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Blog Action Day

2007-08-21T01:44:00.000-07:00

On October 15th, bloggers around the web will unite to put a single important issue on everyone’s mind - the environment. Every blogger will post about the environment in their own way and relating to their own topic. Our aim is to get everyone talking towards a better future. (Snippet from the site for Blog Action Day)

If you are a blogger then you can also get your own blog involved by visiting the following link.
Get your own blog involved

»Read More on the Blog Action Day site

What is RSS?

2007-04-24T12:18:00.000-07:00

This video explains what RSS is and the power of RSS reader. So those who haven't tried it, here are 3.5 minutes of RSS in Plain English.

Click To Play

Recently a friend of mine popped up this question of what RSS is and what is the advantage of RSS. Just as an attempt to try it out he registered at feedburner.com and created the RSS of his own site, while his main aim was just to get the feed of a pharma blog to his bloglines account :p. I hope this explains why I've posted this video.

Webpages for Sidebar

2007-04-09T07:52:00.000-07:00

This is in continuation of the post by Ajit on his blog.

Read the post here

He has mentioned a method to open webpages in the sidebar. But then you might not want to open pages with heavy content in the sidebar. Infact you might actually waste time rather than saving it in an attempt to handle a normal webpage in the side. So here I mention links of a few webpages that have minimal content and therefore can be very handy.
(You can click on the name of the site to see the type of page that you'll get in the sidebar. Right now it'll open up in a pop-up window but you can make it open in the sidebar using the the script that Ajit mentions or method that follows the links)

GChat : http://talkgadget.google.com/talkgadget/client (already mentioned implicitly in the link on Ajit's blog)
Answers.com : http://mobile.answers.com/
Wikipedia : http://wikipedia.7val.com/
Digg : http://www.diggriver.com
Google : http://www.google.com/m?uipref=3
Technorati : http://m.technorati.com

One thing that he hasn't mentioned (though he was the one to tell me about it) is a simpler way to make bookmarked pages open up in the sidebar. Here is the method :
1. You bookmark the link you want to open up in the sidebar
2. Then you go to the bookmark manager and select the properties of this link that you've bookmarked. In case it is in the personal toolbar then just right click on that bookmark and select properties.
3. In the window that shows up you select the 'Load this bookmark in the sidebar' button.

Thats it. You are done.

Phishing

2007-03-31T09:29:00.000-07:00

When you receive a mail/message which contains a link to a well known site where you are asked to enter your login and password.You login and after a few hours or days you realize that the account into which you logged in has been hacked. If this has happened with you then you had been a victim of phishing. And this is most common on yahoo.

Definition on answers.com

Here are a few things that you can do to prevent phishing.
--> Pay special attention to the location bar of your browser. For eg if you are being asked to login with your yahoo account. Even if the copy and page design look like yahoo, double check the URL. If it isn't yahoo.com or www.yahoo.com(or the simmillar onces like yahoo.co.in, yahoo.co.uk etc), it's not Yahoo!.

--> If you are not sure, unable to decide the genuineness of the link then login with a wrong login name or password. In most cases false sites take you to the correct link on doing so.

--> And in case you've logged into such site and then realize that this was a fake site(may be by the webpage you get redirected to after logging in or by intuition or sixth sense :D) then change the password of your account as soon as possible.

The following link has some pics of sites that pretending to be Flickr. But they are not flickr. They are phishing!!
Instructions by Flickr on phishing

The D Programming Language

2007-01-01T20:57:00.000-08:00

Soon, Walter Bright is scheduled to release version 1.0 of the D Programming Language. D is a systems programming language. Its focus is on combining the power and high performance of C and C++ with the programmer productivity of modern languages like Ruby and Python. Special attention is given to the needs of quality assurance, documentation, management, portability and reliability.

An example D program
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Update : Nice charts compairing D with other languages like C, Java, C# can be found here. Thanks DD for the charts.

