Monday, November 28, 2011

Repost : Moringa - The Magical Tree

Unknown    10:16 PM   


Repost: 
As per the scientist across the globe, this magical tree contains the following benefits:

1) This would increase the activation levels of the consumer more than 150%.
2) You will NOT find any comparable tree which has so many nutritional - rich in nutrition and rich in multi vitamin
3) This contains most of the ingredients that could cure epidemic, cardio-vascular and cancer diseases.
4) This is the only plant/tree that contains lower calories and lower bad fats BUT highest anti-oxidant contents.
5) The roots of the tree contain the natural chemicals that has some of the critical medicinal benefits/values in it.
6) The trunk of the tree is used for completely curing and healing the cut skins.
7) The seeds of its output were used in aromatic oil which can be used for cooking and cosmetic products.
8) The used chunks can be/are used for the effective water purification.
9) The leaves of it contains high vitamin contents and
10)Uses include as an antiseptic and in treating rheumatism, venomous bites, and other conditions
11)Extract from the seeds is used as a flocculant in a low-cost form of water treatment. - courtesy-Wiki
12) In February 2010, Current Protocols in Microbiology published a step by step extraction and treatment procedure to produce "90.00% to 99.99%" bacterial reduction. - courtesy-Wiki
13) The seeds are also considered an excellent biofuel source for making biodiesel. -courtesy-Wiki
so on..

The above facts were NOT put across by me and I so far hated them to the core except its leaves.. still NOT finding the queue.. Let us see this video about this MAGICAL TREE called MORINGA to see if you find the real name....



After watching the video, I see that you found the answer to the build up i have given, with the exclamation I have given on seeing it : "Ada.. namba Murungakkaa!!"

Excerpt from Wiki:
Moringa oleifera, the word Moringa probably came from dravidian language Tamil and commonly referred to as "Shojne" in Bengali, "Munagakaya" in Telugu, "Shenano" in Rajasthani, "Shevaga" in Marathi, "Nuggekai" in Kannada, "Moringa" (from Tamil: Murungakai, Malayalam: Muringa, Konkani: Mashinga sanga[1]), and Malunggáy in Filipino, is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Moringa, which is the only genus in the family Moringaceae. It is an exceptionally nutritious vegetable tree with a variety of potential uses. The tree itself is rather slender, with drooping branches that grow to approximately 10 m in height. In cultivation, it is often cut back annually to 1 meter or less and allowed to regrow so that pods and leaves remain within arm's reach.

Sunday, November 27, 2011

soppu saamaan: down that nostalgic lane

Unknown    7:16 PM   
By subject, i am sure i have taken you briefly to your childhood days, if you know thamizh and born before 1980's. Before i go further into the soppu saamaan, this word in English would mean wooden kitchen utensil toy in plain butler English translation and I am NOT sure if the below picture could match your imagination or should I say helped in  reviving "nastalgic" moments?? :)




The answer to Why the title now is ...

Monday, November 21, 2011

why this kolaveri?

Unknown    8:47 PM   
Yes, the subject of today's blog post was taken a leaf or branch out of recent sensational single song hit "Why this kolaveri de?" and while I was humming the number, it did make me wonder why this song became rage apart from the catchy tune.

 As you might know, Kolaveri is the tamil colloquial which can be approximately translated to as "murderous, heinous" etc.,

Accidental perusal of the TV channels triggered the answer for me. Here is the youtube video of one recent program from Tamil channel named "Thamizhagathin samayal champion".


With the little more than 1 minute watch, I see 99.5% of the words coming out of the anchor and the chefs' were English and the native language of the Thamizhagam finds its place here and there.

On hearing the complete "Why this kolaveri de" song, people would note the similar statistics of 99.5% english usage on casual tamizh conversation among the youth. This may be the exact reason why this song became such a blast!!

visionary poet Bharathiyaar envisioned this in his times:  "தமிழ் இனி மெல்ல சாகும்!!". But still "why this kolaveri"?!~

Probably the song has a point not only for the love angle but ALSO at the language angle!!

Check the number before you dial in!!

Unknown    8:19 PM   
A man wanted to call the hospital to ask about his pregnant wife, but he mistakely called the cricket stadium

He asked 'How is the situation?'

He was shocked and nearly died of heart attack when he heard the reply !!!!

