Category Archives: Internet

Yet another step…

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I was so upset the last time I wrote a proper post that I had actually taken a sort of vow to not write for a while as I felt so disgusted by the whole issue.

Anyways…the point being, whenever I am down and out, I do well. How ironic! I perform best under pressure, I do double the work when I am angry and I am open to new things when I shut myself. And ever since I got this new PC there have been great learnings instore for me every week. Things that I so wanted to do but was scared and even skeptical at times to take it up.

So for another technical update, I have started using torrents !
Torrents are, must say, brilliant stuff. Seen seven movies in ten days. One in hall, 6 on computer after downloading them through torrents. And another one is on its way of downloading.

The movies I saw :
Before sunrise
Before sunset
Requim for a dream
The departed
Little Miss Sunshine
Love actually
Heyy babyy (Hall)

“Memento” is the one which is downloading right now.

I have also started helping people on Yahoo answers. And I already have 24 of my answers being chosen as Best answers in less than a weeks time !

Updates on personal front: Amazed at the strict financial control I am able to exercise on myself, making truce with myself, trying to forgive n seek forgiveness, cant believe I am gymming regularly and still in search for ways to keep my boredom at bay.

Like I once told this friend of mine while describing myself

I am one hyperactive kid :)

My technical advancements

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Ok, this post is an update to the one I wrote a few days back.

Now I

  • Work on a P4 Windows XP(dont you dare ask me what was I using earlier)
  • Have downloaded Picasa to upload my humungous picture files (finally may I add!!)
  • Learnt to use Gaim software for IM (Isnt as great as I thought it would be)
  • Enjoy an internet connection with a speed of 3mb/sec (no I didnt switch connection/ plan)

    • And most importantly

  • Enjoy Youtube videos without any delay/ crack in voice or distortion of video due to slow processor speed

    • Thats one thing I so wanted to do on my comp. Watch a video on Youtube without any interruption / delay. And thats the first thing I did when I started the Internet on my new machine.

    But now despite the fact that I have all of it, all that I so admired on others machines, I still am not happy. Cos I so wanna shout scream n share, which I cant.

    Titanic Two the surface: Jack’s back

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    If the trailer of the sequel of Titanic is anything to go by, it will surely be a rage but not as great as the original. Everyone knows Jack (Leonardo Dicaprio) died in the original. But hold your breath he returns in the sequel. :D . ( a friend just said.. kya bakwaas hai.. koi hindi movie thode hi hai )

    Before you start wondering if its a ghostly story, let me clear the air by saying that its the most foolish concept that Hollywood could ever come up with to base a movie on.

    Anyways, Jack returns frozen in an ice slab, and voila there he is all alive and kicking! But poor rose is dead now. So we dont get to see Kate winslet in the movie.

    So its like a person who returns after years only to a world that he isnt aware of… i.e. his future… where nothing that he knew earlier exists anymore. Add to that some scientists who want to keep him captivated for scientific observations n tests n blah blah blah. But our hero runs away to the New world. So we have nostalgia, we have action and emotional melodrama. We also get to see John Cusack (slimmer n sexier) and Winona Ryder in the movie.

    Arent they aping bollywood for concepts now? Cos it surely seems like that to me!

    Most technologically experimental 24 hours

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    I am a keen learner, but I am very lazy when it comes to doing technical stuff. I have relied a lot on friends to do it for me so far…. And when pushed against the wall, I really took it upon myself to do it on my own and walk the untreaded paths .

    In the past 24 hours I have managed to

  • download a 700mb file (never dared to do that before)
  • download flashget to download that 700 mb file (never knew you can download a software to facilitate the download of files!!)
  • format a PC
  • prepare bootable floopy disk and cd
  • tried to install Windows
  • tried to install Linux, even when I havent ever worked on that platform
  • used DOS after ages and worked on it (those commands seem so irritating now after the windows GUI)
  • request a password change with godaddy

    • Phew ! Thats really too much for me.

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    Its like chosing the best amongst the worse

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    Following the frequent no signal problem with Dishtv, I was seriously contemplating taking up Tatasky. But the review I just read here only depicts the sad state of DTH options available to the consumers. And I thought only Dishtv was as bad.

    Cant I just have the best of both the worlds?

    Exhaustive channels (dishtv), efficient customer care (tatasky), cheaper installation and ownership of equipment (of dishtv) and excellent picture quality (of tatasky)

    A picture a day

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    Starting today, I would be posting pictures that I would click every day. Its been a long time I clicked just for the heck of it. But today with the sudden rainfall I felt good doing it all over again after almost an year. Tried to capture the same magic. The same plant, but with the new leaves.

    I always feel that the pictures need not be anything, need not mean anything, but something that would just make you feel good. So starting today, atleast for the next 30 days I intend to continue this ritual. Lets see what we get our hands on.

    Here are the pictures of the day.

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    What is your Personality type?

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    Imagine you walked into a small hut by the river in the jungle.
    You pushed open the door, in front of you were 7 small beds to the right of the hut, and another 7 small chairs surrounding a small round table.

    In the middle of the table was a round food tray with 5 kinds of fruit in it. There are:

    a. Apple
    b. Banana
    c. Strawberry
    d. Peach
    e. Orange

    Which fruit will u choose? Your choice reveals about u!
    Made the choice? Now read ahead for results.

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    Internet here I come…

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    I have read such amazing and gripping stuff at other blogs that I feel almost compelled to write some here. I have almost made up my mind to write a post a day on any nonsense I can think of only to exhibit the same insane behaviour as can be noticed and appreciated on other blogs :lol:

    Hold on people, now I shall unleash my hidden talent of boring people beyond belief online :-P

    Beware, the mission starts right now !

    Google Adsense: Make money while blogging?

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    Ever since I started blogging, I wasnt ever in the favour of putting advertisements in my blog. But with the amount of traffic coming in, a discussion with Robins one day just led to this idea of “trying this too”.

    I wasnt expecting anything fancy as its alien talk to me and my site isnt that hep and happening either (by tech standards). But I am quite happy to learn the results. Within a span of about 10-15 days I have recovered the cost of my domain name :)
    Not bad at all!!

    I would seriously recommend

    for making money while blogging.