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Cool Technorati Add-ons for your Blog
2006-11-21 17:51:00
Hello Readers,I have come across two cool add-ons for your blog. They are:1. Tech no rati Rank display widget by purplemoggy2. Technorati Blog reactions link from imessengr.com1. PurpleMoggy has posted a very useful add-on with which one can display their real-time Technorati rank in the blog's sidebar. To get a preview of the add-on and learn the code click here.2. Deniz from imessengr.com has provided the Blogger Beta code for displaying the number of links from other blogs to a particular post via Technorati's engine. To get a preview of this add-on and learn the code click here.
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A Firefox extension and PurpleMoggy's hacks
2006-11-11 19:42:00
Hello readers,I have been using a Fire fox extension by name fasterfox. If slow browsing speed has been a problem for you, I recommend that you give it a shot.Coming to beta hack, this blog now uses two hacks which I picked up from Purple Moggy's blog. It appears that a tutorial has been put up for the search box. Please find the tutorial on implementing a 4-in-1 search box (like I have) here.The second hack I found in PurpleMoggy is a javascript based peek-a-boo system for linklists in sidebar. This is almost same as Blogger University's expand-collapse menu. Just that the hack I am using was picked-up by PurpleMoggy from here and modified using CSS such that it blended very well with my template as well.
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Three column template finally!
2006-09-03 01:24:01
Do you find my blog radically different since your last visit? Yup its the three column template! Many thanks to Ramani of Hackosphere for working with the existing beta template codes to convert it to a three column template.Three column templates are useful if you have too many items on your sidebar and wish to avoid superlong side bars. To learn more about these templates click here. Also note that the label drop down and search result sorting on my blog is yet another hack from Ramani. For more info on that check out his blog.
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Well! Its been a while
2006-08-30 13:03:01
Ho ho! It been a while since I posted some thing here. As of now I have started walking on the path that will lead me to my desired destiny and in pursuit of the same I have submitted my resignation letter at Amazon (My current workplace). I will be releaved of my duties by the end of this month.
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Eleven Minutes ? Paulo Coelho (Book Review 002)
2006-08-30 13:03:01
Paulo Coelho is a popular author who shot to fame with his best-selling book ?The Alchemist?. He has also written other books like the pilgrimage, the Valkyries, the fifth mountain, the Zahir (being his latest) and many others. Eleven Minutes is very different from his other works for it is based on an adult theme and contains vividly described scenes of sexual intercourses and ?eleven minutes? the name itself refers to the average duration of the act. Eleven minutes is the story of a girl called Maria. She was born and brought up in a Brazilian village. Just as any innocent young girl would, she had also fallen in love but had to face disappointment at a young slender age. This left her heart-broken and she becomes convinced that she will never find true love in her life. Her experiences teach her that she is a beautiful and can use this characteristic of hers to her advantage.She decides to earn money and support her family and in this pursuit she ends up in Geneva, Switzerland ...
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First Post
2006-08-30 13:03:01
Hello there,I heard that these online blogs allow one to record their daily or weekly thoughts and post it online. It?s like a personal diary made "public". I thought that let me have one for myself. I am not sure if I will be able to update this blog on a regular basis but I will try to try my best ;-).If you like my blog or want me to update it more frequently please drop a line.Disclaimer:Any information in this blog that you think is defamatory or ?hurts? you was not meant for that purpose and any resemblance to any person(s) living or dead is purely co-incidental. The keeper (that?s me :-)) of this blog does not assume any responsibility for any thing posted here and cannot be tried in any court of Law for some thing as trivial as a personal opinion in a blog. Also note that I have used several images in this blog which I may have picked up from various sources. While I have tried my best, I cannot guarantee that none of the images will violate copyright and all that stuff. So ...
