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Saturday, August 2, 2008
Friday, August 1, 2008
Anything for you, ma’am
(This is going to be the belated review of my latest read – “Anything for you, ma’am” by Tushar Raheja)
One fine evening I was sauntering in the bookstore at the Landmark, The Forum, Bangalore. I was looking for books that falls under the genre ‘Memoirs/Autobiography’. Now I am not that interested in reading autobiographies/memoirs of some famous political or business figure. (In fact I was writing a kind of memoir on my life and I was looking for a book that deals with such a subject, which may probably help improve my own writing.)
After hours of fruitless search, I decided to leave. Finally I came across the section on the front of the store where the bestsellers’ were on display and my eyes fell on this particular book, “Anything for you, ma’am” by Tushar Raheja. I took the book in my hands and gently flipped through the pages.
I was greatly surprised by the style of language used in that book. It was written in a colloquial style, in the jargon of a campus veteran. I love this style of English language and one can hardly find books that use this style of writing. And the subject was ‘romantic memoir’ the one I was looking for. I immediately bought the book.
‘An IITian’s love story’ screams the cover page. The writer has a B.Tech., in Industrial Engineering from IIT, Delhi. This is his first book and was published when he was in his final year at IIT. No doubt, the book is now a national bestseller.
The story is about a boy who takes up a journey that involves a lot of risks to meet his love who lives two thousand miles away. The story takes a lot of intriguing turns and twists. In fact the author himself has compared his journey as the Road to Elrado, full of mines.
One should have a lot of patience to sit back, read and enjoy the book. Some of the pages were boring; where I felt that I should stop reading, but as I continued reading I found the book thoroughly enjoyable and fascinating.
The story is well portrayed - you will feel as if you are watching a movie and you get curious – what next? The book pictures the conservative life of the south-Indian, middle-class families and the not so conservative north-Indians.
One can find humour in almost every page, cleverly written – I must say.
The book takes you back to your college days where you are reminded about your pig headed professors and the students who find thrill in breaking rules. It reminds one of what-all happens in a boys’ hostel, the fun and all the joys of a campus life.
Usually they say when a person is in love, he writes poems. The poems and love songs featured in the book will make you laugh out loud at places.
‘Anything for you, ma’am’ – as the title suggests, it is all about a boy who has nothing but the fire to do anything, anything for his love! Rich taste of literature, with references to Shakespeare/Sherlock Holmes makes the book an interesting read. If you are in love, you will appreciate the book even the more.
Despite the subject, I am glad that the story remains clean. Though you will find romance and passion, it won’t be embarrassing to read. The book ends with a Hollywood kind of ending. Yeah, you have guessed it right - lips locked in love.
I don’t want to reveal the plot of the story and create a spoiler for you here. A must read, go grab a copy today and read it for yourself. I give the book a rating of four out of five.
Priced at INR 100, it’s pretty cheap compared to the usually expensive books of this kind. You can read more about the book at the author’s website: raheja.org
samjosh
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Thank you
Thank you guys for downloading Firefox on Late June 17th/June 18th (India) and for helping Mozilla set the world record.
Here, let them say in their own words:
Thanks to the support of the always amazing Mozilla community, we got more than 8 million Firefox 3 downloads in 24 hours. That’s more Firefox downloads than we’ve ever had in a single day -- an impressive feat indeed!
Apart from the features that can be checked out at Mozilla Firefox3 Features, one of the hidden and interesting feature is the ability to drag any image from a website to a folder on your desktop; no need to use save image as.
You can get an official certificate for you to flaunt with, if you are one among those who helped set a Guinness World Record! I have obtained mine, how about you?... Do visit the world-record page to get your own personalized Firefox 3 Download Day certificate.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Firefox3 on June 17th
Firefox 3 is slated to be released on June 17th. This version is said to have 15000 new fixes when compared to it's previous version.
Here is from beltzner for Firefox3:
After more than 34 months of active development, and with the contributions of thousands, we’re proud to announce that we’re ready. It is our expectation to ship Firefox 3 this upcoming Tuesday, June 17th. Put on your party hats and get ready to download Firefox 3 — the best web browser, period.
