Bits and Pieces of the Net

My Experiment with Truth

2010-01-01T18:54:00.002+05:30

Happy New Year 2010!

For the new year, Im trying not to tell a lie for 30 days; till 30th of January 2010.

I wanted to try this in order to focus on situations that make us cover the truth because Men have become so accustomed to lie, that it comes out as easily as the truth.I wanted to see those situations and observe more clearly why the deceit was required and what could have avoided it.

Im not a saint and not planning to be one in the near future. Im just bored and wanted some fun and the first thing that came to mind was this.Lets see how tolerant I can be and what can make me break this experiment.I will share if something interesting happens in this period or I shall summarize it at the end of the period.

--Rvnd

Jai Ho!! A R Rahman Ft. PCD - Pussy Cat Dolls

2009-04-13T05:43:00.008+05:30

An oscar winning song!! Remade by PCD... the lyrics are good and i luv Nicole's voice,,,

Ubiquity

2009-03-10T10:47:00.001+05:30

Let me Introduce you to a Mozilla Firefox Addon, Ubiquity. A very handy utility that helps you simplify your tasks during your life in the internet. Command triggered actions can be performed using this tool. This both is fun and very effective.For example if you find some long bad, unknown word in the internet, dont fret, just select the word and ask ubiquity to define it and there you go. Have an address on the webpage and want to know where it exactly is?? Just ask him to Map it for you, he will be more than glad to do so also will it enable you to insert the section of the map into an email and draft it to your friend without ever needing to type another URL in the address bar. U have more adresses?? no worries he is more efficient taht way select everything and say 'map these' and voila there you go. This make being at many places in one time very possible.

Some more on what it can do,

Can update your twitter status - This is something i like to do very often as this is very practical and quick.
Can ask for a WIKIPEDIA article
Can edit a page
Can add events to your Google Calendar.
Can Digg an article directly.
Can search in flickr.
Can do many more. Check out . Link

Try it now.Link

Face of Terror : Lets Face it Head-On :Attacks in Mumbai

2008-11-29T07:56:00.000+05:30

Pic by ~TheSilentRevolution

Attacks in Mumbai by terrorists, separating us from over 150 of our kith and kind.The face of terror they call it.Lets face the terror should be the call. Salute to the NSG and more honor to the Police Force who have been valiant and thoughtful in facing the situation head on.Wise aggression shown by them will subdue further attacks.

Yes we are vulnerable, so were the mighty Americans.But where can we be different?? We have to instill fear in the minds of people who even dare to take a weapon against any Indian. The 8 terrorists killed can help. Hanged to decay in 8 corners of INDIA as a warning , covered by every news channel in the world, filling the first pages of all tabloids, iconizing the War on Terror, the Indian version with its very own aggression.

For the dead souls to RIP(Rest In Peace), we have to RIP the terrorists apart. We will, Will not we??

Google Outspends the U.S. Government for Geothermal research

2008-09-26T16:14:00.005+05:30

photo~richardnorman

Now Google.org—the charitable wing of the search engine giant—has chipped in nearly $11 million for this renewable resource: so-called geothermal power, or tapping the Earth's heat to make electricity. That makes Google.org the largest funder of enhanced geothermal research in the country, outspending the U.S. government

I am not surprised by this news.But the timing of it is a little early one can say. Google, being one of the worlds largest consumers of energy, has to do something about/for it. By Geothermal energy, we are meaning to use up the fireball thats burning at the center of the earth considering it as a rich resource. We will have a lot of time before we go on to the debates of how harmful it will be to use up the whole fire ball and what effects it might bear on the climatic calamities we are seeing now or speculations about gravity as its a long time plan and it might even take a decade before which we start to see any commercial use . Google's investment on this is a very strategic and generous move like many of its initiatives.I am not sure what Google has in mind.

Link.

E-Cigarettes : Cant live without Nicotine

2008-09-26T15:33:00.007+05:30

Pic~knutselpeter

The pubs in UK are starting to use E-Cigs to beat the smoking ban..

