How to Install a Husband..

INSTALLING A HUSBAND

Dear Tech Support,

Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed a distinct slow down in overall system performance, particularly in the flower and jewelry applications, which operated flawlessly under Boyfriend 5.0.

In addition, Husband 1.0 uninstalled many other valuable programs, such as
· Romance 9.5 and
· Personal Attention 6.5, and then installed undesirable programs such as
· NBA 5.0,
· NFL 3.0 and
· Golf Clubs 4.1.

Conversation 8.0 no longer runs, and Housecleaning 2.6 simply crashes the system.

· Please note that I have tried running Nagging 5.3 to fix these problems, but to no avail.

What can I do?

Signed,
Desperate.

DEAR DESPERATE,

First, keep in mind,
· Boyfriend 5.0 is an Entertainment Package, while
· Husband 1.0 is an operating system.

Please enter command: ithoughtyoulovedme. html and try to download Tears 6.2 and do not forget to install the Guilt 3.0 update.
· If that application works as designed, Husband1.0 should then automatically run the applications Jewelry 2.0 and Flowers 3.5.

However, remember, overuse of the above application can cause Husband 1.0 to default to Grumpy Silence 2.5, Happy Hour 7.0 o r Beer 6.1.
· Please note that Beer 6. 1 is a very bad program that will download the Farting and Snoring Loudly Beta.

Whatever you do, Do not under any circumstances install Mother-In-Law 1.0 (it runs a virus in the background that will eventually seize control of all your system resources.)

In addition, please do not attempt to reinstall the Boyfriend 5..0 program.These are unsupported applications and will crash Husband 1.0.

In summary, Husband 1.0 is a great program, but it does have limited memory and cannot learn new applicatio ns quickly. You might consider buying additional software to improve memory and performance. We recommend
· Cooking 3.0 and

Good Luck Babe!

Tech Support

Bangalore Decoded.. Place Name and Info::

Some interesting historical/past information about those places in Bangalore as follow.

Marathahalli

Halli in Kannada means village. A fighter aircraft named Marut had an accident in this area; So the area is called Marathahalli.

BTM Layout

BTM Layout (an abbreviation of Byrasandra, Tavarekere and Madivala Layout)

Malleswaram

Malleswaram, located in the north-west of Bengalooru, derives its name from the famous Kaadu Malleshwara temple.

HSR Layout

Hosur Sarjapur Road Layout (popularly known as HSR Layout) is a relatively new suburb located to the south-east of Bengalooru, India. The layout, which is built on land reclaimed from the Agara lake, is located between Hosur Road and Sarjapur Road.

Arekere

Are in Kannada means half. Kere in Kannada means a water reservoir or pond. The origin of the name "Arekere" comes comes from a water reservoir which is in the area.

Banashankari

Banashankari is a neighborhood in South Bengalooru It gets its name from the Banashankari Amma Templeon Kanakapura Road, one of Bengalooru's oldest and most famous temples, which was constructed by Subramanya Shetty in 1915.

Basavanagudi

The name "Basavanagudi" refers to the Bull Temple that is located here. It is a monolith statue of the Nandi Bull. Basava in Kannada, the local language, means Bull and Gudi means temple. Hence, the name Basavanagudi

Basaveshwaranagar

It is named after poet-king Basaveshwara. Basaveshwaranagar is also known to have a 100 year old tree "The Big Banyan Tree - Dodda Aalada Mara" which was a home for hundreds of monkeys now a known public park in the vicinity.

Domlur

Domlur is a small township located in the eastern part of Bengalooru city in India. Earlier it was known as Bhagat Singh Nagar, but for some unknown reasons, it is better known as Domlur. There is a debate over the exact meaning of Domlur. From what can be deciphered from old people living in the area, Domlur is a word derived from Tombalur, a kind of flower which is used to worship Lord Shiva. This is further supported by the inscriptions found in Chokkanathaswamy temple in Domlur, which is believed to be constructed by Cholas

Electronics City

Electronics City is an electronics industrial park spread over 332 acres (1.3 km²) in Konappana Agrahara and Doddathogur villages, just outside Bengalooru, India. It houses more than a hundred industries, including IT industry leaders such as Wipro,Hewlett-Packard, Motorola, Infosys, CGI, Siemens, ITI,Satyam etc. The area is maintained by Keonics, which provides all the necessary infrastructure.

Halasuru

Halasuru formerly known as Ulsoor, is one of the oldest neighbourhoods in the Indian city of Bengalooru. It has a predominant Tamil speaking population and is renowned for its numerous temples and rather narrow streets.

Hebbal

Once indicative of the North endpoint of the city. Though originally famous for Hebbal Lake, it is now better known for the serpentine maze of flyovers The flyover spanning a length of 6.25 kilometres over all the loops combined, is the longest flyover in India.The lake is well known for the park, the boating facility and for the bird watching opportunities.

