anubhav

My heart for you

2020-11-07T20:13:00.001-08:00

I can never love you enough, for all the love you have given me

I find it hard to make amends to the heart you set free

I respect you and love you beyond time

I will be there for you beyond every rhyme

Everytime I see myself in a mirror,

I will see a familiar figure

Standing beside me, holding my arm

Sharing her love with me and bringing her charm

The woman who my heart goes out to completely

The woman my heart knows as its own very sweetly.

We need to step back and relook at the choices we make everyday

2020-04-19T03:42:00.000-07:00

Hi All,

Yeah its been a while - 8 years!

Our ancestors (parents, grandparents, etc) have had immense knowledge (given we always tend to agree everything came from our Granthas / Bible / Quran / etc) and tried hard to regain it by relearning using modern processes and technology. In this process they have faced and resolved issues around possibilities and capability. Since we have been brought up watching them, growing around them – our brain tricks us into identifying those challenges are as real in today’s world as they were in their (I could cover that in more detail of course on the why or which part of our brain, but I will not dig into details since this is long enough below 😊).

Take a step back, imagine doing algebraic calculations at blazing speeds in your mind / implementing a powerful models / auto-learning algos (Shakuntala Devi for instance and the recent addition of Om Dhumal). In the early 2000’s imagine doing manual testing (which was a serious pain I have personally lived to tell tales of), manual deployment (good enough for giving development teams nightmares back then) for every piece of now considered simple code (writing which too was a task worthy of applause – given the Intellisence was a mess).

Before we go further, please be assured most of those from a world perspective stand resolved and are underway implementation phase. Let us put our heart at rest / ease and think for a moment we have our ancestors / parents to already thank for the birth of machines, robots, AI, and much more which enable us to do things our previous generations struggled to do everyday.

The major issue we as humans have stood against well in the past but no so much in recent times (and evidence being closer than ever - 1 cm right outside our door in the air even) is of education and understanding + implementation of making the right choices. Choice to do good, choice to do things to create balance. This is also directly related to what Dr. A.P.J. Kalam said on multiple occasions – “Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is beauty in the character. When there is beauty in the character, there is harmony in the home. When there is harmony in the home, there is order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world.”.

Since we are starting to see such quick restoration of world (which seemed impossible to us an year back), it should do more to spark and motivate us into making right choices about ourselves, our families and our environment. I think one of the very important things we can, and definitely need to do as a controlled step / low hanging fruit for us right now, is make a choice of right sleep. Having a carefully planned and sleep cycle is one of the fundamental things we must teach ourselves and our families. This will lead to spreading happiness and utilizing our time better in this unpresented times.

Also, since work hours are now crazier than ever before (given most of us start work early and end late), I present to you a scientist’s thought on the matter - Matt Walker - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sleep-is-your-superpower-matt-walker/id160904630?i=1000437734967.

I got recently encouraged by a great man (yeah you know who you are) to start and re listen to something I used to listen to 15 years back – podcasts (which were at that time concentrated on simpler goals – such as the daily news / radio). Hoping this one would impact you to make right choices like it has for me.

Baba O'Riley

2012-03-23T01:35:00.001-07:00

Baba O'Riley - Rich string quartet.

My god these people make awesome music. I would love to see a big violin played by someone who knows his way around a violin anytime now.

If you are reading this, you should as well listen :).

Information to know when visiting Lucknow

2010-11-21T09:00:00.001-08:00

For all you lovely people coming to the wedding.. There is some information you should have a look at:

https://sites.google.com/site/anubhavwedsniks/information-to-carry-to-lucknow

India Risen

2010-11-09T06:22:00.000-08:00

It is not just a dream anymore, but a fact. India has risen to the levels where America needs India for its support, for information and for technology. We are not only an economic superpower, but chief innovators of the 21st century.

I was going through Barack Obama's speech today at http://www.freakygossip.com/2010/11/barack-obama-momentous-speech-video-indian-parliament/

I heard stuff like Martin Luther King, Mahatama Gandhi, the power of zero. As we used to say as kids, the Americans are trying to boost our Ego to get stuff done. We are not still happy with the increase in prices of visas for IT people. It is a bad move and the United States of America will be held responsible for their jobs by many Indians. It is the unsaid story of our guys. The President of India may or may not be moved too much by the increase in prices, but we for sure are.

Also, we will not let America dominate and do what it feels like again. We have fire in our hearts and blood to kill people who taste it!

