HB2U - Kishore n Arun

Feb 10 2006: Arun celebrated his b'day with the cake of my choice ;). This cake from ColdStone Creamery is called "A Cheesecake Named Desire™" It was just too good. I know that a lot of people(incl me) like Chocolate cake. But if you wanna try something different n something special (and something expensive :D ), then the next time you buy a cake for someone you care, try this one. I have attached a pic of it below.





Feb 11 2006: My best buddy Nandi Dharma Kishore H N a.k.a Kishore, celebrated his b'day @ Balmuri Falls (near mysore) along with his henDti. (Sorry photo not available due to copyright issues ;) )


Wish you both a very very happy b'day and may all your dreams come true!

PS: all readers are required to sing "Happy b'day to you..." song in the background.

My First Website

1999 was the time when DotCom zoom was at the top gear. That was the time when what ever you touch would turn into gold. That was the time when every parent wanted their kids to develop some website and make big bucks. At a tender age of 18 when u see that anyone can make money by just putting up a webpage, then one will get a feeling that in life, money making is a piece of cake! I wasn't far from it either. Even I had the dream to bake the cake ;) and infact I did try to bake it. As a result, I developed my first website http://www.cseng.8m.com . It had (and still has? ) some pretty good content. This website development went on for a while and as the days passed by, the DotCom bubble got burst(pls don't click on any of those ads *lol* ). My webpages were stranded without any updates...even till-date.
Couple of days back when I was thinking what exactly did I learn in my Engineering, the first thing that struck me was my website. I had completely forgot about this website URL. But it didn't take long time for me 2 find it because of the naming conventions that I use.
After a span of 6 years I have rediscovered *My_first_website*. Did anyone of you try to do some similar *bake the cake* stuff? If yes, URL pls :D
Pls don't forget to comment on the UI design of *My_First_Website* ;)

Welcome the latest Couple on the block!

RJ Shruthi Prakash or simply SSP (Worldspace radio channel) got married to Dr. Venkatesh Iyer on 2nd Feb @ Bangalore. and I wished her
"Wish you a very happy married life...ondu dozen makkaLannhettu noorvarsha sukhavAgi baaLi baduki"
Hehe... I am assuming that you guys would wish the same :D
(PS: idu engagement photo... waiting for maduve pics)




Next... It was none other than my very very close buddy Ramu/Aravind. Arvind bagge heLbeku andre... yaavaglu nagta irtaane.... for ex: kelsa sikkidru "haha.. kelsa sikto" anta heLtaane... kelsa kaLkondru "haha..kelsa hoito" anta nagunaguta heLtaane(ditto nan thara). eevattu ee vayya got engaged to Rukmini.
err... who is this Rukmini? remember that famous song "rukkumani rukkumani" :D...
innu gottaglilvaa... okay... do you remember that gal with a lot of attitude and a Soda?
clueless???
atleast keLagaDe iro photo noDidamele enaadru gottagutta heLi noDoNa :P



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oooops... photo missing... :(
barutte barutte... ondu most updated joint photo pretty soon barutte.





anywayz.... You both make a grrrrrrrr8 pair and I am really really really very happy for you both!
ibbru ring haakiskonDiddaitu... innu ivvribbru thale mele yaavaga tOpi haakistkoLtaare anta keLtideera? just wait and watch this blog.

Okay, Now the million $ question is : "Who will be the next Most Eligible Bachelor(MEB)?"

more later :)

Malgudi Days @ Kannada Store

Malgudi Days, RK Narayan's masterpiece directed by Shankar Nag, is now available in DVD format.

Read more at kannadastore.com/produc...

Kool New Google Xtensions for Mozilla Firefox

If you are a Mozilla Firefox freak, then don't miss out on two of the coolest and latest Google Extensions for Firefox browser "Google Safe Browsing" and "Blogger Web Comments".Currently I am using the "Blogger Web Comments" extension for firefox to publish this article onto my blog. Once you install it, all u need to do it Right click at the right bottom corner of the page where u can find a "comment" symbol and then select "add comment". Just login n publish. Now you don't need to go to blogger.com n publish from there. Really simple, really neat, really cute.for more info n downloads visit: http://toolbar.google.com/firefox/extensions/

Mozilla Firefox Start Page

Look at this new Google Blogger plugin for firefox!

