How wonderful it would be if you could create your own search engine? Someplace where you can search the sites that you want to for things that interest you ...... http://www.rollyo.com is an amazing, i repeat amazing web 2.0 that does exactly that for you.
Specify some sites which you want to add to your search engine, give the engine a name, specify a category, a tag(keywords) and thats it you have your own search engine. (The folks at Rollyo call this a 'SearchRoll'.)
+ es
Very Usable(cool Usability). Simple yet informative and easy
Excellent use of AJAX
Import bookmarks to create searchroll feature is amazing(jus when I thot that feature would be good they already had it)
Firefox search plugin to search your searchroll.
They are in beta so I am sure lot more is coming soon.(desktop widget for example)
- es
The import bookmark feature din't work for me.(come on its beta they are excused)
I couldn't find a way to expose my search engine to the world. Good feature they are probably missing.
Bottomline: Wonderful tool, very useful check it out!!!
cheers,
Badrinath.V.S :-)
I ask Seth a question
"Was wondering if you agree with this one. or think its arrogance? "
and Seth Replies Thus....
"Badrinath points us to a riff from Jason about features, customers and creep: Getting Real: Forget feature requests - Signal vs. Noise (by 37signals)."
Crisp and Convincing. Ain't it. ;-)
cheers,
Badrinath.V.S :-)
VK Tagged me, after much thinking I came up with this....
7 Things you plan to do before you die:
1. Visit Paris and London
2. Play Squash and Golf(Play them well)
3. Own a Mercedes Benz
4. Learn Sax
5. Go On a Cruise
6. Get a Phd
7. Run my own company
7 Things you can do:
1. Talk(a lotttttt)
2. Give ideas (again a lottt)
3. Be Helpful(that is if I know you well. Mom says dont help strangers)
4. Wear the worst clothes and not be bothered by it
5. Hog i.e eat a lot (I am working on my Phd)
6. Listen to a hell alot of music
7. Stay at one place for a really long time(Basically I am very very lazy)
7 Things you can't do:
1. Stop biting nails
2. Get up early in the morning
3. Avoid Coffee(Same Pinch DV)
4. Stop Checking out Good Looking gals
5. Stop thinking too many thinks
6. Think before I say something
7. Forget bad things that have happened to me.
7 things that attract you to the opposite sex:
1. Physically
i) Long Hair
ii) Bindhis, Ear Rings, Nose Rings
iii) Eyes(with mascara)
iv) Long nail polished nails and fingers
v) Thighs(Err Emm jsut trying to be truthful)
2. Personally
i) Intellect
ii) Ability to talk a lot
iii) Some Childishness
iv) Sophistication(lets steal DV's lines The walking and talking like breeze kinds)
v) Understanding and Compassionate
3. Attire
i) Half Saree(if below 21 -23 and not too tall else it looks odd)
ii) Saree
iii) T-shirt Skirts(not mini not micromini the one that comes upto the ankles)
iv) Ok with tshirt and jeans as long as they look elegant.
4. Cooking(has to be a good cook)
5. Interest in Music (gr8 if she can play veena or sing)
6. Perfumes
No specific interest and all. But it musn't be too strong, gives me a headache and Some perfume is important that catches my attention
7. Ambition(I general dont like people who survive, I like those who live)
(Mothathulla I am never going to be able to find my kinda girl)
7 Things you say the most:
1. I really ,,,
2. Mayi@@
3. Baa##
4. Jesus Christ
5. Nambitten
6. Podangu
7. hmmm!!!
7 celebrity crushes:
1. Preity Zinta(oooww!!!! if only she were younger than me)
2. Natalie Portman(when she is not bald)
3. Steffi Graf
4. Sania Mirza(Some extra tissues at the wrong places but what the he@# she looks great)
5. Asin
6. Jo(namma jyothika baaa)
7. Angelina Jolie(Kazhavi dhaan irundhallummmm......)
Can we please please have a 8, thanks
8. Nandita Das
7 people I tag:
I already have provoked enough number of people, so this time lets let it go...
cheers,
Badrinath.V.S :-)
Change for the better
As you can see the skin of this blog has changed (It took me 105 minutes to write this CSS) and around 20 more posts have been deleted. All this in an attempt to turn this blog into a more professional one.
Wanted to change the title too but that listed in some directories(DMOZ/Yahoo) so the change could be costly. Hence I will continue with this one.
Help Please
If you have some ideas/suggestions that I can use pls mail them to me. Comments/Feedback as always are welcome.
cheers,
Badrinath.V.S :-)
P.S : you will notice that the blog posts now have more links than before. Thats cos Google today started blog search and I started optimizing my blog for the same. ;-)
FireFox 1.5 Beta 1 is out(in case u dint know that yet). Have always preferred Firefox over other browsers cos of the great customizations and extensions that it provides.
