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One reason why Sulekha sucks sometimes...

I do use sulekha.com occasionally to sell my old items. Now a days, Sulekha.com has transformed into a aggressive Business directory along with a Classifieds section. One reason I find that Sulekha.com sucks is because there is no clear welcome page for a visitor. There are 3 possible visitors for sulekha.com 1. One who comes looking for Online Classifieds 2. One who comes looking for Business Directory 3. One who comes from some other linking site knowingly or unknowingly. The home page or landing page is a clear mess of everything. By throwing all the links in the home page, they have created a tough navigation for a classified seeker and Business seeker. You cannot predict which link will lead to what section! Had there been a clear classification of services or atleast a search that has options to choose my search between Classifieds or Yellow Pages or Both, life would be much more easier in the home page. Right now, I have to click on the BUY/SELL tab or link in order to access cl

WordPress 2.8.4 - Setting up Unicode (multilingual) support for Tamil, Hindi, Kannada etc

[Coming up.. ] Temporarily you can find out my quick and dirty guide for configuring WordPress to support Unicode fonts here .

How to buy a UPS for your home computer?

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UPS is a must have accessory for every computers in India. Sudden power failures and surge in supply are common everywhere. To protect valuable data from getting corrupted, it is a must to buy a good UPS. Before we go into the topic, it is essential to understand the types of UPS. What are the types of UPS available? For consumer use, 3 types of UPS - Online, Off-line (stand by) and Line-interactive UPS are available. Online UPS: To explain in simple terms, this UPS supplies AC power to your computer which is converted from the power produced by the battery connected to it. The battery is constantly re-charged by a AC-DC convertor on the other end. Offline UPS: When the mains supply is on, the UPS will pass thru the mains supply to the computer. If mains is cut, it will use a DC-AC convertor and produce power from the attached battery. Line Interactive UPS: Uses a combination of invertor/convertor circuit. When the mains is on, it recharges the battery and produces power

Eureka Forbes - Pre-sales experience and their attitude!

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Eureka Forbes - India's leading provider of consumer Water purification treatment, Vacuum cleaning solutions and Air purifiers uses the old direct marketing / selling technique. ,For everything - right from demo, purchase and support, you interact with a proper sales guy. Well this is far better than interacting with a show room sales guy right? Yes it is. But sometimes it is awfully pathetic when dealing with Eureka Forbes people. Let me give you my experience. I was interested in knowing the price of a newly launched Wet & Dry vacuum cleaner. Their website quoted - Rs.9990. Then, I wanted to check if there is any EMI options available for purchasing. Sadly, there was no details about that. Finally I resorted CONTACT EUREKA FORBES through the online form. After submitting the form asking for EMI options and details, I received a call from their chennai office the next day, informing that a sales guy will meet me for giving a demo. I told the caller that I was not asking for a