They said 
1) Its fine 3 are out already
2) We are hoping to get another 7 out by lunch 
3) The last one was a DUCK


Moral of the story: Check the number before you dial in!! :)

Are you growing this poison plant at your home?

Unknown    7:57 PM   
I have already written my previous post some years back on "do plants have intelligence?". But today's topic is NOT about the G-one side of the plant but Ra-one side of it. 


If you are growing the plant given below at your home or you have seen it in your office spare, beware of the following fact: It is called Poison plant too.


Looks familiar, isn't it?? As they say "Danger and Delight grow on one stalk", this plant carries both the danger and delight under its roots.


I got the following forward about it this morning. 
" almost lost my daughter who put a piece of the leaf of this plant in her mouth and her tongue swelled to the point of suffocation. This is one plant but there are others with the same characteristics of coloring. Those are also poisonous and we should get rid of them. Please watch out for our children. As we all leave our children home in the hands of the helpers, we should give them a safe environment where they can play. This plant that we have in our homes and offices is extremely dangerous! 


This plant is common in Kenya , Rwanda, Uganda in plant nurseries, many offices and homes. It is a deadly poison, mainly for the children. It can kill a kid in less than a minute and an adult in 15 minutes. It should be uprooted from gardens and taken out of offices. If touched, one should never touch ones eyes; it can cause partial or permanent blindness. Please alert your buddies!!"


Considering the number of times it got forwarded, I thought it would be yet another hoax mail in the line of "Maatchi/saamy-kanna-kutthum if not forwarded to 10 other people" . But digged up deeper, the links with proper analysis says "dieffenbachia, a very popular indoor pot plant as this dumb cane is called. If the leaves of dieffenbachia are ingested by humans or animals, poisoning can indeed occur". If you want to hear some more worst case scenario impacts of it, here you go: "Deaths from dieffenbachia poisoning can occur, but are very rare"


It also says "It is a popular indoor ornamental in Nova Scotia because it tolerates low light and dry heat. Like other arums, dumbcane contains oxalate crystals. If eaten, the leaves may cause burning, swelling in the mouth and throat, and choking, accompanied by a temporary loss of speech"


So, once again, the usual message goes: Beware or Be Aware!!

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Time to write something interesting about Super Star

Unknown    7:57 PM   
Sometime back I wrote about two tamil film related funny articles on Google Transliteration was mainly about the artificial un-intelligence injected to mess with Vijay Fans.

But today is something to cheer the fans of Super Star, Rajni Kanth and the Google.

As you know Google recently brought in "Instant on" feature where the google search "auto completes" your keyword search.

See the below snapshot on what google think our Rajnikanth can and can NOT do.


They say a picture says 1000 words and I do NOT want 1001'th comment, Amen!!

25 worst passwords of 2011 - interesting survey

Unknown    7:34 PM   
Recently I have blogged about the safety measures that should be exercised when using the passwords. click this link for knowing more about it.


Today's post is a cousin sister of the same where found quite amused to read the 25 worst passwords by the internet users across the globe in 2011.


Here is the excerpt from the Washington Post and BitDefender:
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“Password” ranks first on password management application provider SplashData’s annual list of worst internet passwords, which are ordered by how common they are. (“Passw0rd,” with a numeral zero, isn’t much smarter, ranking 18th on the list.)


The list is somewhat predictable: Sequences of adjacent numbers or letters on the keyboard, such as “qwerty” and “123456,” and popular names, such as “ashley” and “michael,” all are common choices. Other common choices, such as “monkey” and “shadow,” are harder to explain.


As some websites have begun to require passwords to include both numbers and letters, it makes sense varied choices, such as “abc123? and “trustno1,” are popular choices.


SplashData created the rankings based on millions of stolen passwords posted online by hackers. Here is the complete list:


1. password
2. 123456
3.12345678
4. qwerty
5. abc123
6. monkey
7. 1234567
8. letmein
9. trustno1
10. dragon
11. baseball
12. 111111
13. iloveyou
14. master
15. sunshine
16. ashley
17. bailey
18. passw0rd
19. shadow
20. 123123
21. 654321
22. superman
23. qazwsx
24. michael
25. football
SplashData CEO Morgan Slain urges businesses and consumers using any password on the list to change them immediately.


“Hackers can easily break into many accounts just by repeatedly trying common passwords,” Slain says. “Even though people are encouraged to select secure, strong passwords, many people continue to choose weak, easy-to-guess ones, placing themselves at risk from fraud and identity theft.”


