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Access Facebook without internet connection

noreply@blogger.com (Ressacca) — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:45:00 +0000

Did you know that you can access facebook even without an internet connection??

Yes, even with Nokia1100, you can access facebook. Recently facebook brought out this service in collaboration with Fonetwish since the number of facebook users increased drastically in the recent times.
Isn't it interesting??

And the best part is that this service is free of cost. Even the local SMS charges do not apply. But you can only see your facebook notifications or post your status. To use other features you need to purchase the premium plan of Fonetwish which is actually cheap.

How to??

You just need to dial *325# or *fbk# from your handset. A confirmation message will come to you and you need to enter your username and password after that and select your desired option.

Note: Currently available only for Airtel, Aircel, Tata Docomo, XLcom and Telkomsel users.

FRIZCOUNT

noreply@blogger.com (Ressacca) — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 15:41:00 +0000

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Simply register with Frizcount, choose your deal, get your coupons via e-mail or sms, show your coupon and college ID at the outlet and avail your deal!

Frizcount is exclusively for COLLEGE STUDENTS! and its ABSOLUTELY FREE OF COST!

We launch in mid-july and all deals will be valid thereafter. But, it's worth the wait! 500 of the first 10000 registered users will
be gifted EXCLUSIVE GIFTS. Frizcount will come down to your college to hand you over your amazing gifts.

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Sending SMS anonymously

noreply@blogger.com (Ressacca) — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:31:00 +0000

There are various websites on internet which allows users to send SMS for free but the problem with them is that they include your name with it and even add several adds to them.

I recently found out four websites which allows you to send SMS for free, instantly and the best thing, anonymously. Yes, the person receiving it won't even get to know who sent the message. You can even send picture messages, mms or voice messages.

1. SMSTI

Fast messaging
160 characters
No adds
No registration required
Check delivery report instantly

2. SEASMS

Send messages all over the world
160 characters
send mms
send voice message

3. BOLLYWOODMOTION

No adds
Instant messaging
500 characters

4. SPICESMS

Get delivery report
Average time required-5 sec
130 characters
Mobile to web and email facility

Fixing your damaged headphones

noreply@blogger.com (Ressacca) — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:57:00 +0000

For people like me, who love listening to music on the go, headphones are important. And the chances that your headphones stop working or are working partially after a period of time are very high, Since the parts of the headphones are really delicate.

Fixing up a pair of headphones is not a big deal and you can easily fix up your headphone by learning a few things.

For that you need the following items:

Soldering iron
Solder wire
A pair of old headphones( Not the one's you are repairing)
Wires
Connector, if that is the cause of the headphone not working
Screw drivers
Wire stripper
Sharp blade

And of course your headphones that need repairing.

The first step in fixing up your headphones is to identify the fault, Basically there are just 3 types of fault in any of the headphones and that are:

Breaking, bending or stretching of the wire.
Problem with the connector due to excessive use.
At the joint, where the wire meets the headphones.

After you have identified the fault, follow the following steps:

If the problem is with the wire, then it is best to replace the whole wire from the old pair of headphones or use a new wire if you have any.
If the problem is with the connector, then cut the wire at that end and solder a new connector with that wire ( A Connector merely costs 10 bucks and is easily available at most of the electrical shops)
If the problem is at the joint where the wire meets the headphones, then properly solder that part or replace that part of the wire with a new wire. This fault is usually when the sound is audible only at one side of the headphones.

And you can easily fix up your favorite headphones by just following these steps.

Important: Before these steps, find the best possible way to open your headphones. It may be glued, fused as one piece, have clamps or simply screwed with one another. So carefully examine this thing before opening it up. Don't just apply too much of force that the frame ends up breaking into pieces.

Wasn't it easy??? So fix up your headphones now.

And if you fault is not one of these then either consult someone who knows a bit of electronics else get a new pair.

