I stumbled upon these funny yet very very relevant graphical depiction of some of the most interesting scenarios that may happen in one’s life.
Have a look…
Hope you liked the graphs of life…
Do tell about your experiences in the comment space…
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Ashamed to pull your phone out in a gathering? If you have a phone that would be hidden in the darkest corner of a museum of phone-snobs, all is not lost yet. Thanks to Indian entrepreneurs ‘Jaamun,’ you can now whip out that museum piece and check email on it. Oh yes, and without those GPRS charges too.
‘Jaamun’s tagline is “email on any mobile,” and this simple service is what they are providing — for the simplest of phones.
‘Jaamun’ is a venture by IIT Delhi alumni Pratiroop Mehta and Mayank Kumar. Mr. Mehta was previously working for the new product development team at Reliance, while Mr. Kumar was part of the enterprise software division at Microsoft India.
They started out building a mobile email client, but found that a lot of users have phones that do not support GPRS. The solution, they found, would be to leave GPRS out of it.
“Any IMAP/POP supporting email server can be configured via ‘Jaamun.’ And you can sign up online or by sending an SMS with the email ID and password to 9773467755. Once you map the mail ID and Twitter handle to the mobile number, you are ready to receive, reply, forward and compose mails on your basic phone,” Mr. Mehta says.
For Facebook and Orkut, the integration is a little different — you will first have to sign up for Gmail updates for both these social networking sites.
When you sign up online at http://www.jaamun.in, you get a free trial plan of 50 messages for a month, and you can subscribe to the service after the trial period expires.
Apart from paying for the SMS (when you send mails), there are various subscription packages available for the service.
Going by the site, it could range from Rs.49 to Rs. 75 a month. Push mail service over GPRS is obviously on the higher side.
The advantage with ‘Jaamun’ is that it can work on any mobile and any network, the creators say — there is no need for either GPRS or for installing an application on the phone. As far as the service goes, there is smart message extraction, compression, auto spam filters and attachment alerts.
“On our site, we’ve made it very clear that we ensure the password and everything is secure. The connection as we link to your email is also secure,” Mr. Mehta says.
So if you are not ready to get rid of that decadent phone yet, here, finally, is a way you can redeem yourself.
Source: The Hindu
Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Vikram, Govinda, Ravi Kishen
Direction: Mani Ratnam
Music: A.R. Rahman
Raavan – The contemporary adaptation of India’s greatest epic is a failure. Why? Because the line between good and bad is too shady. At times, you will be on the side of Dev(Ram) and on the next frame change, your opinion for Raavan(Beera) will change for better reasons.
So let’s do the anatomy of this mega starrer multi lingual release from Mani Ratnam, one of the greatest director in Indian cinema.
To start with, the film took off from the abduction of Raagini(Aishwarya), who is the better half of S.P. Dev Pratap Sharma(Vikram) by Beera(Abhishek) who is shown as a mysterious character who has his own reasons behind all this drama. From start till end, I couldn’t make out the who is the real Raavan as every one had a shady greyish character. It would be wrong to compare the character of Beera with Raavan alone as others too shared the same box from time to time.
Abhishek Bacchan had a chance to revive his image but he bites more than he can chew. His performance was stale and boring. The depiction of several voices in his brain ranting at the same time is too overused. It irritates you to the core. His mood swings are not expressive and lacks the complexion of a mighty warrior as he is shown to be. Overall, this is the apple of sin for him, which he better had not took on the first place. The attitude of Yuva and the altitude of Guru, both were missing. He is better than what he played in this movie.
