Setting up local copy of PHP manual – with smart lookups

If you are a PHP developer, you probably know that you can type “php.net/substr” to look at documentation for the substr() function. This works for many other keywords as well and is a superb feature. It’s just so convenient, I stopped using my local copy of PHP manual. But yesterday, I wanted it offline. I […]

Teaching English is not easy

Our maid requested if Nikita (my wife) could teach English to her daughters. They are 12-14 year and know only the alphabets. One of the daughters came yesterday evening for her first class. I was watching things as Nikita asked her to write down A-Z. First in capital then in small. And she did not […]

Who is Bhaskar Bharati?

If you are in India, you may have seen such hoardings around. Who is Bhaskar Bharti you may ask? And why did Bhaskar ditch so many girl friends? (and more interestingly, how did he make so many girlfriends in the first place 😉 Bhaskar (bana) Bharti is a new comedy show on Sony TV. The […]

Team: We need to improve quality of Gujarati translations

Upgraded Firefox for my dad, and that led to this screen. Essentially, it says that “Your Firefox has been upgraded to the latest edition”. But the translation to Gujarati changes the meaning. If I were to translate this Gujarati back, it would read “You have been upgraded/improved to the latest edition of Firefox”. C’mon, it’s […]