A hilarious take on Mahatma Gandhi. I am sure Gandhi would have enjoyed it too, he had a nice sense of humor.

Today I made a decision on my blogs which went in my mind like this - "If it is good for Guy & Jeff then it is good for me. I will reveal more on the decision soon but what I thought was interesting is the thought process behind this decision.

Nigeria's aviation minister has accused British airlines of treating Nigerian passengers with the "utmost contempt". Mr Fani-Kayode said he "would not sit by and allow our people to be treated like animals by anybody or for any reason". Link My recent experiences with British airlines makes me agree with his statements. British airlines, in my experience, provides preferential treatment of passengers depending on the route it is operating and very likely on skin pigmentation. I know this is a big accusation. Let me explain.

What does Paul Ellen (Fo-Founder of Microsoft) and Larry Ellision (Founder & CEO of Oracle) have in common with the crown prince of Dubai and Russian oilman Roman Abromavich (other than being super rich)?

Programatically using ICMP Ping is a great way to establish that a server is up and running. Previously you couldn't do ICMP ping (what ping command does in Linux/Unix & Windows) in java without using JNI or exec calls. Here is a simple and reliable method to do ICMP pings in Java without using JNI or NIO.