The new 100 most useful sites

2006-12-22T05:05:00.000-08:00

This article categorically lists 100 most useful sites. Like
Blogs: reading
   technorati.com
   icerocket.com.
   newsgator.com
   google.com/reader
   bloglines.com
Gaming
   gametab.com
   pocketgamer.co.uk
   gamasutra.com
   gamefaqs.com
   esrb.org/ratings/index.jsp
Recommendation: music
   last.fm
   pandora.com
   liveplasma.com
   audiomap.tuneglue.net
   goombah.com

»complete list

Simple Things You Can Do To Help Trim CO2 Emissions In 8 Weeks

2006-11-20T20:34:00.000-08:00

Here are some tips for cutting back on your electricity use, and, conveniently, you should save on your electric bill as well. Why electricity? Because electricity generation is responsible for 38 percent of carbon dioxide emissions in the United States, making it the largest single source overall.

read more | digg story

Amazing Beer Cans Art

2006-11-19T11:40:00.000-08:00

Art done with beer cans. Pretty Cool.

read more | digg story

Stage Adaptation of 1987 hit 'Dirty Dancing'

2006-11-19T06:23:00.000-08:00

It's already been a huge success in Australia and now the stage adaptation of the 1987 dance-hit 'Dirty Dancing' opens in London's West End to a delighted audience.
More than 240,000 tickets were sold in pre-show sales for the London stage version.

read more | digg story

yourminis.com - Seems Promising!!

2006-11-12T23:46:00.000-08:00

»Yourminis.com

Well i had a look at this site and the features that it offers. I really found it amazing. It's another attempt of offering a lot of things at one place. But i feel that this one offers much more than any other simillar attempt. You can check gmail,yahoo etc., add rss feeds, listen to music, keep notes and todo lists, read digg, view youtube videos and add more video sites, add podcasts, and much more. It definetly is worth a try and i'm sure people are gonna like it.

4 Reasons Why Windows Vista Is Just Not Worth It

2006-11-09T22:52:00.000-08:00

You can read them here. I'd like to mention the one i liked the most.
» The guy says that there are better alternatives and that he is not getting into the Linux-Windows debate. So he says that Windows XP is the best alternative. And then he says that if you already use Linux or Mac OSX then Vista is not going to impress you anyway so don’t even bother taking a look.

Building .tgz(Slackware) pakages

2006-09-21T06:14:00.000-07:00

I'm describing the procedure to make a slack package after building from the source.
Suppose you've a package foo.tar.gz. Create a directory, say /slackpackage.
Then unpack the source and build it in the following manner :

   ./configure --prefix=/slackpackage
   make
   make install

Now do a change directory to slackpackage and run makepkg.This'll create a .tgz file. That's it.You're done!!

Lalu - Management Guru

2006-09-03T01:44:00.000-07:00

"The turnaround in the financial health of the Indian Railways, with Lalu in charge, has been the subject of major discussion at IIMs and he is already being looked upon as a 'management guru.'"
Lalu to teach management at IIM-A

Difference between 'sameness' and 'equality'

2006-08-26T22:29:00.000-07:00

The principle of 'sameness' can be termed as 'formal equality' while the principle, which provides safety and security to a historically disadvantaged class, can be termed as 'substantive equality'.
The focus of a substantive equality approach is not simply with the equal treatment of law, but rather with its actual impact. Its objective is the elimination of the substantive inequality of disadvantaged groups.
It takes into account inequalities of social, economic and education background and seeks the elimination of existing inequalities by positive measures. The focus is not on sameness or difference, but rather on disadvantage.
A situation where we need to consider this difference is while examining the illusion of equality underlying the provisions of the Hindu Marriage Act, which entitles a Hindu husband the luxury of being unemployed and then claiming maintenance from his wife. Failure to take difference into account will only serve to reinforce and perpetuate the difference and the underlying inequalities. In this approach, rules or practices that treat women differently from men can be upheld, if they are designed to improve the position of women.
This approach advocates a substantive model of equality, in so far as difference and special treatment do not preclude equality, but rather are embraced within it.