This new version is quite fast compared to the old ones and the back and forward actions have been optimized to be superfast.I love that..... Unfortunately 54 of my 60 extensions wont work cos they aren't compatible with this version. Anyways it is definitely worth downloading and installing, is sleek, cool and fast.
Get it here.
UrlTrends.com is a site that shows an url's trend in alexa rank, PageRank, Google/Yahoo/MSN backlinks, archive.org archived pages and according to alexa they are growing really fast in popularity. Its been ranked as the 7th top mover.So I decided to visit the site and see what exactly got them moving so fast.
The moment I saw the trend report of a particular url using their site I was so impressed that I created a free account with them. Unlike sites that provide link popularity in one line(or sometimes one word) that dont help webmasters much, these guys show a trend report that is more informative.
They also tell webmasters how much the end user loves their pages by displaying the number of bookmarks for their URL in furl and del.icio.us. Aint that cool.
Well dont have a lot of time to write a detailed review.But can tell you this much, its a cool service and definitely worth a look.
cheers,
Badrinath.V.S :-)
Google algo has always been a mystery just why it ranks a webpage for a keyword is something I will never find out. For the last few days I have been getting visitors to this page for the keyword "Reduce Paunch". Weirdly excluding this post the word appears only once in my 57 blog posts put together.
Anyways if you are one of those who came looking for "Reduce Paunch" I dont want to upset you.Here are 3 good links
Reduce Pauch
Pauch Reduction
Reduce Paunch Flab
cheers,
Badrinath.V.S :-)
I know I can't bell the CAT this time. Considering the fact that I haven't yet started my preparations and there are 1000's of others out there who are working their a## off I really don't stand a chance.
But still I would have loved to try.Also I am in no hurry to get into the IIMs.I wanted to write CAT this year to prepare myself for CAT 2007(or may be CAT 2008).Unfortunately before I could make up my mind as to whether or not I want to try for CAT this year and whether or not CAT preparations will affect my work and viceversa, the last date for purchase of CAT app forms is over."Procrastination is the thief of time"
Well that sure means no CAT for me this year :sob: :sob: :sob: Best of luck to the other aspirants who did buy the app forms.And thanks to my pals who provided me with cash to buy the app form(I am a little cash strapped this month),gave me their vehicle to go to the bank and forgot to tell me that the last date for purchase was over.
cheers,
Badrinath.V.S :-)
P.S :- Looks like I have proved to the world one more time that humanity cannot get dumber than me.
Today , I completed two years at my company.Well technically yesterday,for it is 2 am in the morning now.Although everyone keeps telling me that 2 years is a trivial part of once career and not really a big deal, kinda thing.I feel otherwise and I have my reasons.
I do act dumb at times but i aint totally dumb. I have the fire in my belly and when I dedicate myself to some task,I am like a train engine that runs really fast in that direction as long as it has the track it wants or slows down terribly may be even derails(I can only work at two extremes).In the two years I have completed at my company I have slowed down only twice and never derailed. Something that has kept me running this fast definitely has played a big role in my life.
Kindergartens are just two years of ones schooling, but they do play a big role in shaping ones schooling and education as such. My two years has helped me to some extent in finding the answer for that one all important question, the answer to which seperates me from eternal fame --- "What is it that I really want it life?".For one thing I know I dont want to be an electrical engineer, but still there is more to find out.May be when I get the full answer these 2 years will mean a lot more than what they do now.
So much has happened within these 731 days that they have become indelible memories in my mind and can't be considered trivial. Thus these 2 years are a big deal irrespective of what people say.
In all it has been a rollercoaster ride, cliche I agree but thats the truth.Times of high adrenalin and times when you are almost sure you will fall ;-) . I have I guess learnt(or atleast made a list of) certain things by virtue of experience in the last 2 yrs.
I have ofcourse learnt a lot of technical stuff like Java and all but that aint important, you can stay home and still learn all that.The things that I really learnt and that do matter a lot are -
i)Whatever be the field in which you master there is always somebody out there who can humble you? - so learn humility
ii)These people who can humble you miss out going high places cos they cant communicate their ideas - so learn communication
iii)The happiest and the best performing folks are those that generally want nothing or want things that are easily achievable. - so want nothing when you take up a task.
iv)These people who want nothing are boring and not your kind. - So continue with your life motto "Low aim is a crime" once you are done with the task.
v)Those who focus go the extra mile with least strain - So learn to focus stop thinking too much.
vi)There is an element of luck in everything everywhere - So learn to accept it and not crib about it.
vii)Cos of the element of luck, some people tend to get luckier than you.But current exploits aren't indications of future successes - So dont compare and lose heart.
viii)Cliche but working smart is important.There are those who spend 13 hrs at office , but those who really progress are those that spend atleast 6 hrs a day working - so learn time management.
ix)Google invades into people's privacy and hence anybody on earth can access this blog - so don't blog everything your heart thinks, use your brain.
