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border-collapse:collapse;&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;border:1px solid #000;padding:4px;width:50%;vertical-align:top;background:#ccf&quot;&gt; &lt;h2 style=&quot;margin:0px&quot;&gt;Arena&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-size:0.7em&quot;&gt;(known to self and others)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#0000FF; font-weight:bold&quot;&gt;confident&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;color:#000066&quot;&gt;dependable&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;color:#000033&quot;&gt;independent&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;color:#000066&quot;&gt;trustworthy&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;color:#000033&quot;&gt;witty&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;border:1px solid #000;padding:4px;width:50%;vertical-align:top;background:#fcc&quot;&gt; &lt;h2 style=&quot;margin:0px&quot;&gt;Blind Spot&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-size:0.7em&quot;&gt;(known only to others)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#620000&quot;&gt;able&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;color:#270000&quot;&gt;bold&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;color:#130000&quot;&gt;brave&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;color:#890000; font-weight:bold&quot;&gt;calm&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;color:#4E0000&quot;&gt;caring&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;color:#130000&quot;&gt;cheerful&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;color:#750000&quot;&gt;clever&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;color:#130000&quot;&gt;complex&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;color:#270000&quot;&gt;energetic&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;color:#D70000; font-weight:bold&quot;&gt;friendly&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;color:#270000&quot;&gt;happy&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;color:#3A0000&quot;&gt;helpful&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;color:#FF0000; font-weight:bold&quot;&gt;intelligent&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;color:#FF0000; font-weight:bold&quot;&gt;knowledgeable&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;color:#3A0000&quot;&gt;logical&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;color:#4E0000&quot;&gt;loving&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;color:#620000&quot;&gt;mature&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;color:#620000&quot;&gt;modest&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;color:#130000&quot;&gt;nervous&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;color:#4E0000&quot;&gt;observant&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;color:#750000&quot;&gt;organised&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;color:#130000&quot;&gt;patient&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;color:#270000&quot;&gt;proud&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;color:#620000&quot;&gt;quiet&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;color:#130000&quot;&gt;reflective&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;color:#130000&quot;&gt;religious&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;color:#270000&quot;&gt;responsive&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;color:#130000&quot;&gt;searching&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;color:#130000&quot;&gt;self-assertive&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;color:#4E0000&quot;&gt;self-conscious&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;color:#130000&quot;&gt;sensible&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;color:#130000&quot;&gt;sentimental&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;color:#130000&quot;&gt;shy&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;color:#130000&quot;&gt;silly&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;color:#270000&quot;&gt;spontaneous&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;color:#130000&quot;&gt;sympathetic&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;color:#130000&quot;&gt;tense&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;color:#270000&quot;&gt;warm&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;color:#270000&quot;&gt;wise&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;border:1px solid #000;padding:4px;width:50%;vertical-align:top;background:#cfc&quot;&gt; &lt;h2 style=&quot;margin:0px&quot;&gt;Façade&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-size:0.7em&quot;&gt;(known only to self)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;introverted&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;border:1px