Nice Story from Inbox: Love your job but never fall in love with your company, because you never know when the company stops loving you!
31 August, 2005A mother and a baby camel were lazing around, and suddenly the baby camel asked .....
Baby: Mother, mother, may I ask you some questions?
Mother: Sure! Why son, is there something bothering you?
Baby: Why do camels have humps?
Mother: Well son, we are desert animals, we need the humps to store water and we are known to survive without water.
Baby: okay, then why are our legs long and our feet rounded?
Mother: Son, obviously they are meant for walking in the desert. You know with these legs I can move around the desert better than anyone does!" said the mother proudly.
Baby: Okay, then why are our eyelashes long? Sometimes it bothers my sight.
Mother: My son, those long thick eyelashes are your protective cover. They help to protect your eyes from the desert sand and wind. Said mother camel with eyes rimming with pride....
Baby: I see. So the hump is to store water when we are in the desert, the legs are for walking through the desert and these eyelashes protects my eyes from the desert......Then what the hell are we doing here in the Zoo !!!!!???
MORAL OF THE STORY IS: Skills, knowledge, abilities and experiences are only useful if you are at the right place" (where are you right now????????)
Love your job but never fall in love with your company, because you never know when the company stops loving you!
Web Design:Blog without using MySQL
PIVOT is the PHP solution if you want to host your blog at a private web site but does not have access to MySQL data base.
Without much pain I could get one of my blogs up and running. Here is an example blog which is hosted on on TumkurInfo.
More about Pivot:
Pivot is a web-based tool to help you maintain dynamic sites, like weblogs or online journals. Pivot is released under the GPL so it is completely free to use. It is written in PHP, and does not require additional libraries or databases to function.
Cost: Pivot is completely free, as it is released under the GPL. In short it means something like this: You can use Pivot for free. you can redistribute it for free. You can also use the code I wrote and turn it into something else, but you have to make the derivatives of this program available for free as well.
Pivot related Links:
About Pivot
Download Pivot (from SourceForge.net)
The Forum (Get support here!)
The Pivot Wiki (Lots of information)
Pivot Webring (Pivot Users Ring)
Pivotstyles.net (Templates, languages and more)
Mypivot.net (Pivot news and resources)
Contact Author (not for support)
Without much pain I could get one of my blogs up and running. Here is an example blog which is hosted on on TumkurInfo.
More about Pivot:
Pivot is a web-based tool to help you maintain dynamic sites, like weblogs or online journals. Pivot is released under the GPL so it is completely free to use. It is written in PHP, and does not require additional libraries or databases to function.
Cost: Pivot is completely free, as it is released under the GPL. In short it means something like this: You can use Pivot for free. you can redistribute it for free. You can also use the code I wrote and turn it into something else, but you have to make the derivatives of this program available for free as well.
Pivot related Links:
About Pivot
Download Pivot (from SourceForge.net)
The Forum (Get support here!)
The Pivot Wiki (Lots of information)
Pivot Webring (Pivot Users Ring)
Pivotstyles.net (Templates, languages and more)
Mypivot.net (Pivot news and resources)
Contact Author (not for support)
Nanotechnology for windshield defogging
In the Nanotechnology news section of azonano.com, it is reported that MIT scientists have developed a unique polymer coating made of silica nanoparticles which eleminates fogging on glas surfaces. It will be great permanent solution to automobile windshield and spectacle fogging problem.
Foggy windows and lenses are a nuisance, and in the case of automobile windows, can pose a driving hazard. Now, a group of scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) may have found a permanent solution to the problem. The team has developed a unique polymer coating - made of silica nanoparticles - that they say can create surfaces that never fog. More
Gulabi Huva in our garden
25 August, 2005
Web Design: Guestbook without using MySQL
23 August, 2005
Yes Joanna's php guestbook is the shortest answer. It's a simple guestbook that uses PHP but doesn't require MySQL.
Why should I bother about a guest book which does not require MySQL?
