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Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

2010-06-12T22:09:00.000-07:00

Finally got my hands on a 1985 Bullet Standard 350! This beast is the oldest and the coolest bullet i have rode till date :) I am just loving the bike and the ride :D

The saddest part is that i have to give it back after some weeks :( :( :(

Thanks to my dear friend Vanitha for talking to her dad and giving me this bike for some time ;)

Couldn't resist buying this :)

2010-06-01T21:26:00.000-07:00

My hunger for wrist watches starts again! Just could not resist buying this one when i went to check out the availability of a replacement strap for one of my watches :D

Fly me to the moon 3D

2010-05-23T09:27:00.000-07:00

Watched Fly me to the Moon in 3D at INOX Malleshwaram with friends some days back. Lots of stuff to entertain in 3D, at times it looked better than movies that were originally made in 3D as opposed to converting an old 2D movie into 3D.

The movie is a good entertainer and is all about how 3 flies fly to the moon aboard the spacecraft sent on a lunar landing mission :)

The movie also has one of the poorest jokes i have ever heard :P The joke goes something similar to the lines below

Grand Pa: Out of the 5 flies, 3 were women and 2 were men!
Junior Flies: How do you know grandpa?
Grand Pa: Simple! 2 were on vehicles and 3 were on Phone!

I ever tell you I once flew across
the Atlantic Ocean with Amelia Earhart?

  
About a hundred times.

  
You wanna hear it
a hundred and one times?

  
Sure. I love that story, Grandpa.

How to Train Your Dragon 3D

2010-05-15T22:01:00.000-07:00

Wonderful movie. Loved the 3D quality. There were some really cute dragons in the movie ;)

Astrid:
[punches Hiccup]
That's for kidnapping me.
[Kisses Hiccup]

Astrid: That's for everything else.

Wanna go dirt biking? Go to places where BBMP contractors conduct any work...

2010-05-10T12:19:00.000-07:00

Rode straight into a huge mud pile tonight while riding back from office i was almost close to home on the service road stretch from Ganganagar to Hebbal!

Courtesy : The morons who were contracted to fill up the dividers between the highway and the service roads with mud who decided to leave the mud pile without any kind of notification board or any barricades! And these piles were lying there for at least 3-4 days without anyone attending to them.

The road was so low on lighting that the pile appeared as road till just a meter away from it! Luckily i escaped with a minor bruise on the right leg, thanks to the crash guard on my bike and stayed without tripping off from the bike.

At least to save the citizens, BBMP has to order these contractors to urge them to barricade or at least put a sign board or a reflector board or it has to itself put the following board at places which it conducts any kind of work across Bangalore.

Though writing on a bad note, i am happy i have resumed blogging :D

Know your Java @ GIDS

2009-04-24T00:03:00.000-07:00

Posting this from my mobile live right from the J N Tata Auditorium, Indian institute of science, Bangalore where the Great Indian Developer Summit is going on this week. First session was an interesting talk on CLOUD COMPUTING. The second session called ''Know your Java'' by Venkat Subramanian was probably one of the best sessions i have attended till date. It was a highly interactive session and Venkat used a very unique style of presentation which kept the audience enthralled till the end. Venkat also gave away some books to people who voluntreered,

~signing off from my mobile!

Interesting Writings of my Name

2009-03-08T23:42:00.001-07:00

RANGANATH IN BARCODE!

RANGANATH IN MORSE CODE

RANGANATH IN BRAILLE ALPHABET

RANGANATH IN SIGN LANGUAGE

RANGANATH IN MARINE FLAG LANGUAGE

My Car

2008-10-17T02:48:00.000-07:00

Saraswathi Pooja at Home

2008-10-06T23:02:00.000-07:00

Goddess Saraswathi

Today we celebrated Saraswathi pooja at home with the presence of a couple of friends and some neighbors. We somehow managed to do the pooja in spite of the power which kept toggling on and off frequently. The evening was very graceful and calm, i wish we could have it the same every evening. Me and my friends even enchanted some beautiful songs and shlokas on Goddess Saraswathi praying her to bless everyone.

A small set of instruments at home

(Just 1 mridangam, 1 khanjira, 2 acoustic guitars, 1 electric guitar, 1 violin, 1 shruthi box, 1 distortion box, 1 keyboard, 4 shakers, 1 twitter and a mixer, microphone & headphones for recording and mixing)

Saraswathi Pooja at Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan

2008-10-05T19:48:00.000-07:00

Today we celebrated a Grand Saraswathi Pooja at Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan - Bangalore, the institute where i learn Carnatic Vocal under Vidushi Smt. H. V. Gayathri and Mridangam under Vidwan Sri. T. A. S. Mani.

The program had a pleasant start with Pooja of Saraswathi, the goddess of Knowledge! Then came up the beautiful Invocation Song "Dehi Dehi Shaaradaa" which was sung by 8 students of Carnatic Vocal class including me.

