Taare Zameen Par

Hats off to Amir Khan for again delivering a quality product and for me,an answer to the 2007's equally good movie 'Chak De'.But the credit should be given to Tare... for striking the right note with such a sensuous but difficult subject. So beautiful was the portrayal of emotions in this movie that can leave, even the not-so-soft-hearted ones, spell-bound. I guess almost all the women crowd gathered in the hall was sobering :).
And not to mention, amazing timing of all the songs...Simply Superb. All the actors fit well in their roles and i am sure they can give anyone a run for their money. Especially Tisca Chopra, stupendous performance!!!. I guess she was the emotional fulcrum of the movie, since she was a character which is emotionally very attached with Darsheel(the kid). It was a very important character and she played the part beautifully.
In the end a very nice movie for everyone.




A Little Sweet, A Little Sour
A Little Close Not Too Far
All I Need, All I Need
All I Need Is To Be Free...

Chhoo Loon Main
Itna Kareeb
Chal Padun
To Kitne Door..

Instant unlimited music - Seeqpod

Being the ICTians we are, most of us know how to get our choice music using Internet - bit torrents, p2p (our lovely dc++) and websites(welcome to the world of spywares and pop up windows). However one of the biggest problem is that before listening to the music, you have to download it first. Especially in India where the bandwidth is a premium, it sucks to wait 5 minutes(50 minutes if you are in DAIICT) for a song to download, only to discover that it is not the one you want.

Welcome - Seeqpod. A website where you just enter the song/artist information in search box and listen to your music right then without the need to download it. With the obvious benefits of saving time and having access to one of the biggest music libraries; it also allows you to listen music without the guilt (or risk) of downloading illegal music. Just like Google searches the Internet for web pages, this website keeps track of music shared by anyone on the Internet (http/ftp servers). Other features include letting you create, save and share custom playlists your choice songs, and automatically searching for the video of your music on Youtube.
There are various alternatives on the Internet like imeem and SplashCast. However I find the clean interface of seeqpod best of the lot and since it's casting a wide net, SeeqPod provides the best results of any of the programs.

If you want to download the music for listening on the go, you will need more than the much honed copy-paste skills. Although the website does show the song link, it seems to be flash based and copying the link seems impossible. So you can either choose the easy(but prone to human errors) way of looking and typing the music link into the browser, or the more complex way as mentioned here
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Hurray I'll get my B.Tech before my Masters!

Finally some news from DA-IICT about convocation

If you don't remember your DA-IICT login, then here is the complete mail. Note the deadlines are only 10 days from now.. so if you plan to go, then better send the confirmations. Meet ya all in DA-IICT :-)

Dear Students,
1. Fourth Convocation of DA-IICT will be solemnized on 19 January 2008.
2. The students who have completed their requirements for the degree (or are going to complete by 24 December 2007, would be conferred degrees in this convocation.
3. A letter in this regard, which is self-explanatory, is being posted to your parents’ address. A copy of the letter is also attached herewith for your ready reference. You may take a print of this attachment and send your confirmation in hard copy, along with the DD, at the earliest.
With greetings,

P K Chopra
Dy Registrar

Note : There was an attachment too. Click here [pdf]

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Synapse

The synapse site is under construction..
you can visit it here
I go to say this, orange looks bad.. really bad

Edit : my sources inside daiict tell me that the orange background is temporary.

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the new flock web-browser

hi,
for those who do not know about flock, read on
Wikipedia says
"Flock is a web browser heavily based upon Mozilla Firefox and other Mozilla technologies. Flock is also the name of the company developing the browser. Flock's creators call it a "social browser", due to its ability to interact with popular social networking web services. Such web services include Flickr, Facebook, YouTube, Del.icio.us, Technorati, Photobucket, and various popular blogging and news aggregation services."

My use for flock is to blog, simple and fast. I am a fan of apps which use internet in background, like Amarok with audioscrobbler and wikipedia and alike softwares. basically using internet without using a browser actually. Although flock is a browser it still is kinda mix between the two. Give it a shot, it contains too many things to be my primary browser, but few of you might like the facebook, orkut, flickr, blogging etc etc features.

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We are DA-IICT

We are not IITian's,
We are not NITian's,
We are not IIITian's,

We don't ride on the success of our predecessors,

We graduate from DA-IICT and We are the best at what we do.

We learn to live, you live to earn.

Best IEEE R10 Student Branch Counselor

Now I don't know how to react to this! An extract from the mail of Ravi Bagree:-
"Dr. Anil K Roy has been awarded as the 'Best IEEE R10 Student Branch Counselor' in IEEE Region 10, i.e. Asia Pacific Region, for the year 2007."