Simple, MySQL service is paid service with web host. It does not come with basic package. They want me to upgrade if I want to use MySQL data base service.
How about free services like Sign My Guestbook?
It is getting difficult to manage with Sign My Guestbook recently. They charge for new accounts, the server is down a fair amount, the date format is downright ugly, and it adds that stupid code at the bottom linking to diaryland and pitas. However, it remains one of the easiest to use and most customizable guestbook services out there. Above all MySQL service is paid service with many web hosting.
Thanks to Joanna for Great set of PHPs. Check out my working guest book at http://mnjaga.tumkurinfo.com/guest/
Why should I bother about a guest book which does not require MySQL?
Simple, MySQL service is paid service with web host. It does not come with basic package. They want me to upgrade if I want to use MySQL data base service.
How about free services like Sign My Guestbook?
It is getting difficult to manage with Sign My Guestbook recently. They charge for new accounts, the server is down a fair amount, the date format is downright ugly, and it adds that stupid code at the bottom linking to diaryland and pitas. However, it remains one of the easiest to use and most customizable guestbook services out there. Above all MySQL service is paid service with many web hosting.
Thanks to Joanna for Great set of PHPs. Check out my working guest book at http://mnjaga.tumkurinfo.com/guest/
India 2004: Best Business Schools
16 August, 2005
The Best Business Schools 2004 Rank
Rated by Business World - Dated 22-09-2003
Rated by Business World - Dated 22-09-2003
- Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
- Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
- Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
- Indian Institute of Management Lucknow
- National Institute of Industrial Engineering Mumbai
- Management Development Institute Gurgaon
- Xavier Labour Relations Institute Jamshedpur
- S.P. Jain Institute of Mgmt & Research Mumbai
- Faculty of Mgmt Studies, University of Delhi Delhi
- Shailesh J. Mehta School of Mgmt IIT-Bombay
- Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode
- ICFAI Business School Hyderabad
- University Business School Chandigarh
- Dept of Mgmt Studies IIT-Delhi
- Xavier Institute of Management Bhubaneswar
- Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management New-Delhi
- Institute of Rural Management Anand
- Indian Institute of Foreign Trade New Delhi
- International Management, Institute New Delhi
- Goa Institute of Management Goa
- Institute of Management Technology Ghaziabad
- T.A. Pai Management Institute Manipal
- Indian Institute of Management Indore
- Fore School of Management New Delhi
- Symbiosis Institute of Business Management Pune
- Regional College of Management Bhubaneswar
- Indian Institute of Modern Management Pune
- NIILM Centre for Management Studies New Delhi
- Prin L.N.Welingkar Inst. of Mgmt Development Mumbai
- Loyola Institute of Business Administration Chennai
- Vinod Gupta School of Mgmt IIT - Kharagpur
- Institute for Technology & Management Mumbai
- Alliance Business Academy Bangalore
- Graduate School of Business & Administration Noida
- PSG Institute of Management Coimbatore
- Prestige Institute of Mgmt & Research Indore
- Institute for Financial Mgmt & Research Chennai
- Jaipuria Institute of Management Lucknow
- Indian Inst. of Social Welfare & Business Mgmt Kolkata
- Bharathidasan Institute of Management Tiruchirapalli
- Asia Pacific Institute of Management New Delhi
- Department of Management Science, Pune University Pune
- Amrita Institute of Management Coimbatore
- Rourkela Institute of Mgmt Studies Rourkela
- Rajagiri School of Management Cochin
- Indian Institute of Rural Management Jaipur
- N.L. Dalmia Inst. of Mgmt Studies & Research Mumbai
- Indian Institute of Health Management Research Jaipur
- Master School of Management Meerut
- Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies Harihar
- Inst. of Business Administration & Training Bhubaneswar
- Vignana Jyothi Institute of Management Secunderabad
- BLS Institute of Management New Delhi
- Institute of Management Education Ghaziabad
