A little bit of myself and ....

I had notihng 2 do. Kaun banega... Diwali special was looking gr8. suddenly some devil looking lady was chosen 2 accompany a guy. Lost interest....
And I started time passing... I found RSS tutorial, Ajax tutorial and I found this. I hav had the privilage of using and also owning some of Apple's stuffs. To be honest they're umazing, out of the world stuffs. After reading that write up. I felt this guy is doing business with right atitude. Some time ppl find a bug and say 2morrow is the release, so we will fix it on next release. I like his guts, if the write up is to be believed?
But still don't know "whether that guy fixed up all the earplugs?"(business secret huh?). Coz I had problem with my Shuffle ear plugs. I called there customer care and they replaced it with new ones. they didnot even check whether defect exists. ;). If I had 2 buy it wud be nearly 1.2k .
But on the other thought, Stevee had to relaunch himself into the market. Is that why he took some much care? as the write up ends with mention of ill fated iPod Nano which has looooots of customer issue.

Yup! It's called eyeOS. If u have got a web domain with php enabled in it. Then just put the folder(unarchived file which u will have 2 download from eyeOS site) in the DocumentRoot Directory & OS is ready for run.
If u wanna experience it on ur system then download this. Follow the readme instruction, it's very simple. Then start ur Apache, place eyeOS folder in the DocumentRoot and http://localhost/eyeOS/index.php . Things are ready to rock. uuuumazing. It has got very common stuffs like Calendar, Calulator, notepad, phoneBook, Messenger(eMail), commonMessageBoard,trashCan, AddRemovePrograms and internetBrowser(yup it has got a internet browser). This is built on a technology called AJAX . There is whole host of web apps built on it. These are web Apps using JS and XML. [Example: Gmail]. There is host of apps churning out using this technology. There is a ERP pack, CRM pack, watever u think of other than video/music player. Wot say?

Note: I had few problems running it in IE6.0 . It ran flawless in my Mozilla 1.0.6

The title is not quite right over here. It's actually wish, to be precise. But I believe wishes are nothing but wat we dream of... I had small dreamz. But current scenario I doubt it wud come true.
I have this wish 2 buy as much as lands as possible in & around Bangalore. And grow trees in those land(might seem funny). I even found out few species which grow faster, Like Gulmohar(approx 3yrs to fully sprea, even under rigid condition),etc.

Nope I am not willing to do a real estate business in future. Neither these lands, I am gonna buy is gonna be inherited. It will goto charity.

It all started, when I and Mahesh were travelling in the train along the Kerala Coconut Grooves, he told me that every country has to have 33% of it's land to be covered with TREES(greenery) so that there is equilibrium in the Oxygen level(somethin of that sort) and India has got just 13% of forest.
I always see trees been fell. For road widening (eg: Proposed International Airport Rd). For Flyovers (eg: listen 2 RadioCity Jam burster, an' u can locate one). For building houses apartments. Even in recently visited forest, there was this guy who had located a place where the RFO's and his men don't stroll. He cleared many trees( around 60 yrs old ones) and planted Betel Nut trees in a area of 2-3acres. The moment we spoted it, RFO order him 2 restore the natural vegetation else serious action will be taken. Conditions in villages are worst farmers are not geting good money for there crops, so they're all selling there lands to make a living. Instance is my very own birth village. Whole village had sprawling 25acres of dedicated land for farming at one place. It was sold to a factory. Now every house is a small provision store there. Everybody is behind removing trees..Nobody wants 2 plant one.

There are some people like Suresh Heblekar and some more ppl who work towards planting and conserving trees. but it's not enough.

I wanted 2 contribute something to the nature. This is one of my dreamz. Buy lots of Land and grow trees. Just a humble tribute to the nature from my side. The best part of this !dea. NO government , NO politics and NO scams. Very Costly plan 4 a single guy. :D

All these days I was dis-satisfied with the template which Blogger offers.. Cos lot of area is consumed on the left an' right ( I wud say wasted ). Just like a narrow lane, this is the space given for postin. Then I was enlighted by one of the other guys blog who had a very neat design blog which is not listed in blogger template. I googled the webspace and found few outstanding stuffs(stuffs mane templates). I had my req. right in place so I dumped many of them. Finally this was porfect fit 4 my req. and all the side contents went in as menus(thx to CSS & DIV) and looks cool as well. Now I hav soo much space I can sleep with my arms and legs stretched. Yo! Yo!Yo!Yo!Yo!Yo!

