myPhone - Future Mobile Phone

It is great feeling to see new model phones marching out with the chip which I worked with. The new model of phones never cease to surprise me. Without any doubt, I can say the Wireless is the future technology. It is truly amazing to see what Mobile phones of today are capable of.

With my Creative Hat on, I was thinking what future mobile will be able to do.
This is just an innovative, creative and funny imagination, what will cell phones look like in the future.

How Obama got Chosen ?

I not only enjoyed the entire election tourney but also learned the complete process. Before this election I had few questions in my mind and was wondering how different the USA election process from Indian Election process.

Take a look at this


I had few questions like how can it be 52% to 47% when the electoral votes are 338 to 159. Later after little of googling, I found this wonderful video, very simple though. This video explains in very common mans language in around 3 minutes about the entire USA election process.



gO BAMA! Lets call it a Black House!!! Congrats!

Right to Information Act- RTI

RTI?
Yeah, I just came to know about this three letter acronym few months back, initially I thought it’s just another effort to reform India, but it is much more than that.

RTI is not as famous or common in India as IPL, ICL, DMK, BJP, INR, NRI, IIT, IIM, SRK, MTV, B4U, IBN, ISA, USD, MLA....ETC etc. But RTI is related to all of these above field and more.

RTI stands for Right to Information.
Immediately two question hits our mind, “What Information?” and “What Rights?”


What Information?
Information means any material in any form including records, documents, memos, e-mails, opinions, advices, press releases, circulars, orders, logbooks, contracts, reports, papers, samples, models, data material held in any electronic form and information relating to any private body which can be accessed by a public authority under any other law for the time being in force but does not include "file notings"


What Rights?
It includes the right to -
i. inspect works, documents, records.
ii. take notes, extracts or certified copies of documents or records.
iii. take certified samples of material.
iv. obtain information in form of printouts, diskettes, floppies, tapes, video cassettes or in any other electronic mode or through printouts.

Yes, you have the Right to Question the government, Demand copies of government documents and also Inspect the work done by government. It covers Central, state and local government. RTI Public Information Officer (PIO) accepts the application, appeals and grievances. Government to act with in 30 days, if not penalty for inaction Rs 250 / day. You can file using written letter, phone or even email.
This video below is presented by us AID San Diego about RTI. This will give a brief picture how the system works with dramatization of a similar case.



Skit played by AID San Diego

So we wonder weather the system works or not, yes it works efficiently. There are lots of success stories on the same regard. You can find few here
RTI Success Stories


This is just the preface for this wonderful system, which is doing wonders all over the world, especially in India.

What we can do and be a part of this change?
• Pay no Bribes!
• File RTI if you encounter corruption (sample application)
• Spread the word
• Join the AID RTI team

You can get more information
Updates: http://indiarti.blogspot.com
Govt. of India : http://rti.gov.in
Parivartan: www.parivartan.com
AID India : http://rti.aidindia.org/

Say not to Bribe!!!

Want to take a pledge?

Gone Fishing, Andrew Symonds

Andrew Symonds in disguise.

Alex Brown, writing in the Sydney Morning Herald, goes back to January to find the start of Andrew Symonds’ problems, which culminated in him being sent home from Australia’s one-day series in Darwin.

To this day, Symonds has not forgiven Cricket Australia for what transpired in an Adelaide federal courtroom eight months ago. It was there that Symonds and three team-mates were convinced by CA to downgrade a charge of racial abuse against Harbhajan Singh to one of mere verbal abuse - a ploy the Australian players were advised would help ensure a lengthy suspension after the Monkeygate scandal, but one which eventually resulted in Harbhajan escaping sanction altogether.

Harbahjan's reprieve infuriated Symonds, who felt abandoned by administrators he felt were more interested in kow-towing to the influential Indian board than protecting their own. Sources within the Australian team say Symonds has refused all of CA's subsequent attempts to appease him, and the lingering resentment has fuelled his deteriorating attitude to work.

What should Symonds do? The Courier-Mail asks six experts, starting with the former Australia coach John Buchanan.

The winner of a competition to go fishing with Symonds in Darwin will still get the prize, according to AAP’s Adam Cooper.

