Anand Chandrasekaran

Thoughts on eBusiness, web strategy, and the net

Back Up!

You may have noticed that I have not had a new post on my site since late last year. You may have also noticed duplicate posts for all my old postings. I had some serious issues with spam earlier this year and my attempt at custom spam filtering backfired and created havoc with [...]

I’m Back!

After a nice long three week vacation to Washington DC, Philadelphia, and Hawaii, I am well rested and ready to roll! BTW..for those of you that haven’t been to Philadelphia, be sure to check it out. I had no expectations going in and I left with some great memories. I hate to [...]

Fidel by Estela Bravo

Fidel by Estela Bravo is a mostly favorable documentary on the impact t of Fidel Castro.
The most notable aspect of this film is the great interview footage of Castro spanning the last 35-40 years. It is apparent that the filmmakers had access to many Spanish language interviews including Cuban state television pieces.
The film did not [...]

Googling Myself

Since I started blogging several months back, I thought I would Google my name and see what it comes up with. It is funny that after four years, the #4 & #5 link that comes up in Google is a forum post I put up four years ago about XSLT.
http://www.stylusstudio.com/xsllist/200203/post01520.html
http://sources.redhat.com/ml/xsl-list/2002-03/msg01519.html
Mention of my blog doesn’t [...]

Entourage Season 2

After the long awaited release to DVD, I finally finished Season 2 of Entourage. I have to admit that I miss the shallowness and happy-go-lucky vibe of Season 1. I have to deal with enough complex people in my day to day life, so why can’t I just enjoy simple womanizing characters who [...]

World Cup

Though the Word Cup is at times an after thought in America, I often find myself caught up in World Cup fever. Being a casual futbol/soccer fan, I ofcourse am a big fan of Brasil. Much like what the Lakers and Yankees are to casual American sports fans; Brasil is the global powerhouse [...]

24

My girlfriend and I have been watching Season 1 of 24 on DVD recently. This is an excellent show and the only thing I’m disappointed about is that I just discovered this show five years after it first aired on FOX. This is the beauty of the recent releases of television shows onto DVD [...]

Walnut Creek Worth Emulating

I just came across this great article in the Contra Costa Times about how other cities are trying to mimic Walnut Creek’s downtown. For those of you that don’t know, Walnut Creek is situated in the East Bay Area about 30 minutes from San Francisco. It is a great city with one of [...]

Rebirth

After three and a half years, I have finally decided to start blogging again. The last time I was at this stuff barely anyone knew what blogging was. Hell, I even wrote my own blog tool using ASP 3.0 and Access. How times have changed!! Though I have set up blogs for several friends and [...]