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Hyundai i10 Review

noreply@blogger.com (RvK) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:36:00 +0000

Blog Updated

Please see http://mrvivekr.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/hyundai-i10-my-kinda-car/

Natural Gesture Processing

noreply@blogger.com (RvK) — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:03:00 +0000

Found an Interesting Link on Natural Gesture and micro computing.

This is sooo cool and very practical

Have a look

Carnatic Jugalbandi - Mridangam, Tavil, Drums

noreply@blogger.com (RvK) — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:28:00 +0000

Yahoo Ping box

noreply@blogger.com (RvK) — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 03:17:00 +0000

Mom & Dad Invitation

noreply@blogger.com (RvK) — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 13:01:00 +0000

Hi all,

This is the invitation printed for my marriage with Ramya by my Mom and dad. it is on March 09 2008. Please honour us with your presence. Invite as follows

Vivek & Ramya Invitation

noreply@blogger.com (RvK) — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:22:00 +0000

Hi all,

My wedding with Ramya is on Mar 09 2008. Please treat this as a special invitation and do honour us with your presence. Invite as follows

Sharing Huge Files

noreply@blogger.com (RvK) — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:42:00 +0000

Couple of weeks back, a real dilemma. I had files totaling to 700 MB to share with my friend who was sitting rite across the globe.

I was looking out for a free but legal way to share files of that. So, in pursuit of this ultimate aim, I consulted GOD (in lay man's terms Google).

I found out that there was a cool site called 4share which lets u do that. My friend and I tried that and to our amazement, it worked fine.

So what are you waiting for, go ahead, share now :-)

Kadhalikka Neramillai Theme

noreply@blogger.com (RvK) — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:58:00 +0000

That is one of the the best composed music that I have heard in the recent times. Hope you hear it and enjoy as I did!!

RvK

How to create High Performance Websites

noreply@blogger.com (RvK) — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 04:56:00 +0000

Just Got this link from Yahoo.. looks to be an interesting way to get websites run faster.
Hope this is useful...

...and rest I must

noreply@blogger.com (RvK) — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 12:11:00 +0000

Interesting title is it not ??

These were the words spoken by Yoda . This comment, seem to be very very appropriate for me @ this very instance.

There are lot of things happening in my life @ this moment like getting engaged, project delivery, et al.

So in pursuit of excellence in all of these, i forgot, as the title suggests, to rest.

Prolonged work and non-work related hours seems to catch up with me. And so Rest I must.

See ya soon, with my battery recharged...

RvK

My Engagement Invite!

noreply@blogger.com (RvK) — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 15:47:00 +0000

When you Lose

noreply@blogger.com (RvK) — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:42:00 +0000

Gray are the days, Dark are the thoughts,
On those days when you lose.
Hopes fade out, doubts wade in
On those days when you lose..

Rise of fear, fall of dreams,
Silence of Sound and a Voice of doom
Fall of Strength, Breaches in Will,
On those days when you lose..

But, In fear lies Courage, In doom lies the hope,
Doubts leads to Strength and Failure goes faceless.
So, on those days when you lose, Fight for fighters never lose!

HIM

noreply@blogger.com (RvK) — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 14:23:00 +0000

Sing out your Sorrows,
Laugh out you Worries,
Dream out your Downs,
Drown your Frowns.

Talk to family,
Talk to friends,
Speak to Self,
But when every thing fail,
Converse with him to get you out on Bail.

When you are down, put your trust,
To give your life a very good thrust.

To him we come, to him we go,
But in between, lead a life full of fun.
Enjoy every moment, Savour every second,
For you are among the lucky few, choosen to have fun.

Search Engine Statistics

noreply@blogger.com (RvK) — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 12:48:00 +0000

Search Engines are part of every day life. Most of the search engines are now set as home page. Search Engines have moved the power of the internet to the user. Every thing is now searchable and “findable”.

So which are the most popular search engines and how do they compare against each other?

