HTML messages with custom background in Thunderbird - YEAH!

Sometimes, solutions come from unexpected sources.

Until now, I hadn't found a way of viewing HTML messages with a customized background color. There is an option to view messages in "simple" HTML, but along with the background color, that also removes all font sizes and colors. So I had to make do with viewing all HTML messages with the default background color, which was in most cases the brightest and most dazzling shade of white.

Today, I was browsing for updates of my TB extensions. I found that "QuoteColor" had an update, and installed it. And lo and behold, there was an option allowing me to select the background color of HTML messages. Too cool! That will surely put an end to the snow-blindness now.

Shuttling back and forth

I come in to work this morning fully expecting to be engrossed in the PI, when Dukhi says that he has assigned me a bug. I am overjoyed to think that I'll be off the PI for some time, only to be told that the bug is on the PI! I got the feeling that I was being groomed as the resident PI expert - a tag I most certainly do not want. God Porgee (GP) has also been assigned 2 bugs on the PI, and we called up an engineer from the client side for some clarifications. It was tough to decipher what he was saying in his Oriental accent.

Later, Veerappan said that the new PI had been discussed in today's call. I had a reqs doc ready to throw at anyone interested. Rishi Kapoor came after lunch asking me to send that doc out for review. He asked me to continue to work on the bug, only to be vetoed by Aunty who told me to stay on the new PI. GP was asked to pick up the bug I had been assigned.

Lazing around

Today was a very relaxed day, I did not even venture out of the house. Just spent the time watching TV and, of course, banging away cycles on the compie. My health is much better - the stomach is faring well, and my nose has stopped running. The stuffy feeling in my nose has also considerably lessened, and another round of inhaling steam would hopefully put an end to that.

On the marriage front, I saw photos of quite a few prospective girls. Aai will probably setup a meeting with one of them this coming Sunday. The girl's parents wanted to do this today itself, but I refused. I need some time to prepare myself for an activity that I have dreaded for a long time now. It's quite frightening to think that two strangers try to get to know each other under the supervision of their parents! But that's the way it happens when you can't patao a girl yourself!

Another early exit - another ride

So I got out of office at 4 saying I had a doc's appointment. I had planned to watch the Federer-Agassi match, but it had finished with Federer routing Agassi in straight sets! As I pulled out of the parking lot, the weather was so awesome that I could not resist going for a ride on the highway. So I rode out towards Hinjewadi, going around 20 km total on the highway. As usual, another awesome experience. Today I stretched the bike to go 70 kph. Actually, the bike wasn't stretched at all as it is capable of much more than that. I remember the old Splendor straining to go even a little higher than 70. On the way back, as soon as I passed under the IT Park flyover, I opened the throttle and the bike effortlessly went up to 70.

I reached home at 5 to find that there was no power, today's scheduled load-shedding hours being 3 to 6 PM. It was just a stroke of luck that I'd spent an hour outside!

Not feeling well at all

My nose is running, my eyes are watering, and I have a slight headache. What a good thing I sent out a mail after lunch saying that I was leaving work at 4. There's no way I can hang on much longer in here. At least I can go home and watch the Agassi-Federer quarter-final at the Australian open. I don't think it will last that long though. Federer's already a set and a break up, and playing at top gear.

Too much sport

It's a case of "hawa tight zaali" due to an overdose of sports. After 1.5 hours of badminton on Friday night, an hour of football on Saturday morning and 4 hours of cricket ending in the afternoon, my body finally gave out. For the rest of Saturday I was walking painfully, and my nose was clogging up. On Sunday I had to attend a wedding reception where the menu had an inexhaustible number of items. My stomach was somewhat queasy for the rest of the day.

I woke up yesterday with a full-blown tummy upset and general fatigue. Skipping office was the best thing to do in these circumstances. Working on the PI was the last thing I wanted to do.