I would try to share what I have learnt
My Life
Know about me !!
Traffic jam lasting 10 days !!!!
Aug 30th
Those of us in busy metro cities, traffic jam is an usual occurrence for us. Delaying our return home of office arrival by several hours.
If you start remembering as how long is the highest were you stuck in a traffic jam, you may stumble up on to those few days of certain natural disaster where you were stuck in jam for several hours.
But did you know, in China, massive traffic jam lasting upto an oping 10days is usual ?
CNN has a report..
2010 Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) match fixture / time table / schedule (Indian Time)
Aug 25th
Although it is not under ICC fixture but after IPL, this is the biggest event in Twenty-Twenty cricket. This September, best teams of 6 different countries will battle it out at South Africa under the game of AirTel Champions League Twenty20.
Format
The tournament consisted of the ten top domestic teams from six countries as determined by the domestic Twenty20 tournaments of those countries. The tournament consists of 23 matches, and is divided into a group stage and a knockout stage. If a match ends in a tie, a Super Over will be played to determine the winner.
The group stage has the teams divided into two equal groups, with each playing a round-robin tournament. The top two teams of each group advances to the advance to the knockout stage. The knockout stage consists of two semi-finals, with the top team of one group facing the second from the other. The winners of the semi-finals play the grand final to determine the winner of the competition.
Inventor of the Black Box dies..
Jul 23rd
Dr. David Warren is no more. The Australian scientist, who changed the aviation industry with his invention of Black Box died this Monday (July 19) at the age of 85.
The idea of Black Box came to his mind in early 50′s when he was asked to help the investigation of an air (Commet) crash and it was mid 50′s when he came up with a prototype Black Box. But it was early 60′s when the world’s aviation industry started to make it a mandate for all commercial air craft to install the device.
Spam attack.. Revenge of the spammer..
Jun 27th
Since I started blogging, I praised to the Askimate for its wonderful work to prevent spam in my blog. However last couple of weeks were a nightmare for my blog.
I have been bombarded with spam and the situation is so bad that I have to put my comments system on hold with approve only status.
It seems the pattern of the spams are same, different name and email address but with same website as written as “website”. The volume of it makes me feel that it definitely is a bot where the spammer seems to be able to code in a way to successfully fool Askimate and infact few other spam preventing plug in available for wordpress.
Story of “Ron Wayne” – The 3rd co-founder of apple computers..
Jun 27th
We all know that it was two steve, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, who founded the Apple Computers but matter of fact the truth is, there were three of them.
The forgotten name is Ron Wayne. Who, at the time of company foundation, held 10% of Apple computers, which at present would valued almost 22 billion USD.
So where is this guy, the 10% owner of Apple inc ??
CNN recently covered his story, the third founder of Apple, who left apple within 11 days of company foundation and forfeited his shares for one time payment of USD 800.
Paypal makes it mandatory for Indian users to enter PAN card number
Mar 15th
Yes, Indian government is now eying to earn their share of income by enforcing TAX to free-lance web related workers and professionals.
It seems Paypal has made it mandatory for all users to enter their PAN card number to get the withdrawal service started again. Read more at Paypal FAQ for PAN card details. So you would need to have a valid pan card to get / withdraw money from paypal to your bank or even as cheque.
IPL T20 2010 team standings and up-to-date points table
Mar 15th
| Teams | P | W | L | NR | PTS | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mumbai Indians | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 20 | +1.084 |
| Hyderabad Deccan Chargers | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | -0.297 |
| Chennai Super Kings | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | +0.274 |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | +0.219 |
| Delhi Daredevils | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | +0.021 |
| Kolkata Night Riders | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | -0.341 |
| Rajasthan Royals | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | -0.514 |
| Kings XI Punjab | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | -0.478 |
IPL T20 2010 team standings and up to date (March 15, 2010) points table. This data would be updated every night after the games are over. If you are viewing a saved page then it is requested to refresh the page to obtain current status.
Its now clear, the top 4 teams are now through to the semifinals.
1st Semi-Final – Royal Challengers Bangalore v Mumbai Indians (April 21st, 8PM IST)
2nd Semi-Final – Chennai Super Kings v Deccan Chargers (April 22nd 8 PM IST)
Watch / Stream 2010 IPL T20 (twenty/twenty) free @ Internet via Youtube..
Mar 13th
2010 IPL T20 (twenty – twenty) is now been streamed live and free of cost in Youtube. Youtube has launched an separate channel -> http://www.youtube.com/ipl, where anyone (apart from US regional IP) can log in and view the matches.
The previous IPL match highlights are also available as on demand
IPL T20 2010 Points table and team standing
IPL T20 2010 Match Schedule
Good news for online business onwers and bloggers as Paypal resume their business in India
Mar 5th
It was a disaster for online business owners and professional bloggers since RBI directions and policy forced paypal to suspend their operation (Withdrawal of funds) in India.
