Owner: Life Rocks ! URL:http://www.nirmaltv.com Join Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 01:19:17 -0600 Rating:0 Site Description: This is my personal Blog where I write about my life, my opinions and latest news in focus. Site statistics:Click here
IIT's New Initiative 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Here's a good piece of information:The 7 IITs have taken up an initiative of starting online teaching and thus have started offering course materials online for every engineering stream. The program is called National Program on Technology Enhanced LearningMany professors from all the IITs have provided course materials for each chapter and each subject. One has to register at the link provided below and can access the course material. Every Chapter has been described with diagrams and charts. Please spread this message to everyone, as many can benefit from this program taken up by the government and IIT.This is just a trial period going on and hence I request everyone to register at the link given. 1] Go to http://nptel.iitm.ac.in 2] Click on Courses 3] Sign up as a NEW USER 4] And one can access any course material. Please spread the word, so that this initiative benefits as many students as possible.Technorati tags: IIT, NPTEL
Orkut adds Fav Videos 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Orkut has added another link, Videos, in the profile screen near to the photos. By this the users can show their favorite videos in Orkut. Videos cannot be directly uploaded into Orkut, instead the video has to be uploaded in Google videos or You tube and the link has to be added in Orkut.Another feature which Orkut has added recently is the scrap timings. These timings are now updated to use the local timings in different zones, so that we can exactly know when the person has scrapped.Google keeps on improving Orkut all the time and lets hope that Orkut stays beautiful all the time. Technorati tags: Orkut, Google, YouTube Read more:Orkut
Few facts about Indian IT Industry 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Major IT companies in IndiaTCSWiproInfosysSatyamPatniHCLNumber of Employees (2005-06)TCS-66480 Wipro-53271Infosys-52175Satyam-26674Patni-12428HCL-32628Other FactsTCS is the first Indian company to hit a billion dollar mark in a quarter.Infosys to become 3 billion dollar company by March 2007Infosys spent a whopping $145 million (Rs 652.5 crores) in a year for training of its employeesSatyam spend around 350 crores for training.TCS is the biggest IT vendor in India.Indian IT exports are worth $29.4 billion (Rs 1,32,300 crore.Indian IT hired more than a lakh people this year.Technorati tags: Infosys, TCS, Satyam, Wipro, Patni, HCL, Indian IT Read more:facts
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Sony Ericsson Z710i Review 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Recently I had the opportunity of using one of the latest clamshell model from SonyEricsson
, the z710i. The z710i carries the same design and specifications of the walkman phone w710i without any sporty features like pedometer and calorie counter. This phone comes in 2 colours-Twilight Black and Metallic sand. The model I used was the Metallic sand one. The exterior finishes have been superb with a metallic colour band around the top portion of the phone. The Z710i meaures 88 X 48 X 24.5 mm and weighs 101 gms.The handset's major attraction is its external display which is 26 X 26 mm. Its a monochrome display with blue backlight. When closed this displays the phone status, calender events etc. When the media player and radio is running, this screen displays the track details. The fonts in this display is also impressive.On the front side we have the 2MP camera encircled with a metallic ring. Side mount button have volume rocker keys, slider control to lock the phone and also media pla Read more:Sony Ericsson
My Journey in Infosys 1970-01-01 00:59:59 June 2004 Gets selected to Infosys
on 6th June 2004 through a campus recruitment test held in Pondicherry Engineering college. August 2004 Gets employment offer letter from Infosys.March 2005 Gets the appoinment letter from Infosys. My date of joining- 24th Oct 2005 Place of posting- Mysore October 2005 Date of Joining postponed New Date- 7th Nov 2005 November 2005 (7th)Joined Infosys at the Mysore. 3 months training started from 7th Nov at Global Education center (World's Largest Training center).December 2005 (26th)Completed first phase of training. Second phase of training started in 2 days time. Main stream training was in Microsoft .Net technologyMarch 2006 Successfully completed the 3.5 months training and posting in Mangalore DC. Joined Mangalore DC on 16th.June 2006Completes 100 days on bench (no work stage) and also got my first project by June end.Novemeber 2006Completes one year in Infosys and also gets confirmed.Febuary 2007Currently working in my second project. Read more:Journey
My four months training in Infosys 1970-01-01 00:59:59 My life in Infosys
