Rotten And Expensive Apples

When “high-performance processors, graphics and storage” mean 1.6 Ghz Core i5 and 500 GB, 5400 RPM HDD and flagship phones cost highest in a price sensitive market, something is definitely wrong. Read my half-facts, half-opinion based piece about things Apple is doing wrong in India

October 21, 2015 · 648 words

What makes a Mac different?

Everyone says that Mac is different and better than Windows. What makes it better?

October 18, 2015 · 409 words

Being Mean is Useless

Being mean makes you fail. - Paul Graham What happens when someone is mean to you at office? And should you be mean?

August 15, 2015 · 420 words

True Detective Season 2

Warning: Spoilers for True Detective Season 2 follow. Proceed only if you have completed it. Season 2 was not as strong as previous one but it did stand on its own and had some good acting and great music.

August 13, 2015 · 342 words

Ghostery Causes Blank Popups in Firefox 40

If you just upgraded to Firefox 40 and get blank popups, Ghostery may be to blame. I was getting blank popups anytime a page opened a share or save dialog (tried Twitter, Pinboard and Facebook). Here’s what I was seeing when trying to share anything: After some troubleshooting, I disabled Ghostery and everything works like a charm now! Of course, this means that you won’t have protection from tracking in between. I’d suggest using Disconnect till Ghostery is fixed.

August 12, 2015 · 79 words

Enabling Developer Mode on Mac

If you say ‘No’ to Xcode’s prompt to enable developer mode first time, it will ask for your password every time after that. Want to get rid of that? Good news: It’s one command away!

June 27, 2015 · 57 words

Who killed Stannis

Brienne of Tarth wasn’t responsible! No, not Melissandre. The responsible people were: Show writers! I just watched the Battle of Ice (outside Winterfell) again and the way they handled this was very very stupid! First, I love the show and I understand that they have time and budget requirements. But that doesn’t mean that they can just go and butcher a character like that. I have read it many times on reddit and also feel from watching the show that show writers hate Stannis. He’s a much better character in the books. ...

June 26, 2015 · 407 words

5 Useful Apps for New OS X Users

Recently got a Mac? Or looking for nice apps to save time and increase productivity? Look no further, here are 5 useful apps that you must try out!

June 7, 2015 · 516 words

Why Stannis Baratheon Has Best Claim To Iron Throne

Spoiler alert: This post contains show spoilers. Only proceed if you have watched Season 5.

June 4, 2015 · 840 words

[Windows Issue] php.exe works but php doesn't? Here's the fix!

I just lost 47% of my hair trying to figure out a simple problem. All this for a simple 2 minute solution. I wanted to run composer and for that, I wanted to install PHP manually. (There’s no need to. As far as I have read, it should work well with WAMP packages like EasyPHP and WAMP Server). So, I diligently followed the simple instructions, installed composer. Typed composer to run it and bam, powershell threw this error message at me: ...

February 21, 2015 · 231 words