Who robbed my name?
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: February 8, 2010
2. That guy got out of IIMC in 1978, more then 5 years before I was born.
3. His picture and other details – http://picasaweb.google.com/maharishikedia/YearBook?fgl=true&pli=1#5420478777616710226 All this information is courtesy of Google..withing few clicks so much information was availalable which was otherwise impossible.. I wonder if someone can use it for spying on people too..?
Nine words that a woman uses to terrify men
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: February 6, 2010
These are the nine words that a Woman would use often and the inherent meaning of all of these.
Stolen from – I dont know, use Google.
Hello World using Python on Symbian OS
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: February 5, 2010
- In: GNU| General| Python| Technology
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import appuifw
# create a single-field dialog (text input field): appuifw.query(label, type)
data = appuifw.query(u"Type your name", "text")
# create an information note: appuifw.note(label, type)
appuifw.note(u"Hello "+str(data)+", welcome to Python World", "info") Bang…how many lines for a hello world? Baah, I doubt if people like symbian app development.
Haiku
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: February 4, 2010
parched birds fly
a new tree waits… Dedicated to the outgoing SUN CEO – Jonathan Schwartz who resigned from his post today ie 4/2/10. Good Bye SUN. Welcome Oracle.
Pseudo Random Number Generators
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: February 4, 2010
A Pseudo Random Number Generator (PRNG) provides applications with a stream of numbers which have certain important properties for system security:
- It should be impossible for an outsider to predict the output of the random number generator even with knowledge of previous output.
- The generated numbers should not have repeating patterns which means the PRNG should have a very long cycle length.
A PRNG is normally just an algorithm where the same initial starting values will yield the same sequence of outputs. On a multiuser operating system there are many sources which allow seeding the PRNG with random data. The OpenBSD kernel uses the mouse interrupt timing, network data interrupt latency, inter-keypress timing and disk IO information to fill an entropy pool. Random numbers are available for kernel routines and are exported via devices to userland programs. So far random numbers are used in the following places:
- Dynamic sin_port allocation in bind(2).
- PIDs of processes.
- IP datagram IDs.
- RPC transaction IDs (XID).
- NFS RPC transaction IDs (XID).
- DNS Query-IDs.
- Inode generation numbers, see getfh(2) and fsirand(8).
- Timing perturbance in traceroute(8).
- Stronger temporary names for mktemp(3) and mkstemp(3)
- Randomness added to the TCP ISS value for protection against spoofing attacks.
- random padding in IPsec esp_old packets.
- To generate salts for the various password algorithms.
- For generating fake S/Key challenges.
- In isakmpd(8) to provide liveness proof of key exchanges.
Key for stress free life
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: February 1, 2010
Kookaburra to make Afridi proof cricket balls
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: February 1, 2010
New Kookaburra ball specs : Hand stitched, 4 piece, Waxed & finished, steer hide cover with fine linen stitching, Afridi proof
Concept – from Twitter. Use #afridibites
Haiku
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: February 1, 2010
Stay away from web
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: January 30, 2010
Stay away from web.It bombards us with so much unuseful, unwanted information that our brain gets tired due to over processing junk. And thats why we get tired more easily.
Why Open Source Linux Desktop is practically a fail
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: January 29, 2010
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1. In this social media age, no one cares for the tool but for the work. It dosent make a difference whether a software is free or not; as long as it dosent cost a penny. The end result matters, not the way how you do it.
2. Piracy isent openly encouraged, but its the least thing cared about.
3. Commercial Linux distro owners need to have a higher marketing budget then the funds needed to develop the core software. To make this thing works, a community based, unstable software having latest versions is given out free. Tweakers use it and report the bugs, fix things, enhance it and pass it back. This stable software is then inducted into stable desktop and sold as a commercial product. Red Hat has been doing it since 2003 and perheps this is what makes Red Hat to top linux distro list.
4. People like to use GNU/Linux on servers but they are reluctant to pay a price for getting a software. However, they do spend on training users.
5. Some distros like Ubuntu are absolutely hell bent on mimicking Windows way of functionality and seriously, its the first instance in 7 years where I have seen a Linux distro crawling on desktop, and well, crashing it..!! Their latest version is hopeless..!
At the end.
Open Source is very good sounding concept but a newcomer finds it extremely hard to earn something real fast as compared to those using non open source. You need to have a sure backup plan if Open Source based concept back fires.
Preaching of the theorotical Open Source concepts like – Free Software, Libre, Open ness etc is all crap, people start yawning after hearing this nonsense for more then 3 minutes. And this is what the Open Source Evangelists do..and make sure people run away from it as far as possible ! People have got real FUD in using open source software, we cant cant claim all FUD’s are artificial or unreal.
But all is not bad. I would recommend that every newcomer who wants to develop apps in GNU/Linux or wants to work as a network administrator should start using Red Hat software (FC and CentOS). This is true for Indian public, at other places, YMMV. The other prominent players in commercial Linux market are – Suse and Ubuntu. Try this once you feel Red Hat is letting you down.
The title of this post is somewhat wrong, but I couldent find one better.
This is not Zen
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: January 28, 2010
"if you get everything, nothing remains, so everything is nothing and nothing is everything..(!) " This isent Zen, Tao etc, this is #confusion!
The National Anthem of India – Jana Gana Mana
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: January 26, 2010
জনগণমন-অধিনায়ক জয় হে.ভারতভাগ্যবিধাতা
পঞ্জাব সিন্ধু গুজরাট মরাঠা
দ্রাবিড় উৎকল বঙ্গ
বিন্ধ্য হিমাচল যমুনা গঙ্গা
উচ্ছল জলধি তরঙ্গ
তব শুভ নামে জাগে
তব শুভ আশিস মাগে
গাহে তব জয়গাথা
জনগণমঙ্গলদায়ক জয় হে
ভারতভাগ্যবিধাতা
জয় হে, জয় হে, জয় হে,
জয় জয় জয়, জয় হে॥ English Meaning Thou art the ruler of the minds of all people,
Dispenser of India's destiny.