Thanks: developer.mozilla.org
Well, don't forget the 'Download Day' ! Be a part of making Firefox set the world Guinness record for the Most Software Downloaded in 24 Hours.
samjosh
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Best Firefox Addons
1. WMLBROWSER
Ever wondered how to browse WAP sites through your Web browser?
Here's a little browser tweak for those who dont know.
Install 'wmlbrowser' addon for your Firefox browser. (This wont work on IE of course)
You can get this addon from: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/62
Access your mails Faster and Simpler. Bookmark these url's:
For Yahoo: in.m.yahoo.com
For Gmail: m.gmail.com
2. BETTER GMAIL
Gmail's interface has basic colors. You can apply various skins and experience new look and feel for your Gmail. You can also do various customizations. Worth Trying.
You can download it from: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/downloads/file/29765/better_gmail_2-0.5-fx+sm.xpi
3. PEARL CRESCENT PAGE SAVER
I love this Addon. Its very user friendly, to save a complete long webpage as an image on a single click. Very useful addon for Web Developers as well as Normal users.
4. COLORZILLA
Looks similar to the colorpicker tool that you see on Adobe Photoshop. Very useful to pick colors with their html code from any web page, as well as from the images in them.
5. FOXCLOCKS
Add several clocks with different timezones to the status bar of your browser. Looks cool with several options to specify how the clock appears on the status bar. You can change the format of display. Displays flag of the selected country along with the time. Useful for people doing business for clients around the globe.
6. QuickZoom
Adds to buttons to the status bar of the browser which allows you to ZoomIn and ZoomOut of a page quickly in a single button click. Saves you the trouble of going to View Menu and selecting text size and the size required.
7. FlashBlock
Imagine you are browsing while in your office. And you are accessing your personal mails. Various Flash Advts of scantily clad women appear on those webpages. You don't need to feel embarrassed.
Install this addon. It will block all the flash in your web page. You can choose to play a flash by clicking on the icon over the blocked flash. Very useful one.
And more's coming shortly...
SamJosh
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Connecting PC to Internet through GPRS
Hi everyone out there! Today let’s see how we can browse Internet from a PC through a GPRS enabled mobile phone.
The advantage of Internet through GPRS:
Limitations:
Yes you have said it! Speed. Well when I tested with Airtel’s Mobile Office I could access at an average speed of 5 kbps, which is fairly enough (at least for me) for browsing normal WebPages, checking mails, chatting , automatic updates and smaller downloads.
My Test Environment:
1. Activating GPRS
Contact your mobile network operator to activate GPRS at your number. Airtel provides Mobile Office package for 20 Rs/day unlimited internet usage. To subscribe for a day, sms “MO” without the quotes to 6123. You will receive a sms shortly to tell you that mobile office is active on your number till next day morning 10. If you are using it for the first time, you can send a sms to 222 for the settings or you can configure manually by going to Settings->Connectivity->Data comm->Data accounts->New Account in your mobile phone.
For mobile office, the settings are as follows:
· APN: airtelgprs.com
· Username/Password: NA
· Login Request: Off
· Allow Calls: Automatic
· IP Address: ...
· DNS Address: ...
· Authentication: PAP
· Data Compression: Off
· Header Compression: Off
2. Setting up your PC
a. Download the PC Suite by going to www.sonyericsson.com Choose your phone model and then go to downloads section. Download the latest PC Suite.exe file and save it to your computer.
b. Download Winrar (www.winrar.com) and install it on your PC if you don’t have.
c. Open the Sony Ericsson PC Suite 2.10.36.exe using Winrar, extract it to a local folder
d. Run PCSuite.exe from the extracts.
e. Optionally Run Drivers.exe for necessary drivers.
3. Configuring the PC Suite:
a. Launch the application and connect your mobile to PC through USB cable.
b. The drivers will get installed successfully. If not, follow instructions on “How to connect” from the PC Suite.
c. Select “use phone mode” on your mobile phone.
d. Select “Mobile networking wizard” from the PC Suite.
e. Select View->Full mode
f. Select File->New Connection
g. Select “Packet Switched Data” and click Next
h. Select “Sony Ericsson Device 125 USB WMC Data Modem” (use show all modems)
i. Next, give this connection a name and click Next
j. Check “Use settings from an existing entry in the mobile phone” and next
k. Select “Mobile Office” – This is from the data account settings created in step1
l. Leave username/password empty and Finish
m. Now select your connection on the panel and click “Connect”
Yes! Now you are connected to internet. You can see the upload / download count in bytes with time at the bottom of the panel.
