From Windows XP to Windows 7

Lots of advices and lots of suggestions. Don't know what to do. Well, I have Windows XP installed on my laptop. And honestly speaking, it runs fairly well on my laptop. Not even a single issue encountered from the day when I installed it for the first time. Undoubtedly, it is one of the best operating systems in my opinion. And I bet you all agree to it. Don't you?

It could have been a different story if I would have gone for a change. Say, if I would have gone for Windows Vista then I think it would have turned out to be a bad decision. Most of you must be knowing at least something about the Windows Vista. I think it was one of the hugely anticipated operating systems from the Microsoft. But in the end, it had nothing much to offer. Lots of reasons were cited for its failure. The major reasons being -

• Windows Vista was full of bugs which were difficult to trace.
• Windows Vista required powerful computers to run smoothly.
• Windows Vista had a lot of compatibility issues.
• Windows Vista was difficult to upgrade.
• Windows Vista performed poorly on the Laptops and often crashed or freezed in case it ran slowly on the system.

On the contrary, let me ask you one question - Do you face any such problems with Windws XP? I think you answer should be a big "NO" As I said earlier, it is a sheer pleasure to work on Windows XP. Leave those threats from viruses and other malicious piece of codes. That has been a major problem with all the Microsoft Operating Systems. An area that needs to be seriously worked upon. And I guess they have worked a lot on this issue in recent past. So, in any case there is no reason for me to switch over from Windows XP to Windows Vista.

But I can go for Windows 7. The seemingly long awaited much hyped Windows 7 has finally arrived in the market. And its arrival has certainly brought smiles on everyone's faces. Windows 7 is making news all over and all for good reasons. Here are some of the most important features of Windows 7, almost look alike of Windows Vista from what I know. Please correct me if I am wrong.

• Windows 7 is fluid, non-intrusive, and elegant.
• Windows 7 is easy to use and has a modern sensibility.
• Windows 7 has a look and feel which is suggestive of touch-screen technology.
• Windows 7 is built to facilitate uses -- like playing with images and watching videos -- that came of age after XP was created.
• Windows 7 offers better security and is robust.
• Windows 7 boots fast and has a better navigation from a corporate network to home network. This has been made possible through "Tunneling Technology".
• Windows 7 offers much enhanced battery life for notebooks by extending it from 6-12 hours.
• Windows 7 makes watching videos and internet TV easily accessible. “With the premium version, one can pretty much do what mediacentre PCs did — sharing media, watching videos and effectively making a TV on the PC.

More features here - Windows 7 New Features

Well, these facts can surely make anyone think for the upgrade. Surely no harm with it as in my opinion, it would lead to much better performance from your system. To let you know more, Microsoft had set a target of having Windows 7 installed on over 100 PC models in India. In less than a month since its launch on October 22, over 2,000 Indian companies are in the process of installing Microsoft’s latest operating system (OS), Windows 7. The companies include major IT companies like Infosys, Wipro, NIIT, car companies like Maruti and even the Bangalore airport, and Manipal University, besides many small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), according to Steven Guggenheimer, Microsoft’s corporate vice-president, OEM.

So, that gives you another idea - how well things have been going on for Windows 7 and must say for the Microsoft. It indeed looks very promising. Sooner or later, I am also planning to upgrade my OS to Windows 7. Will it be a good idea then? Should I move from Windows XP to Windows 7 ? Have you people tried Windows 7 yet ? Did you like it ? Please have your say..

Sunday Exclusive - Chaath Puja Pictures | Chaath Puja Videos | Chaath Puja Information

Alright friends, I am back here again with my new post. Now, you must be knowing that I was on a small break very recently. Yes, it was a festival break to be more specific. I was back at home after a year and I must say I had a great time there with everyone.

I told you people that I will be coming out some pics and videos very soon. As promised, I have come out this time with some of the most exclusive pics and videos on one of India's biggest festivals. This festival is popularly known as Chaath Puja and is hugely popular in northern and north-eastern parts of the country. Although its unique to Bihar it as been observed in some parts of West Bengal, Orissa, Assam, Mauritius, mainly among the Bhojpuri and Maithili peaking people. Chaath is also important for Nepalese worshippers of the Sun god as well as in eastern Uttar Pradesh.

Chaath is a way to be grateful to the Sun for giving the bounties of life on earth and for the fulfillment of wishes of believers. It is a festival of reverence to the solar deity, the only festival in the world where devotees offer salutations to the setting sun. Unlike Holi or Diwali, Chaath is a festival of prayer and appeasement observed with somberness, a festival that should not be missed. It is held in high esteem and regard.

This festival is more of a sacrifice which entails purificatory preparation. It can be performed by men or women, irrespective to caste or creed. Chaath commences with the end of Diwali when the house is thoroughly cleaned, family members go in for a holy dip, strict saltless vegetarian menu is observed (even onions and garlic are considered unwanted during the entire festival period), all earthen vessels are reserved for the period only and all possible purity of food is adhered to; clothes have to be unstitched and people sleep on the floor.