Source: CricInfo

We Wrestle, We Box if needed we will also Shoot for Medals

This is by far India's best performance in any Olympics. 3 Medals for India
One Gold and two bronze. The three heroes of Indian olympics are Abhinav bindra, Sushil Kumar, Vijender Kumar.

Abhinav Bindra: By winning the gold in the 10 m Air Rifle event at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, he became the first Indian to win an individual gold medal at the Olympic Games and India's first gold medal since 1980, when the Men's Field Hockey Team won the gold.

Sushil Kumar: Unheralded Sushil Kumar rose from obscurity to find a place in the history of Indian sport when he won a bronze medal in men's 66kg freestyle wrestling at the Beijing Olympics.

Vijender Kumar: He became the first Indian boxer to win an Olympic medal when he won bronze medal in the middleweight category at 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

It is sad, Vijender missed the gold medal, he missed two GOLD here.
Yes, Bipasha Basu has promised to go on a date with boxer Vijender Kumar if he brings a gold medal for India.

No, it's not a prank. The actress told a television channel, that she is ready to go on a date with the boxer after a reporter informed her that Vijender is a great fan of hers.

Chak De India

Top 50 Indian Engineering Colleges 2008

101 Photoshop Tips & Techniques in a 5 Minute Video

This is simply awesome. Adobe Photoshop guru Deke McClelland has done an entertaining but very helpful video where he shares 101 Photoshop tips and techniques in a five minute video.
You will enjoy watch this video even if you are no Photoshop enthusiast because Deke's style is impressive and very innovative. This is for Both Windows and MAC

New initiative from Govt of India

Government of India has an online Grievance forum at http://darpg-grievance.nic.in/

The govt. wants people to use this tool to highlight the problems they faced while dealing with Government officials or departments like Passport Office, Electricity board, BSNL/MTNL, Railways etc.

So use this grievance forum and educate others who don't know about this facility. This way we can at least raise our concerns instead of just talking about the ' System ' in India.

Invite your friends to contribute for many such happenings.

Not sure if this will actually work, but at least it’s a step in the right direction.

Resonance

Poster 1: This will be used for the Website, Brochure, Movie Slide and as a landscape mode (BIG in size) in main places, like KER. I dont want to add any more details, I want to keep this poster simple, just pull the audience closer. We place other poster next to this and trap them.
Download here -->
http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/UElpSEfqBugX9itugQYvneEf3ICFJ6orN3DiDHncUsMpNHdYweigsUcN-MWlMbohwJUj3hYxvg4duBc_P7eApHkLOOVrEGi6Se7G/LSub-Concert2008/Posters/resonance_landscape.jpg




Poster 2: This one is common one and will take over all the places, more prints.

Download here -->
http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/UElpSDMgj-AX9itug6jgHXf2Ksg-bs36V2y03TRJ8NjEAXF3iodjw7Qg3IcmSOf-_fYCIg5i2hwxdHwGtJJn_eKvgDXStB8CFd8a/LSub-Concert2008/Posters/resonance_11x17.jpg




Poster 3: This one is going to be the Black n White (Cost Saving)
Download here -->
http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/UElpSCjQfD8X9itu6miz6-LuLgQ9mclnLHtAB3N12LppNVpTBHSwFzdcJ6M7SmteNgR2EdU3QYgOwHfDhfeoDk7DMojUpoOPP4GT/LSub-Concert2008/Posters/resonance_11x17_BW.jpg


So please start taking printout and spread this, I would love to see these posters all over San Diego and more. But don't take print out directly from here, the image is compressed hence very low quality. If you need them, please download it from our yahoo groups file section, I shall upload there soon.



Banner: Also you can keep this banner as your signature in the emails.
This is only 60Kb, made for signatures for emails.

Firefox fans are part of Guinness World Record, Thanks to Firefox 3

Yes it s very a unique Guinness World Record.

Firefox fans, we just helped Mozilla set a unique Guinness World Record for the “Most downloaded software in 24 hours.” on June 17th, 2008

Though the official body of Guinness World Records is yet to approve this record attempt, Firefox is celebrating with certificates that also carry a Guinness World Records logo.

To print your own certificate, go to spreadfirefox.com, type your name and download the certificate in PDF format.