While you want to quit, click on the connection, and “Disconnect”. Exit the PC Suite before disconnecting the cable.
Happy Browsing,
Samjosh
Essential Softwares
When I obtained my new PC, did some serious digging and came up with this list of my favourite applications.
These are essential for my PC and I cannot imagine my PC without these applications.
General:
Media - Basic:
Media - Advanced:
Internet - Basic:
Internet - Advanced:
Firefox Addons:
Java Development:
J2ME Interest:
Web Designing:
And following are the essential Java ME Applications for my Mobile Phone.
Mobile:
Sam Josh
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Life Inspiron
I am blogging after long time... I hope to blog as frequently as I can.
Just wanted to provide you with a quick review on the Dell Inspiron 1525 lappy which I recently acquired. (28-feb/8-mar-08)
Just wanted to provide you with a quick review on the Dell Inspiron 1525 lappy which I recently acquired. (28-feb/8-mar-08)
My Configuration is: Intel Core 2 Duo T5450 | |  |
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Day of Mourning : Uncle DGS passes away...
2 Kings 2:11-12 (King James Version)
And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.
2 Kings 13:14 (King James Version)
Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.
Today Bro.Dhinakaran has gone to be with the Lord. Its really a great loss for us all….
He was a man, who walked with God like Enoch… He brought the light of Jesus Christ into the lives of millions of souls…
No one could fill his place today… Personally, my life and my family exists because of his life, prayer and ministry…
My heart cries for him today… His life speaks to me of the call of God and to have a closer walk with Him…
Heaven would have welcomed him Home today! Jesus would have received him saying, “Well done, my good and faithful servant, Enter into your Master’s rest!”
May God himself grant His peace to his beloved family members!!
With prayers,
Samuel
CBNNews.com - Well-known evangelist DR. D.G.S. Dhinakaran passed away Tuesday at the age of 73.
The long-time friend of The Christian Broadcasting Network and Dr. M.G. "Pat" Robertson is known for huge evangelistic crusades along with his Jesus Calls ministry.
Dhinakaran, considered by many of his peers as the "apostle of this age to India", was known for holding powerful prayer rallies guided by the Holy Spirit, where he'd call out the names of people who were in the crowd, reveal their exact needs, and minister directly to them.
Dhinakaran was joined by Robertson at one rally not long after the beginning of the new millenium in Hyderabad, India, where they ministered to 500,000 people. He also worked closely with Robertson through the years in establishing CBN ministries in India.
The Indian evangelist's biography tells of a 20-year-old young man caught in poverty and unemployment at the point of taking his life. On his way to throw himself in front of a speeding train, he was stopped by his uncle who introduced him to Jesus Christ. He said an immediate peace overwhelmed him, and he went home with hope and a new purpose for his life.
The young Dhinakaran worked at a bank and ended up becoming a top executive for the company. Yet he had a heart for ministry that compelled him to start the Jesus Calls ministry.
Later, he had a vision of the Lord Jesus appearing to him, asking him to train lay people like himself to reach the people of his nation and other parts of Asia with the good news of the Gospel.
Later he started radio and television ministries across India. He also started other ministries related to Jesus Calls ministry, wrote books, and influenced many people in all walks of life for God.
Watch The 700 Club Wednesday for more on the ministry of this man of faith, and for comments by Pat Robertson on the passing of his dear friend.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Do not Hinder...
Seven things that should not be hindered
- Staying at the Cross/ Obeying God/Following and not turning away from God
- Prayer
- The Preaching of the gospel/ Burden for Souls
- Speaking in Tongues
- Prophesying
- Meeting the Believers
- Building of the Church of God
Hindrances for The Preaching of the gospel:
- need of Finances
- need for People / Harvesters
Friday, January 4, 2008
Happy 2008!
Hi, Wish you all a great 2008!
Have a wonderful New Year (2008) with the Lord!
God bless,
samuel