Anyways rants and learnings apart its been a decent two years and now I am into the third year. Hope this one is better than the other two and contains good challenges, lots of happiness,great achievements and ofcourse me working with utmost concentration and dedication at the best of my health and spirits.
cheers,
Badrinath.V.S :-)
Just when I was starting to feel the urge to diversify and learn something better and more challenging than SEO, I accidentally hit on this document.
It talks about the latest trends in marketing and ranks SEO as the second most important strategy.I guess I haven't been wasting my time learning SEO all these days. ;-)
cheers,
Badrinath.V.S :-)
"Is there a man, with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said --
This is my own, my native land !"
I love madras and yday it seems she turned 366. Well I missed celebrating her bday but I am sure she will accept belated wishes.
More details on madras and her bday here
cheers,
Badrinath.V.S :-)
# Rome did not create a great empire by having meetings, they did it by killing all those who opposed them.
# If you can stay calm, while all around you is chaos...then you probably haven't completely understood the seriousness of the situation.
# Doing a job RIGHT the first time gets the job done. Doing the job WRONG fourteen times gives you job security.
# Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.
# Artificial Intelligence is no match for Natural Stupidity
# A person who smiles in the face of adversity...probably has a scapegoat.
# Plagiarism saves time.
# If at first you don't succeed, try management.
# Never put off until tomorrow what you can avoid altogether.
# TEAMWORK... means never having to take all the blame yourself.
# The beatings will continue until morale improves.
# Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups.
# We waste time, so you don't have to.
# Hang in there, retirement is only thirty years away!
# Go the extra mile. It makes your boss look like an incompetent slacker.
# A snooze button is a poor substitute for no alarm clock at all.
# When the going gets tough, the tough take a coffee break.
# INDECISION is the key to FLEXIBILITY.
# Succeed in spite of management.
# Aim Low, Reach Your Goals, Avoid Disappointment"
cheers,
Badrinath.V.S :-)
Always wondered how china being a communist country has done so well. This seems to have some answers.
CNN In-Depth Specials - Visions of China - Red Giant: Revolution is no dinner party, but China's reform is
cheers,
Badrinath.V.S :-)
Recently I had vowed not to hurt anyones sentiments through my blog but this topic is too tempting.Everytime I read about Kalpana Chawla or the satellite that carries her name strangely I get furious...The recent act by one of our ministers in which he dedicated a new scheme to her forced me into writing this post.
Disclaimer:- I have nothing against Kalpana as such, she is indeed a big achiever and it takes a lot to reach where she did. I have ensured not to talk ill of her anywhere in this post but if you do find any instances pls let me know and I will strip them immediately.I am upset only with the hype.
My Reasons
Kalpana what she is portayed to be?
1) An Indian Space Heroine
2) An inspiration for all Indian Women
3) A significant contributer to Indian Civilization
4) A good great Indian who has made India proud.
What India had done to acknowledge the above 4 points?
1) Gave a Satellite her name
2) Lessons in school syllabi based on her
3) Schemes and policies in her name
4) Lot of bloated hype
What she actually is?
1) A naturalized American
2) Someone who ditched India for greener pastures in 1982 and was just another NRI for the next 20 odd years.I dont say going abroad is wrong, but somehow who went abroad, stayed there , became a citizen,dint contribute much to their country during those 20 years of absence really did ditch their motherland
3) Just another astronaut who died in a failed space ship landing
4) An absolutely insignificant contributor to India's glory , pride or Civilization
5) An inspiration to few, but come one any famous person especially NRI can become an inspiration eg: Swaraj Paul,Lakshmi Mittal,Padma Lakshmi
Then why this hype?
1) Cos she is dead and somehow this world likes praising people posthumously.
2) Sympathy
3) She was born in India and is a Woman(gimme a break, had it been a man he definitely wouldn't have a satellite in his name)
4) Politics and Politicians - they like hyping things up to get recognition.
What would have been ideal?
1) 1 day national mourning
2) A photograph of hers at ISRO(I am pretty sure thats already there)
Some more pointers:-
1) There is no satellite named after India's first astronaut in space - Rakesh Sharma
2) I dont think tamilnadu state board school sylabii has a lesson on "Lala Lajpat rai" or "Dr.Radhakrishnan"
3) All this hype wouldn't happen had she died of heart attack or even a car crash
4) And she dint even say anything patriotic about India during her space voyage.Atleast Rakesh sharma said "Sare jahan se acha".This is all that I guess she quoted
5) Most important of them all she is NOT Indian, she is India born American.
cheers,
Badrinath.V.S :-)
ya u read that right and I can hear u laughing. Anyways I dunno if I am a model material but what harm in trying.
