Twitter Search

A few days back, I decided to use twitter for the first time in months. I have been on and off with twitter. I have a good number of followers and I should really maintain it properly. Anyways, so, to check what people are saying about Worldcup I decided to start tweeting again.

Then I decided to do a search on what’s being said about Yogananda. I came across one of the most amazing feeds and power of community. This feed if you have checked already you would see contains people posting various quotes of Yogananda. All these quotes of him I find are very relevant to me personally. Therefore, even if you are not into twitter even then you should bookmark this link and take a look once in a while when you need some guidance.

Artificial Christmas Tree

Christmas is a fun time for the people that celebrate. Even out of religious significance, it brings all family members together. Half of the fun of Christmas actually the days leading up to the special day. This includes shopping and decorating house and surrounding.

This is time of the year where everyone goes out to look for Christmas trees. While it’s very fun to decorate the house, it’s also kind of a hassle to find the right tree to match the home atmosphere. The trees itself sometimes can be a little hassle when trying to get rid off at the end of the Christmas.

On top of that, there has been lots of discussions and also regulations regarding keeping Christmas environmentally “clean.”

One of the ways of achieving that purpose would be using recyclable Christmas trees. I have come across a site for Artificial Christmas Tree. I have seen some people using these trees before and reusing them every year. However, usually they do not look that authentic. Nevertheless, looking through the website I was surprised to see how much effort they have put in to make the artificial Christmas trees look real. If you are a fan of authenticity like me then definitely you should take a look at this site. A lot of the trees also come pre-decorated or you can purchase accessories as you need. This is very easy to setup and at the end of Christmas you don’t have to worry about disposing it.

Currently they have a sale going on until December 18. Take advantage of this. You can order from online as they provide highly secured transaction system. They also provide free shipping. However, do make sure if this is valid for the area you want it to be shipped.

I hope you take a look at this site and have a very wonderful Christmas.

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This video pretty much explains my views on global warming.

Computer World Magazine

Blogging after a long time to inform you guys about a nice promo. ITW0rld Canada is currently giving away free subscriptions to Computer W0rld, Network W0rld, CDN and CIO Magazine. They also have one french magazine. There is no catch really. They just want to increase some Canadian readership. If you sign up now then you are up for free subscription forever.

I think in terms of my visitors, computer world would be the most attractive of all. The reason is because this magazine talks about overall industry news. I have gone through these magazines and I find them to be an excellent read.

Sometimes internet has too much information and you are not sure where to begin if you are looking for some ideas on current industry. These magazines are great read for that purpose. Anyways, check them out. They are currently free only for Canadians. This promo will last until the end up April.

Click on the following links to sign up

Computer World
Network World
CDN
Direction Informatique (French Language)
CIO Magazine

Anyways, I have been really busy and still is. I am in my last year at University, doing a double major on Psychology and Neuroscience. I have been working full time at an internet publishing company since February 2008. Therefore, I really have to focus on studies and also work. I acquired an 3.8 GPA last semester. I am trying real hard to accumulate money, experience and keep up my marks.

My daily regular routine goes something like this….

9 to 5 at work
6 to 11 at University studying
12 to 1 at home
1 to 7 sleeping

I am also doing a lot of affiliate marketing on the side. I work on those sites mostly on the weekends beside studying. Therefore, as you can see, I am doing a lot of things. I have to work extra hard for 2 reasons

• I am a science student with entrepreneural ambitions. When you study in business then you meet similar minded people, who want to go towards innovation or entrepreneural field. Therefore, you create a good network while in university. In science field, you mostly meet people, who would want to do hardcore research and interested on learning.
• Members of immigrant families have less network & capital to start business.

I have started using twitter more or less regularly. Please follow me there if you wish.

http://twitter.com/Arnab_Toronto

During the time of economic crisis, people don’t really go for those nice looking MACs. People look for cheap alternatives and something that work. PCs seem to be the best option for everyone. Apple really needs to learn pursue cheaper MACs for the people. 

In the notebook sector, however, MACs are doing better than PCs in terms of growth. I think it has to do with university kids jumping into apple market as everyone else doing it. Giving up to the fads is a very dumb thing to do, especially for us, the university students.

Anyways, I have nothing against MAC. I find them pretty cool but as a student my priority is getting things done as fast as possible with as little hassle as possible. PCs work the best for me on that sector.

