tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170417142024-02-07T11:27:21.984+05:30Mere eXperiencesBig Xperiences,Little LivesPrashant Kr Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01765978716126306540noreply@blogger.comBlogger143125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17041714.post-52316589452491239352007-01-10T13:58:00.000+05:302007-01-10T14:12:07.174+05:30I am backThis blog went on a break at the yearend. I took a break from writing logs in order to celebrate something called life before I could get up used by by it. I realized I was turning more like a bot -- searching for content over the net and bragging about it all for nothing but getting some Google money.<br /><br />So hereinafter, no google ads, no reproduction of news, only pure opinions and therefore setting up the highest frequency of postings record is not my aim. Or rather I should say "Mere eXperiences".Prashant Kr Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01765978716126306540noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17041714.post-61963646025865959122006-12-28T17:01:00.000+05:302006-12-28T17:21:13.361+05:3010x10 -- Thats 100<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1jqLVVRmYjbQTP8JcDGqlFbJ63Obq5mLjn2fnKxcz2iOjx2BbnzTNkO3S_nFDX73StPmyf2RwZIPD5Z1NnUxI3tP-nXHfoRRCEskFEv2vYSVOOjxNP97dV2fMYbFry5lCgykNFA/s1600-h/ten.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5013543936071538050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1jqLVVRmYjbQTP8JcDGqlFbJ63Obq5mLjn2fnKxcz2iOjx2BbnzTNkO3S_nFDX73StPmyf2RwZIPD5Z1NnUxI3tP-nXHfoRRCEskFEv2vYSVOOjxNP97dV2fMYbFry5lCgykNFA/s320/ten.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify"><a href="http://www.tenbyten.org">TenByTen</a> has been around now for more than two years. When it was released two years back there were not many professionals to give it a good competition, Digg was still in inception and Slashdot was not much known. In what followed in the next two years, zillions of news services surfaced, and TenByTen got lost somewhere in the ocean. Had it not accidently been rediscovered today it would have converted to fossils after remaining years inside the ocean. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div align="justify">Even after two years with so many news services around the interface still looked sleek and browsing through the flash based interface looked painless. The greatest drawback is that it draws news from only three sources (Reuters, BBC and NYT) nevertheless it is still worth giving a try. You can browse through the news of every month,day and hour starting 2004. The site more looks like kinda demo how a news service works.</div><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><div align="justify"><a href="http://www.tenbyten.org">Link : TenByTen</a></div>Prashant Kr Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01765978716126306540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17041714.post-37801538098291584772006-12-27T21:13:00.000+05:302006-12-27T21:41:27.154+05:30TailRank Tale<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.tailrank.com">Tailrank</a> is a news aggregator which has been around for a little now. The service marks the quality of a news story by the number of times the story has been blogged or linked. The stories are aggregated from various sources much like <a href="http://www.digg.com">Digg</a>. But unlike Digg which sometimes suffer from worthless Diggs, the Tailrank system looks more robust as someone will take the pain of blogging or linking something only when its worthwhile. And with the rise of bloggers at exponential rate in every field its obvious that a good story will receive a lot of links.<br /></div><br />Features that can make a difference<br /><br />1. Recently added video category populated with videos from various video sharing services (mostly youtubes) which are selected on the basis of number of links or embeds. (TailRank Video)<br /><br />2. Providing deep tracking for a story with the "track this thread", to get depth and breadth of a story.<br /><br />3. Easy access to news by date. For 21st dec news -- "http://tailrank.com/2006-12-21".<br /><br />4. Import service from other aggregators (bloglines, newsgator). Manual uploading of OPML files. (<a href="http://tailrank.com/import">Tailrank import</a>)<br /><br />5. Allowing for embedding Tailrank on your blog with fully customizable CSS.Prashant Kr Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01765978716126306540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17041714.post-82496441618031223542006-12-27T11:11:00.000+05:302006-12-27T11:22:17.138+05:30Geek Guns<div align="justify"><a href="http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/top-5-high-tech-guns">Here is a compilation</a> of high-tech electronically controlled guns with video demos of all in action. In case you are interested in discovering guns right there in your office see previous post "<a href="http://prashant2228.blogspot.com/2006/12/discover-guns-in-your-office.html">Discover Guns in Your Office</a>".