The program turned out more meaningful with the speech of our respected chief guest, Hon'ble Justice Smt. Manjula Chellur, Judge, Karnataka High Court. The speech was and motivational in all senses when she mentioned anyone could spend money and become popular in this world, but to become an artiste, one has to be gifted and artists are those special ones chosen by the almighty to spread happiness in this world!

The program continued with our respected chief guest presenting the Diploma Certificates to the students who had passed the exams held in July this year since this was also our Convocation Day as celebrated every year.

It was great to be part of this program and i look forward for the next program to be held most probably in February 2009 on the account of Founder's Day at Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan.

So long gone?

2008-09-30T10:15:00.001-07:00

All off a sudden i remembered that i had a blog ;)

Carnatic Vocal 3rd year results announced!

2008-08-17T22:45:00.000-07:00

The results of my Carnatic Vocal exam for 3rd year i took at Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan, Bangalore were announced today and i secured A Grade :)

This marks my completion of Junior Diploma in Carnatic Vocal at Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan!

My Car

2008-07-27T10:15:00.000-07:00

Carnatic Vocal exam for 3rd year done :)

2008-07-13T22:56:00.000-07:00

Today, I finished my Carnatic Vocal practical exam for 3rd year i took at Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan, Bangalore :)

Carnatic Vocal theory exam for 3rd year done :)

2008-07-06T22:58:00.000-07:00

Today, I finished my Carnatic Vocal theory exam for 3rd year i took at Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan, Bangalore :)

My Car

2008-04-22T22:51:00.000-07:00

Going the ROKR way...

2007-10-15T10:12:00.000-07:00

Finally decided to buy this one since i am used to a touchscreen marvel called Motorola A780 :) This too, like my A780, runs on LINUX ;)

Lost my beloved Motorola A780 today :(

2007-09-13T19:55:00.000-07:00

Today i lost my Motorola A780 while boarding a bus :(

Gokulashtami(Krishna Janmashtami) 2007

2007-09-10T05:24:00.000-07:00

Below are some snaps from the Grand Gokulashtami celebrated at my home on 4th of September 2007.

Divine Grace

Ambegaalu Krishna(Infant Krishna walking on 4 limbs) :)

Was difficult to cover the whole setup in one snap :)

Orkut's look revamped!

2007-08-27T20:51:00.000-07:00

India shows thumbs down to M$ open format

2007-08-27T01:57:00.000-07:00

India has done a great job by deciding to vote a "NO" to Microsoft's OOXML(Open Office Extensible Mark Up Language) document format against the ODF(Open Document Format) proposed by a lot other companies who believe in openness. This war of formats has been going on for several months now. The voting will be held at the International Standards Organisation (ISO) in Geneva on September 2 and about 123 counties are participating in the vote.

Read more on this here.

Orkut celebrates MTV Youth Icon of the Year contest...

2007-08-26T22:52:00.000-07:00

Carnatic Vocal 2nd year results announced!

2007-08-17T21:23:00.000-07:00

The results of my Carnatic Vocal exam for 2nd year i took at Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan, Bangalore were announced today and i secured A Grade :)

Orkut celebrates 60th Independence Day of INDIA

2007-08-15T22:55:00.000-07:00

60th INDEPENDENCE DAY OF INDIA

2007-08-15T07:59:00.000-07:00

Today we celebrate 60 years of Independence in India, the 60th Independence Day...

Happy Independence Day to all the citizens of INDIA living all over the world. I LOVE MY INDIA! JAI HIND!

15th August declared as INDIA DAY in Washington state

2007-08-14T08:00:00.000-07:00

Orkut logo and login page revamped!

2007-08-13T23:46:00.000-07:00

Apple's form factor (R)Evolution

2007-08-12T08:02:00.000-07:00

GMail Woes!

2007-08-04T20:21:00.000-07:00

GMail has started turning weird day by day, If you can check say more than a couple of mails per minute, They feel that you are a MACHINE and are ABUSING their system!

Killer Motivation!

2007-07-23T00:17:00.001-07:00

Project Coordinator!

