Vivek - The Thought

Samsung galaxy S WIFI connectivity issue fixed

admin — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 18:13:52 +0000

Finally I can connect to my WIFI (netgear router) without trouble but not bedford before I had my set of trouble. One of the biggest irritation I had was POOR WIFI connectivity of my latest samsung galaxy S with my netgear router. Detection successful… Connection done… Surfing opens a page on ages if you are [...]

Exploring froyo part 1

admin — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 03:25:57 +0000

Started exploring froyo on samsung galaxy s. Here’s first instalment… 1. Input Method … New pointer makes it really easy to place cursor and do the selection and cut copy operation which was otherwise difficult with finger. 2. Indian languages… Support for jungian languages were conspicuous by its absence. It’s DISAPPOINTING. We were attributing delay in launch partly [...]

Finally froyo arrived India on galaxy s

admin — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 03:04:15 +0000

Finally the wait is over. Froyo has arrived. After frustrating irritating long wait samsung shipped to it to indian galaxy s models. Here’s the upgrade experience… Kies automatically informed about the update as soon as device was connected. Update was smooth… more than expected. After download it took just a couple of minutes to get [...]

Android tip: hide image and media from gallery

admin — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 08:54:04 +0000

Beginning with android the first question I had is privacy and still don’t have a perfect solution. But urgency was to hide images from showing up in the gallery. Solution is create an empty file in the folder you want to exclude from gallery. Name the file .nomedia Remember a few things: 1. Its excludes [...]

Why me?

admin — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:52:00 +0000

Arthur Ashe, the legendary Wimbledon player was dying of CANCER. From world over, he received letters from his fans and obviously he couldn’t reply to every of them. But there was one letter he choose to reply. The letter asked:

"Why does GOD have to select you for such a bad disease"?

Arthur choose to reply this one letter.

Pray – the right way

admin — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:34:00 +0000

The story of a priest’s encounter with three islanders who were keen to learn the correct way to pray.

The best singer

admin — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:51:13 +0000

Do you know their existed a singer who was better than Tansen? Tansen and Akbar acknowledged his superiority and Tansen himself explained to Akbar the secret of his (the other singers) perfection and his own limitations.

Where is your Shark?

admin — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:58:14 +0000

Its a fishy story and a Shark tale. A fascinating secret that tells why fishes needs shark. Its the same reason we need them too. :)

The Sovereign India

admin — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:15:08 +0000

The former President of India, the supreme commander of Indian armed forces was subject to routine security test by a an US Airlines staffs against Indian protocol on Indian soil. Authorities remained mute for months and their are people who justify it in the name of equal treatment and miss the subtle aspects.

प्रार्थना

admin — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:37:44 +0000

A prayer that has been my favorite ever since I remeber it. Beautifully written by Gurudev, Ravindra Nath Tagore. Here it is with its explanation in English.