mumbai payanam

tonight 10.15 i m starting to Mumbai in Mumbai mail. ranjini i liked ur blog reg., behaviour, character and personality. but really i dont understand the Being u mentioned in the personality.

A few clarifications

The post at "Quod scripsi, scripsi" is not a poem and it is definitely not mine. It is a song titled "Can't fight this feeling any more" by an artist named Reo Speedwagon. The title would have said it all, "The way I feel". This song and another song keep popping up in my mind so often that I start humming them unconsciously. The link to a story I sent you is again not my story. It was written by Humphrey Hawksley. The link was a special preview of the first chapter of his latest book, "The Third World War". BTW, Sujatha is a great writer. I definitely cannot write better than him. It is true that I haven't sent any stories to you. The truth is most of the stories I have are half written. I lost interest midway or I am thinking of an ending. I'll try to put up my earlier stories online soon. So the first victim is Vicky. I can't say if I would be able to attend the wedding. But if I do and also Ramgopal turns up, I'll kick him for you. Ram why don't you put it online in your Yahoo account and send us the link (don't forget to give us permissions) like your thangachi Valli had done earlier. Thangachi irrukkure mulla alluvukku kudda annanukku illa.

To Rini and few more links

I guess you are mentioning the Sideblog when you are talking about "empty space". The "Sideblog" is actually another tiny blog. To put up gists of posts is time consuming. That's why we have post titles. You can use the post titles to highlight your post, example your earlier post "Behaviour, character and personality" or the one before that "Suggestion for empty space". They really were meaningful. We can use them effectively. The only detrimental factor is that javascript is used to pull the titles from teh blog posts and put them under the Recent Posts sidebar. So if some one uses & or an apostrophe, it throws up errors and also the post title does not appear in the Recent Posts sidebar. Other than that, I feel that the title serves the best purpose in highlighting the post. More on the butterfly note, read about the danger of the Sun. Also be careful, blogging can get you fired as this person recently came to grief. Ranjini, Kicha is still feeling sick. He'll be coming to Bangalore only on Sunday. BTW the mail you forwarded to me, I couldn't understand a single word of it. What is the job for and what are the requirements. There were some skill sets required that I have never before heard of. Anyway, I'll try to pass it on. Were you able to change your email options in Yahoo? You can get me anything from this list. My usual question, where did you get it from? Please mention the source whenever you put up an article. It is always useful in case I need to get background information on the article. It was quite interesting to read and quite thought provoking too. The link to Rajini's fan site is to show that art and appreciation of art is universal. But I doubt how many of us would be able to sit through a Japanese film without knowing the language. I don't seem to find a theatre where they show movies by foreign film makers (other than English). I would really love to get my hands on the following movies:

• O Brother, Where art thou?
• Akira Kurosawa's The Seven Samurai or any of his other movies
• No Man's Land

Anyone able to find a copy of the above movies, kindly get a copy for me.

We all wud have heard about "God Fathers"... but now I hereby add crown to Jax by giving him the title "Blog Father". Namakku ivlo goals irukkunnu ivlo naal enakku theriyave theriyathu my dear blog father....nenjai thottuteenga ponga... che...intha blog'la emoticons ellam illa...illatti namma expressions innum nalla sollalaam...enna naan solrathu??? Ok dears, i will be on leave and will get back to work on monday only. Till then bye and I request our Blog Father (Jax) to take care of our blog and bloggers...ha ha. Mahen

Welcome

Welcome to the blog, Sri. Good to hear from Ganesh after a long time. Meanwhile, if you are a Rajini fan, this is a must visit. As Manny had said, we at time get to discuss about things like goals, whenever we are not discussing about Bisibhelebhath or Rava Kesari.

And Sri enna ithu Technological Challenge is frightening, threatening'nnu ....athu ithunnu ethetho solra...!!! Hope he shud have a wrong notion or in other words a high hyped thoughts about our blog activities... I mean somebody wud have told him that techy discussion is encouraged (of course it is) in our blog... But Sri, dont get fooled... we will most often discuss about how to prepare Sambar saatham (Bisibelabaath in new terms!!!) ha ha... so come out with some recipes too.