2007-07-18T02:10:00.001-07:00

aMSN

2007-07-16T13:08:00.000-07:00

aMSN is an free open source MSN Messenger clone, featuring:
» Display pictures
» Custom emoticons
» Multi-language support (around 40 languages currently supported)
» Sign in to more than one account at once
» File transfers
» Group support
» Normal, and animated emoticons with sounds
» Chat logs
» Event alarms
» Webcam support
» History in color
» Ability to autoclose the filetransfer window when it is finished
» New plugins log window (Alt-P)
» Plugins compatible with supported languages
» Faster loading skin window
» Skins in chatwindow
» Resizable chatwindow bottom
» When you add a new user, you can define in which group you want to add them
» When a contact change status, the top of the chat window changes color ( green for away, grey for offline, etc.)
» New panel GUI to alert when there's a new aMSN version
» Possibility to download the new release directly by aMSN
» Automatically update language files and plugins from the web
» New gui for deleting users (also possible to block on deletion)
» Possible to add notes for each user (XML)
» Support for MSN Mobile service
» Tabbed windows so you can group conversations using tabs
» Status is displayed inside a frame, so it won't dissapear when you scroll
» Display picture in notification alert (like MSN 7)
» Statistics for history (logging)
» Now possible to choose any state for your login status (before it was only possible to login invisible or online)
» Timestamping

But that's not all! More features can be added to aMSN with plugins, or for the adventurous, completely change the look of aMSN with different skins!

Checkout the product website here.

Carnatic Vocal exam for 2nd year done :)

2007-07-15T21:21:00.000-07:00

Today, I finished my Carnatic Vocal practical exam for 2nd year i took at Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan, Bangalore :)

One of my most favorite KANNADA song of all times : prEmada hUgAra

2007-07-14T09:24:00.000-07:00

Posters for a Cause : A Blood Donation Camp

2007-07-13T06:01:00.001-07:00

I did a couple of posters recently for a blood donation camp... Finally spent some of my creative time for a good cause :)

Carnatic Vocal theory exam for 2nd year done :)

2007-07-08T11:50:00.000-07:00

Today, I finished my Carnatic Vocal theory exam for 2nd year i took at Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan, Bangalore :)

Google starts "Event Reminders" on Google Calendar!

2007-06-25T20:58:00.001-07:00

Google launched the newly added event notifications feature to "Google Calendar" today! This was one thing missing for a long time and would give Outlook a run for it's Money!

A sample reminder shown 10 minutes in advance!

Fact!

2007-06-13T02:30:00.000-07:00

Ready to Browse the Web in 3D???

2007-06-12T07:53:00.003-07:00

Folks at SpaceTime have stirred up how you browse the Web by offering a free application that lets you browse in 3D! The idea is pretty simple, rather than to have a 2D layout of your browser with tabs all over the place, SpaceTime breaks the "pages" out like a storyboard in 3D space. It's impractical if you're looking at a single page, but if you're doing a search, it'll stack your search hits in 3D thus making it easier to see them all at once. It'll do the same for your eBay searches, letting you browse through photos of the stuff you want to buy.

Cool eh? check it out here!

Penguins have to still wait since at the moment, this application is available for PCs only.

iPhone fever?

2007-06-12T07:52:00.005-07:00

Got iPhone fever? While the only prescription is an actual iPhone, there's a Slide 2 Unlock application for Windows Mobile which should hold you over until the 29th. It is a Windows Mobile start screen application that allows you to swipe your finger/stylus across the screen to unlock the phone, iPhone style. Can be found here!

Apple releases Safari for Windows!

2007-06-11T23:28:00.000-07:00

One more nail on the coffin for M$IE...

The Re-nano titanium iPod nano case, priced at a whopping $800!

2007-06-06T02:00:00.000-07:00

This is one the coolest case for an iPod i have ever seen!

This is really the way to go about differentiating yourself from the white-bud wearing cattle around you... Easy, slip that skinny slab of flash into the massive FACTRON Re-nano case made of solid Titanium, boy. The ¥99,750 (about $818) case made by Kiwami Studios will be available for your $149 nano starting June 5th.

Apple confirms iPhone launch date...

2007-06-06T00:10:00.001-07:00

Just in case you haven't heard the news, Apple finally shouted out the iPhone's release date!

June 29th 2007 is the day when the coolest gadget on the planet hits the shops... I cant wait to get my hands on it!

ThinkFree - The best online office on earth!

2007-06-05T10:50:00.000-07:00

Recently had a look at one of the best Online Office Suites i have ever seen! It's called ThinkFree and it's no exaggeration when they claim it to be the best online office on earth!

Lately, Online office automation is being suggested as the next generation paradigm for collaboration between teams from different geographies and there's already a fierce competition between the biggest companies to dominate this domain! Major players being Google with it's Google Docs & Spreadsheets, gOffice, Zoho Office Suite and Azax13 Suite

Azax13 Suite is rated the best among the lot by ComputerWorld in this article.

Lithium Ion motorbike prototype!

2007-06-05T03:18:00.000-07:00

Tesla Motors has finally resurrected the electric car in screeching sports car form, it's the turn of the motorbike to get all Lithium Ioned up. While it's not the first electric motorcycle, it is possibly the most rough and ready design: if you can afford the $15,000 odd fee for a custom modification, a team at the Electric Motorsport shop in Oakland will take out the nasty engine in your ride and replace it with an array of Lithium Ion batteries. As a prototype, the company created a fully electric version of the Yamaha R1 which has a top speed of 100MPH, a range of 100 miles, does 0-60 in 3 seconds!