ACK: Thankx mahesh for helping me 2 tweaking/fine-tunin up the look and feel

What after petabyte?
http://guymal.com/techCorner/powers.shtml

1. Go to www.google.com
2. Type "failure" (without double quotes) in the search text box.
3. Press "I'm Feeling Lucky" button just next to "Google Search" button.
4. See what happens. Find it out yourself and laugh a lot. (Do not worry, its not going to harm your computer.)

By this I think, Google is tryin 2 convey Peace! ( Did I thunk alot? )

A Mail from a frustrated victim of chain mails:
I wanted to thank all my frens & family who have forwarded chain letters to me in 2002-till_date.

Because of your kindness:

* I stopped drinking Coca Cola after I found out that it's good for removing toilet stains.

* I stopped going to the movies for fear of sitting on a needle infected with AIDS.

* I smell like a wet dog since I stopped using deodorants because they cause cancer.

* I don't leave my car in the parking lot or any other place and sometimes I even have to walk about 7 blocks for fear that someone will drug me with a perfume sample and try to rob me.

* I also stopped answering the phone for fear that they may ask me to dial a stupid number and then I get a phone bill from hell with calls to Uganda,Singapore and Tokyo.

* I also stopped drinking anything out of a can for fear that I will get sick from the rat feces and urine.

* When I go to parties, I don't look at any girl, no matter how hot she is, for fear that she will take me to a hotel, drug me then take my kidneys and leave me taking a nap in a bathtub full of ice.

* I also donated all my savings to the Amy Bruce account. A sick girl that was about to die in the hospital about 7,000 times. (Poor girl! she's been 7 since 1993...)

* I went bankrupt from bounced checks that I made expecting the $15,000 that Microsoft and AOL were supposed to send me when I participated in their special e-mail program would arrive soon.

* My free Nokia phone never arrived and neither did the free passes for a paid vacation to Disneyland.

* Still open to help some from Bulgaria who wants to use my account to transfer his uncle property of some hundred millions $.

* Made some Hundred wishes before forwarding those Ganesh Vandana ,Tirupathi Balaji pics etc.. now most of those 'Wishes' are already married(to someone else)

Njoy Maadi. Also learn something out this. There're some constructive ways of using the chain mail. That's when somebody needs Blood/Kidney/Some help.... If this continues even those mails will b considered fake.

Viral Fever - has become a buzz word in my life.
It all started 3weeks back, b4 continuing I am alergic to dust, even minutest(exaggeration) dust can trigger cold 2 me. coming back I caught cold. Now the dilemma to me and my doctor(DR) is 2 find out wat is the cause of the cold? Is it dust-allergy/infection/Sinus(I got that as well)?
So my DR rolls-up his sleeves and start the experiment on me. Gives me first corse of medicine if cured good else story continues untill I am cured. Sometimes I recall wat I had done wud tell him the cause.
This time it was Viral Fever, I missed 2 tell my DR that I didnot sleep for 4nights continues. Don't know the cause(I tried a lot 2 get sleep n was left waiting 2 go into sub-concious). On the final visit, I mentioned this 2 him. He said "Son, u hav bn blessed with VIRAL FEVER". Some how I got cured and spent a Happy week.
Bangalore has become so very unpredictable climatically, the fate bestowed it unluck on the me on wednesday. Had gone 2 meet a frend and it seemed like no-rain situation and then suddenly it showered soo heavily that I got drenched in seconds. I met my DR this time I had listed the symptoms and Dr gave the medication and told VIRAL FEVER again. On my way 2 recovery.. Lemme see when is the next MUHURAT. It's become something like "Coming soon near to u".