Welcome Sri

Vanthuttanya...vanthuttann....!!!!! welcome Sriprasath...but one thing da...here in blog we cannot keep on adding more Ids of yours as you r used to with the messenger...(!!!!) so keep this in mind sri... poor jax will have to send separate invitations if you want multiple Ids (of yours) to be added...ha ha... Apram Boys padam paathu sri romba affect aayirukkannu ninaikiren...RAC...Ticket...Train'nnu solli irukkan...(FYI dear bloggers: Diwali annaikku veetukku call panni Boys padam Paathiya da'nnu kettan enkitta...ha ha...avan moonu murai paathanam...enakku pidikkala da'nnu sonnen...but avanukku romba pidichirunthatham...ha ha...so probably...antha "friendship enbathu RAC...." song thaan avana romba affect panni irukkumnnu ninaikiren). BTW...myself, vijay and Ram has planned for vickky's marriage...Vijay is going to mumbai this friday and since he will be in his initial days of induction into PCS, he said that he was not sure abt the plan. But he said that he will make it up to be there on 12th. And, ranjini..how can u say that this is too early for him yaar...when u, valli, sindhu, and vinitha were able to marry, then y not vickky??? this is really not fair on your part ma... Mahen

Vickkykku Kalyanam...(contd...)

Hi all, as I said earlier, Vignesh prabhu is getting married with his cousin (athai ponnu) on 12th Nov. he will invite all thru our msitmmb soon. This is an expected but immediate arrangement it seems. and the interesting thing is that both vickky and his brother is getting married on the same day and that too his brother's bride is none other than the sister of vickky's bride... really interesting... hope to c all boys soon in V'nagar

updates....

Shocking news!! Everyone likes butterflies. But you should know that they are very dangerous. Read on for more information. BTW, Kicha is still sick. He had called this morning. He'll be back on Monday. I have added Sriprasath to the blog. If you have some time, read Quod scripsi, scripsi and leave you comments there, not here.

Vickkykku kalyanam

Hi all, One (probably a shocking but true)news... our vignesh prabhu is getting married on 12th of november 2003. Ijust got this message from him...this might be an unexpected news to many of u. but some of the boys may not feel so and I expected this to happen ... got to go and i will post the details soon in the evening Mahen

Adding to vijay's point ...

BTW...Vijay has said that he has lost something....which he had in his school days... Yes machaan...for me too... i too have the same kind of feeling that u have as if we lost something... May be we wud hav lost our good friends (!!!!!) and unfortunately we ended up getting into all new contacts in our UG and more precisely in our PG...(diyounnnnnn!!!!!!!!!*!*!!**!*!*!) The kind of bad and bitter PG life...(ha ha ha...) may be the reason which wud have made you feel so. ok da past is past...hereafter dont spare any efforts to make your life full of joy and surrounded by good ppl.(Like me). Mahen

deepavali celebration

hi all, hope everyone enjoyed deepavali very much. thalai deepavali, rendam deepavali, irupathi munam deepavali, irupathi nazham deepavli, irupathi anjam deepavali,... yellam eppadi irunthathu. regarding myself, i enjoyed a lot. but comparing to deepavalies which came during my school/college days, i havnt enjoyed that much. y it so? i asked myself. during that days i start counting days for deepavali well before 2 months. like the world cup starting day counting in ESPN/Star, i used to start counting like 70 days to go, 55 days to go, next month this day it is deepavali, only two weeks to go,.... like that i used to start purchase dresses one month before the deepavali. usually in our town all the dress shops start deepavali sales exactly one month before the deepavali. only that time they start advertising. but in my house we buy dresses before that. but for this deepavali i only bought dresses 2 weeks before, and also i bought it in 2 days. why it so? i lost something? i m searching reasons for that? if anyone hav similar sort of feeling then pls tell me if u find reasons. i ll blog once i found the reasons. btw, has anyone watched patti mandram in Sun TV on deepavali day? it is related to what i said above. i ll blog all these things soon.

Hello!

Hope everyone had a wonderful diwali! Kicha spoke to me today morning, He is still sick. so he'll be on leave for a week. He said he'll try to blog if possible.

Happy Diwali..!!!

Wish you all a very Happy Diwali... I'll be going home tonite... heard the weather is not so good in many parts of Tamil Nadu... nothing different in Bangalore too... last 2 days I was down with high fever and diarrhoea... and feeling better today... its an erratic weather here... y'day morning it was raining heaviliy... then there was 3 hrs of bright sunlight in the afternoon with virtually no clouds on the sky.. and in the evening it started raining again... at the moment, the clouds and the sun are playing hide-and-seek...