Android apps on windows

noreply@blogger.com (Ressacca) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:35:00 +0000

At times you feel like testing your apps on windows before installing it to your phone because sometimes it occupies unnecessary space on your phone or some of you might like running your android apps on a larger screen ie your PC.

For that we have a software named BlueStacks, It is an app player on windows which run the apps much faster than it runs on your phone and that too on a larger screen. It includes 10 apps by default and the user can add upto 26 more of their choice from the app store. You can transfer apps on windows from your phone via internet route or you can even download apps through the software's website itself. The software is just a virtual android operating system simulating android phone or UI. The folder in which the software is installed contains the necessary files such such as kernel, system, boot etc. The android version it uses is gingerbread 2.3.

It creates a hardware environment which has a limited capacity of 363 MB for apps and around 262 MB of storage card space. The software is available for free presently and you can easily download and install it. After installing it you'll see an icon in the system tray area. Clicking on it, you'll see a list of the apps preloaded in it. You can install the other apps from the BlueStack website with signing in there with your Facebook account.

For installing more apps, go to the BlueStack widget and click on 'Get more apps'. A page will be opened where after entering your details you can click on 'Subscribe'. The 'Cloud Connect' link on the same page will provide a 9-pin numeric code which you'll have to enter in the android phone running the BlueStack cloud connect app(Can be downloaded from the android app store for free). After that you can simply sinc your phone and PC and enjoy the android apps on your computer.

Note- A few apps might not work on it due to incompatibility of the hardware.

We hope you liked it, for any queries simply drop in your questions in the comment section below.

Express PCB

noreply@blogger.com (Ressacca) — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:41:00 +0000

PCB or printed circuit boards are basically used to electrically connect the electronic components using conducting pathways, tracks and even signal traces. It is made by etching the copper sheet on the non conducting substrates. A PCB including the electrical components is known as PCA(printed circuit assembly)

They are inexpensive and highly reliable. The production is simpler too by automated equipments.

The conducting layer is usually made of copper whereas the dielectric or the insulating part is made of teflon, FR-2, FR-3 etc.

There are various operations performed in the formation of a PCB like drilling, lamination, etching, screen printing, testing etc.

For those interested in PCB designing and not actually performing the various operations a company expressPCB provides a free PCB software. You can design your PCB for free, the charges will only apply if you get it printed and that too a nominal charge of $51 for a 2.5"x3.8" board.

How can you go about it??

Download the ExpressPCB software.
Draw a schematic of your circuit.

Design the PCB by inserting the components into position and then connecting the pins by drawing traces.
After that you can check for quotes as to how much time will it take to get it printed and at what price.
And then order the boards.

It is actually as simple as using 'paint'.

You can find PCB's of some commonly used projects such as Combat robot, webcam, model rocket flight computer etc as well and a few tips as well if you need any.

So download now and show your engineering skills!!!

facebook business card

noreply@blogger.com (Ressacca) — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:39:00 +0000

Recently Moo, British business card maker tied up with the social networking giant Facebook. Introducing Facebook business card. Like any other business card, it is of squared corner appearance with every detail of the Facebook user which he/she has provided on his Facebook profile along with an image.

Every Facebook timeline user is assigned a unique business card.

How to avail this card??

To avail this card, you can go to the About section on your page, you'll find a small business card icon in contact info section. On pointing to that you can see the glimpse of this card. If you are interested you can proceed to the next step of printing the cards. The first 50 cards for every user is free, after that the user will be charged a very small amount for it.

Moo in an official post stated "Next, click on the offer and you'll be taken to a card creation page. Your last 50 cover photo uploads will be imported onto the image side of the cards, along with your Facebook username and your location, plus a small thumbnail of your profile photo. With your Facebook cards, each card can have a different cover photo (up to 50 per pack) and you can remove any images you don't want on your cards at this stage. The profile photo and username information will appear on every card on top of the cover image"

To learn more about it, Visit MOO.