Jayanagar

Jayanagar means - literally - "Victory City". Jayanagar was traditionally regarded as the southern end of Bengalooru. The "South End Circle", wherein six roads from different areas meet, and the historic Ashoka Pillar (which was to mark the southern end of the city) bear this fact. While newer extensions have taken away this distinction from Jayanagar, it still remains one of the more southern parts of the city.

J P Nagar

The Jayaprakash Narayan Nagar ( JP Nagar ) was basically a residential area. J P Nagar is home to many prominent singers, actors and artists. Famous residents of this locality include Kannada actor and politician Ambareesh, playwright and actor Girish Karnad, former Karnataka chief minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and actress Tara.

Jeevanbheemanagar

Originally, the area was reserved for employees of LIC (Jeevan Bheema)and KPWD. Therefore the area predominantly consists of LIC quarters (types L,M,N,P) and KPWD quarters (types A,D).

Kengeri

In it flows the river vrishbhavati which carries the entire sewage of bangalore in it making kengeri somewhat smelly but there is a need to manage sewage treatment properly in the Indian state of Karnataka.

Koramangala

Koramangala was not too long ago, a sought after residential locality with its wide boulevards and posh bungalows. The crime rate has increased considerably over the past few years. Though the civic authorities are trying hard to cope with the unprecedented stress of improvising the infrastructure, a lot needs to be done.

Rajajinagar

Rajajinagar got its name from Rajaji the great freedom fighter from Southern part of India. It has many schools and colleges that gives the best coaching. It boasts of having the highest number of bar and restaurants in Bangalore.

Rajarajeshwari Nagar

Rajarajeshwari Nagar received its name from the famous Rajarajeshwari Nagar temple that is located just over one kilometer from the arch.

Sadhashivnagar

Sadashivanagar is arguably the most elite and expensive neighborhood in Bangalore, India, and is fashionable among politicians, movie stars, and most of the city's millionaires who can afford homes there. As the "Beverly Hills of Bangalore," having an address in Sadashivanagar connotes a high level of prestige, success, and/or fame.

Thyagarajanagar

Thyagarajanagar is one of the oldest localities in Bangalore. It is part of Basavanagudi in South Bangalore. This area is home to several religious temples and is the only area where you can find religious songs hitting the charts everyday.

Vijayanagar

It derives its name from the Vijayanagara empire that flourished in south India during 15th and 16th centuries.Vijayanagar East is popularly known as RPC Layout (Railway Parallel Colony Layout), since this layout is along the railway track. It has been recently renamed as Hampi Nagar. Hampi was the capital of the Vijayanagar Empire. Vijayanagar also houses a large Public Library, which is one of the largest in Karnataka.

 
Whitefield 

Until the late 1980s, Whitefield was a small village which was a retirement colony for Anglo-Indians. It remains a legacy of the British rule in India. It is renowned for Sathya Sai Baba's ashram called Brindavan and as a haven for a number of multinational information technology companies.

The Other Indian nominated for Oscar after AR Rehman - Resul Pookutty

Directing Sound

Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2009	Nominated	Oscar	Best Achievement in Sound for: Slumdog Millionaire (2008) Shared with: Ian Tapp Richard Pryke

Resul Pookutty, who hails from Anchal in Kollam district, Kerala gives a new definition to the art of sound direction in Bollywood films.

SOUND DECISION: Resul Pookutty.

The name Resul Pookutty has become almost synonymous with sound direction in Hindi films, especially after the success of Sanjay Leela Bansali's `Black.' Resul was recently in Thrissur in connection with the second Thrissur International Film Festival.

Resul hails from Vilakkupara in Anchal in Kollam district and it was fate that landed him in tinsel town, that too in Bollywood movies.

Joining the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune "was a turning point in my life." Resul passed out from the Institute in 1995 and moved to Mumbai, the dreamland of Indian commercial filmmakers.

"That was a natural immigration as a graduate of the institute. Ninety-five per cent of the technicians of the Mumbai film industry are alumni of FTII, Pune," points out Resul. "After my graduation from Pune, my interest to specialise in sound became clear, and today I feel I am successful, both aesthetically and commercially," he says.

Importance of sound

Until recently sound artistes were merely considered as sound recorders without much significance in the industry, but Resul's generation totally changed it into sound direction. Rajat Kapur's `Private Detective' was his maiden work and after that his career graph accelerated. His recently released films include `Black' and `Mathrubhumi - a national without women' by Manish K.J. (this film, an Indo-French venture, eamines the issue of female infanticide). `Missed Call' by Mridul Vinay and `Mixed Doubles' by Rajat Kapur will be released soon.

"More than recording the sound, I always endeavour to design a sound that suits the correct ambience. I am doing sync sound, which is new in Indian cinema.

"As a sound director, my attempt is to bring the tone and pitch of every scene to the very compositional structure of the film. It is technical and artistic as a film is basically recreation of reality. And my effort is to make the sound of the film as much close to reality," he says.

Sound Department:

IN 2008....

