Category: General

Finding old friends on Orkut

Lately I have been trying to find old friends on Orkut. Social networks like Orkut and LinkedIn seem to be a good way to find out about old schoolmates and classmates. Unfortunately when I was in school nothing of this sort existed. So I lost touch with many of the …

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Walkscore: What is your walkscore?

As per the walkscore.com website “Walk Score shows you a map of what’s nearby and calculates a Walk Score for any property. Buying a house in a walkable neighborhood is good for your health and good for the environment.”. The walk score for our address is 54. What is your …

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Savings at the gas pump

Someone who has been in petroleum pipeline business for about 31 years and is currently working for the Kinder-Morgan Pipeline in San Jose, CA wrote the following information: We deliver about 4 million gallons in a 24-hour period from the pipe line; one day it’s diesel, the next day it’s …

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Things to do in and around Bay Area

I know we had a similar article couple months back on places to visist around Bay Area….those places were more family types to be visited with parents ……A friend of mine is travelling to Bay Area and wants to do adventurous activities….hiking trekking skiing are few on her mind……would be …

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Discovering India…

Hi KV’ites, I thought about writing this article to share my experience about living in India. I have been in Pune for about 4 months of the last 6 with an occasional weekend trip to Mumbai. I came to Pune to setup my office and have been involved with a …

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