The company provided some tips for choosing secure passwords in a statement:


1. Vary different types of characters in your passwords; include numbers, letters and special characters when possible.
2. Choose passwords of eight characters or more. Separate short words with spaces or underscores.
3. Don’t use the same password and username combination for multiple websites. Use an online password manager to keep track of your different accounts.





According to a week-long study conducted by Internet security company BitDefender, over 250,000 user names, email addresses, and passwords used for Twitter sites can easily be found online.


The study also revealed that 75 percent of Twitter username and password samples collected online were identical to those used for email accounts.


The sensitive user data was gathered from blogs, torrents, online collaboration services and other sources. It was found that 43 percent of the data was leaked from online collaboration tools while 21 percent of data was leaked from blog postings. Meanwhile, torrents and users of other social hubs were responsible for leaking 10 percent and 18 percent of user data respectively.


BitDefender warned social media users to be careful when setting up passwords for Twitter platforms and email. The researchers managed to verify the leaked email accounts and found that 75 percent of users had one common password for Twitter and accessing their email. Additionally, the study revealed that 87 percent of email IDs, user names, and passwords gathered from various sources were still active.


Cybercriminals could easily use this sensitive user data to hijack email accounts and Twitter profiles and can further be used to spread spam and malware across those platforms.


BitDefender has advised users to be extra careful while creating passwords for Twitter and email accounts and avoid using the same password just for the sake of convenience. Considering the fact that online collaboration tools are not that adept in protecting sensitive user information, users have been told to be more careful the next time they decided to share their emails, user names and passwords with a third party website.


The study conducted by BitDefender follows the release of a torrent containing a list of 171 million Facebook users, complete with their names and Facebook URLs. The security researcher who released the list for download explained that he was able to extract the names and URLs of Facebook users from a directory offered by the website itself. Facebook has maintained that the directory only contains the information users have themselves chosen to make public and can also be found via search engines

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While it surprises me on how any sane person could use "password" as their password, It incidentally reminded me of my nephew who always used the password as "Thalakani" ("pillow" in English for the tamil uninitiated!!) with no such special characters or letters or numbers. I am wondering how many expert hackers can crack such passwords??? :)

Saturday, November 19, 2011

Invention of the flight - Right & brother Vs. Rama & brother?

Unknown    10:36 PM   
I know the title of this blog would have given enough clues to munch on today's blog post subject that I am going to present about. Who actually invented the flight? If you are the "modern day manickam", you would probably say Wright Brothers. What would be your reaction if I say the (w)Right is Wrong?

 I have already written this similar article back in 2009.

However, today I got to watch this interesting excerpt from History Channel and you will know more truth about great Indian science background.

The interesting fact about the details of the Brahmastra which I used to be fascinated with when hearing the Ramayana where scores of people died when used by indrajit, brother of Ravanan. The science scholars now compare them with the nuclear weapon.

Also, listen carefully as the fact on the ancient Indians managed to propel ahead was explained interestingly.

Now, if you are the one who is asking this question: "Okay, we were great!! whats now?", my answer would be "let us begin to see what we have missed out and where we have missed out". In the quest, probably we may retrieve our lost scientific brilliance and inventions to the man kind.

some one comments on this you tube originator's post: "You still got to admit, Government should hide this technology for the? safety of each other, History repeats itself, its a matter of when. Just imagine if people knew about this. having their own saucers. and that energy weapon, We would destroy each other over greed".

aye! aye!! captain!!

Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi - was he really that bad?

Unknown    10:27 PM   
I got this forward this morning and I see the bright side of this man, if it is good to be true:


The media has successfully painted Gaddafi as a hard-core dictator, tyrant whatever you want to call him. However, the media as usual has also failed to show the kind, giving Gaddafi we never heard of. Gaddafi unlike most dictators I will refrain from naming them has managed to show his humane side, the very side we dream of seeing in other dictators who just talk and talk. 


Libyans are lucky to a certain extent and one wonders with the new democratic rule they cry for will it improve or worsen life for them. Yes, Gaddafi has spent millions of Libya`s money on personal ventures but is the average Libyan poor? We know others who take a country and destroy it until you feel like there is no hope of restoring this country. looting some prefer to call it. Did Gaddafi loot Libya in any way? 


