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January 25th 2012

Nafisa’s Testament – True Story

A lot of people know that my wife, Nafisa, works on a different level from other people we know – sometimes. So it was not surprising when Nafisa made known a few wishes she had to be done after her death. The condition, of course, is that I am alive at that point :-) .

  1. Wish #1 – She be cremated and not buried
  2. Wish #2 – Her head be preserved in the form of her skull. Yes, that is right folks, you read it right and I wrote it right. And the skull to be prominently displayed in the house – a sub condition.
  3. Wish #3 – Her ring finger along with our wedding ring, be cut off and preserved (mummified?). Also to be displayed prominently in the house.

I imagine the skull and finger should look somewhat like the below pics.

And all above conditions to be fulfilled by me. Hmmm…

Creepy and weird. So should I agree?

Good to know, Nafisa!!!

January 3rd 2012

2011 – The Year That Was. 2012 – The Year That Is!

Some highs and lows from 2011.

Some things I am not happy about for 2011.

  • 2011 – Twenty Eleven (not two thousand and eleven, jeez).  Every newspaper and TV guy still doesn’t know how to say 2011. Bad, very bad!!!
  • The year my blog started actually dying (still dying but I have put it on life support :-) )
  • Rebecca Black became a Youtube sensation with a song that blew the minds of millions of viewers. (Some say most people needed quick intervention from psychiatrists to save viewers’ sanity).
  • Justin Beiber became a pop start from being a Youtube sensation. Again, Jeez. What idiotic songs…

And the exciting stuff:

  • The Indian cricket team conquered the world and were crowned World Champions – until 2015!!!
  • Ayden turned a year old last September – or was it August? Hmmm… Anyway it was an amazing moment for me (and the mommy)
  • I became more financially stable than the previous years. Still not up to my expectations, though.
  • My younger bro became a father to a lovely boy. Neat!
  • Metallica rocked Bangalore with their trademark style and tempo. Awesome!!!

Hmmm… can’t remember more. Errr…

My predictions for 2012 (Twenty Twelve, get it? TWENTY TWELVE)

  • Personally looking forward to another slightly drab year.
  • Financially, not expecting to touch the moon. Maybe a few clouds.
  • Professionally, expecting to do wonders and turnaround my fortunes by the end of the year.
  • Family, looking forward to a tumultuous time of learning and growing up for Ayden, Nafisa and I.
  • Happiness – looking forward to have a FUN year ahead – personally and professionally.

Welcome 2012!!!

September 29th 2011

How To Subscribe To Rss Feeds Using Google Reader

I was sending an email to one of my uncles about using Google Reader. And then I realized it could be of help to others as well. Hence, this blog post.

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Definition – from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Reader

Google Reader is a Web-based aggregator, capable of reading Atom and RSS feeds online or offline.

RSS / Atom feeds – Definition from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_feed

A web feed (or news feed) is a data format used for providing users with frequently updated content. Content distributors syndicate a web feed, thereby allowing users to subscribe to it. Making a collection of web feeds accessible in one spot is known as aggregation, which is performed by an aggregator. A web feed is also sometimes referred to as a syndicated feed.

Basically, RSS/Atom feeds are a mechanism to subscribe to content from your favourite websites like Time Magazine website etc.

Steps:

1) Use your Gmail id to log in to http://www.google.com/reader/
2) Go to your favourite website(s) and check for the RSS/Atom feed link. E.g. http://www.time.com/time/
3) On this site you can find RSS on the top right.For this example, http://www.time.com/time/rss


4) Here you will get a list of links to subscribe to, like Top Stories, Most Viewed, Politics, etc.
5) Select the news you want to subscribe to and click on Subscribe.

6) You will get a pop-up (in this example).
7) In the pop up page click on Google. It will take you to another page where you have to select Add to Google Reader.

8) You are done. Now you can find the latest news in Google Reader where you can read the articles in your free time.

9) Basically the RSS/Atom feeds ensure that when any website (which supports feeds) is updated it will get automatically updated in your Google Reader.
10) The advantage here is that you dont have to remember all the websites you like to visit. But you can subscribe and read at your leisure.

For most other sites if you can’t find the RSS/Atom feeds use the following steps.E.g http://edition.cnn.com/ (CNN site)

1) Copy the URL/Link from the browser address bar. For this e.g. it is http://edition.cnn.com/.
2) Go to Google Reader and click on the ‘Add a Subscription’ button on the top left.
3) Paste the link in the resulting box (http://edition.cnn.com/) and click on the ‘Add’ button

4) Google Reader will automatically trace out the Rss/Atom feed and subscribe you to the feed.

5) You are done for reading articles in your leisure time.

Hope this helps. Enjoy!!!

P.S:- You can also follow the articles I (or anyone else) subscribe to by going to http://www.google.com/reader/view/#profile-search/anwin. In this case my profile will be the search result. You can also search for other people you know who use Google Reader in this resulting page.

September 9th 2011

Bangalore Indiblogger Meet – Samsung Galaxy Tab India Launch

We are extremely excited about this Indiblogger meet. What with the recent surge in Android tabs and smartphones, the financial power of the Indian middle class, breakthroughs in mobile hardware, lowering costs, etc; the smartphones are here to stay.

ONLY 18 SEATS LEFT at the time of this post!!! Register HERE.

The agenda, as usual, is all about the bloggers.

Item By
1. Just The Beginning IndiTeam
2. 60 Seconds of Fame Bloggers
3. Introducing Samsung & The Galaxy Tab 750 IndiTeam & Samsung
4. Samsung Galaxy Tab Twitter Quiz IndiTeam & Bloggers
6. Mingling / High Tea Bloggers
5. Live & Let Comment Bloggers
10. IndiBlogger Forum: Redux Bloggers
11. Head home and keep blogging! Bloggers, Auto Wallahs, etc.

Will meet you all at the meet!

June 18th 2011

Man Made God

Man made god…

In his own image!!!