Thy name rouses the hearts of Punjab, Sind,
Gujarat and Maratha,
Of the Dravida and Orissa and Bengal;
It echoes in the hills of the Vindhyas and Himalayas,
mingles in the music of Jamuna and Ganges and is
chanted by the waves of the Indian Sea.
They pray for thy blessings and sing thy praise.
The saving of all people waits in thy hand,
Thou dispenser of India's destiny.
Victory, victory, victory to thee. Sing this anthem. Respect it. Respect our country. India.
The worlds best energy drink
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: January 24, 2010
I love sugar cane juice..a fresh glass of sugar cane juice mixed with lemon, ginger and its heaven on earth..
Crossword.
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: January 22, 2010
I solved a crossword successfully. I am happy. Took me 7.5 minutes for a 9×9 english crossword. It was my first time.
Life too is like a crossword. Every day a new puzzle is encountered and we have to solve it. Many times no hints are present and we have to fill in the meaningful gaps on our own. Some can do it with ease, some have to struggle.
Thats the way it goes.
Airport Security in USA
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: January 21, 2010
This is airport security in USA. Rejoice. I am happy to be in India.
Copied from – KAL – The Economist – January 7
Haiku
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: January 21, 2010
gathering in wailful choir
small gnats mourn..
Bill Gates on Twitter..and twitter crashes..!
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: January 20, 2010
I had read in a magazine long time ago that Bill Gates while working as Microsoft CEO received 4 million mails everyday, most of it was spam. Hope we dont find @BillGates trending on Twitter.
Meanwhile, RT him anything you hate..his OS, his former company, his failed browser, his lack of identifying web as the future, his new foundation..anything..! He’s responses will be as bad as Windows Help Center.
Twitter is down..again..
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: January 20, 2010
Twitter is down…again…
(Posted because the previous one was 13th…I am not superstitious but I dont take any chances
To be deemed or to get doomed – universities suck
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: January 20, 2010
Autumn Haiku
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: November 7, 2009
Dedicated to a picture of Mt Fuji I saw on Twitter
who waves the fan ?
blow slowly
wind from Mt Fuji…
While going on a morning walk
on this road
goes no one
autumn and me but…
For a lone and heartlessly cold night
i threw away
a midnight dream
in a midnight dream…
Winter walking in Pune
falling on the ground
settles in autumn dust
a dry leaf..
For the leafless neem tree in my garden
eagle hovers..!
little squirrel scampering
leafless autumn tree..!!
these fallen leafs
used to pose in pride
till autumn came…
My Favourite –
leafs fall silently..!
but make noise
when autumn walks on..
Untimely winter rains in Pune
autumn rain..!!
where will squirrel hide?
this leafless tree…
Unwritten letters (my love story, my beliefs, my space, etc)
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: October 16, 2009
Some freak economics a milkman taught me
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: September 12, 2009
Economics is a very facinating mix of theorotical science and practical art of managing money. Apart from spelling the word economics right, theres very little contribution to world economics from my side..
until now..
Few days ago, one interesting bill was attached to our common notepad – It was the milkman bill..Out of utter curiosity, I looked at it and was staggered..!! It read that I had to pay almost 1000/- to the milk man, and the service charges were extra. Service charges in this case was the salary given to the milk delivering boy and some supply chain management costs..
I just calculated – The milkman gets approx 1000 rupees from my house. He delivers milk to adjoining 50 homes. On an average, a family needs 1 litre of milk everyday, and in Pune, the well known brand costs around 32 rupees a litre. So, in all, it works about 30×32 = Rs 960/- per home. Multiply it with 50 families, and the monthly income of the milkman is – 960×50 = 48000..!! The milkman automatically gets a decent discount from the milk supplier since he purchases them in bulk. The other cost is that of the milkboy who delivers those bags early in the morning..I am not sure how much salary he will fetch, lets assume he gets 2500/- pm. Most of the time that boy needs to invest 2 hours per morning and then continue study or any other activity. That leaves Mr Milkman the amount of almost 47000/- pm. Add to it there is no known and official service tax on doing this.Wow..aint that awesome? Add to it that our milkman does work in a bank apart from delivering milk, so this salary is extra to him…
Incredible.!!
I read in papers that many freshers in engineering arent getting jobs and even if they land on one, they have to work as a trainee for well over 1.5 years till they start getting the standard salary. Add to it the cutting edge training costs these engineers invest in.
From the facts based above, I can safely say that I want to be a Milkman…instead of slogging in front of the computer writing cryptic and buggy software, its better I start something like this..!! Till few years ago, milk delivery man was just another poor mans job..today its turned to be a number one earning service with comparative less stress etc. Of course, even this field might have its own unknown risks, losses, and all that stuff, but did anyone ever look at the strange economy behind the scene??
I dont know..
PS – All figures are indicative, your milage may vary. I am an ignorant and untrained economist, so please forgive me if I make mistakes..
Force India F1 team wins..Great going India..
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: August 30, 2009
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Thats the 2009 Force India F1 racing car that has done many Indian fans proud when Giancarlo Fisichella secured 8 points in the 2009 Belgian GP. I dreamed of this day since 2008 ever since Vijay Mallya brought the former Jordan-Midland team from Spyker.
A great moment back here for all fans in India. Vijay Mallya rocks. He’s a true passionate businessman who knows how to pull out things…great going. Best of Luck to everyone at Force India F1 team.
8th Sept 2009.