Read more on engadget here or here.

On the world's best cruiser...

2007-06-05T02:42:00.000-07:00

On a Royal Enfield Thunderbird...

Intel reveals quad-core laptop chip

2007-06-05T02:34:00.000-07:00

Intel has announced that it is looking forward to quad core laptops hitting the scene throughout 2008. Mooly Eden, GM of Intel's mobile platform group, said that we won't see these quad cores in business class laptops for a while, even being honest enough to admit that there aren't enough multi-threaded applications out there to justify it. Read more on engadget.

Amazing Art on dry leaves...

2007-06-04T03:01:00.000-07:00

Virtual Barber Shop --- Holophonic Sound

2007-06-03T11:21:00.000-07:00

Heard of Binaural Recording?

Binaural recording is a method of recording audio which uses a special microphone arrangement. Dummy head recording refers to a specific method of capturing the audio, generally using a bust.

The term "binaural" has often been confused as a synonym for the word "stereo", and this is partially due to a large amount of misuse in the mid-1950s by the recording industry, as a marketing buzzword. Conventional stereo recordings do not factor in natural crossfeed or sonic shaping of the head and ear, since these things happen naturally as a person listens, generating their own ITDs (interaural time differences) and ILDs (interaural level differences).

Recently some of these recorded audio bits are floating around the internet, so i decided to put them up here for more avilability... Enjoy!

A woman whispering in your ears...

You’ll need headphones for this to work it's magic…
Close your eyes, play along and have a listen to the Virtual Haircut...

A blow dryer to get your hair dried after your virtual hair cut...

This one is similar to the Virtual Haircut its called Cereni Holphonic...

Audio Courtesy : David Heron

Blackle - Energy Saving Google Search

2007-06-03T11:15:00.000-07:00

Amazing new and simple concept in energy saving, apply all your environmental friendly attitude while doing a web search! Use Blackle!

Blackle lays out the functionality of Google's custom search into a beautiful clean black layout which according to them saves a lot of energy! Read more about Blackle here.

BTW, I love Black!

Microsoft is not the real threat

2007-06-03T08:49:00.000-07:00

Mark Shuttleworth of Ubuntu fame feels Microsoft is not the real threat to the open source community! I loved reading each bit of this article and appreciate Mark's thoughts.

Much has been written about Microsoft’s allegation of patent infringements in Linux (by which I’m sure they mean GNU/Linux ;-) ). I don’t think Microsoft is the real threat, and in fact, I think Microsoft and the Linux community will actually end up fighting on the same side of this issue.

The article is a great read, available here.

And I’m pretty certain that, within a few years, Microsoft themselves will be strong advocates against software patents. Why? Because Microsoft is irrevocably committed to shipping new software every year, and software patents represent landmines in their roadmap which they are going to step on, like it or not, with increasing regularity. They can’t sit on the sidelines of the software game - they actually have to ship new products. And every time they do that, they risk stepping on a patent landmine.

So, Microsoft is not the real patent threat to Linux. The real threat to Linux is the same as the real threat to Microsoft, and that is a patent suit from a person or company that is NOT actually building software, but has filed patents on ideas that the GNU project and Microsoft are equally likely to be implementing.

Dreaming of a 9 to 5 Job?

2007-06-03T08:48:00.001-07:00

In your personal life, when attending to business or working on side projects, how often do you spend 8 consecutive hours in front of a computer? It doesn’t make sense because we lose the ability to concentrate effectively within a few hours.

A great read on "Why the 9 to 5 Office Worker Will Become a Thing of the Past".

Read more here.

Doesn’t work that way. If you get paid for your most productive time, you would get paid twice as much. If you would only get paid for 4 hours instead of 8, you would only receive half your salary.

There is no substitution for meeting face to face. Remote work arrangements -never- work out as well as keeping your staff in the office. Even open landscape offices work out much better than offices with a separate office for each employee. Monitoring employees doesn’t work, unless you are keeping slaves in 24h-factories that is.

And the best excerpt i found in one of the comments,

An interview could go like this: “We have selected you because we think you are very good at what you do. Good enough to work here. We have a new project we think is worthwhile doing, and wonder if you are interested in joining a team to participate? We have many talented people working with this technology, and the infrastructure is already in place.”

Chip-like computer module running on Linux

2007-05-04T23:46:00.000-07:00

A company in Bangalore, India, is offering a chip-like embedded computer module that comes with Linux 2.6.19 pre-installed. Eilabs's LinSeed "soft chip" measures 1.2 x 1.6-inches (30 x 40mm) and integrates an ARM9 core, 32MB of RAM, and 16MB of flash memory, among other functions.

Check more details here.

Some Old Indian currency notes...

