Archive for: September, 2007

Case of the burnt plug

Case of the burnt plug

Call it irony. Shortly after writing an elaborate post on home maintenance, I realized that I was a victim of negligence too. Last night, the Air-conditioner at my grandparent’s house stopped working. They reported a flash near the plug point. When I went there, I saw the plug and socket were black in color and [...]

Periodic Maintenance of homes

Periodic Maintenance of homes

Lets understand one thing here. Just like cars, mobile phones, and humans, homes also are in need of periodic maintenance. You have to admit, today homes don’t come cheap these days. And the age of saying “stitch in time, saves nine” still holds good.  In this article we want to touch upon certain aspects of [...]

First Aid Box

First Aid Box

Regularly seen in offices, hotels and more, first aid boxes in our opinion should become mandatory in every home. Image Courtesy: wheredidyoubuythat.com It may seem trivial, but the medicines and aids inside this box and minimize the seriousness of the situation before the doctor can be present. We recommend that you have this box in [...]

Social Bookmarking – an attempt

Social Bookmarking – an attempt

We want to give you the flexibility of adding your favorite posts on your preferred social bookmarking site. This post is sort of a test for checking if our attempt at bringing the icons at the bottom of every post would actually work. Currently we are planning to support: del.icio.us digg ma.gnolia reddit stumbleupon & [...]

Ceiling Fan

Ceiling Fan

Hello readers. A hot and sultry Sunday evening in Chennai prompts to me to write about “Ceiling Fans”. Digging up some information from Wikipedia I am made to believe that ceiling fan is an American invention. I am not sure about this yet. Image Courtesy: global-b2b-network.com Fans (as known widely) are electrical appliances which are used [...]

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