PS – This post was written hurridly in a moment of ecstacy and happiness where I praised Vijay Mallya, FI and F1, just like every other Indian F1 fan. But the moment I came to know about the dirty politics of Mallya(trying to get F1 a tax free entry in India) and transfer of Fisichella to Ferrari, I denounce all the praise I posted for them. Please refer my twitter account – http://twitter.com/hj91 for more details. The only reason I havent wiped out this post is to show that the best of best thinkers, fans and learned people do wrong things without thinking too much..! – Harshad Joshi
Independence Day
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: August 15, 2009
Yesterday, our forfathers fought against the evil british empire..
Today..we have to fight against the evil corrupted system that they have left behind..
The battle isent over…
Happy Independence Day, India..
Swine flue in Pune, India, some reasons and questions
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: August 12, 2009
Everything is justified.
However, India is more prone to any kind of epidemics because of the inherent unclean habits the common people have.
Add to it the careless attitude of people who actually are supposed to work on complex issues. The recent epidemic wouldent have had been so grave if the airport authorities would have done a more strict check of the people coming from abroad..what did they do? Just filled up a form saying that we are safe..some infected blokes slipped in the city, mixed with people and today, after 10 lives gone, we are wondering from where did it all start..!!
Nuts..isent it??
And one more thing..
This swine flue isent a joke anymore we sit and analyse it esp the punekar way..
Some families have lost their children, working men. This loss cant be justified. At this point of time, we all should support them. We need to realize the gravity of this issue.
Lets not take it like ‘just-another-thing’
Ignorance is a deadly sin, and we are paying for it.
Some things that came in this light
1. Where is Sharad Pawar, the head of National Disaster Management Committee which was set in Mumbai 2005 floods? I think the old guy needs to divert his attention from ICC to India. People are dying, food is becoming expensive and this guy..what is he doing??
2. Where is Suresh Kalmadi? This man is invisible since the Deepak Mankar incident, and even during the swine flu epidemic, he hasent come across to punekars? Is this what we have elected him for?
3. Is this a plot of a foreign power to disrupt the Indian software industry??
4. The CM of MH is a MBA, he is supposed to have knowledge of how to manage things..but he missed it completely. Confused, Ignorant and Pathetic.. Asshok Chavan should sit in his house …
5. Dont get out of home for at least 4 days.
Rain haiku
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: August 8, 2009
- In: India| Love| Marathi| Pune| World Peace| Zen Hindu Brahminism| मराठी
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Thunder flashes
across the night sky
A full Moon grows.
Creating new origami
dusty rain drops
softly…
little rain drops…
ripe plums fall
all over the ground
Bloomed in late summer
a ripe cherry falls
in silent silence..
Rain drops fall
no one hears
the silent thuds..
पाऊस कधीचा पडतो
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: August 6, 2009
- In: Love| Marathi| मराठी
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पाऊस कधीचा पडतो
पाऊस कधीचा पडतो, झाडांची हलती पाने
हलकेच जाग मज आली, दुःखाच्या मंद सुराने
डोळयात उतरले पाणी, पाण्यावर डोळे फिरती
दुःखाचा उतरला पारा, या नितळ उतरणी वरती
पेटून कशी उजळेना, ही शुभ्र फुलांची ज्वाला
तार्यांच्या प्रहरापाशी पाऊस असा कोसळला
संदिग्ध ढगांच्या ओळी आकाश ढवळतो वारा
माझ्याच किनार्यावरती लाटांचा आज पहारा
A sneek peek
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: August 4, 2009
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Thats the first preview of India Force Linux Desktop. Stay Tuned…
Turn around
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: July 31, 2009
Turn around and I will show you something
Turn around and you will see
Life is like a roundabout
A kind of lsd*
Turn around and have faith in all the changes
Turn around and you will feel
No more age of loneliness
You are a part of me
Turn around and I will show you something
Turn around and I will show you something
Turn around and I will show you something
Turn around and you will see
Life is just a roundbout
A kind of lsd*
Turn around have faith in all the changes
Turn around and you will feel
No more age of loneliness
You are a part of me
Turn around~turn around~turn around
~~~~sandra whispers~~~~
Beyond the invisible, the prism of life
Turn around~turn around~turn around
The child in us, gravity of love
Turn around~turn around~turn around
Morphing thru time
Turn around ~turn around~turn around
Turn around and I will show you something amazing
Turn around and you will see
Life is just a roundabout
A kind of lsd*
Turn around have faith in all the changes
Turn around and you will feel
No more age of loneliness
You are part of me
~~~~sandra whispers~~~~
The screen behind the mirror
The voice and the snake
Principles of lust
The eyes of truth
Tnt for the brain
Turn around and I will show you something
Turn around and you will see
Life is just a roundabout, a kind of lsd*
Turn around and I will show you something
Turn around and you will see
Life is like a roundabout
A kind of lsd*
~~~repeat~~~
T..t..t.. turn around and I will show you something
* = love,sensuality,devotion
Here it comes..
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: July 6, 2009
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India Force Linux
6 years ago, I had my first ever tryst with Linux. One step towards the goal. Coming here was a task I dont want to remember. Still, I will reach to the top.
Here comes Agneya. The first release from India Force Linux.
1 year
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: June 13, 2009
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It began last year..
13 June 2008.
1 year exactly…So many things there I dont want to remember.
It ended..it had to..either this way or that..I am relieved it did..not the way I wanted, but still….Its over…forever..
The first program
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: January 28, 2009
- In: Programming| Pune| Technology
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10 REM
20 PLAY “CDGFABC”
30 END
F5
This isent a 3 lined haiku, its my first program written in Qbasic on a 286 MS-DOS machine in 1993. This was the first step into computing. Had no idea that one day I will be here.