The new E.cig smokes like a real cigarette and users get a shot of nicotine every time they inhale.The device even produces a cloud of water vapor with every puff, though causes no harm to smokers.

Users can choose between No nicotine, Low, medium or high nicotine, menthol, strawberry or cherry.The makers of the product at The Electronic Cigarette Company say the vapour produced is odourless and contains no tar or carbon monoxide, resulting in no risk of passive smoking.
However the company say the E.Cigs are just as addictive as the real thing.

Cigarettes, a necessity now a days for many people has become a part of life.This culture has seeped to India lately where smoking is considered as a trend.Many smoke only for the charm of the same.And it will not take long for this e-cig to make it way to the Indian market, given that the ban on smoking is now strict in the IT sector.People will be very glad to get a puff or two with this geek-like device...Oops what else can be done with this??? Lets see.. we are not far from all that..

Know more about e-cigs here.

Link(telegraph.co.uk)

Local Currency - Localized

2008-09-16T14:50:00.005+05:30

clipped from news.bbc.co.uk

Lewes launches its own currency

An East Sussex town is introducing its own currency in an effort to encourage shoppers to support the local economy.
The Lewes Pound works like a voucher, with one Lewes pound note worth the same as a pound sterling. Up to 10,000 notes have been printed.
The currency will be accepted in local participating stores and can be bought in four outlets in the town.
More than 70 local traders have agreed to accept the Lewes Pound as a complementary currency to sterling.
The town had its own currency between 1789 and 1895.

A currency for the town. Brilliant idea. The logic is simple, use this local currency for local sellers and shops only and the economy shall strengthen.Thats a great vision. But the problem here is that people are attracted towards exclusivity; they, instead of spending it are sparing the same. They are collecting it for Christmas gifts and selling on e-bay. This has to change .People seem to be sure that its going to be temporary. The organizers must assure the people that its doomed to permanency and that its not more valuable than the actual pound. Creating awareness and conducting programs to promote the same will prove to be fruitful as the vision behind this is too beautiful to be wasted. I myself am hunting for a Lewes dollar or two in the price of a pound

Different? Or just Safe??

2008-09-10T21:39:00.003+05:30

pic by ~askmeaboutnothing

Everyone wants to be different, Stand out.. But why? I am having this question for a long time now.May be I (We) can understand it better by expressing my thought process on that. Whats so special about being different? Or is it special at all? or just a freak show?? Lets keep it short...

We see many traditionally educated people, with orthodox background trying to be different also , knowing that the other way has proved to be a success. If everyone wants to be different, wont it be common?? and for a change i would try traditional ways :P...

Jokes apart, In my view, "Being Different" is creating a whole new turf for the battle.People realize there is a risk involved and they play with the risks as trump cards. For example, I know that I can do anything. But I am not sure about my level in the bigger stage as I have not competed before.A man who goes for a duel without the knowledge of the Strengths and Slips of his foe, is bound to lose and so am I with my venture.

What i can do that can keep me glorious and prevent me from losing? Create a new pool of opportunity and plunge deep into it and mark the turf with my name. This ensures relative success and satisfaction and loads and loads of work. But I will be successful.This justifies that me being different is safer too.. But can it remain permanently that safer? That depends on my personality.But it gives me a launchpad that can bypass many levels in traditional ways. May be you have a different view :P .. put it in .. we can discuss..

Upakarma

2008-08-13T19:41:00.005+05:30

Art by surrealivy

The UPAKARMA (or upaakarma or aavani avittam) is nearing for all the brahmins. This is a very important KARMA in every brahmin's life. It is basically the change or renewal of the holy thread (Poonal) which is soaked in the divine mantra (The Gayathri). This is collectively performed by the brahmin community in the month of august /September on a full moon day which is august 16th of this ~~month~~ year.

Now, after long time , I was wondering about the significance of this procedure and the timing of it and you can say on every aspect of it. First, why POONAL? the holy thread? then what about the Sandhyavandanam and aavani avittam and the innumerous formalities that are tied with this thread?.

