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Yahoo Domains: Insufferable and Dirty
I booked a domain name last year using Yahoo Domains. This year they increased their renewal prices without a notification to my principal mail id (which is Gmail). They bill my credit card without asking me if I want to renew a domain for 34.95 USD Yes. 34.95 for a domain name.
Fine, probably I didn’t read some fine print. I am a moron but shouldn’t there be a way I can get in touch with them? I mean I fucking paid money and bought something from them… No. There is a convoluted wizard where you choose your problem and click continue… see http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/contactus/. After I clicked Continue, a cute little note said:
So I tried setting up a “call back” with Yahoo. You make an online request and they’ll call More...
Music Yogi: "It is okay if you don’t buy our CDs"
A colleague of mine recommended a CD of Karnatriix. I fell in love with their music. And Karnatriix sells their CDs on Music Yogi. I wrote about their “IE only website earlier… If you thought that was bad, check this out.I called Music Yogi. They provided a number on their website. Some guy picks the phone
Me: Is this Music Yogi?
Guy1: Who is this?
Me: I got your number from the website?!?
Then the guy yells out to some other guy.
Guy2: Hello?
Me: Is this Music Yogi?
Guy2: Yes?
Me: I have some feedback on your websi…
Guy2: Yeah, we are having problems… which CD do you want?
Me: Album called Namaste by Karnatriix?
Guy2: You can send a DD if you want…
Me: Dude! I thought this was 2009?? More...
99 Movie Review
A low-profile movie (by Bollywood standards) that has no real star power releases. It doesn’t get too much media attention (by Bollywood standards again). But slowly but surely it creates a buzz. A friend mentions it on the phone. Colleagues talk about it. No, they are not gushing about it or anything. It is a calm acknowledgment of a good movie. It has grossed 7.24 Crores under two weeks. To me that’s an indication that people enjoyed the movie. It is solid testimony to the fact that if you stuck to fundamentals and create a rewarding, engaging experience for the viewer, you will succeed. Star or no star. Media hype or no hype. 99 is a laugh-out-loud funny movie that tells the story of two young men that want to make it big (hit a century, if you More...
My Friend Sancho – Review
Amit Varma’s debut novel My Friend Sancho is a welcome change. I say this not because of its literary merit. It is a welcome change because a) It is pop-fiction b) It does not try tricks like that IIT-MBA fellow whatever his name is (blending bollywood and cricket, well fuck you!) and most importantly c) It is almost-honest writing. No holier-than-thou shit.
It is a funny book. For people with average sense of humor that is. That’s like 99.999999% of people. So I enjoyed it. For example, that MF line. And the oft-repeated imaginary dialogue. Note to Amit: Stop saying ‘So there.’ so often. So there.
Amit Varma uses his book to promote his blog. That’s quite smart. I am sure Amit, on his birthday every year, sends a ‘Congrats’ card to his parents.
But does More...