Now let us get to the unknown facts about the Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi: 




Great Man-Made River project in Libya - $27 billion
1. There is no electricity bill in Libya; electricity is free for all its citizens.
2. There is no interest on loans, banks in Libya are state-owned and loans given to all its citizens at 0% interest by law. 
3. Home considered a human right in Libya - Gaddafi vowed that his parents would not get a house until everyone in Libya had a home. Gaddafi's father has died while he, his wife and his mother are still living in a tent.
4. All newlyweds in Libya receive $60,000 Dinar (US$50,000) by the government to buy their first apartment so to help start up the family. 
5. Education and medical treatments are free in Libya. Before Gaddafi only 25% of Libyans are literate. Today the figure is 83%. 
6. Should Libyans want to take up farming career, they would receive farming land, a farming house, equipment, seeds and livestock to kick-start their farms - all for free. 
7. If Libyans cannot find the education or medical facilities they need in Libya, the government funds them to go abroad for it - not only free but they get US$2,300/mth accommodation and car allowance.
8. In Libyan, if a Libyan buys a car, the government subsidized 50% of the price. 
9. The price of petrol in Libya is $0.14 per litre. 
10. Libya has no external debt and its reserves amount to $150 billion - now frozen globally. 
11. If a Libyan is unable to get employment after graduation the state would pay the average salary of the profession as if he or she is employed until employment is found.
12. A portion of Libyan oil sale is, credited directly to the bank accounts of all Libyan citizens.
13. A mother who gave birth to a child receives US$5,000.
14. 40 loaves of bread in Libya costs $ 0.15.
15. 25% of Libyans have a university degree.
16. Gaddafi carried out the world's largest irrigation project, known as the Great Man-Made River project, to make water readily available throughout the desert country. 


Which other dictator has done so much good to his people?
Please share this if you like it!!!


By: Nauman Ashar
Research Executive
Mumbai.


hmm....0.14$ per litre.. that is a steal, boy!!

Welcome to Mirror Age...

Unknown    8:05 AM   
You might have heard about the different era's of mankind's evolution in the following ages: Stone age, bronze age, Iron age, industrial age to the current Information age. Thanks to this evolution so far, you are able to read from the other part of the world from what I have written in one part of the world. "Atlast Atlas Shrugged, huh!!?

Hold on your thoughts, with the upcoming mirror age, you might think twice about it. I have already written an article about it in my technical blog : Techncare about it. Click this article to more about it.

To give you snapshot, how you would feel if:
1) Your windows automatically responds to the climate change so that you dont need to open/close depending upon the weather and sunlight,
2) You are able to gauge and navigate through the live traffic the way to your office so that you can plan your day and route properly with the advise
3) You are able to chat, watch TV, live events any corner of your home without having to carry your tablet, laptop, PC and other magical jelly beans.
and so on..

The experience would be like this as depicted in this video, if you proceed ahead:

Magical Tree - Bhagyaraj would be proud of..

Unknown    6:46 AM   

Repost: By reading this subject, I am sure you would be surprised/disturbed/perplexed/...xxed : what the heck Magical Tree has to do with Director Bhagyaraj, if you follow Tamil Film Industry.

But let us forget Bhagyaraj for a moment and talk about this so-called Magical tree..

As per the scientist across the globe, this tree contains the following benefits:

1) This would increase the activation levels of the consumer more than 150%.
2) You will NOT find any comparable tree which has so many nutritional - rich in nutrition and rich in multi vitamin
3) This contains most of the ingredients that could cure epidemic, cardio-vascular and cancer diseases.
4) This is the only plant/tree that contains lower calories and lower bad fats BUT highest anti-oxidant contents.
5) The roots of the tree contain the natural chemicals that has some of the critical medicinal benefits/values in it.
6) The trunk of the tree is used for completely curing and healing the cut skins.
7) The seeds of its output were used in aromatic oil which can be used for cooking and cosmetic products.
8) The used chunks can be/are used for the effective water purification.
9) The leaves of it contains high vitamin contents and
so on..

The above facts were NOT put across by me and I so far hated them to the core except its leaves.. still NOT finding the queue.. Let us see this video about this MAGICAL TREE called MORINGA to see if you find the real name....



After watching the video, I see that you found the answer to the build up i have given, with the exclamation I have given on seeing it : "Ada.. namba Murungakkaa!!"

Now, do you see its relevance with tamil film director, Mr.Bhagyaraj??!!