The following data give a comparison of the Search Engines over the period of May07 to June 07.

The Staticstics from May 07 - July 07 can be viewed in here.

Keeping in with global usage, Google has been the head of the pack closely followed by Yahoo and Microsoft.

What are the things that make Google world’s favorite search engine provider? Many experts have argued on this time and again and have attributed it to the following:

User Experience:

This is USP of all Google products. The experience of a user in Google’s search site is so good that people always come back to it.

KIS Philosophy:

Google’s search site is one of the simplest sites around, yet it is so powerful. The simplicity of Google’s page can be highlighted by the fact that initial version of the search page carried a message which said “Please enter a search team and click search”

Efficiency:

Google’s search results are the most accurate results around. In fact the phrase “to google” has replaced the phrase “to search”. All of this is made possible from Google’s efficient search algorithm

So, what really happens when you hit the search button on Google’s site? This can be illustrated by the following diagram:

Hope this article was helpful!! Keep blogging.

Shivaji in Matrix

noreply@blogger.com (RvK) — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 04:31:00 +0000

The Rhythm of Silence

noreply@blogger.com (RvK) — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:40:00 +0000

My child hood revolved in admiration of a man “Tanjavoor” Vishwanathan Iyer. He was much respected in his village, a staunch shivaite and a percussionist par excellence.

His typical day started at 5 am in the morning with a cup of steaming hot filter coffee, which was followed by a walk through the village to the banks of the Cauvery River. There, he would walk down the steps singing a very familiar raga. Once in the water, he would immerse himself 3 times chanting “ Gange che yamune chiva.Godhavari Saraswathi.Narmadhe Sindhu kaveri. Jalesmin Sannidhim Kuru” for each time he immersed himself. This routine was followed by him doing his “sandhya vandhanam”. We watched the sun rise as he recited “Adhitya Hridayam” the sacred chants on the Sun god. It felt as if without his wishes the Sun would never rise.

When he returned home, he would find at least 20 people waiting in a dignified silence and bowed heads. They would touch his feet and seek his blessings after which it the sound of music would start reverberating in our house. 20 Mridangam (a percussion instrument) would play raga after raga in unison, with him being in the helm of things, correcting when there is a missed beat. His weekends were the times I got to listen some of the most melodious music. He had sold out performances in temples and Shabas. This was my child hood memories of the place – full of music.

During my engineering holidays, I returned back only to find the sound of music replaced by wheezing sound of an old man and the sound from his walking cane. With all the old favors disregarded, there he was all but lost and forgotten. Most his hair had fallen and he looked frail and weak. But lost not were his skills and the respect he commanded. The Shabas that once sought him out did not care any longer. Time had taken its toll, people were no longer interested in a man who stood by principles and lead a life devoted to music – they preferred the quicker sounding beats of the film music and quick raps.

During the month of December, in our village there were classical performances. Though the audiences were dwindling, the tradition was still carried on. On the last day of the fest, a popular vidwan (scholar) usually gave a performance. This year a Vidwan from the Madras was supposed to give the concluding performance. The day dawned, and the news reached the village that the car in which the Vidwan was traveling had met with an accident and that he would not be able to make it by time to reach the fest. The organizers panicked. They had a sold out crowd, but no performer. Somu the President of the Organizing committee had an idea, “Why not put the local talent to do some performance for an hour?” asked he. So, they went in search of young performers. All of them were reluctant to do a show in such a short notice. The organizers went into deliberations again as to what to do, when an old hand in the committee spoke. “There is a very old person in our village, who in his heydays used to be the crowd puller. Now he lays lost and forgotten. Why don’t we call him and ask him to perform?” Many people in the committee did not like that idea as bringing in an old timer was against “norm”. But due to lack of time and their inability to find a replacement, every one agreed with hesitation.

