Google Voice

I've been a user of Google Voice since before it was acquired by Google. Needless to say, I love the service. Unbelievably, it's free!

Here is nice video about Google Voice -

Meet "Windows Phone 7 Series"!

Something that doesn't happen often - me posting about a Microsoft product*. Or should I say, Microsoft making a product* worth posting about? ;)

* XBox 360 excepted, of course!

Are you buzzin' yet?

Google Buzz looks interesting (impressive too) but I don't think it will take off unless everyone is on Buzz. You know what I mean? Everyone is on Facebook these days, will Buzz command that kind of regular use? Only time will tell!

Siddharth walks!

No videos yet, sorry. My video camera is still packed from the move. However, I did want to note that today was the day that Siddharth walked on his own :)

Almost exactly around the same age as Anjali when she walked first. Although I dare say that Siddharth seems to be taking firmer steps. Here we go again..

Fireworks in Dubai!

Check out this awesome fireworks display from the recent opening of the world's tallest building (for now).

ootunes is slick!

Last week, with Christmas around the corner, we missed good ol' KOIT from the Bay area. They are on the web but I wondered if there was a better way to listen. A little time on Google and I found ooTunes for the iPhone! This app will let you listen to internet radio streams on your iPhone.
The reviews were so overwhelmingly positive, that I wondered if something was fishy. Anyway I bit the bait and bought the $5 app and I can report that it works great. Every single station I wanted to listen to was already in the ooTunes db. So now with just a few taps I can listen to CapitalFM (from London), the BBC World service, KOIT or KFOG anytime.

Gotta love the age we live in :)

Woohoo! Avocados!

Avocado in Bangalore
Originally uploaded by Jillako

Never been happier to see Avocados. Over the last many years Avocados have become an integral part of our diet. It was one of the foods that we thought we'll have to live without when in Bangalore.
Little did we know that Avocados are widely available all over the place by the name of "butter fruit". After some initial confusion, I purchased one hoping that butter fruit = avocado. Sure enough, it is 100% avocado!
They're huge, even bigger than the ones in Costco, must be a local variety of some sort. The pit (seed) is huge too.
Alright, I'm off to make myself an avocado cucumber sandwich!