2007-04-27T02:29:00.000-07:00

Recently came across these while surfing the net casually, some of these are very interesting and artistic :)

A very old One Rupee note

Very old One Hundred Rupees note

An Old Twenty Rupees note of 1901

Twenty Rupees note from 1899

An Old Fifty Rupees note from 1920

Images from NumisWorld

Some more google searches that lead here!

2007-04-09T23:09:00.000-07:00

Check out the list below...

Which google searches lead you to my blog?

2007-04-08T11:23:00.000-07:00

I recently found through a statistics counter that the following searches on google have led users to my blog! Looks like very interesting stuff, especially the links i have highlighted in italics, the best one being the last which returns my blog as the first result!

Rank	Last Date/Time	Referral Site	Count
1	Apr 08, 2007 @ 09:50	Google Search: kualalampur	6
2	Apr 08, 2007 @ 05:01	Google Search: kualalampur airport	2
3	Apr 08, 2007 @ 11:13	Google Search: iphone 360 gallery	2
4	Apr 08, 2007 @ 04:07	Google Search: afterwards mod	1
5	Apr 08, 2007 @ 06:26	Google Search: afterwards mod	1
6	Apr 08, 2007 @ 09:15	Google Search: internal frame substance look and feel	1
7	Apr 08, 2007 @ 10:44	Google Search: computor case mod	1
8	Apr 08, 2007 @ 11:16	Google Search: safari and kannada websites	1
9	Apr 06, 2007 @ 04:31	Google Search: kerala house plans ettukettu	1
10	Apr 06, 2007 @ 06:54	Google Search: treecombobox java	1
11	Apr 06, 2007 @ 07:23	Google Search: iphone official	1
12	Apr 06, 2007 @ 09:26	Google Search: room rules poster	1
13	Apr 06, 2007 @ 10:11	Google Search: cool firefox addons	1
14	Apr 06, 2007 @ 11:37	Google Search: hummer iphone	1
15	Apr 06, 2007 @ 12:36	Google Search: fake profiles on orkut	1
16	Apr 06, 2007 @ 17:03	Google Search: cool firefox addons	1
17	Apr 06, 2007 @ 18:50	Google Search: rules of my room	1
18	Apr 06, 2007 @ 21:24	Google Search: cool firefox addon	1
19	Apr 06, 2007 @ 22:56	Google Search: http://techniche.blogspot.com	1
20	Apr 07, 2007 @ 02:04	Google Search: kualalampur	1
21	Apr 07, 2007 @ 05:27	Google Search: witty room posters	1
22	Apr 07, 2007 @ 05:56	http://www.google.com/reader/view	1
23	Apr 07, 2007 @ 08:52	Google Search: sudden high xp memory consumption	1
24	Apr 07, 2007 @ 09:11	Google Search: kualalampur	1
25	Apr 07, 2007 @ 12:17	Google Search: capture a flag agent	1
26	Apr 07, 2007 @ 13:15	Google Search: rock stage setup	1
27	Apr 07, 2007 @ 13:59	Google Search: cool firefox addon	1
28	Apr 07, 2007 @ 22:45	Google Search: dilbert performance reward	1
Total			35

1-800-Google

2007-04-07T00:52:00.000-07:00

Google finally launched the Google Voice Local Search yesterday!

In the US, 411 is the phone number for local directory assistance, but it's pretty expensive (more than $1). 1-800-FREE-411 is a free service that uses speech recognition to process your request and ads to monetize it.

And the best picture from my Harley Model Garage...

2007-04-03T21:39:00.000-07:00

This is the best and most professional looking photograph from the Garage!

UnPlug : grab any kind of media from web!

2007-04-02T10:20:00.001-07:00

UnPlug in action on a page in YouTube!

I recently came across a cool extension for firefox called UnPlug! UnPlug scans web pages and tells you where media players are getting their data from, and displays it as a simple hyperlink in most cases, you can then follow the simple download link to save the media file.

UnPlug is an extension which lets you save video and audio which is embedded on a webpage - it's a video download tool.

Best Computer case mod i have ever seen!

2007-04-02T07:08:00.000-07:00

It's not often you get to see two obsessive mod cultures properly mashed up together like this!

Centrefold Guitar!

2007-04-02T07:00:00.000-07:00

This one rocks!

According to the DeVillian Guitar company, this portability doesn't come at the expense of quality, with the guitar supposedly staying in tune throughout the whole contortion process, and high-end components used to ensure you'll get your money's worth. We certainly have to hope that's the case, as we'll have to drop a full $3,370 for the pleasure of tossing one of these in the backpack.

Read more about the centerfold guitar. More pictures here.

An aprilfools joke from ThinkGeek

2007-04-02T02:46:00.000-07:00

The Vilcus Plug Dactyloadapter allows anyone to quickly and easily test the working condition of any wall socket. Simply insert the Vilcus into the socket in question... insert two fingers and the use becomes apparent instantly.

