ISB has put up a test where we get rated on our accounting skills. Based on this test, we are told whether or not we need to attend the pre-term course. After my test, the ISB website politely told me, "Your knowledge of Accounting Concepts is not up to the level required for the core courses. It's highly recommended that you enrol for the pre-term module."
Sure, thanks. I knew I'd have to join the accounting pre-term anyway.
Apparently, one of my other classmates recieved a more comic message saying something like "Dude! your skills are hopeless; forget accounting, you can't even count!" The Rhapsodist describes that message in detail along with his experience of the test, which is similar to mine, if I may add.
Saturday, 25 March 2006
Friday, 24 March 2006
Loan trouble; nay, speed-post trouble
At around 12 noon, I called up Andhra Bank asking what's happening to my loan application; and it looks like my loan app has not reached them at all. Well, it's been over a week since I sent the thing by Speed Post, but the bank says they haven't seen my application at all.
The Speed Post tracker (yes, it does exist) says that my package's been delivered to the Cyberabad Post Office (where Hi-Tec Towers are located) on 17 March. Well, the Andhra Bank branch is lying somewhere in Hi-Tec towers, the package should have reached them, shouldn't it? Well, there's been a screw-up somewhere.
Thankfully, I decided to call up AB today and not tomorrow, 'cos it's given me enough time to write up another app and send it to AB (the deadline for the apps is the 25th). My app's all done and packaged waiting to go out. And I'm using Blue Dart this time.
Update (01/04/06): The speed-post that I'd sent to Andhra Bank came back on Wednesday. Reason: There is no such person as Mr NR in Andhra Bank, Madhapur branch. Hmm, interesting. I ought to sue Blue Dart then, for delivering my package to a non-existent person.
BTW, my loan-app that I sent through Blue Dart has reached AB, and has been duly processed and approved.
The Speed Post tracker (yes, it does exist) says that my package's been delivered to the Cyberabad Post Office (where Hi-Tec Towers are located) on 17 March. Well, the Andhra Bank branch is lying somewhere in Hi-Tec towers, the package should have reached them, shouldn't it? Well, there's been a screw-up somewhere.
Thankfully, I decided to call up AB today and not tomorrow, 'cos it's given me enough time to write up another app and send it to AB (the deadline for the apps is the 25th). My app's all done and packaged waiting to go out. And I'm using Blue Dart this time.
Update (01/04/06): The speed-post that I'd sent to Andhra Bank came back on Wednesday. Reason: There is no such person as Mr NR in Andhra Bank, Madhapur branch. Hmm, interesting. I ought to sue Blue Dart then, for delivering my package to a non-existent person.
BTW, my loan-app that I sent through Blue Dart has reached AB, and has been duly processed and approved.
Greasemonkey scripts for Orkut users
I found some orkut-specific Greasemonkey scripts today. I've only tried two scripts so far - the Scrapbook & Album viewer and the My Scrabook Link
gyaan: greasemonkey is an extension for the firefox browser that allows one to modify the behaviour of websites. For instance, by using this script, here's how my visit to dilbert.com looks:
that's right - no pesky ads!
You can find more nifty scripts at www.userscripts.org
gyaan: greasemonkey is an extension for the firefox browser that allows one to modify the behaviour of websites. For instance, by using this script, here's how my visit to dilbert.com looks:
that's right - no pesky ads!
You can find more nifty scripts at www.userscripts.org
Wednesday, 22 March 2006
Lightning 0.1 Released
Lightning 0.1 Released - MozillaZine Talkback
There's been some activity on the calendar front in Mozilla. Hope this project turns out to be better than the existing calendar or sunbird extensions.
Update
I got back home and downloaded Lightning. The installation was quick and painless.. my first view is that it looks pretty much like the old calendar, only tightly integrated with thunderbird.
Anyway, there is something that did catch my attention. The lightning app takes away a good chunk of my folder list's real-estate; and there's no way to disable it without uninstalling it.
For a person with an extremely long folder list, this is a bit of a problem. Hopefully, the next releases would have an option to turn off the calendar, or put it away in the background.
There's been some activity on the calendar front in Mozilla. Hope this project turns out to be better than the existing calendar or sunbird extensions.
Update
I got back home and downloaded Lightning. The installation was quick and painless.. my first view is that it looks pretty much like the old calendar, only tightly integrated with thunderbird.
Anyway, there is something that did catch my attention. The lightning app takes away a good chunk of my folder list's real-estate; and there's no way to disable it without uninstalling it.
For a person with an extremely long folder list, this is a bit of a problem. Hopefully, the next releases would have an option to turn off the calendar, or put it away in the background.
Monday, 20 March 2006
Middle click in Firefox opens a new tab
How would you word this message strongly? Check out the attempt by the folks at Wizz RSS News Reader
Saturday, 18 March 2006
ISB's email address
This is a suggestion for my batchmates at ISB.
