Life Going On

Not updated here since quite a long, but quite some changes sure have happened.

I'll be back to post more, till then here's video that's got my attention. A wonderful 'remixed' version of Anpudayone:

Office 07 – As a Blog publishing tool

Well trying out, office 07. Yup I'm publishing this post from it, lets see how it sticks up. Lets see some formatting for starters!

 

My Title

Now for some random text.

1. On the Insert tab, the galleries include items that are designed to coordinate with the overall look of your document. You can use these galleries to insert tables, headers, footers, lists, cover pages, and other document building blocks. When you create pictures, charts, or diagrams, they also coordinate with your current document look. You can easily change the formatting of selected text in the document text by choosing a look for the selected text from the Quick Styles gallery on the Home tab. You can also format text directly by using the other controls on the Home tab. Most controls offer a choice of using the look from the current theme or using a format that you specify directly. To change the overall look of your document, choose new Theme elements on the Page Layout tab. To change the looks available in the Quick Style gallery, use the Change Current Quick Style Set command. Both the Themes gallery and the Quick Styles gallery provide reset commands so that you can always restore the look of your document to the original contained in your current template. On the Insert tab, the galleries include items that are designed to coordinate with the overall look of your document. You can use these galleries to insert tables, headers, footers, lists, cover pages, and other document building blocks. When you create pictures, charts, or diagrams, they also coordinate with your current document look. You can easily change the formatting of selected text in the document text by choosing a look for the selected text from the Quick Styles gallery on the Home tab. You can also format text directly by using the other controls on the Home tab. Most controls offer a choice of using the look from the current theme or using a format that you specify directly. To change the overall look of your document, choose new Theme elements on the Page Layout tab. To change the looks available in the Quick Style gallery, use the Change Current Quick Style Set command. Both the Themes gallery and the Quick Styles gallery provide reset commands so that you can always restore the look of your document to the original contained in your current template. On the Insert tab, the galleries include items that are designed to coordinate with the overall look of your document. You can use these galleries to insert tables, headers, footers, lists, cover pages, and other document building blocks.
   

Hmm. Lets see!

The Thriller is Over

Yes, thats the truth. The greatest pop star ever has left us all in shock. Earlier in the morning I came to know about shocking demise of Michael Jackson (MJ). The King of Pop died allegedly of Cardiac Arrest. Reports are also coming in that the cause could have been 'an overdose of anti-anxiety drugs.' He was slated to perform at the O² arena in UK from July 10.

MJ was not only the King of Pop, the music icon that he his was. His eccentric lifestyle led to his doom. Certainly during the controversies and cases that surrounded him during the past 10 years have drastically reduced his fan following. He was the epitome of hope for the masses. How a 'black man' overcame many struggles and went on to be a winner, an achiever in life. Certainly people like him are rare to come by.

Although his prime was even before I was born, I still liked the jive that he had. One of my favorite songs all time was 'They don't really care about us (in prison version).' Watch it below:



May his soul rest in peace. He will surely find the much needed peace he missed during his lifetime.

India win test series 2-0

India have done it. They have won the test series 2-0. Dhoni ,in this way has 3 out 3 wins as a captain.
It was the last match in the illustrious career of Saurav Ganguly, who has retired after this match.It was a great site to see Dada leading in his last test. Kudos to him!

Just another day

Well exams have begun. I have just started another blog at tipsntea.blogspot.com where as the name suggests tips will be given out. Have any tips? Please send it to me so that we may share it with everyone.

Hi up!

So hows everyone ! Long time no see. Well was quite busy. Finished of my board exams and now i am in College. So more time with you'll. Gringo!

My new site

Visit my new site at http://myfreehouse.blogspot.com/
Click here to go there

My second video

So i had made this video earlier of Agnimayan Maar. That was of a little poor quality. So today i have made a new one- the same tune- but the quality is slightly better. I will try to upload more of such songs.

Fact: In the whole of internet, this video is the only source of songs from Orthodox Malayalee Christians of India. Enjoy!!

You may view the video below or here (YouTube.) Or you could view full screen over here.

Crickball or Fooket

I was just going across some site when i saw this news report about Chessboxing-Yup you heard it right- ChessBoxing. It may be common to many, but certainly new to me. According to Wikipedia

A match between two opponents consists of up to eleven alternating rounds of boxing and chess, starting with a four-minute chess round followed by two minutes of boxing and so on. Between rounds there is a one minute pause, during which competitors change their gear. The form of chess played is speed chess in which each competitor has a total of twelve minutes for the whole game. Competitors may win by knockout, checkmate, a judge's decision or if their opponent's twelve minutes of chess time elapses. If a contestant does not make a move in the chess round, he will be issued a warning by the referee. At the second warning the contestant will be disqualified.