Aishwarya did nothing to gain my respect either. She is a total waste who is beautiful and delightful to watch and still hold her charishma but without the talent. She cries,scream, weeps and then again cries, scream and weeps, but I barely feel sorry for her, because she doesn’t look genuine. It seems she had a soft corner for Beera (lolz…ofcourse she has a soft corner for his husband) even before he unfold the reasons behind his deeds. But in the end, as always she looks stunning so all her sins are forgiven…lolz…
Vikram(I know him for his work in Aparichit) is a great actor with plenty of talent up his sleeves, but alas he fails to bring it all this time. His role as Dev Pratap is poorly sketched and unrefined. His threads are not stitched right it seems and are torn apart as the movie progresses. May be in the tamil version, where he plays the role of Beera he has done some justice.
Now the music of Rehman is the same as in all other movies. Listen to it, just listen. Don’t try to sing the song. The lyrics is not the USP, it’s the music. Nothing new in this department, let’s move on.
Mani sir, what is this? The person of your stature, shouldn’t be doing this. I don’t understand this usage of ropes in every stunts in every films these days. You are better than this sir. Showing the Hero running in slow motion is the least expected of you. Why such unnecessary gimmicks, overusage of rope stunts? Please upgrade yourself or stop using the old software. It’s not worth anywore.
Govinda and Ravikishen also needs a mention as they were also in the film as secondary characters. There role were as miniature as these two lines written about them. Nothing special to say, so let’s move to the good part now.
The scenery is picturesque and extremely beautifull. The cliff, the forest, the lake, the rain, the weather everything is just rightly placed where it meant to be. For a person like me, I for most of my times was more inquisitive about the background than the movie itself and the climax where Aishwarya was standing on a cliff and sees the heavenly sight of clouds and hills kissing each other like the boundaries between the sky and earth seems to vanish took my breath away.
The grand sets and exotic location is all that this film has to offer atleast for me. So in the end, as I close my eyes to recapture the core of the movie, I am unable to find one. This film is a lost one, nothing special about it. The epic still seems more contemporary than the adaptation itself. I will rather go watch the rerun of Ramayan rather than Raavan.
3:00 AM, 11 Jun 2010.
Well great. It’s 3:00 in the morning and here I am scribbling and ranting about my insomniac stage that too live and uncut version. For the lack of siesta and sleep the yester day & night, I slept in the evening after coming back from office. Now at the odd hour of 2:00 I just woke up with my stomach gluttonous craving and finds nothing but some milk so I had a pre-session breakfast of tea and rusk just now and the after effects as you can see is am awake fully, in all my senses. The good thing is it’s raining cats and dogs outside, which by the way compels me to mention two points:
1. When it’s raining water drops, why we say it’s raining cats and dogs. (Ofcourse, I have heard of the story of falling cats from roof, when it rains. But that doesn’t makes sense.) If someone knows, please do tell me about it.
2. Ofcourse, its raining outside and not inside. (Preassumtion: I don’t live in a house with leaking roof or the great epidemic of mumbai slums. Don’t get me wrong here when I gave a analogy. It’s just that I have seen it and it does feel like a epidemic.)
So will it not be suffice to say that it’s raining…it’s raining heavily…no cats and dogs…as they are hiding under a shelter. give them a break for their life. ahh…what a rant…
3:15 AM, 11 Jun 2010.
Am hungry and pissed off by the fact that its friday today, so I’ve to go to the office and am fretting by the fact that I will need a siesta again, lack of which causes my small already dying brain to function even less than it does normally. So it’s not going to be an effective day today, I know that and it worries me.
One of the other things that’s helping me in making my life burnt in core of the hell is the impotent HR department and the ever feasting gourmand monkeys sitting on top of me and giving me a hell of a time. Ahhhhh…I remember Boman Irani in Munna bhai MBBS during my hard times…laugh…laugh…and laugh more in times of distress, in direct proportion to your worries and anger. It will cure you, curb you. Well, unfortunately at this point of time i can’t do it right. So there’s a better way…write…write…and write more in times of distress, in direct proportion to your worries and anger. It will help you vent out your anger and anguish and you’ll be a happier person ever after…there after (stupid fellow…ever after is in stories only, no ever after exist in real world. Take the red pill otherwise and go back to matrix, big jaw.) Ahhh…another rant and am already feeling sleepy…and a sudden yawn shows me the good sign of my changing state. It works…see I told you…writing works…and there goes a second yawn…too frequent…something’s wrong with this yawning. I think this is not because I’m feeling sleepy. It is because I’m feeling bored.