started with my joining on 7th Nov 2005. First few days were soft skills training including induction program in which we were told what to do and what not to do in infy. First few days were enjoyment and we didnt know it was the begining of tough time ahead.From the second week onwards the technical training started and it was called the generic training with assignments each day and tests every 3-4 days. First few days, it was difficult to acustom to the new culture and area. But within a few days, we were into the new culture of doing assignments daily. With assignments and tests life was becoming hectic. First major exam which is called the COMPRE was nearing. We took the compre on 26th of Dec 2005 with 2 exams morning and afternoon. New year was nearing and so was the inaugration of multiplex in Mysore campus. My next phase of training, called the Stream training started on 30th Dec and i was into Dotnet stream (a Microsoft product). The specific stream went on
My New Template ! 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Today I changed my blogger template to new one. I didnt have any idea of changing the template, but while googling , I found a website which had a good collection of free blogger templates. I was quick to spot this template and found it very attractive. But the header images were entirely different from the one I'm using right now. Since I didnt want those images to be displayed, so I did a bit of editing the template. The fonts and styles were also a bit different from what I have now. Also, I added my own CSS styles and fonts. The current template is a 3 column design, so I had more options to include my add-ons into the blog. After adding all items into the blog, I feel this template is quite attractive and better than the old one I was using....More Templates are available @ http://www.isnaini.com/blogger-templatesTo customize the my template - http://www.isnaini.com/blogger-templates/comptech-blueTechnorati tags: Blogger, BloggerTemplates
Hoax mails, Chain mails, free cell phones, free iPods, Bill Gates sharing his fortune...... 1970-01-01 00:59:59 This msg has been circulating for quite some time now...it reads like this, "Hi friends, There is a link where u can get a free apple IPOD. just go thr and try it out there. it really works. my 1 frnd has got it.! "Free iPods? Are they crazy to distribute iPods for free? On thing I understand is nothing comes for free in life, there would be something (some hidden things) attached to these free offers always. Another commonly fwded mail is "Student X is suffering from some disaese very rarely found (3 in a billion). His condition is very pathetic and the treatment is very expensive, obviously his parents are not able to afford his reatment. Orkut has agreed to pay 1 paisa after each time this message is forward. So please pass to all ur friends. "“Orkut has agreed to pay 1 paisa”, well when did Orkut announce this? I can't find any press releases or Read more:Chain
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10 Best Intranets of 2007, First winner from India-Infosys Technologies 1970-01-01 00:59:59 10 Best Intranets of 2007 Summary: This year's winner
s emphasized an editorial approach to news on the homepage. They also took a pragmatic approach to many hyped "Web 2.0" techniques. While page design is getting more standardized, there's no agreement on CMS or technology platforms for good intranet design.The 10 best-designed intranets for 2007 are: * American Electric Power (AEP), United States * Comcast, United States * DaimlerChrysler AG, Germany * The Dow Chemical Company, United States * Infosys
Technologies Limited, India
* JPMorgan Chase & Co., United States * Microsoft Corporation, United States * National Geographic Society, United States * The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), United Kingdom * Volvo Group, SwedenNine winners are traditional company-wide intranets. The winning Comcast design is an extranet that supports both internal marketing staff and external vendors, affiliates, and marketing partners.Contrary to last year, when Read more:First
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How real are they? 1970-01-01 00:59:59 With reality shows making roads into the TV channels, the big question is how real are they? We all know that these shows are here to entertain people and also a larger part of audience are very much adicted to these shows.The popular show of UK, the Big Brother was in news recently, I'm not sure what to make of since I don't know how British television works. But what's up with that Big Brother show in England? They actually have real stars on that show? A racist insult took place in that show, apparently a British actress upset all of India by what she said to one of India's big stars on the show, Shilpa Shetty.Its popular Indian version was launched on Nov 3rd 2006 called the BiGG BOSS, with major Bollywood and soap stars participating in the show. With all these entertainment provided by these shows, I guess there should some amount of control on what they show the viewers and there should be a line of control which should not be crossed by the actors...!