Thursday, November 17, 2011

State of Exam Paper corrections

Unknown    9:06 AM    No comments
Though the below screenshot may be amusing, this clearly depicts the mounting pressure on the teacher during the paper correction process to achieve their daily targets. Otherwise, I am NOT sure why any sane teacher could correct the below paper during paper evaluations :)

BTW, I like the way this kid has practiced the art of buffering the exam papers when he really out of contents to write about.

"Vonnoda approach romba pudichurukku raasa!!"

Harsh Truth about Tamilnadu Electricity Situations

Unknown    8:58 AM    No comments
I got a forwarded article couple of days back with the following facts:
1) From Neyveli lignite corp (in Tamilnadu), 11 crore unit of Electricity(Megawatts?) being dispatched to Karnataka daily.
2) From Neyveli lignite corp (in Tamilnadu), 9 crore unit of Electricity being dispatched to Kerala daily.
3) From Neyveli lignite corp (in Tamilnadu), 6 crore unit of Electricity being dispatched to Andhra Pradesh daily.

But the total insufficiency for the Tamilnadu state for its own consumption itself is 22 Crores when their own state unit sending 26 crores of units to neighboring states.

The irony is TN government is paying huge premium price for such deficiency to compensate with where they could be self-reliant on themselves with NLC. :)

I guess big lobbying happening to create a fake demand to estabilish the controversial nuke plant at Koodankulam.

Beware or Be Aware??!!@#

Corporate Competitions - Checkmate

Unknown    8:53 AM    No comments
This interesting picture I saw this morning and it quite amused on how the sense of humour prevails within rival competitors and how much they go to make their points.

Do send in the recent such interesting posting/articles which flared up the egos/mud slinging acts of the big corps, if you have come across one.

Enjamaai!!

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Another Atrocity .. recent one

Unknown    8:05 PM    No comments
You might have seen the posters of "Power star" comedian actor's pictures and laughed out at your hearts content.

This one is more hilarious and dangerously atrocious in the same scale. You would have seen my earlier post on "Google translation post" but the below posture proves that to be true.
 Vijay in Abdul Kalam Post when he obtained dubakoor doctorate from university.

Caption says: "America has stopped the nuclear treaties. China  heightened the fortifications of the Great wall of China and Pakistan has supplied iron vests to its soldiers - All because of our one man army - Vijay" ..

After reading the above posts contents, I felt the same way the skeleton felt below. I am sure you would feel the same way, right?


In Tamil there is a saying: "Mannan evvazhi makkal avvazhi". May be these Vijay posters proving the reverse!!

Monday, November 7, 2011

Beware when using password protected sites in the cyber cafe

Unknown    10:59 PM    No comments
Though this might be a older post as the technology may be old as well but I got hold of this interesting article when I was looking at the ATM urgency article.

What if the password of your bank site is being hacked or gmail is hacked?  Or any other password protected site you have used for all your personal purposes being hacked?

There could be several possibilities on how it could be hacked but still one common mistake where everyone of us may do time and again is using cyber cafe in case of urgencies. Look at the backside of the PC is what is suggested
                                                       
Keyboard logging technique is one such technique where you end up awarding your secrecy without you are being aware of.  Still NOT able to figure it out? proceed to see how..

Sunday, November 6, 2011

Reverse PIN - Answer to your ATM urgency

Unknown    3:25 PM    No comments
I got an interesting forward which talks about increasing robbery held at ATM centers. This is a typical scenario where the mugger mob tries to prey a victim and arm twist them at the ATM centers probably at a gunpoint or other  life threatening pointers.

Imagine you being in the victim spot and I am sure the thought itself get your heartbeat doubled.

Proceed ahead to know the important detail about how you can overcome such scenarios

Not yet another article on Bodhi dharma aka Da-mo..

Unknown    10:01 AM    No comments
First of all, let me tell you that I am glad to join the bandwagon of writing about "newly discovered" tamil legend(??) Bodhi Dharma aka Da-mo who has been referred as the father of "Shaolin" monk community.

Why sudden crazy about Bhodhi dharma?  Blame it on Director Murugadoss who created such a huge hype around his new discovery : "Shaolin god was/is from South India and he is a Tamil". Boy, when I looked at the stats on how many pointed searches on "Bodhi dharma" was made since his deepavali(aka. Diwali) release tamil movie "7 am arivu" (aka "7th Sense"), I must say the numbers are mind-boggling.