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India has been a little late on this however India is sending unmanned mission to moon for the first time.

I think it is a significant step from India’s part. This mission costs only around 70 million. That is MUCH cheaper than other missions carried out by the western world. India also wants to send men to moon by 2020.

A lot of people seem to be complaining because India and China are pursuing space while those two countries have problems with poverty.

Well, that’s a baseless complain from the people, who don’t know a lot on the Indian goal behind space program. India earns lots of money from Antrix corporation, which is the commercial wing of the Indian Space Research Organization. This is a very smart business plan. Money from Antrix Corporation funds Indian space research. Therefore, the government doesn’t need to cut funds off from poverty to fund space research.

This mission to moon will bring in lots more money since the world would be interested to know how did India was able to pull it off with only around 70 million dollars. Not to mention this probe is also carrying lots of research materials for NASA.

Therefore, before jumping on the complain boat, let’s please do some research.

Indian Space Station

Chrome
Firefox
IE
K-Meleon
Safari
Opera

I would say in terms of the “startup” speed, Chrome is the best. After that K-Meleon/Opera, then IE, Firefox and then Safari

Chrome is a cool looking browser with a high speed. I really like the incognito feature. However, I think in terms of stability Chrome definitely sucks. It freezes a lot. I found firefox, K-Meleon and Opera to be really stable. Safari, IE and Chrome crashes and freezes a lot for me.

I am coming across a bunch of articles analyzing Chrome as Google was able to create a huge buzz around Chrome. Here’s an article that tries to remind IT on certain things regarding Chrome.

Therefore, a lot of people in IT should also keep open source in mind for their career choice. I came accross this small quiz that asks you a series of question to see how much you know about Open Source.

I got a 85%. Check how much you can get….

MagicJack After a Week in Toronto

Using MagicJack from Toronto, Canada

I was really excited about MagicJack at the beginning. I did make a few calls. Once I talked with a customer representative in the US for like an hour using this. The experience was good and was pretty cool. However, as time goes on I am really losing interest on MagicJack. At this point, I have the magicjack unplugged because I need that USB port to connect my external HDD. 

I know people who use Magic Jack a lot. However, if you like me and have a cell phone and a landphone and a phone at work, I don’t understand when you would be using this device. Yes, when you make long distance calls, then it does become handy. However, I don’t make that much long distance calls. The reason is because you cannot have people call you.

If we had a local number for Toronto, then it would have been really good. However, we don’t have it. Therefore, people cannot call us, we have to call people. This is very stupid. They have been saying that we will have a local number soon and we haven’t got it. I don’t want to be cynical but the owner of MagicJack sounds like a shady person to me. When have you seen people promoting the owner as well as the product? 

The lack of improvements with MagicJack and constant lies about making magicjack available for Toronto make me feel like as if MagicJack was created for a short-time project. 

Please don’t get me wrong. I do understand it helps a lot of people. However, I don’t understand why isn’t there any improvement with this device. The sound quality isn’t that great for the non-MagicJack people you are talking to. There is no proper customer service. For no reason sometimes it stops working. 

I don’t want to complain because I paid only 40 dollars for a year. I have had nothing to lose to invest that amount and that’s why I did. However, I really got what I paid for nothing more. Sometimes you pay some money and feel you got a way more. However, this was definitely not that case.

Here are the three I enjoyed the most.

1- Take her off that pedestal

Don’t idolize her and build her up into something great. She is nothing of the sort. So don’t gaze lovingly at pictures of her. Don’t jump to answer her e-mail or phone calls. And definitely don’t go out of your way for her. She no longer deserves preferential treatment.

Definitely the next one makes sense….do not send any emails or try showing how much you like because you will become a laughing stock

4- Get negative feelings out on paper

Write her a letter pouring out your negative and weepy feelings, then disassociate them from yourself. Throw the letter away or burn it. But definitely don’t send it to her. You will only regret it. She will show her friends and her new boyfriend. And they will all share a good laugh.

and finally….

10- Remember the bad times

If you feel nostalgic, then think of all the times she was a bitch to you. That should do it. Remember the time she made you wait by the dressing room as she endlessly tried on clothing? Or the time she reminded you not too drink too much in front of your posse? Nobody wants that back.

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