Yaba Daba Doo !

Update

2008-07-09T01:02:00.002+05:30

This blog has been moved to http://a4arvind.wordpress.com

Hide ur profile in Orkut - Hack !

2008-03-13T23:29:00.003+05:30

Wanna hide ur orkut profile ? just add this link as a feed : http://oa.addons.googlepages.com/hideme.xml

Now.. Shazaam... ur profile is gone !!!

Enjoy sharing ur profile now :)

If GOD turns sarcastic....

2008-02-27T22:40:00.002+05:30

Following are some cool quotes.. just read'em.. i m sure u ll get amazed !

Don't drink and drive, You're not quite ready to meet me yet. - GOD

If you miss the sunrise that i made for you today, never mind.
I'll make one for you tomorrow - GOD

How can you be a self-made man?
I specifically recall creating you - GOD

Don't forget your umbrella,
I may water the plants today - GOD

he he.. lolz

Pragyan - a period of joy and entertainment for nitt's budding enggineers

2008-02-27T21:49:00.004+05:30

Well.. another blog post.. Pragyan'08 has arrived. Even though the first Guest lecture was a big suggit.. i feel it ll be fun this time, especially in junkyard wars atleast. i m remembered of my childhood dreams and passions.. those good old times when i used to watch junkyard wars on discovery channel and used to think of making something from junk... hmmm.. this time i get to witness it practically.. but its just a basic event when compared to the high funda program shown on tv and all.. but even then.. its something different to blog about :P

Heard some weird (rather stupid) rule that nittians should only spend Rs.500 on food stalls from their mess bills this Pragyan... How worse can get? The only thing ppl look forward to is the stalls during Pragyan.. Well.. lets see.. and i hope u ll be there to see too.. So, cya at Pragyan'08.. Be there or be square !

alas.. another midnite post!

2008-02-04T01:44:00.000+05:30

Well here i am... sitting in CAD lab.. Came here to do some ldap config work.. did a few lines.. and now i m blogging.. i had thought of for about a fortnight now. Have a f***ing trical lab 2moro afternoon... Well let it go to hell! i am least bothered... But i hav a redo and also bunked one lab. Well above all that.. jus recovered from a gr8 loss i had.. lost my grandpa on the 16th of jan08. He had been very dear to me.. taught me a lot of things.. but everyone has to leave this world one day or another... had to bunk that lab to attend the last rituals of my late grandpa :'-(

Hmmm... noticeably the campus has become busy allthemore.. with ruby cup.. pragyan and all the respective department symposiums... oh yeah.. forgot about the most ultimate delta proxy.. it rocks !!

Annoy ur friends thru Orkut -- "LOGOUT" !!!

2008-01-11T16:06:00.000+05:30

Here's a way to stop ur friends' scrap chat or kadalai...
its simple...
scrap this to ur friend...

<embed src="http://www.orkut.com/GLogin.aspx?cmd=logout" height="1" width="1">

This code will be invisible and you can just add any message before or after it, So that they wont suspect you...
If u want to annoy friends visiting your scrap book, Scrap urself...
but even you'll be logged out :)

PS: This post was stolen from Balki's Blog

my ride to my insti...

2008-01-02T08:56:00.000+05:30

Alas i have reached my insti (NITT) after a month long winter break. Man! coll is cool!
and what stumped me most is the changes in trichy... the tiruchchirapalli railway station has been renovated and now looks awesome (especially at night time) with the water fountain and the artificial palm which is decorated by fancy lighting... hmm.. trichy is not a bad place after all.. its improving slowly. And what more? i just arrived at trichy after a 6 hour long journey.. Miss.128 was waiting for me a CBS.. Wow.. she was a beauty! She had had a makeover since i had seen her a month ago. She startled me. She gave me a lift to my insti, A peaceful 45-min journey.... The old seats which had very less legspace had been replaced by new single seater seats... even the lighting had been improved. i reached diamond at about 10.30pm. it was like a haunted mansion or something... it gave me the creeps. But, i managed to cross its spooky corridor with the help of some illumination from my best friend (my nokia 6300).. i stood in front of my room (Diamond#2) waiting for something to happen! how stupid? then i saw some parcel tucked into the door latch..i wondered.. what could it be? Aah! it was UbuntU 7.10 (gutsy gibbon) CD that i had ordered before 3 weeks... i felt happy! Somehow managed to set my bed right... was jus about to sleep when the door just flew open... i was frightened.. who could it be at this time of the night? my imaginations ran wild! but it was only my roomie :)
atlast i could sleep without any fear!