A few notes

This year Diwali seems to be quieter than usual. Maybe the ban on the decibel level ratios is responsible or have people woken up to the fact that their hard earned money is going up in smoke. Those who didn't read today's newspaper. Surely, here is a good reason to get married soon guys. Read a description of avial and sambar, as described in the New York Times.

One of her classics is avial, a ragout of vegetables, in which she uses matchstick-size pieces of carrot, cucumber, green beans, drumstick (long, ridged pods from the moringa oleifera tree, rich in vitamin C, with a delicate flavor resembling that of asparagus), kovakka or little melon (a kind of gherkin) and brinjal, a longish eggplant. First she boils the vegetables with green chilies. Then she adds a mixture with the texture of oatmeal, including turmeric, coconut, garlic and cumin, along with home-made cow's-milk curd and kari leaves (highly aromatic and widely used in Kerala, these are often confusingly called curry leaves in the West; they look like basil leaves and taste of citrus and bell peppers). Sambar, a lentil and vegetable stew, makes use of two unusual spices. Asafetida, a resin taken from the rhizomes of giant fennel, is admired in Kerala for its earthy scent when fried in oil, and fenugreek seeds are liked for their bitter caramel flavor. Together with tamarind, a souring agent, chilies and coriander leaves, they give the stew intricate layers of flavor.

Interesting to read the different names that the foreigners give to Indian dishes, trying to findsimilarities between thier food and ours. Try figuring out what sourdough crepes are? Anyway, Have a wonderful Diwali, guys and gals, at home or not?

my views...

Interesting to read the essays that Manny had posted. here are my views: Mankind has always been fascinated by religion. As someone said, it is the opium of the mind. A short look at the number of religions in the world will baffle the mind. So many religions, so many views... Add to this mixture, a large heapful of mythologies, you get a totally confusing volatile potion. But after understanding many mythologies, it is possible to point out several similarities between the mythologies, be it a greek, egyptian or matabele. So all I can understand is that there has been a common origin for the beliefs. The question is where? Africa (as scientists say), Ancient Persia (according to Judeo, Christian, Islamic and Hindu myths), Mediterranean (Greek, Egyptian, Atlantis). That's one question for which no one has been able to give a correct answer. But as George Bernard Shaw said, "There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it."

Hi all

Hi hi hi... Quite for a short while I have not blogged anything... Not because that i should not....just lack of more free hours to rest myself and share things with u all. But am used to read all ur blogs... Then happy to know that vijay has got into PCS. But at the same time I lost my sleep for the past few months...the reason being many in number but very specific about one thing...nothing but all chennai guys getting placed in good cos. First Ganesh into CPL Ajayan got into Eveready... Then Rajesh into Godrej... then Vijay into PCS... ipdiya pona enna aagumo therila...haha as a result I was not able to bear these shocking news one after the other in a very short while of abt 2 to 3 months...(Just kidding) (Just kidding'nnu bracketla pottathu summa oru formalitykkaga naama solvom illa...athukkaga...but really i lost my sleep over this matter...ha ha) Anyhow...Congrats boys...have a nice time ahead in ur new jobs ...(dei...ithu vayitherichaloda solra all the best da. unmainnu nambidateenga...) and my life is going cool...and hey one thing I forgot to tell to u all.. I have bought a brand new Hoodibaabaa...Caliber 115 bike for me... Riding my days fast in my Hoodibabaa...(Note: My bike's pillion seat is still vacant...) Ok then...nothing more. mates. Bye Bye. Mahen

Mommy...! He's Got My Job

Hi mates, An interesting article on the new restrictions laid over the H1B visas for foreign pros. US is no more a country which will dictate terms to others especially for countries like India and China...and the "son of the soil" story no longer helps them... Read more... Regards, Mahen

new addition

Hi all, If you go to to the bottom of the sidebar in the blog, you might find a new title called "sideblog". Tell me what we can use it for. Will post my replies to the two topics soon, Bye.

Were Krishna and Jesus the same person???

Dear mates, My wishes for a happy diwali... On the eve of this festival, I came across an article abt Hinduism... Worth knowing the whats of our great religion and makes me feel something good about my identity... if u have time have a look at this link Also, a bit of news that i found was as follows... "Some liberal religious historians have raised the possibility that stories of Jesus' birth, ministry, execution, and resurrection were copied, at least in part, from Krishna's life." To see what they say in its entirety abt this issue have a look at this link Ur views are welcome... Regards, Mahen

An interesting article...