So here is the tentative plan to attack the modelling world.
July 2005 :- Start Growing Long Hair
Aug 2005 :- 3 kms a day on threadmill to reduce paunch
Sep 2005 :- Learn shoulder exercises from Rhaaj
Oct 2005 :- Thread mill,shoulder exercises and little more work out
Nov 2005 :- -ditto-
Dec 2005 :- Get a professional portfolio done.
FAQs:-
1) Why delay the good work till december?
cos it costs Rs.15000 to prepare a professional portfolio and I dont have that much.
2) Why modelling?
Chumma sudden interest.
3) Have u seen the mirror?
Oh Thanks!!! I have and I realize what u are talking abt , i am growing smarter day by day.
Ok now wish me luck.
cheers,
Badrinath.V.S :-)
I am, I believe an ardent devotee of lord shiva.But I have always believed that nothing good can happen to me on any pradhorsham(an auspicious day dedicated to lord shiva that comes twice a month).
Things changed when I got the call for test,attended the test,got called for interview,attended the interview and joined my company on pradhorshams. They were 5 continuous pradhorshams on which good things happened to me,so I concluded that pradhorshams weren't as bad as I thot.
Why am I blogging abt this suddenly?Well actually I forgot that today is a pradhorshams(I rarely forget pradhorshams,myself and my colleague Saravana Balaji visit the nearby shiva temple every pradhorsham) when it suddenly struck me now I realized what a wonderful day today has been.
Truly the lord is one's shepherd.
cheers,
Badrinath.V.S :-)
Yet again a really wonderful post by Seth Godin. He never ceases to inspire me with his marketing sugesstions. In this post he talks about what marketing folk must concentrate on (wants of the customer) but what they instead spend too much time and effort satisfying (the need)
Seth's Blog: Clueless
Definitely worth reading. If you are into marketing definitely worth bookmarking.
cheers,
Badrinath.V.S :-)
I really doubt if Bjarne Stroustrup the designer and creator of C++ would say something like this
The Invention of C - Nice bit of net lore
But most of the things mentioned seem to ring a bell somewhere deep inside me. Pretty long article, check it out at leisure.
cheers,
Badrinath.V.S :-)
Google Blog: Fill in the blanks
In this Google Blog Hiyan Alshawi, Research Scientist at Google talks about using wildcard characters for search. I was thrilled when I read about this feature in his blog, but was pretty upset when I tried out the same myself. Seems its another beta feature from Google.
To explain my point a search on "Chennai is the * capital of India" returns more details about bangalore than chennai.
Wildcard characters in Google Search -- Long Long way to go.
cheers,
Badrinath.V.S :-)
Amazing site with loads of SEO related info. Not written in a readable way but the info it has is really cool.If you are into SEO its definitely worth a read.
Google Ranking Factors - SEO List
cheers,
Badrinath.V.S :-)
Lots of info about how some bloggers made good progress in SERP rankings and page rank by gaming Google. But then I am not sure if the site can be believed completely.
Anyways its worth a read.
How Aaron Wall games Google
cheers,
Badrinath.V.S :-)
When I develop a liking for something, it slowly turns into an obsession.So it was with one project at office and so it is with watching movies. But a discussions today made me think what are the things that I am passionate about that can help me earn my bread. (I am no more in the project and I am not trying my luck in the movies till I get a call from hollywood).So the things as I found them.
1) Search Engine Optimization/Marketing
It was love at first sight, then there was a brief break and then I am in love again.Somehow this field excites me a lot. I infact finished a SEO book of 300 pages in a day. I read Robin Cook lot slower than that.I also believe I know quite a good deal about the field, infact an italian seo consultancy wanted to hire me based my postings at some forums when they realized that I wasn't a freelancer they were very dejected.
2) Web traffic analysis
I know absolutely nothing about this field but it has fascinated me a lot and I have tried my hand at it with statcounter for this blog. For example I know what ips people come to this blog from, I know they come searching for "Badrinath Blogspot" on Google or "Badrinath.V.S" on Technorati etc.
3) Product Designing
Again a big part of this is in the dark to me but I love the intial thrill that there is when u understand market requirement,do a product ui and stuff like that.
4) Blogging
Who doesn't want to be famous? Blogs are the easiest medium and I like them for that.Also they are a great place for you to try various writing styles.
5) Article Writing
I am trying my hand at this one, also I have written some before and I guess I like writing stuff thats informative and has some humour in it.
6) Motivating a Team
Someone once told me "I am sure your going to the team will lighten up the team" and my PL once told me that I am a "Team Person". I have kinda always loved listening to people's troubles (even in personal life), making them fell happy and cheerful, telling them stuff that will pump them up etc. I love finding out what most members of a team think, why they think so, what needs to be done to correc their thinking etc.Most people who dont know me well tend to think random thots abt me, but people who know me well always like me.
