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Reflecting back on the year

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Another year is coming to an end and the best thing to describe my state of mind right now is " LOST ". With the Long road to ruin by Foo Fighters playing in the background its not really helping. The past 3+ years have been nothing short of a roller coaster ride. Am still not sure what I want to do and where I want to go in life. Most people seem to know and have a clear direction by this age but seems like I need a little more time to understand things in life. I have learned a lot over the years yet there is something that I seem to be missing. I almost feel like the ranting swede (A character on Sheep In The Big City ). But thats another post altogether. Coming back to the year gone by it been an interesting year, getting rid of the extra baggage I was carrying over the last few years. I know all this sounds cryptic but I really cannot help it. Hoping for a change and something new and interesting in the coming year. Thinking of technology this year there were a lot

Strange and funny day

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The moment I woke up I had so much that I had thought I would complete by the end of the say. Surprisingly the day turned out a lot different than I had expected. I did not work as I had planned but I met a friend and it felt refreshing and have no idea how the day went by. At first I thought that I would complete one of the many projects that are stuck up in my head. If nothing else I wrote like three blog posts today and that in a weird way is an accomplishment none the less. This week has been strange in every possible sense. My phone did not ring nor did I get any random messages. My inbox was empty and there were hardly any mails, no spam either. It felt like I was being ignored :) by the spammers also. And today all of a sudden I talked to a few friends and my inbox had quite a few messages but thankfully no spammer sent me a mail.

Welcome or Taare Zameen Par

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I am not really a movie buff but after sitting and watching two movies over the week, it was more than necessary to write about it. The first movie I saw was " Taare Zameen Par " and the second was Welcome . Both are bollywood movies but both were the exact opposite of each other. I enjoyed watching Taare Zameen Par 'cause of the way the story was and also the music was pleasing. The second movie Welcome was a train wreak at best. It was a torture to watch that pathetic movie, and it just made me question if I had lost my sense of humor. Many people seemed to enjoy the movie but I felt it was completely mindless. Not that I was looking for something earth shattering the whole movie made little or no sense. There was hardly any plot to speak of. It was like stringing half a dozen unfunny situations together and presenting it as a movie. I have watched a few movies over the last few months that really make me question my sense of humor. Have I really lost it, or are thes

Before and After

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I have never really had a beard and for the last 20 days after not shaving I had grown a beard. It looked so weird but none the less a change. I had planned a before and after and I just got a comment that the look with the beard was a lot better. This post seems so narcissistic.

Positive side effects of being ill

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Its been two weeks since I got back and am still to fully recover from the fever and cold. I still have a sore throat and been a little slow with work. I still have a few mails left that I need to reply back to. If I have not replied back to you I am sorry and will do it as soon as I can. Thats the apology and now coming back to the post, there has been one really positive side effect of the trip. In the two weeks I was there I had loads of salads and after getting back have not been able to eat much food either. I have lost a few pounds of weight that I have so desperately been trying to get rid of. If nothing else I had some healthy food (the veggies that I normally tend to skip) that my body so desperately needed. Its not the best way to loose weight but who am I to complain. I just hope I don't end up putting back the weight this winter. I am planning to follow a little exercise regime but thats still a plan and am still not sure if I will be able to follow up with it. The ot

Stranger than fiction

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Its almost been a month since my last post and a lot has happened in the last few days and weeks. For the last 2 weeks I was in Oslo and had some good time there. Returned back 2 days back and have been in bed ever since I returned back. Not sure what else I want to write. While I was in Oslo I got a mail that this blog had been marked as a blog spam and would be deleted. I tried posting yesterday but I could not. But since I have been able to post I think that its been removed from that list.

AVSystemCare is it a virus or antivirus

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Today while visiting a site I was greeted with this screen. I was sure I had just opened a story on digg and the site it was pointing to also seemed legit. There was nothing to suspect but I just could not see how this was possible. I had seen a video yesterday about a similar attack using the doubleclick adverts network. But on that page I did not see any adverts being served by them, so possibly there is another network that is being used to get the adverts on the web pages. After looking and snooping for a while I got the URL's from where the ads were being served. To see how it looks like you can copy the URL and see for yourself how the social engineering attacks work. Just make sure your browser is fully patched. Also make sure you don't download/run the executable that is shoved down your throat. http://avsystemcare.com/data/?mtrt=avds22&gai=swmid&gli=2822_ao_3923_0_758_ao_&gff=pp_240877101&ex=1&ed=2&h=10&ax=1&ed=1&ex=1&mtrt=n

