26.6.11
I will expand this post over time. Wanted to commit myself to the topic.
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Changing Times: My kids' phones are smarter
26.6.11
I make do with a plain vanilla Samsung Guru. Most of my clients do not allow phones with cameras on their premises. That really restricts and simplifies the choice. Prior to this I used to carry around for ages a Nokia 1100 ( the torchwalla phone! ). This model is like the Ambassador among mobiles. I really had no reason to change it, till one of my friendly customers jokingly told me that he'll give me a price hike if required, but I must change my mobile. In the good old days, you were the car you drove. These days you are the gizmos you flash.I am not much of a gizmocentric , but sooner or later, I will have to move to a net enabled phone. Or be left behind in the professional rat race.Dunno whether tablets will be the end all.Will have to keep an eye on that.
The quirkiest thing I have done is whistle a tune as a ringtone. Soon I plan to record a birdsong and make that my ringtone.We are still blessed with them in the neighborhood .
My son uses a Nokia XpressMusic. Most of his spare time he is into MP3 music and headphones.
The daughter wangled a Nokia C6-00 courtesy her 10th std marks.This gizmo has a piano type sliding and QWERT key baord. The functions are so many, I have told her to explore the possibilities on her own.
I make do with a plain vanilla Samsung Guru. Most of my clients do not allow phones with cameras on their premises. That really restricts and simplifies the choice. Prior to this I used to carry around for ages a Nokia 1100 ( the torchwalla phone! ). This model is like the Ambassador among mobiles. I really had no reason to change it, till one of my friendly customers jokingly told me that he'll give me a price hike if required, but I must change my mobile. In the good old days, you were the car you drove. These days you are the gizmos you flash.I am not much of a gizmocentric , but sooner or later, I will have to move to a net enabled phone. Or be left behind in the professional rat race.Dunno whether tablets will be the end all.Will have to keep an eye on that.
The quirkiest thing I have done is whistle a tune as a ringtone. Soon I plan to record a birdsong and make that my ringtone.We are still blessed with them in the neighborhood .
My son uses a Nokia XpressMusic. Most of his spare time he is into MP3 music and headphones.
The daughter wangled a Nokia C6-00 courtesy her 10th std marks.This gizmo has a piano type sliding and QWERT key baord. The functions are so many, I have told her to explore the possibilities on her own.
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Long Drives: 2011
26.6.11
This blogpost is going to be long. Summary of the long drives I did so far this year:
1. Pune Dharwad Goa Dandeli Pune
Day 1 Pune Dharwad
Day 2 Dharwad
Day 3 Dharwad Panaji Madgao
Day 4 Car Repairs in Goa
Day 5 Return journey to Pune
2. Pune Sirsi Mangalore Goa Gaganbavda Kolhapur Pune
Day 1 Pune lunch at Belgaum, Sirsi via Dharwad Haliyal Yellapur
Speeding ticket at Dharwad: Archaic speed limit of 40km/hr.
Day 2 Catching up with folks in Sirsi, Ganapati temple,Marikamba temple, Church and drive to Mangalore via Murudeshwar
Day 7 Mangalore to Shringeri, Chimutgundi and back via Kudremukh National Park
Day 8 Mangalore to Panaji via Murdeshwar , Awarsa, Karwar
Day 9 Colva beach, Mangueshi and Shantadurga temples, Dona Paula via Bambolim plateau
Day 10 Boat ride in Colva,Benaulim, Betalbatim and Majorda beach in the evening
Day 11 Aguada, Calangute, Anjuna beaches. Sawantwadi, Kudal, Kankavli, Gaganbavda, Kolhapur ( Mahalakshmi temple )and back to Pune
3. Pune Mumbai Pune ( 3x )
4. Pune Kolhapur Pune
Will update, peppered with photos over the coming days.
This blogpost is going to be long. Summary of the long drives I did so far this year:
1. Pune Dharwad Goa Dandeli Pune
Day 1 Pune Dharwad
Day 2 Dharwad
Day 3 Dharwad Panaji Madgao
Day 4 Car Repairs in Goa
Day 5 Return journey to Pune
2. Pune Sirsi Mangalore Goa Gaganbavda Kolhapur Pune
Day 1 Pune lunch at Belgaum, Sirsi via Dharwad Haliyal Yellapur
Speeding ticket at Dharwad: Archaic speed limit of 40km/hr.
