Look at the World through my Eyes

I moved......

2004-11-06T09:28:19Z

I won't post use lj for blogging ne more. I will blog @ http://gsharma.com

Good News for Gmailers

2004-08-21T04:27:15Z

Here is a small and official Gmail Notifier provided by Google.

laloo style technology

2004-08-20T05:28:10Z

Hi-Tech Rickshaw

ins0maniac @ 2004-08-09T10:31:00

2004-08-09T17:35:50Z

I haven't written a blog since a long time. Nothing new about today, just another Monday. I got an email from indiatimes.com (spamish) about website creation/personalized email n stuff....They created excellent "Flash" designs (link: http://meramail.indiatimes.com/meramail/MeraSiteIndex.jsp ) but these dumbheads dunno that all those business websites won't be indexed properly @ search engines (sp. Google) This is cheating, as they r trapping "the innocent" with those cool designs. GTG 2 work now

ins0maniac @ 2004-07-07T00:22:00

2004-07-07T07:23:30Z

Taken from Aivalli

ins0maniac @ 2004-07-07T00:13:00

2004-07-07T07:14:25Z

Got my domain name :D

ins0maniac @ 2004-07-01T23:45:00

2004-07-02T06:48:57Z

I haven't been regular @ LJ since long time. I will try to b more regular now :P

BTW my LJ account has a Google PR (TM) of 2 now :D

eBay to Acquire India’s Baazee.com

2004-06-23T07:47:29Z

We are pleased to announce that we have agreed to acquire Baazee.com, Inc. and its subsidiary Baazee.com India Pvt. Ltd., the largest online marketplace in India. This acquisition is expected to close in the next quarter.

This agreement will allow eBay to expand its global footprint into the nascent but growing Indian market, and to bring new opportunities to a broader base of users. In turn, Baazee.com will leverage its relationship with eBay to further develop its marketplace and strengthen its position in India’s e-commerce market. The combination of Baazee.com and eBay will allow buyers and sellers to gain access to a broader range of choice and convenience.

For more details, please see the press release at http://investor.ebay.com/releases.cfm?Year=2004

Regards,
eBay

http://www2.ebay.com/aw/marketing.shtml#2004-06-22205621

Google n its sponsered link

2004-06-18T07:42:44Z

Since a cpl. of days I have noticed that as soon as Google page loads, something different happens on the page:

The links are moved one place down and at the top a sponsered link is inserted (ebay in most of the cases)??!!??

Did anybody else experience this? Is this some kind of new experiment?

I think google will lose all its reputation and faith by doing that, its simply misleading as the person searching thinks that is a genuine link, but it isn't.

For example: Search google for Khoobsurat and you will notice that the topmost link doesn't have any relation with the word.

Rediff @ a GB

2004-06-18T07:37:23Z

Rediff is now offering a GB email :) First Indian portal to do dat. It is offering 2 gb to its paid mmbrs.

Since rediff's mmbrship will definetly less than Yahoo's $20.00, so if it gives a good service, it has lot of chances to directly compete w/ Yahoo as 1GB > 100 MB and ofcourse Hotmail :P (2 MB hehehehe...)

BTW rediff is really offering 1 GB unlike Gmail

Gmail = 1000 MB which is less than a GB

Rediff = 1024 MB which is a GB (technically)

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2004-06-15T07:41:16Z

Some Interesting facts about Gmail --> http://gmail.prattboy.net/

ROFL......

2004-06-14T08:17:06Z

ROFL.... can't stop laughing. I read something very hilarious. It was a collection of webchat scripts. Email me if you want to read it (18+).

Yahoo fights back

2004-06-11T08:32:14Z

... but, its not good for the consumer.

Since a cpl. of days my YIM has been disconecting me randomly. I am using ver. 6.0 (BETA). So I decided to upgrade it to latest version (6.0). The instalation had this screen.

Yahoo is selling its other products like toolbar and Yahoo extras w/ the messenger. I didn't want the toolbar as I already have Google toolbar, so I unchecked Make Yahoo! my default search engine (mine is Google) and then clicked the Custom Installation radio button.