But this is only scratching the surface of the device's utility!

Read the complete foolproof product description here ;)

Worlds first Open source Car!

2007-04-02T02:40:00.000-07:00

A group of Dutch researchers recently took the wraps off what they claim to be the world's first open source car, rolling out their "c,mm,n" vehicle (pronounced "common") at the AutoRAI car show in Amsterdam for all to see and potentially modify. While it's not clear if that open sourceness extends to the whole thing running on Linux, you will be able to get your hands on the vehicle's complete technical drawings and blueprints, and of course submit your own tweaks and improvements for others to do as they please with. As it currently stands, the car keeps things environmentally-friendly with a hydrogen engine, and apparently lets "c,mm,n" drivers share traffic information with one another, although that would seem to be be a less than effective solution until folks start modding these en masse.

Read more here!

Google introduces "Gmail Paper"... for April Fools!

2007-04-01T04:29:00.000-07:00

Google today launced Gmail Paper offering you to print a hard copy of your mails free of cost! (A very innovative aprilfools joke as they usually do)
Read more about Gmail Paper here.

The statement for which anybody would fall :)

Everyone loves Gmail. But not everyone loves email, or the digital era. What ever happened to stamps, filing cabinets, and the mailman? Well, you asked for it, and it’s here. We’re bringing it back.

Show a snapshot of your links to your readers...

2007-03-29T03:45:00.001-07:00

Do you want your users to know what content they are going to open by showing a snapshot of it on the mouse over upon links?

Well, Snap is the solution... Snap provides a great feature called Snap Preview Anywhere! which provides high quality link previews for site owners to add an informative and sticky experience for their users. (You can observe the links in this post or on this page! you can actually see a preview of the link if you move your mouse over the small icon next to the link!)

This will definitely keep your users happy by giving them the power to click intelligently and users can browse URLs at a glance, and stay on your site!

Snap Preview Anywhere comes with a simple-to-understand information guide on how to install it on different types of blogs.

The best on a career plan...

2007-03-27T06:29:00.000-07:00

This is one of the best career related strip i have ever seen...

A Tribute to the Patriots...

2007-03-23T05:21:00.000-07:00

Today, March 23rd, India pays homage to the brave freedom fighters Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru on their Martyrdom Day on 23rd March 1931.

Apple Rulez!

2007-03-22T02:23:00.000-07:00

OSX is any day better than anything else!

Image courtesy : The Joy of Tech

The Dream Machine!

2007-03-22T02:16:00.000-07:00

The dream i would love to own some day!

Harley Davidson comes to India ;)

2007-03-21T23:40:00.000-07:00

And Finally!

The much awaited treat for bikers in India...

Harley Davidson is coming to INDIA!!!

Read the complete news story here.

The Harley Revolution Engine

I can't wait for this one...

More links to related stories here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here ;).

Why Change?

2007-03-11T09:10:00.000-07:00

Change is what keeps
us fresh and innovative

Change is what keeps
us from getting stale

Change is what
keeps us young

Change is the only
CONSTANT

And the best of all times...

2007-02-26T01:45:00.001-08:00

Awesome ones...

2007-02-26T01:36:00.000-08:00

Wild Splendor...

2007-02-25T22:48:00.000-08:00

And a HARMONICA....

2007-02-21T02:43:00.000-08:00

Bought a new harmonica since i have lost my old one somewhere in the rubbles of CDs in my room... Playing a harmonica relieves you off some tensions :)

Bought a bongo...

2007-02-21T02:22:00.002-08:00

Bought a new Bongo to crave my desire for Percussion... A Bongo is one of the best instruments to have and percussion rocks!

I miss my school...

2007-02-21T02:22:00.001-08:00

I still feel nostalgic when i pass through the by lanes of Malleshwaram! I miss my school and my teachers who are the sole sculptors of my career today... They made my life, they taught me life... i will cherish these memories for a lifetime...

The best thing they taught me was

"May our learning be illuminative"

With the HUMMER H3!

2007-02-21T02:10:00.000-08:00

Who would not want to own one of these some day?

Where Am I?

2007-02-14T05:20:00.000-08:00

This photo gives me a great feeling that i was floating in space when it was taken!

Harley garage...

2007-02-14T01:16:00.000-08:00

These are some snaps from the Harley Model Bike Garage! on my desktop at office... I bought these bikes during my visit to some places in California and Malaysia.

A modified Harley!