solid #000;padding:4px;width:50%;background:#ccc&quot;&gt; &lt;h2 style=&quot;margin:0px&quot;&gt;Unknown&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-size:0.7em&quot;&gt;(known to nobody)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-size:0.8em&quot;&gt;accepting, adaptable, dignified, extroverted, giving, idealistic, ingenious, kind, powerful, relaxed&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;h3&gt;All Percentages&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;able&lt;/b&gt; (19%) &lt;span style=&quot;color:#888&quot;&gt;accepting (0%)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;color:#888&quot;&gt;adaptable (0%)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;bold&lt;/b&gt; (7%) &lt;b&gt;brave&lt;/b&gt; (3%) &lt;b&gt;calm&lt;/b&gt; (26%) &lt;b&gt;caring&lt;/b&gt; (15%) &lt;b&gt;cheerful&lt;/b&gt; (3%) &lt;b&gt;clever&lt;/b&gt; (23%) &lt;b&gt;complex&lt;/b&gt; (3%) &lt;b&gt;confident&lt;/b&gt; (19%) &lt;b&gt;dependable&lt;/b&gt; (7%) &lt;span style=&quot;color:#888&quot;&gt;dignified (0%)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;energetic&lt;/b&gt; (7%) &lt;span style=&quot;color:#888&quot;&gt;extroverted (0%)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;friendly&lt;/b&gt; (42%) &lt;span style=&quot;color:#888&quot;&gt;giving (0%)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;happy&lt;/b&gt; (7%) &lt;b&gt;helpful&lt;/b&gt; (11%) &lt;span style=&quot;color:#888&quot;&gt;idealistic (0%)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;independent&lt;/b&gt; (3%) &lt;span style=&quot;color:#888&quot;&gt;ingenious (0%)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;intelligent&lt;/b&gt; (50%) &lt;span style=&quot;color:#888&quot;&gt;introverted (0%)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;color:#888&quot;&gt;kind (0%)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;knowledgeable&lt;/b&gt; (50%) &lt;b&gt;logical&lt;/b&gt; (11%) &lt;b&gt;loving&lt;/b&gt; (15%) &lt;b&gt;mature&lt;/b&gt; (19%) &lt;b&gt;modest&lt;/b&gt; (19%) &lt;b&gt;nervous&lt;/b&gt; (3%) &lt;b&gt;observant&lt;/b&gt; (15%) &lt;b&gt;organised&lt;/b&gt; (23%) &lt;b&gt;patient&lt;/b&gt; (3%) &lt;span style=&quot;color:#888&quot;&gt;powerful (0%)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;proud&lt;/b&gt; (7%) &lt;b&gt;quiet&lt;/b&gt; (19%) &lt;b&gt;reflective&lt;/b&gt; (3%) &lt;span style=&quot;color:#888&quot;&gt;relaxed (0%)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;religious&lt;/b&gt; (3%) &lt;b&gt;responsive&lt;/b&gt; (7%) &lt;b&gt;searching&lt;/b&gt; (3%) &lt;b&gt;self-assertive&lt;/b&gt; (3%) &lt;b&gt;self-conscious&lt;/b&gt; (15%) &lt;b&gt;sensible&lt;/b&gt; (3%) &lt;b&gt;sentimental&lt;/b&gt; (3%) &lt;b&gt;shy&lt;/b&gt; (3%) &lt;b&gt;silly&lt;/b&gt; (3%) &lt;b&gt;spontaneous&lt;/b&gt; (7%) &lt;b&gt;sympathetic&lt;/b&gt; (3%) &lt;b&gt;tense&lt;/b&gt; (3%) &lt;b&gt;trustworthy&lt;/b&gt; (7%) &lt;b&gt;warm&lt;/b&gt; (7%) &lt;b&gt;wise&lt;/b&gt; (7%) &lt;b&gt;witty&lt;/b&gt; (3%) &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border:1px solid #000; padding:8px; text-align:center;background:#eee&quot;&gt;Created by the &lt;a href=&quot;http://kevan.org/johari&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Interactive Johari Window&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; on 5.4.2011, using data from 26 respondents.&lt;br&gt; You can &lt;a href=&quot;http://kevan.org/johari&quot;&gt;make your own Johari Window&lt;/a&gt;, or &lt;a href=&quot;http://kevan.org/johari?view=Ritin&quot;&gt;view Ritin&#39;s full data&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybrasstacks.blogspot.com/feeds/2137346124863752378/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8943999342050086835/2137346124863752378' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8943999342050086835/posts/default/2137346124863752378'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8943999342050086835/posts/default/2137346124863752378'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybrasstacks.blogspot.com/2011/04/my-johari-window.html' title='My Johari Window...'/><author><name>Ritin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02391470075554832620</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVtuYt5j-r0_ZVX-jqySKmjmbJoBtAeEW_bS3h6nfONfUQv8thg3Wf8w3EzXF2MLqVnrzNlK6xAMWp3xgfWaFV5EEB_OWdDW5LXLcYPr-6pTHOJthMQsHasSflacOjTA/s220/DSC_0396.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943999342050086835.post-7466974888721063792</id><published>2010-10-04T16:29:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-04T16:29:48.937-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Fresher’s party… Now???