Wow! I just got an offer for Six Million U. S Dollars

I just got another spam mail but funnily it landed into my inbox. I could not help but laugh after I read it. From Peter Brown. Crockford Lane Basingstoke Hants RG24 8WB. London UK. Tels: +(+447045749371, +44 7045710463) Greetings to you ! I did a lot of searching and prayers before choosing your contact from your country’s website / business online register. It is with trust and sincerity that I approach you for assistance to transfer some funds into your foreign bank account. Please do accept my apologies if my mail does not meet your personal ethics. I want to introduce myself and this business opportunity to you. My name is Mr. Peter Brown, A Private Accountant based in London. Honestly it will be my humble pleasure if we can work together. I would like you to stand as the next of kin to my deceased client who made a deposit of US$6 Million (Six Million U. S Dollars Only) with a bank here in London few years back. He died in an auto crash with his wife and only child without

List of Open Social Applications on Orkut

A huge list of Orkut/opensocial applications http://opensocialdirectory.org/wiki/Main_Page I saw a couple of other pages where you can get a list of applications. I will be updating this list when I get more urls. If you want to know how you can add the applications to your orkut profile check out this post These are some of the applications which I like. 1) .. will update later Now for some ideas I have. A cool looking wall where friends can draw on the canvas. Add pictures and other things. It could turn out to be a complicated widget but it would work. A widget to use the awesome new service drop.io . If you visit my drop [ http://drop.io/vivekjishtu ] you can drop files, links and notes on my page. And all of it without filling up a single sign up form. A twitter widget where a user can post and keep in touch with other friends. I was making it but still not done with it. Anyhow the next application to be completed would be drop.io

My first open social applications

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After trashing the open social platform last night I thought of developing a hello world application for the platform. Here are a few screenshots of the sample applications that I built tonight. Facebook application on Orkut Digg on Orkut Reddit application on Orkut If you want any of these open social applications on orkut, you need an account on http://sandbox.orkut.com . You can apply for the sandox here http://code.google.com/support/opensocialsignup/ . Once you have access to the sandbox goto http://sandbox.orkut.com/MyApps.aspx and use the following urls to access the applications. Facebook Application - http://vivekjishtu.com/opensocial/facebook.xml Digg Application - http://vivekjishtu.com/opensocial/digg.xml Reddit Application - http://vivekjishtu.com/opensocial/reddit.xml They are nothing more than simple iframes but it defiantly seems cool the first time you see it. Technorati Tags: facebook , orkut , reddit , open social

Open Social and Facebook faceoff

Probably I just don't get the whole social networking idea, or at least the idea of having applications inside a social networking websites. So far the coolest facebook app I've seen is the one which lets you view messages from orkut. And that too 'cause you don't have to log into two separate accounts. Other than that I would have to be a teenager to like the kind of applications on facebook. I was going through this video. I've tried really hard to see the interesting bits in the new platform but it seems like such a drag. The whole presentation seemed boring. But like I've said before I just don't get social networking. I have been a little too much on Orkut lately. Not that I think its productive, but it seems like a good place when I am really bored. But if they also add applications like facebook and I have 10+ invitations to try out the latest application I might also end up leaving orkut for good. Right now I am half asleep so am not sure what exact

Setup gmail IMAP account on E61i

To configure IMAP for your Symbian S60 device, just follow these steps: Enable IMAP in your Gmail account settings . Select 'Messaging' > 'Options' > 'Settings' > 'E-mail' > 'Mailboxes.' If you have never set up email on your phone before, select 'Yes' to define a new mailbox. If you already have other mailboxes, select 'Options' and then 'New mailbox.' Select 'Start' to begin the setup wizard. Select 'IMAP4' and then 'Next.' Enter your Gmail username (including '@gmail.com') as the email address and select 'Next.' Enter 'imap.gmail.com' as the incoming mail server and select 'Next.' Enter 'smtp.gmail.com' as the outgoing mail server and select 'Next.' Select the appropriate access point and then 'Next.' Enter a descriptive name for the email account mailbox name. Once your mailbox is set up, select it from the email mailbox setting

