Sunday, February 26, 2006
Top 10 Strangest iPod Accessories
The titles says it all, this list has some of the strangest iPod accessories ever.read more | digg storyTechnorati Tags: iPod, Technology, Accessories
20 great jobs that don't require a degree !
What do Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and entertainment mogul David Geffen have in common? Besides being exceedingly rich, none of them has a college degree. Four-year college not only path to well-paid work.read more | digg storyTechnorati Tags: Bill, Gates, Rich, Education, Rich, Job
Source: http://www.forsv.com Technorati Tags: Mukhwaas - Mouth Freshners !
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Yummy Gujarati Thali
I think this picture is from restuarant "Aagaashiya" in Ahmedabad.
Miss the great Gujarati food !!
My Ahmedabad !
This ghazal is by 'Aadil' Mansoori will prowoke acute memories in mind of people who, like me, have left their motherland.
It was written when 'Aadil' left his city - Amadavad.
Male na Male...
Nadi ni ret ma ramatu nagar male na male,
Fari aa drashya shmrutipat upar male na male.
Bhari lo swash maa eni sugandh no dario,
Pachhi aa mati ni bhini asar male na male.
Parichito ne dharai ne joi leva do,
Aa hasataa chaheraa aa mithi najar male na male.
Bhari lo aankh ma rastaao, baario, bhinto,
Pachhi aa shaher, aa galio, aa ghar male na male.
Radi o aaj sambandho ne vintalai ne ahin,
Pachhi koi ne koini kabar male na male.
Valava aavya chhe te chaheraa farashe aankho ma,
Bhale safar ma koi hamsafar male na male.
Vatan ni dhool thi mathu bhari lau 'Aadil'
Aa dhool pachhi umr-bhar male na male.
'Aadil' Mansoori
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
10 Things That Will Change The Way We Live
This Forbes story looks at 10 major changes that will probably occur within our lifetimes. The list includes VoIP, WiMax, and $200-per-barrel oil.
read more | digg story
Sunday, February 19, 2006
How Computers Work
Roger Young has a great free PDF on how computers work "This is a tutorial web book. All 152 pages of the large paperback book with 96 diagrams are on 38 web pages here. Even if you know nothing about electronics, you have come to the right place. If you are wondering how microprocessors work, you have come to the right place."
Top ten reasons Geeks make good fathers
Might pacify your wife/girl friend if she complains of being a "computer widow".
Saturday, February 18, 2006
Patras
Here is the recipe for Patras:
Ingredients
15-20 large patra leaves (colocasia leaves)
1/2 cup tamarind extract (juice)
1 cup gramflour (besan)
3 tsp. chilli powder
1/2 tsp. turmeric powder
3-4 pinches asafoetida
1 tsp. crushed cumin seeds
3 tsp. powdered sugar
1 tbsp. oil
salt to taste
For seasoning:
1 tbsp. oil
1/2 tsp. each cumin & mustard seeds
1 tsp. sesame seeds
1 tsbp. coriander leaves finely chopped
1 tbsp. coconut grated fine
Method
Clean, wash and wipe leaves. Cut thick veins with a pair of scissors. Roll lightly with a rolling pin. Keep aside. Mix all ingredients (not those for seasoning) The mixture should be a thick paste. Place a leaf backside up on a flat worksurface. Take a little paste and apply thinly all over leaf surface. Place another leaf over it. Repeat. Get a set of 3-4 layered leaves, top layer being that of paste. Fold in the edges and roll the leaves, starting with their base towards tip. Make the roll tight and seal sides with some paste. Place in the perforated vessel of a double boiler or steam cooker. Repeat for all the leaves and paste. Steam in the cooker for 30-40 minutes till cooked. Cool, and remove. Cut into 1/2" thick slices. When cooled well, season as follows. Heat oil, add seeds, allow to splutter. Add sesame, coriander, and coconut. Check and adjust, salt, chilli and sugar as desired. Mix well, serve hot or cold.
Making time: 30 minutes (excluding steaming time)
Makes: 20-25 patras
Shelflife: Seasoned 1 day Deep Fried 2-3 days Note:
The patras may also be deep fried if desired.
Friday, February 17, 2006
BBC SPORT | Cricket | England | England should use pace - Woolmer
Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer says England should focus on pace, not spin, to win their Test series in India. Read the full story on BBC.
BBC SPORT | Cricket | England | England should use pace - Woolmer
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Why having two dogs is better than having two wives !!