Enough of questioning done, lets shoot some answers here.. The Holy Thread is the licence for a brahmin boy to learn Veda.The father of the boy teaches him the Gayathri mantra and takes him near to the teacher, who in turn performs the upanayana(acceptance of the holy thread) for the boy and takes him near to Vedas which in turn take him near God. So this journey cannot happen without the poonal.

The change of holy thread is vital because it becomes dirty ; and actually ,in olden days the Vedas were thought from the period of August to January (aavani to thai) so its necessary to get a new licence for every class passed.Ideally its the respect you pay for your new season of enchantment by Vedas.

The addition of threads also was a puzzle for me.. On some digging, its a very beautiful setup. A boy has his first set of threads when he starts his studies on Veda. This ideally soaks him with knowledge about dharmas and righteousness which is essentially showing respect to the world he lives in.So the first set of threads indicate that.Now, when the boy grows to a man and gets married, one more set of threads is added. This is beautiful.. it seems that this thread is to remind him that he is not the only sufferer of his activities , there is another soul which depends on him .Also the other set when he gets his first child tells him that he has more responsibility.In essence, the threads show you your responsibility.Like badges show our responsibilities when we were students.

Meaningful and very elaborate procedures are adopted for all the ceremonies told above.And the Gayathri mantra.. how can i finish without telling about it? Its the king of all mantras.Its says that the visible God, the SUN shall deviate your knowledge towards everlasting illumination that will form the basement of the generations to come. This is the mantra in which the magical thread is soaked on.I feel the vibrations this mantra can produce has the key to its importance its pronounciation is difficult and the vibrations are unique.And with the kind of belief that goes into reciting this mantra can really change things.I mean : MOVE MOUNTAINS

Its good always to involve in something and to expect something coming. So in case u are a brahmin try this one time reciting mantras more clearly.. Really ,its worthwhile and it can be Challenging too...

For the convenience of our digital world dwellers, I have given links for ur Upakarma .. This is the procedure and form for change of licence. Depending on your Veda, choose one.. its in PDF format..dld and get enchanted...

Upakarma procedure for Rig Veda : link
Upakarma procedure for Yajur Veda : link
Upakarma procedure for Sama Veda : link

Disclaimer: All these observations are under my own understanding of various facts and explanations.I dont claim them to be true.But logic allowed inside my mind only this much.

THE BIG DOG - Next step in robotics

2008-08-06T19:41:00.001+05:30

Thats amazing stuff... the balance that robot is capable of maintaining is really a great feat...

And DO NOT miss the video in the site.

clipped from www.bostondynamics.com

The Most Advanced Quadruped Robot on Earth
BigDog is the alpha male of the Boston Dynamics family of robots. It is a quadruped robot that walks, runs, and climbs on rough terrain and carries heavy loads. BigDog is powered by a gasoline engine that drives a hydraulic actuation system. BigDog's legs are articulated like an animal’s, and have compliant elements that absorb shock and recycle energy from one step to the next. BigDog is the size of a large dog or small mule, measuring 1 meter long, 0.7 meters tall and 75 kg weight.

BigDog has an on-board computer that controls locomotion, servos the legs and handles a wide variety of sensors. BigDog’s control system manages the dynamics of its behavior to keep it balanced, steer, navigate, and regulate energetics as conditions vary.

Managers .. They are all the same

2007-10-09T15:25:00.000+05:30

World's biggest Bikini Shoot

2007-10-03T13:10:00.001+05:30

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It was a sea of skin, peroxide and fake tan — over 1000 women in bikinis descending on Bondi Beach in an attempt to beat a world record that didn't actually exist.

The event, organised as a promotion between Cosmopolitan Magazine and Gillette, aspired to set a Guiness World Record for the "world's biggest swimsuit shoot".

A blend of 100 paid models and many more volunteers — mostly more interested in the free $120 goody bag than the notion of creating history — gathered in the sun.

