Archive for August, 2005
Bangalored
“[Bangalored] refers to people who have been laid off from a multinational because their job has been moved to India—a business practice designed to save money that is arousing passions in some countries, especially Britain and the United States.” One may also be referred to as “Delhi-ted”.
Google Talk
It’s been rumoured for a long time, but it’s finally here. Google releases it’s Instant Messenger! Based on the Jabber/XMPP open standards.
Disable Windows Messenger if you have MSN Messenger
I don’t know what has triggered this, but I’m seeing more and more people logging into MSN Messenger twice when they come online – once with Windows Messenger and then again with MSN Messenger. Have a look at this page to learn how to disable the (frankly useless) Windows Messenger client.
Chemical Diet – The Morning After
The results are in… I got weighed on Sunday morning before starting the diet, and again this morning exactly 3 days later. Result: 2.5kg lost! Now whether I could’ve lost that just by eating less is a different matter, but definitely shows that this diet made me take in less calories than I need. [ [...]
Chemical Diet – Day Three
Day Three – The Final CountdownBreakfastCoffee: Yuck. Still.Apple: OK.Crackers & cheese: Yum!Still got that washing machine stomach though. There’s something not right about having 3 drinks (~0.75L) before 9am.LunchDew hard boiled the eggs last night, and made toast this morning, wrapped it in aluminium foil and we took it to work for lunch.Hard boiled egg: [...]
Chemical Diet – Day Two
Day two in the chemical diet house.Breakfast was an improvement on yesterday, with an interesting mix of banana and egg to go with the toast. The coffee was still awful, but I’m getting used to it.Lunch was inadequate, with only 5 Ritz crackers and some cottage cheese to rid me of the taste of the [...]
Chemical Diet – Day One
So here we are at the end of day one. I’ll give you a quick run-down of how today has gone. BreakfastI don’t like tea or coffee, but when I do drink it I always have plenty of milk and sugar. Not today though, it had to be black. Yuck! I’m also not keen on [...]
The Chemical Diet
Dew and I are taking the plunge and are going to do the chemical diet in preparation for our holiday in September. Here are the details… This diet works on a chemical breakdown and is proven. Do not vary or substitute any of the foods below. Salt and pepper to be used in moderation and [...]
Agilent Cashes in Its Chip Unit
NEWS ANALYSIS By Justin Hibbard AUGUST 11, 2005 Agilent Cashes in Its Chip Unit Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Silver Lake Partners paid $2.65 billion for the division, with its fast-growing cell-phone chip business Private equity firms Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Silver Lake Partners have won an auction to purchase the semiconductor-products business of Agilent Technologies [...]
Grow
Got this link from a friend. In his words: “It’s a strange little game. The idea is simply to work out which order to upgrade your little planet. Get it wrong and something bad will undoubtedly happen! Trial and error your way to victory!” If trial and error isn’t your style, here’s the solution I [...]