How to google using SMS

noreply@blogger.com (Ressacca) — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 18:02:00 +0000

Well, people think that one can google only while using internet but it may surprise you that recently google launched this service which allows a user to google anything with help of SMS since SMS is the most preferred mode of communication. You can search word meanings, movie show timings or even sports news.

And yes you don't need even a data pack for this service. Only the standard SMS charges will apply and all networks are supported by google query SMS service.

Presently this service is only available in India and USA.

Indian users can send their queries at 9773300000 and for USA it is 466453

Few examples for this query service are-

For movie shows
'Movies delhi'

For sports
'Cricket score'

For local business
'pizza pitampura'

For word meanings
'Define success'

Similarly you can google almost anything by just sending an SMS.

Use facebook directly on your desktop

noreply@blogger.com (Ressacca) — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 03:55:00 +0000

Well, this is something very interesting and do give it a try for sure.
It is a service free of cost which allows you to access your entire facebook without opening any browser and it sits directly on your desktop.

Doesn't it sound interesting??

The service is called fliptoast.
Now what actually is fliptoast??

It is an application that sits directly on your desktop and allows you to access your entire facebook without opening any browser. It allows you stay updated with all the news and updates right at the time it happened. It gives you immediate notification. A little notification window is placed at your desktop. You see a red number on it as soon as somebody comments on your status or something else which you posted.

Few other features-

You can view your own notifications.
You get a quick access to news feeds.
You can chat directly from your directly itself without opening a browser window.
You can easily upload photos by just dragging and not doing the work of searching the photo and then uploading.

And the best part i that presently it is absolutely free and isn't a big bulky software at all.

Free photo book

noreply@blogger.com (Ressacca) — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:32:00 +0000

How about getting a photo book printed for someone and that too for free??
Wouldn't it be great??

Well, for all those who don't know what a photo book is-

It is a kind of story book with your story, your words, your photos and your creativity.
To gift someone, it something very beautiful and something which one can preserve forever.

Getting a photo book customized was never so easy as it is now and affordable too.
These days Zoomin is offering it for free as a promotional product.

How to??

You just need to sign up at zoomin, you'll receive an SMS with your unique coupon code for the free photo book and you can apply that during checkout. You just need to pay the shipping that is merely Rs 45.
The actual price of this photo book which you are getting for free is Rs 279.

Free mobile recharge

noreply@blogger.com (Ressacca) — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:27:00 +0000

Getting a free mobile recharge!!
Isn't that interesting??

Well, It's that easy too. Amulyam is a service that allows you to recharge your mobile and win movie tickets for free by just doing a few simple things such as registering on a site, filling up a form, surveys or by just referring a friend. It is actually a genuine website and a lot of people are making a good money from it including me.

How does it actually work??

It works on a very simple procedure, the company gets paid by the advertiser when you register on another site through Amulyam and hence Amulyam pays a part of that amount to you. Also, when a person referred by you or you yourself make any purchase like Air tickets,gadgets or any other product. It pays you for that too.

It supports almost all major telecom companies such as Aircel, Airtel, BSNL, Docomo,Idea, MTS,Reliance, Tata,Virgin, and Vodafone. And you can recharge your phone when your balance reaches just Rs 10.

You can register at Amulyam for free and see your wallet getting filled the very next day.

So what are you waiting for??

Simply register yourself at Amulyam today, after completing the signup form go to 'Fill Wallet' and you'll see various options by which you can earn money quickly.

And yeah don't forget to add noreply@bmsrv3.amubm.com to your email's address book, else you'll receive the offers in your spam folder and you might loose a few opportunities.

Good luck!!

Aakash tablet

noreply@blogger.com (Ressacca) — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 20:57:00 +0000

Finally then end to such a long wait has come. Datawind has finally launched the Ubislate7 in India whose student name is Aakash tablet. This ultra low cost tablet has some incredibly great features which can surely compete with few other computing devices.

