tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26453652Fri, 25 Oct 2024 00:53:33 +0000AnimeBBCBegin TranCoke ZeroConditional where clauseDoodlesFloridaGamingGatorsGoogleIMDb 250July 4Kino Na TabiLas VegasNCAAFNintendoOrkutRoad TripsSwim across the atlanticUFWeb 2.0WeschWhalingWhere 1=1Wiimoviesprivacyscrapsspiderman 3sql short-circuitsubconscious... and making sense of ithttp://scribbledslate.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Scribbled Slate)Blogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26453652.post-2666004419789575669Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:22:00 +00002008-10-11T23:06:58.957-07:00DoodlessubconsciousI have been doing it for as long as I can remember. As a kid, it was mostly the margins of The Hindu. Notebooks were spared, as they were frequently examined at school.Now my notepads, printouts, meeting minutes are full of it : Solid Os, Ds , circles, landscapes, textures, cartoons, geometry shapes and irregular forms. Give me a pencil and a piece of paper and there is more than a 90% chance, http://scribbledslate.blogspot.com/2008/10/doodles-subconscious.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scribbled Slate)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26453652.post-3134133804986632169Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:23:00 +00002008-04-25T16:22:33.588-07:00IMDb 250moviesWhat do the following have in common Casablanca, Pulp Fiction, Cidade de Deus, Shichinin no samurai, Alien, Blade Runner, Star Wars, 2001:A space odyssey, Ying xiong, The Shawshank Redemption ...These with 250 others make the current IMDb Top 250 and are heralded as the best in cinematic experience.Most of these ushered in a new era of technical innovations with visionary narratives, futuristic http://scribbledslate.blogspot.com/2008/04/imdb-250-my-new-quest.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scribbled Slate)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26453652.post-3249531115078013048Sat, 08 Dec 2007 18:22:00 +00002007-12-08T11:58:04.213-08:00GamingNintendoWiiTo break the 'lull' surrounding 3 months of my inactivity, lets start with the blast i have been having playing the Wii. I have never been a serious gamer and gaming consoles have always ranked low on my wish list. But the Wii changed all that in an instant - zap!I almost bought a PS3, partly for its next-gen blu-ray player. When the Wii was launched last November, the whole internet was abuzz http://scribbledslate.blogspot.com/2007/12/wii-experience.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scribbled Slate)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26453652.post-7092848000495772346Mon, 10 Sep 2007 01:15:00 +00002007-09-10T17:07:49.942-07:00AnimeKino Na TabiAt lunch time, we have the habit of watching a TV series episode on one of the projector room big screens. We usually get a carry-out from some food joint and lock ourselves up for the next hour.When we finished the second season of The Office, my friend popped-in a (Japanese) anime, Kino No Tabi , supposedly to act as a filler before we could find something else.But after watching just two http://scribbledslate.blogspot.com/2007/09/kino-na-tabi.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scribbled Slate)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26453652.post-5943450747206962210Sun, 26 Aug 2007 16:09:00 +00002007-09-09T18:34:42.560-07:00July 4Road TripsI am a long drive freak - Big Time. Going places is something that really excites me and if its a road trip, helluva lot better. Be driver or passenger, I am always ready to hop on.So when plans for this July 4th were up in the air we decided to take 2 days off before or after and cover the Midwestern US.After a lot of brain storming, this is how the trip was like. The best part is the trip is ahttp://scribbledslate.blogspot.com/2007/08/july-4-roap-trip.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scribbled Slate)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26453652.post-3212914928822418579Sun, 17 Jun 2007 06:46:00 +00002007-06-17T10:26:59.288-07:00Las VegasIn Vegas, the house always wins.Many of the largest hotel, casino and resort properties are located on The Strip - MGM Grand, Caesar's Palace, Bellagio, Paris, Luxor, Newyork-Newyork, Excalibur.It is more than likely that your squandered money goes to fill the pockets of just two.Wondering how?You will be surprised to know that despite so many different casinos and varied building themes, most ofhttp://scribbledslate.blogspot.com/2007/06/who-owns-vegas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scribbled Slate)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26453652.post-202000014042319758Sun, 17 Jun 2007 03:28:00 +00002007-06-20T21:57:08.507-07:00BBCWhalingWith the International Whaling Commission(IWC) annual meeting underway last month, questions about whaling and animal rights in general surfaced again. Whale meat is a picky issue and demonstrates the schism that exists in todays world.If you are meat eating or just don't care, you might be inclined to think what's all this fuss about. Well, everyone is entitled to an opinion, a different outlookhttp://scribbledslate.blogspot.com/2007/06/cruelty-and-kitchen.