Read more at www.google.com/firefox?...

Happy New Year 2006

Wish You all a Very Happy and Fun Filled New Year!!!

December Rox!!!

People all around the world are celebrating Christmas week. not just that... Just imagine the intensity of excitement everyone in the world will be having to say good bye to the old year and welcome the new year with zeal. With never ending sales going on all around it feels like everyone are celebrating the the birthday of the lucky few who were born during this fun filled last one week of the year. Three of them who are celebrating their b'day in this electrifying last one week of the year are:

23rd: 'ghalakupadi' Gunjan

27th: 'cool dude' that'z me ;)

29th: 'what' Charani


wish you all a very very happy birthday.





Image Details:
Location: Downtown Detroit, Michigan
Date: July 4 2005
Camera: Canon Powershot S1 - IS
pple(L to R): naanu, Gunjan, Charani
clue about location: watch the song "Car Car elnoDi car" from the movie "Nanna Preetiya Hudugi" ;)

Kansas Transit comes to an end.

tumba dina aadmyaake matte nanna blog kaDe kaalittivni. eevattu swalpa 1month.du flash byak haakbittu naaLe inda swalpa hot hot masala topics bagge bariteeni. okay na ;)

novembernalli ashtondu events mugida nantara, naanu nanna semester bEga mugisalu swalpa oddADabEkaitu. 3weeks munchitavAgi ella kelasakaryagaLanna mugisabeku anta ittidda target, kaDegU 2weeks munchitavAgi ella mugiside. Job hunt maaDabeku anta muDupAgiTTidda 2vaara naanu bari documentarygaLanna nODuvudarallE kaLedubitte. tumba informative documentaries!!!
last week before the end of class, tOpi haakisikoLLuva kAryakramavittu. gottalva enanta.. Graduation Ceremony. tumba chennagi topi haakiddru. horage prev day sikkapatte snow biddittu. but graduation dina sakkat sunny ittu. so ambience tumba chennagittu. Graduation aada marudinavE naanu Dallas, Texas.ge move aade.
24/7 InternetnallE muLugiro(Internet junkie anta heLtaaralva) illi kaLeda 10 dinagaLinda dialup internet use maaDi maaDi nanna BP level swalpa jaasti aagirOdralli doubtE illa ;)
pretty soon cable internet barutte anta land lord heLavLe. adu baruva varegu ee naraka yaatane tappiddalla. :(

