Mosquito Repellent Software!

Heard of mosquito coils, mosquito nets, mosquito mats etc? Amused at the term mosquito repellent software? I have probably written thousands of lines of code over the last couple of years, but seriously a software for keeping mosquitoes out of the door was new one! Thinking I could go to mom and tell her "See mom, I have a mosquito repellent software which you can run on our home computer!! You only have to click this icon, just like opening internet explorer!"
As a matter of fact such a software does exist. It makes your PC produce a frequency of sound that is effective in driving mosquitoes away. Of course, you will have to check the configuration of the speakers you use, ie if it can actually emit sounds of such frequency.

Check out google for some of the interesting links on this one. Maybe you wil hit upon one that says, shoo mosquitoes from your mobile! :)

Happy Reading on this one!

ATM Blues

I've never doubted my skills of using an ATM( Automated Transaction Machine ). I was in fact quite proud that I learnt to use the ATM before my mom and also that I could remember the password in my mind unlike my friends who had them written on pieces of paper. On this particular day I defeated my pride, suprisingly!
This happened a month back. I was going to Kerala that evening to attend my grandpa's funeral. I was forlon and sad since the previous day, ever since I got the news from Kerala. ( Spent most of the day remembering the good vacations we had in Kerala while we were kids. The mango trees, having tender coconut water standing under the tree that grew it, collecting pineapples from the bushes, all of that we did. All the kids with our dear "appachen" ventured out everyday, expecting a new adventure. )
I wound up my work at office and left for the day. Half hour later I was home packing my bag. I decided to leave at 5 for the 6.15 bus from Madiwala I had tele- booked that morning. Considering the traffic conditions in Bangalore specially in the evening, I thought it was a safe time to start. I was short of cash, so I took a detour to the ATM to withdraw some to pay for my ticket and of course for the travel. That would mean at least a 15 min delay before I could take the auto-rickshaw to the bus station.
I got into the HDFC ATM in a hurry and slipped in my card into the slot. I keyed in the pin and amount and waited for my transaction to process. 2 seconds later I hear a beep and a message saying my Pin does not match. First time in 3 years!! I thought I did a mistype, so there I entered the pin again and the rest of the process followed.2 seconds later I hear the beep again with the same message. The next second, my brain started its ramblings.."Pin's been keyed in wrong twice, how did this happen?? someone's changed my pin??My account has been hacked and all my money's gone!!The bus leaves at 6.15!!! I dont have enough money to pay the ticket!!! I dont think I'll be able to go today! " Sigh! 2 mins late, before a I could pass out I tell my brain to stop and slip in my card again into the slot and key in the pin with another combination of the same numbers, thinking that I probably made a mistake.By now I am totally confused about the pin. Another 2 attempts and I get a message saying "Your card has been blocked, you can use it after 24hours"!
Well I managed to call my roomies and get the money I needed and ended up at bus station just on time. But forgetting my pin was the last thing I would do and wondered what went wrong with me. It felt like the password file got deleted from my brain and I would never get it back again.
Maybe I should write down my passwords some place. But then I would have to do away with my pride....


Oracle India, PTP

'I' ed

Been tagged by someone at the distance....hoping these pieces will fit :)

I am thinking about -
... what my next post should be
I said -
... I have been busy, and so its frozen in here
I hear -
.... voices calling from afar
I wish -
... I knew....
I wonder -
... If my wish would ever come true
I regret -
... not being able to build courage to take a boat ride ever
I want to -
.. know what it would be like, otherwise
I am -
... what I think
I dance -
... almost never, maybe in front of the mirror in my room ..lol!
I sing -
....always, always, always
I cry -
... whenever I watch cryee cryee scenes in the movies
... many a times to discharge my sadness
I am not always -
... the perfectionist I'd love to be!
I make with my hands -
... my stupid computer look smarter than me ;)
I write -
... when I am bored at work ;)
I confuse -
... my mind with the question...what if?
I need -
... blessings and prayers always coz of which I think I live to see this day
And finally -
... I think I will get to do what I want to...shhhhhhhhh

Mentos Khao..Dimaag ki batti Jalao ;)

Lunch overwith, time to have a "Mentos Chewy Dragee". My cube partner opens her drawer, both of us peer into it where of course lie a dozen mentos candies. Today we have 3 flavors to choose from 'lime n lemon', 'strawberry' and 'mint'(in order of liking ;) ) ! We both pick up the yellow candy...open the wrapper...n pop it in...now as we savor the tangy taste of the candy,the next thing to do...wrappers need to be disposed off...so here I go...Open my drawer! Convenient I must say!

However today was different...sudden realization dawned and we were staring at almost 2 dozen wrappers( guess collections of the past week)....tucked under the file and notebooks...on counting them we were in for a shock...we were having close to 5..ummm..or is it 6...7 would be being honest....mentos chewy dragees each, everyday! While the lime n lemon flavor is the most desirable, mint and strawberry flavors sufficed when the favourite ran out of stock(with the supplier of course, ie a small shop arnd the corner).

Wondering what made us pop in these candies....going by the 'mentos' punchline maybe it did have an effect on our dimaag....maybe thats the reason why I wasnt drowsy in the afternoons lately...hey I came up with a post breaking my previous frequency, and I thought I had run outta ideas ;)...guess it works after all.

Dreading that we have probably become mentos addicts, we decided not to lay pur hands on the candies anymore...aunctioned off the remaining ones for free....we got back to work chewing on the candy, lamenting it was the last one.

Here's what remains of our "mentos chewy dragees".....sigh.....

Hoshwalon Ko Khabar Kya

"Jhankar Beats" on World Space is the sole source of music once I get to work, they seem to be playing coupla decent songs today....long time since I heard this jagjit singh number , the singing maestro is my favourite gazal singer, the feeling with which he renders his songs only brings out the meaning of each word more deeply...so sing along!

hoshwaaloan ko khabar kya bekhudii kya chiiz hai
ishq kiiji'e phir samjhiye zindagii kya chiiz hai

unse nazar kya milii roshan fizaa'en ho ga'iin
aaj jaana pyaar kii jaaduugarii kya chiiz hai

khultii zulfoan ne sikhaa'ii mausamoan ko shaayarii
jhuktii aankhoan ne bataaya maikashii kya chiiz hai

ham laboan se kah na paa'e unse haal-e-dil kabhii
aur voh samjhe nahiin yeh khaamoshii kya chiiz hai

Superhit Inspirations

Heard the songs from the latest release Krishh..."Ek tha ladka, ek thi ladki deewani" sounded familiar...After thinking for about a whole evening I finally managed to match the tune to a number from a 90s shah rukh movie called Koyla (one of his movies gone into oblivion)....the music director takes inspiration from his own creation to make a new song....so goes the legend of inspirations...from hollywood, from non-hindi compositions...I hear there is a song coming up that is apparently inspired from the national anthem of Hungary....had a groupthink, the other day over lunch with colleagues....someone's heard a song inspired by the australian national anthem...so goes the story of inspirations...n its one to live forever..people love listening to their favorite numbers over and over again..n thats how we get superhits!!

God's Own Country

...fraud mallu goes to Kerala after gap of 4 whole years and comes back with some pictures as a proof of affiliation to this place rightly called 'Daivathinte Swantham Naadu' .....sigh!!!