When I looked further, I see though with 15 minutes of the Bodhidharma episode was showcased in his movie, there are interesting documentary movies around though NOT in Indian movie which substantiate the facts about Da-mo.

This movie clips (I am NOT sure about the piracy laws around them though) from youtube, makes me wonder that Chinese acknowledge and appreciate the fact about the Bodhi dharma roots from India and infact appreciate the gift to them from him and Indian community in-turn. "Blue eyed Barbarian" as some of the anti da-mo critics loved to refer,  is being referred as 3rd son of King of Koshi (chinese version of "Kanchipuram" which is a city in Tamilnadu, India in its current version).

Proceed ahead to see some of the boringly slow but with lot of interesting dramatic version of Bodhidharma's life history from China, if you loved him seeing on the screen recently.

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Google+?? Google Management does NOT believe so!!

Unknown    9:39 AM    No comments
This morning, I came across an interesting article on Google Plus. All along, I have come across the regular and usual comments about the newly introduced products from the owners and the definitions about how their new innovations could "CHANGE" the world.

Google+ is no different too. Google claims that the Google+ is the fast forward looking approach and the Google itself is getting "TRANSMOGRIFIED" into Google+ soon. And on the same line, infact Google projected google+'s advancement and promoting the same to the incentives to the top Google leadership. However, it was little surprising to NOTE that this message DID NOT get conveyed properly as the the following article talks about how minimal the TOP management of Google uses its own product, GOOGLE+.

No wonder the article had the title "If Google's Management doesn’t use Google+, then why should you?"

Proceed ahead on finding this interesting visual explanation about how much the TOTAL usage found by its own management folk of Google+.

Thursday, October 6, 2011

"Stay Hungry and Stay Foolish"

Unknown    3:37 PM    No comments
There are two people who have become famous because of  Apple.  One is "Eve" who bit an Apple to start all our proceedings and other one is Late Mr.Steve Jobs, who owned a company which had the symbol of that bitten apple, probably to pin point "eve"'s mistake i.e., us.

Having heard the late news about his untimely demise from Mr.Steve Jobs to "Late" Mr.Steve Jobs, I kind of get bombarded with the epilogue forwards of "who is he" and "what is he". I am sure that you would have gotten by now, if you are having one IT guy in your family to get those forwards to you.

Whats with the title of this post : "Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish" to do with Steve Jobs? if this is your question, proceed further to see this very inspiring video of him.

Some of really interesting point:
1) He was broke till the age of 29 and walked 7 miles to have one good meal at Hare Krishna Association in US.
2)  I really loved the way he explained his death vision and I am sure you would be as well
3) Surprised to hear that he was "TERMINATED" from his own company once.
much more to follow, so Proceed further..

Monday, October 3, 2011

New Power Star of Tamil Movie industry

Unknown    10:28 PM   
You might have heard about different funny or self proclaimed titles of South indian stars and you might even be aware of few such stars namely: Ultimate Star Ajith, Super Star Rajni blah..blah.. But this morning I stumpled upon (I mean literally!!) when I heard about the new name : "POWER STAR" and another shocker came with this poster saying his movie is celebrating Silver Jubiliee.. 200th Day!!

For quite sometime I was NOT aware of such a good movie which ran for 200+ days in the recent past and I initially thought they might have rechristened Rajnikanth as POWER STAR now with his new sci-fi offering "Endhiran - The Robot" reaching 200th day!! But shocker came seeing the poster..Please go ahead with the utmost care of yourself not getting heart attacks or any kind of vomiting sensation..The author of this blog posting is NOT responsible for any such inconvenience as you are going to enter at your own risk ... :)

The Power star is ......


Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Non-biodegradable plastic bottles cannot be reused? - Think again!!

Unknown    10:18 PM    No comments
After you completed your last sip of your favorite soft drink in the "banana shaped" plastic bottle, you will be "freely" advised by your friends, family and all other well wishers to throw up in the dust bin.  Have you ever asked them the reason why?  When I did, I got the answer as it is a "non-biodegradable" plastic waste and cannot/should NOT be re-used.

Sounds familiar? Even when you try to preserve it like a "frozen" chapathi/roti in foreign land, you will surely bring wrath of the "eco-green" conscious well wishers and advised NOT to do such "childish acts".