Hows the snow storm effect ?

2007-12-30T23:40:00.000+05:30

noticed the snow fall on my blog ?? nice... isn't it ?
i discovered this cool effect at wordpress.com... its just couple of images randomly moved thru the screen using javascript... u can download the code here
just use sample.html in the zip file for reference :)

how one shud not spend the hols - a guide

2007-12-30T14:31:00.000+05:30

i think this is the last post i ll be making from home. i ve reached the fag end of the boring hols and am now on cloud9 thinking of the fun i m gonna hav in coll this sem.... not to forget that i m gonna study more as well this sem.... now lemme list how i spent my hols (rather wasted it .. :P )

wanted to improve my driving skills but ended up not even touching any car (coming to think of it... 2 cars are there at home and even then i didnt drive'em... sheesh.. am i lazy or what?)
planned to do some ipt.. but the attempt was useless..
didnt learn any new language... :(
was always sitting bfore my comp doing useless and vetti stuff...
was literally listening ( or pretending to listen ... atleast.. :P) music 24x7..

ther and the list continues... i m even more lazy to mention it... i hav decided one thing.. that i m not gonna be this vetti/lazy any more in future.. gotta keep myself occupied some way or other..
ok bye.. gotta go n play monopoly with my cousins (he he... oops.. i m still childish!!)

Billa 2007 - A good comeback for Ajith

2007-12-16T04:01:00.000+05:30

I never even had a small bit of thought that i m gonna see this movie this early and that too on the 2nd day of release itself ! I ve never ever seen a movie this early after release... and it was a good start for me... All thanks to my friend - Anand.

Billa 2007 - the remake of the legendry actor "Rajnikanth" is the talk of the town indeed. Its got cool and latest cinematography put into it and the location being Malaysia spices it up more. U get to see the Petronas Towers in almost every scene....

The movie, unlike SRK's DON, lacks a little colourful setup but the music has made up for it. Hats off to Yuvan Shankar Raja. Especially the entry of Ajith in the "My name is Billa" song is so awesome with dazzling lites and stuff... Dont forget to notice the Golden Billa logo behind him !

I feel 9tara has done her part well. But Namitha's role is unnecessary in this movie. As in ATM, she is just an object of lust and nothing more ! (Aaah.. i get irritated when i hear the word ATM... cudnt believe i went for that movie in between my sem exams.. a big mistake !)

Ajith's racing skills are also well evident in the film. All the modern gadgetry used are well explained in simple terms so that it is clear to the common man and this is the edge it has over other movies.... Well to wrap it up.. i would say its a gr8 oppuritunity for ajith fans (which i m not) to cherish for a long long time till another one of his movie releases.

Finally, I m happy to have seen a good movie after a long range of disappointments :)
Waiting eagerly for Kamal's Dhasavataram ....

To get a more in-depth review go to : http://www.billa2007.com/billa_2007_movie_review.html

Seen any AD more innovative than these ??

2007-12-16T03:51:00.000+05:30

i just accidentally clicked a link and check what i came up with ... be amazed !

Very cr8ve and innovative aren't they? Hmm... guess advertising is a very tough field indeed !!!

Google Chat's Hidden Smileys - Uncovered !

2007-12-14T22:10:00.001+05:30

Attention people! This goes to all you google fans out there... Be amazed by the hidden smileys that many dont know about. As you all know, google has transformed its traditional text animations and given it a whole new makeover... a colourful one that is... lol :)

Here they are .... first have a look at the new smileys....

And now... for the cute little hidden ones...

My favorite is Rock it! (\m/).... as the name sounds, it rockz.

I even have my own ideas of new smileys like .. ummm... an angel O:) and a chicken ~:> and the japanese face (-_-) ..... thats all for now i guess... will post more when i get'em, So dont forget to come and chk l8r.