</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Might seem strange… attending a fresher’s party while I m about to graduate… &lt;img style=&quot;border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none&quot; class=&quot;wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-thinkingsmile&quot; alt=&quot;Thinking smile&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSmcMPxL7jXtN_TbVILS859sHe0lZZipEnbsEQ5jhGVJR5F3Ez1lCEF1ZqZynh8hzov5xb57TjJ9QVGm5fWPSfaPU3t2DLfNe1WwxCp1nDzf0AEhkfSsfTy2jLI9mcIu1Bp5d1kchjyyw/?imgmax=800&quot; /&gt; Well good to know what fun my colleagues had last year.. while I was counting sheep in @ SBU hospital &lt;img style=&quot;border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none&quot; class=&quot;wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-disappointedsmile&quot; alt=&quot;Disappointed smile&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAoZzUPfwAKo-0Vb2aQs7Jn3qw1K2-yMyg5X65EOm4EWq01IvOnaR_hn4nyUOZtu3xxI0bCxS6zHt__eF84xS5T2cfheed-C2racQhLjUWtLsEnc3Q3W4sIw6d2ozaXORjTN8TO6xxmZE/?imgmax=800&quot; /&gt;… And irony of all sorts... I m standing right under the hospital building… &lt;img style=&quot;border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none&quot; class=&quot;wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile&quot; alt=&quot;Smile&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfRDmANnB1u10MIjTnE9q-usaf9J8jV-z1-FqnsxvYz036L0yS-4-9wLcpSBfrejOMhe-NMkXHsgRb4KqqlAa4JVFuHmIe5klwZ6dOtyWthn-4KM8uRHu6LDjRgBk_4O_RA-_F4bLQnho/?imgmax=800&quot; /&gt; !&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcPGz2qFiQ6ga9gkD3iX7u2wAntzU0hZYkzbLeLoPhyjrb5HFNOq5X_O05uYBQJ3jefGZ2RbyVXK39HckRLr1axojwQBsNSXHV9W7cQQzpNYcib02q1OkpuDq69LvhhKh7HEi_xb81_CI/s1600-h/006%5B2%5D.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: ; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px&quot; title=&quot;006&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;006&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6d3bzXy3hu0lyA8lB7S03QoHclFuqD1Nai-z-bgbpZIHrfavUVK8DJMrqZkx5_sfqd8tr-tnL-nNKhGc9EmM2Kfkw05n96cFmkccawZd4-AgCZvdZ5b0Hym68C2lv1gxkQ0D24o9SkDk/?imgmax=800&quot; width=&quot;176&quot; height=&quot;244&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybrasstacks.blogspot.com/feeds/7466974888721063792/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8943999342050086835/7466974888721063792' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8943999342050086835/posts/default/7466974888721063792'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8943999342050086835/posts/default/7466974888721063792'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybrasstacks.blogspot.com/2010/10/freshers-party-now.html' title='Fresher’s party… Now???'/><author><name>Ritin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02391470075554832620</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVtuYt5j-r0_ZVX-jqySKmjmbJoBtAeEW_bS3h6nfONfUQv8thg3Wf8w3EzXF2MLqVnrzNlK6xAMWp3xgfWaFV5EEB_OWdDW5LXLcYPr-6pTHOJthMQsHasSflacOjTA/s220/DSC_0396.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSmcMPxL7jXtN_TbVILS859sHe0lZZipEnbsEQ5jhGVJR5F3Ez1lCEF1ZqZynh8hzov5xb57TjJ9QVGm5fWPSfaPU3t2DLfNe1WwxCp1nDzf0AEhkfSsfTy2jLI9mcIu1Bp5d1kchjyyw/s72-c?imgmax=800" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943999342050086835.post-925163760452602223</id><published>2010-09-18T13:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-18T13:36:24.244-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="firefox"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="firefox 4"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="firefox beta 4"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="tips"/><title type='text'>Recognise Minefield (Firefox 4 beta) as Firefox</title><content type='html'>Just installed the Firefox Beta 4 on my Ubuntu environ; Turned out, I am unable to install addons as the browser is not recognised as Firefox! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So if you are running on the cool Firefox beta 4 an having trouble installing add-ons or browsing sites customised for Firefox...Here&#39;s what you should do:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) Open Firefox&lt;br /&gt;2) Type &quot;&lt;b&gt;about:config&lt;/b&gt;&quot; on the location bar&lt;br /&gt;3) Find the &lt;b&gt;general.useragent.compatMode.firefox&lt;/b&gt; key&lt;br /&gt;4) Toggle its value to &lt;b&gt;&quot;True&quot;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5) Restart&lt;br /&gt;6) Viola! Your fav Firefox is back&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Effectively, this modifies your user-agent string, which most sites depend on to recognise the client browser.