- The later you get home…the more excited your dog is to see you
- Dogs will forgive you for playing with other dogs
- If another dog is beautiful…your dog won’t hate it
- Dogs don’t notice if you call them by another dog’s name
- Dogs actually like it when you leave stuff on the floor
- A dog’s parents will never come to visit
- Dogs understand that you have to raise your voice to make a point
- Dogs do their snooping outside. Not in your wallet or pants pocket
- Dogs find you amusing when you drink
- Dogs are ready to go 24 hours a day. You never have to wait for them
- Another man will rarely steal your dog
- A dog will seldom outlive you
- A dog will let you put a studded collar on them without calling you a pervert
- If a dog smells another dog on you they don’t get mad. They think it’s interesting
- Dogs are not allowed in Holt Renfrew
- If a dog leaves home, it won’t take half your stuff
- A dog will never wake you up in the middle of the night and ask…”If I died…would you get another dog?”
Funny Answering Machine Greetings
My wife and I can't come to the phone right now, but if you'll leave your name and number, we'll get back to you as soon as we're finished.
Hi. This is John. If you are the phone company, I already sent the money.
If you are my parents, please send money.
If you are my financial aid institution, you didn’t lend me enough money.
If you are my friends, you owe me money.
If you are a female, don’t worry, I have plenty of money.
Hi. Now you say something.
Hi! John's answering machine is broken. This is his refrigerator. Please speak very slowly, and I'll stick your message to myself with one of these magnets.
Hello, you are talking to a machine. I am capable of receiving messages. My owners do not need siding, windows, or a hot tub, and their carpets are clean. They give to charity through their office and do not need their picture taken. If you're still with me, leave your name and number and they will get back to you.
Please leave a message. However, you have the right to remain silent. Everything you say will be recorded and will be used by us.
Hello, you've reached Jim and Sonya. We can’t pick up the phone right now, because we're doing something we really enjoy. Sonya likes doing it up and down, and I like doing it left to right ... real slowly. So leave a message, and when we're done brushing our teeth, we'll get back to you.
GMail got even better !!
The best email client GMail got even better. Now you can chat within GMail interface. Really cool ! I love Google and their products.
Monday, February 13, 2006
Sunday, February 12, 2006
Difference in perception about India !
Speech by Thomas Friedman of The New York Times....
"When we were young kids growing up in America, we were told to eat our vegetables at dinner and not leave them. Mothers said, 'think of the starving children in India and finish the dinner.' And now I tell my children: 'Finish your maths homework. Think of the children in India who would make you starve, if you don't."
Two Nuns
There were two nuns...
One of them was known as Sister Mathematical (SM), and the other one was known as Sister Logical (SL).
It is getting dark and they are still far away from the convent.
SM: Have you noticed that a man has been following us for the past thirty-eight and a half minutes? I wonder what he wants.
SL: It's logical. He wants to rape us.
SM: Oh, no! At this rate he will reach us in 15 minutes at the most? What can we do?
SL: The only logical thing to do of course is to walk faster.
SM: It's not working.
SL: Of course it's not working. The man did the only logical thing. He started to walk faster, too.
SM : So, what shall we do? At this rate he will reach us in one minute.
SL: The only logical thing we can do is split. You go that way and I'll go this way. He cannot follow us both.
So the man decided to follow Sister Logical.
Sister Mathematical arrives at the convent and is worried about what has happened to Sister Logical.
Then Sister Logical arrives.
SM: Sister Logical ! Thank God you are here! Tell me what happened!
SL : The only logical thing happened. The man couldn't follow us both,so he followed me
SM : Yes, yes! But what happened then?
SL : The only logical thing happened. I started to run as fast as I could and he started to run as fast as he could.
SM : And?
SL : The only logical thing happened. He reached me.
SM : Oh, dear! What did you do?
SL : The only logical thing to do. I lifted my dress up.
SM : Oh, Sister! What did the man do?
SL : The only logical thing to do. He pulled down his pants.
SM : Oh, no! What happened then?
SL : Isn't it logical, Sister? A nun with her dress up can run faster than man with his pants down.
And for those of you who thought it would be dirty, say two Hail Marys!
Saturday, February 11, 2006
Public transport in rural Gujarat
Remember chakkado ?
Friday, February 10, 2006
Remember those two-wheelers?
There are lots of two wheelers in Ahmedabad. This picture is taken at Ahmedbad Railway Station.
Thursday, February 09, 2006
Corporate Lesson 3
A sales rep, an administration clerk, and the manager are walking to
lunch when they find an antique oil lamp. They rub it and a Genie comes
out. The Genie says, "I'll give each of you just one wish."
"Me first! Me first!" says the admin. clerk "I want to be in the
Bahamas, driving a speedboat, without a care in the world." Poof! She's
gone.
"Me next! Me next!" says the sales rep. "I want to be in Hawaii,
relaxing on the beach with my personal masseuse, an endless supply of
Pina Coladas and the love of my life." Poof! He's gone.
"OK, your turn" the Genie says to the manager. The manager says, "I want
those two back in the office after lunch."