Ghajini (2008)

Raat Gayi, Baat Gayi? (2008)

Woodstock Villa (2008)

Mithya (2008)

1. Ghajini (2008) (sound designer)
2. Slumdog Millionaire (2008) (ADR mixer) (sound mixer)
3. Woodstock Villa (2008) (sound mixer)
4. Dus Kahaniyaan (2007) (sound designer)
5. Saawariya (2007) (sound designer)
   ... aka Eternal Soulmate (India: English title: literal title)
   ... aka Oh, My Love (International: English title: literal title)
6. Gandhi, My Father (2007) (production sound mixer) (sound designer) (sound engineer)
7. Traffic Signal (2007) (sound designer: graftif)
8. Bombay Skies (2006) (sound designer)
9. Mixed Doubles (2006) (ADR mixer) (sound designer) (sound mixer) (sound)
10. Zinda (2006) (ADR mixer) (sound designer)
11. Bluffmaster! (2005) (ADR) (foley recordist) (supervising sound designer)
12. Black (2005) (sound designer) (sync sound mixing) (trade mixes)
13. Amu (2005) (sound designer) (sound)
14. Musafir (2004) (ADR mixer) (sound designer)
15. Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na (2004) (sound designer)
16. Matrubhoomi: A Nation Without Women (2003) (production sound mixer) (sound designer) (sound)
    ... aka A Country Without Women (International: English title)
    ... aka A Nation Without Women (International: English title)
    ... aka Matrubhoomi un monde sans femmes (France)
17. Raghu Romeo (2003) (ADR mixer) (foley mixer) (sound)
18. Boom (2003/I) (production sound mixer) (sound designer)
19. Agni Varsha (2002) (foley engineer)
    ... aka Agnivarsha: The Fire and the Rain (USA)
    ... aka The Fire and the Rain (USA)
20. Everybody Says I'm Fine! (2001) (additional sound mixer) (ADR mixer) (foley mixer) (sound designer: / Dolby EX 6.1) (sound effects mixer) (sound post-production engineer)
21. Bombay Eunuch (2001) (sound)
22. Snip! (2000) (ADR mixer) (sound designer)
    
    
23. Split Wide Open (1999) (ADR mixer) (sound designer)
24. Private Detective: Two Plus Two Plus One (1997) (sound)
    ... aka Private Detective - Do Jama Do Jama Ek (India: Hindi title)

Beware while using trial rooms !!!!!!

Beware while using the trial rooms any where. GIRLS BE CAREFUL HI All, Have you seen recent advertisement of M/S SAINT GOBAIN GLASSES shown in TELEVISION'S - Then you must have known about 2 Way mirror) How to determine if a mirror is 2 way or not ? (Not a Joke!) Not to scare you, but to make sure that you aware. Many of the Hotels and Textile showrooms cheat the customers this way. HOW TO DETECT A 2-WAY MIRROR? When we visit toilets, bathrooms, hotel rooms, changing rooms, etc., How many of you know for sure that the seemingly ordinary mirror hanging on the wall is a real mirror, or actually a 2-way mirror I.e., they can see you, but you can't see them. There have been many cases of people installing 2-way mirrors in female changing rooms or bathroom or bedrooms. It is very difficult to positively identify the surface by just looking at it. So, how do we determine with any amount of certainty what type of mirror we are looking at? CONDUCT THIS SIMPLE TEST: Place the tip of your fingernail against the reflective surface and if there is a GAP between your fingernail and the image of the nail, then it is a GENUINE mirror. However, if your fingernail DIRECTLY TOUCHES the image of your nail, then BEWARE, IT IS A 2-WAY MIRROR! (There may be someone seeing you from the other side).. So remember, every time you see a mirror, do the "fingernail test." It doesn't cost you anything. It is simple to do. This is a really good thing to do. The reason there is a gap on a real mirror, is because the silver is on the back of the mirror UNDER the glass. Whereas with a two-way mirror, the silver is on the surface. Keep it in mind! Make sure and check every time you enter in hotel rooms. Ladies: Share this with your friends. Men: Share this with your sisters, wives, daughters, friends, colleagues, etc.

Read the Satyam Employee's Mail.

