Mild quake in Bangalore?

When I reached office today morning, one of my friends was saying he had felt a mild earthquake in his appartment. He added that he was woken up by a shakey feeling and saw the doors of his cupboards shaking. It was around 3 am. We just had fun of him and said “dude u must have had a wild dream”….

But to my surprise I saw this news in the MSN today morning “Mild quake jilts Western Maharashtra”

 http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1666339

Call 108 For Emergency!

You can now call "108" when you are in Emergency. This service is launched in tamilnadu on Monday the 15th of Sep 2008, by Chief Minister M Karunanidhi. The facility will have 20 ambulances stationed at different locations across the city and 250 employees of the Emergency Management and Research Institute (EMRI) to attend to all medical, fire and police emergencies.

Sources say that “108” is already being used as the toll free emergency number in Indian states such as Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Now_on_call_108_in_emergency/articleshow/3487438.cms

NETGEAR wireless G-router-A Review

I have recently bought a Netgear wireless G-router (54 mbps). This is 4 Port and wireless router which is very affordable ($37 when I bought it on the last week of Aug 08), easy to configure (just like plug and play) and useful for home networking.

Netgear wireless G-router is very small and handly, it weights less than ¼ of a KG, has the range of 400 meters. When I used it in my home for the first time yesterday, the signal strength is very good in all the rooms in my 2bhk apartment. It has got 4 ports for connecting wired network connection and a small antenna for wireless. There is 5^th port (yellow color) which should be connected with the actual modem. Remember the router is not a modem. You can also set up password encryption for protecting other from steeling your internet.

This I found is really useful, with this 54mbps fast, you can do almost all the things what you want to do with internet like chating, watching videos online, connect to the VPN and accessing a remote computer. Though Idid not encounter any problem as such. Try always keeping this device away from the wireless phone/mobile phones or TV.

Here are the some of the snaps of the Netgear wireless G-router. I have taken one picture keeping it next to my mobile phone, just to show how small/big the device looks like.

Google's new web browser-Google Chrome.

New browser from Google arrived here, its called Google Chrome.

Here are some of the featurs of Google Chrome (beta)

- Fast

- Robust

- Phishing and malware backlist updated periodically.

- Each tab in Chrome is sandboxed

- Plug-ins is run in very low privileges to avoid attacks.

 

To download

http://www.google.com/chrome

To know all its features, advantages

http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2008-09-01-n47.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome

http://tools.google.com/chrome/intl/en-US/features.html

The Shark Tooth

I just came across this beautiful story in one of the forward e-mails I got.

Read it....

The Japanese have always loved fresh fish. But the water close to Japan has not held many fish for decades. So to feed the Japanese population, fishing boats got bigger and went farther than ever. The farther the fishermen went, the longer it took to bring the fish. If the return trip took more time, the fish were not fresh. To solve this problem, fish companies installed freezers on their boats. They would catch the fish and freeze them at sea. Freezers allowed the boats to go farther and stay longer. However, the Japanese could taste the difference between fresh and frozen fish. And they did not like the taste of frozen fish. The frozen fish brought a lower price. So, fishing companies installed fish tanks. They would catch the fish and stuff them in the tanks, fin to fin. After a little thrashing around, they were tired, dull, and lost their fresh-fish taste. The fishing industry faced an impending crisis! But today, they get fresh-tasting fish to Japan. How did they manage? To keep the fish tasting fresh, the Japanese fishing companies still put the fish in the tanks but with a small shark.The fish are challenged and hence are constantly on the move. The challenge they face keeps them alive and fresh!Have you realized that some of us are also living in a pond but most of the time tired and dull? Basically in our lives, sharks are new challenges to keep us active. If you are steadily conquering challenges, you are happy. Your challenges keep you energized. Don't create success and revel in it in a state of inertia. You have the resources, skills and abilities to make a difference. Put a shark in your tank and see how far you can really go!