7) And Ofcourse Coding
Although I really cant call myself a programmer, that is what I started out to be and Java is still my first love. I am pathetic at programming but hey I am passionate and want to learn, also I have written some working code and must say it is doing pretty well.
So you think I have a chance to earn my bread with the above said 7 passions? ;-)
cheers,
Badrinath.V.S :-)
My english has gotten screwed up big time. I was never excellent at english but these days I stammer a lot while speaking and grope for the right words while writing. Personally it was getting really insulting.So dusted out "Norman Lewis - Word Power Made Easy" from the attic in a desperate attempt to better my English. Wish me luck.
cheers,
Badrinath.V.S :-)
Note: - This is a forward I got, that I think makes sense infact it is really touching. I am very much against what USA and UK are doing in iraq, it is against humanity and is going to take iraq 25-50 years behind the rest of the world in development. A cruel act of barbarianism,strengthened by headweight and misuse of power. Now read on....
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I'm sending this letter to the British people and in particular to the residents of London. For a period of hours, you have lived through moments of desperate anxiety and horror. In those hours you lost a member of your family or a friend, and we wish to tell you in total honesty that we too grieve when human lives pass away. I cannot tell you how much we hurt when we see desperation and pain on the face of another person. For we have lived through this situation – and continue to live through it every day – since your country and the United States formed an alliance and laid plans to attack Iraq.
The Prime Minister of your country, Tony Blair, said that those who carried out the explosions did so in the name of Islam. The Secretary of State of the United States, Condaleezza Rice, described the bombings as an act of barbarism. The United Nations Security Council met and unanimously condemned the event.
I would like to ask you, the free British people, to allow me to inquire: in whose name was our country blockaded for 12 years? In whose name were our cities bombed using internationally prohibited weapons? In whose name did the British army kill Iraqis and torture them? Was that in your name? Or in the name of
religion? Or humanity? Or freedom? Or democracy?
What do you call the killing of more than two million children? What do you call the pollution of the soil and the water with depleted uranium and other lethal substances?
What do you call what happened in the prisons in Iraq – in Abu Ghraib, Camp Bucca and the many other prison camps? What do you call the torture of men, women, and children? What do you call tying bombs to the bodies of prisoners and blowing them apart? What do you call the refinement of methods of torture for use on Iraqi prisoners – such as pulling off limbs, gouging out eyes, putting out cigarettes on their skin, and using cigarette lighters to set fire to the hair on their heads? Does the word "barbaric" adequately describe the behavior of your troops in Iraq?
May we ask why the Security Council did not condemn the massacre in al-Amiriyah and what happened in al-Fallujah, Tal'afar, Sadr City, and an-Najaf? Why does the world watch as our people are killed and tortured and not condemn the crimes being committed against us? Are you human beings and we something less? Do you think that only you can feel pain and we can't? In fact it is we who are most aware of how intense is the pain of the mother who has lost her child, or the father who has lost his family. We know very well how painful it is to lose those you love.
You don't know our martyrs, but we know them. You don't remember them, but we remember them. You don't cry over them, but we cry over them.
Have you heard the name of the little girl Hannan Salih Matrud? Or of the boy Ahmad Jabir Karim? Or Sa'id Shabram?
Yes, our dead have names too. They have faces and stories and memories. There was a time when they were among us, laughing and playing. They had dreams, just as you have. They had a tomorrow awaiting them. But today they sleep among us with no tomorrow on which to wake.
We don't hate the British people or the peoples of the world. This war was imposed upon us, but we are now fighting it in defense of our selves. Because we want to live in our homeland – the free land of Iraq – and to live as we want to live, not as your government or the American government wish.
Let the families of those killed know that responsibility for the Thursday morning London bombings lies with Tony Blair and his policies. Stop your war against our people! Stop the daily killing that your troops commit! End your occupation of our homeland!
Iman al-Saadun, Friday, 8 July 2005
For a long long time folks at blogger, it seems knowingly ignored the "posts bug", the number of posts in your blog and the last update date were displayed wrongly in the dashboard. I login to blogger today and see that they have fixed.
blogger team, good you woke up.
cheers,
Badrinath.V.S :-)
More details here http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.07/posts.html?pg=6?tw=wn_tophead_7
Moral : -Inventing something doesn't help you have to improvise on it.
Badrinath.V.S :-(
P.S :- I feel sorry for him.
The first time I met her there were no thunder storms, no butterflies flying in the stomach and nor were there any cupids arrows flying around. It was just a chanced happening.
"But but .... " The love bird within squealed frightened by the vulture's intimidating voice."No buts, dont get stupid, there is one life and many important missions and there are many many more important things to do than pursue this crush,waste time admiring someone, involve less in your other passions, digress from your chief motives in life and repent later.... I take control from now on" the vulture commanded.