The tablet is priced at Rs 2,500 and at Rs 1,500 for students which is far more cheaper than any other tablet available in the market.

Mr Suneet Singh Tuli(CEO of Datawind) says- "This is a made in India product. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to do this. The final goal is to provide the same features at a lower cost or provide better functionality and features at the same cost."

The tablet became so popular among people that the first stock was sold out in merely a few hours. The next stock will be coming in january soon. Even the bookings for the month of feb are over now.

It comes with a configuration as follows-

Hardware:
- Processor: Connexant with Graphics accelerator and HD Video processor
- Memory (RAM): 256MB RAM / Storage (Internal): 2GB Flash
- Storage (External): 2GB to 32GB Supported
- Peripherals (USB2.0 ports, number): 2 Standard USB port
- Display and Resolution: 7” display with 800x480 pixel resolution
- Input Devices: Resistive touch screen
- Connectivity and Networking: GPRS and WiFi IEEE 802.11 a/b/g
- Power and Battery: Up to 180 minutes on battery. AC adapter 200-240 volt range.
Software:
- OS: Android 2.2
- Document Rendering
Supported Document formats: DOC, DOCX, PPT, PPTX, XLS, XLSX, ODT, ODP
PDF viewer, Text editor

Multimedia and Image Display
- Image viewer supported formats: PNG, JPG, BMP and GIF
- Supported audio formats: MP3, AAC, AC3, WAV, WMA
- Supported video formats: MPEG2, MPEG4, AVI, FLV
Communication and Internet
- Web browser - Standards Compliance: xHTML 1.1 compliant, JavaScript 1.8 compliant
- Separate application for online YouTube video
- Safety and other standards compliance
CE certification / RoHS certification

Other: Additional Web Browser: UbiSurfer-Browser with compression/acceleration and IE8 rendering.

Presently no other company is able to provide a tablet at such a low price as this. It comes with three accessories namely a car charger, external antenna and a keyboard case.

Few of the features of Ubislate7 are-

Unbeatable Price:
- Only Rs.2,500 for the UbiSlate
High Quality Web Anytime & Anywhere:
- WiFi: Allows fast Youtube videos at hotspots
- Fast web access even on GPRS networks, across the country using DataWind’s patented acceleration technology
- Web, Email, Facebook, Twitter and much much more!
Multimedia Powerhouse:
- HD Quality Video
Watching movies in the palm of your hand on a 7” screen
- Audio library software helps manage your full collection of songs
Applications Galore with Android 2.2:
- Games
- Productivity software: Office suite
- Educational software
- Over 150,000 apps!
Full sized-USB port & Micro-SD slot:

Expand memory to 32GB
Use any ordinary pen-drive
Even plug-in a 3G dongle

Even the commercial or the updated version of Ubislate that is Ubislate7+ is here too which is priced at a slightly higher price of Rs 2,999 and you can pre book it here.

At the launch of Ubislate Kapil Sibbal said-
"The rich have access to the digital world, the poor and ordinary have been excluded. Aakash will end that digital divide."

There have been many who have been praising it all over.

At a price of this, it is worth buying it.

RIM extends playbook offer for a week more

noreply@blogger.com (Ressacca) — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:10:00 +0000

After a great success by slashing the prices of the blackberry playbook, RIM has decided to have a perfect start of the year 2012 and hence extended the offer of the reduced prices on the blackberry playbook for a week more. The trick really helped the canadian company in selling more than 12,000 pieces in just the last four days of 2011.

Economic times quotes " Research in motion managing director India, Sunil dutt says-We are pleased to see the excitement and overwhelming response to our limited festive season offer on BlackBerry PlayBook. I believe that the 16-GB and 32-GB version of the PlayBook is completely sold out in the retail channels.The company sold more than 12,000 devices in just four days since the offer was announced on December 28 and distributors -- Redington and Ingram -- are waiting for new stock to come in. "

So hurry if you are planning to buy a tab for yourself.!

