1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 !!!

What I am not teaching you any numbers... I just want to show you a magic with numbers. Are you into watching peculiar numbers that are associated with time like 06:06:06 on 06/06/2006. It was back in 2006 three years back. I was really fascinated with that number. Now there is one such sequence coming up in the month of august this year and its gonna be really interesting.

At 12:34 and 56 seconds on 7th august 2009 according to Indian calendar we will witness a time stamp that shows the peculiar digits of 12:34:56, 7/8/9. This is amazing and just saw this from a blog of my friend Nagrockz. Then I used my own thought process to find something silly and I found that silly thing. Again at 09:09:09 on september 9th 2009 you will have something like 09:09:09, 9/9/9. This will never come again for you to witness in your lifetime. Give me a pat for this discovery....

Which fat foods should you avoid???

Which foods should we consider fat rich foods? Have a doubt ask me. In general, a food that is high in total fat will have 13g or 20% daily value of fat per serving or more. Here is a listing of high-fat foods which should avoid or stay away from them or atleast try to have them in moderation::

* Chocolate candies

* Trail mix(especially varieties containing chocolate chips)

* Cheese sauce

* Ricotta cheese

* Chicken pot pie

* Pie

* Condensed milk(sweetened)

* Homemade white sauce

* Ribs

* Macadamia nuts, pecans and cashews

* Potato salad

* Hash browns

* cheesecake

* Spinach souffle

* Baked beans with franks

Beef, pork, lamb, turkey and chicken are also considered to be fat rich products but the fat content can be reduced by trimming off visible fat before cooking and serving them. Serving them broiled, grilled, boiled or roasted instead of deep frying can also be helpful in stopping some fat content.

Via Pediatrics

"Samundari Khazana" - Most expensive curry ever...

Ever heard of a $1000 lobster curry or a $1000 crab curry? Ever did you spend a $1000 for a bowl of some stupid curry? Now is your chance to spend more than $3000 on a single bowl of curry. It has come from the kitchen of Prahlad Hegde, the head chef from London curry house Bombay Brasserie. Prahlad believes that there are still many people who are willing to shell out the extra buck to pamper their taste buds.

The curry is named as "Samundari Khazana" meaning "Treasure from the sea". Most of the other websites have dubbed it wrongly as "Seafood Treasure". Priced at 2000 pounds, this curry is the world's most expensive curry. This contains the most expensive ingredients available which makes it the expensive dish. Devon crab, white truffle, half tomato filled with beluga caviar and dressed with gold leaf, a Scottish Lobster also coated with gold, four abalone, four shelled and hollowed quails' eggs filled with even more caviar are the stuff that made up this dish. Everything in this dish is edible.

Via mostexpensivenet

Some of the biggest Virus Attacks...

Virus attack is supposed to be one that causes a person to get sick and hence consult a doctor. But that was before the dawn of computers. Now virus attack is completely assigned to the comp. world. There are millions of computers attacked by viruses may not be daily but yearly. Here is a list of few deadly virus attacks from the past few decades...

* Elk Cloner(1982) - It is the first virus that hit personal computers worldwide. It spread through Apple II floppy disks. The programme was authored by Rich Skrenta, a 9th grader, who wanted to play a joke on his schoolmates.

* Brain(1986) - This is the first virus to hit Microsoft's DOS enabled computers. It was written by two Pakistani brothers and they left the phone number of their computer repair shop. It would fill unused space on the floppy disk. BusinessWeek magazine called it the Pakistani flu.

* Morris(1988) - It was written by a Cornell University grad student, Robert Tappan Morris. The virus infected an estimated 6000 university and military computers connected over internet. The irony here is that Morris's father was a top govt. computer-security expert.

* CIH(1998) - There was a lull period for a decade, then came one of the most harmful viruses, Chernobyl virus also known as CIH in 1998. It overwrites critical information on infected system drives. It is also known as "space filler virus", due to its ability to clandestinely take up file space on computers and disable anti-virus software.