Life is not fair, but who wants it to be!

2010-10-28T13:21:00.000-07:00

Well as we all say, life is not fair. It shows us stuff at times that is plain out of the world. And at other times, things we know and what have been really scared of.

We must learn to accept the things we have been scared of and justify to ourselves if what we are doing feels right at a basic level, before doing it.

If it does feel right, then we are to be bold enough to support our decision, keeping in mind that we must learn and unlearn new things on the road to reaching our goal.

Dont let learning or unlearning sway you away from the goal, as that is what will drive home the happiness and joy you want actually.

2012

2010-03-13T10:55:00.001-08:00

The Mayans say that 2012 is a point of evolution, not destruction.

in reference to: http://www.13moon.com/prophecy%20page.htm (view on Google Sidewiki)

2012? end of days??

2010-03-13T10:44:00.001-08:00

What is the year 2012? Is it the year of revelation/end of days/renissance? What have the world leaders feared most? Why is this year part of all spiritual scriptures? Is it time for all to say kum-bie-yah and brace for the inevitable? Let's try and answer some of that.

Do you remember the end of world war II? What was the outcome?

Its simple - While the United Nations was established to foster international cooperation and prevent future conflicts, the Soviet Union and the United States emerged as two rival superpowers. Ref. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II

What has America done to mantain its dominance? What were the challanges it faced?

America has been a nation that dominated the world war II by sheer force. Force comes at a highly expensive cost - technology, infrastructure, communication, advanced weaponry, defence trainings, assault missions, etc.

How has it funded these operations in the past?

The wealth America obtained was basically by pushing one country against the other - always. Taking someone's side, biasing the policies and decisions of the UNO, getting financial aid, using it to develop methods to be ahead of the race. America used to manufacture the highest number of millitary supplies to the rest of the world - just to keep them protected! This in turn generated huge funds which America could play with. The dominance America maintained over the nations showed right from the way the American president shook hands with the British Queen after the world war, to the way America charged over Iraq. Terrorism has been always led by american ideas at some point. People watced war moviews and read novels to understand the tactics people used to gain supremacy in the world war and the American ways of survival.

What was the move that America made wrongly?

America started depleting in resources and then saw that there was cheap labour available in the world. India and China provided a workforce that was much more economical compared to their own workforce. They resorted to means such as improving technology and trying to sell technology to the world, and trying really hard to be the superpower in that domain, and capture the markets again. They were able to withhold their technical stronghold but with rising deficit in the world markets.

It is this factor that pushed them to either decline their dominance or get more money somehow. The money markets transferred towards Europe because Russia was no longer a unified country. It was no more USSR but many Russian countries with seperate policies and seperate leaders with no unified government capable of taking over power. Meanwhile, the prices for the prishable natural resource - oil had gone up worldwide to above a staggering 130 dollars, ref. http://www.oilnergy.com/hpix/2opostm.gif, the highest in known man history. This propelled the president of the United States to attack the biggest natural oil resource known and take dominance of the oil resources on the pretext of removing terrorism from that land. It attacked Iraq by force in an act of sheer dominance and heartless killings being only greedy for the money due to the oil it will gain after. That led to unrest among the entire world thinking that if America could order a strike on Iraq, then any nation in the world could be next. People started moving against the Americans - Indians struck first blood in 2005 by starting a movement to actually take over the american dominance. Ref. http://www.expressindia.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=43057.

What is the most possible outcome?

http://www.13moon.com/prophecy%20page.htm. Most possibly 2012 is the date when the world markets will collapse, bringing about a new world order and ruling central currency. It is not the end of days for sure.

To make changes after the machine.config changes

2010-02-16T11:14:00.001-08:00

http://blogs.msdn.com/tmarq/archive/2007/07/21/asp-net-thread-usage-on-iis-7-0-and-6-0.aspx

Canchange MaxConcurrentRequestsPerCPU in regedit and it will improve perf.

in reference to: Thomas Marquardt's Blog : ASP.NET Thread Usage on IIS 7.0 and 6.0 (view on Google Sidewiki)

Check out Save Our Tigers | Join the Roar

2010-02-11T09:36:00.001-08:00

Title: Save Our Tigers | Join the Roar
Link: http://gotaf.socialtwist.com/redirect?l=369737703257354656611

Thats what God does

2009-09-15T11:29:00.000-07:00

I was thinking.. what does God do after all. I thought of a plan to see.. and here are the results.