After all the Satyam related jokes , here is something different.. Its written by a Satyam employee: At a time when almost 90% of my Satyam friends are cribbing about the fraud and betrayal by Ramalinga Raju, I have a slightly different opinion. It's bold of me to write this in black and white but this comes straight from my heart and experience. Let me start by quoting an example of 2006. Most of my friends were unemployed with 50-60% plus marks in BTech, with a degree from an average University and hunting madly for a job. Whether people accept it today or not but the truth remains that Satyam was the ONLY saviour and the only mass recruiter who was ready to accept students who had back logs but had cleared them and also it did not put a very strict minimum marks criterion. And this was true not only for my small college at Lucknow but also those across India . Satyam is the fourth largest in IT in India. Looking at India's population I really want to thank Raju for giving some 54000 Indians jobs atleast for all these years . He was the reason for the revival of confidence and the reason for the bread and butter for many a families. Satyam training was renowned all over India. Their STC training centre created numerous love stories and unexpected rekindling of a youthful environment where girls and boys were more indepenent than their college days . I remember most of my Satyam friends felt that they made better friends at Satyam's three to six months training than those in the four years of BTech. Unfortunately people forget to thank God in sad times . I understand that what Raju did is deplorable and unpardonable. He should have treated business more formally and not dealt with it like a family affair . He should have been strict a couple of months or years before itself. Why did he hire so many non potential candidates and keep them on bench? When were the managers and the team mates last told that if they dont work hard, they will lose their job? Business cannot be run lousily. I have been staying with some 200 odd girls for the last 2 years and many of them are from Satyam. Moreover I network a lot and I have lots of male friends at Satyam . I have seen how people tail gate to Satyam, how they give their swipe cards to others to swipe it on their behalf , how female employees have gone home sharp at 6am irrespective of when they landed at office, how employees sit at home for months at a stretch, prepare for all kind of post graduate entrance exams and still enjoy a full month's pay, how often they went for movies at local theatres at office hours, how often employees went to office just to sign on registers in the morning and at evening, how often they faked their certificates , how often they put unlimited fake medical and house rental bills. How can we blame just one man when EACH AND EVERY person was disloyal ? How can we exclude Auditors like PwC ? How can we exclude the Board of Directors who have washed their hands off so clean? How can we exclude banks who gave hefty loans without true verfication? How can we exclude the Chief Minister of AP who allowed leniency for Raju's fellow businessman? How can we exclude managers who were never able to trace which bench employee under him had been away from office for how long ? Yet how can people forget this is the same man whose ideas and potentials gave them an identity for the past several years? How many couples found the right match at an IT industry , courtesy Satyam and how many Andhra farmers benefited from their crores of investments in Satyam shares .How can people forget that Satyam launched its offices right at the doorsteps of a residential colony, where people can simply walk to work ? The most gruesome experience that I can recollect was when a Satyam tag wearing person was waiting to attend an interview and I overheard him saying that he was in a business meeting at the My Home Satyam ( Madhapur) office when he was sitting right infront of me at a totally different company. When employees themselves show such a lousy attitude and dont care a damn for the brand that they carry around their neck, how can they expect others to care? I am not saying that ALL Satyam employees are bad. I have known very dedicated people too, but my point is very clear, before pointing fingers at others, introspect .There are thousands of people who have completed certifications at the cost of Satyam, got trained at Satyam. Satyam made several freshers stand on their feet to get better jobs elsewhere across the globe and attain onsite exposure through Satyam. What Raju did was to keep the business of Satyam going at any cost. I see a very smart man in him when he understood that he should rather accept his mistake than be caught by the USA laws . I see a selfish father in him too that he put a lot at stake for Maytas. However, he resigned with a lot of dignity and his letter of resignation shows humility. It takes a mammoth amount of courage to accept your mistake in public at a time when the media is ready to blow everything out of proportion. If humans dont make mistakes who else would ? My last salute to this man is for creating such mass employment in India for 57k employees and 57k families when even opening a beetle(pan) shop in a lane in India is a challenge !! Thanks to him for creating income for all the thousands of families who benefited through food chains, the tiffin wallahs, the transport people and all those who made money by renting their houses. I read he donated Rs 12000 crores from his personal pocket to give the January salary of his Satyam employees. Today Satyamites call Raju a FRAUD. The true and loyal Satyamites surely have all the reasons to say this word. But all the rest who sucked every rupee out of Satyam without doing any value addition need to understand - who was a bigger fraud.

Fwd: Mahindra Xylo

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, market leader in utility vehicles, on Tuesday unveiled the eagerly awaited Mahindra XYLO at its Nashik plant. The XYLO is perhaps the most complete car with luxury comforts to enter the Indian market with everything that today's sedans offer and much more. Available at 57 select Mahindra dealerships in January and another 44 dealerships from February, the base model of XYLO is priced at Rs 624,500. "With the launch of the Mahindra XYLO, the era of sedans is under serious threat! The famed Mahindra DNA of 'tough & rugged' meets an unprecedented level of sophistication and luxurious comfort in the XYLO. The XYLO is the 'Great Indian Traveling Machine' and will redefine the future of road travel in India," said Anand Mahindra, vice chairman and managing director, Mahindra Group. "The Mahindra XYLO is perhaps the first vehicle in the country which has been completely engineered around the customer. The powerful 2.49 litre mEagle CRDe engine is fuel-efficient and delivers 112 bhp, allowing you to literally fly from 0-60 kmph in just 5.8 seconds. Moreover, the Mahindra XYLO offers class-defining lavish space all around such that even a 6ft tall person can stretch in comfort on the 3rd row seat. The XYLO offers an extraordinary level of luxurious comfort at a very cost-effective price for prospective sedan buyers," said Pawan Goenka, president, automotive sector, Mahindra & Mahindra. Xylo's unique features: Flat bed front seats Digital drive assist system Foldable flight trays Surround cool dual ACs Captain Seats XYLO is available in four exciting variants and eight elegant shades including Fiery Black, Mist Silver, Mint Green, Lucky Lilac, Gold Shimmer, Toreador Red, Java Brown and Rocky Beige.