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scribbled Slate)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26453652.post-4419022780751264345Wed, 13 Jun 2007 00:54:00 +00002007-06-12T21:56:16.701-07:00Curiosity is a good thing. It makes a creature question the how,why and what of its surroundings and as a result increases awareness and understanding.So how many times have you wondered what your friend sitting across the couch(or in his room) is doing with his head buried in his laptop.This is intended to be just an experiment and not invade some else's personal space. I wanted to prove to http://scribbledslate.blogspot.com/2007/06/so-what-is-your-friend-browsing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scribbled Slate)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26453652.post-1979187946509302158Wed, 06 Jun 2007 04:03:00 +00002007-06-07T16:13:11.872-07:00OrkutprivacyscrapsOrkut does an amazing job of networking you with long lost friends. No wonder, According to Wikipedia, Orkut is the second most visited website in India. But your amusing fun scraps and pomp-pomp actions lead to consequences that you will have to face one day.Orkut should really be commended for making its appeal work at such a personal level. Be it the soothing theme color, ease of use or lack http://scribbledslate.blogspot.com/2007/06/orkut-dont-scraps-bother-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scribbled Slate)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26453652.post-4663172565175649352Thu, 17 May 2007 00:58:00 +00002007-06-07T15:39:34.131-07:00This is really funny!. Copied from Matt McSpirit's blog. Another funny one is on Steve Clayton's blog.http://scribbledslate.blogspot.com/2007/05/google-cant-satisfy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scribbled Slate)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26453652.post-7154823532963148734Sat, 12 May 2007 00:38:00 +00002007-06-07T15:41:30.120-07:00spiderman 3gatorIndex: 3.5/5.0Spidey-3 has officially(finally) arrived, shattering an assortment of records on its way to worldwide box office dominance.But was the movie really that good Or did the success of spidey-2 make fans(like me) flock theaters in anticipation of yet another fantastic flick from Sam Raimi's stable.Well if my opinion counts, the movie was not half as good as the second installment. http://scribbledslate.blogspot.com/2007/05/spidey-spins-his-web-again.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scribbled Slate)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26453652.post-7839436381400151669Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:26:00 +00002007-06-07T15:42:32.094-07:00Videohybrid displays this message when you visit them on a browser other than Firefox. I have come across numerous websites that are the other way around. Never have I seen anyone put up a banner like this in support of Firefox. Amazing!If you have ever read my previous posts, you know I am a big Firefox fanatic. There is so much value added stuff in Firefox that is glaringly absent in IE7. But http://scribbledslate.blogspot.com/2007/04/firefox-is-recommended-browser.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scribbled Slate)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26453652.post-284988984717873135Sun, 29 Apr 2007 21:23:00 +00002007-06-07T15:47:29.644-07:00Coke ZeroI am one of those guys who needs a constant supply of coke to keep going. I used to gulp down as many as 8-9 a day. I ABSOLUTELY love the taste !. But over time, all those calories and carbonated water started making me feel stomach heavy.I unsuccessfully tried switching to diet coke or diet pepsi to at least cut down on the calorie intake. Ho diet coke is horrible and diet pepsi I can do with, http://scribbledslate.blogspot.com/2007/04/have-you-tried-coke-zero-yet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scribbled Slate)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26453652.post-2129262442738667300Sun, 08 Apr 2007 01:05:00 +00002007-04-21T22:58:27.777-07:00Conditional where clausesql short-circuitWhere 1=1This post looks at short-circuiting in SQL Server 2000/2005 and its caveats.Consider a simple product search scenario. If the user enters something in the search box, you want to retrieve product results pertaining to the search text, otherwise you want to bring in all the products, effectively ignoring the parameter.Ideally you will page the results.This is a typical example of Optional http://scribbledslate.blogspot.com/2007/04/sql-short-circuit.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scribbled Slate)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26453652.post-1009661064895054019Sat, 07 Apr 2007 20:06:00 +00002007-04-07T18:03:50.610-07:00Web 2.0WeschMicheal Wesch at Kanas State University created this amazing layman Web 2.0 video The Machine is Us/ing Us.It illustrates the concepts that are shaping today's web in a surprisingly simple way . And to think that he is a cultural anthropology professor amazes me. XML, RSS, Content sharing, Tagging, Social Bookmarking, the idea that the machine is learning a new idea with every click and the http://scribbledslate.blogspot.com/2007/04/layman-web-20-video.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scribbled Slate)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26453652.post-6075544017012299421Sat, 31 Mar 2007 04:13:00 +00002007-04-07T15:55:22.111-07:00GoogleSwim across the atlanticEver wondered what Google maps would do if your route spanned water bodies. That's what we precisely did today and discovered some amusing things. We entered Cleveland,OH to London,UK and Google Maps did plot us a route across the Atlantic.And how exactly were we supposed to cross the Atlantic. SWIM ...LOLAnd how long was this going to take ... Only 29 days 17 hours.Afer a hearty laugh, we sat http://scribbledslate.blogspot.com/2007/03/transatlantic-with-google-maps.