In search of RAM ! 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Last weekend was a long one and I had decided to go home for some work related to the construction of our new house at Kochi. I reached Kochi by 26th morning 7am and we had a good round of discussion regarding the plan of the house. There were a few minor changes also decided to keep the contruction cost low. The cost had gone well beyond our estimate and we were planning to somehow reduce it, although considerable reduction was not possible.After deciding the changes, I decided to Google out few building contractors in and around Kochi. So I switched on my PC and it took nearly 10 minutes to boot up the PC! Imagine waiting in front of PC for 10 minutes to boot up! It was running on a 128 MB RAM for quite some period now since the other 128 MB had gone out of work. I was getting frustrated with the speed of the PC. It was taking 2-3 minutes to recognize a double click, can you believe that? Even the 512 MB RAM in my office PC was showing signs of slowness sometimes, so imagine the cond
Second life! 1970-01-01 00:59:59 In my previous post I had mentioned the pathetic state of my computer running on a 128 MB RAM. So last weekend when I went home, I had made up my mind to upgrade it at any cost. So I phoned my father on Friday morning and asked him to enquire the price and purchase a new 256 MB RAM. By Friday evening my father called me up and told that 128 MB was around 800 Rs, so I told him to get this one instead of going for a 256 MB. The benefit of purchasing the 128 is that the existing RAM would still be usable.I went home by 11.00 pm train on Fri and reached home by 8.00 am. I was quick to spot the newly purchased RAM and without wasting any more time, I installed it into my computer. I could see the difference just by the time it took for booting, it was very quick. Now the long wait for a double click was over. For many now the 256 MB RAM would be insufficient, but for me it was more than enough. Imagine working on a PC that take time for each click. I had removed almost all the softwares to Read more:Second
Some Things to Cheer About 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Last weekend I went home mainly for 2 purposes, one being my sister's birthday on 8th Feb. I have purchased a gift for her-Brand new Sony Ericsson z710i (Read my review of the phone here). Soon after I reached there I handed over the gifts, the mobile was fully covered in gift wrapper and in the wildest of dreams she never imagined that it would be a mobile phone. Once she opened the gift she was really shocked to see the gift and she was really happy about the gift. It had been quite a time since she was asking about purchasing a new mobile, so I decided to get it for her birthday and it was the best gift I could get for her. The gift also contained a dress which was purchased from Mangalore.The second reason for going home was the starting of construction of our new house at Maradu (5-6 km from Kochi). By 10.00 am the contractor, whom we had given the construction of house, came to out house to discuss about the happenings and update about the details. We also made a few changes to Read more:Cheer
How Much Is Your Blog Worth? 1970-01-01 00:59:59 While going through one the websites, I found an interesting topic-How much is Your Blog Worth
? Ever wondered or thought about this? Here is a tool which will calculate how much is your blog worth. This little applet was created by Dane Carlson using Technorati's API which computes and displays your blog's worth using the same link to dollar ratio as the AOL-Weblogs Inc deal. If you want to check the value of your blog Click here.Below are the result for my blog ! My blog is worth $3,387.24.How much is your blog worth?Check out how much is your blog worth......
Vodafone in India 1970-01-01 00:59:59 With the acquisition of Hutch-Essar by Vodafone
with its bid of $19 billion (Rs 85,000 crore), the Value Added Services in India
n Mobile market is all set to change. Vodafone becomes the third largest private operator in India with a market share of 15.5% which is set to increase to 25% by 2010. With this acquisition, the Indian Mobile Savvy customers are the one who are going to benefit. Vodafone will be planning to introduce variety of Value added services, which includes the Vodafone Live!, which is an entertainment and informative service. There are also other business related services and also paying of bills like telephone, electricity etc through mobile. Other major competitors like Airtel and Reliance have already brought in many Value Added Services. Lets wait and see what Vodafone has in store for Indian customers.Technorati tags: Vodafone, Hutch, IndianMobile
Explode-The latest Social Network! 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Explode is the latest entry into the social networking arena. Explode is a go-anywhere global networking system. It allows anyone to include a distributed friends widget on their site, send these friends comments and keep connected. Explode is built by UK open-source social network provider Curverider (whose primary product is Elgg). With Explode one can search for a friend using the normal search or browse option or using the tag cloud. The tag clouds are interest area of people and gets updated. Users can get added to the tag cloud using the option in the profile. Once the user selects the tag cloud, the other people with the same interest area are listed under the tag cloud. They can add people to their friend list by clicking this icon and they can also moderate friend requests. Users can also add comments in other users/friends profile using the comments wall. A widget similar to the one in myBloglog can be placed in the blog or website to get the traffic details for blogs. Alth Read more:Explode
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Nike's Latest Indian TV commercial 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I was quite impressed by this latest commercial by Nike. This is Nike's first major commercial in India.With the Cricket world cup nearing, this is a good way of promotion. Do watch it...Technorati tags: Nike, CricketWorldCup