Header Picture

A new header picture from my old phone album
cheers!

PS: has anyone successfully done this? Using Yahoo Pipes to join 2 flickr RSS feeds to combine into single, then show in slideshow widget on blogger.

sunscreen advise to those in final year in college.

• Value City Pulse, you will soon find out that there are more expensive, less comfortable and more distant places to bear a bollywood flick.
• Value Mannu and Daddu, they are your best friend, especially of those with late night appetites.
• Value your open air theatre, its no fun to see Yuvraj hit six sixes on a twenty one inch box and that too alone.
• Value your neighbouring room, even if it has a stinky occupant who likes Himesh Reshammiya, soon you will have far more unbearable characters in your life.
• Value the library, soon all your reading material will limit to sleazy pages of the morning newspapers.
• Value your playing field, semi-clad sweating jogging chicks can attract you to jog on the roads but at the end of the day your knees will hurt like crap.
• Value Sardar Kebab junction, just take my word for this one, if Gods ate, theyd eat his butter chicken and momos.
• Value the galla, the brightest, smartest and most intellectual discussions of your life are over once you are out of college.
• Value your instructors, soon you will encounter some waste of human organs instructing you.
• Value E-FJunction, soon you will understand that cafes and pubs are as good for hanging out as a toilet seat is for tap dancing.
  
• Value corridor cricket, it is, was and will always be the zenith of human endurance.
• Value mafia, your professional life will depend upon the skills you gain from it.
• Value your LAN, soon you will have a limited collection of hundred odd films and a two hundred GB harddisk ! yes you will.
• Value your labs, soon you will start spending nights in front of the computer at a desk, for someone else.
• Value your room mate, soon you may end up with a Karmic Healing freak.

How to write a good report

1. Sit in a straight, comfortable chair in a well lit place in front of your computer.

2. Log onto Gtalk and start DC++ (be sure to go on away or busy!). Check your email.

3. Read over the assignment carefully, to make certain you understand it.

4. Walk down to the FC and buy some chips and dew, or get chocolates from daddu's, to help you concentrate.

5. Check DC++ for new releases.

6. Call up a friend and ask if he/she wants to go to grab a coffee. Just to get settled down and ready to work.

7. When you get back to your room, sit in a straight, comfortable chair in a clean, well lit place.

8. Read over the assignment again to make absolutely certain you understand it.

9. Check DC++ for new releases.

10. Scroll through DC++ chat and spend some time coming up with new smiley combinations.

11. Yawn, check the time, and open a blank word document.

12. Start JAP or freedom and grab some new mp3z off limewire.

13. Check your email. (Any of this sounding familiar yet??)

14. Chat on Gtalk with one of your friends about the future. (ie what great movies and series you watched and plans for the holidays).

15. Check DC++ for new releases and scroll through chat.

16. Listen to your new mp3z and download some more.

17. PM/ net send a friend and ask if he/she's started writing yet. Exchange derogatory remarks about your prof, the
course, the college, the world at large, and how life sucks.

18. Go to daddu's and buy a pack of polo. You've probably run out.

19. Phone someone you haven't talked to in a long time( more than 12 hours) and moan about how hard it is to write a report and how little time you have.

20. Decide that you're hungry and have some snacks at the FC.

21. Check DC++ for releases, and browse through the whole list, finally finding something you overlooked.

22. Watch that new episode of House/Heroes/Scrubs... and keep promising to start the report once you're done watching it.

23. Check DC++ chat and comment on how good/bad the episode was, and after learning that there's going to be a season break, abuse the producers.

24. Wash your hands and face, drink some water and walk around a bit to clear your head.

25. Call up a friend to see how much they have done, probably haven't started either.

26. Look through your photos and try fiddling around with them in photoshop.

27. Sit down and do some serious thinking about your plans for the future.

28. Check to see if anyone is online on DC++ and start a conversation on who sucks more.

29. Check your email and listen to your new mp3z.

30. Call up the same friend you talked to previously, and get a progress report.

31. Read over the assignment one more time, just for heck of it.

32. Look out the window and watch the sunrise. It's almost galla time...

33. Pace the corridors and moan about how you haven't even started on the report.

34. Go to galla, have tea and snacks and share a few jokes with your friends.

35. Rush back to your room and check Gtalk to see if anyone has left you messages.

36. Mumble obscenities, and vent out your frustration by abusing everyone on DC++.

37. 7am - start hacking on the paper without stopping. 8am -paper is finished.

38. Complain to everyone that you didn't get any sleep because you had to write that stupid paper.

39. 8:30am - Go to class, hand in paper, and leave right away so you can take a nap.

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