sari eevaga naanu kaLachikoLing. more l8r *tada*

Naanu mattu November

~~~~~~~~Welcome byak to my blog~~~~~~

Is it got something to do with the weather? or is it just in my mind?
I just can't believe that this is the first blog that i am writing in the month of November.

Lot of gud things happened in November. Here is a an abstract list:

11th: Best buddy Kishore got married. Wish you a very happy married life!!!

16th: nam univ.nalli India nite "Utsav 2005" ittu.

18th: I had my MS Final Defense n it went pretty good

19th: Dad's 61st b'day!!! way to go dad!!!

19th: India won the cricket match against South Africa and that too in Bangalore!!! We watched the entire match online thru "Directv" , from 3AM to 10AM.

19th: nam Ex-Presidento Sham Kashyap huttu habba aacharisikonDiddu. cake ultimate.aagittu. ;) gottalva.. cake thinkke ellig bekaadru barteeni :D

21st: my classmate Sunil DN (Doddaballapura) got married. Wish U a very happy married life dude!!!

22nd: Happy Thanksgiving!!! But i have decided not to do any shopping during this year's Thanksgiving sales.

23rd: Played cricket.

24th: Will be going to Kansas City to see how amru's celebrate Thanksgiving. alli hOgi Turkey kOLi thinnOdu ashtrallE irutte. sumne hOgi noDkonDu barOdashte.

Color Color Colorsu , Fall Colorsu

Its been a while since I last blogged(bugged ;) ). Well, u know what I would be saying, so better not say it :D Even in this busy schedule one thing doesn't go unnoticed. Well yea, it is the fall colors. You must be aware of the starting scene of the movie "Mohabattein", those brown leaves fallin' in slow motion... that is exactly what I see everyday when I walk from my apartment to department. Just can't capture that beauty on a photograph. On one side, you feel so good that it is such a picturesque view, but on the other side, you feel so sorry that this beauty will be wiped out within no time :(. There is nothing more special than walking in a winter day, looking at the grey sky n brown leaves n dreaming about California by humming the Perfect song for the perfect setting. It is none other than "California Dreaming" by "Mamas and the Papas". This song was also used as a soundtrack in one of my alltime fav movie "Forrest Gump".

http://rapidshare.de/files/2391252/Mamas_and_the_Papas_-_California_Dreaming.mp3.html

Film Actor Ramesh on phone!!!

"naanu Ramesh, USA inda"

Yesterday nite @ 8:30PM i got a phone call from Sridhar saying that he would me meeting Film Actor Ramesh (in California) in 30min and he also asked me to see if I could try to stream it LIVE in our Kannada Kasturi 24/7 Radio station. The deal was I will set up the live feed from my laptop to our radio mainstream n Ramesh will talk to our radio listeners. I got everything setup for streaming in a very short *really short* span of time (thanx to praveen for helping me in testing it) and I even installed VOIP Buster to make a phone call from my PC so that I could stream my soundcard output to the radio. All set up n i just called up n Sridhar asked me to talk to Ramesh. For a second I was like MAAAAANNNN, i'm blank.. I went into a shock. Ramesh took the phone and
RAMESH: HI!! naanu Ramesh USA inda
Neo a.k.a Manjesh: namskara Ramesh sir, hEgideera?
Ramesh: naanu bombat
Neo: hEge naDitide nimma america concertgaLu
Ramesh: tumba chennagi naDitide
Neo: nimma hosa chalana chitra "Rama Shama Bhaama" hEge naDitide
Ramesh: Rama Shama Bhaama innu release aagilla alva
Neo: *nagutta* houdu... release aagilla gottu... naanu ee chitrada pubicity bagge keLtidde. tumba jOraagi naDitirbekalva
Ramesh: *nagutta* haa houdu houdu... Rama Shama Bhaama chitrada pubilicity tumba chennagide. neevellarU ee chitravanna nOdi prOtsaahisabEku. namage tumba kutoohala ide nimma reaction hEgirutte anta.
Neo: nammellara prOtsaaha yaavagalU iddE irutte sir
Ramesh: thank you thank you
Neo: eevaga namma KannadaAudio.net Internet radio station 24hrs online service ide, eevaga saakashtu online listeners saha neevu maataDtiruvudanna LIVEaagi keLtaa idaare
Ramesh: oh houda
Neo: avarigaagi neevu ondu message heLbeku anta naavu keLkoLtaa ideevi
Ramesh: Kannada Audio.net gella Ramesh maaDuva namaskaragaLu....
