Pics of the Week

Coffee is something I just love in all its flavours and shades and miss it alot these days. I've had to cut down on it big time due to my migraines. So here's to those lovely caffeinated days......

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BlogRoll 2012: Blogs I’ve Followed Until Now

Over the last two years I’ve collected (that’s a good word :D) 490 blog subscriptions but haven’t managed to read even 1/10 of them. So, this year one of my resolutions is to clean up my RSS reader on Google.And how am I...

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Book Review: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

Title: The Immortal Life of Henrietta LacksAuthor: Rebecca Skloot Paperback: 370 pages Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (February 2nd, 2010) Genre: Non-fiction, Science Read: eBook Stars: ****/5 Summary: (GoodReads) Her...

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“I’m The Greatest”: Mohammed Ali, The Black Superman

Yesterday was Mohammed Ali’s birthday. Growing up he was one of the people I idolized. Maybe because of all that he did and stood for but I’m more inclined to think it was because of the trippy number in my Dad’s collection.My first introduction to Mohammed Ali was in a song – Black Superman. I still...

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Umeed Wali Dhoop / Ray of Hope

There are times in our lives when we just feel down and out. Nothing seems right, the eternal questions come back to hound you and leave you lost in a sea of questions and thoughts with no land in site. The answers just evade, it’s like the proverbial straw, only when you grab it you realize it’s a...

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How To Add a GoodReads Widget to Your Wordpress Blog

GoodReads has some neat book reader widgets for blogs. You can share information about the books you are reading, books on your shelf, your updates, your reading challenge and more.To check out what widgets are available...

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Pics of the Week

I have a thing for the colour blue, I absolutely love it. And if you add the right bits of colour to it, it just gets richer.Getting the lemon and chilly to stay up there took a lot of patience from us. But Che works hard...

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Pics of the Week

My Family!! I love them to bits. We took a similar picture last year and its nice to look back as the years go by.The photo was of course a lot of fun. From setting up the frame to getting the flash shy Cuckoo to stay put...

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The Shear Joy of Riding

Its been two months since I last rode a bike and I hadn’t realized just how much I’d missed it until I rode the Dio a couple of days back.I’ve been addicted to riding since childhood and I always wanted that which was not readily available. In school I wanted a boys cycle just because I was rebellious,...

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How To Add a Facebook Badge to Your Wordpress Blog

Its been a while since I took a look at the badges Facebook offers and voila! I find some new ones that could be very helpful. I'm going to explore more of them in future but for now I'm going to talk about Facebook Page...

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Book Review: The Average Indian Male by Cyrus Broacha

Author: Cyrus Broacha Paperback: 246 pages Publisher: Random House,India (Nov. 25th, 2011) Genre: Indian Humour (for want of something better) Read: Paperback(Library) Stars: ***/5 Summary: (Flipkart) Name: Average Indian...

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9 Reason Why If You Are A Reader, You Should be on GoodReads

If you read books and/or are a book-lover, you should be on GoodReads.com. Here’s why –1. GoodReads is a networking site for book people. Doesn’t matter what type of book; you are likely to find someone who loves the same...

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Book Review: The Kane Chronicles

Author: Rick RiordanHardcover: 528 pagesPublisher: Hyperion Book CH (May 4, 2010)Genre: YA MythologyRead: PaperbackStars: ****/5Summary: (GoodReads) Since their mother's death, Carter and Sadie have become near strangers....

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Pics of the Week

When posing for this picture I had no clue what Chenthil had in mind. The final outcome just amazes me. It just says so much about how I feel and who I am. The fact that Che thought of this frame says he's on the same road....

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Pics of the Week

Chenthil has just started a Project 365 in Photos and its already looking to be such fun. I'm looking forward to the experiments and being a part of them. These are my favourites of each week and why I love them...We took...

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Tips to Enhance Your Home Video Recording

In the last couple of weeks Preeti and I have been trying to record a few home videos and we’ve learned so much while recording and editing the videos.We used a Canon 500D to record and it did a good job with the video but its biggest drawback was that it focuses on the highest volume sound at any point...

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2011: A Year in Books

Before I get into the reading challenges I’m taking up this year I thought I’d take a look at the books I read last year. So I did, and found some interesting stats and patterns from my reading last year. Here’s some of...

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My 2011 GoodReads Challenge

My favourite book site is GoodReads for many reasons – here’s one.I took up the Goodreads Challenge last year and aimed to read 50 books in the year. And yippee… I exceeded it. I read 66 books in the year and I’m trilled...

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Project Facebook Timeline: Why & How To Get Timeline for your Facebook Profile

A friend moved his Facebook profile to the new Timeline and I liked what I saw and thought why not? So, what’s so great about Timeline and why should you switch.Timeline offers you a way to navigate though someone’s life....

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New Year Resolutions: A Guide to 2012

First up - Happy New Year! Hope this year exceeds all your expectations :-)For me this year started on a great note. After a very long time (or maybe never) I slept before midnight on 31st and woke up early morning on the 1st. It's my first new year without a hangover in many many years :-DThe 1st was...

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