3:30 AM, 11 Jun 2010.
Sitting at the window side, watching the rain feels refreshing though, but silent loneliness creeps in and making me sad. I need a vacation…mom, dad am coming home. It’s been a while I haven’t seen you, embrace you, cuddled you.
Ok…Let’s try something different. Thinking of something good…that kindles a spark in me or something that tickles me. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm (pause) hmmmmmm…gosh…pathetic it is more that it seems…think..think…you dic*****d…hmmmmmm…ahh there it is…two new smartphones have registered there entry recently and they both are good, I must say. Dell Streak and Apple’s iPhone 4, are something that will change the way we think about phones. They are a revolution and they are reloaded. I must but one of them…I will…yes…Ofcourse…this time it’s a definite yes…after a long wait of over a year, there’s something that meets my unnecessary requirements.
Good…it worked…although I’m not yawning…neither am feeling sleepy but am certainly feeling good…now I’m able to look at the rain in a different light. I can see the light…I feel light…am happy…and calm… and poised.
3:40 AM, 11 Jun 2010.
My laptop’s battery is showing me a decline of 45%, that means it’s time for me to stop as after 40 minutes of rambling and ranting am a bit tired now, and being a lazy person that I am, just by the thought of being tired am finally feeling sleepy. This time it’s a genuine feeling…no yawning no boredom…only falling asleep…so as others fall in love…it’s time for me to re-fall in sleep.
Bye Bye…to all who managed to read through this and survived to come to this point where you are thinking what it was all about. Well nothing…it was just a rant as I declared earlier…I did declare it…huh…lemme check once…ahh hhhh yes I wrote at the starting…and btw what else would you expect from an insomnia tale…it’s not Arabian Nights tale dude…
Yaaawwwwwwnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn………am going to sleep…you for the time look out for my other post that are less futile that this and they might add some more to your grey matter…Happy reading…
4:00 AM, 11 JUN 2010
After editing the pics and final posting.
Dell Streak – Hits the market in UK on June 4th, 2010. A tablet phone with 5” wide screen running on Android 1.6 (upgradeable to 2.2 Froyo).
I being a techno gadget freak, in a quick foxy action searched the entire web to know about it and there are quite a few impressing and remarkable things I got to know.
So without wasting any more time I am moving on to its initial reviews and features that I gathered:
The first and foremost thing is its 5” capacitive touch screen. Is it a smartphone or a tablet PC, well I’d say it is definitely a smartphone. The large screen is pretty impressive as I could see from several video demonstrations with pretty good visibility even under sunlight.
Which brings me to another feature of the mobile – Camera. It’s bundled with a 5MP camera, dual LED flash and a VGA secondary camera for video calling. The picture & video quality is good.The nightshots are hopeless though. It supports a number of formats for playback (going by the review of some users, it also support DivX format, though external codecs needs to be installed). It was found to be erring during playback of some full length movies of H264 format, but WMV works just good and clear. But nothing to fret, these are just software issues and Dell guys can fix this easily, I guess.
The phone can be used in both portrait and landscape mode and given the jumbo size, landscape usage seems right. The virtual keyboard has also got a numeric keypad which is the first ever of its kind, but unfortunately it’s not convenient to use. There should have been an option to hide it. As of know there isn’t one.
No FM is there, and the specs are not clear if the hardware is present or not.
A 3G enabled set is bound to have a heavy usage and the effect shows on the battery. But on initial speculations I found the power to be impressive.
Also 2.2 Froyo update is in the air. Flash support is also coming in few weeks.
The CPU is mighty Qualcomm Snapdragon 1GHz, which makes sure that you have a delightful usage of the phone.
