The below is an off-site archive of all tweets posted by @varunkumar ever

August 2013

Annoying bug in Gmail Inbox tabs.The top bar flickers as u hover over d tab headers. screenr.com/rN0H @gmail Nobody else facing this?

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@finkd Mark, Long time no see here.

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Visiting our data canter. It’s amazing. \m/

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Google+ Hangouts goes HD as it switches from H.264 to VP8. Next up, WebRTC. gigaom.com/2013/08/28/han…

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Outrage - A day in the life of an Indian Twitter user — causality.msnarain.com/?id=29 :D

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Playing Ballmer Bingo, Could Microsoft’s Next CEO Come From Google? techcrunch.com/2013/08/27/pla…

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@arunkumar_n there?? come online on gtalk / FB

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Annoying bug in Gmail Inbox tabs.The top bar flickers as you hover over the tab headers. screenr.com/rN0H @gmail

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@SujayKrishna the name looks familiar. Who is behind this work??

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RT @arunkumar_n: RT @amit2bharti: It’s Official: Samsung’s Galaxy Gear Coming Sept. 4 on.mash.to/12HssJd

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@chandangoopta I dont see any problem with the apps though.

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I got an Android system upgrade last night. Don’t know what it is. Anybody else got it on your Nexus devices? I was already running 4.3.

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@arunkumar_n No matches in Chennai this time. Only in Hyderabad, Ranchi, Ahmedabad, Delhi

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@ChennaiIPL When are the tickets going on sale for @clt20 ??

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@darkstarharry The talk is happening in Sep only (i.e only if the proposal gets accepted). I will keep you posted.

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@EnigmaticDev @isuvaish its run by the folks at Yebhi — businesstoday.intoday.in/story/irctc-s/…. This might actually work in favor for IRCTC.

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LTC fraud: Rajya Sabha officials used fake air tickets, CBI to probe ibnlive.in.com/news/ltc-fraud…

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. @DEShawGroup is now an official sponsors of Eclipse community — eclipse.org/corporate_spon…

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@vigneshv_psg Google+ is the best android app I have ever seen. Gmail comes closer. Even the web app of Google+ is amazing.

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@arunkumar_n it was pretty good da. Watched three games. Almost all were one-sided. The view from our stand was quite good.

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@rameshsrivats: Eng players celebrate Ashes win by urinating on The Oval pitch. One way of becoming No.1 test team. bit.ly/1fds3AX

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@buchireddy Yes, I am in NYC. I am returning back this Friday.

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@kowshiknag Second round’s schedule will be prep only after round1 — usopen.org/en_US/scores/s…

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@kowshiknag There is a Federer match in the evening. Serena Williams is also having a match.

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@kowshiknag Yes, have booked the tickets. Session1 11:00 AM. Arthur Ashe stadium. Lower Promenade End 320. Row C. You??

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@arunkumar_n Of course, I have. Infact, he is the only non-cricket sportsperson I have been following.

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Will be watching him live. :) MT @RafaelNadal: Back to my room in . Some rest before my 1st round. pic.twitter.com/J0oVOXiFHw

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@ESPNcricinfo: 21 to win off 4 overs. Packed stands, lights blazing, super atmosphere… And the umpires take them off for light.

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KP is just amazing. Excellent batting this. @KP24

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@sreeix did u face any issues w Indian customs? I’ve bought one in US n bringing it along w/ me. Jus wanted to know if there’l be any issues

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@sreeix hey, where did you get Drone Parrot in India?

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@DEShawGroup The one and only official twitter handle of The D. E. Shaw group.

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@zainabbawa done. Added my session on Polymer.

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Building components with Polymer — JSFoo 2013@jsfooindiaafunnel.hasgeek.com/jsfoo2013/854-…N Please vote if you want to hear about Polymer.

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@zainabbawa @jackerhack I could see it now. When I checked some days back, it wasn’t there.

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@zainabbawa Thanks. I will add my proposal today.

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RT @addyosmani: Release the Kraken! Announcing @yeoman 1.0 yeoman.io/blog/hello-1.0… and what’s next youtube.com/watch?v=MTYZzs…

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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 months microsoft.com/en-us/news/pre…

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@jsfooindia @jackerhack Is the funnel still open?? Can I propose a session today??

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@kouphax: Friend of mine told a unix joke and no one got it. The situation was sed to be awk-ward.”

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Had a bad dream of losing my Macbook pro. Woke up and checked it immediately. I could see it around with me. All is well.

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Film festival at Central Park

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If India is computer, Congress its default programme: Rahul Gandhi ndtv.com/article/india/… Great!!

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@rem may be you can build a guided tour of the features.