Here is Mine :)

The Story of Stuff

The Story of Stuff, a 20-minute video about where Stuff comes from and where it goes. Until today, however, I’d never taken time to watch it completely.

According to the web site:
From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns.

If you don't have whole 20 min, watch it in parts, later you will tempted to know for sure and you can watch rest of the chapters here.

Here’s the best part of The Story of Stuff chapter five, “Consumption”:


This is GOOD.

Best and Worst of IPL

After spending close to two months following IPL, I have few things still remaining in my mind. Its just my opinion :) So feel free to pour your opinion too.

Abbreviations Used:
Bangalore Royal Challengers: BRC, Delhi Daredevils: DD, Kings XI Punjab: KP, Mumbai Indians: MI, Chennai Super Kings: CSK, Deccan Chargers: DC, Kolkata Knight Riders: KKR, Rajasthan Royals: RR

Best and Worst

Jersey:
Worst- KKR,Surely KKR have the worst jersey as it makes them look weird with golden helmet and golden pads, especially those golden helmets on their head looks like they are wearing some kitchen utensil.

Best- CSK, may be I am influenced by the yellow color, which is owned by Aussies


Attitude:
Worst- Harbhajan was close to take away this title for slapping his teammate, but with due apologies to Harbhajan Singh, was Vijay Mallya. He paid big money for a team he later said he didn't believe in, and spoke out publicly against his captain and his players halfway through the tournament.

Best- This is the continuation of the above scenario, Rahul Dravid behaved with dignity and batted beautifully, despite of Mallya's behaviour and even as his team stumbled its way through the tournament, as happens in sport.


Team Name:
Worst- Mumbai Indians is not a good name for an IPL team because you are having so many foreign names in the list. Do you think the name Indian would motivate any of the foreign players?

Best- Daredevils suits to the image of the Delhi players like Sehwag, Gautam, Malik, Dhawan etc


Fielding:
Worst- BRC

Best- PK

Batting:
Worst- Yuvaraj, what happened to him, he never delivered when needed the most.

Best- Marsh, he is made for 20 20

Bowling:
Worst- Murali, lot expected

Best- Tanvir, least expected


Captain:
Worst- Laxman, he did not talk to players, actually he never spoke to himself.

Best- There is a TIE here, Warne for the way he glued the entire team and Dhoni for his ICE COOL attitude


Worth $$$:
Worst- Its Easy, DC
Best- Its Very Easy, RR

Street View Bypassed

Street View is probably point where technology starts peeping on to your privacy zone, just after Google Adsense started reading your emails.

Regarding Street View many people have voiced their concerns regarding the privacy implications of Google’s Street View service - but what if there were a way to “opt-out” of having your neighborhood displayed online?

Yes, it appears that some enterprising resident of Fairbanks, Alaska, has worked out how to completely disable the Street View car’s onboard recording device! Even better, the process doesn’t involve any technical wizardry - all you need to do is stick a plastic bag over the top of the camera.

See the location here



If you're like me, you've been wondering about the vehicles they're using to create those voyeuristic, 360-degree, street-level images in Manhattan's concrete canyons and beyond. Well, here's a hint: that's Immersive Media's vehicle reflected in the Street View picture captured below.




View the Map Here

Himesh Reshammiya the Rap(Rip)per

"Kallai mattum kandal", it is the only song number from the entire album rewardable. BUT,
Even this song is pathetic rip off from this song from Malayalam movie Sainyam
The irony is, in this video the Vikram and Priya raman are dancing, so Vikram danced to this tune before Kamal did.
I simply don't understand how Kamal approved these songs, such a perfectionist.

Dasavatharam Song:



Original:


"Kalaiyai Mattum Kandal, Kalapadam theriyathu
Kalapadam Mattum Kandal, Business nadakathu"


My personal one line Song Review:
Ulaga Nayagan | Lyrics: Vairamuthu, Vocals: Vineet
Nice lyrics praising Kamal, peppy music. Not great

Oh Ho Sanam | Lyrics: Vairamuthu, Vocals: Kamal Haasan, Mahalakshmi Iyer
Heavy middle-eastern feel, not a Bhangra number. Himesh spoiled it in remix version with his voice, Kamal sang it bad too.

