Friday, September 05, 2008

Petrol Saving Techniques

· Ride at a constant smooth speed. Maintain the speed around 40 kmph inside the city, and around 60 on the highways.

· Be in the right gear for the right speed. Step-up and Step-down gears at the correct RPM. Let the engine hum, not whine. Don't race the engine. In addition to wasting petrol, it will reduce the life of your engine.

· Avoid breaks, instead let the natural breaking of the engine slow your vehicle down

· Avoid clutch riding. It will not save fuel.

· Keep a safe distance between you and the vehicle in front of you, atleast 2 metres. 1 metre if the traffic is heavy. If the traffic is bumper-to-bumper, none of these will be applicable, anyway.

· Stick to ordinary petrol, and avoid branded petrol - they cost more and give slightly more mileage. The increase in mileage is not worth the extra money.

· Find short routes between two places. This is becoming important in Chennai due to congestion along almost all main roads, and circuitous one-ways. I won't recommend breaking rules, however, like, inching against traffic on the wrong side of the road, going the wrong way in one-way streets.

Tuesday, September 02, 2008

evolution?

Yesterday I started Internet Explorer (Death to the Infidel) to download Firefox (PBUH).
Today I started Firefox (Death to the Infidel) to download Chrome (PBUH 2.0)
Tomorrow I will start Chrome (Death to the Infidel) to download the new Browsah Messiah (PBUH)!

Monday, August 25, 2008

Free Wifi Hotspots in Chennai

Those searching for Wifi Hotspots in Chennai and landing on this page, if you know of/find any other place, please post that here.

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Are there any wifi hotspots in chennai? Where i can go with my laptop and hangout?

I tried the one in Ascendas ITPC. But the guys there told me it's monday to friday only , though i got some decent connection for some time on saturday also. I had to buy some overpriced food to sit in their food court.

I heard there are hotspots in the Airport and Central station. Obviously, i can't go to the airport just for wifi. How about central?

Sunday, August 24, 2008

Chennai, then and now


Chennai 1925


Chennai 2008

I was walking from Park Town station to Park station when I stopped and remembered the vintage photo. I tried to capture central station like it was in the picture, but looks my memory failed me to get a close replica.

For sale, fraud

If a 2 rupee coin can be sold for 300 times its value, because it contains an elephant, then jesus is my uncle. Ganesha is an elephant, ergo, all elephants are ganesha? No wonder we worship cows and monkeys and elephants and snakes.