- Sri Sringeri Sharada Institute of Management New Delhi
- Dept of Management Studies, University of Kashmir Kashmir
- SDM Institute for Management Development Mysore
- K.J. Somaiya Institute of Mgmt Studies & Research Mumbai
- Symbiosis Institute of International Business Pune
- Dept of Business Management, Osmania University Hyderabad
- Sydenham Inst. of Mgmt Studies & Research Mumbai
- School of Mgmt Studies, Hyderabad University Hyderabad
- Jagan Institute of Management Studies New Delhi
- New Delhi Institute of Management New Delhi
- Mount Carmel Institute of Management Bangalore
- Dept of Management Studies, REC Tiruchirapalli
- Institute of Public Enterprise Hyderabad
- National Institute of Management Calcutta
- National Inst. of Agricultural Extension Mgmt Hyderabad
- United Institute of Management Allahabad
- Gitam Institute of Foreign Trade Visakhapatnam
- Birla Institute of Management Technology New Delhi
- Dhruva College of Management Hyderabad
- KLS Inst. of Management Education & Research Belgaum
- Integrated Academy of Mgmt Technology Ghaziabad
- College of Mgmt Studies, GITAM Visakhapatnam
- Dept of Business Admin. Guwahati University Guwahati
- Aravali Institute of Management Jodhpur
- Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies Pune
- Shiva Institute of Management Studies Agra
- Integral Institute of Advanced Management Visakhapatnam
- Xavier Institute of Social Service Ranchi
- Department of Commerce & Management Studies Calicut
- Bharati Vidyapeeth's Inst. of Mgmt Studies Mumbai
- International Institute for Special Education Lucknow
- School of Mgmt Studies, Cochin Univ. of Sc. & Tech. Kochi
- Kousali Institute of Mgmt Studies Dharward
- St. Joseph's College of Business Administration Bangalore
- Institute of Technology & Science Ghaziabad
- Siva Sivani Institute of Management Secunderabad
- Alagappa Institute of Management Karaikudi
- Institute of Productivity & Management Ghaziabad
- Institute for Technology & Management Chennai
- Institute for Technology & Management Bangalore
- Inst. of Finance & International Management Bangalore
- Indian Institute of Science & Management Ranchi
- Institute of Management Studies Noida
- Institute of Mgmt & Information Science Bhubaneswar
- Department of Business Administration Bhavnagar
Wireless networking (Wi-Fi): Free Wi-Fi by Google?
Is Google offering free Wi-Fi?
May be! Check out this SlashDot post
If that comes true, that will be another wonder. But, nothing is impossible.
And Google... they are know for doing things in a different, simple and effective way.
All the best Google if you are planning such a great project.
Definition of Wi-Fi from the web:
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) wireless standard for LANs.
Wireless Fidelity; Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance's (WECA) brand identity for the IEEE 802.11b standard; WECA certification that ensures products' compatibility.
WiFi is the wireless way to handle networking. It is also known as 802.11 networking and wireless networking. The big advantage of WiFi is its simplicity. You can connect computers anywhere in your home or office without the need for wires. The computers connect to the network using radio signals, and computers can be up to 100 feet or so apart.
May be! Check out this SlashDot post
If that comes true, that will be another wonder. But, nothing is impossible.
And Google... they are know for doing things in a different, simple and effective way.
All the best Google if you are planning such a great project.
Definition of Wi-Fi from the web:
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) wireless standard for LANs.
Wireless Fidelity; Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance's (WECA) brand identity for the IEEE 802.11b standard; WECA certification that ensures products' compatibility.
WiFi is the wireless way to handle networking. It is also known as 802.11 networking and wireless networking. The big advantage of WiFi is its simplicity. You can connect computers anywhere in your home or office without the need for wires. The computers connect to the network using radio signals, and computers can be up to 100 feet or so apart.
Clock for web pages
Clocklink.com provides some nice clocks for web authors.