As soon as I clicked the custom installation, Make Yahoo! my default search engine was checked again automatically, but this time with a difference. The difference was that, I couldn't uncheck it which means that if I don't want to install Yahoo's toolbar, then I have to make its search engine as my default search engine.....WTF!!??!! I didn't install the new messenger.

These are the steps taken by Yahoo, to stop its customers from using more and more google's services. Yahoo very well knows that a lot of people are dependent on YIM and thus it is trying to sell its other products thru its Messenger (which unfortunately Google doesn't have).

I think this act of Yahoo can drag it to some legal battles, as it can't force its messenger users to use its search engine or toolbar. Once gmail is launched, most of the Yahoo Mail users will abandon it and would use Gmail.

Yahoo's fight is justified, but the ways they r using aren't. The ways used by Yahoo are anti-consumer.

- Examinator -

2004-06-06T21:46:07Z

Watched Hum Tum 2day. I have to say that it was a great movie. Much better than last two, overhyped, SRK movies. Got 2 exams 2morrow n 1 on wed and as usual I dunno a word.......it is quater to 3 and I shud start making cheat sheets or it will be too late

Adios!

Orkut's Down

2004-06-04T23:40:19Z

I haven't logged onto Orkut since a week and right now they have disabled the login. The message reads:

We are making major infrastructure
changes right now.

We will be down until
Saturday, June 5th.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

stay beautiful
orkut.com team

Finally......

2004-06-03T14:49:28Z

I got my DSL back on 06/01/04 (read as Junse, 1st). I had a bad experience with SBC's Line department in US, though their Call Centre in India and US were very quick and efficient.

Whats up with Indian Call Centre chicks? Faking accents is okay, but they always try to say my name with a gora accent. They think that by doing it, I won't be able to know if they r calling from India or not....hell no...they r wrong.

Yesterday got a call from Dell about some weird internet promotion for Comcast. The so called Nichole was from North India. She was trying to call me Gauuuuuraaaavvv all the time except once and when she called me Gaurav, she had no problem at all.

I have exams nxt week :( and then 2 weeks vacations (2 weeks only :(().

BTW I m looking for a summer internship, if someone wants to hire me or has any info about any summer internship, then let me know :).

Dialup Sucks :((

2004-05-28T04:15:17Z

My DSL connection isn't working since yesterday :( I feel helpless. I called SBC yesterday about the DSL problem, talked to a gori and she said that they will call me today but nobody called me. Today I called them again and I talked to an Indian (most prolly). She said that they will call me either today or tomorrow.....this is very bad support. They shud outsource the Yahoo DSL Tech support to India :P. They got a really cool system, where you have to talk to the computrized voice and not just keep on punching few numbers. I have seen this kind of service for handicap people and they ask you to say or press "1" but this service was completely different. The voice asked me if I was using a Windows PC or Macintosh. I replied Windows PC and the computer got it. For a few questions I said yes yesterday but today I said "yeah" and the system still got it. I really liked the system as it has so many challenges like different accents. It must have been very well tested before putting it up for the public use!!! I would be more happy if they fix my DSL ASAP. :(

ins0maniac @ 2004-05-23T14:03:00

2004-05-23T21:05:26Z

Some poor soul (Krishna) at Orkut.com was pissed off at Laloo ji. He wrote:

i want to kill laloo 5/23/2004 11:26 AM
i don't why, i have developed a deep hatred for laloo, And i know most of intellectual hate him but still he is the railway minister. i am sure he is going to mess up.

bihar which was the most industrialized states immediately after independence has become on of the worst of the lot.

patna is known for its historic greatness,great university etc.
Lot of iron ore resourses. what the hell happened with this state.

My Answer:

I have great respect for Mr. Laloo Prasad Yadav.

If we look at the positive side of his being the Railway Minister - If he was foreign minister he would have offered his drink *fresh lassi* to preimers of other countries thus resulting in diahrea (I am not too good at spelling diseases) and as a result poor relations b/w India and other countries!

