Maden's blog » rants http://utsavmaden.com.np/blog Musings, rambles, raves & rants Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:55:26 +0000 en hourly 1 Chisapani http://utsavmaden.com.np/blog/2011/05/15/chisapani/ http://utsavmaden.com.np/blog/2011/05/15/chisapani/#comments Sun, 15 May 2011 13:16:44 +0000 Utsav http://utsavmaden.com.np/blog/?p=1047 I don’t hike, period! However, I am at times goaded into following the pack. Throw in a few incentives such as the opportunity to test out my now not-so-new camera pack, I accede myself to the physical abuse of body and soul. The hike officially began for the nine of us (Abhit, Ashok, Badri, Dadi, Dibbesh, [...]

Chisapani

]]> http://utsavmaden.com.np/blog/2011/05/15/chisapani/feed/ 3 if only we had Nepalese designers who could spell http://utsavmaden.com.np/blog/2011/05/03/if-only-we-had-designers-who-could-spell-in-nepal/ http://utsavmaden.com.np/blog/2011/05/03/if-only-we-had-designers-who-could-spell-in-nepal/#comments Mon, 02 May 2011 18:54:26 +0000 Utsav http://utsavmaden.com.np/blog/?p=1018 This is one of many hoarding boards that span across the walls of the Dasarath Rangasala Stadium in Tripureswor opposite the UWTC shopping mall. Perhaps, its just a typo and would have been easily missed if it had occurred in a newspaper or magazine but with text at least a few feet across staring at you every time [...]

if only we had Nepalese designers who could spell

]]> http://utsavmaden.com.np/blog/2011/05/03/if-only-we-had-designers-who-could-spell-in-nepal/feed/ 4 Behind Lambert Academic Publishing’s marketing gimmick http://utsavmaden.com.np/blog/2011/04/11/behind-lambert-academic-publishings-marketing-gimmick/ http://utsavmaden.com.np/blog/2011/04/11/behind-lambert-academic-publishings-marketing-gimmick/#comments Mon, 11 Apr 2011 02:05:43 +0000 Utsav http://utsavmaden.com.np/blog/?p=1005 I was rather taken back by how VDM or Lambert Academic publishing had pieced together bits of my information – Name and email address, the university I studied at, and my dissertation topic. At first I assumed that this would have required a really smart scraper (lines of software code that read information off website) [...]

Behind Lambert Academic Publishing’s marketing gimmick

]]> http://utsavmaden.com.np/blog/2011/04/11/behind-lambert-academic-publishings-marketing-gimmick/feed/ 1 Holi hai! http://utsavmaden.com.np/blog/2011/03/21/holi-hai/ http://utsavmaden.com.np/blog/2011/03/21/holi-hai/#comments Mon, 21 Mar 2011 02:28:18 +0000 Utsav http://utsavmaden.com.np/blog/?p=968 Holi began with a rather lazy start of a day with breakfast in bed, mildly irritated by the loud music blaring off speakers in the neighbourhood, as I surfed the internet in bed. Yes, I have lights on Saturday and Sunday for a few hours. Thank you NEA! Post lunch, Dhungel phoned to say that he [...]

Holi hai!

]]> http://utsavmaden.com.np/blog/2011/03/21/holi-hai/feed/ 3 learning to click http://utsavmaden.com.np/blog/2011/03/06/learning-to-click/ http://utsavmaden.com.np/blog/2011/03/06/learning-to-click/#comments Sat, 05 Mar 2011 18:46:33 +0000 Utsav http://utsavmaden.com.np/blog/?p=943 This is my first post for 2011! This year, the reasons (read excuses)  have been numerous. writer’s block limited electricity (16 hours or is it 18? Heck, I have given up counting) trouble finding my niche: I dabble with technology, while I have an egging  for the environment and literature. Very close friends of mine got hitched. I had [...]

learning to click

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