Windows XP SP3 is released. Here are the SP3 release notes. I was waiting for that since quite some time because now I will format my laptop HD and install SP3 on top of SP2. I hope SP3 incorporates all the updates released after SP2 and it solves more problems then it creates. 
Some of the steps to take before installing XP-SP3 are truly frightening!
Here is one ghost video that appeared recently on YouTube. 
Are you not shocked? Read on for more information and another video
NANO – A new janata car from Tata Motors has been creating enough buzz even before it’s commercial launch. Here is some humour based on it, some pictures that I received in email. 
Wow! ICICI is upgrading it’s security! Or so do these spoof mails “claim”! 
It’s another of those silly mails decorated with ICICI logo, trying to steal passwords. Looking a little closely reveals the true nature. Links apparently are pointing to ICICI site, but lead to kararila.com 
Have a look at this screen shot of the email. Pay attention to the link in the email. The true destination is shown in the status bar.
This article from my inbox is by Mark Victor Hansen, co-author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul Series. Everyone struggles with some bad habit or the other. So here’s some help.
If you want to distance yourself from the masses and enjoy a rich and unique lifestyle, understand this – your habits will determine your future.
The fact is, if you keep on doing things a certain way, you will get a predictable result. That’s the simple law of Cause and Effect. Successful habits create positive rewards. Negative habits breed negative consequences.
If you want to enjoy longevity, you must have healthy habits. If you are in the habit of starving your most important relationships of time, energy and love, how can you expect a happy outcome? If you spend money on the fly or don’t save any money, your bad habits will lead you to a never-ending cycle of work.
Shift yourself out of your bad habits
Fortunately, you can jump from this bad habits path anytime you want. It’s a very simple process – it just takes some applied focus. Here’s the step-by-step process I recommend: Read the rest of this entry »
I bought my laptop on 20th May 2006. Deep (the self-proclaimed sony man ) recommended me Sony VAIO SZ series. I inquired at various places on Lamington Road and also harassed Kunal (IT Concepts) a lot for laptop options. 
Finally I bought Sony VAIO SZ18GP for 125,000/- with 3 years warranty and carry bag through IT Concepts. With just 1.7 kg weight and 6 hours of actual battery life, I am really glad I bought it.
Norton Antivirus (NAV) came pre-installed with 3 months’ validity. 3 months went smoothly. So I paid for 1 more year. But hell! 
NAV is more of hype! Slowly it started giving me trouble and one fine day it itself got infected with some virus. It used to get shut down within 5 minutes of stating my laptop with some error message. See the irony! It is supposed to protect my data and it can’t protect itself!
Since I had paid for it, I made use of Symantec Technical Support. I was told on Live Chat that being a licensed user, I was entitled to the new version. I downloaded the uninstaller and the installation files of new version. The new version was better that it could at least protect itself, but slowed down my system even further.
It is Diwali time, the festival season. The season of celebration, firecrackers (and noise + pollution) and sweets. I wish a happy diwali and a wonderful new year to all those who read this and also to all those who do not read this.
Some basic information for those who do not know the significance of Diwali. It is the day when Lord Ram returned to Ayodhya after killing Ravana on Dussera day.
Well, I have nothing more to say now. Some sweets are lying in front of me and I just can’t keep myself away from it any longer! So I shall “chatter” some other time, intermittently of course.
There is hardly anything worth reading at my (so called) blog 
because I am not a good blogger. But there is one section which has been appreciated by many of my friends, cousins and acquaintances – Twins-Timeline where I keep 2 pictures of my daughters every month since their birth.
Recently I have been so busy (and not lazy!) that I have neither clicked too many pictures of them 
nor updated the timeline on regularly. However, today once again I postponed some work to update the timeline. Now it contains pictures upto September 2007.
Following pictures are the crux of the timeline. It is their pictures when they were just a few days old in May 2005 and the more recent pictures of August 2007. You know where to go for a complete view – Twins-Timeline.
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I came across an old message in my inbox from my friend Kalpik. The message contained some funny error messages. Although quite old now, it still made me smile. So here they are, with a hope that it will make someone smile.
In my opinion, out of the lot, last two are the best
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My dad today got operated at Breach Candy Hospital for two problems – prostate and hernia by Dr. Pheroze Sonawal. My dad is 70 years old. Although the operations by themselves were not major ones, anaesthisia was somewhat tricky due to his health generally and a by-pass surgery that he had undergone 4 years ago. We were a worried lot at 12 noon.
But all’s well that ends well! 
He is out from operation theater and is back in the normal room. He is pretty ok. I spoke to him, he responded well and was only sleepy due to the sedation that he received for operation. As of now he is not allowed to eat for a few hours. But oxygen mask will be removed and he will be given some water at 7, some other liquid at 8 and light food at 9. He will be discharged within a few days.
I felt like shouting from the roof top, but internet has a far wider reach. Isn’t it?