So I thought of sport- that would be the hybrid of Cricket and Football.


Oh how good it would be
For starters, the ball to be used will be the mixture of sizes of the Soccer ball and Cricket ball- say a medium-large cricket ball. The ball will be placed just before the crease line at the off-strikers end. The striker will kick the ball to the batsman- No chucking that way,eh Murli?- who will be wearing half pants, like the rest of the team (Tatenda would look like a school boy then.)

Scoring: The official unit to measure the points(like runs or goals) would be ruls (gouls would sound like the name of an animal. Imagine-'...and John has hit a goul..'-PETA alert). The batsman will have to hit the ball into the goal posts placed at the boundary lines which will be at a distance of 15 yards from the wicket. Each post will have its value according to dificulty to score into that area. The fielders will be wearing gloves and standing like goalies- each for each post- to save the opposite team from scoring.

Rules will be a mixture-like you may tackle the batsman when he his attempting to take a run,but only the bowler. Bowler may bowl beamers all day which the battie could head around all day.Doping is allowed.

And of course it will be played in a rectangular pitch with rounded corners.

This post is not intended to hurt anyone.

What happened yesterday

Yup, at last- after 3 yrs,3 months,3 days and 3hrs (it could have been 33.33 seconds as well, but i spent it in trying to just boot up my XP) of useless planning, last night i decided to write my first novel. So after attending the Holy Mass I sat on this PC to begin writing my novel. I switched on my PC and there was a chkdsk scheduled and it took the best part of half an hour to get my PC running. Just as i was above to open Word( yup, i still use Word), I remembered that I had to catch up on my serial, F.R.I.E.N.D.S.( dont still know what the dots are for). After that my mom came yelling in to clean up my room-Sunday-Beginning of the week-Auspicious day. After that i just saw the newspaper and well the next hour was over. I had recorded a song and wanted to see how i could edit and make it more special. So I began to put effects in it and re-recordeded it.Then..

----Snack Time-----

----Movie time-----

----Dinner Time----

----More Junk Food Time----

----Sleep on the sofa with all junk food wrappers Time----

And this was how i forgot to brush my teeth.

My New Site

As i am just learning HTML and CSS etc, I have just put up my first site. You can visit it on here. Comment Me and say how it is. Give your suggestion/feedback please.

Rey Mysterio Leaves Smackdown for Raw

Following the draft in WWE^™- Rey Mysterio has been transferred from Smackdown™ to Raw™. Rey who was out due to injury appeared for a last time on Smackdown to wave his fans a goodbye. Even Batista came out to see Rey. Interestingly Batista too is going to Raw. Lets hope we see more of Rey, now. Waiting for the Night of Champions now.

Must play

Brain Tuner is a must play game. Simply while lazing around. You can go to http://elliot.lee.googlepages.com/braintuner

Save nature- I While searching

So as the first part of a series i wish to begin, on saving the nature, the first step we all could do is to change our homepage or search to blackle.com
Blackle is a google custom search engine, but as the name suggests, it supports a black interface. The developers say that the power a monitor requires to display a bright screen is more than that required to display a dark screen. This is what was written in the site about it-

How is Blackle saving energy?

Blackle was created by Heap Media to remind us all of the need to take small steps in our everyday lives to save energy. Blackle searches are powered by Google Custom Search.

Blackle saves energy because the screen is predominantly black. "Image displayed is primarily a function of the user's color settings and desktop graphics, as well as the color and size of open application windows; a given monitor requires more power to display a white (or light) screen than a black (or dark) screen." Roberson et al, 2002

In January 2007 a blog post titled Black Google Would Save 750 Megawatt-hours a Year proposed the theory that a black version of the Google search engine would save a fair bit of energy due to the popularity of the search engine. Since then there has been skepticism about the significance of the energy savings that can be achieved and the cost in terms of readability of black web pages.

We believe that there is value in the concept because even if the energy savings are small, they all add up. Secondly we feel that seeing Blackle every time we load our web browser reminds us that we need to keep taking small steps to save energy.

How can you help?

We encourage you to set Blackle as your home page (Ctrl+D). This way every time you load your Internet browser you will save a little bit of energy. Remember every bit counts! You will also be reminded about the need to save energy each time you see the Blackle page load.

Help us spread the word about Blackle by telling your friends and family to set it as their home page. If you have a blog then give us a mention. Or put the following text in your email signature: "Blackle.com - Saving energy one search at a time".

Have a look at our energy saving tips page for ideas on steps you can take to save energy.