The flight to India The jobs Britain stole from the Asian subcontinent 200 years ago are now being returned. by George Monbiot Britain's industrialisation was secured by destroying the manufacturing capacity of India. In 1699, the British government banned the import of woollen cloth from Ireland, and in 1700 the import of cotton cloth (or calico) from India. Both products were forbidden because they were superior to our own. Now the jobs we stole 200 years ago are returning to India. Read full-story

Hi

Its history in the making..!!! Kavitha posting her blog all by herself...!!! Anyway.. nice to know that u r able to get some time to browse and post... I'll be starting home on thursday night for diwali... and at work.. am doing some programming with.. guess what... COBOL and CICS... Yep..!! some mainframe stuff... no... not moved from my good old .NET ... but this is an initiative to integrate mainframes with microsoft technologies.. and I'm starting with the mainframe part of it and have to look at ways of integrating it with .NET so that we could get a real-time processing (rather than batch processing) with mainframe in the picture.. And yet to see views about that topic... I too am thinking on it...

Remember my link in earlier post on a house designed with CSS. I got a mail from the site's designer. I am reproducing it below.

Thanks for linking to my demo! Not sure what you mean by "Please don't view it in Internet Explorer." though. Works perfectly in IE5/Mac and IE6/Win. -- Chris Hester http://www.designdetector.com

Good to here that Vijay has entered PCS. Congrats, da.

i m joining Patni, mumbai

hi, i pleased to inform u that the poor Patni Computer Systems did a blunder by offered me a job in one of their Mumbai office. so i m going to join there next month. i ll update u shortly with more details regarding it.

an interesting topic

Kicha, an interesting topic for discussion. I'm eager to know what the others would like to say about these, especially our married ones. I'll post my comments later. But before that, everyone take a look at this and tell me your comments. Please don't view it in Internet Explorer ver 5.x. View it in IE 6 or Netscape 7 or Mozilla or FireBird.

Hi

jax, feel free to use anything... and about the chat in blog... how personal is a "personal" chat... am sure there was nothing "personal" in that chat, that I have "revealed" to the world... its more a sharing of "something funny" that went on between two people... I intend to propose a topic for discussion... this was going on since morning in our BB.. so just felt like knowing what all of us have in mind too... This is was the post in our BB which started it all... Here goes... Drop in your views if u find the topic interesting... Hey dear guys and gals ….. This is not a silly question. It’s very tough to answer. Easy it may seem, but given a second thought it could raise a big debate. What according to you is the right age to marry? Is it in the early twenties, when you are full of the so called “josh” or should it be in the late twenties, when u have gained experience of how to handle life. Whatever you may feel right, may feel absolutely wrong for another. Doesn’t matter though, coz it’s always free to express your opinions. Now the importance of the topic – Why should it be a concerned issue? If you must have read last Sunday’s supplements of Times Of India, you will agree that yeah… people do choose career prior to family. And when their career is all glory, they turn to family. But then its too late. Either there aren’t too many books on the shelf, or you may havta pick what you get, not what you want. On the other hand, we also see cases where kiddos fall in love and marry right after college. They don’t realize the responsibilities and duties involved in a married life, and often end up in disasters. Many a time, the not so forward Indian parents come in between, and they set a deadline, which could be as late as 30 or could be as early as 20. Now again, the average Indian youth, doesn’t have the guts or doesn’t feel it proper to stand up for their choices especially, when they are against the parents. Some may call this discipline, some may call it orthodox, some may call it obedience, some may call it fear. Tis not easy to bring a trend among a social culture. And very often, the beginners of the trend are often branded as the maggot in the apple. Open your views, and let’s see what the Bulletin Board has in mind. Keep the ball rolling

my thoughts...

Bon Jour, Kicha, that was really an interesting chat transcript. Since when have you taken over Rajesh as a chief Kozhi catcher, Kicha? But is it ethical? is a question that I would want to ask everyone. I know there was no illwill meant. But what if two persons are having a personal chat and one of them puts the chat transcript online? Just my thoughts... Kicha, my comments on what you sent: Wonderful. Can I use a part of it (especially the 2nd and last paras) in any of my stories. I'll give the proper credits for it. Can I? Those who didn't know what I am saying. You'll know soon. It has been a long time since we had a long discussion on the blog. Anyone giving out topics, please let us avoid rehashing old topics once more. Let us discuss some new things this time. As for movie reviews, I watched "LOTR-TTW" on DVD a couple of days back. It is amazing to see how a movie becomes more interesting when you watch it on a DVD. I was unlucky to miss it on the silver screen. Waiting for the next installment to be released in December. As for books, I am currently reading "The Sons of Fortune" by Jeffrey Archer. Those who have read Archer before might understand this story would contain, the twists and turns etc. which reminds me. Hey Sindhu, where are my books. Does Vinod have them? If you have not yet read any of Archer's books, start with "Not a penny more, not a penny less". You'll love it. I am still trying to get my hands on "The Avenger" by Fredrick Forysth. The librarian has asked me to collect it tomorrow. So I have to complete reading "The Sons of Fortune" by tonight. Other than that, I'm waiting for my project to be completed by today.