Yamaha FZ16, Lord Of The Streets

Yamaha FZ16, Lord Of The Streets

Macho, Muscular are the sort of adjectives that come into your mind and this is exactly what Yamaha had in mind when they were styling this one. The bike gets its looks from the global FZ series known for awesome looks and tremendous power.

Each and every part of FZ16 has been designed with a lot of detailed attention and careful thought. This ultimate degree of perfection means even the slightest feature has not been overlooked. Only Yamaha ensures this kind of craftsmanship.

The rider and the machine share a feeling of oneness, and from different angles the impression is different. This is particularly because the finest components have been used in its precise manufacturing. The FZ16 possesses both a rough and brutish expression as well as a certain subtlety. This high quality masterpiece will without doubt become a rage for the next generation.

Everything about this bike is big, the wide tyres, the huge tank, the beefy forks. Viewed side on it looks like a well built athelete on the start line flexing its muscles, waiting to smash all the records.

The mini-Fazer features state of the art – YTPS (Yamaha Throttle Position Sensor), for better throttle response and fuel efficiency and will be loaded with a fully digital console with digital readout for RPM, Speed, Trip and Odo.

Main Styling Elements of FZ-16:

• Big center mass
  
• Tough looking front forks
• Tough looking chassis
• Mid-ship stubby silencer
• Super wide tyres
• Rugged shaped body parts

The stylish yet innovative FZ16 has macho and muscular looks redefining the 150cc bikes segment. It keeps it simple, with street-tough naked styling and super-civilized power delivery and a specially designed riding position that gives riders extra confidence at lower speeds.

The Yamaha FZ16 is an urban-cool motorcycle built for great performance and easy-living functionality, because that’s the whole idea of a bike like this. It has got heart-pumping knockout performance and it’s got serious attitude on top of that, a lean and mean look that’s all about raw power.

It keeps it simple, with street-tough naked styling and super-civilized power delivery and a specially designed riding position that gives riders extra confidence at lower speeds.The meters on the FZ16 are installed in a Full Liquid Crystal Display. The speedometer, tachometer, trip meter, fuel gauge and other indicators are set in optimum position to keep the field of vision clear. Also, the engine starting signal is an example of the spirit of innovation.

The steel fuel tank with a plastic resin outer cover takes advantage of the freedom of shaping that plastic provides, giving the tank cover a powerful shape with modulations suggestive of the muscular body of an athlete.

To give a sense of volume to the machine, an external diameter of 35mm is adopted in a two-layer type exhaust to minimize the effect of heat on the pipe. The layout features a large-volume primary character on the underside of the crankcase. The muffler is an irregular shaped tapered type mid-ship muffler.

A Monocross rear suspension unit provides 120 mm of wheel travel, while optimized oil and damping valve specs help ensure agile running performance and handling. It inhibits bottoming while riding with a tandem passenger as well as providing a very comfortable ride.Unlike the Yamaha R15, the Yamaha FZ16 is a macho street fighter. The bike gets its looks from the global FZ series known for awesome looks and tremendous power.

The petrol tank, silensor, the yellow-gold plated rear shock absorber and fat tyres give enough clues to the true strength of the Yamaha FZ16 motorcycle - torque that is a bit higher than the 160 Apache RTR and tuned for acceleration and mid-range than outright top speed.

Unlike the R15, the Yamaha FZ16 motorcycle is more a city bike, tuned for aggressive city riding than for pure top speed. The commerical launch will happen in the festive season of October after which the bike will go on sale throughout the country.FZ16 gets its DNA from global FZ series of Yamaha motorcycles. Fat tyre at the rear, beefy tank, beefy front fork compliment the FZ16’s muscular character, which is all set to become a huge hit among the young crowd in India.

The Ultimate Student Resource List

The Ultimate Student Resource List

It's back to school time, yet again. In the spirit of the season, I decided to gather together the best tools, websites, and advice I know of to help make you a more effective and relaxed student this semester. Since I know you're broke, it's all free!

10 Free Applications Every Student Needs

Unless you have money coming out of your ears, you probably won't want to shell out the cash you'll need to get Office, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, EndNote, and so on — even with your student discount. These free apps do the job well enough, and sometimes even better than their paid or otherwise limited alternatives.

