How to make Curd in 90 minutes (using a microwave oven)
Aditya
Disclaimer. I am a cooking noob. I am not even at level 0 when it comes to cooking.

I'm totally a black belt ninja dragon warrior when it comes to eating though
 Anyway, getting back to the topic - Rimi told me about this one.

  1. Cook something in the microwave for a long time (so that it gets hot). For example, bake some chicken.
  2. While the baking is in progress, make sure you have the raw material of curd ready (warm milk mixed with a bit of curd in a ceramic bowl)
  3. Take out what you were baking and put it some where like your mouth and enjoy the taste.... I'm not responsible for burns ;)
  4. Put the bowl mentioned in point # 2 into the microwave. Shut the door and turn it off.
  5. Go watch a movie. May I suggest Kung Fu Panda 1 & 2? They're brilliant.
  6. Come back after 90 mins / when the movie is over (whichever is earlier). If the movie is not over, wait for a few minutes more, pause the movie if its not over (seriously, do you watch documentaries or movies?) and take out the bowl from the microwave.
  7. Curd is ready to eat! Put it in the fridge to cool it down and serve chilled :)
Voila! I am not responsible for explosions, alien abductions or pandas assaulting you.


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Headaches vs Electral
Aditya
Its one of those rare days when I finish work early and Rimi is still stuck at office. She told me to leave for home while she'd take the 8pm bus. I'd be home alone for 3 hours. Enough time for me to complete a mission or two in World In Conflict - Soviet Assault.

If you haven't played this RTS yet, you're missing something.
I'm making my way back home, through the inevitable traffic jams, and I reach home within reasonable time. There's a slight headache, but no big deal, I think. Except, I was wrong. Oh, so wrong. The headache struck me like a ton of something heavy. I couldn't think, couldn't play. Worst of all, I had told Rimi to get me something to eat (apart from the awesome things she cooks) from her cafeteria. I simply couldn't have that. I couldn't even go to the balcony to clear my head.

When Rimi got back, the first thing she asked me: "Did you drink water?".

Eh. What has water got to do with it?

A lot, actually.
Good thing that I'm not a doctor.

The first thing she gave me was a cup of that magical salt, Electral. Have you ever seen that ad where the person drinks glucose and seems to get bigger and stronger? I felt the exact same way, within seconds of drinking it. It felt so good, that I had another cup. Headache gone.

This shit's magic.
 Guys, I tell you. If you have headache, eliminate the dehydration factor by drinking electral. It totally helps.
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Gadgets and me, an ongoing experiment.
Aditya
I always thought I liked blue. I still do like blue. Except if they are hyperlink colours. None of my gadgets ever had the colour blue, though.
Except one.
I love gadgets that allow me to keep in touch with people, and look good while doing it. I started off by.. errm.. "borrowing" (permanently) my dad's awesome Nokia 8210. It was ultra sleek, fit inside my palm and had a yellow backlight! In my defense, the other models of that age had boring green backlights. The larger screen didn't hurt, as well. 

It was RED and it was AWESOME.
Now that the टशन and novelty bug was satisfied, I needed to move on to bigger and better things. When one starts working, one pays attention to daily agendas. Enter my first windows mobile phone, the HTC TyTN. This reflected my priorities at the time, i.e. a better user experience, integration with my personal and office calendar and better "James Bond"-fication. 

It's got Windows Mobile 5 and can cause serious head injuries if I bash it on your head.
Boy, was the TyTN big. I then came across the HTC Diamond, a sweet and sexy phone that did everything the TyTN did, and looked good at the same time! I was hooked. I was in touchscreen heaven for a year, before the phone conked off. I will miss that phone.

Just look at it. Beautiful. All glowy and cool.
My fascination with touchscreens died with my HTC Diamond. I just wanted something that worked, synced perfectly to my online social presence, and whose didn't die in an hour if I switched on GPS and GPRS. Both my HTC phones are guilty of pathetic battery life. Enter my Nokia E71, the old warhorse. I had got it for my Dad for once (instead of the other way round) and then got it back since my dad started using a Blackberry.

This phone rocks.
As I have got older and wiser, I have gone from flashy to functional for my mobile phones, but still cannot resist a little flash. That's why my laptop is a kickass red Dell XPS, which was top of the line when I got it, and still gets envious glances when I take it out of my bag.

Yes, it plays Crysis. (Haven't tried Crysis 2 though)
Notice that this one is red again, just like my first phone. I keep wondering whether I should change my favourite colour from blue to red, officially. :P

Now you have got to the end of this post, do vote this blog post up from the depths of obscurity into instant fame... Click the pic below to vote on Indiblogger

I'll give you cake if you vote.

This post is part of a competition by Indiblogger and Dell. I was supposed to write about how my gadgets reflect my personality. If you liked this post, do share it and comment!

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How to get rid of AVG search
Aditya
After updating my AVG, I suddenly found that the default Google search had gone away, replaced by the VERY irritating AVG search, powered by Google. Disabling search add-ons, browser extensions didn't seem to work. AVG forums didn't tell me how to remove it.

my life was ruined, melodramatically speaking.

Then, I found out about Firefox's about:config. And the solution presented itself.

  1. Type about:config into the location bar and press enter
  2. Accept the warning message that appears, you will be taken to a list of preferences
  3. Locate the preference keyword.URL, double-click on it and change its value to the link shown below
http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=

Tell me you're not grinning, now you know what to do :D


The legal stuff: If you don't follow the instructions above TO THE LETTER, I won't be held responsible for anything that happens. (for e.g. you winning the lottery) 


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I am one *LAZY* blogger!
Aditya
OMG! I just remembered I have not updated this since petrol was cheaper than a bottle of Grange!... You would not believe that I'd been abducted by aliens. I prostrate myself in sorrow and beg thy forgiveness..


Teddy Bear
(wink)
 
I am so busy with my tan, learning to fart the theme to neighbours, just generally being asleep, dreaming and chancing to anyone unfortunate to cross my path, my day is filled with fluorescent light from the second I am woken by murderous Teletubbies to I run out of alcohol. I am not being a whinging Pom or anything. life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get.


I will try to remember I promised you I will update you with my nefarious activities as soon as I get a chance. Well, I'll try. Assuming I don't get distracted by counting my chest hairs..

The fine print:
I haven't been blogging for a while, and as my good friend Meghna pointed out, I really needed to do something about it. Finally in desperation, she showed me this link that can blog for me. You see the results :D


I agreed to  post this ONLY if she used the same link to generate something equally funny... so go to her blog and let her know that you're waiting for her post!

STOP THE PRESS! She did post it :D Now go to her post and comment! :)
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