*keek*----line disconnects

I felt so bad that I missed the most interesting part. I got really angry @ VOIP Buster software. Atleast, I was happy that I almost made it possible in the short span of time, working with 10different windows on my laptop ;)

*This was the first ever LIVE conversation in our radio station*. Now we know the pitfalls n next time, we know what to do to take care of it;)

PS: Ramesh is currently in USA for "Kannada Manoranjani" program to be performed in many big cities in USA. For details visit: http://www.akkaonline.com/charity2005/AKKACharity2005-ColorFlyer.pdf

KFM Rox!!! chamak geetegaLu

ittechege oLLoLLe kannada chalanachitrageetegaLu baruttive.

naanu hecchaagi keLutiruva geetegaLu:

Slow Songs:
1. Shishya - Artha maaDkoLo
2. Deadly Soma - Usire Usiru
http://www.kannadaaudio.com/Songs/Moviewise/D/DeadlySoma/Usire.ram
3. Swamy - Minchina kaNNina
4. Amruthadhaare - nee amruthadhaare
http://www.kannadaaudio.com/Songs/Moviewise/A/Amrithadhare/Nee.ram
5. Shambu - Dheem Dheem thana
6. Nenapirali - olavu ontiyalla
http://www.kannadaaudio.com/Songs/Moviewise/N/Nenapirali/Nenapirali(Olavu).ram
7. Akash - Aahe enta aa kshaNa
http://www.kannadaaudio.com/Songs/Moviewise/A/Akash/Aaha1.ram
8. Namma basava - allolla kallolla
9. Oo Gulabiye - manase mannisu
http://www.kannadaaudio.com/Songs/Moviewise/O/OGulabiyee/Manase.ram
10. Shambu - eno eno enaagideyo


Fast track geetegaLu:
1. Auto shankar - kabaddi kabaddi
http://www.kannadaaudio.com/Songs/Moviewise/A/AutoShankar/Kabadi.ram
2. Shishya - Jumki bittu
3. Swamy - Rambhe ninage
4. Mental Manja - Mental Manja theme
http://www.kannadaaudio.com/Songs/Moviewise/M/MentalManja/Mental.ram
5. Namma Basava - Rukku Rukku Rukkamma

ella kELi anandisi!!!

Call out Gouranga be happy

"Call out Gouranga be happy!!!
Gouranga Gouranga Gouranga ....
That which brings the highest happiness!!"

this is the message that I got yesterday from some unknown person called Neateye ( nitaigouranga@aol.com ). I was so perplexed that I ended up searching for it on google and came to know that it is kinda spam. Its not an ordinary spam, it somehow sneaks into your inbox bypassing all the spam blockers. What's more interesting is the message. Somewhere on the web, Gouranga was mentioned to be a sanskrit mantra meaning "happiness".

Any thoughts/explainations?

iPod Nano - Sneak Peek

All you music freaks must be eagerly waiting to see what iPod Nano has to offer. I did get an oppurtunity to have a look at it in our university electronics store and here is my view on it.

1. No doubt, iPod nano is ultra light weight, compact and looks cool.
2. Cost wise $250 for a 4Gig nano (and $200 for 2Gig nano) seems to be reasonable considering the improvements with respect to looks from iPod mini to iPod nano.
3. iPod nano comes with a color display.
4. Another major addition is that you can store and view photos.
5. Everything else is the similar to iPod mini.

On the other hand,
1. iPod nano is a flash based mp3 player. One major advantage of using flash for storage would obviously be the size of it, which they have utilized it properly. However, Apple claim that nano gives 14hrs battery life which I feel was pretty less for a flash based mp3 player because of the fact that it has a color LCD screen. Hope they can improvise on that cuz battery life is very crucial for an mp3 player.
2. Technology wise I feel iPod doesn't want to provide built-in FM tuners and voice recoder features to keep their accessory sales going strong. Though it is a very good strategy for now, it may lose out to its competitors who provide all-in-one mp3 players for much lower price if they come up with products in size smaller like iPod nano.
3. I feel the height of this product should be reduced by a small amout to make it look even better.


Now what about SONY's walkman?
Sony will be launching their oval shaped flash based mp3 players as an answer to iPod nano sometime in november this year. Though its too early to compare these two products, I feel once again it is too late for Sony to launch their products and it is losing its customers in this fast track market :( Will it continue to happen like this or will Sony change their strategies?..only time should answer this question.