Biting off more than I can chew

This idiom sums up whats going on in my life these days. I have started more projects than I can handle. And instead of focusing on completing the ones I have started I end up taking every new idea that comes into my head. In the end I have tons of half finished projects with great potential (at least I would want to think that way). But nothing much to show. Recently I bought a domain http://bigchandigarh.com . I have no idea why I bought it. I had no real plans for it, but without thinking I started developing the idea around it. It has evolved into something big, if I can ever complete it. I have the very basic thing up in minutes. If nothing else I could use it on my own for looking around places in Chandigarh. Getting back to the point, this weekend I thought about this domain and what I would be doing with it. But 'cause of that my comics project and other projects were hanging in a limbo. Since its nearly the end of the day I can't help but thing how the day/weekend see

The mystrey "Free Public WiFi" is all over

What exactly is the free public wifi? At first I thought it was some government funded project but its a lot more weirder than that. It seems to be everywhere I go, and to top it all its all over the town/country/world. I am not sure if the IP remains the same but if it does, there is something really awesome that can be done using it. Wait and watch this space for more details. I am just hoping that we can somehow get a DNS system in place and you would be able to connect back to your computer at home without using any ISP. All your traffic would be Peer-To-Peer and way too many things and plans are going on in my head. I can just visualize the whole town connected using WiFi and you can watch streaming media and transfer files amongst your computers without wires and any ISP. Well I need to come out of the dreamworld and need to figure out if its a virus or something even more weird.

Challenging myself for a month of work and results

Over the last few months actually 2 years I have not been able to develop things I really wanted to or to be more precise finish things that I've been developing. The main reason seems to be that whenever I start anything I never finish it and somehow move onto the next project. Due to this I have loads of ideas but nothing that is finished. Since this is not really my job and its more of a hobby these projects seem to linger on for ages without any concrete results. So to challenge myself here is a list of tasks I plan to finish this month. Not sure if I really stick to it, but if I say it here on the blog and there are enough people to push me around about the list I just might finish them. So here goes the list in terms of priority. Work and make the Comic Reader generic, so that anyone can add other comics that they like Finish off the mystery project. Its been a few months in development and redevelopment and have been going back and forth a couple of times without actually

The best mobile development platform for hobbyist programmer - Final words

Finally the frenzy had ended and no more than 5-6 visitors online at a time :), never thought I would be happy about the fact that hordes of people are not visiting the blog. I was about to shift my blog to http://vivekjishtu.com and in a way it was good that I did not. In the last 2 days more than 10K people visited the blog. That site would have collapsed within the first 20-30 minutes. I got all sorts of comments, some good, some bad and a few ugly ones. I've still not gone over the comments on slashdot and probably will not go through them anytime soon :P After all the frenzy I realized that even though I like .net as a platform for development but the fact is that it is expensive to buy the development platform. Given these circumstances Java ME (The platform formally known as J2ME), it almost sound like "Symbol," "The Artist Formerly Known as Prince" wins hands down. Putting BREW in there made no sense 'cause its almost impossible for a hobbyist to

The best mobile development platform for hobbyist programmer - II

Just did not realize that the post would be on slashdot , and now I am scared to go though the comments there.  I was looking for 5-6 comments on my blog but I've got a lot more than I wished for. There was quite a lot more that I wanted to add in that post, but that would be for some other day. Since I saw a lot of people visiting the blog I wanted to know a little about what you guys think about the best mobile development platform. Also are there any more crazy people out there (besides me)  who even think about programming their mobile phones? Just to answer a few comments on the blog post I missed out Maemo 'cause I was talking about software development on the mobile phone. And as far as comparing iPhone which is supposed to be "hardware" I meant the OS on iPhone as a platform for development. " You forgot Nokia's Python implementation for their Series 60 line of phones. As far as joy in programming goes things won't get much better than with P

The best mobile development platform for hobbyist programmer

This is something I have been thinking for a while so here it goes. This is a list of platforms I know of and my choice of what makes sense for a hobbyist programmer like me. Let me first list down all the possible platforms and then list down the pros and cons that I feel are associated with each platform. Java ME (The platform formally known as J2ME) Windows Mobile Linux Palm Brew Symbian Blackberry iPhone iPhone Let me start with iPhone the darling of the media and blogger's till about a fortnight. I had real expectations from iPhone as a platform but the way its been going so far I would never bother developing for it. Officially there is no SDK with which one can build applications. What ever tools the community had built have been rendered useless with the iPhone 1.1.1 software upgrade . The community might be able to hack a version for 1.1.1 but without any support from almighty apple its just a cat and mouse game. With every minor release the applications

Blog editor for the J2ME or Symbian

Lately I wanted to blog using a client application for blogger but I have been unable to find a good application. I really hate logging into the interface using my phone. I just wish I had a good phone based application that did such a thing. Lets see if I don't find one it will go into my TODO list. I will probably start an application that does this. Not sure how many people would want such an application but anything till I find one I can think of developing one myself. Also I really miss a nice little desktop blog client. All of the ones I've seen are bloated and take a while to startup. I had planned to start work on one about 2 years back but that idea went nowhere. Lets see till when I can stick with these things.