10 years later, the anatomy of IBM PC’s was revealed in ‘IBM PC’s and CLONES’, a classic cult book by B.Govindraju. Surprisingly, the teacher who taught me PC Architecture had no idea how to generate sounds through PC speaker. It wasent her fault, its the bad education system we have.
Happy New Year
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: January 1, 2009
Wishing you a wonderful 2009 . Don’t
too hard but work smart. May yourboss appreciates you and say’s
. Take care of yourself
. Pamper yourself and buy some beautiful
. Don’t worry coz
will come from above. May you also purchase or change a
and a
. May the days ahead be busy but easy
,
and go
around the world. It’s important to have good health, therefore, eat more
and
, but not too much
. Do remember to
at least once a week. Don’t
with your sweetheart, and be generous to say
. Here’s wishing that your child will
well and best wishes to all your
.
Happy New Year 2009
The end brings a new beginning
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: December 29, 2008
The end was actually hiding a new beginning in its sphere;
darkness became the light,
the wind turned into the smell of fear…
2008 will end soon. Thank you to everyone who supported me. I had promised, even if this blog might stop for a while, the journey still continues…Some of you mailed me, some of you called me, I thank you. I wont pretend, but your words helped me a lot..
I cannot make you wait for too long..
You can now find me on Twitter – http://twitter.com/sevenlives
This is a new venture by me into realms of unknown. I have tried to be honest while writing the Haiku, an art that is obscure, difficult to master, yet at the same time offers simple advice to the reader, the Zen way. At the same time, you can find humour, sarcasism, philosophy, rhythm a blend of everything…As a kid, I read a lot of Aesops Fables, Panchatantra, Indian legends, so expect to find the wise sages, the lonely Hermits, the houseless woods, speaking tigers, poisonous snakes, dangerous scorpions, smiling babies, everything that we encounter in our dreams and real life 
.Sometimes you might not actually feel like reading a stereotype Haiku, but i have tried to preserve the ‘3 line rule’ , short is sweet..It offers me several advantages -
1. It requires less time to write
2. It helps to deliver the right message in right time
3. Offers you lot of flexibility in reading, you dont need to be holed up forever in front of pc all the time..
What more I can say now? Its time you can go and read it. Mind you, its Twitter, microblogging has got some limitations, the Haikus I wrote still maintain a rough edge, but I havent tried to hide the naiveness, maybe it will help to end the learning phase a little more fast..Twitter cannot substitute WordPress, but for the timebeing, it serves well..
This is the sample of what you can expect
People understand Tao
People understand Zen
Lying is a bad habit..
This Haiku is obviously meant to target all marketting mongers. They are all of the same catagory, they try to sell you anything making it appear useful, however you bring it, you realize, its a waste of resources. We all need to be careful. Dont invest into something that appears glamorous, glosy. Too much of shine can be harmful. Your money/time/resources are precious, use them wisely and dont succumb to any pressure. In todays age, where recession looms ahead, job cuts are round the corner, we need to make sure we act wisely.
Or
Peace and goodwill
they are everlasting desires
Weak people have got no options…
Todays tough age demands more out of us. No one can afford to be weak and request help all the time. Its apparant that a weakling is a burdan in any society. Unless you are strong, you are firm, you will always stay at the mercy of others, thus making your life miserable and weak. A weak person always desires peaec, but he is unable to fight for it, thus living forever in grief..A lesson we learn from Indias IT sectors debacle – Depend on US for yor jobs, you will always be at the perils of anti outsourcing voices. Obama isent a good man who will work in your favour, making life easy for you. The time isent the same now. Its time to get tough and act accordingly..Develop your own technology and then sell it. Sooner or later the world will be at your feet.
Ok, thats enough for now.
With all your blessings and compliments,
I will be there again…
See you on Twitter.
Harshad Joshi.
The last post on this blog.
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: December 3, 2008
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A dream, a dream, a dream I had
The world, a theater
The stage, our lives
The actors, ourselves
Our dreams, our plays
Our audience, our souls
Alas, at last, the courtain’s closed
Aplause for dreams
Applause for peace
Applause for us.
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Slowly walking out…
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: November 21, 2008
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Hi everyone.
Whether you have come here by chance, hunting for something you need, or maybe Google/Yahoo! guided you here, or someone recommend you to visit this tiny blog, I want to thank you for visiting.
I think the time is coming, slowly but surely and I am honestly losing my motivation to write. I think I should stop this blog. I met many wonderful people througout these 2 years. I am thankful to them for all the support they gave me. This decision isent going to be very easy for me, but sometimes we have to make a tough mind and act accordingly.
Live life the way it should be. In your day to day interactions, you will come across many experiences, many people. Some of them give you moments to cherish about, some you may like to forget. Whatever the case might be, one mantra to make your life little more better. Be yourself, dont hide. Just believe in destiny, dont care what it says. Just believe in destiny. Love and trust atleast one person and make sure you both stay togather. Learn to forgive the people who mange to hurt you. Many of them do it unknowingly. Just identfy them. And importantly – People around you are like mirrors. They reflect to you what you actually are. If you are one of those actors loving to decieve people, automatically, the people closer to you are the same. If you are a kind hearted person, you will always have company of those people who need you most and you will also have collegues similar to you.
I could write more, but let some things be secret. You know it.
PS – If I regain my motivation, I defiantely will be back…but again, no gurantees.
Till then,
Adeos.
Harshad Joshi.
Bored..!!!
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: November 17, 2008
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This place is awefully boring, not to mention that the weather too is conducive to get hell bored and this is one of those days when boredom is exceedingly taking over creativity, joy and expressions. A monotonous life causes extreme boredom.
Darn..!!
Kill boredom..!! Wish I could have a hearty laugh…
I hope now I am feeling something better..
आता आठवताहेत..