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Before:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:2.0b7pre) Gecko/20100916 &lt;b&gt;Firefox-4.0&lt;/b&gt;/4.0b7pre Ubuntu/10.04&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;After:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:2.0b7pre) Gecko/20100916 &lt;b&gt;Firefox&lt;/b&gt;/4.0b7pre Firefox-4.0/4.0b7pre Ubuntu/10.04</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybrasstacks.blogspot.com/feeds/925163760452602223/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8943999342050086835/925163760452602223' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8943999342050086835/posts/default/925163760452602223'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8943999342050086835/posts/default/925163760452602223'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybrasstacks.blogspot.com/2010/09/recognise-minefield-firefox-4-beta-as.html' title='Recognise Minefield (Firefox 4 beta) as Firefox'/><author><name>Ritin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02391470075554832620</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVtuYt5j-r0_ZVX-jqySKmjmbJoBtAeEW_bS3h6nfONfUQv8thg3Wf8w3EzXF2MLqVnrzNlK6xAMWp3xgfWaFV5EEB_OWdDW5LXLcYPr-6pTHOJthMQsHasSflacOjTA/s220/DSC_0396.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943999342050086835.post-8702460574293704750</id><published>2010-09-18T07:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-18T07:47:55.928-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Looking beyond...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href=&quot;http://goo.gl/photos/68S5&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear:right;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:1em&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXvGD0g-JpbfEnadpiTULtw7hvzdUEDFQ8Vno2zlREI_t_xtIBeFcUxCAfNPO6n9vTfvq-0hyyLZThDyx3XgxPMVfWVfgB8WO9hocSSc8YmB-2mxypT_3a13R2Iu47Xo38vCUipxJt9Ww/s512/DSC00010.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Last day at Chyron... what lies ahead I wonder???</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybrasstacks.blogspot.com/feeds/8702460574293704750/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8943999342050086835/8702460574293704750' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8943999342050086835/posts/default/8702460574293704750'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8943999342050086835/posts/default/8702460574293704750'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybrasstacks.blogspot.com/2010/09/mobile.html' title='Looking beyond...'/><author><name>Ritin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02391470075554832620</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVtuYt5j-r0_ZVX-jqySKmjmbJoBtAeEW_bS3h6nfONfUQv8thg3Wf8w3EzXF2MLqVnrzNlK6xAMWp3xgfWaFV5EEB_OWdDW5LXLcYPr-6pTHOJthMQsHasSflacOjTA/s220/DSC_0396.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXvGD0g-JpbfEnadpiTULtw7hvzdUEDFQ8Vno2zlREI_t_xtIBeFcUxCAfNPO6n9vTfvq-0hyyLZThDyx3XgxPMVfWVfgB8WO9hocSSc8YmB-2mxypT_3a13R2Iu47Xo38vCUipxJt9Ww/s72-c/DSC00010.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943999342050086835.post-6340922604220539386</id><published>2010-02-19T14:20:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-19T14:21:02.306-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Best way to install TinyOS on Ubuntu...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href=&quot;http://docs.tinyos.net/index.php/Installing_TinyOS_2.1#Two-step_install_on_your_host_OS_with_Debian_packages&quot;&gt;http://docs.tinyos.net/index.php/Installing_TinyOS_2.1#Two-step_install_on_your_host_OS_with_Debian_packages&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybrasstacks.blogspot.com/feeds/6340922604220539386/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8943999342050086835/6340922604220539386' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8943999342050086835/posts/default/6340922604220539386'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8943999342050086835/posts/default/6340922604220539386'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybrasstacks.blogspot.com/2010/02/best-way-to-install-tinyos-on-ubuntu.html' title='Best way to install TinyOS on Ubuntu...'/><author><name>Ritin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02391470075554832620</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVtuYt5j-r0_ZVX-jqySKmjmbJoBtAeEW_bS3h6nfONfUQv8thg3Wf8w3EzXF2MLqVnrzNlK6xAMWp3xgfWaFV5EEB_OWdDW5LXLcYPr-6pTHOJthMQsHasSflacOjTA/s220/DSC_0396.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943999342050086835.post-7477538313035057663</id><published>2009-12-25T12:50:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-25T13:08:14.486-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Ghumsum Ghum"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Illaiyaraja"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Music"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Paa"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Thumbi Vaa"/><title type='text'>Multiple versions of a single tune...</title><content type='html'>Amazing composition by maestro Illiayaraja...