But right now, all I can say is that "ipod Nano should be a perfect gift item for your near and dear ones...go...get one n gift one"

Cyborgname

nanna friend obba ondu link kaLisidda.. idralli nimma hesaranna haakiddre adanna use maaDi jhing-chakaaagi ondu acronym koDutte.

neevU try maaDi.
http://www.cyborgname.com

Next Generation NamakaraNa

Considering the fact that in this generation, everything is connected via Internet, what do you think you might name your kids as? something like "Rahul" or "Pooja"??? hehe... no way, cuz they are all this generation names. How about this...how about naming our kids with IP Address? something like 203.79.180.23 . I know i am out of my mind...but it really sounds hilarious rit :)


nimagAgi ondereDu conversations....
...
...
Seetamma: nanna maga 202.142.94.23 tumba chennagi computer ella kaltidaane
Geetamma: houdaa gud gud... andahaage nimma maga indiadallEnA huttiddu?
Seetamma: houdu, nimage hEge gottaitu?
Geetamma: nimma magana IP address noDi heLde :). adirli, eevaga enu maDtidaane avanu?
Seetamma: ondu nimisha iri geetamma, ping maaDi noDteeni.
Geetamma: namma sodaratte magaLu 134.134.12.19 amerikadallidaaLe Intelnalli kelsa maDtidaaLe, nimma maga haagu ivaLige ondu connection establish maDsiddre hEge Seetamma?
Seetamma: tumba oLLe suddi, IP details ella kaLsi Geetamma adu noDbiDoNa :)
...
...


(nimma areadalli enu kathe?)

Gowri - Ganesha Habbada ShubhashayagaLu

Ganesha Ganesha anta hELtaa ee blog geeching. :)

ellarigU Gowri-Ganesha Habbada ShubhashayagaLu!!!

Blog BandhugaLu: taavu Gowri habbakke enu maaDidri?
Manjesh: Gowri habba girls habba alva, namage enu spl illa. amele illi USnalli Gowriyanna huDukOdu tumba kashta, adikke namma college Foodcourtnalli kuLitu 1hr *gOri* darshana maDide.

Blog BandhugaLu: beLigge eno gOri darshana jOraagiyE maaDideera ansutte aadre saMje n raatri enu maaDidri?
Manjesh: oho heLOdE maretidde, eevattu nanna roommate Varun Kumar.du birthday ittu, adikke sakala siddategaLanna maaDi cake cut maaDidvi. Ganesha habba avana b'day dina bandirodu sakkat interesting vishaya.

Blog BandhugaLu: Ganesha habbakke nimma plans enu?
Manjesh: oLLe dina oLLoLLe karyagaLanna maaDiddre tumba oLLedaagutte anta beLbeLigge eddu hosa T-shirt haakikonDu OPT session attend maaDibande.

Blog BandhugaLu: ishTu dina taavu elli absconding aagiddri?
Manjesh: adanna detailaagi innondu blog geechteeni.

Blog BandhugaLu: blog bandhugaLige nimma salahe?
Manjesh: illantU Ganeshana vigraha sigodu kashTa, so nimma nimma manegaLalli Ganeshananna Install(kooDisiddre) maaDiddre adara chAyachitragaLanna kaLuhisi, nOdiyaadaru khushi paDabahudu anta heLta nanna ee short Ganesha habba spl interview.na illigE muktAyagoLisuttiddene. namskara.

(background: Blog BandhugaLu yedva tadva chappaLe haagu seeti(whistle) hODitidaare )

back to 08/30/2003

nennege sariyaagi 2 varsha aitu...

andu nanna manasigaada gaaya endU aaradu
nooraaru kanasugaLu nucchunooradavu
ninna nenapugaLu endU aLeyadu
sadaa naguttA, ellarannU nagisuttiddaLu
jaati emba shoolake sikki maNNaadaLu
sneha premagaLa hesarinali amaraLaadaLu

"May your soul Rest In Peace"


sadaa naguttA, ellarannU nagisuttidda nanna snEhitana jeevanadalli birugaaLi shuruvaayitu. nanagE ishTu dukha aaguttirbekaadre ninage eshtu dukha aagutte anta nanage artha aagutte, aadrU neenu idarinda horage baralE beku. ninna swanta uddeshavaagadiddarU atleast maneyavara oLLeyadakkAgi. pls pls try to get out of this trauma :(

Lets "Talk" the Google way

So here it is.... IM service from google "Google Talk" which everyone were waiting this long. Just now I have installed the new beta release version and it seems to be pretty simple, no flashy looks, as simple as it can get. It comes with the integrated gmail notifier. If you are reading between lines and trying to find the link to download it, there you go

http://www.google.com/talk/

Once you install it, you can sign in using your gmail id n password n if you don't have a gmail account yet, pls send me an email n I can send you an invite.

ayyo yaaro aagle buzz maDtidaare "Google Talk"nalli.... aamele sikteeni.
Lets "Google Talk"
enjoy!!!!