my thoughts.. little philosophy

2009-08-16T14:12:00.000-07:00

Sometimes in life.. things on your to-do list get so huge, things get so out of control. Actually it happens more than sometimes in lots of lives. The best part in life is, it is important to do your to-do list, but its still just important. Living your life is necessary. Doing things on your to-do list will help you accomplish those dreams a little easier. Earning money to get to your potential pream is no more a stressful itenary on your list to spend time. Now you have a group of high networth professionals, ready to spend money to save their time. Time and food now are the highest rated items on everyone's buy list. I need more time to do more and more things everyday. It seems time is crunching the best of me in a very small enclosure. I will not let it do that. My time is precious not to those who care for and love me, but for those I am willing to compromise everything in my life for. I am not the alpha user or beta user of all products launched, I am a consumer, I am a developer of alpha and beta test products, and I am a software engineer. I am Anubhav Agarwal. I have rediscovered myself.

perfect

2009-06-01T16:27:00.001-07:00

Nothing is easy to make perfect, the trees, the leaves, the drops of water falling from the heavens, all take their own time to become perfect. But somethings in life always seem so perfect, it seems as though they were completely crafted according to what we require and ask for the most. Here's to those few things in life, that make it perfect:

Somethings should not be harmed, and one of them is you,
Sometimes I get sad, and the shining ray of hope becomes you.
It is so surreal, so complicated, but yet simple and true.
It is the most wonderful feeling to be thinking about you.

You could take the shape of any fruit, any tree, even the sky that is still so blue,
I am enthralled to be living in an era with somethings having with you many equalities,
Perfect as they all are, they each have their own qualities,
But you are a class apart from everything, and I am glad to be related to you.

I tried to make the first four lines a couplet, and the remaining a sonnet. No clue how well it worked though :).

Pretty schoolkid types I know, but thats for starters, I'll write in properly sometime later soon :P. Probably at a time when I have something I want to write about that is not so kid like :).

Poem Writing

2009-05-08T01:26:00.001-07:00

I recently realized that I have an amazing potential to write poems. Will be writing one shortly: It's on my To do List :)

MS makes a victory in its run to code

2009-03-18T23:35:00.000-07:00

Microsoft launches IE8 final code today
Sets start time at 9 a.m. PT for its newest browser
Gregg Keizer

March 19, 2009 (Computerworld) Microsoft Corp. will release Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) at 9 a.m. PT today, beating its biggest rival, Mozilla Corp., in the race towards final code.

The new browser (see Computerworld's review) will be available for manual download from the company's Web site, the hour selected to coincide with a keynote address at MIX09, the Microsoft-sponsored Web developer conference where IE8 will be introduced, said James Pratt, a senior product manager on the IE development team.

"We'll be launching IE8 RTM [release to manufacturing] in 25 languages for Windows Vista, XP, Server 2003 and Server 2008," said Pratt.

Windows 7 users, the vast majority of them running the beta that debuted Jan. 10, will not see the final version of IE8 until Microsoft delivers the next public milestone of the operating system, Pratt said. He declined to promise that the final bits of the browser would make it into the Windows 7 release candidate, which Microsoft has strongly hinted will be offered to the general public. "But that would be ideal," he said.

People already using an earlier version of IE8 -- Microsoft issued two betas and one release candidate in the last 12 months -- will be offered the final code via Windows Update "over the next couple of weeks," said Pratt. "We want them to have the most up-to-date version."

At some still-unspecified later date, Microsoft will "switch on" IE8's automatic download and installation through Windows Update for people running the older IE6 or IE7 browsers. In January, the company posted a tool kit that corporate IT administrators can use to block IE8's installation when Microsoft pulls the Windows Update trigger.

Pratt was confident that Microsoft's servers would stand up to the expected load when users start hitting its site for IE8 today. In January, Microsoft had to postpone, then restart, the launch of Windows 7's public beta after the crush overwhelmed its servers. "An operating system and browser are different-sized packages," he noted. "We've had lots of experience releasing browsers, and I'm confident that it will be available to all users who want it."

As the company promised last November, Microsoft used what was for it a faster-paced development cycle near the end, sticking to its promise then to issue just a single "release candidate" build, which it did in late January 2009, before moving on to final.

But that doesn't mean Microsoft has its foot on the gas. "We are very deliberate in how we release a product," Pratt said, when asked whether Microsoft would pick up the pace to match the faster cycles of some of its rivals, such as Mozilla and Google Inc. "When we build a browser, we have to balance the needs of a number of customers," he added, including enterprises that are traditionally loath to change software.