Hi

Valli, I've seen "Bend it like Beckham" 4 times, and "Mr. and Mrs. Iyer" twice... Konkana Sen, who played the lead role also won the National Award for "Best Actress". After so much... America is just waking up to these movies... the country is becoming as dumb as its president... why don't u people kick out that dumbo... Sindhu, how long still to go in ur stay in UK... Its been almost a year, ain't it... any plans of returning home... Rajesh seems to be travelling a lot.. no posts for quite some time from him... and Manny too...

Kozhi of the century..!!!

Chatted with "Bulb" Packialakshmi today.. an extract of the chat transcript... ............... rpackialakshmi: tomm going to mdu after 15 days rpackialakshmi: where are u? kichili: New york rpackialakshmi: what rpackialakshmi: New york??? kichili: yes... rpackialakshmi: means? kichili: will be here for 1 more week... rpackialakshmi: where are u now? kichili: New York... now only... kichili: its 7AM here... kichili: just got up.. and came to check mail... rpackialakshmi: !!! rpackialakshmi: hey when u went pa rpackialakshmi: me too trying for foreign job............ kichili: came on 3rd and will be back to Bangalore on 22nd rpackialakshmi: oh short term......... rpackialakshmi: am so sad rpackialakshmi: y? kichili: yes.. just a small consultancy work... rpackialakshmi: howz the climate kichili: very cool.. it seems next month it'll start snowing... but i'll leave before that... kichili: this weekend am going to valli's house... 3 hrs from my place kichili: valli and myself are planning diwali celebration this weekend... rpackialakshmi: ok rpackialakshmi: Advance Happy diwali kichili: same to u... kichili: i'll be in mdu for diwali rpackialakshmi: thanz rpackialakshmi: ok rpackialakshmi: get me chocholates from there kichili: ok.. will do that... rpackialakshmi: thanks rpackialakshmi: then....... rpackialakshmi: what is famous there kichili: tell something small.. that I can carry... kichili: there will be "assorted chocolate boxes" here.. will get that for u rpackialakshmi: dress rpackialakshmi: or any costume rpackialakshmi: any modern dress rpackialakshmi: i will pay for u Comment: I couldn't bear it laughing any longer. kichili: do u know one thing....???? rpackialakshmi: what kichili: i've never seen a bigger kozhi than u...!!! rpackialakshmi: what rpackialakshmi: kozhi means kichili: kozhi means YOU rpackialakshmi: is it hen kichili: yes rpackialakshmi: why kichili: u r proving to be a bigger kozhi than I thought... rpackialakshmi: i dont know the character of hen rpackialakshmi: buy something for me rpackialakshmi: i will get from u on diwali kichili: i'm telling u r a FOOL... atleast now do u understand..??? rpackialakshmi: why rpackialakshmi: am i did anything wrong kichili: yeah... u did everything wrong... rpackialakshmi: what rpackialakshmi: why u said new york rpackialakshmi: is valli is in new york kichili: no... kichili: u r kozhi.. so u'll believe anything... .............. Happy laughing...!!!

links

CSS Tutorial - Interesting articles on using CSS to practical usage. The blog has utilized a few concepts from this site for the navigation bar at the top. W3Schools CSS Tutorial - A simple intro on using CSS. http://www.csszengarden - A wonderful site showcasing the capablities of CSS. The html page is the same but the CSS syles are different. My favorite designs are Mnemonic and I dream in colour By the way, Firebird 0.7 is out. If you want to get the best of CSS, you better download and install Firebird.

sorry

Dear Rini. I didn't get what you want properly. You want an article on CSS, right? I'll let you know after some time. I was on leave yesterday. And guess what my boss is off to Dubai for a week.

BREAKING NEWS...

