Thoughts of a semi-nerd

I have been thinking for over 10 minutes just for the title of this post and still yet to find the apt one. Just the thought of him gives me a wide smile. I have not met such a genuine person before in my life. I try to be funny without hurting anyone's feelings; but boy, isn't he the best in business. He is funny, well mannered, disciplined, calm and got a great sense of humour. Now, why am I mentioning funny and sense of humour at the same time. Being funny and having good sense of humour are two complete different things - let me tell you how. Anyone can be funny if they have good presence of mind with quick thinking; but good sense of humour is how well one reacts when he/she is made fun of. I am (sometimes) funny, but got not so good sense of humour. My friend on the other hand does not take anything seriously if it is just for fun. He is simply a great guy. Sabaree (right) with me The way he carries himself has earned him respect among his friends and acquaint...

One of my favorite advertisements - the 'Cadbury Dairy Milk' ad that portrays a romantic conversation between a husband and wife. The wife asks her hubby, "when was the last time you said I love you to me" - without saying anything, he gets a dairy milk from the refrigerator and then says "abhi" (now) giving the chocolate to her. At first she doesn't get it and questions him again. As she says "ye tho tum muje roz dhethe.." (this you give me every day), she realises that every time he gives her dairy milk, he tells her "I love you" - he acknowledges with a voluntary blink. WOW !!!!!! Awesome. The ad gives me smile every time I see it. The music in the background is also too good. The advertisement can be seen here. I hope it gives you the same feeling as it did to me.

The site bhookh.com hosted by an Indian NGO, provides free food to hungry children. If you click on a button in their website, the Bhookh Foundation will donate a cup of food to a hungry person in India. The money is fully sponsored by various Organizations who have a tie-up with Bhookh. The site’s sponsors pay for your daily click. The sponsors purchase tiles on the website for a certain amount of time. Bhookh.com then tabulates the number of people who click during that time frame and bill the sponsor for the appropriate amount. Bhookh.com donates this money to the Indian chapter of UN World Food Programme towards food for the chronically hungry. You can help a hungry child by visiting the site bhookh.com. There is no easy way to donate, than with a simple click. Please share about bhookh.com to your friends as well.

I had a bad day today. Earlier when I rode to office, traffic was not too much but I felt everyone was trying to hit me. Somehow, I reached office. I had a feeling that something good was coming up; this was due to a phone call I had yesterday. When I called back the same person later in the day, I came to know that my assumptions were completely wrong - the noisy environment was the culprit in yesterday's call. Damn it! Having expectations is one thing and them breaking into pieces is absolute disaster. I am no saint; I was really upset - what I wished or rather assumed to happen was not going to happen. With this in my mind, I started from office and rode my bike into every pothole in the road which is a remote possibility on a normal day. I was like "what the heck?!!!". Reached home and shouted at my mom for no reason (apologised later though). After whining to my friend on phone, went to gym. While coming back, it started raining. I waited under a shade for ra...

With the advent of technology, we have cameras that can give you pictures with great quality; but this will compromise the size that each file occupies. Let me tell you a simple trick to reduce size of the picture.  1 . Check the file size for your reference. We will validate the size at the end. 2 . Load the file in your computer running Windows XP and above. 3 . Open the picture you want to compress with mspaint - right click the file and open it with mspaint.  4 . The picture will load in mspaint window. Just save the file with 'Ctrl+S' or 'File --> Save'.  5 . Exit mspaint and check the size of the picture now. Voila! Dramatic reduction in file size.  Trust me, there will be no change in the picture quality. I have been using this trick for years. This trick can be very useful especially when you are uploading the pictures over internet - consider the amount of bandwidth that you can save. Also saves lot of space thereby inc...

This is about another close friend of mine to whom I will always remain grateful. Yes you got that right - I said grateful. It was in my college days that I got my first computer; had to put up with lot of issues like SMPS failure, virus, software issues and so on. During the first year I had warranty to cover any damage, software or hardware. I was very poor with computers and at the same time eager to learn. It was after warranty period that the real problem started - system wouldn't connect to internet, will take ages to open a small text file, will not even boot up, blue screen errors (XP users will be used to this). For all these issues , I had one guy - my Godfather with respect to Computers; he'd solve any problem with computers. I used to call, or rather disturb him every now and then - never did he show disinterest nor was rude. One more friend very much unlike me. There were occasions that he'd come all the way, 13 kms, from his home to resolve the issue ...