Archive for the 'Rants' Category

Netflix - improved recommendation system (?)

Friday, October 6th, 2006

Netflix recently launched the NetFlixPrize contest, where Netflix is looking to improve the recommedation system CineMatch they currently use to recommend movies to a returning customer based on his/her previous movie choices.
I say, its all good, as l-o-n-g  a-s  y-o-u  c-a-n  f-i-x the registration form issue.
I saw someone trying to fill out the form […]

IE7 Tabbing behaviour…continued.

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

I posted a shortcoming from the user perspective in IE7 Beta 1 here.
Strange enough this is still not implemented in IE7 Beta 2. Though this isnt a bug or something, but being one of the leading browsers (?) IE should have implemented this small behavior. Power users would certainly want the browser to remember the […]

Google Video opens eases Bollywood piracy!

Saturday, January 14th, 2006

UPDATE: It seems that Google really heard us all, and has removed the Bollywood related content from the Google Video servers. I cannot seem to find any new movie lately.
Does Google care about it? Bollywood is the informal name given to Indian Cinema. By the number of movies produced in a year, its […]

Meebo Hotmail glitch this morning?

Tuesday, December 20th, 2005

Update: This seems to be due to spotty MSN service. I am able to log into MSN perfectly now.
Is Meebo working for you guys using an hotmail account? It started giving me an error about my username and password in last 10 mins or so.
Anyone else seeing this? Guys? Guys this was resolved. Not Meebo […]

NonSense - AdSense - BadSense

Monday, December 19th, 2005

OK. I havent been this harsh on any of the services out there (though there are crappy services out there), but this one was too much. Not because it was a BIG issue, but because it came from a big company.
I had Google Ads being served up in my posts, just above the comment section. […]

Technorati

Wednesday, August 24th, 2005

I am soooo having issues with Technorati since last night. I am not able to see my account or watchlist after I log in. Once I hit the signin button, all I see is a blank page.
But if I browse to http://www.technorati.com/ping, I can see the page, but if I click on Account or Watchlist, […]


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