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: November 14, 2008
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आता अनोळखी होऊन गेलो आहोत आपण…. आता आहेत त्या फक्त आठवणी..
आधी.. सकाळी उठल्यावर पहिला फोन तुला.. जेवायच्या वेळेस फोन.. सन्ध्याकाळी फोन.. झोपण्यआधी फोन..
आता.. तुझ्याशी फोन वर बोलुन ८ महिने झाले.. ते हि बळजबरीचे बोलण..
तेव्हा.. रोज chatting.. खूप busy असलेल्या दिवशी सुद्धा missed call देवून.. वेळ ठरवून chatting..
आता.. शेवटचा mail कधी आला तुझा ते सुद्धा आठवत नाहिए..
आणि chatting?? बोलणच खुण्टलय तर कसल chatting??!!??
काय म्हणायच त्याला? जे पुर्वी होत? प्रेम? नाहिच.. अस विसरत का कोणी प्रेम? ती होती एक चूक.. तू केलेली, आणि तुझ्या प्रेमाखातर मी ही केलेली..
“मी तुझ्याशी बोलल्याशिवाय नाही राहू शकत ग.. “
“तुझा mail आला ना कि एकदम माझे डोले लकाकतात.. i feel much better..i donno why पण एकदम relaxed वाटत.. कितीही रुसलीस ना तरी mail करत जा.. “
“plz चिडू नकोस ग.. बोल ना ग plzzz..”
गेल ते सगळ..
आता उरल्या त्या सगळ्याच्या आठवणी आणि.. आणि हे..
“i just dont love u.. that was my mistake.. now will u plz stop ths and live ur life n let me live mine..”
Life is like that, and no matter how brave I pretend to be sometimes, some things really left an indelible mark on me, although it was nothing earth breaking or nerve shatttering thing, maybe I was a bit changed.
Tip – I want to know who reads this post and finds it relevant.
Moral of the story – This post is dedicated to a wide spread misuse of chatting and instant messaging. I wish I post the real dialog I had, but today, I do not have any kind of feelings left with me, Life has taken a new turn and all the old griefs are dead… For some strange reasons unknown to me, I have seen people behave like fools and they reason it for love, baah..There are very important things in life, and I do not think that a so called love is one of them..
I think this is the last post having a tag ‘Love’ on this little blog. 
I have wings…
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: November 5, 2008
- In: Future| General| Globalization| Love| Media| Pune
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PS – I am not bitten by love bug. If you believe in love, forward it to your near dear ones and even if you dont believe in it, still forward this to your near dear ones..Then find out if there’s truth into it. On a personal note, I wonder, is something called as love so precious that people write about it?? Initially, the title made me think that it was a Red Bull tagline hehehehehe Whatever..;)
Whoa, after getting life threat mails from media mafias, this post is deleted..
Top 50 inventions of the year 2008
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: November 4, 2008
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Time magazine recently announced top 50 inventions for the year 2008.
Here is the list of those:
1. The Retail DNA Test
2. The Tesla Roadster
3. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
4. Hulu.com (hulu.com is an invention..grate..then what about other video sharing sites like joost, youtube and etc?? )
5. The Large Hadron Collider
6. The Global Seed Vault
7. The Chevy Volt
8. Bullets That Shoot Bullets
9. The Orbital Internet
10. The World’s Fastest Computer
11. Green Crude
13. The Memristor
14. The Bionic Hand (Did you watch Star Wars in where Luke Skywalker was fitted with a machine hand way back in 1975?? Umm..reinvention reinvented, what else?)
15. The Direct-to-Web Supervillain Musical
16. The Dynamic Tower
17. The Mobile, Dexterous, Social Robot
18. The New Mars Rover
19. Montreal’s Public Bike System
20. The Everything Game
21.The synthetic organism
22. The Shadowless Skyscraper
23. The Branded Candidate
24. Bionic Contacts
25. Thin-Film Solar Panels
26. The Speedo LZR Racer
27. Bubble Photography
28. The Invisibility Cloak (Psst..Mogambo’s prowling round the web, dont let him know.. )
29. The 46th Mersenne Prime
30. The Internet of Things
31. Einstein’s Fridge
32. Facebook for Spies
33. Biochemical Energy Harvester
34. Made-in-Transit Packaging
35. Airborne Wind Power
36. The New Ping-Pong Serve
37. Smog-Eating Cement
38. The Baseball Instant Replay
39. Enhanced Fingerprints
40. The Seven New Deadly Sins
41. The Peraves MonoTracer
42. Disenvoweling
43. High-Tech Running Shoes (Well…Well..Well…now henceforth we wont have human athletes running for pride, there will be shoes competing with each other..Nike v/s Reebok..FILA v/s Adidas..Great.. )
44. Sunscreen for Plants
45. The Short Refinance
46. Aptera Electric Car
47. Google’s Floating Data Center
48. The Time Eater Clock
49. Sound-Enhanced Food
50. A Camera for the Blind (Camera for the blind.. Wow, it sounds so cool..how does it work? 
)
Psst – This entire information was stolen from here …
Happy Diwali
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: October 26, 2008
- In: General| India| Mass Communication| Pune
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Wishing everyone a very Happy Diwali..
a strategy to write perfect comments – a small howto
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: October 23, 2008
I love this cartoon.. In may early blogging days(2006), this was the trick I used to do trying to fetch some traffic on my humble blog(http://agneya2.blogspot.com)
Live in relationship is fine with Maharashtra Government
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: October 9, 2008
The Maharashtra Government headed by Congressman Vilasrao Deshmukh and his ministers have okayed live in relationship..Live in relationship means people of opposite sex can have a relation without legal binding like marriage..
Live in relationship might be common or acceptable in western countries, but by watching numerous Hindi films, thsi is what I have a concept of what might be called a bollywood lifestyle.
