Sometimes things come together as if magically. Destiny, luck, coincidence.. whatever you call it, things just seem to lock into place. It's all right at the end, the good guys win and the bad guys lose. This is the theme of Ee Adutha Kaalathu (In Recent Times) a Malayalam movie …
Railways extend booking of tickets from 90 days to 120
The period in which you can reserve train tickets has been increased from 90 days to 120 days. Apparently this is being done on an experimental basis. This does not affect some short distance trains like Taj Express and Gomti Express.
Reactions to this change have been on mostly predictable …
Midnight in Paris
I saw Midnight in Paris and wanted to talk to Woody Allen about it (Yes, I'm only hallucinating). We sat down and talked.
Me : This concept of "flaw in the .. imagination of those who can't cope with the present" and "delusion" pointing to a certain escapism as far as Gil …
Changes to tatkal rules
Some changes have been made to tatkal rules. Tatkal booking will now start only 1 day before journey date. Earlier this was 2 days. For example, if you need to book a tatkal ticket for your journey on Nov 17 you have to book your ticket on Nov 16 and …
RIP, Dennis Ritchie
This is a bad bad month for technology. First it was Steve Jobs, now it is reported that Dennis Ritchie (dmr) is no more. Rob Pike has posted that Dennis Ritchie passed away in his Google+ stream. In his post he says :
I just heard that, after a long illness …
RIP, Steve
Steve Jobs has passed away.
There are few people who truly change the flow of the human race. Steve Jobs was one of those few. People will talk about him, worship him and study him for years. Those of us who lived while he did will consider themselves fortunate.
He …
Double decker coach introduced by Indian Railways
Indian Railways has introduced an AC double decker coach on the 12383(Up)/12384(Down) Howrah – Dhanbad Express. It was designed ingeniously by Research Development and Standard Organisation and developed by Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala. The coach can run on a train with diesel engine.
The fully air-conditioned train will …
Engeyum Eppothum
We've heard the same thing an umpteen number of times - drive carefully. It is refreshing to hear the same thing being gently given to you instead of pushing it with a stick down your throat. Lest you think that's all there is to Engeyum Eppothum, the movie boasts of excellent …
Printed tickets not mandatory for tickets booked from IRCTC
Forgot to print the ticket you got from IRCTC? Not a problem, if you have a copy of the ticket in your laptop or mobile. As per the latest IRCTC notification (emphasis added) -
Electronic Reservation Slip (ERS) - The printout in standard specified Performa containing reservation particulars, and instructions for use …
How to solve the "local edit, incoming delete upon update" issue in SVN
When I removed a file from svn it caused me lot of problems. This particular file was in CamelCase and I needed to replace it with a file in lower case. I svn deleted the CamelCase file and committed a copy of the lower case file. All this happened in …