</div><br /><object width="390" height="318"><br /><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/326UGP5y5fYUz38gs"></param><br /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/326UGP5y5fYUz38gs" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="390" height="318" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object><br /><object width="390" height="350"><br /><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/67OYIk1woiI"></param><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/67OYIk1woiI" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="390" height="350"></embed></object>Prashant Kr Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01765978716126306540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17041714.post-9392865319461044842006-12-27T10:59:00.000+05:302006-12-27T11:08:04.904+05:30Spider on Drugs<div align="justify">These are the snaps of the webs build by spiders who were fed on drug-dosed flies. Spiders under the influence of drugs move in haphazard way to weave those irregular waves. So, moral of the story is don't drink and drive.</div><div align="justify"> </div><br /><a href="http://www.cannabis.net/weblife.html"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5013076244197774706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL0VWjESOVWhckw1Zy7bonASOaLECxgRJLkuK_yGfSLyNo5RxMVH5_hVTGEeZ152FX9AURtAuJpjjKhTObVjMw6Il-Tf5WE0dGUniFJWPT3tFOctrm2M6mLRiTULqC47np8_e9sg/s320/webs.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.cannabis.net/weblife.html">Link : Spider on Drugs<br /></a>Prashant Kr Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01765978716126306540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17041714.post-66066742079179492452006-12-26T20:56:00.000+05:302006-12-26T21:29:19.442+05:30Foot in Mouth Awards 2OO6<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,72320-0.html?tw=wn_index_3">Wired news</a> disclosed a series of lamest technological quotes made in 2006 and topping the list as the report points out is the obvious, the President Bush about making comments about Google when asked on a television interview.<br /></div>The words of wisdom went like this:<br /><strong style="font-weight: normal;"><blockquote>"One of the things I've learned on the Google is to pull up maps. It's very interesting to see -- I've forgotten the name of the program -- but you get the satellite, and you can -- like, I kinda like to look at the ranch. It reminds me of where I wanna be sometimes."</blockquote><br /><a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,72320-0.html?tw=wn_index_3">Link : Foot in Mouth Awards 2006</a><br /><br />If that made you think that the world's really went crazy in 2006, heres something to make you feel better and make your perspective a little positive : <a href="http://boardofwisdom.com/">The Best Quotes</a><br /></strong>Prashant Kr Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01765978716126306540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17041714.post-78619731823486677692006-12-26T20:27:00.000+05:302006-12-26T20:48:09.488+05:30Britain's stupidest call centre customers<div style="text-align: justify;">Now heres something amusing. <a href="http://mirror.co.uk">Mirror</a> is running <a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_headline=help--i-m-an-idiot-&method=full&objectid=18328274&siteid=94762-name_page.html">an article</a> on the idiotic calls received by call centers from customers in Britain. Say it the stupidity of call center customers or the shrewdness of call center employees that these calls got recorded.<br /></div><br />A few favorites:<br /><p style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" class="add-linkout" align="left"></p><blockquote><p style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" class="add-linkout" align="left">Customer: "I've been ringing 0700 2300 for two days and can't get through to enquiries, can you help?"</p><p style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" class="add-linkout" align="left">Operator: "Where did you get that number from, sir?"</p><p style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" class="add-linkout" align="left">Customer: "It was on the door to the travel centre".