In keeping with Guinness protocol, an achievable but challenging goal of 300 babes in bikinis was set to be officially recognised.

God of MARIO

2007-10-01T14:17:00.001+05:30

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Fight for Kisses

2007-09-21T12:02:00.001+05:30

The best animated commercial i have seen.....
Really superb..

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Shattered Still life

2007-09-21T11:54:00.001+05:30

these are really beautiful

clipped from www.37signals.com

I drop the figurine from the same height in complete darkness while the lens of the camera is open. When the figurine hits the ground, the sound triggers the lights to go off for a fraction of a second.

Offensive Drawing ( Or is it??)

2007-09-21T11:22:00.001+05:30

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Origin of Some Common Words and Phrases

2007-09-19T17:55:00.000+05:30

In the 1400's a law was set forth that a man was not allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have "the rule of thumb".

Many years ago in Scotland, a new game was invented. It was ruled "Gentlemen Only...Ladies Forbidden"...and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.

In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase "goodnight, sleep tight."

It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month, which we know today as the honeymoon.

In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts... So in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them "Mind your pints and quarts, and settle down." It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's"

Children see, Children do

2007-09-15T11:50:00.001+05:30

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SUPERHERO PERSONALITY TEST (IDENTIFY YOURSELF)

2007-09-13T23:12:00.000+05:30

10 New Words for ENGLISH

2007-09-12T11:19:00.000+05:30

1. AQUADEXTROUS (ak wa deks'trus) adj.
Possessing the ability to turn the bathtub tap on and off with your toes.

2. CARPERPETUATION (kar'pur pet u a shun) n.
The act, when vacuuming, of running over a string or a piece of lint at least a dozen times, reaching over and picking it up, examining it, then putting it back down to give the vacuum one more chance.

3. DISCONFECT (dis kon fekt') v.
To sterilize the piece of confection (lolly) you dropped on the floor by blowing on it, assuming this will somehow 'remove' all the germs.

4. ELBONICS (el bon'iks) n.
The actions of two people maneuvering for one armrest in a movie theater.

5. FRUST (frust) n.
The small line of debris that refuses to be swept onto the dust pan and keeps backing a person across the room until he finally decides to give up and sweep it under the rug.

6. LACTOMANGULATION (lak' to man gyu lay' shun) n.
Manhandling the "open here" spout on a milk container so badly that one has to resort to the 'illegal' side.

7. PEPPIER (peph ee ay') n.
The waiter at a fancy restaurant whose sole purpose seems to be walking around asking diners if they want fresh ground pepper.

8. PHONESIA (fo nee' zhuh) n.
The affliction of dialing a phone number and forgetting whom you were calling just as they answer.

9. PUPKUS (pup'kus) n.
The moist residue left on a window after a dog presses its nose to it.

10. TELECRASTINATION (tel e kras tin ay' shun) n.
The act of always letting the phone ring at least twice before you pick it up, even when you're only six inches away.Link

The Coffee Kiss

2007-08-30T12:39:00.001+05:30

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Light Graffiti

2007-07-10T05:38:00.001+05:30

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Six year old Star : Cute and Talented

2007-07-06T04:10:00.001+05:30

Cute and Talented... Hear this cute little angel sing...

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The Best Basketball shot ever

2007-07-03T21:59:00.001+05:30

This is unbelievable!. I wonder how many attempts it took to get this shot…

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Incredible Mechanical Man : Sculpture

2007-07-03T18:32:00.001+05:30

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Putting Billion into Prespective

2007-06-29T22:18:00.000+05:30

A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a
good job of putting that figure into some perspective in one of its
releases.

A billion seconds ago it was 1959.
A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.
A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.
A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.

Call him "LEGO ARTIST" not "LEGO BUILDER"

2007-06-29T17:49:00.001+05:30

clipped from www.gearfuse.com

What’s the difference between a Lego builder and a Lego artist? The answer is simple. Nathan Sawaya. Formerly studying law, Sawaya decided his life needed to go in a different direction. That direction happened to be a professional Lego artist. He currently displays his “brick” works in exhibitions.