Following code is for GMT0530 Bangalore, India.
<embed src="http://www.clocklink.com/clocks/0001P-Blue.swf?TimeZone=GMT0530&Place=Bangalore" width="150" height="150" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash">
http://www.clocklink.com/
Following code is for GMT0530 Bangalore, India.
<embed src="http://www.clocklink.com/clocks/0001P-Blue.swf?TimeZone=GMT0530&Place=Bangalore" width="150" height="150" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash">
http://www.clocklink.com/
Conversion of mol2 file to sdf using babel
11 August, 2005
Conversion of mol2 file to sdf using Open Babel
babel -imol2 file.mol2 -osdf file.sdf
Conversion of .mdb (Molecular data base format, ex. Sybyl also uses this format) to sdf
.mdb generally contains multiple mol2 files for converting to sdf first
catinate all the mol2 files to single mol2 file. Now use babel to convert mol2 to sdf
Following commands will be useful:
cat `find ./ -name "*.mol2"` > all_mol.mol2
babel -imol2 all_mol.mol2 -osdf all_mol.sdf
rm -rf all_mol.mol2
Note: put the above set of commands in to a file (say "mol2sdf") in ~/bin directory
and use it inside the .mdb (database) directory.
babel -imol2 file.mol2 -osdf file.sdf
Conversion of .mdb (Molecular data base format, ex. Sybyl also uses this format) to sdf
.mdb generally contains multiple mol2 files for converting to sdf first
catinate all the mol2 files to single mol2 file. Now use babel to convert mol2 to sdf
Following commands will be useful:
cat `find ./ -name "*.mol2"` > all_mol.mol2
babel -imol2 all_mol.mol2 -osdf all_mol.sdf
rm -rf all_mol.mol2
Note: put the above set of commands in to a file (say "mol2sdf") in ~/bin directory
and use it inside the .mdb (database) directory.
Edit PDF Code as Clear Text using a Vim Plug-In
Happy to find a nice tool at 'AccessPDF-Forum' to edit pdf files using VIM. Using this, VIM users can install a plug-in (pdftk) for easily editing PDF code. When PDF file is opened in Vim, the plug-in calls pdftk to uncompress the page streams, so they are editable. When PDF file is saved, the plug-in uses pdftk to repair and re-compress the PDF.
How?
Download pdftk.vim.zip, unpack, and then move pdftk.vim into your Vim plug-ins directory ( e.g., C:\vim\vim63\plugin). Restart Vim to source the new plug-in.
What is pdftk?From AccessPDF
If PDF is electronic paper, then pdftk is an electronic staple-remover, hole-punch, binder, secret-decoder-ring, and X-Ray-glasses. Pdftk is a command-line tool for doing everyday things with PDF documents. Keep one in the top drawer of your desktop and use it to:
- Merge PDF Documents
- Split PDF Pages into a New Document
- Decrypt Input as Necessary (Password Required)
- Encrypt Output as Desired
- Fill PDF Forms with FDF Data and/or Flatten Forms
- Apply a Background Watermark
- Report on PDF Metrics such as Metadata, Bookmarks, and Page Labels
- Update PDF Metadata
- Attach Files to PDF Pages or the PDF Document
- Unpack PDF Attachments
- Burst a PDF Document into Single Pages
- Uncompress and Re-Compress Page Streams
- Repair Corrupted PDF (Where Possible)
Pdftk allows you to manipulate PDF easily and freely. It does not require Acrobat, and it runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD and Solaris.
Pdftk is free software (GPL).
Indian government must strongly support Electric Cars (like Reva) for clean future!
05 August, 2005
Indian government must encourage Electric Cars (like Reva) for clean future!
Reva is a Bangalore based Electric car company. They are the first to launch electric cars in India.
Reva is a Bangalore based Electric car company. They are the first to launch electric cars in India.