Blocking a website on your computer

noreply@blogger.com (Ressacca) — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 12:08:00 +0000

Blocking a specific website on your computer without using a software has been a matter of interest for many people. This trick can be very helpful in blocking any number of websites and the websites blocked wouldn't open from any browser.

We simply need to edit the host file of the computer for this. The IP address used is 127.0.0.1(localhost). With this, whenever somebody tries to open that website he will be redirected to the local host.

You need administrative privileges for this.

How to-

Go to my computer.
Open operating system drive(usually C drive).
Go to Windows->system32->drivers->etc.
Open the host file here with notepad.
Now in the last line add the address of the website to be blocked keeping 127.0.0.1 as the prefix.

For example, in the screenshot below, the website blocked is google-analytics.com

Don't forget to insert the URL of the website with and without www as shown.

Now save the file.

And you are done with blocking it.

Using keyboard LED's as disco lights

noreply@blogger.com (Ressacca) — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 08:44:00 +0000

This is a funny trick to amuse your friends. It doesn't require any programming and will make you keyboard LED's blink as if they are disco lights. The method require VB scripts and the lights will keep blinking unless you stop them. This really looks awesome in dark.

You can even check our post on 'Using keyboard LED's to show networking activity'

How to-

Open notepad.
Copy and paste the code below into the notepad.
Set wshShell =wscript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
do
wscript.sleep 100
wshshell.sendkeys "{CAPSLOCK}"
wshshell.sendkeys "{NUMLOCK}"
wshshell.sendkeys "{SCROLLLOCK}"
loop
Save it with the name disco.vbs.
Double click the vbs file and see the magic.
To stop the disco lights, Go to the task manager.
Locate wscript.exe in the process list and click on 'End Process'.

Use your keyboard LED's to show network activity

noreply@blogger.com (Ressacca) — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 08:28:00 +0000

Almost all the modern keyboard's consists of 3 LED's for Num Lock, Caps Lock and Scroll lock.
But they hardly do anything, so to use them for a networking activity(LED's will blink whenever you send or receive any data using internet), you can follow a simple procedure.

It needs a very small freeware utility called Network Lights, of merely 75 Kb's in size and doesn't even require an installation.

You can even check our post on 'Using keyboard LED's as disco lights'.

How to go about it-

Download Networking lights.
Open the zip file and click on Networkinglights.exe.
It will minimize to your taskbar and from now on these LED's will show networking activity.
To exit from it simply right click on the taskbar icon and click on exit.

Sending password protected emails

noreply@blogger.com (Ressacca) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:37:00 +0000

At times you have to send somebody confidential information like credit card number, bank details etc. Then sending those details without any encryption or password is not safe. Hackers can easily intercept your emails using sniffers or by hacking your e-mail account.

To protect those details, you can use Lockbin which provides password protection and AES-256 bit encryption to your mails.

How to send password protected mails using Lockbin-

Click here to go to the Lockbin service.
Fill in your form with your desired password.
In that message you can even attach files.
After this, Click on 'submit' button.
Now the password protected e-mail will be sent and your reader will only get a link to your encrypted mail.
When that link is clicked, user will be prompted to enter the password without which it will not open.

This way you can protect your confidential details from hackers.

Folder lock without any software

noreply@blogger.com (Ressacca) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:01:00 +0000

This trick enables the user to put a lock on a folder and hide it without any software.
For that you need to follow these simple steps-

Paste the code that is given below in a notepad and save that as a batch file( Extension- '.bat')
Any name could be given to that file.
Now a batch file would be formed, double click on it and a new folder with a name 'Locker' would be formed at the same location.
Now bring all the files you want to hide to this folder.
Double click the batch file and type 'y' and press enter to lock the folder.
If you want to open the folder, double click the batch file again and type anything and press enter, your folder will be visible again.
And to lock it back follow the 5th step.

