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Posted on January 9, 2009 - by rdilipk1

Apple MacWorld Keynote

Apple kicked off its last MacWorld Expo 2009 with three major product announcements. Roman Loyola provides a brief summary of Apple’s new products in this video. He’ll talk about the new 17-inch MacBook Pro, new features in iPhoto ‘09, iMovie ‘09, GarageBand ‘09, iWork ‘09, and iTunes.

Battery upgrades and minor tweaks to Apple’s MacBook Pro laptop computers and iLife and iWork software were the key features of the Apple MacWorld Expo 2009.

Among the other products are -

• 17-inch MacBook Pro
• iLife ‘09
• iPhoto ‘09
• iMovie ‘09
• GarageBand ‘09

Posted on January 8, 2009 - by rdilipk1

The best poem I ever read

This is a poem written by some anonymous person on the effects of drinking and driving. There could have been many such instances that we might not even have known. But the pain that the person who has suffered that loss is going through would be un-imaginable. For all those who drink and drive, let this poem be an eye-opener.

I went to a party Mom,
I remembered what you said.
You told me not to drink, Mom,
So I drank soda instead.

I really felt proud inside, Mom,
The way you said I would.
I didn’t drink and drive, Mom,
Even though the others said I should.

Posted on November 24, 2008 - by rdilipk1

I am Satisfied

What is satisfaction? Why is it that we are not able to be satisfied with whatever I do?’, ‘It was an autumn after I passed out of my professional college and I was frustrated with being jobless. I felt I had enough qualifications to get a good job but, there I was hopping companies in search of a job. Nothing was working out. Finally I went in for an interview to a home cleaning job and I got it. I knew that the package was extremely good just because the job was dirty. But I had no choice.

Posted on November 13, 2008 - by rdilipk1

The hullaboo of terror

What is all this hullaboo about who, rather which caste should be stamped the terrorist outfit? A discussion on whether this it is right to attach terrorism to a particular caste is imperative.

A couple of blast across the country in the span of a few days and a few news channels flashing out some emails that were received from some self-proclaimed terrorist outfit called the Indian Mujahideen, and suddenly all daggers were pulled out on the Muslims. Add to this a shootout at one of the Muslim dominated part of the capital and the masala was ready. Self-proclaimed well-wishers of the Muslims and their counterparts from the Hindus then had an agenda – an agenda for elections, an agenda for rallies and an agenda for disruption of work and destruction of public property.

Posted on October 22, 2008 - by rdilipk1

An Onam in Kerala

It was 12th of September 2008. A day I can never forget. I was born a Keralite but had always lived in North India since birth. My upbringing was in various parts of North India and it is not uncommon for people from a state migrating to a different state in search of jobs, to forget their hometown and the culture that their basic caste followed and practiced. It was not different with me either, and I knew my culture only to the extent it was practiced in my house. Though my parents ensured that they inculcate all of these into me, we often found that we had to compromise on lot of things because something that was practiced in our culture was done differently in the culture that I was living in. But no regrets, because I feel that is where diversity comes in and diversity is what we Indians are know for.

Posted on October 17, 2008 - by rdilipk1

The Choice of buying online

The internet is one of the most preferred modes of shopping. Online shopping has its advantages and disadvantages. A peek into what online shopping is all about.

When I say online shopping the first thing anyone would visualize is an online shopping cart where you pay with your credit card or, PayPal and wait for the product to be delivered at your door-steps. But is online shopping all about this? No, that is not all. There are quite a few things to online shopping.
What is the choice you have today if you wish to search for online stores that sell your favorite product? Google – You said it. But is Google a reliable source. I would not want to say so, because Google advertises for a charge and paid advertising is not always reliable. So what is the alternative?

Posted on September 27, 2008 - by rdilipk1

The Companionship of the Music Box

As I spent my summer vacation this time in my native home, I was digging through the many wealth in the store room of the house to find things that were of my interest. I suddenly stumbled upon a huge box of the size of about 2 feet. As I cleaned the dust of it, I discovered that it was a radio. I couldn’t have left it there because the memories attached with that radio was much more that with anything else that I could find.

Posted on September 16, 2008 - by rdilipk1

I am Casino freak

I must confess that I am a casino freak. Casinos have become an interesting way of spending some quality time on the internet.

Casinos were a big no-no till about a few days back for me. In one of my posts earlier I had written how an hour spent in one of the online casinos changed my perspective towards them. A lot has changed since then.

Posted on September 12, 2008 - by rdilipk1

Constructing your dream home

A house of your own is a cherished dream for everyone. To bring it to life needs quite a few considerations.’, ‘

Your dream house is actually a dream – a much cherished dream that you want to make a reality. Right from the moment you conceive this dream house of yours, you plan to do a lot of things in it and there are lots of plans that you have for it.

Posted on September 4, 2008 - by rdilipk1

Media Coverage – How much Justified?

Since the day media has been given complete freedom to report, news channels have cropped up like mushrooms. But are these channels doing justice to their responsibilities?

When I hear the term, “Media”, the first thing that comes to my mind is a news reporter interviewing a helpless calamity affected villager, asking him all the useless questions that one would never even have imagined.