A Trip to Malabar 1970-01-01 00:59:59 It has been quite a long time since I visited Malabar. For those who have not heard about the word Malabar, its the northern part of Kerala (India). The Northern stretch of Kerala as a whole is said as the Malabar Region. Malabar is also my home town, where my grandmother stays. I decided to give her a visit last week. So Saturday early morning I reached Mangalore Railway station and boarded the Mangalore-Chennai Egmore Express. The train started by 6.40 am, late by 10 minutes. I took a single seat as i knew there would be heavy rush once it reaches Kerala, so I would be on the safe side taking the single seat. It has been a long time since I traveled by train during day time. Generally I take the train when I go to Kochi and that would be by the night train. Traveling through Malabar region during the day time was a great experience with the lot of beaches and rivers on the way.Few snaps of MalabarI took few snaps of the greenery and rivers along this coastal area. By 9.15 am, the tr
Promoting Vista 1970-01-01 00:59:59 The new Windows Vista
Campaign and promotions seems to be picking up fast. Yesterday I went to Cafe Coffee day outlet and I was surprised to see Vista posters and cards everywhere in the restaurant. Bigger surprise came when the waiter handed the menu card to me, another Vista card. The menu was in the form of the windows logo and had lot of promotions for Vista and titled-"Windows Vista, the WOW starts now" CCD's New Menu CardEven after opening the card there were logos everywhere inside it. There's a new item in the menu called Windows Vista WOWffee priced @ 40/-. But what is the connection between these two? Microsoft seems to be so desperate to sell Vistas, but lets wait and see how popular Vista is going to be. With the Vista launched last month, we can expect more of such promotions and campaigns in the coming months.Technorati tags: Microsoft, Vista, CafeCoffeeDay
Bidding and Buying through Ebay 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Disclaimer: Whatever is presented here is the personal opinion of the author and nothing to do with the policies of eBay. The author has expressed his opinion in regard to eBay India.Recently I have been doing some bidding and buying through Ebay. Although I had registered with eBay in Mar 2002, I didn't purchase anything till recently. I have been closely watching eBay for quite some time now and also doing some bidding lately. Presenting here is some of the things which we need to take care before going in for a purchase or a bid.There are 2 main categories under which items are listed. One is the category and other one is the auctions category. items are those items which we can purchase directly and instantly. Once we click we will get a confirmation that we have purchased the item and payment is pending. Things to remember:Check all the specification of the product you are going to buy.If you have any doubts regarding the item, then do contact the seller through the link avai Read more:Buying
Happy Valentine's Day ! 1970-01-01 00:59:59 “The best and most beautifulthings in the worldcannot be seen or even touched -they must be felt with the heart.”A wish from the heart for a wonderful “Valentine
’s Day”. May you all get your lost love back, new love in life, and those who are lucky enough....enjoy life!!!!Wishing All my readers a Happy
Valentine's Day!
How to make your blog popular 1970-01-01 00:59:59 This could be easily the most discussed and authored topic in many of the blogs. This is not just the repeat of what others have written about this topic, but here I'm presenting what I did to increase the popular
ity of my blog and attract more visitor and readers.One of the important things for attracting people is to have a good template and design. Lot of websites offer good templates and we can also edit these templates to suit our needs.Update your blog with new posts everyday, if not everyday at least update frequently (this is what I'm trying to do). You can write about your life or anything which is interesting. More of the readers tend to visit recently updated blogs.Make feeds available for your blog/website.Display your Email address, maybe some readers want to contact you.Submit your blog to popular blog search like Google, Yahoo, Bloglines, Blogarama, Technorati.The blog should load in the least possible time. Many of the first impression are made by the time the blog ta
Windows Vienna to follow Vista 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Windows Vienna
is the new codename for Windows Blackcomb the successor to Windows Vista
. Not much is known about Blackcomb officially and Microsoft has not given any details about ViennaWhile Windows Vista is intended to be a technologies-based release, with some UI changes (in the form of the Aero set of technologies and guidelines), Vienna is targeted directly at revolutionizing the way we interact with our home and office PCs. For instance, the "Start" philosophy, introduced in Windows 95, may be completely replaced by a "new interface" which was said in 1999 to be scheduled for Blackcomb, before being moved to the Longhorn project, and then back to Blackcomb. The interface involved some ideas based upon truely 3D Windows and an intergration of what is now known as Sidebar.The Explorer shell is expected to be replaced in its entirety, with features such as the taskbar being replaced by a new concept based on the last 10 years of research from Microsoft's "Vibe" lab. Projects Read more:Windows