</p><p style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" class="add-linkout" align="left">Operator: "They're our opening hours".</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" class="add-linkout" align="left">Caller: "Can you give me the telephone number for Jack?"</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" class="add-linkout" align="left">Operator: I'm sorry, sir, I don't understand who you are talking about".</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" class="add-linkout" align="left">Caller: "In the user guide it clearly states I need to unplug the fax machine from the wall socket and telephone Jack before cleaning. Can you give me his number?"</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" class="add-linkout" align="left">Operator: "I think you mean the telephone point on the wall".</p><p style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);" class="add-linkout" align="left">Tech Support: "Did you get a pop-up menu?"</p><p style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);" class="add-linkout" align="left">Customer: "No" .</p><p style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);" class="add-linkout" align="left">Tech Support: "OK. Right-Click again. Do you see a pop-up menu?"</p><p style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);" class="add-linkout" align="left">Customer: "No" .</p><p style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);" class="add-linkout" align="left">Tech Support: "OK. Can you tell me what you have done up until this point?"</p><p style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);" class="add-linkout" align="left">Customer: "Sure. You told me to write 'click' and I wrote 'click'".</p></blockquote><p style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);" class="add-linkout" align="left"></p><p class="add-linkout" align="left">More such stories on <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/uk.rec.gardening/msg/d4d8dc9c9685b23e">this Google group</a>.<br /></p>Prashant Kr Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01765978716126306540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17041714.post-76324898383254336212006-12-26T19:59:00.000+05:302006-12-26T20:49:04.493+05:30The Mathematician Sculpture<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF5663lUbB5svZTAixyCkgxnnImnremuvwQesrw27Ik5U_FkQPZ79Ew1O3QtqyTBUw4F51NUzWXpEnbfYmlIRkZ4Jgz49C9zxUI0G5GMcUgP0-62Xl4cGLZ9EgzEl41Hw3soxZOQ/s1600-h/sculpt.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF5663lUbB5svZTAixyCkgxnnImnremuvwQesrw27Ik5U_FkQPZ79Ew1O3QtqyTBUw4F51NUzWXpEnbfYmlIRkZ4Jgz49C9zxUI0G5GMcUgP0-62Xl4cGLZ9EgzEl41Hw3soxZOQ/s320/sculpt.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5012855319670003042" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This mathematician works hard to bring some coherence to lost art of sculpture with maths and science. Bathsheba Grossman, a mathematics graduate from Yale University went on to pursue higher studies in sculpture to nurture her interest. She did a lot of exhibitions and presently earn a living by selling her creations over <a href="http://www.bathsheba.com/">this site</a>. She creates metallic models of complex mathematical structures by making use of latest technologies available around in the field besides her enormous capability to imagine complex 3D shapes. Most of her metallic creations are done by 3D metal printing methods. She uses modeling tools like <a href="http://www.rhino3d.com/">Rhinoceros</a>, <a href="http://www.microscribe.com/" target="new">Microscribe digitizing arm</a>, 3D printing machines from <a href="http://www.exone.com/" target="new">Ex One</a> etc.<br /></div><br />Heres a functionalitywise list of tools she use:<br /><table border="0"><tbody><tr><td><br /></td> <td><p> <a href="http://www.bathsheba.com/artist/links.html#software">Software</a></p><p> <a href="http://www.bathsheba.com/artist/links.html#render">Rendering</a></p><p> <a href="http://www.bathsheba.com/artist/links.html#3dprint">3D Printing Services</a></p><p> </p></td> <td valign="top"><p> <a href="http://www.bathsheba.com/artist/links.html#rp">Rapid Prototyping Resources</a></p><p> <a href="http://www.bathsheba.com/artist/links.html#art">Sculpture Sources</a></p><p> <a href="http://www.bathsheba.com/artist/links.html#glass">Laser Glass</a></p><p> </p></td> <td valign="top"><p> <a href="http://www.bathsheba.com/artist/links.html#artmath">Art & Geometry</a></p><p> <a href="http://www.bathsheba.com/artist/links.html#artists">Artists</a> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>Prashant Kr Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01765978716126306540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17041714.post-3796080875194815022006-12-26T12:48:00.000+05:302006-12-26T13:02:41.076+05:30Tech of the Year<div align="justify">Year 2006 definitely has been an year of technology while innovativeness being its essence. Going by the <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6199303.stm">report of BBC</a> on best tech of the year it seems the Nintendo's Wii wins the battle single handedly. At the time of writing it got 57 % of votes competing against PS3, HD projector and Parallels software.