Bud Jet !

The Budget is out in the air. And everyone's happy about the slabs going wider, and making the tax burden lesser. But a sudden DAMAAL (no thats not a technical word, just a reaction) on Standard Deduction will compensate the Revenue from tax. All the same. They just balance the equation on both sides. They make sure our benefit is Zero. Thank god, it did not go Negative.

And this new 0.1 % transaction fee, for every Withdrawal of Rs. 10,000 and above is Outrageous. Looks like lots of sectors are opposing this, what is called a Black Money finder scheme. Mr. P. Chidambaram, has formulated this new scheme to bring out the Black money (remember his earlier VDIS). But this is emotionally making the normal people worry.

I have no tax, notsoever. So, no problems. (Should have income to have tax, right !!)

Now Reading

I never had the quality of "Reading" in my blood. But during my Fracture holidays, i had to be doing a lot of reading. From Ponniyin Selvan to DaVinci Code, everything was consumed. After this, a lots of eBooks started filling my Hard Disk. And this is the latest.



The above logo is the name of the book "Angels and Demons" by Dan Brown. Very similar to DaVinci Code, so far.

Did you carefully observe the logo. It is an Ambigram. It means, the picture reads the same, even if it is read upside down. Tilt your head slightly and try to read it upside down. And what do you see ??

Quite nice, isnt it ? Find more at JohnLangdon.net

Today is Budget day, and P.Chidambaram can rock my purse and bank accounts today. God let taxes die !

Change This

Have you imagined the world around you, as of now. With all technical advances, the news and media rules the world in Eastman Color. It is only what the people involved in the news has to say. What happens to views. We have a very little critics, and thats not the way it is supposed to work. The media is not just supposed to Pen the news. But it should also send Views and Foresights and Personal opinions of people.

ChangeThis is one group that wishes to change the way, the Media works. It is a open Media, where anyone is free to express thoughts. They have Manifestos by people around the world. It allies with Bloggers (like me !) and try to post their news world-wide. This is what they say "If you like the manifesto, Publish it. If you dont, Publish it, and Give your Opposing comments along". This is one way how the media has to grow. News and views.

Try going to www.ChangeThis.com and read various manifestos. Avyukta will be featuring more of these manifestos and views about it every Sunday.

Good read !!

GMail yet?

You should be aware of the new (9 months old) GMail. It is a revolutionary, big-spaced, Javascript-fast, clean and neat eMail application. If you were in any onversation with me anytime now, then you should right now be fed up of this topic. But for others, and others who still dont own a GMail ID yet - here's the good news.

GMail is semi-public right now, and is about to come out of Beta testing anytime this year. Also every GMail user is got 50 invitations to his account which he is free to distribute. However, this is not the way to spread GMail to the public.

If you have no such friend who would invirte you , Hello. Im Keerthivasan Rajamani, and im your new friend. :)

Mail me - keerthivasan at gmail dot com

Otherwise you could yourself go to http://isnoop.net/gmail/ and get your own GMail invite and further get your GMail ID. Go Fast !

Browser Wars - Doesnt seem to End

There was a time when I never knew there could be an alternative to Internet Explorer. Then for a long long time, Netscape Navigator was the only known Browser competing with IE.

Then came the storm called Opera. The so called Fastest Browser on Earth. There was a reason most of them liked it. The Tabbed Browsing with lots of Colors and Themes, and also easy Pop-up blocking. Image Zoom is one feature ay browser will Lack, and thats the Beauty of Opera. That is, we can Zoom the web page that was loaded, and even the images on the page is Proportionately zoomed. But then, people did not like Opera for one good reason. Javascript was not supported in Opera. With more and more web pages with lots of Javascript developing, The Heaven of Javascript - GMAIL did not work on Opera until its 7.54 version. Opera had to rework its browser to stand the competition.

Netscape, however, could not stand the popularity of IE and could not directly compete with Microsoft. So, it started supporting a fast growing browser company called Mozilla. Mozilla had a browser, a eMail application and a Chat [IRC] application. Mozilla had a great luck, when Google also started supporting Mozilla for the production of the Latest, and my favourite browser - Mozilla Firefox.