if EXIST "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}" goto UNLOCK
if NOT EXIST Locker goto MDLOCKER
:CONFIRM
echo Are you sure u want to Lock the folder(Y/N)
set/p "cho=>"
if %cho%==Y goto LOCK
if %cho%==y goto LOCK
if %cho%==n goto END
if %cho%==N goto END
echo Invalid choice.
goto CONFIRM
:LOCK
ren Locker "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"
attrib +h +s "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"
echo Folder locked
goto End
:UNLOCK
echo Enter password to Unlock folder
set/p "pass=>"
if NOT %pass%==type your password here goto FAIL
attrib -h -s "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"
ren "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}" Locker
echo Folder Unlocked successfully
goto End
:FAIL
echo Invalid password
goto end
:MDLOCKER
md Locker
echo Locker created successfully
goto End
:End

Adding profile pictures in facebook chat

noreply@blogger.com (Ressacca) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 19:24:00 +0000

Facebook has recently added this new feature which allows users to add faces to chats.
For that you need to know the profile ID or the username of the person who's face you want to add in the chat window.

Follow these 2 simple steps

Get the username or the profile ID of the person.
Now write in chat [[username]] or [[user ID]] and press enter.

And you'll see the profile picture of the person who's username you wrote.

Blackberry playbook for just Rs 13,490

noreply@blogger.com (Ressacca) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 18:42:00 +0000

For all those who are interested in buying a tablet for themselves and especially for those who are a blackberry fan, blackberry playbook is available everywhere for just Rs 13,490 till new year's eve.
The 7-inch, 16 GB base model has been priced this whereas the 32 GB variant is available for Rs 15,990 and 64 GB for Rs 24,490. This price is till 31st december 2011 only. The prices will be revised to their original price next year. So hurry!!

A glance at the features of the playbook.

7-inch LCD 1024 x 600 WSVGA
Capacitive touchscreen with multi-touch and gesture-support
Blackberry tablet OS
1 GHz dual core processor
1 GB RAM
Dual HD camera( 3 MP front and 5 MP rear)
Full HD playback and recording
HDMI output
Wi-Fi
Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
Micro USB and Micro HDMI ports

Update your Facebook Status "Via Anything"

noreply@blogger.com (Ressacca) — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 06:19:00 +0000

This is a Guest post by Dmakker , owner of UnEtHacking Inc. UnEthical Hacking website.
Hope you all like it.

You must have seen Facebook Status updates "Via Blackberry", "Via mobile web" or "android" written along with the status' of their owners..

Today we'll tell you How to Update Facebook status of yours "Via Anything" !! :D
Take a Look :roll:

Technically , Every Application of Facebook has an API key which defines its Name and Via !!
By just Replacing the Api Key , We can Update Our Facebook Status "Via Anything" !!

For Eg:
www.facebook.com/connect/prompt_feed.php?preview=true&api_key=20dbb66b27ce9d6ee98f978f41f23b9b
Is the API Key for IPhone 3Gs !

For Ease of Copying , you can Directly use Our links to Update Your Status Via Any Device listed Below :

Update "Via Android"

Update "Via Blackberry" 8)

Update "Via Playstation 3"

Update "Via Nokia 3310"

Update "Via Starbucks"

Update "Via Satellite Phone"

Update "Via InfraRed"

Update "Via Refrigerator"

Update "Via Nasa Satellite"

Update "Via ATM machine"

Update "Via Santa Claus"

Update "Via Smoke Signal"

Update "Via A Potato"

Update "Via UnEtHical Hacking"

Update "Via Postcard"

Update "Via UPS"

Update "Via Toilet"

Update "Via The Future"

Update "Via Mind Control"

Update "Via Eye Phone"

Update "Via Morse Code"

Update "Via Accident"

Update "Via Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry"

Update "Via iPhone 5"

Update "Via Calculator"

Update "Via McDonald's"

Update "Via Moon" \m/

Share The Post If you like it :D
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Happy Hacking :D

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Friendship day

noreply@blogger.com (Ressacca) — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 18:14:00 +0000

A friend is a person

to laugh and cry with,

An inspiration,

Someone who lends a helping hand,

though friends may not be forever,

And they may not end up together,

the memories of a true friendship will

last forever.