The person observing the Chaath (known as Parvati) observes dawn to dusk fast which concludes with sweets. This is followed by another fast for 36 hours till the dawn of the final day when puja commences at the river bank much before sunrise. The disciplined parvatis remain in water from late midnight until the ray of dawn streaks the horizons. The river is now flooded with offerings to the sun which is followed by breakfast and distribution among the gatherings.

I hope you got some good information on this mega festival. Just to let you people know, it is one of my favorite festivals and the best thing about this festival is that it falls just after Diwali, one of India's most awaited festivals.

Ok, time for some action. Have a look at some of the most gorgeous pics of this festival. Well, I shot them while I was at my home very recently. These pics include peoples, temples, lightnings..everything one would like to see :)

The nearest temple located @ my homeplace

People leaving after worshipping lord sun in the evening

Entertainment for kids

Devotees taking holy dip and offering prayers in the evening

A view of the lake @ my hometown where people gather for this mega festival

Another view of the lake

Yet another view of the lake from the centre

Mass gathering of people near lake for this festival

Wait, there's more. Yes, how about some festival videos? Yes, I have it here and I am gonna share it with you all. These videos were shot by me on Oct24th, the day this festival commenced. I must say I just loved shooting these videos and I rate them above all other videos. Have a great time watching these videos. Comments will be appreciated :)









Please Note: These are original copyrighted videos. You are free to showcase these videos on your sites and blogs as long as you are linking to this blog or say, this post. I would really appreciate if you can visit my youtube profile and rate these videos with some comments. Thanks a lot :)
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Ref:
http://www.bihar.ws/info/Religion-in-Bihar/Chhat-Puja.html
http://www.indiasite.com/bihar/festivals.html

Microsoft Paying You, Not Fake - WOW !

Well, I was just checking my mails. And I got this from one of my very good friends. When I read the content of this pic, I was compelled to do the same as what is written in the pic. But then I decided to go against it for some reasons which I believe you must have guessed it by now.

In other words, I think it is yet another high profile spam which has nothing to offer except disappointment. Don't know what makes people to come up with such ideas...huh !

Just imagine Microsoft contacting me...lol ;)

Still, Is it real? What have you guys to say ?

Bad Dreams - The Horrible Night

This is Thursday, 6.00am early in the morning. And I am here to share one of the most horrible experiences of my life. Frankly speaking, last night has been terrible for me. I want to forget it as soon as possible. Well, nothing happened to me as such. But then I did witness something which still sends chills to my spine.

I am living here with one of my friends. We have been living here together for the past 6 months and in all these months not even a single issue has arose between both of us apart from some rare misunderstandings. Yes, we live like brothers, to be honest.

Now, last night as usual we finished our dinners and went to our beds late in the night. Since, he has to leave early in the morning for office so he slept early while I usually sleep late in the night around 12. Now, Exorcist - Have you people watched this movie? I am sure that most of you might have watched this movie at least once in your life. Being regarded as the No. 1 horror movie, its in my list of all time favorite movies. Now, why am I speaking about Exorcist ? Just because, last night I must say that I almost had an experience of live exorcism though not as horrific as the real movie. In the middle of the night around 2am, I heard some noises in my room. Just to confirm, I decided to check where it was coming from. Now, to my horror - He was my friend himself who got awoke from his sleep and OMG - what was he doing there? To my utter horror, he was yelling like anything for apparently no reasons. Believe me, it was such a terrible scene. I went closer to him to comfort him but then it seemed all to be in vain. He got afraid of me and began yelling as if he saw some ghost in me. I just wanted to make him feel better but it never appeared to be same. Infact, he began crying also. All these in the midnight, never been through such experience till date. The yell was such a terrible one, never seen before someone doing like that !

The yell came to end finally after sometime. I could relax now. I went to him and asked him for this unusual drama. What he told, left me with fears. The reason he did so because he had a bad dream in the night. In his dream he saw someone arising from the floor of the room and so he woke up and when he saw me, he felt as if I was the person who arose from the floor. And so he began yelling like anything..huh ! How could he think such rubbish but then it was all dream - the worst dream I must say.

Now after comforting him and making him feel better, we decided to sleep again. But then OMG - same thing happened again. Yes, just before we were getting ready for the new day, I found the same thing happening again. This was much more horrible than before - cannot be expressed in words! The pitch of the yell was highest this time which could easily sent chills to one's spine. Yet again the same case - A bad dream, rather a continuation of the last dream. What the hell he was doing? Not sleeping himself and not even letting me to sleep :(

Have been through many terrible experiences but these two experience have been the most horrible in recent times. Bad dreams - Heaven forbid! Why do people get such dreams? Is there any reality associated with such dreams? Why people going through such dreams begin to behave in this way? How to keep away from such dreams? How to dream only about the things which interests me - In other words, how to dream good ?

Yes, please have your say...