Firefox is a classic straight forward browser, and Open-source. Firefox is not fast, not user-friendly as Opera is. But it is primitive and a long time use with it will make you love Firefox.

Opera has now released Opera 8.0 Beta. This one supports GMail and many other Javascripted web pages. [GMail started working from Opera 7.6 Beta, itself].

With Firefox (25 million downloads, so far) and Opera alone in the competition, IE is no where in the picture. Eventhough 70 % of web-users use Internet Explorer browser, this picture is likely to change.

So, what browser are you using, I would reccomend Firefox.

The Day after Tomorrow

Have you seen a movie named "Day After Tomorrow". The Super Special Effects movie is all about the Global Warming. There is an ultimate change in the Weather, and ruins the world in Full.

Are we not seeing something similar. Earthquakes in Indonesia River Beds, and Tsunami in Srilanka India and Indonesia. Freezing killer climate in Jammu and Kashmir - India right now. And the Iran Earthquake yesterday.


[Jammu Snow - Ctsy- Sify.com]

Of course Calamities were happening even earler, but the Frequency of repeat incidents, in a matter of two months have raised questions.

Earth is not a safe place to be [What a Dialogue]. We better go to Mars. I can hear you telling, there is no Oxygen and Water in Mars. If you are in Chennai, you are pretty much in the Martian Environment. No Oxygen , and No Water.

Im going to Mars. Somebody want to Come ?

Of Responsibilities

I was on the Auto to my office, when i saw three kids, peeping out of the gate. They did not have a happy face. They were dressed in uniform, and hopefully waiting for their school van to pick them up to the place called school, which they did not seem to like. Can you imagine the picture ??



I was also not that happy to go to school, except those days, when i was perfectly done with homeworks, and prepared for Tests. As a kid, i thought i had too much responsibilities. How can you do, Physics assignment and Mathematics on the same night, with Metro time, and Metro Priya on the TV (remember those saviour shows ??). But it is only the starting trouble. As soon as I was inside the class-room, with all my soul-mates around me, I would not feel worried anymore.

Primarily because, I would have company. There is always someone who hasnt completed trigonometry.

United We Stand [Outside the class].

All i would be expecting everyday of my school is, "God ! Let today be a holiday ! Somehow...".

It is amusing to think about the past days. The ages of transformation. We learn more out of the school, and a very little inside (Thats just my opinion). Wow, there's much too much to write about schools. Ill save it for future blogs.

Top Ten - the frequent word

Google usually provides Zeitgeist for all its searches. This means, it lists the Top Ten Searches made in the world, so that you will know, what is more popularly searched, or looked for. Since January, Google has been providing the Zeitgeist for India too. Take a look at what Indians search for in Google.

India
Popular Queries of January 2005

1. Tsunami
2. Indian Railways
3. Sania Mirza
4. Trisha
5. Aishwarya Rai
6. Anara Gupta
7. IGNOU
8. Bollywood
9. NDTV
10. Austalian Open

Click here to find out more ...

By the way, who is Anara Gupta ??

Too Late is good for a Cell

After the accident, ive been going to home, as early as 7.00 PM. Yesterday was a bit late, and know what ? My dad and mom furious about being late, and not having made a call. They insist that i have a cell-phone.

I've had mixed feelings about owning a Cellular-Phone. I know it is a useful technology, but i was not deserving to be so busy with it. Besides, no one's going to call me. But then, i told my Dad, "OK dad ! I'll buy one. This is my dream model Nokia - 9500 Communicator !!". "How much does it cost ..." " Rs. 35,000 !" "Good ! Go to hell !"

Next 5 mins we had a nice conversation. Nice it was. Dad said, buy your communicator next year. This year buy a mobile and then give it to me, when you buy the communicator.

So, Im buying my dad's favourite model - Samsung C110 (likely !).

Here's my dream phone


and still dreaming of my Communicator. Somebody willing to gift me :) I will give you my Autograph (WOW)

*** Chennai Marathon Pictures on www.Kiruba.com.
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Tamil Channels on Hollywood

Hope you saw the Terror Peak and Broken Arrow (Buroken Ero in Tamil - so nice, isnt it) on Vijay and Sun TV. Next week is even better. True Lies, in Tamil on Vijay TV. And much much more to come.

