http://blog.twilightfairy.in YABB:Yet another [bonhomous/boring/brusque/banal/bewildered] blog Sat, 03 Jul 2010 14:52:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I like watching "Castle" on Star World, a "Dramedy" (Drama + Comedy) based in a crime setting that is shown everyday from 10pm-11pm, Mon to Thurs in India. Of course the series is running behind in terms of what is shown in the US (where the 2nd season has finished ... http://blog.twilightfairy.in/2010/06/28/mad-about-castle/ After publicising my first solo fine art photography show, Evanescence [pronounciation], all over my online "properties", I realised I hadn't blogged about it at all! (Though I did microblog it on twitter if that counts). The main reason why I didn't, was because I think no one reads my blog anyway ... http://blog.twilightfairy.in/2010/06/18/evanescence-my-fine-art-photography-show/ Recently Mail Today asked me to write an anecdotal article for them. It got published on 31st Jan'10 (best viewed in IE).  Here's the unedited version of the article (which has one anecdote extra). Awaiting bouquets/brickbats in comments. :) It’s a Woe-Man’s world “Some husbands are living proof that a woman can ... http://blog.twilightfairy.in/2010/02/09/its-a-woe-mans-world/ Recently I went on a trip to Jodhpur. During that time I was using twitter to update whatever came into my mind "on the spot" and also to document my trip for a later revisit. Many people asked me if there's one place where all my updates, spread over a ... http://blog.twilightfairy.in/2010/01/24/my-jodhpur-travel-microlog/ Once upon a time, I purchased a fancy laptop from HP. And my life was never the same again in a rather unpleasant way, starting, the moment I parted with 65K of my hard earned money. This is the sordid saga of my tryst with HP. Read on, especially if ... http://blog.twilightfairy.in/2009/09/22/considering-an-hp-laptop-think-again/ Ahoy! All ye amateur/professional astronomers and photographers! Unless you live under a rock you might know that we are about to witness a total solar eclipse on 22nd July. This eclipse is one of its kinds since a total solar eclipse is a rare occurance and the next one in ... http://blog.twilightfairy.in/2009/07/20/chasing-the-total-solar-eclipse/ Last year I had posted about the First ever Delhi queer pride parade event. This year they are back again! As always, the event is open to straight people as well. For us as Delhi’s bloggers here’s what we can do: 1. Support Delhi’s LGBT people. From the moral police stopping the ... http://blog.twilightfairy.in/2009/06/27/delhis-queer-pride-parade-2009/ I am back with a long awaited attempt at getting back to the "Drid Nishchaya" of being regular at the blog (though I am sufficiently active on the photoblog, the microblog and to some extent the Delhi Bloggers' Blog). Here's a roundup of the salient features of the 2008 chapter ... http://blog.twilightfairy.in/2009/06/24/2008-roundup-part-une/ Ahoy Bloggerati and Twitterati! Here’s an opportunity you can’t afford to miss. Meet Shashi Tharoor, one of the most charismatic leaders we have in the new parliament in an exclusive informal Meetup with Delhi Bloggers Bloc. As you know, Dr. Shashi Tharoor, has been recently elected as the Congress Member of Parliament, ... http://blog.twilightfairy.in/2009/05/21/dbb-presents-meetup-with-shashi-tharoor/ Someone put a pamphlet about a Women's car rally under the wiper of my car. I was quite amused since I did not see it on any of the other cars parked near by! :) It sounds like quite a fun opportunity. Since this event has practically no web presence, ... http://blog.twilightfairy.in/2009/03/17/gurgaon-jaipur-womens-car-rally-on-21st/ @naina in terms of features i dont see anything new. except twitter& stumble upon newsfeed. the rest was all there tho in different sections in reply to Naina # @b50 eh? i dont think i proved anything here except for the fact that some women drivers are worth their salt! (whether ... http://blog.twilightfairy.in/2009/03/16/twitter-updates-for-2009-03-16/ Airtel has been tomtoming their supposedly lifetime free IPTV scheme to existing subscribers of broadband, showing no extra cost except for installation charges of 3999/-. Even after asking several times from their executives selling this scheme to people, they insisted that there's no monthly rental, this is indeed lifetime free ... http://blog.twilightfairy.in/2009/02/15/beware-of-airtels-lifetime-free-iptv-scheme-for-existing-subscribers-all-hogwash/ My blog has seen very less of action in the past one year (unlike my life). This could also be attributed to my prolific existence on flickr & twitter. However in the beginning of this year I did write down one post to make up for all that. It contained ... http://blog.twilightfairy.in/2009/02/15/2008-in-one-post/   On 20th, Delhi witnessed its second twitter meet. Unlike the previous twitter meet, which was held in a cafe, this meet was sponsored by Incube Business centre. The meet started at 5pm. I got there by about 5:20pm thanks to the traffic. There were already some twitter enthusiasts who had introduced themselves ... http://blog.twilightfairy.in/2008/09/23/dbm25-a-meet-for-delhi-bloggers-and-microbloggers-a-roundup/ A lot of times I have seen twitter users wondering how to send DM's (direct messages) to ppl who are not following them. Since I have had the pleasure of explaining it so many times on twitter, I thought I would just write it once and for all and share ... http://blog.twilightfairy.in/2008/09/19/send-twitter-dm-to-non-followers/ This is shocking but unfortunately true. Our leading dailies make a business out of the photographs clicked by many of us. And they have the audacity to use them without permission , credit or compensation as well, even if they are against the copyright license. One of my pictures got "flicked" ... http://blog.twilightfairy.in/2008/09/01/toi-believes-flickr-is-for-flicking/ I have been organising Delhi Blogger Meets and events around Delhi Bloggers, since many years now. Recently we did something quite differently. On 7th June'08, we managed to present a Social Media & blog camp for Delhi Bloggers Bloc - an online community of Delhi Bloggers. Blogging has come a ... http://blog.twilightfairy.in/2008/08/23/social-media-blog-camp-delhi/ This may be a tad bit late, but nevertheless posting it here. Delhi is having its first ever queer pride parade today at 5:30 pm in CP. After years of denial this is the first time that the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender/transsexual) people come out and march together. ... http://blog.twilightfairy.in/2008/06/29/delhis-first-ever-queer-pride-parade/ It's been quite some time since we were planning the "Social media & Blog camp" to be held at Indiatimes, Gurgaon on 7th June'08. It started as an idea from scratch and finally we have managed to get a sponsored venue for this exciting event. Indiatimes, our gracious sponsor is ... http://blog.twilightfairy.in/2008/05/27/social-media-blog-camp/ This article of mine got published in HT. I am posting it here as well.. That piece also carried Rajesh Lalwani's post on microblogging. To encourage professional networking amongst the DBB members, the group has a presence in business networking sites like LinkedIn. It also has a presence on flickr.com, ... http://blog.twilightfairy.in/2008/05/15/delhi-bloggers-blaze-a-trend/