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India: Agenda 2020 for economic development
2006-08-30 13:03:01
(To download the file click here or continue to read)India : Agenda 2020 is one of the best research projects I have undertaken till date. I had done this project in 2004 as a part of my assignment for the qualifying round of a management festival called ?Vistas? organized every year by PES BBM (People?s Education Society, Bangalore). The event I had participated in was called ?The clerk of the course? or simply put the best manager of the lot. This was a very challenging event and the only one where individuals participated (i.e. no group participation). One hell of a fest it was for it drew the best out of us (me and my college fellas). Though I did not win my event, I did reach the finals (which you can say is an achievement of sorts ;-)) Talking more about the management festival, Vistas was a national level event with participating colleges coming from all over the country. They had Amity from Delhi, Loyola from Chennai, ICFAI (i.e. us) from Hyderabad, Christ College and a fe...
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Paul Van Dyk: The god of trance
2006-08-30 13:03:01
Talking of music I must tell you that I am an ardent follower of trance, electronic and euro dance music. And one guy, whose music I must say is earth-moving, is Paul Van Dyk. I have never heard music so hypnotic. Nothing pushes me to dance (I not a dance buff though) as much as this guy?s music. I tell you what you got to hear it to know it. I have the following albums from this guy:1. The Politics of Dancing Vol. 1 and Vol. 22. The Politics of Dancing 23. Out there and back4. Reflections I wish to have his older albums like seven ways, 45 rpm etc but could not find them here in India. And getting them shipped from else where is turning out to be too expensive. Other guys I listen to under these genres is BT, DJ Tiesto, Oakenfold and a few others. Worldspace?s channel 202 aka ?System? is a heaven for people with similar tastes.
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Google Sketchup
2006-08-30 13:03:01
Google does not stop fascinating me! Was checking out Google labs the other day, when I came across this software called Google Sketch up. It is a 3D-design software which is fairly powerful yet very simple and easy to use. And as usual (with Google) there is one version which is available for free.I downloaded the software and the tutorials were easy to follow. I finished them in a jiffy. As I had no 3D-idead to put on screen I just created a model of our television cupboard that we got recently done. Though the fine wood carvings cannot be reproduced in this software, what ever I could make of the cupboard was fairly good I guess.Other than that I also made a crazy skyscraper. Crazy coz every thing in it is round :-). I am sure it will be hell of a challenge for architects to created a skyscraper of that sort in real world ;-) For more about this software check out Google Sketchup
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Our scum on orkut too
2006-08-30 13:03:01
Many of you who are using the social networking system called orkut might have seen the plethora of disgusting communities created by Indians and Pakistanis. These communities abuse countries, cultures, religious beliefs and gods. Like unrelenting insolent fools we have carried our lamenting disgust and hatred to a social networking site like orkut to display to the world the height of our foolishness, bad fanaticism, religious fundamentalism and uncivilized animal side.I wish that all such people get a chance to confront each other, so that they fight and kill and realize that this hatred is nonsense and inconsequential. I am not a universalist or some thing but yeah I definitely believe in toleration. First, religions were made for man and man was not made for religions. Second, religions were formed to give a direction to civilizations in general and men in particular. Our motive is to work for the improvement of the less privileged people and as a whole try to become a...
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April 19 - Back after internet outage.
2006-08-30 13:03:01
Alright. I created a blog and my internet con went down for two days. It rained heavily in Hyderabad. Still wondering... After all I created just a blog. Now that?s no big deal. Hmmmm. I will ponder more on that and try to associate the events using chaos theory ;-). BTW currently I am in planning phase of some real hard decisions. I have identified the two paths: (1) The easy and attractive path (on which I am currently walking) and (2) The right path (where even if I fail I would have learnt a lot). I am planning my transition from the easy path to the right path. I will write more about that in the near future.
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Biological Weapons: Issues and Threats by Chari & ...
2006-08-30 13:03:01
This book published by the Indian Research press, has been edited by P.R. Chari and Arpit Rajain. Before I move on to the book, I would like to mention a few words about the editors as given in the book. P.R. Chari is a former member of Indian Administrative Services and has also served in the Ministry of Defense. He has worked extensively on Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation. Arpit Rajain has been working as a Research Officer in the Institute of Peace and Conflict studies since 1997 on Weapon s of Mass Destruction (WMD) issues.This book appears to be a collection of articles, research papers and essays which cover various aspects of Biological and Chemical Weapons. We all know that use of Biological and Chemical Weapons (BCW) is nothing new especially in India where it has found mention even in the ancient texts. But in today?s scenario there is common global enemy which is stateless and which does not fight war from the front (like in the battlefield). Yes, I am talking ab...