If you're trying to email the ISB folks, please use the new email address that has been listed on the new admits' micro-site. It is meant to be used for queries by the new batch, and I suspect one gets a prompt reply if one contacts ISB on that. I'm sure ISB usually gets flooded on the other email addresses, which is why they've set up this new mailbox for queries from incoming students.
Secondly, the hyperlink on that email address is incorrect. Do not click on the link to email them. Instead, copy the text of the email address and use it.
I'm not listing that email address here on my blog, for obvious reasons. I would appreciate it if no one posts that in the comments either.
If you're trying to email the ISB folks, please use the new email address that has been listed on the new admits' micro-site. It is meant to be used for queries by the new batch, and I suspect one gets a prompt reply if one contacts ISB on that. I'm sure ISB usually gets flooded on the other email addresses, which is why they've set up this new mailbox for queries from incoming students.
Secondly, the hyperlink on that email address is incorrect. Do not click on the link to email them. Instead, copy the text of the email address and use it.
I'm not listing that email address here on my blog, for obvious reasons. I would appreciate it if no one posts that in the comments either.
Tuesday, 14 March 2006
one month to choo-choo
This time next month, I would be sitting in a train heading to Hyderabad.. let's look at my checklist and the status of each task which I should have done before that journey:
- Apply for loans - not done
- Apply for accomodation - not done
- Finish up the some miscellaneous applications on the ISB website - not even started
- Get my wisdom tooth removed - this has been pending for four months now
Monday, 13 March 2006
Wherever you go, pug-rank follows
Here's a blog-entry from Nickey on the official Google blog.
A good number of folks, especially women, would qualify Nickey with adjectives such as "cho-chweet". Guys would too, but they'd acknowledge it only to their girlfriends or significant others... anyway, that's not the main reason why I'm posting.
My question is, why would Nickey elicit a "cho-chweet" response, while the the maniacal Mr Tinkles of the Cats and Dogs fame come quite low on the cuteness index? After all, Mr Tinkles looks more well-groomed than Nickey does. So, what makes people rate an animal (or any other character) as cute, or otherwise?
My theory comes in one of my next posts, hopefully in a few days' time.
A good number of folks, especially women, would qualify Nickey with adjectives such as "cho-chweet". Guys would too, but they'd acknowledge it only to their girlfriends or significant others... anyway, that's not the main reason why I'm posting.
My question is, why would Nickey elicit a "cho-chweet" response, while the the maniacal Mr Tinkles of the Cats and Dogs fame come quite low on the cuteness index? After all, Mr Tinkles looks more well-groomed than Nickey does. So, what makes people rate an animal (or any other character) as cute, or otherwise?
My theory comes in one of my next posts, hopefully in a few days' time.
Wednesday, 8 March 2006
Cell-phone not working
My cell-phone has not been keeping well the last few days... and I have not had the time to get it repaired.
Email's the best way to contact me till I sort this thing out. My email address is chiranth dot channappa at gmail dot com.
Email's the best way to contact me till I sort this thing out. My email address is chiranth dot channappa at gmail dot com.
Sunday, 5 March 2006
More missing docs
Uggh.. I've got more and more obstacles in my loan application.
I don't have all my bank statements for the last three years. My bank statements till September 2003 are missing in action.
I don't recall Andhra Bank asking for my bank statements - they only want my guarantor's. Thankfully, my Dad's a lot more organised than I am. I hope it turns out OK.
I don't have all my bank statements for the last three years. My bank statements till September 2003 are missing in action.
I don't recall Andhra Bank asking for my bank statements - they only want my guarantor's. Thankfully, my Dad's a lot more organised than I am. I hope it turns out OK.
Online puzzles
I'd posted something about a game called Paheli earlier. Well the link for that has changed - thanks to a lack of bandwidth - and the game can now be found here.
BTW, I still have not finished Paheli.. stuck on level 23 with a clue showing a picture of a city and a picture of gold buiscuits. Let's see where that goes.
During the time I didn't find the alternate link for Paheli, I found another game by the IIM-Indore blokes called klueLESS. Yes, there is a blog to discuss hints. I've completed this game, all 30 levels of it. I did receive a congratulatory note from the folks behind it. They've acknowledged over 800 people for completing the game - and there are more un-acknowledged ones out there.
Apparently, both games have taken the idea from notpron, which is claims itself to be the hardest riddle on the Internet, something that only 96 people have cracked completely. Well, here's my take. It may be difficult all right. But the reason why only a few people can crack it is that it's got over a 100 levels. Even if one is smart enough to get over the difficulty, one might not have the time to solve as many levels.
BTW, I still have not finished Paheli.. stuck on level 23 with a clue showing a picture of a city and a picture of gold buiscuits. Let's see where that goes.
During the time I didn't find the alternate link for Paheli, I found another game by the IIM-Indore blokes called klueLESS. Yes, there is a blog to discuss hints. I've completed this game, all 30 levels of it. I did receive a congratulatory note from the folks behind it. They've acknowledged over 800 people for completing the game - and there are more un-acknowledged ones out there.