Mukundha Mukundha | Lyrics: Vaali, Vocals: Sadhana Sargam, Kamal Haasan
What does Himesh knows about South Indian Bhajan songs?

Kaa...Karuppanukkum | Lyrics: Vairamuthu, Vocals: Shalini Singh
Ordinary Lyrics, Arabian touch again. Cant bare.

Kallai mattum kandal | Lyrics: Vaali, Vocals: Hariharan and chorus
Great song, excellent lyrics. But Ripped from some other album

Who's Fault is this?
Kamal? KS Ravikumar? Oscar Pictures? On thier supervision or
Himesh Reshammiya for his negligence on such a huge project?

But one thing I am sure, only Kamal's name and Fame is tarnished here.

Harbhajan slaps Sreesanth

Update: April 30
Harbhajan hoardings removed
Harbhajan Singh is experiencing a new low as his franchise team, Mumbai Indians, have decided to remove hoardings with his picture dotting the city.

Update: April 29
Harbhajan and Sreesanth's behaviour in Tests "was not great"
We had issues with these two - Arthur
Harbhajan had to apologise to Ashwell Prince, the South African batsman, for abusing him during the third Test of that series in Kanpur last month and the South Africans "lost a lot of respect for Sreesanth" when he went after AB de Villiers, Mickey Arthur, the South Africa coach, told Cricinfo.

Harbhajan had to apologise to Ashwell Prince, the South African batsman, for abusing him during the third Test of that series in Kanpur last month and the South Africans "lost a lot of respect for Sreesanth" when he went after AB de Villiers, Mickey Arthur, the South Africa coach.

Update: April 28 Harbhajan banned for rest of IPL season

Update: April 28
Harbhajan suspended temporarily, hearing is on Monday

Update: April 26
Punjab lodge complaint with BCCI,
Harbhajan asked to explain case by April 28


IPL, the clash with in Indians was supposed to bring on more talents rather than fight. Did we just tell Australians that they were right about Harbhajan and Sreesanth...ooooops. May be!
Is it any more Gentleman's Game?

The Indian Premier League faced its first on-field controversy with allegations that Harbhajan Singh hit Sreesanth, his India team-mate and IPL rival, after Friday's match between the Kings XI Punjab and the Mumbai Indians in Mohali. While Yuvraj Singh, Sreesanth's captain, said Harbhajan had apologised after the incident, it remains to be seen how the IPL will handle it as a disciplinary issue.

Video Showing, Sreesanth Crying


Sreesanth, who took two wickets for Punjab, was spotted in tears after the match - which his side won - and later confirmed the incident to Cricinfo.

Sources close to him said that after the match a smiling Sreesanth walked up to Harbhajan - the captain of the losing Mumbai Indians - and said "Hard luck". "That was enough for Harbhajan to lose his cool and hit Sreesanth under the eye," said sources close to the fast bowler.

Harbhajan refused to answer questions on the incident at the post-match press conference. "Can we have questions on just cricket," he said in response to questions relating to the incident. His opposing captain, however, was clear in his view. "This is really an ugly incident," Yuvraj said, "this is totally unacceptable." He added, though, that Harbhajan had visited the dressing-room after the match and apologised to Sreesanth.

"At the end of the day, players shake hands. But today saw more that from Harbhajan and Sreesanth," said Tom Moody, the Punjab coach. "The positive thing is that Harbhajan had a long chat with Sreesanth. But I am not sure what ramifications this incident will have." Cricinfo has learnt that Sreesanth complained about the incident to officials of the Mohali franchise, including co-owners Preity Zinta and Ness Wadia.

However, IS Bindra, the president of the Punjab Cricket Association, denied an official complaint has been lodged. "Some media people have asked me about this incident. No official complaint has reached me yet. I believe what happens on the field should be sorted out by the players on the field itself," Bindra told Cricinfo. Later Sreesanth told reporters at the stadium that "nothing serious happened" and that he and Harbhajan were "still part of the national team".

On-field relations between Harbhajan and Sreesanth appeared strained during the India-South Africa Test series as well. Sreesanth had dropped Hashim Amla off Harbhajan during the Chennai Test to which Harbhajan reacted with displeasure after which he was seen motioning towards Sreesanth after making a diving save at point.