The saga of the iPod accessories by HCL

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And after getting the USB cable for the iPod I had figured out that things would turn out well. But unfortunately that is not how this story has to end. The sub standard product (iPod cable) made by HCL failed to install. This is what I get when I try and connect my iPod using it. I really don't want to start another thread of how HCL sucks . But all I can say is that the stupid cable did not work, and to top it all I threw away all the packing thinking that it will work. Now as I can do little or nothing this just goes to prove that try not to buy things online. But, but incase you do make sure you try it before you throw away the packing. Just make sure you never buy any of the cheap accessories by HCL. They are cheap in every possible sense.

Comics I like to read

These are links of comics which I love to read every morning. Wizard of id Dilbert Garfield Pearls Before Swine B.C. Brewster Rockit The list is good but there is a slight problem. I use http://my.yahoo.com to manage them. But this is turning out to be flaking these days. I can have a maximum of three comics on the homepage and that kinda sucks. So I came up with this page that lists my favorite comics on one page. I only have to open one page and all my comics are there for me to view, in a nice orderly fashion. http://vivekjishtu.com/comics

Spider Pig by Hans Zimmer

All thanks to Ananth this stupid song is stuck in my head and no matter what I try its going to remain there. The simpsons movie was great and after that this song is awesome. The music by Hans Zimmer is haunting and really addictive. Lets see till when it remains in my head/ipod. Incase you've not seen it till now here are some of the spider pig shots I got from youtube.

Future bazaar and the saga comes to an end

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To get a better perspective of this post you would have to go through " Futurebazaar sucks big time " and Future bazaar sucks big time - II . All's well that ends well or so I would want to believe. I have finally got the delivery of all the products, the wire in the photograph was delivered just minutes back. Though I have the products but I cannot help notice the quality of the products. This time future bazaar is not to be blamed. I always thought that HCL was selling Apple authorized products. I have the photograph of the original cable with the HCL cable. The HCL one looks cheap and really ugly. Though the products I have got were exactly the ones I had ordered but if I had a look at them in a brick and mortar store I doubt I would be tempted to buy them. These ones look like a cheap rip off. Well they are cheap so cannot blame them. But still I expected a little more from HCL. I also finally got the delivery of the Kingston 2GB Micro SD card. This time the lady fr

Twisting and turning in my bed

Its around 1 AM and have been in bed for the past 2 hours, I have been unable to sleep. I am typing this blog post on my phone using opera mini using a nokia E61i. So far i love the keyboard on this phone. I also love the huge screen and wifi. UPDATE: This post was written when I was unable to sleep so it hardly makes any sense whatsoever. Though I still like my phone.

Boosting the volume in VLC

Just a quick tip in increasing the volume to 400% in VLC . Press Ctrl + Up Arrow to increase the volume of a movie/song to upto 400%. I was just watching a movie right now but the overall volume was low so went looking out for a way to increase the volume and this is one cool hack for movies, while watching them on a laptop.

Future bazaar sucks big time - II

Continuing on with my woes with future bazaar I have still not received the goods. I am still waiting for the call they promised, but thankfully I got an email. I have changed the color to red to lay emphasis on the reason for delay. Dear Vivek , Greeting from Futurebazaar. com This is with reference to your Order Number: ****** on www.futurebazaar.com. We are sorry to inform you that due to certain unavoidable reasons there has been a delay from our end in dispatching the " HCL Nano Small FM Transmitter Mp3 Access "," HCL Iwoz( USB Cable) Mp3 Accessories "," HCL-Ipod Ear Phone I Bud Mp3 Accessories ". However,we are making best possible effort to deliver the product at the earliest. We regret the inconvenience caused to you in this regard and sincerely apologize for the same. Assuring you of our best services. Thank you again and enjoy shopping! For help or information please contact us via phone or email. Email: support@future