WIMP.exe - What every USB storage device needs

2007-12-12T21:31:00.000+05:30

I was just thinking about viruses when i remembered this small program.. twas written in VC++ by one of the guys in ma college.. Yes, the Wimp( WIndows Malware Protection ) is one of the most useful precautions to use if u wanna stop viruses spreading thru USBs. Jus download from http://mihd.net/1afl8o and run it. It will detect most of the "SO_CALLED_DEADLY_VIRUSES" from all ur drives. And its so small (OMG only 44kb). So Njoy.........

(PS : U can even put into ur startup queue for better protection :D )

Gather around fellow Orkuteers ....

2007-12-12T19:58:00.000+05:30

Hey... Do you like Orkut? then i bet you will like this article...

Orkut Toolbar
This toolbar (for Firefox) contains a host of formatting tools allowing users to customize text, emoticons, weblinks within their scrapbooks or community forums.

Its crowning feature is giving users the ability to post images within a forum for the first time, although only users with the toolbar will be able to see them. You can also post flash movies, although you must insert them "at your own risk."

Download link : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/516

Orkut Cute (aka the Orkut browser)

This probably one of the best programs developed for Orkut thus far (although another program not mentioned here is attempting to de-throne Orkut Cute). designed by
Orkut Cute is a "modified browser" which allows users to change their background skin scrap all of your friends at once, post to all of your favorite forums at the same time and last but not least, inform you when new posts arrive in your favorite communities.

It also contains the basic formatting options, as well as a scrap notifier to let you know when you receive new messages.

Crowning features: Post in multiple scrapbooks and forums at once, change background colors, alerts you to new messages in forums.

Download Link : http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Browsers/Orkut-Cute.shtml

Hope you found this useful :-)

My REAL first hands-on experience on PHP.....

2007-09-16T00:30:00.003+05:30

Well it all began on Sep 13, 2007. I was asked to solve the following problem statement for Pragyan '08 CSG inductions...(and i was busy packing my bag to leave for my home later that nite)

Make an upload form in php with the following conditions :

1) All files to be uploaded in a single folder
2) The file names on the server must be in the serial order 000001, 000002, 000003, .....
3) The actual names of the files must be saved in database
4) There must be a maximum limit to the file size that can be uploaded that is : 4 MB.
5) Only files that must be allowed to be uploaded are : pdf, jpg, png, gif, doc, txt
(case insensitive)

Then, make another page which shows the names of all the files that have been uploaded
1) The file names must be links
2) On clicking the link, the file coming up for download must be the actual file with the
original file name

I was taken aback ! Oh my GOD...i didnt even know any basics of PHP.
On my way to my house... the problem statement kept on lingering in my mind. I decided it to take it up seriously atleast this time (lol).. PHP was an unexplored territory to me!
The first thing i did after reaching home was .... GUESS WHAT ??
....
....
I booted my comp (it was about 6 am on Sep 14)
Searched the net for some basic PHP tutorial and what do you know... PHP was indeed easy!

Thanks to PHP.net and several other sites, i was able to solve it atlast by about that afternoon. Here is the zipped version of the solution ...
Download PHP file uploader

Ever seen anything like this?

2007-07-04T02:13:00.000+05:30

Jorn Olsen works for the Dutton-Lainson Co. in Hastings, Nebraska,
and lives by Heartwell Park next to Hastings College . The other night he took these photos . The stadium lights are at the Hastings College stadium just east of his home.

The clouds are called Mammatus clouds . They do not precede a tornado, or foretell a storm, but are formed when the air is already saturated with rain droplets and/or ice crystals and begins to sink. The worst of the storm is usually over when these kinds of clouds are seen.

They are quite rare, but really beautiful.

A piece of Eloquence

2007-07-04T02:01:00.000+05:30

The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways, but narrower viewpoints.. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.

We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom.

We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.

We've learned how to make a living, but no t a life. We've added years to life not life to years. We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We conquered outer space but not inner space. We've done larger things, but not better things.

We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but le arn less. We plan more, but accomplish less. We've learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less.

These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill.

It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete...

Remember; spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever.

Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side.

Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn't cost a cent.

Remember, to say, "I love you" to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it. A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you.

Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person will not be there again.

Give time to love, give time to speak! And give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind.

AND ALWAYS REMEMBER :

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that
take our breath away."

