Arjun Ram

Archive for March 2005

Yahoo 360 and Gmail invites

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Jeremy was kind enough to invite me to Yahoo 360(Thanks Mate!). Plus I also have 50+ invite on gmail. Leave me a request in the comments section and I shall email them out to ya.

I havent played around with it yet, (will do so later today) expect a review pretty soon. Mean while check out Russell and Marc’s reviews.

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March 30, 2005 at 1:49 pm

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Journey of Mankind

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Journey of Mankind In a major new addition to the Bradshaw Foundation website the Journey of Mankind genetic map, based on the work of Professor Stephen Oppenheimer, exploring the peopling of world over the last 160,000 years. More info Here …

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March 11, 2005 at 4:28 pm

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Only in India:Innovative tax practices

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Its amazing to look at ways and means people come out to get things done in India :)

Pay your taxes or face the music in India
Authorities hire drummers to play at homes that haven’t paid

HYDERABAD, India – Tax defaulters in southern India are being forced to face the music after city authorities hired drummers to play non-stop outside their homes until they pay up.
After many residents ignored repeated demands to settle overdue property taxes. authorities in a city in Andhra Pradesh state have sent 20 groups of drummers to play outside offenders houses for the past week.

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March 11, 2005 at 2:58 pm

Posted in india

Links

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March 3, 2005 at 2:59 pm

Posted in technology

Google Movie Search

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Google Movie Search

Google Movie Search Help

Showtimes, reviews, ratings, plot, actors, and more.

Also available via SMS.

Written by Arjun Ram

March 3, 2005 at 2:28 am

Posted in technology

Cell Phone Ads that Consumers Love

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Cell Phone Ads that Consumers Love

Cell spam? No one wants the bother. But London-based Flytxt has convinced users to give personal information in exchange for direct marketing pitches to their phones. A Strategy & Innovation case study.

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March 3, 2005 at 2:23 am

Posted in technology

End Game in Pakistan

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George Friedman

“The United States will have to invade northwestern Pakistan. There are plans for this already. In addition, if Pakistan collapses due to an invasion, the United States and India will have to jointly occupy Pakistan. The end game is in Pakistan” –  <span title=”Quote of this…

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March 2, 2005 at 11:42 pm

Posted in india

Open Source Web Design

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OSWD

Open Source Web Design (OSWD) is a community of designers and site owners sharing free web design templates as well as web design information: “Helping to make the internet a prettier place!” Already 1000+ templates and growing!

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March 2, 2005 at 11:42 pm

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Tales of four start-ups

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March 2, 2005 at 11:39 pm

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RSS News Roundup

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March 2, 2005 at 11:35 pm

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