Futurebazaar sucks big time

I have been holding myself back for a long time now. I don't want to bring anyone down but given the kind of service FutureBazaar provides I have been forced to write this blog post. Hopefully someone at FutureBazaar reads it and figure out the poor service they provide. I bought a Nokia E61i from them around 3-4 months back and it took 25 days to be delivered. After numerous calls I finally got the mobile. I paid Rs. 1500 over the market price for a phone and it was delivered after 25 days and to top it all the free 2 GB Micro SD card was missing. I again checked the website and all evidence of the 2GB card was erased but luckily for me I had taken a screen shot of the web page when I had ordered it. I called them up and they acknowledged that they had removed the 2GB offer but since it was advertised when I had ordered it they would provide me the card as and when they have it. After a few weeks they sent a 2GB SD Card . The dimwits at futurebazaar had sent a SD Card inste

The addictive line game

I rarely play games but I really liked this game. You can play this game in fullscreen . The game is really addictive.

Apple giving $100 credit to early iPhone buyers

Last night I was thinking about the apple fiasco. And wow they have really done what I was thinking. I was somehow sure that apple would give out a discount coupon or something similar and all the fanbois would be happy. Not that its apple's problem but I somehow felt that giving a $100 rebate just makes sense. The apple sheeps have to buy more apple products in sense Apple keeps their flock happy. In a way I've started thinking like Steve Jobs :) but I guess this was the best way to deal with this situation. I really love the way this whole fiasco has been managed. In the end everyone is happy. The fanbois get a $100 rebate, apple still gets to keep its flock intact. Just to clarify had this been done by Microsoft the same boi's would be running out with their torches and trashing it right left and center. And the $100 would be way too little. I love the way things are for Microsoft and Apple.

Multiple ID's with Yahoo

You can create multiple email ids on yahoo, and all the emails will end up in the same email address. To create more yahoo ids goto http://edit.yahoo.com/config/list_alias?.src=ym Log into your primary email account and you can create more email ids. All the mails will go into your primary account. So if you are stuck with nameless321_2000@yahoo.com you can finally change it to firstname.lastname@yahoo.com All your mails will still land into nameless321_2000@yahoo.com but you can give out a better looking email address. I saw this last year and somehow forgot the URL. This post is more of a bookmark for myself.

Just got a mail from Hajia Mariam for a shot at $12.6 million

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Normally these mails land in the Spam folder so I rarely get to read them. But today this landed right in my inbox. And since I spent 2 minutes reading it and it seems so funny I could not help but post it here. Reply to all Forward Print Add Hajia to Contacts list Delete this message Report phishing Show original Message text garbled? from Hajia Mariam reply-to hajai_mariam0@yahoo.com.hk to undisclosed-recipients <> date Sep 1, 2007 6:14 AM subject Please Reply ASAP With Your Telephone Number. Hello.. Due to the sudden death of my husband General Abacha the former head of state of Nigeria in June 1998, I have been thrown into a state of hopelessness by the present administration.I have lost confidence with anybody within my country. I got your contacts through personal research, and had to reach you through this medium. I will give you more details when you reply. Due to security network placed on my daily affairs I cant visit the embassyso that is why I hav

Pornographic adverts using google adwords on digg.com

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I was surfing on digg.com when I cam across this gem of an advert. Its for some pornographic/adult content but seeing something like this on the google adwords network certainly came across as a surprise. Its the first time I came across something like this, I always thought that google would have some filters to stop content like this from getting through. I am really not sure if google has started allowing links for adult content on sites like digg. But someone would have some explaining to do at least in this matter. Technorati Tags: google , adwords , adult

Who is Silky Kumar?

If Silky Kumar ever becomes a phenomena, I just hope he does not . But incase he does it would just go to prove that just about anything can be made famous if there is enough publicity. Even if the whole idea is crap, with the right PR and advertising anything can be made famous. Here is the debut video of Silky Kumar . I am still hoping its a bad joke but then you never know. At first I thought Himesh Reshammiya and Rakhi Sawant were some kind of a joke but boy was I wrong or what. Technorati Tags: rant , rakhi , silky , kumar , mtv india ,

orkut Blog: Coming Soon: A New Look!