Legos have never held this much cultural significance. Or something like that. I dunno, just trying to sound artsy. But wow, take a look at more of these pics after the jump.

LADY-LAP Pillows

2007-06-27T21:19:00.003+05:30

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The Arrow of Time

2007-06-27T21:19:00.001+05:30

See what Time Does!!

clipped from zonezero.com

Diego
Golberg lives and works in Buenos Aires, Argentina and can be reached at:
diegold@fibertel.com.ar

An
example of the influence that this essay has provoked, is the website
of Rajnair a writer who took it as a reference to make his own photographic
chronology. You can see it at:

http://rajnair.com/time/

And
this essay which is a variation on this ritual of family photograph:

http://fotos.fliarubinstein.com.ar/

The 1 Minute Painting

2007-06-25T18:46:00.001+05:30

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"Thats Life" for You.

2007-06-24T21:56:00.001+05:30

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What did he Say to Get Kissed?

2007-06-08T17:18:00.000+05:30

A young man asked a girl on a date:
"I will say something. If it is truthful, will you give me your photo?"
"Yes," replied miss.
"And if it is a lie, do not give me your photograph. Would you promise that?"
The girl agreed. Then the chap said such a sentence, that after a little while of thinking she realized, that if she wanted to honor her promise, she wouldn't have to give him a photo but a kiss.
What would you say (if you were him) to be kissed?

Click Here To Know.

Evolution Gone Wrong

2007-06-07T17:44:00.001+05:30

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Experience Nature Through the Art of Photography

2007-06-07T10:49:00.001+05:30

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Monkey Portraits

2007-06-05T14:17:00.001+05:30

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"Heatmiser"

"Mala Centerfold"

"A Little to the Left"

"Delirious"

"Kenuzy Scream"

"Monkeysuit"

"The Hatchling"

"The Monkey"

"Undecided"

"Worried"

Sea-Life Origami

2007-06-05T13:27:00.001+05:30

clipped from www.amazingincredible.com

Hermit crab

Freshwater crab

Goatfish

Blackdevil angler

Fiddler crab

Lionfish

Maine lobster

Scaled koi

Siamese fighting fish

Gray whale

What the World Eats

2007-06-05T10:00:00.001+05:30

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What the World Eats

What's on family dinner tables in fifteen different homes around the globe? Photographs by Peter Menzel from the book "Hungry Planet"

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Japan: The Ukita family of Kodaira City

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Italy: The Manzo family of Sicily

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Chad: The Aboubakar family of Breidjing Camp

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Kuwait: The Al Haggan family of Kuwait City

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United States: The Revis family of North Carolina

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Mexico: The Casales family of Cuernavaca

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China: The Dong family of Beijing

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Poland: The Sobczynscy family of Konstancin-Jeziorna

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Egypt: The Ahmed family of Cairo

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Ecuador: The Ayme family of Tingo

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United States: The Caven family of California

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Mongolia: The Batsuuri family of Ulaanbaatar

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Great Britain: The Bainton family of Cllingbourne Ducis

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Bhutan: The Namgay family of Shingkhey Village

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Germany: The Melander family of Bargteheide

Oscar Winning Performance

2007-06-01T18:30:00.000+05:30

Very funny.
Oscar winning Performance

The Vehicle Behind Google maps zoom : The Google Mobile.

2007-06-01T09:07:00.001+05:30

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What the Immersive Media Photo-Car Looks Like!

You've all heard about what Google is doing with street-level views, right?

What you probably all DIDN'T know, however, is that the company actually shooting the majority of the photos for Google's datasets, is named Immersive Media.

With that, take a look at what everyone's wondering - Here's the Immersive Media Street Level View-Mobile, in all of its glory...

Behold!

The camera mounted on top is Immersive's own, patented 11-lens camera, close-up below. Media, contact me for high-resolution, if you need them.