There are a lot of great web sites about saving energy and being more environmentally friendly. They are full of great tips covering the little things that we can all do to make a difference today. Try Blackling "energy saving tips" or visit one of the many great blogs dedicated to environmental awareness.

Also the actual person who first struck the idea posted the followin content in his blog-http://ecoiron.blogspot.com/

Black Google Would Save 750 Megawatt-hours a Year

As noted, an all white web page uses about 74 watts to display, while an all black page uses only 59 watts. I thought I would do a little math and see what could be saved by moving a high volume site to the black format.

Take at look at Google, who gets about 200 million queries a day. Let's assume each query is displayed for about 10 seconds; that means Google is running for about 550,000 hours every day on some desktop. Assuming that users run Google in full screen mode, the shift to a black background [on a CRT monitor! mjo] will save a total of 15 (74-59) watts. That turns into a global savings of 8.3 Megawatt-hours per day, or about 3000 Megawatt-hours a year. Now take into account that about 25 percent of the monitors in the world are CRTs, and at 10 cents a kilowatt-hour, that's $75,000, a goodly amount of energy and dollars for changing a few color codes.

So how about it. Do your part for the enviorment. Go to blackle.com

Save the world. Save yourself.

A fire music effect

Download Ric - Fire

Laugh out Loud

The Party

This lady is giving a party for her granddaughter, and has gone all out. She had a caterer, band, and a hired clown. Just before the party starts, two bums show up looking for a handout. Feeling sorry for the bums, the woman tells them that they can get a meal if they will chop some wood out back.

Gratefully, they head to the rear of the house. Guests arrive, and all is going well with the children having a wonderful time. But the clown has not shown up, and finally, the clown calls to report that he is stuck in traffic, and will probably not make the party at all. The woman is very disappointed and unsuccessfully tries to entertain the children herself. She happens to look out the window and sees one of the bums doing cartwheels across the lawn. She watches in awe as he swings from tree branches, does midair flips, and leaps high in the air.

She speaks to the other bum and says, "What your friend is doing is absolutely marvellous. I have never seen such a thing. Do you think your friend would consider repeating this performance for the children at the party? I would pay him $50!"

The bum replies, "Well, I dunno. Let me ask him. HEY WILLIE! FOR $50, WOULD YOU CHOP OFF ANOTHER TOE?"

Old Man

An old man was critically ill. Feeling that death was near, he called his lawyer. "I want to become a lawyer. How much is it or the express degree you told me about?"

"It's 50,000," the lawyer said. "But why? You'll be dead soon, why do you want to become a lawyer?"

"That's my business! Get me the course!"

Four days later, the old man got his law degree. His lawyer was at his bedside, making sure his bill would be paid.

Suddenly the old man was racked with fits of coughing and it was clear that this would be the end. Still curious, the lawyer leaned over and said, "Please, before it's too late, tell me why you wanted to get a law degree so badly before you died?"

In a faint whisper, as he breathed his last, the old man said, "One less lawyer..."

The Old Fools

An elderly man in Phoenix calls his son in New York and says, "I hate to ruin your day, but I have to tell you that your mother and I are divorcing; forty-five years of misery is enough.

"Pop, what are you talking about?" the son screams.

"We can't stand the sight of each other any longer," the old man says. "We're sick of each other, and I'm sick of talking about this, so you call your sister in Chicago and tell her," and he hangs up.

Frantic, the son calls his sister, who explodes on the phone. "Like heck they're getting divorced," she shouts, "I'll take care of this."

She calls Phoenix immediately, and screams at the old man, "You are NOT getting divorced. Don't do a single thing until I get there. I'm calling my brother back, and we'll both be there tomorrow. Until then, don't do a thing, DO YOU HEAR ME?" and hangs up.

The old man hangs up his phone and turns to his wife. "Okay," he says, "They're coming for Thanksgiving and paying their own fares ... Now what do we tell them for Christmas?

Need a Heart?

A man who was having heart trouble went to the doctor to see what his options were. Naturally, the doctor recommended a heart transplant. The man reluctantly agreed, and asked if there were any hearts immediately available, considering that money was no object. "I do have three hearts," said the doctor. "The first is from an 18-year old kid, non-smoker, athletic, swimmer, with a great diet. He hit his head on the swimming pool and died. It's $100,000. The second is from a marathon runner, 25 years old, great condition, very strong. He got hit by a bus. It's $150,000. The third is from a heavy drinker, cigar smoker, steak lover. It's $500,000."

"Hey, why is that heart so expensive? He lived a terrible life!"

"Yes, but it's from a lawyer. It's never been used."