After sticking with the simple blue look Orkut seems to be going in for a major makeover. I have been waiting for a while now [2 hours :)] but nothing new till now. UPDATE: Finally found a link which shows whats coming up. Its on Google System and should give you some idea of whats coming up. I thought it would be a MAJOR upgrade, but it seems a very minor cosmetic change. But then again I have still not seen it live so still waiting for it. UPDATE 1: Some more screenshots on Blogoscoped . Now they seem to be different when posted side by side.

About life in general

Its been a long time and I think I need to post another entry on the blog :). I have been having some trouble with Shozu so no new pics online . I will try and resolve it and then hopefully will be back blogging using the phone. Instead of waiting I just started downloading Shozu on my phone and hopefully by the time I finish of with this post I would have it installed and ready for some action. I am also live on my website and on kyte.tv . Recently I formated my phone and I lost both of these softwares and never bothered downloading them again. Now I am back with a vengeance and lets see till when the josh to click a photographs / video every now and then stays with me. From Tuesday onwards I will hopefully join the gym again and hopefully get into shape again. I guess round is a shape no longer seems to work for me anymore.

It is okay to control people's hardware

I was going through the news online and this is what really caught my eye. Torvalds said the Free Software Foundation's position on Tivoization is one reason he won't license his Linux kernel under GPLv3. "The GPLv3 doesn’t match what I think is morally where I want to be," Torvalds wrote. "I think it is okay to control people's hardware, I do it myself," he continued. Till now Trovalds did not have a problem with GPL2 'cause it did not hurt his own interest. Its just about having double standards. If Linus can give away software for free (Linux) whats the problem in the same thing being applied to hardware. The company Linus works for earns its money from hardware and not the software that runs it. Thats a simple thing to understand. Till now it was in his interest to give out software for free as it did not take away the edge he had. But with the adoption of GPL3 it just might end up hurting his own interest and that is where the problem crops u

Photographs by Sanjay Austa

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Taj Moonlight Originally uploaded by Sanjay Austa Leaf in the Jungle Originally uploaded by Sanjay Austa I was just surfing the net when I came across these photographs by Sanjay Austa . You really need to see the level of detail in his photographs. I was really amazed the first time I saw them. I have never really appreciated art or photographs nor do I understand how people go on and on about Art and Photography. But these pictures certainly tell a story and you need to check them out to believe it. http://www.sanjayausta.com

Invites for pownce

I have some invites for pownce in case you want one leave a message in the comments and I will sent you an invite. I have not used it so cannot say if its good or bad. Will try and write a review once I use it. Technorati Tags: pownce , invite

First impression of the Mac Book

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This is the first time I am using OSX. The last mac I used was based on Mac OS 7.xx. Having used a windows machine all this time it seems so different using this. The first thing that one sees is the the build quality of the machine and on that front there is nothing I can complain about. Everything just feels right in terms of the hardware. I am in love with the keyboard and I just wish my laptop had this keyboard. As far as the mouse/trackpad is concerned I simply hate it. Where is the second button???? , its a mess holding down the ctrl to simulate a right click. Safari as a browser seems so different and just not something I could ever get used to. The fonts look a little to dark and a little out of place. The other thing I still could not figure out is how I can maximize a window. Maybe these are silly things but I don't feel I can change my habits all of a sudden. Just downloaded Opera and Yahoo! Messenger and the size of the installers is 2-3 times compared to the windows i

Orange Sky with the E61i

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Orange Sky The sky really looks awesome. Have been taking quite a lot of pics of clouds and sky. You can check them out at http://flickr.com/photos/vivekjishtu they are really random and the quality is not great but I still love the fact that I can snap a pic every now and then. All these pics have been captured using the E61i. These days I have been using Shozu quite a lot and whatever I click is normally online in less than a minute. The application is really easy to use and gets the work done. Just click a pic and it gives you the option to directly upload the pic to flickr. The other application that I have been using is kyte its like a live version of my life. The pics and the videos are all live.

Got loads of work

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Got loads of work I have so much work to do and more piling up. Lets see by when I can finish of my current load of work. I know my handwriting sucks big time but cannot help it the boards all upside down. Just hoping for things to improve by this weekend. But then again its another story if it does not.

Getting flashlite applications and applets

You can download flashlite applications from adobe exchange, thats the easy part but where is that link is the tougher part. To download any flashlite games follow this link .

I am live blogging now

Its been a while since the last post but these days I am more into live blogging and you can catch me live on Vivek live and Kickin' TV . I am also photo blogging on Flickr so you can catch a lot of whats happening in my life these days.