* Melissa(1999) - It was one of the first viruses to spread over email. When users opened an attachment, the virus sent copies of itself to the first 50 people in the user's address book and covered the globe within hours. It caused more than $80m in damage after it was launched in March 1999.

* ILOVEYOU(2000) - Also called "Love Bug" spread via email attachments and tricked recipients into opening it by disguising itself as a love letter. Companies in Australia had to close down their email systems to keep the virus from spreading.

* Code Red(2001) - One of the most expensive viruses in history, exploited vulnerability in Microsoft IIS servers. It needed just a network connection to spread. The virus struck multiple times on the same system.

* Blaster(2003) - Also known as Lovan took advantage of a flaw in Microsoft software. Microsoft offered cash rewards to people who helped them capture the virus writers. The worm started circulating in August 2003.

* Sasser(2004) - It led to several computers crashing and rebooting themselves. It caused infected computers to restart continuously every time a user attempted to connect to the internet. The first version struck on April 30, 2004.

* Storm worm(2007) - The storm worm originally posed as breaking news of bad weather hitting Europe. Then it disguised itself in several forms. users who fell for it unknowingly became a part of a botnet.

* Conficker(2008) - Also known as Downup, Downadup and Kido uses a combination of advanced malware techniques and spread rapidly into one of the largest computer worm infection. There have been two variants since its first detection in November 2008.

Via TOI

Some silly but Important tips for Health...

I know I am starting off the day with some boring tips for your health but you know what it is your health that matters to me a lot. If you are not there who will read my posts. You are all very important to me. Hence, follow atleast some of these tips to stay healthy. Love Ya All...

* Answer the phone by LEFT ear. (How does this matter)

* Do not drink coffee TWICE a day. (is thrice OK??? Could have said 'just drink once')

* Do not take pills with COOL water.

* Do not have HUGE meals after 5pm. (com'on I eat just once a day that too in the evening)

* Reduce the amount of OILY food you consume. (r u kiddin me, reduce oil, in ur dreams)

* Drink more WATER in the morning, less at night. (yeah don't wet your sheets in da night)

* Keep your distance from hand phone CHARGERS.

* Do not use headphones/earphone for LONG period of time.

* Best sleeping time is from 10 pm at night to 6 am in the morning. (dis is funny)

* Do not lie down immediately after taking medicine before sleeping.

* When battery is down to the LAST grid/bar, do not answer the phone as the radiation is 1000 times. ( some logic is missing here )

Forwarded as an email by a friend from India and asked me to forward to all in my mailing list. Thought to share with you guys... May be I can help a few with some advise.

Pic:: lpga

Fring - Your own Mobile Social Network...

Fring is a mobile communication service that allows you to connect to your friends, share experiences and form internet communities. Using your handset's internet connection, you can interact with friends on all your favorite social networks. By all social networks, I mean Skype, MSN messenger, Gtalk, Twitter, Yahoo, AIM, etc... You can listen to music with your Last.fm accounts. You can be in touch with your facebook friends from wherever you are(of course wherever internet is available).

What more, you can recieve alerts of new Gmail and you have lots of addons for your fring and hence you can make you fring experience still cooler. Fring puts all your online friends into one, dynamic fringFriends buddy list, which is always connected so you can enjoy free calls and instant messaging with all your online friends and added to that you can know their actual location as well.

Fring on a whole makes your mobile the ultimate social device. It is very easy to get going with Fring. It is as easy as downloading a ringtone or an addon. Just download Fring, install it and you are ready with your own social network."Free talk, Live chat & Interact" is what they claim about Fring. Head over to the link below to know more about Fring.

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How Electronic voting machines are hacked...

Just say this video today morning in a blog of my friend Praveen aka Nagrockz. I always had the doubt that since electronic stuff is involved in the electronic voting machines(EVM), they should be hacked easily. I was right. Watch the above video to know how the evms can be hacked. My friend actually posted it long ago but somehow someone removed the video and on request he posted it again...