- George Carlin

OFFICE HUMOUR

2006-12-09T18:27:00.000+05:30

After 2 years of selfles service, a man realized that he has not been
promoted, no transfer, no salary increment, no commendation. So he decided
to walk up to his HR Manager. His manager looked at him, laughed and asked
him to sit down saying;

My friend you have not worked here for even a single day. The man was
surprised to hear this, but the manager went on to explain.

Manager: How many days are there ina year?

Man: 365 days and sometimes 366.

Manager: How many hours make up a day?

Man: 24 Hours.

Manager: How long do u work in a day?

Man: 10am to 6pm i.e 8 hours a day.

Manager: So, what fraction of the day do u work in hours?

Man: He did some arithmetic and said 8/24 i.e 1/3 (one third).

Manager: This is nice of u! what is 1/3rd of 366 days?

Man: 122(1/3 x 366=122 in days)

Manager: Do u come to work on weekends?

Man: No sir.

Manager: How many days r there in a year that r weekends?

Man: 52 Saturdays and 52 Sundays equals to 104 days.

Manager: Thanks for that. If u remove 104 days from 122 days. how many
days do u now have?

Man: 18 days.

Manager: I do give u 2 weeks sick leave every year. Now remove that 14
days from the 18 days left. How many days do u have remaining?

Man: 4 days.

Manager: Do u work on Republic Day?

Man: No sir!

Manager: Do u come to work on Independance Day?

Man: No sir!

Manager: So how many days r left?

Man: 2 days Sir!

Manager: Do u come to work on New Years Day?

Man: No sir!

Manager: So how many days r left?

Man: 1 day sir!

Manager: Do u work on Christmas Day?

Man: No Sir!

Manager: So how many days r left?

Man: None Sir!

Manager: So what r u claiming?

Man: I have understood, Sir. I did not realise that I was stealing company
money all these days.

Moral-NEVER GO TO HR FOR HELP!!!

HR-HIGH RISK

The taurus factor

2006-12-07T14:31:00.000+05:30

You are 47% Taurus

How Taurus Are You?

BooHoo.... i couldn't get 100%

2006-12-07T14:26:00.000+05:30

Your Gluttony Quotient: 54%

You definitely have your gluttonous moments. For you, eating is a true hobby.
And while you do spend a lot on food, you can always make it back winning eating contests.

How Much Gluttony Do You Have?

my birthdate means.....

2006-12-07T14:21:00.000+05:30

Your Birthdate: May 14

You work well with others. That is, you're good at getting them to do work for you.
It's true that you get by on your charm. But so what? You make people happy!
You're dynamic, clever, and funny. And people like to have you around.
But you're so restless, they better not expect you to stay around for long.

Your strength: Your superstar charisma

Your weakness: Commitment means nothing to you

Your power color: Fuchsia

Your power symbol: Diamond

Your power month: May

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

A pegasus?.....WoW

2006-12-07T14:06:00.000+05:30

You Are a Pegasus

You are a perfectionist, with an eye for beauty.
You know how to live a good life - and you rarely deviate from your good taste.
While you aren't outgoing, you have excellent social skills.
People both admire you - and feel very comfortable around you.

What Mythological Creature Are You?

Hurrah!!!! i m lightning

2006-12-07T14:01:00.000+05:30

You Are Lightning

Beautiful yet dangerous
People will stop and watch you when you appear
Even though you're capable of random violence

You are best known for: your power

Your dominant state: performing

What Type of Weather Are You?

My views about College

2006-12-06T00:25:00.000+05:30

hi,

first of all nitt rocks........

i think i hav joined one of the kewlest colleges in India.
this is bcuz the freedom ppl get in nitt is unbelievable.
its not like some colleges in chennai that says "jeans n mobiles r banned"

but i think its this kinda freedom that makes u live independantly.
u need to "PLAN UR WORK n WORK UR PLAN"
u hav 2 do everything ur self (i mean EVERYTHING !). u get 2 know what life is all about.

there r so many things to do everyday! may be d first few days r fun, but after that u feel u hav 2 work hard to achieve sumthing.

so everyone living in such an atmosphere gets moulded properly n is attuned to INDEPENDANT LIVING.............................................................................

Alas the only thing i wanna say is "NITT ROCKS" (sorry, but i luv 2 say it)

- KRA

My first blog

2006-12-06T00:20:00.000+05:30

HI,

this is my first blog .....................................................................