• OpenOffice.org: A top-quality, full-featured office productivity suite — word processor, spreadsheet, presentation software, graphics editor, database, the works! Can save and open most Microsoft Office formats. If you have MS Works on your PC, ditch it and get OpenOffice.org instead. Available for most operating systems.
• GIMP: A powerful, full-featured photo editing program, comparable to Photoshop. Available for Linux, Mac, and Windows.
• KeyNote: Even after 2 1/2 years of being abandoned by its developer, KeyNote (not the Mac presentation software) remains the best free outlining software, with support for rich text formatting, plugins and macros, hotkeys, and a lot more. Can be run from a flash drive, too.
• FreeMind: Great mindmapping program, useful for brainstorming, outlining projects, and keeping notes.
• Mozy Backup: An Internet-based backup system, Mozy's free plan allows you to store up to 2GB of files. The software runs in your system tray and automatically backs up the folders and files you've selected. I have it set to backup my documents folder and my email, which comes in just under 2GB. To backup photos, music, and other big files, you'll need to upgrade to a paid version.
• Zotero: A bibliography manager that integrates with Firefox, allowing you to automatically add webpages and, more usefully, resources from academic databases like J-Stor and AnthroSource to your bibliography. You can attach PDFs and images to your entries, as well as add your own notes. And all without leaving Firefox.
• NVU: Mozilla's web editor, NVU allows you to write webpages either in raw code or using the WYSIWYG interface, making webpage creation simple. UPDATE: NVU is no longer in development; the current version is called Kompozer.
• VLC: The VideoLan Client isn't pretty, but it will play just about any audio or video file you throw at it.
• Pidgin: A single IM client that connects to just about every IM network: AOL, MSN, Yahoo!, MySpace, IRC, and so on. Available for Windows and Linux; Mac users can give Adium a try (I can't vouch for it, since I haven't used a Mac for 7 years…).

11 Online Tools Students Should Check Out

Or 20, depending on how you count.

• Email: Gmail
  Register for a solid, plain-jane email address from Gmail, something like FirstnameLastname@gmail.com. If your school sends important information only to your school email account, have it forwarded to your Gmail account. When you graduate, you'll lose that school address — don't invest too much of your social identity in an address you'll lose someday. And while that .oOAwesomeChickOo.@goober.com email address seems like fun now, it won't be much use he you start applying for internships, scholarships, and jobs.
• Word Processor: Google Docs/Zoho Writer/Buzzword
  Online word processing offers solid features (minus a few bells and whistles you aren't likely to need) with the ability to access your work from any web-connected computer. Google and Zoho lead the pack at the moment, though Buzzword's gorgeous interface makes it a definite contender.
• Spreadsheet: Google Docs/Zoho Sheet/EditGrid
  Again, Google and Zoho both offer strong online spreadsheets; if you're using them for word processing, you might as well stick with them for spreadsheets. EditGrid's emphasis on collaboration (they even have a FaceBook app) and strong feature-set make it well worth checking out.
• Student Organizer: Notely/MyNoteIt/GradeMate
  Online organizers designed with students in mind, these services offer the ability to create, organize, and share notes, create reminders for important assignments, track grades and schedules, and generally keep on top of your student life. Each offers a slightly different feature-set and approach to student organization; pick the one that fits you best.
• Todo List: Toodledo/Remember the Milk
  Good, solid general-purpose task lists that allow you to sort tasks by date, priority, project, and just about any other way that strikes your fancy. Send yourself reminders by SMS, email, IM, or RSS. Access on your computer or any web-enabled mobile device, even by voice using Jott. Integrate with GMail (Remember the Milk only), iGoogle, Google Calendar, and various other apps and services.
• Mindmapping: Bubbl.us/Mindomo/Mind42/MindMeister
  Release your creativity and organize your thoughts using an online mindmapping tool. Collaborate with others and publish your mindmaps. Use to generate ideas for your papers and export in outline format.
• Textbook Search: BookFinder
  Search over a hundred online bookstores for used or cheap copies of your required texts.
• Bookmark Manager: del.icio.us
  Still the best place for storing, organizing, sharing, and discovering online resources. Tag bookmarks with the name of each project you're working on to create an online research reference. Tag by subject to recall possible topics for later papers.
• Notebook: Google Notebook
  Use Google Notebook to keep track of pages, pictures, excerpts, and other material for papers and projects. Create a new notebook for each class or essay. Share resources by publishing your notebooks to the web.
• WIki: PBWiki/WikiDot
  Another way to build and share resources like notes, collaborative papers, etc. Wikis offer incredible ease of use and are ideal for working with others.
• Bibliography Creator: OttoBib
  Enter the ISBNs of all the books you used in a paper; OttoBib returns a perfectly formatted bibliography ready to cut and paste into your paper's "Works Cited" page.

15 Websites for Students (Aside from Lifehack)

These sites are in the same vein as lifehack.org, but focus exclusively on student life and the needs of academics.