What can he do as RM? - Probabbly route all the trains via Patna (Bihari vote bahut jaroori hai). So if you have to go to Delhi from Jammu then you first goto Ptna then Delhi. This will boost Indian economy - the hawkers @ railway stations will get lot of business. TC's will earn lot of money. And the best thing is that you as a person will get so much *leisure* time in the train and would relax you from all the stress. Banks will get more business - won't u use Travelor's Cheque before visiting Bihar (no offence to Biharis)? and many more.... may be in next few posts

Till then n'joy Lalooism!!

ins0maniac @ 2004-05-23T02:08:00

2004-05-23T09:22:10Z

FEBRUARY:
Abstract thoughts. Loves reality and abstract (who r they? I swear I don't know them.)
Intelligent and
clever. Changing personality. Attractive. Sexy.
Temperamental. Quiet, shy and humble. Honest
and loyal. Determined to reach goals (maybe?). Loves
freedom (who doesn't?). Rebellious when
restricted (not that much). Loves aggressiveness (I don't even know her??). Too sensitive and
easily hurt (wrong). Gets angry really easily but thoes
not show it. Dislike unnecessary things.

This is interesting: Loves making friends, (who is Ms. friends?) but rarely shows it (when did u c me with her? - I need a proof).

Daring and stubborn. Ambitious. Realizing
dreams and hopes. Sharp (am I a friggin' knife?).
Loves entertainment and leisure (now who the hell r they? m/f? - darrn there had been too many rumors about me these days). Romantic on the
inside not outside.
Superstitious (sometimes) and ludicrous. Spendthrift (haven't done yet). Tries to
learn to show emotions (everyday)

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*stolen from sumit_mittal 's Journal, who stole from</span> popcorn09's journal

Cool!!!

2004-05-21T08:04:20Z

Try this...

While sitting at your desk, lift your right foot off
the floor and make clockwise circles.

Now, while doing this, draw the number "6" in the air
with your right hand.

Your foot will change direction and there's nothing you can do about it :)

French Kiss

2004-05-20T05:51:07Z

here

WTF????

2004-05-20T05:20:53Z

Watch This!!!

Gmail update

2004-05-19T08:04:13Z

Seems like it was a test and Google is thinking of something on that lines. Gmail has brought a revolution. Lycos has started offering 1 GB emails for FEE. Yahoo decided to give unlimited space to its paid members (as written in my other entry). Apart from that Yahoo has decided to upgrade its FREE email service from 4 MB (currently) to 100 MB. Though I enjoy 6 MB account :D Yahoo boosts free email service to 100 Megs. Also Spymac offers 1 GB for free, but Spymac is useless. Don't even try it.

I completed my Homepage

2004-05-19T07:31:32Z

Actually it isn't 100% complete...but still can be viewed. At the very first page I have tried to play with a person's psychology!! I have tried to show the users, that how mankind has been tangled in the web and can't think outside it. You can check it out here. Please make sure that you use IE 5.0+ with Javascript enabled and if possible, then disable popup blocker (shows a popup which closes after 10 secs.). Any suggestions/word of praise/Critisim/ Bugs are most welcome!

Political Update: Manmohan Hai Na !! (SE recovering yayyyy!!!)

Google Freaked out!!

2004-05-19T07:03:51Z

Yahoo announced that all their PAID customers, for their email service, will get UNLIMITED storage. Most prolly to counter it Gmail hs freaked out and increased the quota to 1 TB, yes it is ONE TETRABYTE = 1000 GIGABYTES.

There hasn't been any official notice from Google yet, but lot of people can see it in their inboxes

Screenshot taken from (http://dan.hersam.com/archive/001744.html)

Please note that I said a lot of people but not all Gmail users. I still have 1 GB :(. Nobody knows what criteria is being used for allocating a TB storage space!

Some people think that it is a bug....but there are very slim chances of it being a bug as some users have about 30 Megs of emails and their inbox shows that they are using 0% of 1000000 MB. If it was a bug then the % should have been atleast 1%.

This marks the new era of Space Race!!!

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