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@DEShawGroup How about getting the account verified by Twitter? Hope we are already on it.

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.@DEShawGroup hello world :)

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@ashwinravi99 or, one can say Aus have failed at key moments like the second innings of fourth test.

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@justkalpana seeing lots of interesting tweets from you. :) What is the name of the hotel?? I should try it out sometime.

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ROFL RT @arunkumar_n: RT @knittins: Chicken 65. Now available for 1 USD.

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Good collection of flat icons… “@harish_io: Pretty cool - flaticons.net” cc @amit2bharti

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Google adds zoos to Street View, heroically avoids calling it ‘Street Zoo’ engt.co/19KybDF

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@nick_nick_nick @codepo8 I didnt mean the webkit part. Was wondering where this tool can potentially be used.

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@codepo8 Looks cool. Any potential use case for this tool??

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@ashwinravi99 btw, Watson is going strong at 160* Aus 247/3 (75.0 ov)

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@sriks7 helloo.. where are you these days? long time. We should catch up sometime.

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@sindresorhus yay!! I am not alone. I had the same feeling.

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@sindresorhus nProgress doesn’t solve any purpose. Its there just for the sake of it.

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Flipkart screwed me over: Here’s how they could stick it to you as well thinkdigit.com/Internet/Flipk…

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RT @aaronvasanth: Need A1B(-)ve or AB(-)Ve Blood group. very very urgent. Contact : Bala 9884101418 (Chennai

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RT @arunkumar_n: Oh, INR scores a century against GBP, will it be added to the Lord’s honours board now. :P

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@krtgrphr: In Chennai, all auto drivers are automatically called “Anna”.
This is called Riksha Bandhan…”

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@WSJ: Men still account for 87% of Wikipedia’s contributors despite efforts to attract more female contributors. on.wsj.com/170266E

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@yuvipanda all SpiceJet domestic flights have announcements in regional lang. Have heard Tamil in British Airways (even LHR airport) as well

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@DDNational1: GSLV D-5/GSAT14 launch aborted due to leakage of fuel in the 2nd stage, new date to be announced later. “

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RT @IE: Happy birthday to us! Internet Explorer turns 18 today browseryoulovedtohate.com pic.twitter.com/XfRd8LSW4h

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Guide to writing async JS program — callbackhell.com Workarounds for Callback hell.

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@jestme: My father urgently needs 5 units + at Vijaya Hospital, Chennai. Patient Krishnamoorthy, ICU bed 7, contact Sanju +919176150907”

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IRCTC is down now 5:38 AM Saturday, August 17, 2013 (IST) Time in India

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@British_Airways Its a toy quadcopter. Dimensions 23”x23”x6”

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@British_Airways I’m travelling frm NYC to Chennai via LHR (Aug30 Business Class). Wanted to know if I can check in brookstone.com/parrot-ar-dron…

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@SujayKrishna Github shows that these are components built using x-tags. I feel better now. Can’t accept yet another solution from Moz.

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@SujayKrishna Is it built on top of x-tags?? Why are they working on two different frameworks??

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@_prdp @usopen I am in NYC but will be leaving on Aug 30.

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@Brookstone Cool. Thanks. Availability in stores??

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@Brookstone Any idea when it will be available in stores?? I will be here in NYC till Aug end. I would like to buy one before leaving.

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@Brookstone How about the final box dimensions? 2.0’s original dimenions were 23” X 5” X 23”

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@rem thatz exactly what I was also doing with JSBin contest. :D

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Watch This Creepy Little Robot That Can Sneak Under Your Door techcrunch.com/2013/08/15/wat…

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@ardrone @Brookstone What are the dimensions of this power edition package? Same as original Drone 2.0?? Need to know if it’ll fit in my bag

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@psankar Been more than five years. Did you find out the answers??

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@isuvaish Sure. I will be around this weekend.

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Facebook testing PayPal-style Mobile E-Commerce Payments, Starting With JackThreads techcrunch.com/2013/08/15/fac…

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@isuvaish oh, yeah. I landed here on Monday evening.

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@isuvaish When did this happen?? Missed it.

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@TheNextWeb: Whoops – Google botches Indian flag colors on Indian Independence Datnw.to/h0hau94”

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@passy @gruntjs instead of sprites this will create svg / PNG data URLs?? No need to worry about positioning. Interesting.

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@passy @gruntjs any grunt task for creating sprites from icons??

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@FotoVerite @rwaldron I m here till August 30. Would be happy to attend some event before that. :-) BTW, just ordered my ar drone parrot.

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67th Indian Independence day celebrations — youtube.com/watch?v=fv4RY3…

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@technicalhumans When does the pre-order start?? Will it be available only in US or worldwide?? I am from India.