Apparently, both games have taken the idea from notpron, which is claims itself to be the hardest riddle on the Internet, something that only 96 people have cracked completely. Well, here's my take. It may be difficult all right. But the reason why only a few people can crack it is that it's got over a 100 levels. Even if one is smart enough to get over the difficulty, one might not have the time to solve as many levels.
Missing: my ISB blogroll
I need to build a blog roll of my to-be ISBian classmates. But I thought I ought to meet the people first before I link to their blogs. So I'm going to give myself time till I reach Hyd.
In the meantime, here's a link listing blogs of various people at different b-school: http://www.resolvequery.com/blogger.php And if I may add, the CEO of resolvequery is going to be my classmate at ISB.
S - I'll add this to my blogroll after 15th April. Hope it's OK.
In the meantime, here's a link listing blogs of various people at different b-school: http://www.resolvequery.com/blogger.php And if I may add, the CEO of resolvequery is going to be my classmate at ISB.
S - I'll add this to my blogroll after 15th April. Hope it's OK.
whataweek!!
Whew! it's been one of the most hectic weeks this year. I guess it's the shape of things to come. Let me run it down, day by day.
Monday: Our release is already late by two days. We've promised to make it happen by one in the afternoon, so that our client can see the release notification in his inbox the moment he sees his email. Ah, but what's the name of the famous law-maker who's name starts with M? Well, one of his theories kicked in I guess, and the release didn't go at one. Well, A did try his level best to debug at the fastest pace to see the release through. But no luck. We finally managed to send out the release at seven in the evening. Total delay: three days. And my contribution on Monday: four lines of code change in eight hours. Damn! Or, maybe Wow!
Tuesday: Resignation day. Had a chat with our Vice-President of HR and put in my papers. Though I'd kept the letter ready for quite some time, I felt a certain emptiness sending the email out.
Wednesday: The first of March. New month. My last in Adea. Our CEO's trip to our office in Bangalore has finally started.
Thursday: Had a three-on-one discussion with our CEO. Three of us from our team, that is to say. We spoke for about an hour.. lots of points covered, from the current affairs in our company, to position in the market, to what not.
Friday: The loan panic has started. The ISB micro-site lists March 10th as the last date for loan applications from Round-1 admits. Huh? And this information's given out 10 days in advance?!? Oh c'mon, this is ridiculous! Thankfully, an email flies by in the isb-pgp group saying that the last date for all loan applications is the 20th of March. Gotta verify that with the banks though.
And I poured more money down the drain to save on taxes. Farewell, my dear money, go and help build the Indian economy, sob sob, when will I see you again? sob sob.
Saturday: It hit me at around 4:00 AM on saturday that I need my Form 16s for the last three years if I want to apply for a loan at SBI. Turns out that my Form 16 for the year 2003-2004 is missing. I don't have a copy, I don't have a clue where it is. Might take me a massive search operation in my cupboards to find the piece of paper (if I have it). Else, a visit to the finance department is the first thing to be done on Monday.
Now, the plan for Sunday. There's a meet of B'lore ISBians in the evening at a place that's twenty feet high. Strange, lots of places I know are at least 20 feet high...
Monday: Our release is already late by two days. We've promised to make it happen by one in the afternoon, so that our client can see the release notification in his inbox the moment he sees his email. Ah, but what's the name of the famous law-maker who's name starts with M? Well, one of his theories kicked in I guess, and the release didn't go at one. Well, A did try his level best to debug at the fastest pace to see the release through. But no luck. We finally managed to send out the release at seven in the evening. Total delay: three days. And my contribution on Monday: four lines of code change in eight hours. Damn! Or, maybe Wow!
Tuesday: Resignation day. Had a chat with our Vice-President of HR and put in my papers. Though I'd kept the letter ready for quite some time, I felt a certain emptiness sending the email out.
Wednesday: The first of March. New month. My last in Adea. Our CEO's trip to our office in Bangalore has finally started.
Thursday: Had a three-on-one discussion with our CEO. Three of us from our team, that is to say. We spoke for about an hour.. lots of points covered, from the current affairs in our company, to position in the market, to what not.
Friday: The loan panic has started. The ISB micro-site lists March 10th as the last date for loan applications from Round-1 admits. Huh? And this information's given out 10 days in advance?!? Oh c'mon, this is ridiculous! Thankfully, an email flies by in the isb-pgp group saying that the last date for all loan applications is the 20th of March. Gotta verify that with the banks though.
And I poured more money down the drain to save on taxes. Farewell, my dear money, go and help build the Indian economy, sob sob, when will I see you again? sob sob.
Saturday: It hit me at around 4:00 AM on saturday that I need my Form 16s for the last three years if I want to apply for a loan at SBI. Turns out that my Form 16 for the year 2003-2004 is missing. I don't have a copy, I don't have a clue where it is. Might take me a massive search operation in my cupboards to find the piece of paper (if I have it). Else, a visit to the finance department is the first thing to be done on Monday.
Now, the plan for Sunday. There's a meet of B'lore ISBians in the evening at a place that's twenty feet high. Strange, lots of places I know are at least 20 feet high...
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