Via Nagrockz

Healthy Navaratna Kurma recipe...

Here I am presenting to you, another veggie delight in the form of a healthy navaratna kurma sans potato, heavy cream and butter. Hence, it is healthy. Credits to spicesetc blog again. They have become my favorite recipe blog these days.

Ingredients::

Chopped veggies(carrot, beans, capsicum, cauliflower) - 2 cups

Chopped Onion - 3/4 cup

Tomato - 1

Finely chopped garlic - 3 pods

Green chilli - 1

Oil - 2 tbsp

Jeera - 1/2 tsp

Cloves - 4

Cinnamon - 2 inch piece

Cardamom - 3

Bay leaf - 1

Garam masala powder - 1/2 tsp

Salt

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

Chilli powder - 1/4 tsp

Coriander powder - 1 tsp

Pineapple pieces - 1/4 cup

Raisins - 2 tsp

Milk - 1/2 cup

Yoghurt - 1/4 cup

Coriander leaves to garnish

To grind to a paste with little water::

Cashews - soak in warm water for 15 minutes - about 20 of them

or almonds - soak in hot water for 30 minutes and peel the skin - 20

Coconut - 2 tbsp

Preperation::

* Heat oil in a pan.

* Add jeera, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, bay leaf.

* Saute for 10 seconds.

* Add onion, garlic and green chilli.

* Fry till onions turn golden brown.

* Add tomato and other veggies(except capsicum), turmeric powder, chilli powder, coriander powder, garam masala and some salt.

* Saute for a couple of minutes.

* Add 1/4 cup of water.

* Close the pan with a lid and simmer for 5-7 minutes or until the veggies are cooked.

* Add capsicum and saute for 2 minutes.

* Add milk, yoghurt, ground nuts paste, pineapple, raisins and salt(if needed) and cook for 5 minutes.

* Garnish with coriander leaves.

* Serve with rotis or rice.

Hope you enjoy this curry with whatever you like. Let me tell you one thing. This curry would be a delight if you prepare it for a few guests but if the guest list is long and you try it on them, you are going to have hard time, since the ingredients involved are more...

Via Spicesetc

Michael Jackson's last will...

To all those Michael Jackson's fans out there, here is the last will of Michael. He left all his money to his children and it is so thoughtful of him to do that. It is not to hurt anyone's sentiments but just to share whatever info I can get about Michael as I am one of those millions who go crazy while seeing him dance....

Pic & Source:: buzzfeed

Gmail Labels are so important now...

Okay now Google realized the true value of labels and given them the pretty just below the top spot. If I were the developer or Gmail geek, I would have placed them horizontally above all that inbox, archive, delete and all other links. Okay its not that late either and I am happy with what Google has done with gmail. I always get this weird feeling that guys at google read my mind and give me what I ask for. I don't know if it is true but guys I have that feeling from ages.

Coming to the new Labels, in fact they are pretty old but only their positioning is changed and the new functionality of drag and drop is added to them. Many think that this drag and drop has been around for a while now, what the big deal. It is a big deal, trust me on this one atleast. I used to have problems with adding the labels to my mail by clicking this that and everything. But now I am free bird to add labels to whatever I want and whatever I don't as well. This has been rolled out to few of those gmail users from today morning and I wasn't those lucky guys as I just could experience the change a hour back. Hence, I am a bit late on reporting that. Check out for yourself what's new with this labeling stuff as soon as you get this weird message as in the pic above.

via Gmail

Most Stupidest People u will ever see...

The stupidest, lamest people you will ever see. Ofcourse not all of them are lame but still their actions are. You will enjoy some, feel sorry for some, curse some and pray for some. But one thing is for sure, you will forward this to your friends...

Search engine market share for June 2009...