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The Spectrum War-3G 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Whats 3G ?3G or third generation mobile networks allow mobile service providers to provide high bandwidth data applications and allow for better utilization of the frequecy spectrum.What is all the fuzz about?Many people in the governmen believe that lot of money can be made by auctioning the 3G spectrum which was done in countries like UK and Germany.But the major operators in India like Airtel believe that 3G auctioning will result in massive auction fees and lead to unviable service offering. They believe that the allotment should be made based on the subscriber base which will benefit Airtel, BSNL and Reliance. This will also lead to lower tariff rates and also allow India to leap ahead in 3G usage.The final decision in this regard will be taken by DoT in February. And finally 3G will be available in India this yearTechnorati tags: 3G Read more:Spectrum
My blog indexed in Google and Yahoo ! 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Today I did a search for Life Rocks! in Google
and Yahoo
to check whether my blog is indexed or not. Both of the searched showed that my blog has been indexed. I got the tips for indexing the blog from here. I read this post and found the blogger doesn't allow the blog to be indexed by default, so I made some changes as per the suggestions given hereI don't know how much time it took for listing the blog, since I didn't follow all the steps mentioned here.Technorati tags: Google, Yahoo, Blogger, Indexed Read more:blog indexed
Staying Alive In a Software Job 2007-03-02 06:32:00 Recently I came across this interesting article written by Harshad Oak. He writes about the state of software industry in India and how to survive in this cramped work culture. The solutions which he suggest also seems very much realistic in nature. Here is the article: Before I started working for myself, I spent some years in some of the top IT companies in India and still have many friends working in various software companies. I wrote a blog recruiting like crazy, about the same time last year about how Indian companies are recruiting like there's no tomorrow and the possible consequences. However I was avoiding writing this particular piece as it seems like an unpatriotic thing to do, to tell the world how bad the working conditions in software companies in India have become. And there's always the risk of excerpts being used out of context to bash up IT in India . I am now writing this because I just keep hearing horror tales from the industry and it doesn't seem like anyth Read more:Alive
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Yet another weekend ! 2007-03-04 07:47:00 Yet another weekend is passing by and time is nearing for the big occasion....This weekend was pretty similar like any other weekend, watching movies, roaming, some small shoppings etc. This weekend I went for 2 movies. One was the latest movie from Ram Gopal Verma-Nishabd. This is said to be inspired from Hollywood film Lolita. The movie is a short one and seems to be lacking the punch. The first half is pretty dragging and second half is the place where actually the film talks about all relationships. (Rating: 2/5)The second movie which I saw was Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd. Its a fun filled movie telling the story of six couples on a honeymoon vacation. Though there is not much in the story, the way it is presented to the audience makes it watchable. (Rating: 3/5)Next weekend I'll be going to Kochi with lots of work to complete before the big occasion... :-)
Me and My blog 2007-03-03 08:29:00 Of late I have been blogging more on technology?? I started this blog as my personal blog 1.5 years back, but then...when did I shift to technology? My craze for Internet and computers has made me write more of these stuffs. I read a lot of technical blogs and try to find out lot of stuffs though surfing.So the question in my mind was whether to maintain my blog as technical one or a personal one? Finally I decided to have a mixture of both. Last week I was supposed to get released from the current project I was doing, but my allocation was extended for another 2 weeks since testing is going on. Everyone seems to believe that software life always busy and hectic, but I take it in a different way. Even when I'm having busy work schedules I always try to find out time to do things which I enjoy. My life in software field has been very good and its always the way you make things happen in life. Life is calling! Where are you? or it can also be Life is calling! make it happen ! :-)
My blog went down ! 2007-03-05 05:20:00 Today morning when I checked my blog it was not loading properly, only the first panel was loading till the site visitors. The postings were not at all visible. I tried to refresh my blog several times and nothing changed. It was difficult to check what was wrong with the template just by looking at the code, so I decided to use my old template and check it. Again it was loading till the site visitors details. There was some problem with the site visitor counter which was provided by GoStats. So I got the code again from their site, but the error was still there. So finally I decided to remove the site counter and replace it with another one from Hit-Counter. Finally my blog is up and running. Sorry for the inconvenience caused.
Blogger vs Wordpress 2007-03-06 05:10:00 It has been 1.5 years since I started using Blogger
as my blogging platform and I should say I'm pretty happy with their service. Recently I read lot of articles pointing out the disadvantages of using Blogger when compared to Wordpress
. To investigate how better is Wordpress compared to Blogger, I decided to get a Wordpress blog for me. My new Wordpress blog is nirmaltv.wordpress.com. Since the Blogger service is completely free, I'm just comparing the free service offered by Wordpress with Blogger.Firstly, one good thing I found for Wordpress blogs is that new pages can be added to the blog, but this feature is not available in Blogger. This is a feature I really wanted in Blogger, may be they will implement in future.Secondly for creating a new post, I think Blogger is better than Wordpress because they offer lot more options on font, size and colors. Although color and font options are available in Wordpress, one has to code this manually in code section.Another important thing
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