Tigers Under The Water

2007-05-30T15:42:00.001+05:30

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The Trailer of Sivaji

2007-05-30T13:06:00.000+05:30

Here is the much awaited trailer of the Film, Sivaji : The Boss.It was telecasted in CNN IBN today.This is a Treat for any Rajini kanth Fan. Including Me.

Your House in different prespectives

2007-05-29T10:01:00.001+05:30

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Your House As Seen By:

Yourself...

Your Buyer...

Your Lender...

Your Appraiser...

Your Tax Assessor...

Dreams Of Flying : Photography by Jan Von Holleben

2007-05-25T18:29:00.001+05:30

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The Thumbnail Challenge

2007-05-25T13:09:00.000+05:30

I recently received a mail saying “Crack It” in the subject line sent to me by one of my friends. The mail had an attachment named “Sweetgirl.jpg”. I was required to save that image into my computer and to see its thumbnail from the saved folder.

I was totally amazed to see that the thumbnail image was the same girl with some other person. This was a little new to me. So out of curiosity, I opened the jpg file with notepad. It was just ordinary. Then I found out that it had some encoding labels that said EXIF and JFIF.They made me more curious. Hence, I googled for these two abbreviations and found out more.

I’ll put the essence that relates to the challenge in hand. The JFIF and EXIF are encodings that allow you to add some information to the image concerned like the author name, the camera type etc. So its like adding signature to an Image. But this EXIF, had another data which can be encoded. It’s a thumbnail image specification. Meaning, a thumbnail can be added to the current image that needn’t be the same image but has to he hard coded into it. So I downloaded a tool called exiftool which had commands to do the same. And after several trial and errors, I had the result. I did it with the same image which was sent to me. I added one of my collection pics as the thumbnail and it worked fine.

The original image for u. Image

My version. Image

To Do :

1. Save the image to one of your folders.

2. Go to that folder and select View --> Thumbnails.

Now if you see that image, it will be different as a thumbnail. If you double click on the thumbnail, you will get the original image.

Check the details encoded in your Jpeg images here. Link.

IMP: THIS WORKS ONLY IN WINDOWS XP

VISUWORDS : The Graphical Dictionary

2007-05-24T15:44:00.000+05:30

The VISUWORDS is a beautiful Online dictionary. The first thing that you notice is that its done gracefully. Its not just Text. It’s a graphical representation of the word and its different meanings. This can also be used as a thesaurus. All the words are linked with several other words which in turn are linked with others. The total setup is very friendly to handle. Once you type a word into the input box, you get the word in the pane and then one by one, the related words Pop up and they form a mesh. Then if you are interested in the linked words, double click on them and the process continues with that word as the center. So you will have a huge mesh to work with. You can click and drag the background to pan around. When you hover over the nodes, the descriptions are shown. The definition of the connection between nodes is clearly given in the page as a legend.

Visuwords™ uses Princeton University’s WordNet, an opensource database built by University students and language researchers. Combined with a visualization tool and user interface built from a combination of modern web technologies, Visuwords™ is available as a free resource to all patrons of the web.

I love the way it spreads out the nodes and gives you the info.Link

Before & After marriage

2007-05-23T14:39:00.000+05:30

Before Marriage

He: Yes. At last. It was so hard to wait.

She: Do you want me to leave?

He: NO! Don't even think about it.

She: Do you love me?

He: Of course!

She: Have you ever cheated on me?

He: NO! Why you even asking?

She: Will you kiss me?

He: Yes!

She: Will you hit me?

He: No way! I'm not such kind of person!

She: Can I trust you?

He: Yes.

After Marriage, Read from Bottom.

CBSE Results

2007-05-22T14:50:00.000+05:30

The CBSE Results for 2007 will be declared tomorrow, 23rd May 2007. Check out your results here.Link

Wish You The Very Best!

Laws of Life : Some Interesting Quotes

2007-05-22T11:17:00.001+05:30

clipped from www.neatorama.com

The Murphy Philosophy: "Smile. Tomorrow will be worse."