1. Both, the girl and boy live in a seperate house, no parents to pester or poke their nose in their affairs..
2. They can have sex anytime, in any way, and usually the girl dosent want to get pregnant, but unfortunately, she does become pregnant..
3. Horrified, the guy leaves her and the poor girl, in tears, determines to raise the child..She cares a damm about others..
4. Finally, a good common friend of the guy and gurl playes the role of Guardian Angel and decides to bring them togather..which is difficult..
5. However, Mr Angel succeeds in bringing them togather, and everyones happy…
Hmm, this is perheps a little bit of a Bollywood Hindi film starring Saif Ali Khan and Preity Zinta. I found this film undoubtedly the most ridiculous thing i had ever seen, except of couple of Preity-Saif kisses(Wanted to see something more, Censor Board in India is dangerously strict..). But is this what the government wants in Maharashtra??
Actually, there are many people supporting age old marriage style and live in relations..
I am single and I have got no gurl friend, I will oppose it. If I had my girlfriend with me, I would have strongly welcomed it. I know, its double crossing, but this is what is life all about..India is widely known as a country with strong moral values and traditional integrity. Perhaps, that’s why bold exhibitions of romance go for a toss in such a typical society, least being something like live-in-relationships in India. The union of a man and a woman is considered as one of the most sacred acts in this country. No wonder, living together before marriage is a sour dampener for the staunch ethic upholders. However, the new millennium has ushered in great changes even within the country that has forever been enshrouded in a blanket of rich culture and heritage.
To be continued…
School Days
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: October 7, 2008
I remember, one day, I was caught eating salted peanuts in middle of class. The teacher not only confiscated my delicious, crispy peanuts, but threw me out of the class. I dont know what happened to those tiny handful of khau. The wicked teacher ate them all, or she threw them into dust bin, I dont know. I miss that taste, I miss the feeling of adventure we used to experience while trying to attempt eating in class when teacher was teaching..it was a way of keeping ourselves awake after the long recess..
However, this isent the greatest adventure I had..
It was summer of 97, and the weather was hot, and for some fancy reasons, the goy sitting in front of me decided that he no longer needed to wear his brown school shoes..he gleefully removed them, and I think he enjoyed fresh air coming to his feet. But for the rest of us, it was punishment. the smell of sweat from his socks was creating high nuisance…So, I decided to play a prank. I reached for one of his shoe. Carefully, I took it away, and passed it to the boy sitting in next row. Fortunately he got an idea what I was upto, he winked as if asking ‘Who?’ I winked back pointing to Chinmay, yes, his name was Chinamy..My intention was only to hide the shoe and let Chinmay hunt for it..but this guy had more funny idea…he passed it along to the next row…and the shoe found itself dislocated somewhere in 6th row. Mind you, I used to sit in 1st row..
In all that process, the teacher suddenly asked Chinmay to answer a question(Chinmay was dozing at that time) Naturally, he was clueless, he stood at his place dumbstuck. The teacher ordered him to walk off the class..It was sort of regular routine for him. Nonchantly, he put on one shoe, and this was when trouble struck…He was unable to locate one of his shoe, and the teacher was unable to understand what was taking so long..She screamed…”Chinmay..!!!” I could watch Chinmays face…those expressions said it all..I mean its so worse, you want to walk off a boring lecture but someone pesky has hidden your shoe, and at that point of time, even I didnt know where his shoe had travelled…He just managed to mumble…”..Mah shoe…e….”, “Shoes…”. Meanwhile, the rest of class realized the grave situation and within seconds, Chinmays shoe arrived at his place using the shortest path first algorithm..Chinmay realized who was the villian behind the scene..He looked at me and said,’ You just wait today after school’
The next day, Chinmay’s parent approached the school teacher, and coz of that, I got transferred from 1st row, 2nd last bench to third row, third bench, directly in front of teacher..only for one week.. My height was a proving problem for girls sitting on fourth bench..I came back on my original place..
Meanwhile, I am still wondering whar saved me from getting thrashed from Chinamy and his goons, plain good luck perheps..
8 terrorists arrested in Pune
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: October 6, 2008
8 dangerous terrorists of Indian Mujahiddin are arrested from Pune today. They used to hack Wifi connections and use the connection to send threatening emails to Police and government. Its notable that each of them were well educated, the head honcho Mohmmad Mansur Asgar Pirbhai,aged 31 used to work @ Yahoo! one of the most prestigious companies of India on a salary of Rs 19 lakh . Shame on Yahoo! for employing such a terrorist. (Yahoo! India has agreed to share Pirbhoys information to police, still is this the HR policy of Yahoo, shit….)
First, the Samajwadi Party, Congress and that old man Javed Akhtar wailed in favour of Azamgarh based terrorists claiming that they indulged into terrorist activities becasue they didnt had education, jobs etc. Now look at this Mansur Pirbhoy. Educated, having a well secure job and future, still he manages to do terrorist acts, plant bombs, send hate mails, and what else..I was startled to read that this son of a swine Pirbhoy didnt had a hint of remorse for what he did, or what he wanted to do. He was stone cold during interrogations. Should we riddle their bodies with metal in public, just to show what is the fate of being a terrorist?? Meanwhile, Maya Sharma, the widow of Delhi Police martyr, Mohan Chand Sharma has come back strongly at the son of a bitch Amar Singh when he made derrogatory comments againsts the Late Sharma. WTH is Amar Singh?? Why dosent someone rip off his bulging eyes?? Except for Amitabh Bacchan, I think no one would like Amar Singh..
Meanwhile here are few tips
1. If any muslim coms to stay in your building, area, inform the police.
2. If your company has employeed muslim people, check their activities, their mails, their surfing habbits etc.
3. Dont trust what the muslim religious authorities say, muslims *are* terrorists. The Imam of Jama Masjid, Delhi is the biggest terrorist..dont trust the terrorists..