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scribbled Slate)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26453652.post-7924325632188296079Sat, 24 Mar 2007 10:48:00 +00002007-03-24T04:44:21.182-07:00 With millions of sites and gazillions of web pages, it is sometimes hard to land on the perfect page you are looking for. Once you find it, any sane user would be sure to bookmark it(add to favorites). But the increasing dilemma users like me are facing is how to consolidate everything that has ever been bookmarked. Most of the time I end up emailing myself all the links I have discovered http://scribbledslate.blogspot.com/2007/03/life-savers-google-bookmarks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scribbled Slate)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26453652.post-4800505219671058200Sat, 17 Mar 2007 20:28:00 +00002007-03-24T01:53:18.435-07:00Nature never ceases to amaze me. Look at these 12000 feet vistas of sand in Namibia. You are sure to gape in awe and wonder at the wonderful artwork of nature.I first took notice of the mammoth size of these in the Where the hell is Matt? video. Then yesterday a photo of the dunes popped up on BBC photo section.if using firefox, google map image of Namibia will be displayedin the div below var http://scribbledslate.blogspot.com/2007/03/sand-dunes-namibia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scribbled Slate)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26453652.post-4177046150921175461Sat, 03 Mar 2007 05:58:00 +00002007-04-07T16:02:37.061-07:00Begin TranStarting with this post, I am planning to do a series titled 'Life Savers' ... tips, tricks, helpers that I learn over the course of my life that are simple, small and yet powerful. I use them day-in and day-out..make my life so much more efficient and managable.Simple Problem Scenario :You are to run an UPDATE statement in the Query Analyzer to change the address of a person with AddressID = http://scribbledslate.blogspot.com/2007/03/life-savers-begin-tran.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scribbled Slate)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26453652.post-8368154002634233483Sat, 24 Feb 2007 08:22:00 +00002007-03-02T21:57:22.913-08:00As Life moves forward, memories fade away into oblivion ... and everything you once cherished and held close to your heart are lost forever in the deepest chasms of your brain. You will need the equivalent of bread crumbs to track back and tie the intangible to the tangible to relish those moments once again. And I'm hoping this message archive will make some of that digging easy for me when I amhttp://scribbledslate.blogspot.com/2007/02/message-archive.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scribbled Slate)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26453652.post-8265741822222346740Thu, 08 Feb 2007 02:20:00 +00002007-02-07T18:48:04.724-08:00FloridaGatorsNCAAFUFToday was the National Signing Day and the Gators landed another Title - The Nation's Top Recruiting Class.1 Florida2 Southern Cal3 Tennessee4 LSU5 Texas6 South Carolina7 Auburn8 Notre Dame9 Georgia10 AlabamaThere were six SEC teams in the top 10, testament to the toughness and recruiting acumen of the South Eastern Conference.Come football season and the Gators are http://scribbledslate.blogspot.com/2007/02/year-of-gator.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scribbled Slate)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26453652.post-5104810137171730297Mon, 01 Jan 2007 23:49:00 +00002007-01-01T19:01:52.308-08:00The new year is upon us and so are the BCS bowl games.As I write, USC dominated the Rose bowl bombarding Michigan 32-18. This should silence all Michigan fans.No more bickering on how the second best team was denied a chance to play for the national championship and how Florida sneaked in and blah blah blah ...Imagine the backlash that would have been if Michigan beat USC and Florida lost to the http://scribbledslate.blogspot.com/2007/01/college-football-pickem.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scribbled Slate)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26453652.post-68812996765576412Mon, 01 Jan 2007 21:56:00 +00002007-01-01T14:36:05.730-08:00IE7 and Firefox 2.0 have good mechanisms built into them to protect the unwary/casual user from phishing attacks. Whenever I receive emails from financial establishments, I am extra cautious on what I do with them. I would rather type-in the url than click on some link in my inbox unless it has some state information on the url. In those circumstances, I double check to verify where the link http://scribbledslate.blogspot.com/2007/01/phishing-protection.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scribbled Slate)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26453652.post-116200557400583966Sat, 28 Oct 2006 02:31:00 +00002006-11-05T08:52:29.577-08:00With both Firefox 2.0 and IE7 gone gold, the browser war has just become more interesting.Having used both of them since their early betas, I must admit there is no clear winner. It all depends on how each of them stacks up to your daily needs.Before I go about putting my personal verdict out there, I must confess I am guilty of one sin : Cherish the underdog status. Thats what lead me to embracehttp://scribbledslate.blogspot.com/2006/10/browser-war-what-say-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scribbled Slate)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26453652.post-115782126080454595Sat, 09 Sep 2006 16:42:00 +00002006-11-05T08:52:29.504-08:00<< Thoughts on New Technology >>Yahoo is the first major web portal to push into the realm of Sign-In Seal, a security service to prevent surfers from landing on fake look-alikes of yahoo websites.The idea is to associate a Yahoo sign-in seal with an individual computer. The seal is chosen by the subscriber, which can be text, color or image of his liking. This seal will be shown each time the http://scribbledslate.blogspot.com/2006/09/yahoo-sign-in-seal.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scribbled Slate)0