Another important feature I would like to mention is the memory. Well this cute gadget has got 512MB Rom, 512MB Ram, a 2GB non-accessible memory for applications installation and a 16GB SD card.
Other features worth mentioning are:
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GPS |
Yes – with A-GPS support |
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Wi-Fi |
Yes. 802.11 b/g |
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Bluetooth |
Yes v2 with A2DP |
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JAVA |
Yes with MIDP 2.0 |
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3G |
HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps |
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GPRS/EDGE |
Class 12 |
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Speakerphone |
Yes, 3.5mm audio jack |
And in the end, the exciting part. The screen is made up of Gorilla glass, which is said to be unbreakable and scratch proof. Believe me I saw a video where an engadget engineer tortured the streak screen by banging a pen tip furiously all over and nothing happened to it. Not a single scratch.
The gadget looks promising and is here to stay. I after a long search of 1 year, am feeling like I got a smartphone of my choice. Am waiting for its release in India.
| General | 2G Network | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
|---|---|---|
| 3G Network | HSDPA 900 / 2100 | |
| HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 | ||
| Announced | 2010, May | |
| Status | Available. Released 2010, June |
| Size | Dimensions | 152.9 x 79.1 x 10 mm |
|---|---|---|
| Weight | 220 g |
| Display | Type | TFT capacitive touchscreen |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 480 x 800 pixels, 5.0 inches | |
| – Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate – Multi-touch input method – Proximity sensor for auto turn-off – Touch sensitive controls |
| Sound | Alert types | Vibration; MP3 ringtones |
|---|---|---|
| Speakerphone | Yes | |
| – 3.5 mm audio jack |
| Memory | Phonebook | Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall |
|---|---|---|
| Call records | Practically unlimited | |
| Internal | 16 GB storage, 512 MB ROM, 512 MB RAM | |
| Card slot | microSD, up to 32GB, buy memory |
| Data | GPRS | Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 – 48 kbps |
|---|---|---|
| EDGE | Class 12 | |
| 3G | HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps | |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g | |
| Bluetooth | Yes v2.0 with A2DP | |
| Infrared port | No | |
| USB | Yes, v2.0 |
| Camera | Primary | 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, autofocus, dual-LED flash |
|---|---|---|
| Features | Geo-tagging, face and smile detection | |
| Video | Yes | |
| Secondary | VGA videocall camera |
| Features | OS | Android OS, v1.6, upgradable to v2.2 (Froyo) |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8250 1 GHz processor | |
| Messaging | SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, IM | |
| Browser | HTML | |
| Radio | No | |
| Games | Yes | |
| Colors | Black, Red | |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS support | |
| Java | Yes, MIDP 2.0 | |
| – Digital compass – Social networking integration – MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player – MP3/WAV/eAAC+/WMA player – Google Search, Maps, Gmail, – YouTube, Google Talk – QuickOffice document viewer – Photo viewer/editor – Adobe Flash 10.1 – Organizer – Voice memo/dial – T9 – Home dock with HDMI out and car charger in the retail package |
| Battery | Standard battery, Li-Ion 1530 mAh |
|---|
You must have seen a bride crying and weeping during marriages. But yesterday, I saw the groom with wet eyes, (of course, not for the same reasons as bride) but it was a touching moment when his 3 sisters came on the stage and performed a dance sequence on the song “Pyaare Bhaiyaa” being played in the background.
Certainly the love showered couldn’t be well understood other than him. So as others were busy looking over their shoulders to see if the buffet has started yet or not, I was busy taking a mental note of the emotional moment to write about it because it gave me another fuel to harp and bash the old customary – Real Men do not cry.
Why it touched me is the simple reason that crying men is a sort of taboo in society.
You, if are a man, shall not be crying. It is as much hated and misunderstood as other public displays of affection.
And may I have the leverage and permission to ask why it is so? Why we men cannot cry?
Why PDAs fall in the category of characterless behavior?