Harley with Flash off and some cool shadow cast over the floor!
(From Big Bear Lake City, California)

Another Chopper!
(From Big Bear Lake City, California)

Rear View!
(From Big Bear Lake City, California)

Macho!
(From Big Bear Lake City, California)

The smaller HotWheels models...
(From Kualalumpur, Malaysia)

Lighter disguised in the form of a Harley! This one emits Flame!!!
(From Kualalumpur, Malaysia)

Another side...
(From Kualalumpur, Malaysia)

Another one in a different color...
(From Kualalumpur, Malaysia)

Duo!
(From Kualalumpur, Malaysia)

What a Pose!
(From Kualalumpur, Malaysia)

Deadly Duo!
(From Kualalumpur, Malaysia)

All members of the Garage!
[From various parts of the world ;) ]

Back at home...

2007-02-13T12:15:00.001-08:00

It was midnight, or early morning 12:45AM when i reached home from Bangalore Airport in a prepaid taxi that i took from the airport. It was almost 2AM by the time i showed off all the stuff i got from California and Malaysia, most importantly the Harley-Davidson model bikes and some HotWheels cars and LEGO building sets i got for my nephew, to my parents and then went to bed.

A HotWheels model stack.

A vintage hotwheels car!

At the Kualalampur International Airport... again...

2007-02-13T05:22:00.001-08:00

Here again i am, At the Kualalumpur International Airport... Using the free WiFi connection in the airport which is provided by the Kualalumpur International Airport itself. I am on my way back to Bangalore from Los Angeles, California via Taiwan and Malaysia, Waiting to board the Malaysian Airlines Flight to Bangalore, India and reach HOME SWEET HOME! ;)

1 hr transit at Taipei...

2007-02-05T19:22:00.001-08:00

A very boring 1+ hour transit at Taipei, Taiwan :(, We had to go through security check twice just to roam around in the Taipei Airport! A very small Airport and nothing much special in the stores within, One interesting thing at the waiting lounge was the disposable paper sachets they provide to drink water!

At the Kualalampur International Airport

2007-02-02T17:17:00.000-08:00

I am currently blogging using the wifi connection at the Kualalampur International Airport in Malaysia! This airport looks great... I have a flight starting in 30 mins from now, flying to Los Angeles through Taiwan!

Will post again if Taipei airport has a wifi connection ;)

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2007-02-01T23:14:00.000-08:00

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Orkut turns 3!

2007-01-29T23:09:00.001-08:00

Today is Orkut's 3rd birthday!

Happy Birthday Orkut!

A cool Firefox addon!

2007-01-29T01:39:00.000-08:00

If you are using Firefox, Just a 38KB download could spice up your tabbed browsing experience!

This cool addon called Tab Effect is compatible with all versions of Firefox right from 1.5. When you switch tabs, it gives you a cube transition as though you are rotating a cube!

The project is officially hosted on SourceForge, and you can find it here.

Java Application Code Now Open Sourced

2007-01-22T11:27:00.000-08:00

"I want to put one nagging item to rest. By admitting that one of the strongest motivations to select the GPL (Gnu Public License, chosen by Sun for the Open Source version of Java software) was the announcement made last week by Novell and Microsoft, suggesting that free and open source software wasn't safe unless a royalty was being paid. As an executive from one of those companies said, 'free has to have a price.' That's nonsense," said Sun President, Jonathan Schwartz.

At Sun, free means free. Open source software makes the Solaris OS the safe, strategic choice for commercial and development use. You can learn more about Sun's commitment to the Open Source community and how it opens doors for you in this month's edition of Tech Corner.

In May of 2006 Sun took a big step. They promised to theTech Corner audience at the JavaOne conference and the global Java development community that they would open source Sun's implementation of the Java technology platform. In the pursuing months, Sun has disclosed crucial details about their open source Java software program progress. And they have addressed the most important question of all - Why open source the Java application code now? Read More.

Long live Quake!

2007-01-20T02:07:00.000-08:00

OpenMoko, the true revolution head on against iPhone with open standards...

2007-01-19T11:05:00.000-08:00

Just a Wow! I am left speechless!

This is something that follows a paradigm painfully different from the one of Apple, pretty much completely opposite of it actually. This phone rivals Apple's iPhone as a technological concept and is yet based on completely open technologies, fully extensible by anyone and fully under control of its user.

Want to know why having an open standards based phone is cool? check here.

The rough specifications are available here.
You can see a feature comparison with the iPhone here.

Windows-Based Installer for Ubuntu!

2007-01-19T10:52:00.000-08:00

Finally, out of the box, there's work going on to make a Windows-based installer for a Linux distro! This has been started with Ubuntu and a prototype version is already available! This will take all the distro makers by storm and i bet within a short span of time all distros will ship a windows based installer in addition to what they currently provide like they did years ago to catch up with the Live CD buzz!

Sun Decides To License OpenSolaris Under GPLv3!

2007-01-19T10:38:00.000-08:00

Sun is all set to license OPENSOLARIS under GPL V3(which itself is yet to be finalized)!

Read it here.