Ironically, the slower Microsoft beat the nimbler Mozilla in the race to the next major upgrade. Mozilla has had to postpone Firefox 3.5, formerly called 3.1, several times over the last eight months and has yet to issue a release candidate.

Even so, Mozilla welcomed the IE8 launch. "We're happy to see that Microsoft is not standing still," said Mike Beltzner, the director of Firefox. "But we're not standing still either. Browser makers have to keep up [because] people expect more of the Web today."

IE8 will be available from Microsoft's main download center, and from the page specific to Internet Explorer 8.

do the hoe down.

2009-03-11T08:55:00.000-07:00

In case you believe you are an accomplished dancer, try doing this. You'll enjoy it if nothing else.

In case you believe you are not a great dancer too.. well this song is for people from 5 to 85.. so i guess you should fit somewhere in there :).. enjoy. Boom boom clap. boom. de clap de clap. Boom boom clap. boom. de clap de clap. Boom boom clap. boom. de clap de clap.

Billy Ray Cyrus rocks as always :) he's the real good influence behind Miley Ray Cyrus :)

Benji Schwimmer

2009-03-07T04:29:00.000-08:00

Among the many things we love this guy for, incredible talent seems to top everyone's list.

One step in this video is a perfect example of efortless. I mean the hip hop guys of the movies suck in front of this step. Watch carefully. You'll know which one i'm talking about :)

Led Zep

2009-03-05T12:27:00.001-08:00

This dood rocks.

Aisha Tyler

2009-03-05T11:22:00.001-08:00

This video makes paolo fansisco look like a midget :). This girls gotta larger view on life. Obviously. Full on comedy :). Especially if you have drunk something good just now :)

How to Watch: Click on the link Aisha Tyler below. New window opens up. Click on the red play button and then green play button in the video. Refresh the screen to stop one part and watch the next.

Great tip: Let the video load, start playing it. When you realize that its fully loaded, go offline and watch the rest. The site has a limit of 72 minutes watching for the non-premium members. So the message to stop playing it will only appear when they realize that you have watched 72 minutes, which wont happen cause you are offline :)

SlumDog Millionaire

2009-03-05T11:00:00.000-08:00

How to Watch: Click on the red play button and then green play button in the video. Refresh the screen to stop one part and watch the next.

Great tip: Let the video load, start playing it. When you realize that its fully loaded, go offline and watch the rest. The site has a limit of 72 minutes watching for the non-premium members. So the message to stop playing it will only appear when they realize that you have watched 72 minutes, which wont happen cause you are offline :)

Watch Slumdog Millionaire Part 1:

Watch Slumdog Millionaire Part 2:

I'm just too wrapped up in work mostly

2009-03-04T07:21:00.000-08:00

Generally did I ever make an appointment with you, maybe travelling to bangalore, or meeting you in amsterdam, or maybe even in ny. I apologise. First of all thanks to the series of unprecedented events in my life, starting with the american banks, my company has put its salary slips in the defensive mode, hence I am stripped of the extra cash I could have accured and hence travelled(Sounds to me like a swell crib already :), but the list goes on..). Second, thanks to my lack of studies so far, I have not cleared any good college in or around bangalore (IIM being my preference there. I got a call from allianz, blr, but I din go for the gd. Too bad a situation to ride out for a job again next year or maybe even after that.) And last but not the least.. I'm on a quest that does not encompass anything to do with bangalore right now(And if you are smart enough you have caught very correctly what I was trying to inculcate).

For the abroad part. Simple and easy excuse. Getting a visa got tougher. I still want to travel and meet you people, but no time. As for my friends in the U.S. I'm sure you are not reading this. In case you are, I would recommend not thinking about me for a while. I might be travelling, but thats a nigh negligible possibility, considering recession and my profile in my company. Its just been 1.5 years fr christ sakes. As they say here it is hard to make a person travel before two years. Although I still conteplate on why and how my colleagues who joined with me have just returned from trips to Canada, the U.S. and Europe.

Oh and yeah.. for the friends who I drank alcohol wityh.. if you are reading this, please understand that i've been off the bottle for some time now and next time we meet, do not expect me to drink like I once used to :).

The dancing's still happening. Only a lot lesser though. Wonder what will happen after I get booked :).