Badrinath.V.S :-)
13-14 days back I had spoken about how I was going to turn 23 and felt like a big failure,well today is my 23rd birthday and the conditions haven't improved a wee bit although that is my prime concern at this time, I can't really keep publicising it cos people may think I am desperate(or in some cases they may lose their morale "if badri himself cant how will we!!!").But anyways I have few others that I can actually share with everyone.
Although birthdays repeat themselves once a year somehow this one the 23rd seems very special.Something tells me this year will be very eventful, full of adventure,success stories,learning,growth and free from health problems.But 23 also brings with it some worries like the following.
1) I just realized that as a 10th std student I used to think 23 and above are old people adults so by that calculation I am actually turning OLD .
2) According to my mother a donkey lives for 6 years and since I am entering my 24th year in this cosmos I am as old as 4 donkeys.So she can now scold me saying "naalu kazhuda veyasu aachi" - "you are as old as four donkeys"
so do that job or clean your clothes.
3) As a school student my aim in life used to be , i will earn a lot and eat out of my father's pocket. For those who haven't really tried it spending out of father's pocket can be great fun.Starting this day I am techically/officially and more importantly morally barred from spending out of father's pocket but yes till I get married I guess I can cajole my mother into giving me some non replayable loan now and then.
4) "I am just outta college","I am not even 23" seemed to be good execuses to avoid responsibility but now I cant use them anymore.
5) Birthdays mean expense, when I ate like a glutton at other's birthday treats I never realized that they may get to attend my birthday treat too, so there are good number of people ranging from school mates, college mates, x team mates and current team mates waiting to avenge themselves.
well those are my chief worries,hmm!!! actually there is just one more.There is this small 3rd standard boy who is my neighbour and for some reasons he prefers calling me "Uncle", I am usually not bothered by that but it really annoys me when he calls me uncle and turns my attempts to be successful into a failure.(remember my I am a failure worry)
I guess thats abt it.If you have any doubts or questions please refer the FAQ's before asking me.
FAQS:-
Q:1)Why did you think people 23 and older where old and not those 21 and 22?
A:hmm!!! err!!! I prefer not to answer
Q:2)Did you chose not to answer the previous question because you feel shy acknowledging the fact that you had a crush on a teacher who was 22 and that is why u thot 23 and older is old?
A:yes!! you got me.back then I always thot I will grow old and tell her abt my crush never realized she will grow too.. :-(
Q:3)Are you always this dumb?
A:Only questions relating to the above article shall be entertained.But since you asked. Yes!!!
Q:4)So what sense does that phrase "as old as four donkeys" make?
A:I dont really know neither does my mother, she probably scolds me that way cos her mother used to scold her that way.
Q:5)Why is it that you can ask you mother for a non repayable loan only till you dont get married?
A:I personally feel it will be unethical to ask your mother for a loan when you can actually ask your wife.
Q:6)Now that you realize that people will get to avenge themselves are you going to give up gluttoning?
A:In life there are ups and downs but you must never lose your spirits and goals due to one or two occasional downs.
Q:7)Are you really going to give a treat to so many people "school mates, college mates, x team mates and current team mates"?
A:Are you kidding me, I work for a salary,I really wish I can avoid giving a treat to all of them but my current team mates are so excited about celebrating my birthday that if I dont give them a treat, they will choose to celebrate thru "Birthday Bumps".
cheers,
Badrinath.V.S :-)
In another 13-14 days I will turn 1 year less younger, although the norm is to turn 1 year older I prefer it this way. Ok back to where I was I will be turning i year less younger and that would mean another feather in an already crowded hat.
Well it aint an accomplishment, it just happens you dont even have to work for it and its so common that all men and ofcourse women have it but for some reason somebody thought of ages ago that birthdays must be celebrated.And here we are celebrating birthday's and throwing out parties/treats even though we are left wondering, Why on all important rejoiceable occasions in our life we have to grow less richer.
Anyways that aint my point here, treats and the sorrow they bring(to the sponsorer) are aint really my worries right now, what is, is that I haven't achieved something that a good number of my friends have by this time.
During my school days when the friends I am talking about where working hard to the lay the foundations for the success they were to have later, impressing the class teacher,playing football and day dreaming where my chief occupations.As much as they would tell me the importance of making such an achievement in life it always seemed unimportant to me and at times when it seemed important I would procrastinate saying "boy chill there is time".Had I worked hard or may be for the kind of person I was at school, bright and smart(hey stop laughing I am sharing my worries with you not joking) I could have easily laid the foundation to go ahead and make the same achievement but I dint I was too casual.