Dusk dawned, the sold out crowd was there. An old man with his Mridangam arrived in a bullock cart to the venue. He went to the back stage that was once his second home, drank a glass of ginger coffee which was part of his routine before the show. The organizer went up on stage explaining the change of performer. Angry murmurs in the crowd started voicing. Slowly the curtains went up to reveal an old man with his Mridangam. The murmurs increased, and a beautiful sound emancipated from the speakers, slowly the tempo was rising. Couple of minutes went by and only the talks of the Mridangam with the maestro’s fingers were heard. What was supposed to be a short one hour program went late into the night ending with a thunderous applause which was started by a single hand, into a standing ovation.

Twenty years later I return to the same house, to find my grandfather’s portrait hanging in the wall. People still talked about that performance of his which enthralled many. In the stillness of the dawn, I can still hear the rhythm even in silence.

Note: This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to persons dead or alive is purely coincidental . It is just a short story!

Harry Potter 5 - Trailer with Interview

noreply@blogger.com (RvK) — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 05:50:00 +0000

Shivaji - The Boss

noreply@blogger.com (RvK) — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 15:44:00 +0000

1. OUT OF ALL THE SHANKAR MOVIES THIS IS THE COSTLIEST . 68% OF EXPENSES HE SPENT FOR LOCATION.. AND SURPRISINGLY 12% TO GRAPHICS!!!! 8% TO SALARY (EXCLUDING OF THALAIVAR) 8% FOR COSTUMES 2% FOR A.R.RAHMAN AND OTHER TECHINCIANS, AND THE BALANCE 2% WASTAGES!!!! !!!!!

2. FIRST TIME IN TAMIL MOVIE AMITABH IS JOINING WITH THALAIVAR... AS GUEST ROLE.(BECOS OF HIS CONVIENENCE TWO DAYS SHOOTING HAS ARRANGED IN POONA.!!

3. SIMILARLY MALAYAM SUPERSTAR MAMOOTY ALSO ACTING IN THIS MOVIE FOR ONLY ONE SCENE..

4. SIVAJI MOVIE HAS SOLD ALREADY TO KERALA FOR 6 CRORES,(ALLTIME HIGH)-THE LUCKIEST PERSON WHO GOT DISTRIBUTION IS OUR ACTOR VINEETH!!!!ALL TIME HIGH IN ANDHRA PRADESH-17 CRORES!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!(SLEEPLES S NITE FOR ALL TOP HERO'S OF ANDHRA)ALL TIME HIGH IN KARNATAKA 9 CRORES!!!!!! !!!! (THE LUCKIEST PERSON WHO GOT DISTRIBUTION IS OUR KANNADA HERO RAVICHANDRAN! !!!!!!!

5. THE MOST EXPECTED AND VERY BIG COMPETITION IS GOING IN TAMIL NADU.... (AS PER THE LATEST INFORMATION THE FINAL FIGHT BETWEEN SUN-TV AND RELIANCE.... .......... ......) FOR AROUND 80 CRORES INCLUDING OF SATELITTE/DVD/ AUDIO RIGHTS.!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!

6. INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS FOR 100 U.S MILLION DOLLARS!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! (FOR 9 LOCATIONS/COUNTRIES INCLUDING OF DVD RIGHTS...)FIGHT IS GOING BETWEEN "AYANGARAN VIDEOS" OF CANADA AND PYRAMID OF INDIA....!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!

7. AVM PRODUCTION ANNOUNCED THEY WILL GIVE 25% PROFIT TO THE CHARITY(SIVAJI FOUNDATION) IF THE MOVIE TOUCH SILVER JUBLIEE...

8. FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF RAJINI MOVIE ... HE HIMSELF GIVEN INTERIVIEW AS THIS MOVIE WILL BE GREAT SUCCESS!!!!! !!!(COURTESY TIMES MAGAZINE)

9. AS PER THE COVER STORY OF NO:1 JAPANESE MAGAZINE CALLED "TOSHO" HAS MENTIONED THIS MOVIE HAS CROSSED THE EXPECATION OF THE HOLLY WOOD MOVIE OF "CASINO ROYALE" AND ONE THE HIGHEST PAID ACTOR IN THE WORLD IS OUR ONE AND ONLY SUPER STAR RAJINKANTH

10. THE "TOSHO"MAGAZINE REVEALED THE TOTAL REVENUE FOR AVM PRODUCTION (IF THE MOVIE SUCCESSFULLY RUNS FOR 50 DAYS IN SOUTHER REGION )WILL BE AROUND 430 CRORES. This is More than turn over of any Tier 2 S/W companies)

11. FIRST TIME THIS MOVIE IS GOING TO BE DUBBED IN LOCAL LANGUAGE OF TURKEY, HAUSA, GONGA (TRIBAL LANGUAGE OF SOUTHAFRICA) AND KSHINOLA (TRIBAL LANGUAGE OF ARGENTINA) .

Sister's Wedding

noreply@blogger.com (RvK) — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 05:13:00 +0000

Am back after nearly a 3 months hiatus.. during that short period, i went to Macau (which will be the topic of my next blog), to Las Vegas (another blog by itself) and my little sister got married to Karthik, a fine chap from Mambalam Chennai..

So without further prolong lets go to the Blog..

29th November, the day before the D-Day, started quite early. Too early to my liking in fact. But what to do, your sister does not get married every day. So to honor the occassion, I , the eternal lazy person of the family got up at 4.30 am (it is my mid night).

My mom and dad went to Priya's new home, which is in the next street to light the lamp. On the way back, my father twisted his ankle. He was in distress by the time he reached home. My mom got really upset that during the start of the marriage it self, some thing like this has occured. We consoled her saying that it was due to 'dristi' (Evil Eyes) and gave a lenghty prayer to almighty.

The van for our departure to the Choultry came at around 6.15 am. We were to reach there by 7.30, after which the inauspicious was supposed to have started. The van was at the end of the street, as the driver did not know the house. Your strong man (me) went to usher the van into the street and move around a zillion vehicles parked in our always jam-packed street.

Venkataraman maama, Krish uncle, me and subash patnaik maama all loaded our stuff to the van. We did not let dad lift things as he already had a bad foot. Four of us sort of compensated for his absence. Appa, Amma, Priya and myself were supposed to go in a car while the rest followed us in the van.

Finally we started by 6.45, amma was tense as she wanted us to reach before the raghu kalam. Needless to say, we made it by 7.15.

We arranged all our stuff in the hall, waited for the groom's party to come. They arrived in two batches. The first batch arrived at 10.00 a.m. The groom arrived at 10.30 a.m after being held up in one of the infamous traffice snarls that is fast becoming a customary norm in Chennai life.

From there what happend was a fast blur. Life happend in fast foward. So I will keep this part of the narration short. Probably i will give a bulletted summary of what happend

29th November
1. Vratam in the morning followed by Naandi where in we saluted all our anscestors.
2. Nichyadartham in the evening

30th November
1. Wedding of Priya with Karthik, this was preceeded by Vivek indulging in heavy weight lifting. I lifted Priya and strained my back yet again.
Photos of the Wedding

2. Evening Reception.
Reception Photos
1st December
1. Sambhandi Virundhu

All through the event, Sundar uncle, Santa, and I supervised the food part of things.

Finally a small pointer to end the Blog, MY LINE IS CLEARED!!..

Inspired by Life - II

noreply@blogger.com (RvK) — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 06:05:00 +0000

Well, i found this video very hilarious and more to the point..

Enjoy.. and leave u'r comments.

Software Professional

noreply@blogger.com (RvK) — Fri, 05 May 2006 06:30:00 +0000

Inspired by LIFE!!

Long hours sitting in the office, sipping the umpteenth coffees ,
Living on a diet of coke, they choke if they don’t have their daily smoke.
Working on a 30K Salary a month, they feel tired and stretched.
Oh nothing is good enough, nothing is good enough.