This is the second time in the last six months that Harbhajan has been at the centre of controversy. Earlier this year the Australians accused him of racially abusing Andrew Symonds during the Test series Down Under.
Source: Ajay Shankar is deputy editor of Cricinfo in Bangalore

ISRO successfully launches 10 satellites into orbit

ISRO successfully launches 10 satellites into orbit : Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) today created history with the launch of its latest Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV - C9). A world record was set when the mission successfully injected 10 satellites into the orbit.


The launch took off from Sriharikota Andhra Pradesh. PSLV weighs 230 tonnes and is as high as a 12-storey building. The mission was accomplished by putting two Indian satellites and eight foreign satellites. The previous record was held by Russia, which had launched eight satellites in one go.

The first stage of the rocket was ignited at the lift-off. Three minutes later a massive heat shield got peeled off. There after, the third and the fourth stages ignited taking the rocket higher.

Fifteen minutes after the flight, India's mapping satellite, CARTOSAT 2A was the first one to be put into its orbit. 45 second later India's remote sensing satellite was placed into orbit.

The other satellites were then released, sequentialy, with a gap of 20 seconds. The mission was concluded in 20 minutes after lift-up.

Japan's CUTE was the first foreign satellite to be placed in orbit and Germany's RUBIN was the last to be injected.

CORTOSAT 2A is a high resolution mapping satellite placed at a height of 600 kms. It has an ability to identify objects as small as cars from its orbit in space.

Dasavatharam

Dasavatharam is a Kamal's forthcoming Tamil feature film currently being directed by K. S. Ravikumar. As the name suggests he dons 10 different role in this movie. You can watch Dasavatharam Trailer here.
And thanks to Anoop for decoding the trailer and identifying 10 different Kamal here.


Normal Kamal, Chinese Guy, Old Lady, Afghan Leader, American Scientist, Sardarji, American President, CBI, Tribe Leader and Nambi.




The film, made with a budget of 80 crore Indian rupees, is set to be released in the summer of 2008.

Loose 20 lbs in 8 hrs

Yup, I did, but only in picture, not in real. At least you will know how you will look if you loose certain number of lbs.

If you have a current picture and if you enter how much you want to loose, this website will send you a picture showing how will look if you loose some weight. Actually the quality is pretty good, I am satisfied.

Seeing is believing
I saw yesterday, so I believe today and I am going to work out from Tomorrow



Upload your picture here --> http://www.weightview.com

If you really liked your processed picture, please send it to me, I shall post if you permit.

IPL Launched

The Indian Premier League(IPL) the Twenty20 cricket competition created by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and sanctioned by the International Cricket Council. The first edition of the Indian Premier League starts today, 18th April 2008.

Official Website --> http://iplt20.com/

The next big thing on the Cricket calendar is the IPL. Publicizing is going crazy in India, the media is full of IPL and also big movies are shifting the date of release.

The IPL promotion is very great and it is done by none other than Ogilvy India.


The teams are
Chennai Super Kings, Deccan Chargers, Delhi Daredevils, Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai Indians, Punjab Kings, Rajasthan Royals and Bangalore Royal Challengers.

Of course I route for Chennai Super Kings the ICL champions of 07.

Want to put across some promotional videos I came across

Chennai Super Kings


Deccan Chargers


Delhi Daredevils
Waiting for the Official Video, let me know if you find this.

Kolkata Knight Riders


Mumbai Indians


Punjab Kings


Rajasthan Royals



Bangalore Royal Challengers

Photoshop (Online) Expresso

Adobe's announcement of Photoshop Express was the most interesting news for me. The maker of the popular photo-editing software Photoshop on Thursday launched a basic version available for free online.

This Rich Internet Application (RIA) will allow users to adjust their photos via a web browser instead of using an application that resides on their hard drive. This is particularly useful for travelers using a variety of public computers in conjunction with online photo services such as Flickr.

My current favorite online image editor of this type is Picnik, which I think works very well. Photoshop Express, as well as Picnik, are free RIA applications.


This is my Screen shot during exploring Photoshop Express.

RIA - This is the battlefield where Adobe and Microsoft and Google are going to fight some pretty big battles, Keep watching guys.