Because machoism has always been the men charisma. It’s always expected from a man to be tough and have the ability to carry his own and families responsibility. He has to have a strong shoulders otherwise he is not respected. While crying has always been considered a sign of weakness, men have themselves kept a distance from such emotions.
It has been our upbringing since old times that prohibits the male from expressing his feelings through softer ways rather than anguish, anger and pain. If you look at the divide, girls and boys can laugh together on a comic scene during a movie but when a tear gland affecting scene comes, it’s only a girl who can show her emotions and is allowed to admit that she was moved by the scene and crying is permissible for her. But a boy can do all but cry and admit even if he wants to. Because his PDA will not be considered in the same light as used to judge a girl.
But now the times are changing, the first time I remember the depiction of a sensitive man was one in the commercial of Raymonds. It was a new change. Subtly it made its way in the social strata and is a standing pillar now giving support to the other side of macho psyche.
The era of stiff upper lips is gone and we men are more allowed to show the gentle and softer side of our emotions. Ofcourse, nobody will accept a man crying on the drop of a hat but for inevitable and right reasons,, it’s perfectly alright for him to cry and reveal his emotions in public too.
Coming back to yesterday’s party, while the bride’s father was talking to me about how he brought up his only child. I could really sense his voice breaking at moments but he was holding himself very tight not to reveal his love for her otherwise he would have burst into tears. Once he even said – “Maine koi kami nahi chodi iski parwarish mein, saare gun sikhaye hai….(pause) aur ab dekho…yeh jaa rahi…” Rest all was said by the eyes. She was standing at the other side talking with her new family.
It’s like a private close door show for a man, because if he cries in public and what if nobody holds him and comfort him. This mighty blow of non-appreciation will shatter him more than any other thing. It’ll be a scar that will be there forever on his heart.
Most men have cry but away from the public view. Men feel that like picking one’s nose in private, crying is also an extremely personal affair. Men in general have cried at the loss of a loved one, leaving your loved ones and moving to a different country, loss of job & the death of a loved one . Like the certain inevitable truths in life, the reasons for shedding a tear are justified and it no longer remains a taboo if a guy cries for the right reasons in public .
* – Photo of Crying Macho Man is taken from the comic strip of same name.
Project Manager Rathore : कौन हो तुम..??? क्या पहचान है तुम्हारी ?
Unkonwn Caller : कौन हूँ मैं…मैं वो हूँ जो आज committment करने से डरता है, मैं वो हूँ जो आज घर जाने से डरता है, ये सोच के की कहीं घर वाले पहचानने से इंकार ना कर दे…
मैं वो हूँ जो आज job change करता है तो सोचता है की कहीं recession में मुझे कंपनी से ना निकाल दे…
मैं वो हूँ जिसकी बीवी उससे friday को दस बार फ़ोन करती है, “क्या कर रहे हो…?? काम ज्यादा है…?? थक गए हो…?? ”
मेरा हाल पूछने के लिए या काम पूछने के लिए नहीं, राठौर साब…
बल्कि वो ये जानना चाहती है की… कहीं हमेशा की तरह एंड मोमेंट पे बॉस के बुलाने पे मैं saturday को भी ऑफिस तो नहीं जा रहा…
मैं वो हूँ जो breakfast के टाइम पे डिनर करता है, लंच टाइम पे breakfast करता है, डिनर के टाइम पे लंच करता है… वो भी टाइम मिल जाए तो…
मैं वो हूँ जो अक्सर फसता है
कभी Interviews के सवाल मे फसता है , कभी बड़ी कंपनियों के जाल में फसता है, कभी बॉस और client के बवाल मे फसता है…
Walk-In की भीड़ तो देखी होगी आपने राठौर साब… उस भीड़ में से कोई भी चेहरा चुन लीजिए.. मैं वो हूँ…
I’m the…..STUPID SOFTWARE ENGINEER….
Virtuosity - Yet another blog 