I think its the right time to get rid of internet explorer once and for all. I am a big fan of microsoft products, I use windows, MS office and media player, these are great products, but not internet explorer. Consider for a moment why you use the browser you use, and humor me by entertaining the notion, if even for a second, that switching to another might be worth your while. Read the rest of this entry »

Here are some of the steps that could potentially make you a computer geek. Disclaimer : NO GUARANTEES…

Steps:
1. Update your computer software and hardware regularly to keep your system state-of-the-art.

2. Purchase and install several superfluous peripherals for your computer, such as a video camera and a CD burner.

3. Get a DSL or a cable internet connection.

4. Attain mastery of a variety of mainstream programming languages, such as C and C++. (Web scripting languages, such as JavaScript, don’t count.)

5. Refuse to use “wimpy” graphical operating systems, such as Windows and the Mac OS: Instead, prefer Unix variants, preferably the free and popular Linux.

6. Add so many hacks and patches to your system that others are clueless in its wake.

7. Contribute to GNU or other open-source projects.

8. Establish a minimum of three separate e-mail addresses.

9. Build your own Web page using advanced programming techniques.

10. Subscribe to a variety of computer and computer-related magazines, serials and periodicals to keep up with the latest trends and developments in the computer world.

11. Get involved in other hobbies that tend to be associated with computer geekdom, such as network gaming, trading card games, and anime (Japanese animation).

12. Establish a network of fellow computer geeks with whom you can have long conversations about computers and online adventures that non-computer geeks cannot hope to understand.

13. MOST IMPORTANT : Use firefox instead of internet explorer.

Tips:
Many computer geeks build their computers out of separate components rather than buying a preassembled package. If you’re serious about computer geekdom, consider earning a degree in computer science from a major college, university or technical school.

This is not a fan post for digg. I am just comparing digg with other social bookmarking websites. If anybody feels that my comparison is no-good, you are free to do so since we have our own preferences. Well, that’s my one line disclaimer.

It was a few months back that I started hearing about delicious. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to check it out or not because the way the domain is spelled was too complicated and confusing. Finally one day, I opened delicious and I hated the layout and design and decided never to come back to delicious again. I started hearing some positive comments about delicious about how people find some good links to other websites. Read the rest of this entry »

The Blackworm virus which is also known as Kama Sutra virus because it lures users with messages of sexual content, will destruct files on unprotected PCs on February 3. It has already affected more than 500,000 PCs worldwide.

Nyxem-E aka Kama Sutra is a mass-mailing worm which attempts to disable security-related and file-sharing software and destroys files of certain types. When run on a Windows PC, the worm copies itself to shared network locations, and sends itself to e-mail addresses found on the target computer. Nyxem-E, according to F-Secure, is programmed to disable anti-virus and firewall software, and delete certain files including Office documents, on the third day of every month. Read the rest of this entry »

Suppose you badly wanna be a web designer, but you don’t have the time to go through all the classes,

Here are ten essential things that one needs to know to be a web programmer / designer :

• Call yourself a web designer

• Try to manipulate the code as little as possible so you can you put your name next to “designed by”

• Know the abbreviations of PHP, ASP and other languages, you never know, people might ask you

• When you are talking to somebody, keep using the word “open source” or “loop” or “CSS”

• When on a phone, use a lot of jargons

• Never let anybody know that you have no idea what the code does

• Nod your head as though you follow everything during the meetings

• Try to be a jack of all, so you can poke your nose into everybody’s business : You get more popularity

• Try to be discrete with your work coz you don’t want people to know your colors

• Always suggest something that you know you could do

Over the next few days/months, I will take you through a journey of the english game of cricket largely popular in India. I will be trying to explain stuff using images and maybe (If I can get hold of) videos. I know that just the textual knowledge is not sufficient to learn a sport, but atleast I am guessing, you will have an idea as to how it is played. Read the rest of this entry »

Just imagine that you are at a different place and for fun lets say China. You are using a public restroom at an expensive restaurant. The restroom are so comfortable that the hotel owners don’t want you to spend all your time in the restrooms. So, they come up with a plan. Check out these images and tell me if you would really like to spend a lot of time in the restroom.
What in the world is she laughing at? I don’t wanna know!!!
These people look scary with those objects. Nightmares!!!
Now thats obnoxious, I need my privacy!!
Is that camera Chinese too? I know that Chinese products aren’t good, so I am hoping this one doesn’t work…
You need new glasses buddy, you don’t know what you are staring at…

I woke up early today and it was almost 9 in the morning. I did not feel like getting out of bed but still I did. I kinda had a small pain in my neck as I woke up and it bothered me for quite some time. I sat on my bed thinking about the day ahead. I went into the bathroom to brush my teeth and I was so disappointed that my room mate was in the bathroom. In the meantime, I ate some cereal (apple jacks) with some 2% milk and it tasted so good. I love that combination.Finally, after 10 minutes, my room mate came out of the bathroom and he didn’t even say hi to me. Read the rest of this entry »

“Saturday Night Live,” opened their show tonight with Al Gore addressing the nation as if he was the President of the United States. Gore was focused and quite funny in this entertaining spoof of the current administration and their long range of failures. He also struck back at the media (update: when they claimed he said he invented the ‘internets’) by saying that he invented an “Anti-Hurricane and Tornado Machine.” Read the rest of this entry »

I think the concept on Myspace is really cool that you can have friends online and maintain friendships even if you don’t talk to them. I like everything about myspace except those cheesy ads where they have Bush competing against somebody else in a race of some sort. When I have my myspace window open, I can see the player who is supposed to be me losing. I hate losing, so I start playing all those games. The worst part is that even if you win, they just start over. Read the rest of this entry »