Outlook on life

2009-02-18T08:22:00.003-08:00

EA Sports is developing a lot of good games nowadays. I am personally a fan of the football games they make. There is one game I recommend people to play to gain an experience of what life has in store for them. Its called Sims 2. Its a real life simulation of people and their daily lives. Right from going to a new place, getting settled, and then making friends, getting a job, falling in love, marriage, kids, their troubles, etc. Its a lil long but its worth it. At least it prepares you for life and what it holds in store for you. Just the other day I had this colleague who told me that I had no experience of raising a baby girl and what problems/issues are commonly observed. I can now proudly say. I can now proudly say I know what its like to raise a baby girl. Sounds like an advertisement. Well the sad part is that I am not getting paid to say this. But its true for certain. For all my friends who are struggling to understand - how to keep their marriages going. Play this game before you experiment in real life. I lost hope at the part I had to raise a child in the game.

This is a small code but helps a lot

2009-02-18T08:22:00.001-08:00

For all ppl who want to find out how to validate e-mail addresses visit here

Changes made to deploy ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX 1.0 control in MOSS 2007 application

2008-12-30T06:40:00.000-08:00

- Downloaded ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX 1.0 extentions from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ca9d90fa-e8c9-42e3-aa19-08e2c027f5d6&DisplayLang=en

- Downloaded ajax.config feature and from http://www.codeplex.com/features/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=2502

added and deployed wsp and activated ajax.config feature on necessary web application.

-Made a web part

using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Xml.Serialization;

using Microsoft.SharePoint;
using Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls;
using Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages;
using System.ComponentModel;

using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Collections;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;

namespace CompanyName
{
[XmlRoot(Namespace = WebPartConstants.WEBPART_NAMESPACE), DefaultProperty(WebPartConstants.DEFAULT_XML_ROOT_PROPERTY)]
public class TestWebPart : Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.WebPart
{
public TestWebPart()
{
this.ExportMode = WebPartExportMode.All;
}
protected override void CreateChildControls()
{
//EnsurePanelFix();
this.Controls.Add((UserControl)Page.LoadControl("~/_controltemplates/CompanyName/TestControl.ascx"));
}

/*protected override void OnLoad(EventArgs e)
{
base.OnLoad(e);
// Register the ScriptManager
ScriptManager scriptManager = ScriptManager.GetCurrent(this.Page); if (scriptManager == null)
{
scriptManager = new ScriptManager();
this.Controls.Add(scriptManager);
}
}*/

/*private void EnsurePanelFix()
{
if (this.Page.Form != null)
{
String fixupScript = @"
_spBodyOnLoadFunctionNames.push(""_initFormActionAjax"");
function _initFormActionAjax()
{
if (_spEscapedFormAction == document.forms[0].action)
{
document.forms[0]._initialAction =
document.forms[0].action;
}
}
var RestoreToOriginalFormActionCore =
RestoreToOriginalFormAction;
RestoreToOriginalFormAction = function()
{
if (_spOriginalFormAction != null)
{
RestoreToOriginalFormActionCore();
document.forms[0]._initialAction =
document.forms[0].action;
}
}";
ScriptManager.RegisterStartupScript(this,
typeof(TestWebPart), "UpdatePanelFixup",
fixupScript, true);
}
}*/

}
}

-Made a user control

--- ascx file---------
<%@ Control Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="TestControl.ascx.cs" Inherits="TestControl_TestControl" %>
<%@ Register Assembly="System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"
Namespace="System.Web.UI" TagPrefix="asp" %>

---code file----------
using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Collections;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;

public partial class TestControl_TestControl : System.Web.UI.UserControl
{
protected void TimerFunc1(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
newLabel.Text = DateTime.Now.ToUniversalTime().ToString();
}
}

- Modified masterpages. Added scriptmanager control in the masterpage right under the webpartmanager tag. Set EnablePartialRendering to true and set SupportsPartialRendering to true in the asp:Scriptmanager tag. Removed return from onSubmit in form tag.

- Added web part on a page.

- Ajax worked!!

Web Part Lifecycle

2008-12-11T08:05:00.001-08:00

Following is the series of events which occurs for every web part on the page.

1. protected override void OnInit(EventArgs e)
2. protected override void OnLoad(EventArgs e)
3. protected override void CreateChildControls()
4. protected override void LoadViewState(object savedState) //Only at Postback
5. protected override void OnPreRender(EventArgs e)
6. protected override void Render(System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter writer)
7. protected override void OnUnload(EventArgs e)
8. public override void Dispose()