Know all about the Quota Bill

2006-08-25T12:17:00.000-07:00

THE TIMES OF INDIA > What is the quota bill all about

IIT Audio!!!

2006-08-24T05:32:00.000-07:00

Whats going on?? Is this just a coincidence that this training institute/program has also chosen the same name as the IITs(Indian Institutes of Technology) here in India or is this an intentional and well-thought move to take advantage of the name "IIT"(Indian Institutes of Technology)
Link to IIT Audio's webpage

What is black about the Black Sea?

2006-08-20T07:52:00.000-07:00

The deep water of the Black Sea is supposed to be darker than the water of a normal sea, because of rich concentration of micro algae. Further, the Black Sea was called so in olden times, perhaps because it was very stormy and hence difficult to navigate. It was considered an inhospitable sea because its shores were occupied by barbarians. According to another theory, the Black Sea is called so because it is on the northern side of the Mediterranean Sea, and in ancient times, the colour black was used in the compass to mark north.

Brazil's alcohol cars hit 2m mark

2006-08-18T07:42:00.000-07:00

"Flex-fuel" vehicles, which run on any combination of ethanol and petrol, now make up 77% of the Brazilian market.
Brazil has pioneered the use of ethanol derived from sugar-cane as motor fuel.
Ethanol-driven cars have been on sale there for 25 years, but they have been enjoying a revival since flex-fuel models first appeared in March 2003.
»BBC NEWS | Business | Brazil's alcohol cars hit 2m mark

Warranty over? You can still get redressal

2006-08-12T09:05:00.000-07:00

"NEW DELHI: In an order that opens the doors of justice to consumers left high and dry with chronically faulty gadgets, a consumer court has ruled that a limited-period warranty on an appliance does not take away the user's right to seek compensation if the defect persists beyond the warranty period."

»Complete Story

Answer it!!

2006-08-08T02:34:00.000-07:00

The question is in the "Intersting Info" block to the left of the page.~~You can post your answer in the shout box~~(See update). A bit of lateral thinking ;)
njoy
UPDATE : Do not answer in the shout box.Answer as a comment to this post so that i can delete the right answer... there'll be no fun if everyone can see the correct answer.

Initiative by IIT-Kgp

2006-08-03T05:35:00.000-07:00

The students at IIT-Kgp have decided to take a pledge on Independence Day that even if they go abroad they are surely going to return to India to use the knowledge they've gained for the betterment of their country.If they are granted permission then around 5000 students will take the pledge.
»Read complete story

Some crap first!!

2006-08-03T05:12:00.000-07:00

Been posting after a long time on my blog. While doing my intership i was so regular with this thing but after coming back to the institute i just did feel like posting (i dont know why :-| ) Finally i'm feeling like posting some stuff so i just thought that i should better post some crap first :D. So here it is...
Lets guess what this smart dog might be doing... unn... updating his profile on matrimonial.com?

Crazy Frog Series

2006-07-07T03:57:00.000-07:00

Crazy Frog (Probably the first video) Once 96th among Google Video top 100.
"Dinging" Inside Water (Couldn't find the video on google videos :( )
Crazy Frog Champions (Soccer Version) Reached 7th among google video top 100.
Crazy Frog Dj (I found this one the best)
The annoying thing
Halo Version

And the Crazy Frog Spoof :D
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Now that this is a post about videos i thought i should put this as well
Top 50 Football Goals

Tweak XP for gaming

2006-07-06T05:21:00.000-07:00

Setting that will improve the system performance while gaming. Some major tweaks with the system so i think this should improve the performance substantially thought i haven't tried this myself.
>> Read Here

Scobleizer » Business card best practices

2006-07-06T04:50:00.000-07:00

Robert Scoble tells what you should keep in mind while designing a business card and also supports his points with examples.Some really nice points.
» Business card best practices