Baruch’s Observation: "If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail."

Lowe’s Law: Success always occurs in private, and failure in full public view.

Todd’s Law: "All things being equal, you lose."

Vac’s Conundrum: "When you dial a wrong number, you never get a busy signal."

The Golden Rule of Arts and Sciences: "Whoever has the gold makes the rules."

Green’s Law of Debate: "Anything is possible if you don’t know what you’re talking about."

Ginsberg’s Theorem:
1. You can’t win.
2. You can’t break even.
3. You can’t even quit the game.

Helen’s Law: "There is no time like the present to procrastinate."

The Queue Principle: "The longer you wait in line, the greater the likelihood that you are standing in the wrong line."

Zappa’s Law: "There are two things on Earth that are universal: hydrogen and stupidity."

Issawi’s Law of Progress: "A shortcut is the longest distance between two points."

Amazing Photographs From the Smithsonian Photocontest Entries

2007-05-21T16:51:00.001+05:30

clipped from photocontest.smithsonianmag.com

Brutal Soft Toys

2007-05-21T16:25:00.001+05:30

clipped from damncoolpics.blogspot.com

R.I.S : Rest in Style ; Stylish Coffins

2007-05-21T16:23:00.001+05:30

clipped from damncoolpics.blogspot.com

A Map of Online Communities

2007-05-21T15:54:00.001+05:30

clipped from imgs.xkcd.com

Know Your Eyes

2007-05-17T18:22:00.001+05:30

Facts about your eyes

clipped from prabhaakaran.blogspot.com

Eyes Are the most complex organs you possess except for your brain.

Eyes Are composed of more than two million working parts.

Eyes Can process 36,000 bits of information every hour.

Eyes Under the right conditions, can discern the light of a candle at a distance of 14 miles.

Eyes Contribute towards 85% of your total knowledge.

Eyes Utilize 65% of all the pathways to the brain.

Eyes Can instantaneously set in motion hundreds of muscles and organs in your body.

Eyes In a normal life-span, will bring you almost 24 million images of the world around you.

Eyes The external muscles that move the eyes are the strongest muscles in the human body for the job that they have to do.

They are 100 times more powerful than they need to be.

Eyes The adult eyeball measures about 1 inch (2.5 cm) in diameter. Of its total surface area only one-sixth is exposed -- the front portion.

Innovative Ads

2007-05-17T10:35:00.001+05:30

These are a series of Ads for the Vega Mazine. The campaign being "Get Both Sides", these ads make more sense than any other.

clipped from adsoftheworld.com

clipped from www.neatorama.com

Indian Version of Spider-Man

2007-05-17T08:51:00.001+05:30

Its Lord Ganesh sporting the Spider Man Suit.

clipped from andiamnotlyingforreal.blogspot.com

GENI : Create Your Family Tree

2007-05-09T16:53:00.000+05:30

Geni is a Free Family tree site that I came across recently.It a great new website that helps families create and share their family tree and stay in touch with each other.

Here's how Geni works:

# You start by entering your name and email address. Then, just click the yellow arrows to add your relatives!

# You can invite a relative to join the tree by entering their email address. That relative can add and invite other relatives so your tree will continue to grow!

So its sort of a team work from You and your relatives.Its very interactive and Useful in many ways. I would recommend this site for all. Especially, make the young ones do all the work, this way, they will know their family and relations. Also, you can keep in touch with all people in your tree, birthday alerts can be used and many more positive outcomes than negative ones. Also you can spend some time in creating it and integrating it. Totally its FUN.

FYI : My tree has 74 people in it.

Tie a Tie in Four Different Ways

2007-05-08T16:07:00.001+05:30

clipped from www.tie-a-tie.net

Windsor Knot

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Half Windsor Knot

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Four in Hand Knot

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Pratt Knot

Impossible Celebrity Couples

2007-05-07T14:20:00.001+05:30

Amazing works..

clipped from www.worth1000.com

Creative Images : See the Depth of metaphor in these Images.