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.musicquencher.com/blog/2009/08/25/multiple-versions-of-a-single-tune/&quot;&gt;http://www.musicquencher.com/blog/2009/08/25/multiple-versions-of-a-single-tune/&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybrasstacks.blogspot.com/feeds/7477538313035057663/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8943999342050086835/7477538313035057663' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8943999342050086835/posts/default/7477538313035057663'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8943999342050086835/posts/default/7477538313035057663'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybrasstacks.blogspot.com/2009/12/multiple-versions-of-single-tune.html' title='Multiple versions of a single tune...'/><author><name>Ritin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02391470075554832620</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVtuYt5j-r0_ZVX-jqySKmjmbJoBtAeEW_bS3h6nfONfUQv8thg3Wf8w3EzXF2MLqVnrzNlK6xAMWp3xgfWaFV5EEB_OWdDW5LXLcYPr-6pTHOJthMQsHasSflacOjTA/s220/DSC_0396.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943999342050086835.post-3219470952137714479</id><published>2009-12-25T12:45:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-25T13:07:33.356-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="GRE"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="MS"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="MS in US"/><title type='text'>PhD or MS in US???</title><content type='html'>Nice article. Will surely help u make a decision...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cs.cmu.edu/%7Eharchol/gradschooltalk.pdf&quot;&gt;&lt;cite&gt;www.cs.cmu.edu/~harchol/&lt;b&gt;gradschooltalk&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;b&gt;pdf&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybrasstacks.blogspot.com/feeds/3219470952137714479/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8943999342050086835/3219470952137714479' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8943999342050086835/posts/default/3219470952137714479'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8943999342050086835/posts/default/3219470952137714479'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybrasstacks.blogspot.com/2009/12/phd-or-ms-in-us.html' title='PhD or MS in US???'/><author><name>Ritin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02391470075554832620</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVtuYt5j-r0_ZVX-jqySKmjmbJoBtAeEW_bS3h6nfONfUQv8thg3Wf8w3EzXF2MLqVnrzNlK6xAMWp3xgfWaFV5EEB_OWdDW5LXLcYPr-6pTHOJthMQsHasSflacOjTA/s220/DSC_0396.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943999342050086835.post-2491316144512225366</id><published>2008-09-15T23:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-12-25T13:10:36.989-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dreams"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fantasy"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="thoughts"/><title type='text'>Dreams....</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:lucida grande;&quot;&gt;Dream... a phenomenon that has been there since mankind took its roots. I am sure there is not a single soul in this world who hasn&#39;t dreamt in his entire lifetime... Everyone... from a new born baby to a dying old man has dreams...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A dream is a manifestation of the blend of reality, desires, aspirations, and fear that an individual has...&lt;br /&gt;This can often lead to some funny scenarios, mixing reality or past events in unimaginable ways...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dream is another dimension to life... It is world sans rules, regulations, inhibitions, dogmas, taboos, and all other conventions that govern the real world and help to keep it in balance...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dream on Folks!!! Its fun ;-) ..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybrasstacks.blogspot.com/feeds/2491316144512225366/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8943999342050086835/2491316144512225366' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8943999342050086835/posts/default/2491316144512225366'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8943999342050086835/posts/default/2491316144512225366'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybrasstacks.blogspot.com/2008/09/dreams.html' title='Dreams....'/><author><name>Ritin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02391470075554832620</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVtuYt5j-r0_ZVX-jqySKmjmbJoBtAeEW_bS3h6nfONfUQv8thg3Wf8w3EzXF2MLqVnrzNlK6xAMWp3xgfWaFV5EEB_OWdDW5LXLcYPr-6pTHOJthMQsHasSflacOjTA/s220/DSC_0396.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>