</div><br />The report apart from above mentioned gadgets talks about Apple's MacBook, Mac with Intel Chip, XBox.<br /><br /><a href="http://wii.nintendo.com/">Wii Tech of the Year</a>Prashant Kr Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01765978716126306540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17041714.post-32705702818486294912006-12-26T05:45:00.000+05:302006-12-26T05:46:57.162+05:30Water at Zero Gravity<object width="400" height="330"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qxk3VqZZBsw"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qxk3VqZZBsw" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>Prashant Kr Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01765978716126306540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17041714.post-4482091511752375162006-12-26T05:22:00.000+05:302006-12-26T05:36:18.814+05:30WebOS round up<div style="text-align: justify;">Having been published some short reviews of WebOSs (web operation systems), it was good to see someone coming up with more reviews. <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://franticindustries.com/blog/2006/12/21/big-webos-roundup-10-online-operating-systems-reviewed/">This blog</a> reviews 10 WebOSs which are set make it big in 2007. The list includes the hottest ones i.e. <span class="fullpost"><span class="fullpost"><a href="http://youos.com"><strong style="font-weight: normal;">YouOS</strong></a>, <a href="http://www.goowy.com/"><strong style="font-weight: normal;">Goowy</strong></a> and <a href="http://desktoptwo.com/"><strong style="font-weight: normal;">DesktopTwo</strong></a></span></span>.<br /></div><br />Related :<br /><br /><a href="http://prashant2228.blogspot.com/2006/12/zcubes-browser-your-home.html">ZCubes, The Browser your Home</a><br /><a href="http://prashant2228.blogspot.com/2006/11/eyeos-your-os-on-web.html">EyeOS , OS on web</a><br /><a href="http://prashant2228.blogspot.com/2006/11/youos-another-os-over-web.html">YouOS, another OS on web</a><br /><a href="http://prashant2228.blogspot.com/2006/11/yourminis-flashy-netvibes-yourminis.html">YourMinis</a><br /><a href="http://prashant2228.blogspot.com/2006/11/netvibes-unifying-web-very-first-page.html">NetVibes</a>Prashant Kr Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01765978716126306540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17041714.post-47988515565141623322006-12-26T04:52:00.000+05:302006-12-26T05:12:32.551+05:30Hidden Meaning Of Logos<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD91uGu_vJIvt4xcNzVH17jiKHZ_nB_qdQ3oUcvffnIKthiIQmx8to0cQllSruHGRJhMHOfWQqbKiNHGW9mMfwZMQAFWyt15Vk0twLc2svniqvo_f2rOx-uPRGfQgZ_AO4ykkLMg/s1600-h/logos.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD91uGu_vJIvt4xcNzVH17jiKHZ_nB_qdQ3oUcvffnIKthiIQmx8to0cQllSruHGRJhMHOfWQqbKiNHGW9mMfwZMQAFWyt15Vk0twLc2svniqvo_f2rOx-uPRGfQgZ_AO4ykkLMg/s320/logos.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5012613263903135058" border="0" /></a>Do you know the meaning of these logos? If you guessed the companies name from the logo, thats good, but theres something beyond that. Yes, they represent something deep and something interesting. <a href="http://www.funonthenet.in/content/view/344/31/">This site</a> explains the meaning and significance of these little otherwise cute logos.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.funonthenet.in/content/view/344/31/">Link : Logo Meanings</a><br /></div>Prashant Kr Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01765978716126306540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17041714.post-10217044760190000002006-12-26T04:07:00.000+05:302006-12-26T04:34:25.036+05:30Vista Vulneribility<div style="text-align: justify;">The hype of unmatched security in Windows Vista took a beating when the reports of bugs and zero day vulnerabilities came pouring after the OS was put to test about a month ago for corporate customers. The OS is yet to be released in public, probably by the end of January 2007.