Well, some one from MIT heard you probably and found a way to convert those "precious bottles" of yours into reusable "Solar" Bulbs.  I heard you saying "what??!!". If you had the same reaction of asking "what" with two or more question marks and similar counts of exclamation marks on your face, proceed ahead to read more about this interesting videos and innovation.

Sunday, September 11, 2011

A.R.Rahman's Magic

Unknown    10:30 PM    No comments
I got an interesting forward this morning and I could NOT quite get hold of what is happening with that youtube video, may be I was still NOT awake from my Sunday morning sleep. But once I realized what is happening, I was quite astonished with the way the video went on.

Yes, the title of today's blog is quite relevant to what I am referring here. I guess I feel very proud to share this you tube with the original song of A.R.Rahman and the version I saw this morning. When I first heard the original song, it did NOT make such an impact when I heard it sung by an American choir professionals. American Chorus singing?? Go ahead and see this video..

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Heard of Critical Thinking - Here are some samples for you..

Unknown    11:37 PM    No comments

You would have definitely heard about Lateral thinking. But how about critical thinking?

According to wiki pages, the definition goes as "reasonable reflective thinking focused on deciding what to believe or do". It is basically a "thinking about thinking" especially questioning related to the critical social theories. :)

I got this following forward which I found interesting this morning which exactly provided the samples I needed to understand critical thinking. Here you go:

Want to build effective presentation - Think Concept Mapping...

Unknown    11:20 PM    No comments
This morning, I got one of the interesting video forward on how you can make effective Business Presentation, or more of articulating your concepts into the business ideas. It was apparently called Concept Mapping Technique.

I know of the Mind Mapping technique which I found to be effective in most of the brainstorming sessions. However, the Concept Mapping looked definitely different in more than one way.

Here is the sample image I got for the Concept Map from the Google images and it apparently can be applied even for our day to day activities, how? proceed further to see more..

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Lady Gaga pushed Anna Hazare to second on Indian Independence day...

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Funny as it might sound today's title!! If you have any of the following questions that springs in your mind, please go ahead and read it:

1) what Lady Gaga has to do with Independence day.
2) Anna Hazare is "pushed to second"?? what the...??

I am sure after reading the entire post you will get goose-pimples about the patriotism being observed by the Indian online reading communities.

Monday, September 5, 2011

Google Translation works - absolutely!!

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Got a recent funny tweet this morning and when I checked the steps provided as below:


1.Goto translate.google.com
2.Type "do not see idiots movie" and translate to tamil
3.And the result is Amazing roll roll


Seeing the results, I am pretty much impressed on two counts:
1. Google Translation page really works wonder in translating not only the words but the intention of the user translating the words :)
2. Someone really from Tamilnadu codes for the Google translation page who is completely averse or biased of the leading tamil film actor.

BTW, do you want to see the results of the search, scroll down:

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Cement Connection with Madame Tussauds

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Hello All,


Before I start, please check out the below picture. What do you see unique on them? Guesses please..





No..no. Nothing related to the rumor that Tamilnadu Government has changed the dates of Pongal to April-14th!!


Well if you are like me, NOT sure about the unique feature, here is the fact about the picture: I am sure you would have heard about the Wax museum, pretty commonly heard term if you have some globetrotter friends. However have you heard about Cement Museum and that too in India? Believe me All statues are made out of CEMENT which is difficult than that of making in wax. It is tougher than Wax yet the following pictures you would see are more natural than the Wax counterparts are.
There are much more samples if you would like to proceed ahead. 

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Reverse Branding : Mr.Mani Iyer invites you all for Suvishesha Koottam

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Recently I have come across this forward which basically captured two different posters found in the walls of Tamilnadu recently. The posters contents looked pretty much the usual except the anchors of them and the title of the posters. "Mani Iyer welcomes you to the Special Christian Prayer meeting(Suvishesham in Tamil)" and the next one is "Suseela Maamee invites you to Gods' Army Full Gospel Church".

This coincides with my recent interest on the topic "Reverse Branding".  What is reverse branding? no kidding.. it is just reverse of "Branding".. :) In layman terms, so that I myself can understand better, Branding means the process of estabilishing a product and then associate it with a category, which most of the advertisements try to establish. Reverse branding is the reverse in a way that to create a category and then associate it with the plethora of products in that line. Very similar to word of mouth advertising!! Coming back to the original poster contents, go ahead and see how the reverse branding is achieved effectively


Wednesday, August 24, 2011

A problem shared is a problem halved - Really? No. Scientifically!!