1. Study Hacks: The first stop in academic productivity, written by author Cal Newport (How to be a Straight-A Student).
2. Academic Productivity: Three cognitive scientists share their insights into how productive researchers work.
3. HackCollege: Cynical (in a fun way) and unabashedly anti-authoritarian, this site promises to teach students how to hack "the old" — professors and administrators.
4. Mindful Ink: Review of tools and techniques for better studying.
5. The University Blog: Study tips and higher education news and commentary from a avid student turned university administrator.
6. That College Kid: Great tips and blogs from a on-the-ball college student.
7. Gearfire: Billing itself as "Tips for Academic Success", Gearfire offers a daily dose of practical advice, software reviews, and pointers to the latest online services for students.
8. Instructify: Written by educators at the University of North Carolina, the intended audience is actually K-12 teachers — but most of the advice and tools they share apply to college students as well.
9. Protoscholar: With the longest front-page I've ever seen, Protoscholar offers tips and advice in the GTD vein.
10. The Student's Blog: Backed by a student loan company, of all things, the Students' Blog is packed full of great tips and advice for students.
11. Scott H Young: Scott writes for lifehack.org, so you know what he's about already. A college student himself, Scott's advice comes from deep experience and reflection.
12. Academic Lifehacker: Advice for students with an emphasis on time management and academic efficiency.
13. Academhack: Focuses on the use of technology by students and academics, with news, reviews, and howtos.
14. Efficient Academic: More tips, advice, and pointers to new technology from a working academic, with an emphasis on the sciences.
15. Getting Things Done in Academia: Dr. Mike Kaspari offers the kind of advice about working habits, creativity, and ideas that most grad students are expected to know but are never taught.

30 Pieces of Advice for Students from Lifehack.org

Lifehack.org authors have published dozens of pieces with advice for students. Here's a good sampling:

1. 11+ Ways to Make this Your Best Semester Yet
2. Taking Notes that Work
3. 10 Steps Toward Better Research
4. Use a Wiki for Better Note-Taking
5. : How to Read Like a Scholar
6. How NOT to Plagiarize
7. Beware of thesaurus
8. Twenty uses for a Post-it Note
9. Writing by hand
10. Slow down and read
11. How to Talk to Professors
12. How to unstuff a sentence
13. N'allez pas trop vite
14. 10 Steps Toward Better Writing
15. If you'd like help, ask
16. Getting details right
17. Homework-eating dogs, and how to avoid them
18. 117 Creative Ways for Students to Pay for College
19. 88 Tips for Succeeding in College
20. From a freshman: Five tips for success in college
21. 5 Things to Bring to College
22. How to Write Research Papers that Rock
23. How to Improve Your Spelling Skills
24. How to Read a Painting
25. 10 Steps Toward Better Writing
26. Improve Your Writing with these Editing Tips
27. Study Tip: Why Aiming for A is Better Than A+
28. Learn Tough Stuff Faster
29. How do I take notes on big books
30. The New World of Today's Student

7 Online Research Resources

To help you get started with all your research projects:

• WikiPedia/Citizendium: While neither online nor offline encyclopedias are suitable as references in college-level papers, they are great for looking up unfamiliar topics in a flash and for getting a good overview of your topic when starting a new research project. WikiPedia is well-established as the "go to" resource on the web; Citizendium is an upstart using hand-picked expert authors.
• Library of Congress: Literally Congress's library, the LOC's website offers a wealth of primary sources, including historical documents and photos, artworks, letters, manuscripts, and more. Expecially good are their online exhibitions of art and artifacts around specific themes, people, and events, like the Civil War or Colonial America.
• Google Books: A great way to locate books for research papers and other projects. Use "Advanced Book Search" and select "Full View" to limit your search to titles whose entire contents are available online. You can even download PDF facsimiles of some titles!
• LitSum: Online study guides and book summaries
• Artcyclopedia: One-stop shopping for information on virtually any artist, movement, national tradition, or anything else art-related.
• Intute/InfoMine: Curated guides to scholarly resources available on the Internet.
• Bartleby: A full reference library at your fingertips, with dictionaries, encyclopedias, poetry collections, and full versions of classic novels, philosophy, religious texts, science writings, and more.

U CAN MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE TO THE INDIAN ECONOMY BY FOLLOWING FEW SIMPLE STEPS.

U CAN MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE TO THE INDIAN ECONOMY BY FOLLOWING FEW SIMPLE STEPS.

Please spare a couple of minutes here......... .for the sake of India ... Our country.

I got this article from one of my friend, but it's true, I can see this from day to day life,

Small example
Before 5 months 1 CAN $ = IND Rs 35
After 5 months. Now it is 1 CAN $ = IND Rs 44

Do you think Canadian Economy is booming? No, but Indian Economy is Going Down.

Our Economy is in u'r hands

INDIAN economy is in a crisis. Our country like many other ASIAN countries is undergoing a severe economic crunch. Many INDIAN industries are closing down. The INDIAN economy is in a crisis and if we do not take proper steps to control those, we will be in a critical situation.

More than 30000 crore rupees of foreign exchange are being siphoned out of our country on products such as cosmetics, snacks, tea, beverages... Etc which are grown, produced and consumed here .

A cold drink that costs only 70 / 80 paisa to produce is sold for NINE rupees, and a major chunk of profits from these are sent abroad. This is a serious drain on INDIAN economy.

'COCA COLA 'and' SPRITE ' belong to the same multinational company, 'COCA COLA'?