A friend is not a shadow nor a servant

But someone who hold

a piece of a person in his heart.

Someone who shares a smile,

Someone who brightens up your day

What makes a person a friend?

Is by saying your Love will stay

The tradition of friendship day began somewhere around 1935 when the US congress decided to dedicate one day in the honor of friends. With the devastating effects that were caused due to the first world war, there was a lot of hatred and mistrust which could have led to another battle at that time. Hence,there was a need for friendship among countries as well as individuals.

So from that day, US congress decided to celebrate the first sunday of every august as friendship's day. The first to be celebrated was way back in 1935. And soon this day became highly popular among youngsters and people started celebrating it every year.

Soon this beautiful idea was caught by other countries too and this day was then celebrated all over the world. And soon it became international friendship's day.

It was in 1997 that United Nations declared Winnie-the Pooh as the ambassador of friendship.

Now a days this festival is celebrated with people exchanging gifts,flowers and friendship bands as a token of friendship.

A very happy friendship day to all our readers.

Reading a Wine Label

noreply@blogger.com (Ressacca) — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 15:14:00 +0000

READING A WINE LABEL

WINE LABELS ARE USUALY OF TWO KINDS CLASSIFYING THEM VARIETALY (DEPICTING TO GRAPE VARIETY) AND GEOGRAPHICALY (FOCUSING ON THE REGION THE WINE WAS PRODUCED IN).

AN OLD TRADITIONAL WINE LABEL MAY NOT DEPICT THE GRAPE IT IS MADE FROM AS WINEMAKERS USED TO BELIEVE THAT A WINE CAN BE QUALITATIVELY JUDGED ONLY BY THE GRAPE FROM WHICH IT IS MADE.

A NEW WORLD WINE LABEL MAY USUALY LET YOU KNOW ITS VINEYARD, THE VINTAGE (PRODUCTION YEAR), THE APPELLATION. THIS IS USUALY SEEN IN EUROPEAN WINES.

NOW LETS CONSIDER AN EXAMPLE TO KNOW HOW TO READ AN OLD WORLD WINE LABEL AND A NEW ONE.

ABOVE IS A FRENCH BORDEAUX LABEL

1. APPELLATION BORDEAUX SUPÉRIER CONTROLÉE - THE NAME OF THE A.O.C. (APPELLATION D'ORIGINE CONTRÔLÉE) WINE-GROWING REGION TO WHICH THE WINE IS ENTITLED ACCORDING TO HOW IT WAS PRODUCED. FOR EXAMPLE, A WINE FROM THE SAINT-ÈMILION DISTRICT WOULD BE LABELED "APPELLATION SAINT-ÈMILION CONTRÔLÉE."

2. 75 CL. – 150 ML , WHICH IS THE STANDARD SIZE OF A WINE BOTTLE.

3. 11% VOL. - PERCENTAGE OF ALCOHOL BY VOLUME.

4. L. 69 B 30 - LOT NUMBER.

5. "MIS EN BOUTEILLE AU CHÂTEAU" - MEANS THAT IT IS BOTTLED ON THE CHATEAU ITSELF.

6. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN.

7. CHÂTEAU BEAUSOLEIL - THE CHÂTEAU NAME. EITHER THE REGIONAL APPELLATION OR A BRAND NAME WILL BE USED IF NOT A CHATEAU WINE.

8. 1990- YEAR IN WHICH THE GRAPES USED WERE PRODUCED.