B R E A K I N G    N E W S ... Catching a train to Crewe? Call Bangalore British train travellers will be forced to call Bangalore to find out the time of their next connection at Crewe or Clapham Junction, under a secret plan to save up to £10m by shifting Britain's national rail enquiries service to India. Read full-story

good to hear that

Dear Kicha, Good to have you back. I've been troubled by a project for the past two weeks. Not much work for me literally. All I have to do is co-ordinate the proceed and it driving me nuts. I hope I can get the project completed by the next two days. BTW, Sindhu, if you could visit Birmingham again sometime between the 22^nd and 29^th of this month, visit the ITMA fair. There if you can locate the pavilion of Lakshmi Card Clothing there, spend some time to take a look at a video presentation going on at their stall and then tell me how it was. Was my work for the past two weeks worth it? Can you tell me? Planning to work again? Somehow, I managed to install Windows XP, Windows Me, and Windows Server 2003 (in that order) on my machine. My Visual Studio .NET installation went fine, except that I need to activate my software through the net and I don't have a net connection at home. I'm still wondering what to do. Damn Microsoft and their stupid activation scheme. I realize I have to find a way to crack that stupid activation hurdle. Anybody willing to render their services?

Back to form...

Hi, My system is fine now... and am online in Yahoo messenger and MSN (this is for Kavi alone)... the exciting world of internet is open to me...

Hi

Hi, System still off the network. The support people here are too slow. I've escalated the request. Hope something will be done atleast today... couldn't do much y'day because of this...

Yipppeeeeeee...!!!!!!!!

Hi, I'm released from that stupid project. From today am at my good old place. But still, yet to get back to full form. My system is still giving problems connecting to the network. Once it gets sorted out, I'll be back to full form...

news

Hi all, Matthew Hayden has just broken Brian Lara's record (375) of being the highest test scorer. Looks like the Zimbabeweans are being massacred by the Aussies. Meanwhile, read the origin of CTRL + ALT + DEL . Bye for now.

Hi

My terminal is still not working... and I'm still to be released from the project, so not able to spend time with the support people to get my system going... Y'day, I had one of the most frustrating days at work.. got bugged up with the project's PL... just felt for a few moments like bursting out at him... restrained myself... just praying that I get the hell out of this project soon... hopefully, I might get released by the end of next week.. but nothing has been confirmed yet.. hoping for the best...

Interesting start

Hi, Read this and tell me your thoughts on it. Bye.

answers to rini and info

• You can insert a single quote using the escape sequences. See the list here.
• Yes, you can change your posts after it has been published. There is an link called "edit" next to the post details in Blogger. You can click on it to load the post and then edit it as you like.
• Your admin rights allow you to change the posts of others if you want to.

BTW the past week, I am receiving a CD everyday. It started with a Windows 2003 Server evaluation copy. A few days later, a copy of MS Speech Server SDK and a DVD of Visual Studio.net 2003. Yesterday, a copy of Sun's latest desktop, codename "Mad Hatter", arrived. And today, a copy of Bullfighter, a software application. The coming week is surely going to be very busy with these things. I have also updated "Quod scripsi, scripsi" after a month's gap. If you wish, you can leave your comments on that blog.

Missed you all ..... (from kavitha)

Hi,How are you All..the members the blog family? I was a little bit busy so I coudn't blog, Really I am feeling like living in island. No contact with anyone for atleast 1 or 2 months. Few calls from friends now and then keep me updated about you all. Then yesterday I spoke to vijay and he sent me all the blogs and archives...From 8.40AM I am enjoying reading all your blogs. When I saw sam's mail in yahoogroups..Really I shocked to get to know that kannan sir is no longer with us. It's really so sad..Then hope valli and sindhu are very busy with their work.Hey.. you know I took a flat near Besant Nagar with my friends(I don't remember whether I already updated you about this) and moved there last week. We started cooking. our Dishes are good compared to our hostel food....But yet to buy books to learn varieties. I hope valli ,rini and sindhu(Should I say in this order ganesh,srini and boomi) can help me to learn cooking. We 3 are staying together...Really I am enjoying being in home after 9 years of my hostel life. Valli..How is your work going? Which platform you are working now..? Gals......I really would like to know how you are balancing between your personal life and work. I had my product delivery on last week. Till last week..work is too tight for me. oct 2nd and all..I left the office at night 4.30AM(I should say 3rd morning). I couldn't find time to sleep all these last 3 to 4 weeks. Just I was thinking about rini,sindhu and valli. But in my case 'coz of some problems we went for redesign of the product and the time duration was too short..so it was like that. But really I would like to discuss '"Working women (that too married and got childrens) have time to live their life?". Ram, Bala told that you planned to go to cbe also..So I called bala on saturday to talk toy ou all. But he said..no they haven't come. seems all had a Great Break!!Jax...I like the present blog color which you are using for the page and title. Time is 10AM..I am going to start my work. 1.30 hrs passed by reading and typing blog and attending conf call. Have a Great Day!! Cheers....... Kavitha.N

Case Study...