Moral of the story: Always let your boss have the first say.
Corporate Lesson 4
A crow was sitting on a tree, doing nothing all day. A rabbit asked him,
"Can I also sit like you and do nothing all day long?" The crow
answered: "Sure, why not." So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the
crow, and rested. A fox jumped on the rabbit and ate it.
Moral of the story: To be sitting and doing nothing, you must be sitting
very high up.
Corporate Lesson 2
A priest offered a lift to a nun.
She got in and crossed her legs, forcing her gown to reveal some bare
leg. The priest nearly had an accident.
After controlling the car, he stealthily slid his hand up her leg.
The nun said, "Father, remember Psalm 129?"
The priest removed his hand.
But, changing gears, he let his hand slide up her leg again.
The nun once again said, "Father, remember Psalm 129?"
The priest apologized "Sorry sister but the flesh is weak."
Arriving at the convent, the nun went on her way.
On his arrival at the church, the priest rushed to look up Psalm 129.
It said, "Go forth and seek, further up, you will find glory."
Moral of the story: If you are not well informed in your job, you might
miss a great opportunity.
Corporate Lesson 1
A man is getting into the shower just as his wife is finishing her shower, when the doorbell rings. The wife quickly wraps herself in a towel and runs downstairs.
When she opens the door, there stands Bill, the next door neighbour. Before she says a word, Bill says, "I'll give you 800 pounds to drop that towel," After thinking for a moment, the woman drops her towel and stands naked in front of Bill.
After a few seconds, Bill hands her 800 pounds and leaves. The woman wraps back up in the towel and goes back upstairs. When she gets to the bathroom, her husband asks, "Who was that?" "It was Bill the next door neighbour," she replies.
"Great!" the husband says, "did he say anything about the 800 pounds he owes me?"
Moral of the story: If you share critical information pertaining to credit and risk with your shareholders in time, you may be in a position to prevent avoidable exposure.
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Super Bowl XL Commericals
Would like to see Super Bowl commericals all over again? Check out Google Video and they have all there.
Click here to see all commericals.
Amazing Photos of China
Forget everything you think you know about China and take a couple minutes to ponder these images. Few people in the Western world know about the hidden beauty of China. Well..... of course it helps to have an ace photographer who can capture this land of enchantment as no other has. But these are some truly inspiring photos.
read more | digg story
Friday, February 03, 2006
Always Aim Higher !
Always aim higher than you believe you can reach. So often, you'll discover that when your talents are set free by your imagination, you can achieve any goal.
If people offer their help or wisdom as you go through life, accept it gratefully. You can learn much from those who have gone before you. But never be afraid or hesitant to step off the accepted path and head off in your own direction if your heart tells you that it's the right way for you.
Always believe that you will ultimately succeed at whatever you do, and never forget the value of persistence, discipline, and determination.
You are meant to be whatever you dream of becoming.
So you think you know Everything huh?
- A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
- A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
- A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.
- A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
- A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
- A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
- A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
- A snail can sleep for three years.
- Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
- All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill
- Almonds are a member of the peach family.
- An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
- Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.
- Butterflies taste with their feet.
- Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10.
- "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
- February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
- In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
- If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
- If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will spend an average of 6 months waiting at red lights.
- It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
- Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
- Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
- No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
- On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.
- Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
- Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
- Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
- "Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand and "lollipop" with your right.
- The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
- The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
- The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
- The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet.
- The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.
- The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
- There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
- There are more chickens than people in the world.
- There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous
- There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: "abstemious" and "facetious."
- There's no Betty Rubble in the Flintstones Chewables Vitamins.
- Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
- TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
- Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
- Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
- Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks; otherwise it will digest itself.
............Now you know everything!
Thursday, February 02, 2006
Which BitTorrent client is the best?
Good article comparing Popular BitTorrent Clients including BitTorrent, µTorrent, BitTornado, Azureus, BitComet, BitLord....
read more | digg story
The Top 10 weirdest USB devices ever
The title says it all. Some really weird USB devices in there!
read more | digg story
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Hearing Loss
A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to, and thought she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called the family doctor to discuss the problem. The doctor told him there was a simple informal test the husband could perform to give himself a better idea about her hearing loss.
"Here's what you do" said the doctor, "Stand about 40 feet away from her, and say something in a normal conversational tone. See if she hears you. If not, go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on,
until you get a response."
That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and the husband was in the den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens." In a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?" No response. So the husband moves to closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?" Still no response. Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?" Again he gets no response, so... He walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's for dinner?" Still no response. Finally, he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
"Darling, for the FIFTH time, I've said: BIRYANI!"
The moral of the story: The problem may not be with the other person/s,
as we always think. Instead it could be very much be with ourselves!
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