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This morning we have got a call from one of our close relative and this person started pouring all the challenges and complaints life presented to her. Atlast when we were about to finish the call with her, I heard her saying "I feel relieved as I have shared my problems with you". Incidentally it struck me with the recent article I read on the same line.



In reality I am not convinced that a problem shared is a problem halved. If anything it has become magnified as we started bearing the load on how we could help her solving the problem.  That is the problem you can have, in case you are the one amongst the believer of "Problem shared is problem halved" concept!!


As soon as you have problems that OTHERS fear then you risk being swept along by their fears and anxieties which are not necessarily an accurate reflection of your own. Pre-conceived notions of why the problem occurred in the first place often leads to you being bombarded with, albeit well-intentioned, but nevertheless inappropriate advice.


Not only that, a recent survey states that 96% of people believe in this concept but scientific approach stated it had ZERO or NO impact to the original problem that was shared and it was sheer waste of time!! Shocked? read further

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Information overflow - E-Gokulashtami @ Texas

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Before I start, I believe you would have by now completed the Gokula Ashtami if you are in the southern part of the India or still chewing/mowing the seedais if you are in the western part of the world. Anyways, today's blog entry is also related to it.


I was at awe this evening with the incident I am going to describe about. Back in India, I still fondly recollect the way we celebrate Gokulashtami, where my father opens up one of his age old yellowish torn pages of the sloka book (a precious collection indeed) and have us seated in a row to spell out the slokas related to Lord Krishna.


Well, being in a foreign land, I had no choice except depending upon the information available on the internet for the slokas, where exactly the problem started


Thursday, August 11, 2011

Easy way to avoid Procrastination (do it later) attitude

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Hello,

Glad to be back again though not the sooner as promised in my previous blog posting. It is purely because of the writer's block. For the uninitiated, information about writer's block can be found here.

Coming back to the today's topic, it is just coincided with two readings on the same day and put to pratice before I preach here.  Let us see if you answer these questions below, honestly without copying others :):
Are you like me in postponing the things that could have done NOW but still NOT "found energy" to get it done NOW?
is "do it now" a word that you wanted to remove from the dictionary?
Are you consistently being inconsistent in achieving the set goals?
Are you consistently missing your bill payments or bill defaulter's list?
Are you  constantly found yourself NOT prepared to a planned situations/meetings?

If you answered "NO" to all or most of the above questions, please do NOT bother to read further. You must be a boringly master planner and  calculative, cautious person. This article is NOT for you. Please a favor by writing/recording the exact set of methods in this blog through which you are keeping up your record straight.

On the other hand,  if you find the above situations in questions to be more familiar (like me!!), go ahead in reading the method by which you could completely avoid procrastination.. Interested still? move ahead!!

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Mobile blogging finally

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Its been really a long time since I have logged. Surprisingly, each time its the same determination that drives the blogging but eventually running out of the stream the very neck day.

Root cause analysis sans fish bone ddiagrams proved to be the lack of handy medium to register my thoughts immediately it flashes. I have been on the lookout for a mobile logging medium and even tried offline repress method but to be the worst mechanisms to achieve my goal of the mobile logging.

Great to have a tablet and the android market eventually fetched me the correct method to my ideal way of logging. Here is the first in that line. I shall try continue to pour my thoughts from this medium alert daily.

Not sure if I have enough luck with though!! Look out for more updates!!

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

What do you know about Trickster side of Sai Baba and 1.76 L 2G spectrum scam...

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I know it has been a long time since I wrote any of my thinking about the day to day happenings. In face, I had to search for my blog address to start working on this article once again. I hope I would be more regular to blogging.

As the subject of this topic would have attracted you more than my earlier topics as it talked about two important happening of the last week. This attraction is what lead to the theme of today’s blogging: Sensational Journalism or Yellow Journalism as per Wikipedia.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

How corporate America tweaks the L1 Visa program?

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I am browsing through the L1 Visa program blog sites just to keep me ready for what I am currently undergoing.  By definition, it says in plain english (for dummies like me!) as "Intra-company transfer visa". By definition, this is ideal for the candidates like me, who is working in US MNC in India, getting transferred to US head-quarters.

However, it is interesting to see how the American corporates makes a better loopholes in the name of "Job creation". Go on to read the hosting country folks think about it. Please don't proceed if you love desi way of working...
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