Coke advertisements says ' JO CHAHO HOJAYE, COCA-COLA ENJOY'

(Whatever the hell, let it happen, you drink coke) What can you do?

You can consider some of the better alternatives to aerated drinks.
You can drink LEMON JUICE, FRESH FRUIT JUICES, CHILLED LASSI (SWEET OR SOUR), BUTTER MILK, COCONUT WATER, JALJEERA, ENERJEE, MASALA MILK........ ..

Everyone deserves a healthy drink, including you!
Over and above all this, economic sanctions have been imposed on us. We have nothing against Multinational companies, but to protect our own interests we request everybody to use INDIAN products only for next two years. With the rise in petrol prices, if we do not do this, the rupee will devalue further and we will end up paying much more for the same products in the near future.

What you can do about it?

1 . Buy only products manufactured by WHOLLY INDIAN COMPANIES..
2 . ENROLL as many people as possible for this cause.

Each individual should become a leader for this awareness.

This is the only way to save our country from severe economic crisis. You don't need to give-up your lifestyle. You just need to choose an alternate product.

All categories of products are available from WHOLLY INDIAN COMPANIES.

LIST OF PRODUCTS

BATHING SOAP:

USE - CINTHOL & OTHER GODREJ BRANDS, SANTOOR, WIPRO SHIKAKAI, MYSORE
SANDAL, MARGO, NEEM, EVITA, MEDIMIX, GANGA , NIRMA BATH & CHANDRIKA

INSTEAD OF - LUX, LIFEBOY, REXONA, LIRIL, DOVE, PEARS, HAMAM, LESANCY, CAMAY, PALMOLIVE

TOOTH PASTE:

USE - NEEM, BABOOL, PROMISE, VICO VAJRADANTI, PRUDENT, DABUR PRODUCTS,
MISWAK

INSTEAD OF - COLGATE, CLOSE UP, PEPSODENT, CIBACA, FORHANS, MENTADENT .

TOOTH BRUSH:
USE - PRUDENT, AJANTA , PROMISE

INSTEAD OF - COLGATE, CLOSE UP, PEPSODENT, FORHANS, ORAL-B

SHAVING CREAM:

USE - GODREJ, EMANI

INSTEAD OF - PALMOLIVE, OLD SPICE, GILLETE


BLADE:

USE - SUPERMAX, TOPAZ, LAZER, ASHOKA

INSTEAD OF - SEVEN-O -CLOCK, 365 , GILLETTE


TALCUM POWDER:

USE - SANTOOR, GOKUL, CINTHOL, WIPRO BABY POWDER, BOROPLUS
INSTEAD OF - PONDS, OLD SPICE, JOHNSON BABY POWDER, SHOWER TO SHOWER


MILK POWDER:

USE - INDIANA , AMUL, AMULYA

INSTEAD OF - ANIKSPRAY, MILKANA, EVERYDAY MILK, MILKMAID.


SHAMPOO:

USE - LAKME, NIRMA, VELVET
INSTEAD OF - HALO, ALL CLEAR, NYLE, SUNSILK, HEAD AND SHOULDERS, PANTENE

MOBILE CONNECTIONS

USE - BSNL, AIRTEL
INSTEAD OF - HUTCH


Every INDIAN product you buy makes a big difference. It saves INDIA .
Let us take a firm decision today.


BUY INDIAN TO BE INDIAN we are not against of foreign products.

WE ARE NOT ANTI-MULTINATIONAL.

WE ARE TRYING TO SAVE OUR NATION.
EVERY DAY IS A STRUGGLE FOR A REAL FREEDOM.

WE ACHIEVED OUR INDEPENDENCE AFTER LOSING MANY LIVES.

THEY DIED PAINFULLY TO ENSURE THAT WE LIVE PEACEFULLY. THE CURRENT TREND IS VERY THREATENING.


MULTINATIONALS CALL IT GLOBALISATION OF INDIAN ECONOMY. FOR INDIANS LIKE YOU AND ME IT IS RECOLONISATION OF INDIA ...

THE COLONIST'S LEFT INDIA THEN. BUT THIS TIME THEY WILL MAKE SURE THEY DON'T MAKE ANY MISTAKES..

WHO WOULD LIKE TO LET A' GOOSE THAT LAYS GOLDEN EGGS' SLIP AWAY.

PLEASE REMEMBER: POLITICAL FREEDOM IS USELESS WITHOUT ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE .

RUSSIA , S.KOREA , MEXICO ..........THE LIST IS VERY LONG!!
LET US LEARN FROM THEIR EXPERIENCE AND FROM OUR HISTORY.

LET US DO THE DUTY OF EVERY TRUE INDIAN.

FINALLY: IT'S OBVIOUS THAT U CAN'T GIVE UP ALL OF THE ITEMS MENTIONED ABOVE,

SO GIVE UP ATLEAST ONE ITEM FOR THE SAKE OF OUR COUNTRY.

'LITTLE DROPS MAKE A GREAT OCEAN.