School got over and a good number of my friends left for different colleges with their chins up and with the smile of accomplishment beaming on their face, they had worked hard and laid the foundation, they did realize later that what was more difficult was keeping the foundation strong and not laying it but well they handled that part well,kudos to them for their perserverance and patience and may be tolerance considering all the struggle they had to endure.
But I was lazy all along and never wanted to invest my time and skills in anything other than video gaming and football.At college I never got the chance, there were opportunities but there was too much competition, yet again I was too lazy to put up a fight against the competition.Come to college, go home, write exam clear all papers without cup(arrears) was all I wanted to do I really dint care abt making that achievement that was so precious to many around me.Mostly the best opportunities were always taken by the not so lazy, keen to succeed, willing to work hard kind and hence obviously dint even qualify.I still dint want to invest time, I never realized the value of making such an achievement and by the time I reached my final year at college "get a job,go to work, make money, live happily" had become my mission in life aptly designed for a couch potato like me who dint want to flex a muscle.
Suddenly now when I look at the thousands who curse themselves, sometimes within themselves(although it shows on their face) and sometimes vociferously I really feel I have made a mistake, I missed a real lot of opportunities.Take for example my company whenever the successful people who have made that kinda achievement proudly and sometimes shyly(because of all the recognition) confess the same, I can see the ones that haven't achieved watch them agape and immediately go into their dreamlands or memory lanes retrospecting on what they must have done but haven't, suddenly they desperately wish they had done it too but sometimes its too late, some resign too their fate "elaiketha ellu urundai" they say but some still feel for it.
Now I suddenly feel that there is something more than getting a good job and living happily , I must have used the opportunities I got well but I dint, I really must have worked hard.Really now when I retrospect I feel like a failure and a miserable one.I am royally struck by the "I feel like a failure" syndrome.
But may be there is time to correct all this.I really hope there is still time left for me and I really pray to god that I get atleast one another opportunity. I hear that Einstein made his first achievement only after he turned 26 so I guess that still leaves me 3 more years and hopefully I will succeed, hopefully I will get the opportunity if I keep looking and god willing will make full use of it to get that coveted achievement that they call a "GirlFriend".
cheers,
Badrinath.V.S :-)
P.S :- If you are an achiever I can use tips from you, pls mail me at badrinath at gmail dot com.
P.P.S :- If you are planning to gift me on my BDay an opportunity i mean a date would be great, but if you cannot arrange for the same a pair of nike shoes or an ipod or a discman are fine gifts too.And hey if you are my boss I can really use an hike. ;-)
Guess I have never been outta blogging for this long was really busy with work, the news is I am moving to a new team(ofcourse within my company) in the hope of acheiving something substantial.
And hey after a long long time I wrote a poem to bid farewell to my team mates you dont know them so might not be be able to really appreciate it but go with the flow and let me know what you feel.
250 days of twists and bends,
And here is where the voyage ends.
Experience so flattering to be substantial,
Its with a pinch that I know its real.
Surprising how with a blink of an eye time flies by,
All that is left is memories of me and thy,
Co-voyagers all along and I dint notice them,
Now so suddenly I know I will really miss them.
A sweet lady who taught me dedication,
No amount of jabbering destroyed her concentration.
Tell me from all this I dont have to shy,
And even if I do the memories never will dry.
A man who works round the clock,
Steering the ship and making the voyage rock.
Tell me from all this I dont have to shy,
And even if I do the memories never will dry.
A lady who to me patiently heared,
Even when she will run away I feared.
Tell me from all this I dont have to shy,
And even if I do the memories never will dry.
A man who always put up a good smile,
Another who everyday introduced a new style,
Tell me from all this I dont have to shy,
And even if I do the memories never will dry.
A new voyager who along set sails,
Against the winds his fight never fails,
Tell me from all this I dont have to shy,
And even if I do the memories never will dry.
The captain who enlightened us about our scope,
Whom I shall always remember for his telescope.
Tell me from all this I dont have to shy,
And even if I do the memories never will dry.
And finally the lighthouse robust and never stopping,
Strenghtening,reassuring and ever helpfully guiding.
But alas I have to detour,
Oh! For once I am so dour.
May be the best I can do is wish u a happy voyage,
Forgive me for anything I might have done in a rage.
If you have a treat remember I am no sage,
Whenever you need me just page.
Thanks for all the help folks, you made my time in this team,
cheers,
Badrinath.V.S :-)
Have you looked a 43 Things.Truly wonderful site. lets you share 43 things that you want to do in/with your life. Encouraging in a way to do things that are good and interesting.
And here is mine. Let me know when you are done with yours.
cheers,
Badrinath.V.S 
This is the site for Google's next project http://www.google.org/.
It is a service too , kinda give back to the society.But the site looks boring.
cheers,
Badrinath.V.S
Do these roads go any forward ???