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Sony and Bose = Flaunt material
2006-08-30 13:03:01
Alright! Here is some thing very different from my routine metaphysical ranting and ramblings ;-). We purchased a 40-inch LCD television Sony KLV-V40A10 and a Bose Cinemate Digital Home Theatre Speaker System. Though I have not put every thing together as of now, the stuff looks pure flaunt material. The speaker system is not exactly one of the best that bose has to offer but it is certainly the best for the price and not to forget the various features packed in the unit. For more info on the T.V. and the Speaker System just click on the image and you will be taken to the company website. Make sure you open it in a new tab/window ;-) But the problem is that the Cable T.V. signals are so bad here that any top of the line T.V. will never be put to the limit. More over the cable transmits mono audio which is no good for pushing the Bose system. There is the Hathway set-top box thingy in the market nowadays that promises MPEG quality video and stereo sound output which will be much...
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April 29 - IQ tests on tickle
2006-08-30 13:03:01
Hmmm. Ever heard of Tick le.com. I gave an IQ test on this website a few days ago (just for fun types). The told me that my intellect type is Visual Mathematician ;-) and my score: 131. I then gave another test where in my true color came out as black (as if I did not know. BTW black happens to be one of my favorite movies, so I guess you see the relation. If not apply chaos theory ;-)). Then on checking my mail box I had this mail asking me to pay (why does every body ask only me ;-)) to view a detailed analysis of my IQ test result. I being stingy (as I have always been) did not :-) and moved on. And guess what, today they sent another mail saying that I am a top performer (how come??) and provided me my scores for free (kind of, I now get newsletter from Wal-Mart which goes into the junk mail folder of my inbox ;-)). ----------------------------------------- ---------- Excerpts from the test analysis: You have a strong ability to process visual-spatial and mathematical ...
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Dance Bars Reopened
2006-08-30 13:03:01
It is good to know that the dance bars have been reopened. I think this was a quality and realistic decision by our judicial system which otherwise resorts to utterly failed attempts at moral policing and cultural conditioning of the masses (not to forget the role of the polity in pushing the judiciary).Whether the dance bars are open or closed, the prostitution business will not be largely affected. Nor will anybody be able to stop the girls working there from getting into prostitution because the system lacks that ability. Moreover it is the men who run the system and it also the men who indirectly run these dance bars and prostitution. Prostitution is one of the most organized businesses in our country (put some of the big players on test and they might just get an ISO 9000 or other such certification) and only lacks a legal sanction.It will be impossible to remove it from our society because it?s the society that created it in the first place. How can I say this? A few months a...
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Ustad Bismillah Khan: The maestro
2006-08-30 13:03:01
Many of you (who follow the Indian news) may have heard about the demise of the legendary shehani (Indian clarinet) maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan . I write this post to pay my heartfelt tributes to this legend. Though I have not been an avid fan of classical music, this man along with a few others has been vividly engraved in my memory. Few pieces of music have moved me deeply and Ustad?s shehani is one among them. I believe that India has lost a great asset in the field of classical music. Yet the man has immortalized himself for ever with the music that he has left behind for us to cherish. My Salaam to the Ustaad.
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IQ tests on tickle
2006-04-30 22:19:00
Ever heard of Tick le.com. I gave an IQ test on this website a few days ago (just for fun types). The told me that my intellect type is Visual Mathematician ;-) and my score: 131. I then gave another test where in my true color came out as black (as if I did not know. BTW black happens to be one of my favorite movies, so I guess you see the relation.Then on checking my mail box I had this mail asking me to pay (why does every body ask only me ;-)) to view a detailed analysis of my IQ test result. I being stingy (as I have always been) did not :-) and moved on. And guess what, today they sent another mail saying that I am a top performer (how come??) and provided me my scores for free (kind of, I now get newsletter from Wal-Mart which goes into the junk mail folder of my inbox ;-)).------------------------------------ ---------------Excerpts from the test analysis:You have a strong ability to process visual-spatial and mathematical information. These skills combined with your strengths...
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