Joining Google, Yahoo are their dreams, with the messengers ruling their screens
Job sites, new roles search are the norms of the lives,
He is a person whose inter personal skills are in hives.
Oh nothing is good enough, nothing is good enough.

With the appraisal around the corner, they hope to get good ratings on.
When the raise they get, is full of sh*t; they threaten to quit
Meetings with managers, meetings with finance, in the end a very few get their dues,
Oh nothing is good enough, nothing is good enough.

Some get to go onsite, others don’t take the bait.
They set the dates, when the company lets open the gates
This cycle goes on, Oh nothing is good , Oh nothing is good.

Crickets Lows

noreply@blogger.com (RvK) — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 04:24:00 +0000

Probably the most disgusting moment in Cricket.....

This is Greg Chappels in-famous underarm ball.

Should we all go and stick with WIN at ALL time irrespective of the COSTS? What about ethics?

Please leave your comments on this one

Laws of Manu and Theory of Relativity

noreply@blogger.com (RvK) — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 11:39:00 +0000

Prologue
"The Manusmriti (Sanskrit मनुस्मृति), translated "Laws of Manu" or "Institutions of Manu", is regarded as a foundational work of Hindu law and ancient Indian society, compiled and written quite late, c.200 CE in India. It is one of the eighteen Smritis of the Dharma Sastra (or "laws of righteous conduct"); Smriti means "what is remembered" and is applied in general to a Hindu text other than the Vedas, including traditional Indian epics, the Puranas, and science and grammar treatises. Unlike the Vedas which are considered to be eternal or of divine origin, the Smritis are considered to be of human origin and therefore susceptible to the flaws of humans. They contain laws, rules and codes of conduct to be applied by individuals, communities and nations."
Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manu_Smriti

It was a Friday nite, and I was keeping guard in the hospital where my grand mother was admitted. During that period, I was going through a book on Indian Hindu Laws – “The Laws of Manu”, which gives rules to be followed in life. Though some of the concepts given here might not be apt today, many of them are. There was an interesting section (given below) that had gotten me in to thinking. It stated:

“64. Eighteen nimeshas (twinklings of the eye, are one kashtha), thirty kashthas one kala, thirty kalas one muhurta, and as many (muhurtas) one day and night.
65. The sun divides days and nights, both human and divine, the night (being intended) for the repose of created beings and the day for exertion.
66. A month is a day and a night of the manes, but the division is according to fortnights. The dark (fortnight) is their day for active exertion, the bright (fortnight) their night for sleep.
67. A year is a day and a night of the gods; their division is (as follows): the half year during which the sun progresses to the north will be the day, that during which it goes southwards the night."

This, to me, gives an insight to the Theory of Relativity
(http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/einsteinlight/) and more specifically a concept called time dilation http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/einsteinlight/jw/module4_time_dilation.htm#true , which proves the above.

One fact which can be derived from The Theory is that time is not absolute. In fact, time as one person “sees” will be different than the time as another person “sees” it.

This is what the laws of Manu also postulates. That time for a man is not the same as time for gods. Many will find the concept of time gods difficult to accept, but I feel that god (and other beings) referred here are some beings in some other dimensions. Probably science will “discover” these one day, just as theory of relativity proves the laws of different time.

So it is safe to say that Vedas did have a lot of science behind them; just that we are slow in understanding them.

Comments on this are most welcome.

Time Pass

noreply@blogger.com (RvK) — Sun, 12 Mar 2006 16:42:00 +0000

Hey this is a cool link that I found

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whiLwDoRk_o

Do chk it out and post your comments here.
Better if u have a broad band connection :-)

My Life Ratings!!

noreply@blogger.com (RvK) — Sun, 12 Mar 2006 16:18:00 +0000

Hey all folks .. this is my life rated according to a site.
It just reflects my current state of mind i guess ;-)

This Is My Life, Rated
Life:	8.2
Mind:	7.7
Body:	7.3
Spirit:	8.3
Friends/Family:	6
Love:	4.3
Finance:	9
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