Picture of "Reva Electric car"
Electric cars are the cars of the future. Though there is good support from the government it is not enough. Government of India must think seriously about waiving the off "Road tax", "sale tax" which will bring down the car price dramatically. Thanks to Karnataka government, which has already exempted road tax and also the sales tax on Reva. All other states must follow the same for the clean future.
Heart Surgery for $1 and a Quarter!
Sounds like impossible, right? Check out a post by CochinPrince in his blog.
It is worth quoting from his pages:
It is worth quoting from his pages:
Twenty-year-old Prasanna, a farmer from Tumkur district of Karnataka, would have normally wasted away after he was stricken with a heart disease.
However, a model health insurance scheme has provided a ray of hope to thousands like him, besides setting a splendid example of government-private partnership.
Prasanna underwent an open heart surgery for Rs 60, the annual premium for the Yeshasvini health scheme launched in the cooperative sector in 2003.
This quiet health revolution reaching out to the have-nots has resulted in medical treatment to more than 85,000 farmers in the last two years.
As many as 25,000 farmers have undergone various kinds of operations, including those of the heart, brain, stomach, eyes and the gall bladder, during this period.
Starting from the 800-bedded super-speciality Narayana Hrudalaya Hospital on the outskirts of Bangalore, it now reaches out to farmers through 170 hospitals across the state.
The scheme came into being ironically at a function where its originator — the Hrudalaya hospital founder and heart surgeon, Dr Devi Shetty — was invited to endorse a milk product. Dr Shetty, a foreign trained cardiologist who went on to become Mother Teresa's personal cardiac surgeon and then an unabashed advocate for providing modern health care to the poor, asked his hosts the Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) to support a path-breaking idea.
What he had to offer to the KMC's Managing Director was this: "I will extend health benefits to all your two million employees for just Rs 5 a month"
More...
However, a model health insurance scheme has provided a ray of hope to thousands like him, besides setting a splendid example of government-private partnership.
Prasanna underwent an open heart surgery for Rs 60, the annual premium for the Yeshasvini health scheme launched in the cooperative sector in 2003.
This quiet health revolution reaching out to the have-nots has resulted in medical treatment to more than 85,000 farmers in the last two years.
As many as 25,000 farmers have undergone various kinds of operations, including those of the heart, brain, stomach, eyes and the gall bladder, during this period.
Starting from the 800-bedded super-speciality Narayana Hrudalaya Hospital on the outskirts of Bangalore, it now reaches out to farmers through 170 hospitals across the state.
The scheme came into being ironically at a function where its originator — the Hrudalaya hospital founder and heart surgeon, Dr Devi Shetty — was invited to endorse a milk product. Dr Shetty, a foreign trained cardiologist who went on to become Mother Teresa's personal cardiac surgeon and then an unabashed advocate for providing modern health care to the poor, asked his hosts the Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) to support a path-breaking idea.
What he had to offer to the KMC's Managing Director was this: "I will extend health benefits to all your two million employees for just Rs 5 a month"
More...
How to submit your home page to Google?
02 August, 2005
Why should I submit my home page to Google listing?
To increase the possibility of finding your pages by others.
OK, How do I submit my site to Google?
Click http://www.google.com/addurl
Should I add each page I have generated?
No, only top level directory is enough.
Ex: if you site is http://www.MoneyOnNet.com/
You only need to add http://www.MoneyOnNet.com/
Neither you need to add http://subdomain.MoneyOnNet.com/
Not http://www.MoneyOnNet.com/cash.htm
Got it?
To increase the possibility of finding your pages by others.
OK, How do I submit my site to Google?
Click http://www.google.com/addurl
Should I add each page I have generated?
No, only top level directory is enough.
Ex: if you site is http://www.MoneyOnNet.com/
You only need to add http://www.MoneyOnNet.com/
Neither you need to add http://subdomain.MoneyOnNet.com/
Not http://www.MoneyOnNet.com/cash.htm
Got it?
Google about Moon
Google has a nice page "In honor of the first manned Moon landing".
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