2.22.2011

bad fb bad fb

I have concluded that the people that run facebook are evil or stupid: why would they make me click on 50+ checkboxes - I am not exaggerating, it may have been more - to stop getting all email from it?

in reference to: My Account (view on Google Sidewiki)

9.23.2010

Electronic banking gone kaput

If there was ever a place that needed its information organized and universally accessible, it is India. Bank transfers in India need IFS codes - they are like bank routing numbers in the US. For years the only way you could get the IFS code was walk up to the branch and ask a specific person. Things have changed since then, but even now only private banks go to the effort of mapping a bank branch to its IFS code so that we don't have to remember it. Thats not the end of it though.. the mapping is horrendous. If you aren't already confused by IFS codes for a single bank location, cryptic acronyms for names will.

I finally found this page today and it has a much better, and likely authoritative listing of banks in India that participate in electronic funds transfers. Hope it makes someone else's life easier.

in reference to: Reserve Bank of India (view on Google Sidewiki)

9.05.2010

progression

I started listening to World Vision podcasts this week. First of all, the stories are amazing. The reasons kids, especially girls can't go to school are unbelievable. But the most moving stories were those where moms/dads did whatever they could to make their children's lives better even as they remained deprived. That is perhaps the most human of all things.

We have a better life than our parents because they wanted us to do better and spent most of their adult life making that possible. It is now our turn.

in reference to: http://media.worldvision.org/rss/wvus_podcast.xml (view on Google Sidewiki)