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The most critical of all the vulnerabilities was found on Dec 15 by a Russian programmer which lets any logged in user to alleviate its privileges to system level, therefore making one capable of running any program. This vulnerability existed not only in Vista but also in Windows 2000, XP, 2003. The vulnerability was first disclosed on this <a href="http://www.kuban.ru/forum_new/forum2/files/19124.html">Russian forum</a> (<a href="http://google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kuban.ru%2Fforum_new%2Fforum2%2Ffiles%2F19124.html&langpair=ru%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF8">translated version</a>) and later detailed on <a href="http://www.determina.com/security.research/vulnerabilities/csrss-harderror.html">Determina</a> security site.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Meanwhile it was also <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2073611,00.asp">reported</a> that hackers are selling zero day exploits and making a good fortune.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/25/technology/25vista.html?_r=1&ref=technology&oref=slogin">New York Times</a> has an article worth a look about recent vulnerabilities and what guys at Redmond have to say.<br /></div>Prashant Kr Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01765978716126306540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17041714.post-54636377237880160432006-12-25T18:04:00.000+05:302006-12-25T18:24:56.344+05:30Social Networking Awards<div style="text-align: justify;">Social networking blog <a href="http://www.mashable.com/">Mashable</a> was running a competition for the award of Best Social Networks for a few weeks. Yesterday they announced the awards which was divided across three sections -- 1. Judges Choice 2. People's Choice 3. Hot for 2007. The people's choice awards were decided by voting. The awards were divide across various categories. In most of the cases people's choice differed from judge's choice. For example in Mainstream section judge's award went to <a href="http://www.myspace.com/">MySpace</a> while people's choice to <a href="http://www.multiply.com/">Multiply</a>, in Social news and bookmarking judge's award to <a href="http://www.digg.com/">Digg</a> but people's choice to <a href="http://www.trailfire.com/">Trailfire</a>, in photo sharing judge's award to <a href="http://www.flickr.com/">Flickr</a> and people's choice to <a href="http://www.twango.com/">Twango</a>, in video sharing judge's award to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/">YouTube</a> but people's choice to <a href="http://www.gotuit.com/">Gotuit</a>. As far as I am concerned I go with judges awards. And yes there several other categories. Check 'em out.<br /><br /><a href="http://mashable.com/2006/12/24/top-social-networks-2006/">Link : Social Networking Awards 2006</a><br /></div>Prashant Kr Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01765978716126306540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17041714.post-55587281185081661802006-12-25T17:04:00.000+05:302006-12-25T17:52:15.584+05:30The 25 BEST things ever said, by anyone☺☻If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking.<br /> [ <a href="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson">Lyndon Baines Johnson</a> (1908-1973)]<br />☺☻It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.<br /> [<a href="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a> (1743-1826)]<br />☺☻Music is the pleasure that the human soul encoutners from counting without knowing that it is counting.<br /> [<a href="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Leibniz">Leibniz</a> (1646 - 1716)]<br />☺☻To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.<br /> [<a href="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi">Mahatma Gandhi</a> (1869-1948)]<br />☺☻When I get a little money, I buy books; and if any is left, I buy food and clothes.<br /> [<a href="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Desiderius_Erasmus">Desiderius Erasmus</a> (1465-1536)]<br />☺☻It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.<br /> [<a href="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Epictetus">Epictetus</a> (c.55-c.135)]<br />☺☻He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would fully suffice.<br /> [<a href="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein">Albert Einstein</a> (1879-1955)]<br />☺☻As I would not be a slave, so I will not be a master.<br /> [<a href="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln">Abraham Lincoln</a> (1809-1865)]<br />☺☻No man is an Island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were; any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee.<br /> [<a href="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Donne">John Donne</a> (1572-1631)]<br />☺☻If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all. [<a href="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Noam_Chomsky">Noam Chomsky</a> (b. 1928)]<br />☺☻My Country, right or wrong" is a thing no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying, "My mother, drunk or sober.<br /> [<a href="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Gilbert_Keith_Chesterton">Gilbert Keith Chesterton</a> (1874-1936)]<br />☺☻This above all, to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not be false to any man.<br /> [<a href="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Shakespeare">Shakespeare</a> (1564-1616)]<br />☺☻The gods are amused when the busy river condemns the idle clouds.<br /> [<a href="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore">Rabindranath Tagore</a> (1861-1941)]<br />☺☻Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.<br /> [<a href="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Niels_Bohr">Niels Bohr</a> (1885-1962)]<br />☺☻Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.<br /> [<a href="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Pitt_the_Younger">William Pitt</a> (1759-1806)]<br />☺☻Pain shared is lessened, joy shared, increased.<br /> [<a href="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Spider_Robinson">Spider Robinson</a> (b. 1948)]<br />☺☻The good old days. I was there. Where was they?<br /> [<a href="http://home.earthlink.net/%7Edianska/mabley.htm">Moms Mabley</a> (1894-1975)]<br />☺☻All models are wrong but some are useful.<br /> [<a href="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_Box">George Box</a> (1869-1933)]<br />☺☻The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not "Eureka!" but "That's funny..."<br /> [<a href="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Isaac_Asimov">Isaac Asimov</a> (1920-1992)]<br />☺☻ That which is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow. That is the whole Torah; the rest is the explanation; go and learn.<br /> [<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillel_the_Elder">Hillel</a> ]<br />☺☻If I am not for myself, who is for me?<br /> If I am for myself alone, what am I?<br /> If not now, when?<br /> [<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillel_the_Elder">Hillel</a>]<br />☺☻Those who would give up a little freedom to get a little security shall soon have neither.<br /> [<a href="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin">Benjamin Franklin</a> (1706-1790)]<br />☺☻If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let each man march to his own rhythm, however measured, or far away.<br /> [<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_David_Thoreau">H. D. Thoreau</a> (1817-1862)]<br />☺☻There is nothing so horrible in nature as to see a beautiful theory murdered by an ugly gang of facts.<br /> [<a href="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin">Benjamin Franklin</a> (1706-1790)]<br />☺☻Most men worry about their own bellies, and other people's souls, when we all ought to be worried abut our own souls, and other people's bellies.<br /> [<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yisrael_Lipkin_Salanter">Rabbi Yisrael Salanter</a> (1810-1883)]<br /><em></em>Prashant Kr Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01765978716126306540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17041714.post-82396382509608087812006-12-25T16:39:00.000+05:302006-12-25T17:01:18.135+05:30Merry Christmas<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWb_MugVWON5lSmT7l3VuEPATw89OpmDHsU5LXtkjCc6BHtXzI9GjMnmM4YVV_yPqMW5bB-7sERHGG8gwDGvnrfBm7XOqlGTjI3YQOVRyuvvD2AH7FGXx9Qot-AkFWw3wykCL4Jg/s1600-h/avatar.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWb_MugVWON5lSmT7l3VuEPATw89OpmDHsU5LXtkjCc6BHtXzI9GjMnmM4YVV_yPqMW5bB-7sERHGG8gwDGvnrfBm7XOqlGTjI3YQOVRyuvvD2AH7FGXx9Qot-AkFWw3wykCL4Jg/s320/avatar.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5012425505112823106" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">You can wish Merry Christmas to the whole world virtually by creating your own avatar with your own christmas message at <a href="http://mix-mas.com/">Mix-mas</a>. You can choose from range of hair-cuts, faces, caps, shirts ,trousers, shoes etc and put up your custom message.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">There are a lot of avatars already created by other users . It is fun to travel through the virtual world of avatars with avatars wishing you all the way.