RAILGUN - Inspired by QUAKE!

2007-01-19T09:36:00.000-08:00

Do you remember an awesome weapon called RAIL GUN from all those FPS games you played? I do. I loved fragging my opponents into ashes with a single shot of my rail gun in quake death matches.

Recently found from engadget that US Navy is getting real personal with a realized version of the pixelated rail gun we all love and adore!

Checkout the article here.

Rail gun from QUAKE 4, which inspired US Navy!

Rail gun from QUAKE III

Apple iPhone! - 360 degrees gallery

2007-01-11T03:25:00.000-08:00

The image gallery from Gizmodo can be found here.

iPhone - Official specs released...

2007-01-09T21:59:00.000-08:00

Apple has already released the specs officially just minutes after the Steve Jobs keynote, the specs can be found here.

iPhone! - The Specs

2007-01-09T21:54:00.000-08:00

A MBA and an Engineer - Could not resist posting this... too good...

2007-01-09T12:14:00.000-08:00

A MBA and an Engineer go on a camping trip, set up their tent, and fall asleep. Some hours later, the Engineer wakes his MBA friend.

"Look up at the sky and tell me what you see The MBA replies, "I see millions of stars."

The Engineer asks "What does that tell you?"

The MBA ponders for a minute:
"Astronomically speaking, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets.

Astrologically, it tells me that Saturn is in Leo. Time wise, it appears to be approximately a quarter past three.

Theologically, it's evident the Lord is all-powerful and we are small and insignificant.

Meteorologically, it seems we will have a beautiful day tomorrow.

What does it tell you?"

The Engineer friend is silent for a moment, and then speaks.
"Practically. ..Someone has stolen our tent".

Apple iPhone! - engadget gallery of pics...

2007-01-09T11:46:00.000-08:00

The complete gallery can be found here.

Apple iPhone! announced in Steve Jobs keynote

2007-01-09T11:15:00.000-08:00

The long awaited iPhone was finally announced by Apple today!

PS : photo courtesy : engadget

TechNiche

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

Couldn't resist buying this :)

Fly me to the moon 3D

How to Train Your Dragon 3D

Wanna go dirt biking? Go to places where BBMP contractors conduct any work...

Know your Java @ GIDS

Interesting Writings of my Name

My Car

Saraswathi Pooja at Home

Saraswathi Pooja at Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan

So long gone?

Carnatic Vocal 3rd year results announced!

My Car

Carnatic Vocal exam for 3rd year done :)

Carnatic Vocal theory exam for 3rd year done :)

My Car

Going the ROKR way...

Lost my beloved Motorola A780 today :(

Gokulashtami(Krishna Janmashtami) 2007

Orkut's look revamped!

India shows thumbs down to M$ open format

Orkut celebrates MTV Youth Icon of the Year contest...

Carnatic Vocal 2nd year results announced!

Orkut celebrates 60th Independence Day of INDIA

60th INDEPENDENCE DAY OF INDIA

15th August declared as INDIA DAY in Washington state

Orkut logo and login page revamped!

Apple's form factor (R)Evolution

GMail Woes!

Killer Motivation!

Project Coordinator!

aMSN

Carnatic Vocal exam for 2nd year done :)

One of my most favorite KANNADA song of all times : prEmada hUgAra

Posters for a Cause : A Blood Donation Camp

Carnatic Vocal theory exam for 2nd year done :)

Google starts "Event Reminders" on Google Calendar!

Fact!

Ready to Browse the Web in 3D???

iPhone fever?

Apple releases Safari for Windows!

The Re-nano titanium iPod nano case, priced at a whopping $800!

Apple confirms iPhone launch date...

ThinkFree - The best online office on earth!

Lithium Ion motorbike prototype!

On the world's best cruiser...

Intel reveals quad-core laptop chip

Amazing Art on dry leaves...

Virtual Barber Shop --- Holophonic Sound

Blackle - Energy Saving Google Search

Microsoft is not the real threat

Dreaming of a 9 to 5 Job?

Chip-like computer module running on Linux

Some Old Indian currency notes...

More searches that lead you here, some very strange this time...

Some more google searches that lead here!

Which google searches lead you to my blog?

1-800-Google

And the best picture from my Harley Model Garage...

UnPlug : grab any kind of media from web!

Best Computer case mod i have ever seen!

Centrefold Guitar!

An aprilfools joke from ThinkGeek

Worlds first Open source Car!

Google introduces "Gmail Paper"... for April Fools!

Show a snapshot of your links to your readers...

The best on a career plan...

A Tribute to the Patriots...

Apple Rulez!

The Dream Machine!

Harley Davidson comes to India ;)

Why Change?

And the best of all times...

Awesome ones...

Wild Splendor...

And a HARMONICA....

Bought a bongo...

I miss my school...

With the HUMMER H3!