Navratri
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: September 30, 2008
- In: Future| Globalization| Hindu Deity| Hinduism| India| Maharashtra| Media| Pune
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Navratri begins from today..Wishing everyone a happy and safe Navratri..
Navratri stands for ‘Nine nights’ where people worship Goddess Adi Maya for nine days..
Happy Birthday Google..
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: September 27, 2008
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Google completes its 10 years, 28 September 1998 – 28 September 2008..
Starting from what was called as ‘Dont be Evil’, Google today is the world’s largest database holding tonnes of secrets about people, their habbits, their thinking, their culture et al..
In the first 10 years, Google has introduced several user oriented web softwares that helped them remorph the IT industry..Initially, Google began its life as a simple web search engine no one could had imagined to be what is perheps an integral part of their computing experience. There are other players in this market, like MSN, Ask, the recent Cuil, but Google has outcasted them and I dont think there would be anything much left for anyone to try as far as Web search is concerned.
Long live Google, and dont forget, the privacy bomb’s ticking..
Seven Lives, Many Faces
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: September 25, 2008
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Watch this space for more details….
Wi-Fi Sony® mylo® : A review
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: September 22, 2008
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The Wi-Fi Sony® mylo® internet device gives you what need to stay connected. It conveniently uses wireless LAN technology so there are no monthly bills or long-term contracts. Call your friends on Skype® for free or IM them on AIM®, Google Talk™, or Yahoo!® Messenger using the back-lit slide-out keyboard and enjoy unparalleled communication in the palm of your hands. You can also browse the Web, take photos and share them on the 3.5-inch LCD touch screen. All this on a device small enough to take virtually anywhere. Sony® mylo®, the fun of a PC in your pocket. Also available in black.
Shoot Video…Now you’re a star
Now you can capture video using the built in camera to capture video in MPEG4 in addition to capturing still images. There are many websites where you can upload photos and videos like Flickr™ and YouTube™ as well as social networking websites. Because our device supports uploading and downloading files mylo Internet Device owners can post content to many of these popular content websites1.
Enhanced Web Browsing
Through its hi-res touch-screen, you can browse many popular websites. Your portable Internet experience is now closer to the internet experience on a PC. Enhanced Web Browsing combined with Adobe® Flash® Lite 3 support means you now have access to websites like YouTube™ and others. Mylo’s upload and download capability allows you to use popular websites like Facebook® for posting and commenting1. Adobe® Flash® Lite support also means you can play compatible casual Flash games.
Instant Messaging. Where and when you want.
With the Sony® mylo® Internet Device you can always stay in touch. Instant Message your friends with the most popular messaging software from AOL®, Yahoo!®, Google™ and Skype®. Send and receive e-mail through AOL® Mail, Google Gmail™ and Yahoo!® Mail. And, with COM-2’s new backlit keyboard you can type wherever you want to regardless of how much light is available.
mylo Widgets
A widget is a small application that is generally designed to do one simple thing but to do it really well. COM-2 comes with several pre-installed widgets that range from basic like the Google search widget and the Facebook® Notifier that tracks activity on your Facebook page to more advanced apps like the My Contacts widget that works as a consolidated buddy list for all the IM applications on the mylo. In addition to the preinstalled widgets COM-2 users will be able to download new widgets from the new COM-2 product website. And, for the first time, users will be allowed to register as a developer in order to gain access to the technical resources they will need to build their own widgets.
Built in Camera
With the built in 1.3 Megapixel camera imaging and everything you do online are at your finger tips. Now you can capture photos, edit them on the built in photo editor and because COM-2 features upload and download capability you can post them directly to your blog or even to your Facebook page. All on the mylo without the need for a PC.
Voice Calling with Skype®
Skype lets you enjoy free Internet phone calls to and from any Skype enabled device and PC, anywhere in the world! Or Skype-Out to any phone number for a nominal fee.
Music and Video
MP3, ATRAC, WMA (Secured and Un-Secured) and now AAC codecs. Play music you’ve purchased from many compatible online music stores. Multi-task: listen to music while you IM or surf the Web. COM-2 also supports Windows Media DRM 10 so you can even use your mylo communicator with many popular subscription music services. The improved video player supports both MPEG4 along with the improved video quality of MPEG4 AVC.
Free Wi-Fi access at McDonald’s and more
Sony’s mylo® COM-2 device owners receive free Wi-Fi access at over 10,000 Wayport Hotspot locations nationwide; including over 10,000 participating Wi-Fi enabled McDonald’s® Restaurants, 70 IHOP restaurants, 600 hotels, and more.
SHOUTcast® Internet Radio
You can now enjoy many of the over 22,000 free SHOUTcast® Radio stations on your mylo® COM-2 Internet Device. Whatever your tastes may be, SHOUTcast Radio is bound to have a station for you. From music, to talk, to sports, news and more, SHOUTcast Radio offers COM-2 users selections of nearly every genre from all parts of the world. Enjoying unlimited free radio on your COM-2 is easy through the SHOUTcast Radio widget and associated service.