Even in darkness when you walk the roads of the jungle,
Trip over the stones and hit over the boulders,
If you know there are others and you aren't single,
You can keep moving ahead resting on friendly shoulders.
But when you know that you are all alone,
And for you to trip over there is more than a single stone,
When you feel like someone is watching all your moves,
Tell me how one can happily walk these grooves.
These roads aren't like others where you measure the distance,
Neither do the scenery and beauty around make any sense,
You just wanna get out of them and meet light,
Take a fresh breath and feel things are right.
They say think its good and it will be,
Ok will take their advice and we will see,
But when you just can't make any mistakes,
For you to win what are the stakes.
Now I know things are never going to be the same again,
Nothing can wash all this stain,
There is no walking back on these roads,
Bad memories that have to be carried ahead are loads and loads.
Oh my dear god, I guess you are crazy,
You are so much in a Badri troubling frenzy,
All I asked was for a little bit mercy,
But you aren't making things any easy.
Do these roads go any forward?
aww everything around looks so awkward.
But i guess i will take few steps ahead to see if things get right,
Of light,happiness and glory if I can catch sight.
cheers,
Badrinath.V.S :-)
It doesn't get any better than Google!!!
The latest Google thriller is here. Check it out http://maps.google.com.
These guys are just amazing try out this "Winxp Users California".
You can also figure out how to get to a place using the "From Here" and "To Here" directions.
Wondering if they will ever extend the MAPS and add India....
cheers,
Badrinath.V.S :-)
Two steps to get a 250 MB Hotmail account
Disclaimer : - I dont see a need for this but anyways I did like to mention it to safeguard my as*. I aint responsible for any loss of account and or mail that you may suffer while trying out the steps mentioned.
I tried OPTION 1 and saw my hotmail account growing in size from a trivial 2MB to a decent 25 MB. The choice is yours to make, don't sue me if things go wrong 
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And to make it 250 MB , you will be receiving a mail from Hotmail Staff , where they quote:
You may notice that your storage meter for your e-mail inbox only says 25 MB instead of 250 MB. Please allow us at least 30 days for us to bump up your storage to the complete 250 MB.**** It is important to check your inbox regularly during this time.
OPTION 1
Login to your account
Go to Option
Click My Profile
Change Country to United States
Wait for browser to Load US Settings
Change state to Florida and Zip Code to 33332
Click Update
Click Continue
Go to Language and Make sure it is English
Paste this link in Same Browser :
http://by17fd.bay17.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/AccountClose
Wait until the screen says Your Hotmail account is
closed and ready to be deleted. Click Close Account.
Go Back to Login and relogin to ur Account
Just reactivate ur account.
No email will be deleted from ur account and now ur
Account size limit is increased to 25MB.
OPTION 2
You can wait till Hotmail does it for you anyway , in the longrun 
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cheers,
Badrinath.V.S :-)
Khakhee --- A review
This is the second movie I saw this year. The first one being Arjun's Giri. Giri was quite OK worth watching once, to summarize TP(Time Pass). But the movie doesn't deserve a review by an expert like me so lets get into details of Khakhee.
I dunno when this movie got released but i got to see it only 5 days back.The movie has a good star cast - Amitabh Bachchan, JayaPradha, Ajay Devgan, Akshay Kumar, Tushar Kapoor, Prakash Raj(You read that right the famous tamil villian) and the queen of a million hearts(but not mine) Aishwarya Rai.
The movie starts in a quite common(although not cliche) style Amitabh is a sincere police officer who is about to retire but hasn't earned any big laurels for himself. He doesn't get promotions in time cos he is sincere blah blah blah.
Akshay on the other hand is corrupt police officer who enjoys life. Now I will not go into the details of the story. I will just review things from a 5000 feet height.
Khakhee - from 5000 feet
Story - OK, infact quite good but yup the good wins over the bad that is how it has to end right.
Screenplay - full of interesting twists and turns. Except for the one in which they reveal that Prakash Raj is also a villian. Now thats quite obvious.
Camera, Direction- Good, been quite sometime since i saw this good a hindi movie.
Songs - Not good , but you can listen to them.
Acting- This is the most interesting part. Big B everyone knows is good aat acting nothing much to speak of it here except ofcourse his expressions are getting very monotonous. Akshay has acted well. Ajay Devgans acting is the best. Really good I liked it and tushar has acted well too. Prakash Raj anyways is one of the best villians out there today but then this being his first movie in hindi not much role for him. Aish - sorry but i dint see her acting.2.5 points on a scale of 5. Yup she smooches well in the movie.
Dialogues- If you know hindi you will enjoy them. At some places it is really cool.
Summary - The movie is definitely worth watching with a lot of good twists and turns and the actors doing justice to their role.
cheers,
Badrinath.V.S :-)