The first post from e61i

I am just testing out my new mobile phone. I am writing this post on the phone.

Chinese iPhone clone

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I was checking out this iPhone clone, though there is still time for the real iPhone to launch I just had a sneek peak at this clone, actually two clones. Though they really look cheap but might have some flaunt value till the real one launches. No multi touch as of now, but I am amazed at the speed with which this clone was made and released even before the launch of the real device. Technorati Tags: iphone , clone , apple

Trying out this cool new service Jaxtr

I just added a new widget on my blog which lets you call me or SMS me from the widget. It seems like a really neat concept. Not sure how they plan to survive in the long run but hey who's complaining I am getting free long distance calls from anywhere on earth. If you really feel that you need to talk to me you can use it. I really don't see why you want that but hey who am I to judge you. Also you can leave me a SMS incase you don't plan to call or I am not talking the calls. To try it out just click "Call me for free!" and put in your number. You will get a call on your number and the moment you get the call I will also get a call on my number. I really see the potential of this being used for all the wrong reasons :) But till I don't get too many annoying calls I will keep the widget up. And once thats over lets see.

999 more joost invites

I have 999 more invitations for joost incase you are looking for one just leave a message on meebo or leave your email address in the comments and I will send you an invite. Incase you leave your email address in the comments please don't write it in plain text. Use this format xyz(at)emailprovider(dot)com instead. Technorati Tags: joost , invite , tv

Digg and herd mentality

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This pic really sums up whats happening over at digg right now. These are screenshots of digg which shows how all the stories on the frontpage are about the HD-DVD Stories. In one of the screenshots all the stories from the frontpage have been removed. Possibly the admins are cleaning up the junk. Its a pure herd mentality and everyone is up in arms against the digg admins for removing a story about the HD DVD encryption key being cracked . Technorati Tags: digg , herd , mentality

And yet more invites for joost

UPDATE: I have given out all of them, if I get anymore I will send them across. I have more invitations for joost incase you are looking for one just leave a message on meebo or leave your email address in the comments and I will send you an invite. Incase you leave your email address in the comments please don't write it in plain text. Use this format xyz(at)emailprovider.com instead. Technorati Tags: joost , invite , tv

Is food from McDonald's devils food?

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Just my list of why food from McDonald's might be probably provided by Satan. Just check out the phone number you have to call, it has 666 written all over. From what I remember 666 is the devils number. Look at the brands color RED . Thats like the official devils color. Thank god its not black, but since Satan is supposed to be red the color just makes the statement. The food from McDonalds makes you fat, and just goes to reduce your life and that should make it easier for you to meet the Satan :) Thats the list so far incase you have more to add to it leave it in the comments. Technorati Tags: funny , sarcasm , mcdonalds , stupid , satan , devil

Use VJ97 as a $97 dreamhost rebate coupon code

I finally figure out I could still get a few dollars from dreamhost even if I give a full discount of $97 on the dreamhost packages. I had also written earlier about a $90 rebate at dreamhost using the coupon code VIVEK . Using this promo code you can get one years hosting with all these features for around $23 . So you $120 hosting price comes down to around $23 using this rebate coupon code. Use the promo code VJ97 to get a rebate of $97 on any of their web hosting plan. They offer WebDAV, Shell accounts, 1TB bandwidth and nearly every other thing the other hosts provide. The best thing that they provide is a shell account. A shell account really gives you a lot of power to do things you can only imagine with the other hosts. They don't have the CPanel as the admin panel. They use their own setup. If you are a developer you will really like the features they provide. Dreamhost is not really for dummies but for a people who know the importance of shell/cvs/subversion while de

How to kill linux vendors in a few easy steps?

Actually its not just linux but most other open source projects that are funded by major corporations. How easy or difficult is it for a company like Oracle or Microsoft to kill competition? Lets take Redhat as an example. Oracle offers the support for Redhat Linux at half the price for what Redhat does. So is it wrong? Actually there is nothing in GPL that Redhat can do to stop Oracle from providing support at half the price. So to kill of a company like Redhat if another major vendor comes up and starts supporting Redhat Linux at one tenth the cost there is nothing Redhat can do about it. The same goes for most other Open Source projects which are funded by big companies. So if ever Microsoft wanted to kill the competition from major Linux vendors, all they would need to do is to create another company that's indirectly funded by Microsoft. That company can support Linux distributions from other Linux vendors at half or even one tenth the cost of the regular distribution. Next we