9. GRAND VIN DE BORDEAUX - "GRAND VIN" FOLLOWED BY THE APPELLATION, MOST OFTEN SIMPLY "GRAND VIN DE BORDEAUX."MEANING, IF YOU'RE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE DRINKING ONE OF THESE. I ENVY YOU.

10. PICTURE OF THE CHATEAU

Counter Strike

noreply@blogger.com (Ressacca) — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 17:21:00 +0000

Counter strike, popularly knows as "CS", is a tactical first person shooter game.
It was deleveloped by Valve corporation and was released on 1st november 2001.
Counter strike has a very simple yet unique gameplay ,
counter strike has very simple graphics still the game is considered amongst the most addictive games till yet.
In this a player joins either the TERRORIST or COUNTER TERRORIST team.
the game has two types of maps,

1: The counter terrorist have to prevent the sites from
the explosion of the bomb planted by the terrrorist team by eliminating the
terrorist before they plant the bomb or by defusing the bomb before it
explodes

2: The counter terrorist have to rescue a certain number of hostages from
the terrorist and get the hostages safely to the evacuation place.

The players are generally given a few seconds to buy wepons and equipments
before the round starts,which is known as "freezetime". During these few
seconds, all the players cannot move /walk.
All the players are provided with a fixed amount of money to buy guns and equipments
The players earn money by killing an enemy,winning a round,loosing a round,planting(as terrorist),
defusing(as counter terrorists) the bomb.
After the end of a round ,the players who survived retain their guns and equipments
The scores are displays the team scores and statistics for each player (name ,kills , deaths , latency)
the scoreboard also indicates whether a player is dead/alive or carrying the bomb

The game counter strike is played at professional levels, it is a part of the
WORLD CYBER GAMES, teams from all over the world compete to win the huge prize
and to earn respect amonsgst the gamers !
"Aim" is one of the most important part of the game. To improve aim, many players
use special gaming mice which provide better accuracy and grip to the user !
special gaming mouse pads are also used to provide the best surface to the mouse.
"Sound sense" is another crucial part of the game, if you hear the opponent, you have an advantage as you
have an idea about his position ! Gaming headphones are also used by professionals !
The game can be purchased from the nearby stores or from the offical site,

http://store.steampowered.com/app/10/

System requirements

* Windows 2000 or later
* 500 MHz Intel or AMD Processor (800 Mhz recommended)
* 96 MB of RAM (128 MB recommended)
* 16 MB graphics card (32 MB+ recommended)
* Sound card with speakers or headphones
* Internet Connection for online play
* Input - Keyboard & mouse

Posted by- Karan Sahni

The New Maruti Suzuki Swift

noreply@blogger.com (Ressacca) — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:31:00 +0000

Maruti Suzuki Swift has been there on roads for quit a long time now and customers seem to be highly satisfied with the performance of this car. Even Maruti has been working really hard to provide customers with the best.

The news about the launch of the new Swift was there a long time back and the car is finally getting launched in the month of october.

There will be quit a lot number of changes in both interiors as well as exteriors.

The new Swift comes with:

Bigger lamps which look better than the previous one's.
Back tail lights have been peeled.
Round shaped fog lights.
Steering wheel with music and telephone controls.
16" Alloy wheels for top variant and descent wheel covers for lower one's.
All new look for the front and rear bumpers.
Front grill with few changes.
Instrument cluster finished in silver and black.
Turn indicators at the edge of rear view mirror.
Automatic climate control.

Few specifications:

Available in 1.2 Liter petrol and 1.3 liter diesel engine.
93 horsepower(55 kW/75 PS) and 73 for diesel.
190 Nm(87 ft-lb) of torque.
Available in automatic as well as manual transmission in petrol engine.
Manual transmission only in diesel engine.
Wheel base of 2,430 mm.
2.5% longer than befor in size.
0 to 100Km/hr in 12.3 sec.
Top speed of 160 Km/hr.

It is expected to give quit a good average of around 22km/lt on highway and around 15 km/lt in city.

Posted By- Vasu Goel