<br /></div><br /><a href="http://mix-mas.com/">Link : Mix-Mas</a><br /><br />And heres a gift of Christmas - <a href="http://www.allgamesallfree.net/index.php">Collection of Free Games</a><br /><br /><table cellpadding="5" cellspacing="6" width="100%"><br /><tbody><tr><br /> <td width="2%"><div align="center"><a href="http://www.allgamesallfree.com/index.php?id=play&gid=348"><img src="http://www.allgamesallfree.com/rgames/game_icons/boxheadrooms.jpg" alt="Boxhead The Rooms" border="0" height="60" width="60" /></a></div></td><br /> <td valign="top" width="98%"><strong><a href="http://www.allgamesallfree.com/index.php?id=play&gid=348">Boxhead The Rooms</a><br /></strong><br /> <strong>Description:</strong> Very cool zombie survival game. Shoot through a never ending onslaught of zombies in 5 different levels with 8 different weapons that upgrade.<br /><br /></td></tr><br /></tbody></table>Prashant Kr Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01765978716126306540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17041714.post-55048720788013907452006-12-25T16:02:00.000+05:302006-12-25T16:17:46.023+05:30In and Around my Home<div style="text-align: justify;">This place is my home, the place where I belong to. The collection depicts landscapes of Arunachal Pradesh which is situated in easternmost part of India. (Photos: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/siddiqui/sets/562799/">Arif Siddiqui</a>)<br /></div> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/siddiqui/sets/562799/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUU2742dmroZoZrmwpsYN0rWKvpcq8DmUKn93-DK_lp7mhJYc1dJurbWOYugExUn-9bOhaRtVIkqUYo9Y0Ybijx6fHjtJDaTatg159YuHwPj9yx6PzSxHObsDPi-6zvlSBzptgQQ/s320/arun.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5012413912996091186" border="0" /></a>Prashant Kr Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01765978716126306540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17041714.post-24067685184949770652006-12-25T15:13:00.000+05:302006-12-25T16:21:55.831+05:30Mazes to amaze you<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.onebillionmazes.com/"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNwBR_NViqkpi3E9LFVxXa6GghedNYX-EEE0L-yzcOHliyvmURxBLggmF-lIVjF0waLHcHrC6oBpJYMRzHdy-_d3rUYNDMhwhMxiSD2TXsfigED924IgsNzpUq4zyNOuzmwcShEQ/s320/maze.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5012399975827215650" border="0" /></a>Almost all of us at some point of time have tried solving mazes in our childhood days. I was very good at mazes and wanted to solve more and more, so i end up buying lots of magazines, books on maze problems. But recently I found out this site which has exactly <a href="http://www.onebillionmazes.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">One Billion Mazes</span></a> to be solved without a single repetition. All the mazes are in printer friendly pdf formats to let you print and make your day. Some mazes are cool, confident booster but some are real gory. It can be fun if you got some time to spare.<br /></div><br /><a href="http://www.onebillionmazes.com/">Link : One Billion Mazes</a>Prashant Kr Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01765978716126306540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17041714.post-67026682399001522532006-12-25T13:43:00.000+05:302006-12-25T13:58:46.365+05:30Bloopers in The Movies<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.useit.com/jakob/">Jakob Nielson</a> distinguished apart some UI (user interfaces) bloopers from some movie instances arguing that they are far from what happens in reality and acknowledges that they are meant for entertainment and not for learning something. The post talks about the bloopers in the UIs that how it is so easy for a hero to become adept with new UI, how someone from past or future comes through time machine with a ready idea of present technologies and how upon authentication the UI shows big fontted "Access Granted" message instead of directly taking user to his homepage.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.useit.com/alertbox/film-ui-bloopers.html">Link : Top 10 UI Bloopers</a><br /></div><br />If you wanna do some research on Movie bloopers here are the links:<br /><br />» <a href="http://www.everwonder.com/david/mistakes.html">http://www.everwonder.com/david/mistakes.html</a><br />» <a href="http://www.moviemistakes.com/">http://www.moviemistakes.com/</a><br />» <a href="http://www.slipups.com/">http://www.slipups.com/</a><br />» <a href="http://www.mrfreefree.com/entertainment/movie_bloopers.html">http://www.mrfreefree.com/entertainment/movie_bloopers.html</a>Prashant Kr Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01765978716126306540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17041714.post-81487716349565984722006-12-25T13:20:00.000+05:302006-12-25T13:36:25.319+05:302006 Digital Media Winners and Losers<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/6002/winners-losers2006.html">Mp3NewsWire</a> published a list of players in Digital Media who made out big and the list of those lagged behind in the most fateful year on the subject. The winners list (obviously) is headed by 2 year old Youtube. Apple, Myspace, Azureus,PiratesBay are other obvious members followed by some not so obvious ones. Loser's list included StreamCast, EchoStar and the recent buzz AllOfMp3.com.