Was just going through some statistics for internet browsers and came across this chart of comparison. This chart shows how different search engines have fared during the month of June 2009. There wasn't much of a surprise for me seeing Google - Global on top of the chart, nor the yahoo search engine following Google in a distant second.

But what really amazed me and compelled me to share with you is the entry of Microsoft's Bing Search engine into one of the top slots. It wasn't even a complete month that Bing came into live but it has already started conquering some ground. It has reached the half way stage of Yahoo search engine and guess what, the day may not be too far away when Bing overtakes yahoo for second spot and might even become a threat to Google some day. It may not be in the near future that Bing becomes a pain to Google but still achieving a 5.3% of market share within 20 days isn't a joke.

Via Marketshare

Customize your right-click with Open++...

Open++ is a shell context menu extension that allows you to quickly open the target file or folder with the predefined commands in Windows Explorer. It adds a new submenu to your right-click context menu with advanced options for adding virtually any function you could want. Open++ is so versatile that you can add your own functions along with the functions that it provides in the predefined format.

You can launch files, folders or applications just by adding this new software to your already installed softwares list. You just need two clicks to access whatever folder you want and whatever place it is in. Open++ gives you the freedom of accessing your files in a jiffy. It is a free software and you can download it from the link below. Let me remind you that it is only for Windows and as a matter of fact whatever softwares I mention here, all belong to the Windows XP fold unless otherwise mentioned.

tucows Via Lifehacker

Chicken Chettinad recipe...

Guys I am back with one of those Chicken recipes. Chicken chettinad is one of those chicken curries which I tasted in the recent times. Though it is not that great a taster but still it is worth a try. It is completely off the mill kinda preperation. You can try it out. The credits of this recipe go to indianfoodforever site and I didn't in any way make a contribution to them. But you can try it out, they cannot sue you.

Ingredients::

1 kg chicken

2 tsp poppy seeds

1/2 grated coconut

1 tsp fennel seeds

1 tsp coriander seeds

1/2 tsp cumin seeds

8 whole red chillies

1" stick cinnamon

3 green cardamom

2 cloves

1/2 tsp turmeric powder

1 onion, large

4 tsp ginger garlic paste

1/2 star anise

1 tsp red chilli powder

3 tomatoes

1 lemon

12 curry leaves

fresh coriander garnish

1/2 cup oil

3 tsp salt and add extra to taste

Preparation::

* Clean the chicken, remove the skin and cut into small or medium pieces as you like.

* Chop the onions and tomatoes.

* Roast the whole red chillies, grated coconut, poppy seeds, coriander seeds,cumin seeds, green cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, star anise, fennel seeds in oil and grind to a paste for 20 mts along with ginger garlic paste.

* Heat oil in a vessel and fry the onions till golden.

* Add curry leaves and the groung paste and saute for sometime.

* Add the tomatoes, red chilli powder and turmeric powder and saute.

* Add the chicken, mix and cook for 5 minutes and then add 2 cups of water and lemon juice.

* cover and cook till the chicken is done.

* Serve chicken chettinad hot garnished with coriander leaves and accompained with fried rice, roti or parathas.

Hope you enjoy this preparation. This might take a while but it is worth it.

Pic:: mysamayal

Via Indianfoodforever

Deal of the day... 7 in 1 multifunctional tool...

Here is a 7 in 1 multifunctional camping tool screwdriver knife and an LED light for just $3.99. The regular price of this item is $6.99. This is a real catch considering the nominal amount you will be paying for this. The whole thing is made of steel and has got some tough metal into it for all your tough jobs.

functions::

* Squeeze/Grip/Cutting Plier

* Knife

* Saw blade

* Bottle opener

* Flat Screwdriver

* Phillips screwdriver

* LED flash light

The best part here is that it is shipped free for you. You dont need to pay an extra penny other than the $3.99 you are paying in the first place. Head over to the link below to claim your 7 in 1....

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