2007-05-07T12:01:00.001+05:30

Brilliant works of art.

clipped from greatblogabout.com

Things you Don't know about DEATH

2007-05-03T10:45:00.001+05:30

clipped from www.shorttext.com

When a person dies, hearing is the last sense to go -- the first is usually sight, followed by taste, smell and touch

A human head remains conscious for about 15 to 20 seconds after it has been decapitated

100 people choke to death on pens each year. One is more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a spider

Alexander's funeral would have cost $600 million today. A road from Egypt to Babylon was built to carry his body

When inventor Thomas Edison died in 1931, his friend Henry Ford captured his last dying breath in a bottle

Over 2500 left-handed people are killed each year from using products made for right-handed people

It takes longer than ever before a body to decompose due to preservatives in the food that we eat these days

An eternal flame lamp at the tomb of a Buddhist priest in Nara, Japan has kept burning for 1,130 years

Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry is the first person to have his ashes put aboard a rocket and 'buried' in space

Side Effects of Beer

2007-05-02T18:54:00.000+05:30

Einstein's Views on God

2007-05-02T18:42:00.001+05:30

clipped from www.time.com

Do you believe in God? "I'm not an atheist. I don't think I can call myself a pantheist. The problem involved is too vast for our limited minds. We are in the position of a little child entering a huge library filled with books in many languages. The child knows someone must have written those books. It does not know how. It does not understand the languages in which they are written. The child dimly suspects a mysterious order in the arrangement of the books but doesn't know what it is. That, it seems to me, is the attitude of even the most intelligent human being toward God. We see the universe marvelously arranged and obeying certain laws but only dimly understand these laws."

Hidden messages in words? Cool.

2007-05-02T18:40:00.003+05:30

clipped from mail.google.com

This
has got to be one of the cleverest E-mails I've received in awhile.

DORMITORY:
When you rearrange the letters:

DIRTY ROOM

PRESBYTERIAN:
When you rearrange the
letters:
BEST IN PRAYER

ASTRONOMER:
When you rearrange the
letters:
MOON STARER

DESPERATION:
When you rearrange the letters:
A ROPE ENDS
IT

THE EYES:
When you rearrange the letters:
THEY
SEE

GEORGE BUSH:

When you rearrange the letters:
HE BUGS GORE

THE MORSE
CODE:
When you rearrange the
letters:
HERE COME DOTS

SLOT MACHINES:
When you rearrange the letters:
CASH LOST IN ME

ANIMOSITY:
When you
rearrange the letters:
IS NO AMITY

ELECTION RESULTS:
When you rearrange the letters:
LIES - LET'S
RECOUNT

MOTHER-IN-LAW:
When you rearrange the letters:
WOMAN
HITLER

SNOOZE ALARMS:
When you
rearrange the letters:
ALAS! NO MORE Z 'S

A DECIMAL POINT:
When you rearrange the letters:
IM A DOT IN
PLACE

THE EARTHQUAKES:
When you rearrange the letters:
THAT QUEER
SHAKE

ELEVEN PLUS TWO:
When
you rearrange the letters:
TWELVE PLUS
ONE

National Geographic Top 15 Photos

2007-05-02T18:40:00.001+05:30

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Witty Quotes

2007-05-02T18:39:00.005+05:30

clipped from www.didyouknow.cd

Witty
Quotes

Don't argue about the difficulties. The difficulties will argue for themselves.
- Winston Churchill

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress
depends on the unreasonable man.
- George Bernard Shaw

Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.
- Phyllis Diller

Speak the truth, but leave immediately after.
- Slovenian proverb

Imagination is more important than knowledge.
- Albert Einstein

Anything not worth doing is worth not doing well. Think about it.
- Elias Schwartz

Everything you can imagine is real.
- Picasso

Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival.
- W. Edwards Deming

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.
- Winston Churchill

No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of
kittens.
- Abraham Lincoln

Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
- Malcolm S. Forbes