Sana's first hand made gift : bookmark

Aftet sana destroyed my only bookmark I insisted on she making one for me with her mother's help. And see how beautiful and memorable it is.

Chaliya day 3

After a haitus of 5 yrs smriti my wife has finally decided to complete her resolution of chailya (40 days) visit to bangla sahib. I am all help to her to get this done. Posting day3 pic

Google Chrome topples IE in India

According to statcounter google chrome has toppled IE from Rank #1 browser in india. As per latest stats Firefox is #1 followed by chrome as #2 browser in indian market. Check out this chart

Source: StatCounter Global Stats - Browser Market Share

Sana , May 2010

Used Picknik in picasa to create this pic...really amazing that i didn't even have to use my desktop to create this pic...cloud computing at its best.

India provides maximum google chrome percentage usage. Are you using Google Chome

Source: StatCounter Global Stats - Browser Market Share

How to lose weight - First Stage

This is in continuation to my earlier Post on How to lose weight.

I have reached my first milestone date: 15th March 2010. Also I am pleased that I have achieved my first goal of X + 15 Kilos ( losing 3 kilos in a month). There were various paths to achieve it but nothing was more accurate than "Knowing Myself" which lead to success (by understanding facts about me)

Let me share how I reached the goal. I did following simple things :-

• Counting/measuring amount of food I eat during my meals. Though it sounds childish but it proved out to be really effective. Generally when a person is over-weight he does not realize that he is over-eating. This can be due to various reasons like watching television while eating or gossiping while eating or by doing things which gives one pleasure. So while doing these pleasurable things a person does not realize over-eating. Though, for sure, this realization comes after over-eating : )

I consciously observed how much I eat. Not thinking to control my eating but just making a conscious note on how much I eat. For example if I eat following for my lunch/dinner

* 3 chapatis (rotis) / Plateful of rice

* One sweat dish

* 2 vegetables

* Some fruit

* Others like : pickle

Now what I did was to make an effort to have my eating consistent. (Remember not reducing anything in my diet). So if my standard diet is 3 rotis (chapattis) then I make sure I don’t eat 4th or even a bite extra. This helped me control my over-eating.

• The second important thing I did was to say NO to following things

a. Fried Food

b. Sweets

Again for doing this I have to keep facts in mind. Specially keep in mind environment dependencies. So even if you are able to achieve 80% control; it is great effort.

• Walk where you can avoid luxuries. For example I stay on 4th Floor. And generally everyone is tired after work so I used to take an elevator rather than stairs. After 15/2/2010 for 95% of times I took stairs rather than elevator. After following this strictly I found I was covering at least 10 trips every day.

With following just three above simple things & "knowing myself" i was able to meet my first goal. I hope people who read it can actually feel that reducing weight is achievable.

Now my next target is reducing my weight to X+10 Kilos in next 2 months.

Things to focus on

• Keep following the above mentioned things.
• Don’t be complacent
• Be concentrated on the final goal
• Take step by step approach.

Will write again when I reach next milestone {X+12 kilos or 15/5/X whichever comes sooner :)}

Support : Sonik culture

Very few people in this world follow their dreams and i am a big fan of those who does. Now if one such of dream follower is your friend there is no boundary for happiness. I will request all my followers, friends and buddies to support Sonik culture. and once you will hear out their stuff then you will automatically love them

IPL 2010 Puts Youtube On A Billboard & Train As Well (Pics)

IPL 2010 Puts Youtube On A Billboard & Train As Well (Pics): "

It might be the first case of offline advertising for a google product/brand and it comes through via its unique partnership with IPL to live stream matches on Youtube.

Check the picture below which was taken at Dadar station in Mumbai:

Besides for the above we are told that an entire train is painted with the youtube live streaming ad. This seems to be massive offline marketing for IPL but the beneficiary is definitely youtube.

These are great signs for digital media and the views on youtube should rise phenomenally during the IPL matches. What’s your take on this?

Source of above information is WATBlog.com

Paper Rater Analyzes and Improves Your Writing [Writing]

Paper Rater Analyzes and Improves Your Writing [Writing]: "

If you like to write but lack confidence in your skills, Paper Rater is a a free, web-based service that analyzes your writing and offers feedback on your grammar, spelling, and more.

Paper Rater couldn't be easier to use. Just paste in the text you want analyzed, choose what type of content it is—essay, research paper, speech, etc.—and submit it for review. Within seconds, Paper Rater generates a report that analyzes several aspects of your submission.

Naturally, the app takes a look at grammar and spelling, but it also gives feedback on your writing style and choice of words. To get suggestions on word or phrasing replacement, just right click on the highlighted words.

Paper Rater also detects plagiarism by comparing the content you submit with published online content to see if there are any similarities. This feature can be overridden by simply flagging passages with the proper citations.

Paper Rater is a solid tool for double-checking your work as you prepare your next speech or presentation. What tools do you rely on to hone your writing skills? Share in the comments.

Paper Rater [via Download Squad]

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Webpage Screenshot

Webpage Screenshot is a nice extension for Google Chrome.