<br /></div><br /><a href="http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/6002/winners-losers2006.html"><a>Link : Digital Media Winners of 2006</a><br /></a>Prashant Kr Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01765978716126306540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17041714.post-17498623788389363862006-12-24T18:27:00.000+05:302006-12-24T18:39:15.304+05:30Discover Guns in Your office<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.officeguns.com/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.officeguns.com/pics/alle_deler_3.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.officeguns.com/pics/super_maul_laaaaazer_300.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.officeguns.com/pics/super_maul_laaaaazer_300.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.officeguns.com/">OfficeGuns</a> tutors you to make weapons from common office accessories. The site stimulates the naughtiness in you by showing you creative ways to utilize your surroundings and annoy your boss or work partner. A word caution though-- it can be dangerous!<br /></div>Prashant Kr Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01765978716126306540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17041714.post-86356529459927266702006-12-24T18:21:00.000+05:302006-12-24T18:27:33.476+05:30Optical Illusions<div style="text-align: justify;">I came across a lot of optical illusions before but got some new one on <a href="http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/">this site</a>. The site has a collection of 67 optical illusions, some of which may be the first time for you. Most of the phenomena are well explained so that you may not end up thinking something mysterious about otherwise obvious phenomenon.<br /></div><br /><a href="http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/">Link </a>Prashant Kr Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01765978716126306540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17041714.post-42200269460889427672006-12-24T17:37:00.000+05:302006-12-24T17:45:36.296+05:30SuperHeros are Just a Click away<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.comicvine.com/">ComicVine</a> is a wiki of superheros where you can edit the description, origin, power etc of a superhero or can create your own. You can vote for your favourite superheros through a hot or not system where two heros are put side by side and users are to vote who wins the battle between the two. Find out more at the video tour below:<br /> </div><embed src="http://www.metacafe.com/fplayer/336811/comicvine_com_tour.swf" width="400" height="345" wmode="transparent" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed>Prashant Kr Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01765978716126306540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17041714.post-88825285640181491352006-12-24T17:06:00.000+05:302006-12-24T18:09:11.982+05:303 links to sum up 2006<a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2074658,00.asp">2006 in Review by PC mag</a><br /><br /><a href="http://news.com.com/Year+in+review+A+double-edged+sword+for+Google/2009-1025_3-6136728.html?tag=nefd.lede">Google in 2006 by news.com</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/22/eoy_quiz_2006/">End of Year Quiz by Register</a>Prashant Kr Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01765978716126306540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17041714.post-83611196537535648542006-12-24T17:04:00.000+05:302006-12-24T17:09:53.810+05:30Random Google Image SearchI stumble upon <a href="http://www.unfocusedbrain.com/projects/people_doing_stuff/">this service</a> that lets throws you the images from <a href="http://images.google.com">Google image search</a> with random phrases. The service adds a random name with a random verb each time you refresh the page which means it will search form "people doing stuffs". Good for time pass.Prashant Kr Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01765978716126306540noreply@blogger.com0