This was once my dream, when CAS came to Chennai. Why dont Tamil channels give atleast 2 English movies in a week. And now its a reality. But the fantasy broken at edges. Because, the Channels think they should be screening only Action movies. (Of course, Crimson Tide was no Action Movie). Nyways, something is better than nothing.

Monday morning is nice, after a long time. During my long vacation, little did i care about what day it was. And now, there is a responsibility (how nice to bluff) to wake up early and brush up !

Yesterdays Marathon was a big hit ! Thousands ran the marathon. Hope the culture prolongs.

Constantine - Back from Hell !

Missing a movie like Matrix ?
Here's what you want. Constantine, a new movie thats got all the Matrix stuffs. Mystry and Action and Special Effects like Woo Haa !

More - Keanu Reeves is the Hero or rather the Superhero. And the Heroine is whom you see in the picture, down below. Sorry for not putting the Hero's picture. Cmon guys, it depends on the interest.



Releasing in Satyam Complex. Im planning to go for this movie, even with my broken leg.

By the way, the fast month February has lost most of its days. Its been a very fast month. and just one more week to end it. Wow. I would like all the months to be like Feb. What say ?

Longhorn Hits You Soon

Most of us were thinking of Microsoft Windows 2000, That came after Windows 98. What happened to Windows 97 and Windows 99. After 2000, Microsft started naming its Software in a different way. As you know, the peaceful and more Buggy Windows ME, and the King O/S called the Microsft Windows XP - Professional and Home editions. XP has rocked the world, as much as 98 did. Most of us do not know there was Windows Server 2003. It was a silent news.



By and By, now, Microsoft is up for its next release. Microsoft Longhorn. Longhorn will rename most of the Windows components you use, and have more colour, performance and security. Thats a Microsoft Promise. Longhorn also comes with a 64-Bit edition, to allow the new AMD 64+ users to operare on a 64 Bit Processor environment.

Technorati !

There are Newer Techno Gizmos arriving every second. Well, Hold your breath, and smile to welcome a few Gigantic Diskettes. The higher capacity DVDs are about to be into the market, and may revolutionize the Burma Bazaar DVD shops. How do your like all Harrison Ford movies in a single Disc. Well, its possible with HD-DVD and Blu-Ray technologies. The technical comparison of both these Diskettes are as given below.

	HD-DVD	Blu-Ray	DVD
Storage Capacity (per layer)	15 GB	25 GB	4.4 GB
Launch Date	Sept. 2005	2nd half 2005	Aug. 1997

And Still we have computers coming with Floppy Drives.

Post Valentine's Day

In the coming few years, the Companies will have one week Holiday, Commencing from two days prior to Valentine's day and two days after. You should see the rush in Anna nagar shops, celebrating (but why?) Valentines day. Get 50 % off on your partner's clothings. But you are not just allowed to get only your partner's clothings. Traps are everywhere, and business is always business.

Lots of activities going around Chennai, and most of the metro-politans. Red roses on demand, and SMS messages had a Surge. Bikes flying on roads with partners, who believe they should give cards and realize their love only on the So called auspicious day.

Soon, we have Mother's day and Father's day and Friendship Day, and Thanksgiving Day.
We are almost gone International in celebrating. Gone Really Long !

Sometimes, Shiv Sena is right. (Duh !)

Back to Office

Right after 2 months, Im in office. What a romantic day to resume work !!

Lots of news coming your way. Keep checking.

Dataone on Hold

hello People,

Apologies for non-updations. Was held up with the Fracture thing. Was also waiting for the Broadband connection from BSNL.

I was very impressed by the way, BSNL asked to apply online, but then Iam now regretting it. BSNL asks us to go to the Customer care, and apply from there. anybody using DataOne already, let me know the credibility.

Mumbai express still under production, so cant tell you anything about it (Dhoda !). But there is already a conspiracy about maniratnam's next movie "Aalayam". Check it out.

Hearty wishes for the New year, and pongal. I was watching these festivals pass by, just as i was completely on bed. Nyways, im back to office on Valentines Day. God knows why !

Hope to update Blog regularly, here on.

Greetings
Keerthivasan Rajamani