According to RBI, with the present system, it wasn’t possible for them to monitor cross border transactions for both security and tax issues hence RBI issued few guide lines to add some extra information along with the incoming money so that Indian Banks could act accordingly to add TAX information and security agencies could also monitor.
Since 3rd march 2010, Paypal has implemented the given instruction of RBI and started the withdrawal process once again.
You may review the following categories given by RBI. And do note that according to Indian law, based on the value of withdrawal and the purpose code in your declaration, your bank may require you to provide documentary proofs such as invoices / goods receipt forms as applicable to reconcile with your withdrawal.
So here we go, as per Indian LAW, blogging is now a profession in India.
Greedier vBulletin – New vBulletin v4.0 licensing forces customers to pay more but get less
Oct 29th
Every alternate day we see some big market player getting sued by another smaller one over the word monopoly. Most of the time, while reading about it, many may have wondered, what’s so bad about it ?
Here is a really good example of why we should not have monopoly.
Take this example of vBulletin. One of the largest selling software product (internet web site script).
No doubt, they are the best when it comes to making a forum. Plug n play, everything is managed by database and really having a wide range of add-ons and modifications. Those who works and uses forum / online discussion boards, they know, it is the ultimate word when it comes to making a flexible forum.
Catch the Kolkata (Calcutta) Durga Puja 2009 at DoorerSathi.com
Sep 8th
The waiting is about to be over as the City of joy (Kolkata / Calcutta) prepares for the biggest event of an year. The excitement is rising as the shopping malls and markets buzzing with holiday shoppers. Artists are now under over time to complete their work as the Durga Puja is just around the corner.
Like every year, Team Doorer Sathi would travel and work round the clock to capture and upload the photos of Durga Pooja 2009 !!
So lets catch Durga Pooja 2009 via eyes of DoorerSathi.com, a picture album which would get regular updates of the puja and related topics (Durga Idol / Pandals / Decorations) as the event progresses !!,
Incidentally, one may check out previous year pictures / photos at Doorer Sathi.com. Durga Puja 2008, Durga Puja 2007, Durga Puja 2006, Kali Puja 2007, Kali Puja 2006.
Mild / small earthquake hits Kolkata / West Bengal / Eastern India / ANDAMAN ISLANDS / Japan coast – TSUMANI warning has been issued
Aug 11th
It seems a mild / small earthquake has just hit Kolkata / West Bengal / eastern India / ANDAMAN ISLANDS / Japan coast.
Time was around 0130 hours of 11th August. It was mild and lasted for few (3-5 sec) seconds.
There are no news yet on any news channel or web site. So I am still waiting for an official word from the gov.
Calculating file / folder delete speed in Files per second
May 20th
Here is a little screenshot which I would like to share.
Recently I obtained a trail DVD of Adobe CS4 Master collection. For faster installation and other testing purpose, I copied all the data in to my hard drive. When I tried to delete the files, I found that because there are so many files, Windows is calculeting and displaying the deleting speed in Files per second rather than usual bytes (MB or KB) per second.
Google delays Adsense payouts of March 2009
May 11th
Not sure of any global effect, but after talking to some of the known adsense users in India, it seems Google is delaying the payout (cheque) for at-least 2 weeks !!
Google Adsense team is informing all the effected users via email about this issue. This is what I have received from Adsense team.
Hello,
We’d like to let you know that the delivery of your most recent AdSense check payment has been slightly delayed by a few days. However, please be assured that it will be mailed to you early next week.
We appreciate your patience.
Sincerely,
The Google AdSense Team
Google Inc.
1600 Amphitheater Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043 USA
Update (May 14, 2009) :-
Google compensate the delay, as I am just being informed that they are using BlueDart courier service this time around for faster delivery of the pending cheque rather than usual Gov postal service !!!
Hello,
We’d like to inform you that your most recent AdSense check has been shipped via Blue Dart. You can now find a Blue Dart tracking number in your AdSense account. For your convenience, we’ve also included this tracking number here: xxxxxxxxxxx.
You can use this number to track your payment at www.bluedart.com . Please contact your local Blue Dart office if you have any questions.
Thanks for your patience.
Sincerely,
The Google AdSense Team
Google Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View,
CA 94043 USA
IPL – Performance from the old blood
Apr 19th
Day one of IPL saw perfomrance coming out from the older players.
Sachin Tendulkar with 59 of 49 balls contributed heavily in the win of Mumbai Indians where as it was Rahul Dravid with his half century and Anil Kumble with 5 wickets gave B’lore a comprehensive win over defending champions !!!
Loading ...
Recent Comments