Should Microsoft Be Liable for Bugs in Its Products? Should Microsoft be held financially liable for the vulnerabilities in Windows and its other products? Granted, this year hasn't been good, security-wise, for Microsoft: This summer's SoBig.F virus and MSBlaster worm interrupted businesses and individuals worldwide, albeit without any loss of data, and recent vulnerabilities in Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) facilitated the deadly new QHost attack, which runs malicious code on users' computers when they navigate to unsafe Web sites. But Microsoft, like other software makers, has historically relied on an End User License Agreement (EULA) to protect itself from customers seeking restitution for the allegedly shoddy quality of its products. Is the EULA legally enforceable? Can Microsoft be held liable for problems, including financial losses, its customers accrue from using its software? Post your views...

Ram

Dear Ram, Go to my other blog. There will be a style switcher just like the one in this. Click on any of the styles to view them.

Hi

Am back too.. aftre a quick weekend trip home... Many More Happy Returns of the Day, Valli... there's one reason that I can never forget ur b'day... Last year, it was this day, that I wrote my test in infy... Things seem that I might be released from the project next week or so.. let see... some problem with my system again... not connecting to network...Will update later on other things as soon as it gets going...

News aggregators

Dear Ram, Here is an article that I wrote for my company's internal newsletter last week.

What is a news aggregator? A news aggregator is "software that periodically reads a set of news sources, in one of several XML-based formats, finds the new bits, and displays them in reverse-chronological order on a single page." A few months back, we had seen about weblogs. Aggregators and weblog software are two sides of the same coin. Weblogs are for writing, while aggregators are for reading. How does it work? Every hour the aggregator reads the "feeds" or "sources" you're subscribed to, as few as a half-dozen, or as many as you like. The information is displayed it in a user-friendly format, one for each source. How do I get to read news? A computer, running an aggregator software, reads information from various sources. There are a wide range of sources, news websites, weblogs and even commercial sites. A search on google for "news aggregators" lists a range of software for reading news. There are news aggregator software for various operating systems. Recently Indian Express and Financial Express (the first from any Indian news website) have put up a "feed" containing the headlines, a brief description and links back to the full story available on their websites. Mostly all the "feed" available on the Internet are free. The news aggregator is an example of how technology can be used as an informative medium.

Hope you understood it. More on this tomorrow or the day after.

Hi all, Glad abt blogging after a long gap... BTW...Many more happy returns of the day valli... Jax here is the reason why we are not able to name folders and files with certain reserved words... Illegal file/folder names and conventions for the Windows Operating systems... The following file/folder names are reserved under Windows: com1, com2, com3, com4, com5, com6, com7, com8, com9, lpt1, lpt2, lpt3, lpt4, lpt5, lpt6, lpt7, lpt8, lpt9, con, nul, and prn. You cannot use these names for naming your folders and files. There are lot more reservations for naming files/folders in Windows. ok then..bye bye and meet u all in my next blog. Mahen.

Happy Birthday Valli!

The good news is... It's your birthday! The bad news is... It's means you're growing older. The good news is... You'll get some gifts! The bad news is... You're still getting older. The good news is... There's cake and goodies! The bad news is... Yep, you're getting older. The good news is... You've got good friends, And we're ALL getting older!

Have a wonderful day!

at last

So after several days, Rini has gone and reviewed the other blog and suggested improvements. Thank you. As for the book review, I have everything ready. The only thing to be done is integrating it with the blog. Due to some very tight work schedule, I was unable to put it up. Maybe the coming holidays might allow that. Have a happy hols everyone.

Thinking...

You cannot name folders as such because they are name of devices used by the Windows File system. More info here. But MS says that WinNT and Win2K do not face this problem. Don't know if it is caused by Fat File System. Maybe it does not occur in a NTFS file system. Maybe Manny can help in this issue.

Some more to think...