Product Specifications
Video
- Format(s) Supported : MPEG4 SP/ASP, AVC Baseline (up to QVGA 30fps, 384/768 kbps)
Weights and Measurements
- Dimensions (Approx.) : 5 1/4 x 27/32 x 2 5/8in (130.8 x 20.7 x 64.6mm) (excluding protrusions)
- Weight (Approx.) : 6.8oz (193g) (including rechargeable battery)
Hardware
- Camera : 1.3 Megapixel with macro mode
- Keyboard : Backlit slide-out QWERTY keyboard
- LCD : 3.5 WVGA (800 x 480 pixels) with Touch Panel
- Microphone : Built-in and one-touch answer remote controller
- Speakers : Built-in
Graphics
- Format(s) Supported : JPEG, PNG, BMP
Power
- AC Power : Adapter DC IN 5.2V
- Battery Life (Approx.) : Up to 6 hours Internet calling, Up to 20 hours music playback, Up to 7 hours video playback, Up to 6 hours Web Browsing
- Battery Type : Removable Lithium-Ion Rechargeable Battery 3.7V 1200mAh
Web Browser
- Web Browser Type : Access NetFront™ web browser with Adobe® Flash® Lite 3
Networking/Modem
- Security : WEP (128bit/64bit, Open System/Shared Key), WPA-PSK (TKIP, AES)
- Wireless LAN : IEEE 802.11b/g
Software
- Instant Messaging : Yahoo!® Messenger, Google Talk™ ,Skype® or AIM®
- Internet Voice Calls : Skype®
Operating Conditions
- Operating Temperature : 5 to 35 C (41 to 95F)
Inputs and Outputs
- Headphone Jack : ö3.5mm jack via remote controller
- Headset Inputs : 10pin flat jack (16ohms)
- USB Port(s) : mini USB jack
Memory
- Memory Size : 1GB Internal memory
- Type : Memory Stick Duo/PRO Duo™ Expansion Slot (up to 8GB Memory Stick Duo/PRO Duo™ supported)
Audio
- Format(s) Supported : MP3, WMA, AAC, ATRAC®
Zen Haiku
- sevenlives: drizzle drys up / parched birds fly / a new tree waits...#haikusevenlives: drizzle drys up / parched birds fly / a new tree waits...#haiku
- sevenlives: like dew on lotus leaf / suddenly it appears / tears on geisha face..#haikusevenlives: like dew on lotus leaf / suddenly it appears / tears on geisha face..#haiku
- sevenlives: bird flew / leaves shuffled / settled down..#haikusevenlives: bird flew / leaves shuffled / settled down..#haiku
- sevenlives: still same tree / squirrel and sparrow / never share nuts..#haikusevenlives: still same tree / squirrel and sparrow / never share nuts..#haiku
- sevenlives: Summer came / the sparrow I know / left the tree..! #haikusevenlives: Summer came / the sparrow I know / left the tree..! #haiku
- sevenlives: full moon grown / in dark night / light brightens night...#haikusevenlives: full moon grown / in dark night / light brightens night...#haiku
- sevenlives: i say a word / but this autumn / makes it deep...#haikusevenlives: i say a word / but this autumn / makes it deep...#haiku
- sevenlives: till spring comes / one leaf stays / watching loneliness..#haikusevenlives: till spring comes / one leaf stays / watching loneliness..#haiku
- sevenlives: rolling the sushi / cook sighs / loneliness creeps in...#haikusevenlives: rolling the sushi / cook sighs / loneliness creeps in...#haiku
- sevenlives: rain falls! / puddle forms.. / watching footprints disappear..! #haikusevenlives: rain falls! / puddle forms.. / watching footprints disappear..! #haiku
Google News
- BSF admits killing Kashmir boy, suspends jawan - IBNLive.com
- Pakistan offers to talk to Taliban to stem India's influence: NYT - Times of India
- Bt, interrupted - Indian Express
- 1 dies as students turn violent against tutors - Times of India
- Ruchika case: Rathore's bail hearing to be heard on March 10 - Oneindia
- Australian police vetting delays report on racism - Deccan Herald
- Azad opposes Omar's militants surrender policy - Oneindia
- China says ties with India friendly, cooperative despite AGNI-3 testing - Economic Times
- India prods Myanmar to capture Barua - Express Buzz
- India unhappy for being kept out of Afghan meet: PM to tell Turkish Prez - Hindustan Times
GigaOm
- Broadcom Bets on New Bluetooth Tech for Mobile Health
- Q&A: Stewart Butterfield on the Launch of Glitch
- T-Mo’s HSPA+ Upgrade to Hit the Coasts First
- YouTube Will Kill Flat-rate Mobile Broadband Pricing Forever
- Virtualization Is the Trojan Horse to Take the iPad Beyond Apple’s OS
- With Buzz, Google Shows its Facebook Envy
- Nasuni Targets Primary Storage in the Cloud
- Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Location
- TweepML Shows Risks of a Twitter-based Startup
- 10 Questions for Greentech Investor David Gelbaum
Slashdot
- Is Internet Explorer 6/7 Support Required Now?
- India Suspended From PayPal For "At Least a Few Months"
- Google Buzz — First Reactions
- A "Never Reboot" Service For Linux
- Submit Your Comments About ACTA
- Swiss Firm Claims Boost In Android App Performance
- XCore's EduBook, a Netbook That Runs on AA Batteries
- Microsoft Says Windows 7 Not Killing Batteries
- Re-Engineering the Immune System
- The Hidden Treasures of Sysinternals
Yahoo! Answers
- [ Computer Networking ] Open Question : how to install apache server on windows vista?
- [ Soap Operas ] Open Question : Playing cards and the Young and the Restless?
- [ Psychology ] Open Question : Why can't I have emotional conversations with guys without feeling awkward?
- [ Ramadan ] Open Question : Easy one for some of you knowledgable ones....?
- [ Dental ] Open Question : what can you tell me about braces?
- [ Baby Names ] Open Question : A-Z Favourite names...alternating between gender?
- [ Other - Television ] Open Question : How can I be more like Eliza Thornberry?
- [ Fish ] Open Question : my electric blue cichlid?
- [ Philosophy ] Open Question : what would you do if tomorrow was the last day of your life in the world?
- [ Law & Ethics ] Open Question : Is it possible to get full legal custody of my18 month old daughter in California, with my situation?
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