Day 2 Catching up with folks in Sirsi, Ganapati temple,Marikamba temple, Church and drive to Mangalore via Murudeshwar
Day 7 Mangalore to Shringeri, Chimutgundi and back via Kudremukh National Park
Day 8 Mangalore to Panaji via Murdeshwar , Awarsa, Karwar
Day 9 Colva beach, Mangueshi and Shantadurga temples, Dona Paula via Bambolim plateau
Day 10 Boat ride in Colva,Benaulim, Betalbatim and Majorda beach in the evening
Day 11 Aguada, Calangute, Anjuna beaches. Sawantwadi, Kudal, Kankavli, Gaganbavda, Kolhapur ( Mahalakshmi temple )and back to Pune
3. Pune Mumbai Pune ( 3x )
4. Pune Kolhapur Pune
Will update, peppered with photos over the coming days.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Fiat Palio
18.1.11
Purchased pre owned Fiat Palio on Makar Sankranti day ( 15.1 ). It has logged 53k and has been well touched up by Wheel Deal near Golibar maidan, Pune. Tested for fuel efficiency in city driving w/o A/C. That's what I will be doing most of the time. Gives a decent 12kmpl. Probably will test on highway in 1st week of Feb. Planning a drive to Dharwad and back.Frills include power windows, central locking, power steering, rear wiper, heater and Blaupunkt system.
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Domestic travel: Airlines can go fly a kite!
11.12.10
My work takes me to and fro Bangalore-Pune at least half a dozen times a year. A decade back, this journey one way meant 24hrs by road or at best 20 hrs by rail. If you were in the productive years, surface transport was ruled out and air travel a necessity. Just look at what changes to infrastructure have done.
We now have 4 laned highways and Volvo/Mercedes buses. Point to point air travel (from my house in Kothrud to downtown Bangalore )takes 7 hours, bus travel takes 13 hrs ( I actual did it in 13 hrs on 6.12 by KSRTC Volvo) and holds promise of 11 hrs once the highway is fully completed.
Ditto on the Pune Delhi sector. Duronto takes you to Del in 20 hrs and holds promise of a 12 hr ride once the rapid corridor comes up in Gujarat.
At this rate,over a period of time,only the snobs and hicks will be travelling by air, at least intra India.Praful Patel then need not oversee the greedy boys!
My work takes me to and fro Bangalore-Pune at least half a dozen times a year. A decade back, this journey one way meant 24hrs by road or at best 20 hrs by rail. If you were in the productive years, surface transport was ruled out and air travel a necessity. Just look at what changes to infrastructure have done.
We now have 4 laned highways and Volvo/Mercedes buses. Point to point air travel (from my house in Kothrud to downtown Bangalore )takes 7 hours, bus travel takes 13 hrs ( I actual did it in 13 hrs on 6.12 by KSRTC Volvo) and holds promise of 11 hrs once the highway is fully completed.
Ditto on the Pune Delhi sector. Duronto takes you to Del in 20 hrs and holds promise of a 12 hr ride once the rapid corridor comes up in Gujarat.
At this rate,over a period of time,only the snobs and hicks will be travelling by air, at least intra India.Praful Patel then need not oversee the greedy boys!
Sunday, December 5, 2010
TVS Suzukied, Hero Hondaed
5.12.10
A couple of years back TVS was dear Johned by Suzuki. This turned out to be good for them. A confident TVS went on to launch Victor and notch respectable market share in the competitive bike segment. It has now forayed into 3 wheelers with their King and slowly inching its way into a pan India presence in Bajaj dominated market.
Over the weekend, Honda has announced plans to ditch its partner Hero and focus on HSMI. It would be interesting to see if parting ways with Honda will prove to be a blessing for Hero group. This should stir their engineering juices to come out with a killer product on their own. Let us not forget what homespun Pulsar did to Bajaj's fortunes.
I am quite upbeat that Hero will come out with flying colours after this divorce. After all, they have not become the world's largest 2 wheeler company by fluke!Time the Japs got a taste of their own medicine.
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