Try this... You cannot create a folder with the same name as any of the following: CON, PRN, LPT1, LPT2 ... LPT9, COM1, COM2 ... COM9 Can you tell me why...? PS: It holds true for Win 2000/XP/2003 ... I have not tested on other OS's...

More works

There are more such works in several languages which leave out a particular letter. As you said "Gadsby" is one in English. Perec's "La disparition" in French (available as "A Void" in English) also leaves out "e". I started reading Gadsby a couple of weeks ago, but never got around finishing it. BTW, any such works in Tamil?

Interesting...

Wow.. What Wizadry Work... Wonderfully Woven... Wondering Who Wrote... I've also heard of another novel "Gadsby".. seems the entire novel was written without using the letter "e" ... jax, any lights on that...

After the smoke

Hi all, I found this interesting story. Anyone care to tell me its uniqueness.

"Warm weather, Walter! Welcome warm weather! We were wishing winter would wane, weren't we?" "We were well wearied with waiting," whispered Waiter wearily. Wan, white, woe-begone was Walter; wayward, willful, worn with weakness, wasted, waxing weaker whenever winter's wild, withering winds were wailing. Wholly without waywardness was Winifred, Walter's wise, womanly watcher, who, with winsome, wooing way, was well-beloved. "We won't wait, Walter; while weather's warm we'll wander where woodlands wave, won't we?" Walter's wanton wretchedness wholly waned. "Why, Winnie, we'll walk where we went when we were with Willie; we'll weave wildflower wreaths, watch woodmen working; woodlice, worms wriggling; windmills whirling; watermills wheeling; we will win wild whortleberries, witness wheat winnowed." Wisbeach woods were wild with wildflowers; warm, westerly winds whispered where willows were waving; wood-pigeons, wrens, woodpeckers were warbling wild woodnotes. Where Wisbeach water-mill's waters, which were wholly waveless, widened, were waterlilies, waxen white. Winifred wove wreaths with woodbine, whitehorn, wallflowers; whilst Walter whittled wooden wedges with willow wands. Wholly without warning, wild wet winds woke within Wisbeach woods, whistling where Winifred wandered with Walter; weeping willows were wailing weirdly; waging war with wind-tossed waters. Winifred's wary watchfulness waked. "Walter, we won't wait." "Which way, Winnie?" Winifred wavered. "Why, where were we wandering? Wisbeach woods widen whichever way we walk. Where's Wisbeach white wicket, where's Winston's water-mill?" WistfuIly, Walter witnessed Winifred's wonder. "Winnie, Winnie, we were wrong, wholly wrong; wandering within wild ways. Wayfaring weather-beaten waifs, well-nigh worn-out." Winifred waited where, within wattled woodwork walls, wagons, wheelbarrows, wains were waiting, weighty with withered wood. Walter, warmly wrapped with Winifred's well-worn wadded waterproof, was wailing woefully, wholly wearied. Winnie, who, worn with watching, well-nigh weeping, was wistfully, wakefully waiting Willie's well-known whistle, wholly wished Walter's well-being warranted. With well-timed wisdom, Walter was wound with wide, worsted wrappers, which wonderfully well withstood winter's withering, whistling winds. Wholly without warm wrappers was Winifred, who, with womanly wisdom, was watching Walter's welfare, warding Walter's weakness. "When will Willie wend where we wait?" wearily wondered Walter. "Whist, Walter," whispered Winnie, "who was whooping?" "Whereabouts?" Welcome whistling was waking Wisbeach woods when winter's windy warfare waxed weaker. "Winnie! Walter!" Winifred's wakefulness was well-grounded. "We're well, Willie; we're where Winston's wagons wait." Without waiting, Willie was within Winston's woodwork walls. "Welcome, welcome, Willie." Winnie was weeping with weariness with watching Walter, weak with wayfaring. "Why Winnie! Wise, watchful, warm-hearted Winnie," Willie whispered wheedlingly. "We won't weep; Walter's well. What was Walter without Winnie?" Wholly wonderful was Winifred's well-timed womanly wisdom, which well warranted weakly Walter's welfare. Whenever wandering within Wisbeach woods with Winnie, Walter would whisper, "What was Walter without Winnie? Wise, watchful, warm-hearted Winnie!"

Good Luck!!

Week ahead...

Hi, Ramgopal, Murtuza and Sinoop are planning on a 4-day tour covering chidambaram, kumbakonam and pondicherry... I don't have holiday on friday.. However, am going home in the weekend - 4,5 and will be back on monday morning...