2010 recap

The year went fast ! But then a lot of things also happened... just a minor recap in no particular order

Movies seen

• Avatar ( non 3D version)
• Dabang
• Ishquiya
• Udaan
• Shrek 4
• Percy Jackson and the Ligtning Thief
• The Social Network
• Tron

Bike Rides/Bikenomads

• Rode to Neemrana Fort. The only ride this year :(
• Had to cancel the BN calendars due to delays in the printing. Now 2011 calendars are on the way to being printed.
• Had to cancel the BN annual meet - again due to delays and low response. However 20XI meet is planned for Goa and seems to be getting good response.

Other Trips

• 2 trips to Dehradun, one in car. Love that place. 
• 2 trips to bangalore
• A trip to Singapore
• A trip to Santa Clara, went via the North Pole ;)

Gaming

• World of Warcraft : Cataclysm got released. I have a level 85 character now. My favorite game for many years now, and my wife's nemesis :)
• Started a Guild in World of Warcraft called 'Vinash'
• StarCraft 2 : completed the single player. Dont have any enthusiasm about the multiplayer part. 
• Batman : Arkham Asylum : Neat game. 
• Assasins Creed II : Classic game. Love jumping off the buildings. 
• Civilization V : The best civ game so far 
• Torchlight : an Indie game - the closest to Diablo you can get. Since Diablo seems to be delayed indefinitely, this is a good passtime.

Sports

• Football World Cup Yeah ! 
• Olympics
• And how can one forget the Vuvuzelas
• CWG gold rush in Delhi
• I dont follow cricket, so please do not ask anything for that.  ;)

Government/India

• Mostly can only remember the corrruption. 
• CWG scam
• Radia scam
• 2G spectrum scam
• Wikileaks 

Work/Tech

• Joined McAfee. Working with the WaveSecure team - the whole reason for me to join McAfee. This is phone software not AV software, so do not ask me any AV questions
• In One97 worked on an OutBound Dialer - which got shelved just as we got the 1st version running and stress tested on 1500 ports - tripple that of the previous best. Worked on PayTM a mobile payment initiative.
• Tried out ChromeOS from hexxeh's builds, booting off the USB drive
• Did a bit of prelimnary coding on Android. 
• Learning Django coding.
• My Configuring Bugzilla post was a hit this year. Lots of people were able to install Bugzilla and left their thanks in the comments field :)
• iPad got released this year. Waiting for iPad 2 before I buy it ! :D

 Hmm, now I look back - damn. Thats a lot of stuff for a year ! Lets see what 2011 has in store.