The Pay Check

A man left for work one Friday afternoon. But it was payday, so instead of going home, he stayed out the entire weekend partying with the boys and spending his entire pay check.

When he finally appeared at home on Sunday night, he was confronted by his angry wife and was barraged for nearly two hours with a tirade befitting his actions. Finally his wife stopped the nagging and said to him, "How would you like it if you didn't see me for two or three days?" He replied, "That would be fine with me."

Monday went by and he didn't see his wife. Tuesday and Wednesday came and went with the same results. But on Thursday, the swelling went down just enough where he could see her a little out of the corner of his left eye.

Smart Alec

A customer at Green's Gourmet Grocery marveled at the proprietor's quick wit and intelligence. "Tell me, Green, what makes you so smart?"

"I wouldn't share my secret with just anyone," Green replies, lowering his voice so the other shoppers won't hear. "But since you're a good and faithful customer, I'll let you in on it. Fish heads. You eat enough of them, you'll be positively brilliant."

"You sell them here?" the customer asks.

"Only $5 each," says Green.

The customer buys three. A week later, he's back in the store complaining that the fish heads were disgusting and he isn't any smarter.

"You didn't eat enough," says Green. The customer goes home with 20 more fish heads. Two weeks later, he's back and this time he's really angry.

"Hey, Green," he says, "You're selling me fish heads for $5 apiece when I can buy the whole fish for $3. You're ripping me off!"

"You see?" says Green. "You're smarter already."



The well-dressed man entered our bank wanting to buy five silver dollars, which he would give as gifts.

“How much for them?” he asked, when I handed him the coins.

“That will be five dollars,” I said.

Handing them back, he said, “Forget it. That’s too much.”

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I was leaning over the shoulder of one of one of my students, helping her with some math problems, when I noticed the pencil sew was writing with. It had the Ten Commandments listed on it.

“I like your pencil very much,” I told her.

“Yeah, I like it too,” she said. “That’s why I stole it from my brother.”

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Recently, our 19-year-old daughter started hunting for her first real job. She spent an afternoon filling out application forms, leaving them on the kitchen table to finish later. As I walked by, a section of the application on top jumped out at me. Under “Previous Employment” she wrote, “Baby Sitting.” In answer to “Reason for Leaving,” she replied, “Parents came home.”

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A rabbi, a priest, and a minister walk into a bar. The bartender looks up and says, “Is this some kind of joke?”

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Upon arrival at Gatwick Airport, near London, I got in the foreign visitors line. My husband, an English citizen, headed for British Customs. I handed the officer my passport. “Purpose of trip?” he asked.

“Pleasure,” I replied. “I’m on my honeymoon.”

“Interesting,” the officer said stamping a page. “Most women bring their husbands with them.”

below joke is from http://www.kaitaia.com/jokes/Religious%20Jokes/Religious_Jokes24.htm

Rabbi And Priest Car Accident

A rabbi and a priest get into a car accident and it's a bad one. Both cars are totally demolished, but, amazingly, neither of the clerics is hurt. After they crawl out of their cars, the rabbi sees the priest's collar and says, "So you're a priest. I'm a rabbi. Just look at our cars. There's nothing left, but we are unhurt. This must be a sign from God. God must have meant that we should meet and be friends and live together in peace the rest of our days."

The priest replies, "I agree with you completely. This must be a sign from God."

The rabbi continues, "And look at this. Here's another miracle. My car is completely demolished but this bottle of Mogen David wine didn't break. Surely God wants us to drink this wine and celebrate our good fortune." Then he hands the bottle to the priest.

The priest agrees, takes a few big swigs, and hands the bottle back to the rabbi. The rabbi takes the bottle, immediately puts the cap on, and hands it back to the priest.

The priest asks, "Aren't you having any?"

The rabbi replies, "No...I think I'll wait for the police."

More jokes to come-especially Simpson special

My 1st video online

I just created a video. It includes the song Agnimayan Maar which is a devotional song. I just recorded it at home , so it is in bad quality. You may see it on Youtube or below.

I am Famous

Source: MagMyPic.com

Cool Image

So you want to make a logo, text into a pic? Well that was exactly that i was searching for as well thats when i got across these sites. Have a look:

A good site for making logos or button. Take a look at the following.

How about this one??
from here




I'll follow up with may more later

Rains arrive in Mumbai

The rains have begun in Mumbai, and has at last given respite to the millions who used to work in the sweltering heat in the last few months.
However the beginning of rains has brought out the blind promises made by the municipality, as there was flooding in some parts of the city already, even though it was a light shower yesterday.
While the rains have begun it has also spelt disaster for me, as i have already been affected by it.
Happy rainy days, but beware of floods.