Faith - I loved the the way the subject in question is analysed.
An atheist professor of philosophy speaks to his class on the problem science has with God, The Almighty. He asks one of his new students to stand and.....
Prof: So you believe in God?
Student: Absolutely, sir.
Prof: Is God good?
Student: Sure.
Prof: Is God all-powerful?
Student: Yes.
Prof: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to God to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But God didn't. How is this God good then? Hmm?
Student: (Student is silent.)
Prof: You can't answer, can you? Let's start again, young fella. Is God good?
Student: Yes.
Prof: Is Satan good?
Student: No.
Prof: Where does Satan come from?
Student: From...God...
Prof: That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?
Student: Yes.
Prof: Evil is everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything. Correct?
Student: Yes.
Prof: So who created evil?
Student: (Student does not answer.)
Prof: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don't they?
Student: Yes, sir.
Prof: So, who created them?
Student: (Student has no answer.)
Prof: Science says you have 5 senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son...Have you ever seen God?
Student: No, sir.
Prof: Tell us if you have ever heard your God?
Student: No , sir.
Prof: Have you ever felt your God, tasted your God, smelt your God? Have you ever had any sensory perception of God for that matter? Student: No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.
Prof: Yet you still believe in Him?
Student: Yes.
Prof: According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science says your GOD doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?
Student: Nothing. I only have my faith.
Prof: Yes. Faith. And that is the problem science has.
Student: Professor, is there such a thing as heat?
Prof: Yes.
Student: And is there such a thing as cold?
Prof: Yes.
Student: No sir. There isn't. (The lecture theatre becomes very quiet with this turn of events.)
Student: Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don't have anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat, but we can't go any further after that.There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it. (There is pin-drop silence in the lecture theatre.)
Student: What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?
Prof: Yes. What is night if there isn't darkness?
Student: You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light....But if you have no light constantly, you have nothing and it's called darkness, isn't it? In reality, darkness isn't. If it were, you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn't you?
Prof: So what is the point you are making, young man?
Student: Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.
Prof: Flawed? Can you explain how?
Student: Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue there is life and then there is death, a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, science can't even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life: just the absence of it. Now tell me, Professor. Do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?
Prof: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of course, I do.
Student: Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?
Prof: (The Professor shakes his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument is going.)
Student: Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavour, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but a preacher?
Prof: (The class is in uproar.)
Student: Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor's brain?
Prof: (The class breaks out into laughter.)
Student: Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's brain, felt it, touched or smelt it?.....No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable protocol, science says that you have no brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?
Prof: (The room is silent. The professor stares at the student, his face unfathomable.)
Prof: I guess you'll have to take them on faith, son.
Student: That is it sir.. The link between man & God is FAITH. That is all that keeps things moving & alive.

Njoy Maadidra?
Philosophy and Psychology are my fave subjects.

On Thursday, I witnessed my first STAGE PLAY, of my life. It was named "Kalinga" (remember Ashoka and his laat war of his life... Ya! that's right). This play was held @ RangaShankara. Ppl say one of the hubs in Bangalore which is keeping stage plays alive. The reason for me 2 go watch it was one of my recently made friend, was acting in it.
Play was all abt Ashoka's personal life and how he succeded his Big Bro and how he attacked KALINGA. Main catch was the creativity which the director had, I was just amazed @ it. The Kalinga war is fought by those FOUR LIONS which depicts Ashoka's Symbol( the one on top of vidhana soudha). Ashoka is standing in the middle of those lions. These lions die during the course of the war.Ashoka is touched by the grief of children/widows. Then BUDDHA enters and transforms Ashoka. It's like Ashoka's Mind was ruled by these lions, once they're dead. He is become a normal human being who can understand the situation, thus follows Buddha's words. Amazing.
There were around 350ppl gathered up,which made the hall full. So many were left dis-heartened who didnot get the tickets. There was no mic used. Still the dilaogues and songs(it was 75% musical and 25% dialogue based play) were audible pretty clear... kudos to the acoustic work. The different modes of main characters where depicted by backstage lighs which used 2 change as the mode of the character.
But still I wanna experience a contemporary subject based play, which doesnot hav music and has lots of dialogues. New hobby beginin for me.
This Play was part of Young Director's festival. Yesterday was the results. But They hav postponed it 2 next week(I thought will post it along with the result). Hope this guy wins, if he is the best.