The Google Page Rank Disaster

Well, it seems that Google is against my blog. First, I had to remove Google ads from my blog and now this Page Rank disaster. Both cases almost at the same time. The first case being the major concern but then I think I have spoken enough on the same. There's no point in speaking on the same topic again and again. Now, looking at the present case - The Page Rank disaster. From 4 to 3, truly shocking! I am saying so because I believe I didn't do anything silly to make this happen at any time in my blogging. Now, one thing is sure that this blog deserved Page Rank 4 and in other words, I would say it as a biggest reward for me in these 2 years of blogging. I was hopeful of maintaining the same and more hopeful of gaining much higher page rank. But then it was never to be. Contrary to it, the recent update has left me with some doubts in my mind.

Now, we all know that Google Page Rank is decided on the quantity and quality of the backlinks plus there are many other factors which are not as important as the linking factors. Going back to the moment when I got a PR 4 for this blog, it was almost proved that I was rewarded for my efforts in quality link building for this blog. Plus I believe I really worked hard on my blog's content making it sure that most of my posts are high quality and original. And honesty speaking, Page Rank 4 was the result of those efforts.

After I gained PR 4 for this blog, I was confident of maintaining it forever. But I think it was more of an over confidence from my side. The recent Page Rank update has given me the food for thought. I have lost my Page Rank from 4 to 3 for reasons unknown. Well, still there could be many reasons for the same -

• Did I do too much of link building ?
• Did I exchange link with spammy sites?
• Did I exchange link with unrelated sites?
• Were my links removed from the sites with which I did link exchange?
• Has there been any change in the Page Rank mechanism?

For the first question, my answer is " NO". Well, after gaining PR4 for this blog, I was quite content with it. At any moment, I didn't try to do much. I avoided doing link building for this blog but still I did with some sites but not much. It shouldn't have caused problem in any case. Now, linking to spammy sites - may be I was caught here. I don't know exactly but I must say it is very difficult today to differentiate between a genuine and a spammy site. May be I paid the price for it. Linking with unrelated sites - Perhaps it could be the single biggest reason. And the reason I am saying so because being a niche less blog, there was not much option left for me to try. I had to exchange link with anyone whom I felt I should. Seems that Google penalized me for the same:( No doubt, most webmasters do this without giving a prior notice. Yes, most webmasters remove links from their websites. These links are those which are placed after a proper link exchange process. Well, I did remove some of the links from my own blogroll only after checking to find if my links were still safe or removed from other sites. Shockingly, most of the sites with which I had exchanged links, had removed my links without letting me know first. So, I too had to do the same in the end.

Now, this is interesting. Change in the page rank mechanism. Who knows? Anything is possible today and Google being so innovative these days - Anything can happen.

Well, there can be many more reasons for the same which I may have forgotten to mention. To be honest, I am not so bothered about the Google PR at present. It happens at times. Bad luck it happened to me. I quickly need to forget about the Google PR. As long as you keep getting traffic on your blog from the search engines or from any other source, Page Rank shouldn't be a matter of concern for you. That is what I've learned in recent time. Believe me, Page Rank is nothing more than a showpiece but yes, one thing is very true - When you get a good one, you do not want to loose it any cost !

Truly inspiring quotes from Oscar Wilde

One thing I must say very honestly is that I love quotes especially inspirational ones. I like to read a lot of them and I also make sure that its brings a positive change in my life. I've witnessed the same in recent past. I follow a very simple rule - Read and Apply. Yes, this is what I've been doing for long. To just read and not apply in your lives, doesn't make any sense to me. Believe me, we can learn a lot from such quotes and make our life much better than what it seems to most of us. These inspirational quotes can teach you a lot and help you grow into a good human being, if and only if you are serious enough to apply it to your lives. Needless to say, these quotes are meant for individuals and professional alike.

So as to inspire you today, I have tried to come up some of the best quotes from one of the the finest writers of his generation, Oscar Wilde. Oscar Wilde possessed an honest voice and uncanny wit that made people sit up and listen. For many years, people were spellbound by his work and now its your turn to get motivated and inspired.

Below are the fewest but some of the most inspirational quotes from Oscar Wilde -

1) “Anyone who lives within their means suffers from lack of imagination.”

This Oscar Wilde quote is telling you to aim high. Never settle for what is “just there.” After all, how else will you improve your quality of life when you’re simply sticking with what is “just there.” What happens when you finally run out of what is “just there?”

This quote demands that you make something more of your life. Use your imagination to come up with say, more ways to earn additional income.

2) “Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask and he will tell you the truth.”

This Oscar Wilde quote explains that you cannot always trust people by what they say about themselves. Some people would always try to beef themselves up and make themselves look good in the process.

Instead of just taking their word for it, why don’t you do a little digging around yourself? Ask common friends about this person. If you want to be successful, it’s good to be aware of the values and behavior of the people you’re dealing with.

3) “Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”

Once you are successful, you can’t help but make enemies. According to Oscar Wilde, you should not give such trivial matters any importance. The more attention you give to your enemies, the more distracted you’ll become and the happier they will be.

In situations like this, the best thing to do would be to ignore them. Besides, ignoring them is blatantly sending them the message that they’re not really worth your time. In the end, isn’t that the best revenge of all?

Well, I think these are some of the most meaningful quotes I've been through in recent times. Truly inspiring ! Must read for those who need a little wisdom in their lives. Hope you like it.