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@rwaldron aah ok. Wud like to hangout with JS developers frm this part of d world. Any pointers to usergroups / persons who organize events.

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@rwaldron hey, I am here in NYC for the next 3 weeks. Any JS event happening around here??

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RT @newsyc50: JavaScript right on the hardware technical.io (bit.ly/1a60mfw)

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@izs Java is to JavaScript as Car is to Carpet.

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RT @ckff: India launches new National Repository of Open Educational Resources nroer.in/home/ fb.me/2aDeHz3kZ

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@atlasdanced Enjoyable demonstration by Nidhi Razdan of @ndtv on how to screw up an interview & end up w egg on face youtube.com/watch?v=ZOdaJb…

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Medium.js is a tiny JavaScript library for making HTML5’s contenteditable beautiful. jakiestfu.github.io/Medium.js/docs/

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Github launches “Trending page” — github.com/blog/1585-expl… /me likes this

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RT @TheNextWeb: Google announces Chrome Dev Summit, a two-day developer event on November 20 and 21 in Mountain View tnw.to/f0hQz

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@firefox From India. One of the early birds to try out Firefox OS — blog.varunkumar.me/2012/03/screen…

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@prashantkv How did the event go? Any interesting projects??

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WebGL to add 3D hover effects to your website — glecollinet.github.io/webgl-demo/

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Bad. RT @ebidel: The declarative version of Custom Elements (<element>) is going away :( lists.w3.org/Archives/Publi… … for now

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Just Dial enters online food ordering space across 14 cities : yourstory.in/2013/08/just-d…

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@dangerdiabolick: just dail launches online food order service.

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Calling all Indian social entrepreneurs: apply for the Google Impact Challenge — feedproxy.google.com/~r/GoogleIndia…

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248 RT @ESPNcricinfo: After the Dhawan demolition, South Africa A need 434 to beat India A. Remember that number? es.pn/19n9Hjq

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“You don’t have to be the no. 1 in the world; Just have to be the no. 1 yourself” - Rahul Dravid Give your best today folks. GM.

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@crhemanth: Rahul Dravid does a Steve Jobs at BITS-Goa’s Convocation ceremony. Speech strts frm 41 mins. Inspiring youtube.com/watch?v=Nz8mHV…

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RT @ebidel: Building the new chromestatus.com using Polymer validated hw incredibly powerful WebComponents are plus.google.com/11807591949662…

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Awesome!! “@borismus: Ultrasonic networking using the Web Audio API. An open web alternative to Bluetooth, etc: smus.com/ultrasonic-net…

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@MohtashimKhan Know of any library for transforming JSON object from one form to another?? — stackoverflow.com/questions/1812…

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RT @kameshratnam: Urgently required AB-ve blood Global Hospitals, OMR, Chennai.. Contact Ashwin @ 9841414898..

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RT @BloodDonorsIn: Required 2 units A-ve blood group at Sri sri holistic hospital Nizampet x-road, Amareshwar 9949933457

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@ajaymaken Its a real shame to post messages like this. :(

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16 BSF soldiers were killed in Apr 2001. Only 5 are killed now. WTF!! twitter.com/ajaymaken/stat…

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RT @arunkumar_n: India Cricket Features: ‘Fixing has got to be a criminal offence’ | ESPN Cricinfo espncricinfo.com/india/content/…

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@timberners_lee: How to get all you big sister’s passwords blog.elliottkember.com/chromes-insane… and a disappointing reply from Chrome team.”

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Nice CSS themes. RT @elijahmanor: Themes for Chrome DevTools by @devthemez manor.im/TvQgL0

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@harsha_twts @SujayKrishna @vigneshv_psg I have used the native OS module only. It doesnt give information about monitor config n all though

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Jadeja jumps to No. 1 in ODI bowling rankings espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/content… _/\_ @imjadeja

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@vigneshv_psg Belated birthday wishes. Hope you had a good day.

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@arunkumar_n She had also mentioned about us it seems. :-)

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Friend from Y! pinged me to say that @marissamayer had mentioned about our hack in an internal event. Yay!! :) @arunkumar_n

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RT @arunkumar_n: RT @krishashok: Haha. Employee named “Null”crashes web service stackoverflow.com/questions/4456…

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@sriks7 I m travelling to NYC this month and will be missing those two holidays as well.. :|

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Not a good start to August. Down with cold and throat infection. Hardly slept and woke up at 4.

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@mathias: To use Google as a countdown timer, just enter “timer 10 minutes”. google.com/search?q=timer…” Doesn’t work on mobile version.

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