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Statz Rappers

Who says that statistics is for nerds. It can be for cool people too....Check this video called Statz Rappers. Some people do have a lot of creativity and with the web 2.0, they got a lot pf places to show their creations too.....

I am a Yellow Crayon

The results of this another personality quiz, do not surprise me a lot. I think they are true to an extent...or rather I must say that since results are good, I am in agreement with them :D

You Are a Yellow Crayon

Your world is colored with happy, warm, fun colors. You have a thoughtful and wise way about you. Some people might even consider you a genius. Charming and eloquent, you are able to get people to do things your way. While you seem spontaneous and free wheeling, you are calculating to the extreme. Your color wheel opposite is purple. You both are charismatic leaders, but purple people act like you have no depth.

What Color Crayon Are You?

The Real Oops!!!

This is a tribute to one of my previous post, which was dedicated to my laptop. My laptop has been one of my proud possession, as I configured a state-of-the-art system in April 2005. At least, thats what I thought at that time and my dream was to make it a multimedia powerhouse, which I truly accomplished. My laptop became a desktop connected to nine USB 2.0 devices through a hub and a great 22" monitor, keyboard, external sound card and Bose speakers. I was excited and was utilizing it aptly, but it seems like laptop didn't liked the dull and boring life of staying at top of a hutch of a table.

One Friday evening, while I was trying to connect some wires at the back, it jumped from the shelf of the hutch, bumped on the table and landed on the floor. And there I was, at the back of the table in an awkward position (which I will not describe...), entangled in about 12 wires (remember 9 devices..!) with no view of the rest of the world. The sound made me feel the real Oops...!!! I think I almost visualized the oops for first time in my life. Anyway, the sturdy system sustained a lot of damage to the hing, keys and top. It cannot be closed now, so it is essentially a desktop. This post is being posted through the same tough Dell Inspiron....Hats Off to My Lapi...!!! Check the pictures for better visualization.

Michael Jackson vs. Punjabi Bhangra

All right, I know that this blog is not suppose to be a video-blog or a photo-blog, as I have wrote earlier in my posts, but yes sometimes, when I watch a really cool video on YouTube, it becomes hard to resist the urge to post it on my blog. Well, that does increase some traffic to this revolutionary website, but the contribution might be insignificant itself.

Anyway, check this cool video where a look-alike of Michael Jackson is dancing in sync with a punjabi dancer on bhangra beats. The punjabi guy got some real cool dance steps, giving me a feel of real fusion dance. Enjoy...!!!

Attitude Matters

My Favorite Superbowl Ad

This one is my favorite ad from Superbowl XLI. My Indian roots are certainly working here. The BuuudLite at the end is really hilarious.

A notably difficult task is to keep up with the game and the new commercials without leaving the room for more than two hours. I was unsuccessful in carrying this daunting task and acceded to Mother Nature's force several times. In case you also missed some commercials, check AOL Sports link to watch and vote for them.

Featured on BloginSpace

Today my blog is featured on BloginSpace.com for the whole day with a snapshot and description. That is kind of cool to drive some more traffic to my blog, which has lost its charma nd vigor in last few months, all thanks to me and my schedule. Check www.bloginspace.com for the live snapshot.

To Be Contacted By ETs

This is an email I received from Blog in Space. As per their information, my blog has ben transmitted in space a couple of times and now it seems that some ETs are most likely to contact me through my blog. A full-heartened welcome to ETs in my realm. So, dont forget to check my blog and Bloginspace.com on May 4, 2006.

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Congratulations! Blog in Space.com has crowned your blog with the title of "Most Likely To Be Contacted" for its outstanding ability to potentially provoke alien responses back to Planet Earth. This means your blog will be featured on the homepage of BloginSpace.com on May 4, 2006 complete with a screenshot and a link to your site.

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To Whomever it May Concern

This is to notify all the readers (past or present) that the owner of this blog i.e. the author of all the posts here, is very much alive and enjoying the mental state, which could be aptly called "in senses", and the physical state as "active and healthy". His long absence from blogosphere should not be considered as his complete annihilation in the materialistic physical world. His inability to compose a meaningful post for this blog or post his comments on his regular-reads could merely be attributed to the transition period, a new phase of life, he is passing through. Now he has well adjusted to this new, exciting, demanding phase. He wants to convey one message to you: "Kanishk's Realm might not be a happening place in last two months, but Kanishk's life was."

So, now keep checking !!!

Google Fight

A sheer example of the fact that "how crazy (or different) can someone think"....the concept of Google Fight. Just write two keywords and see which one gets more results. If you are wondering from where did I got this kool link..then lemme satiate your curious mind. Its the same Raluca Cozma, my source of those quizzes. She has this special talent of gathering kool stuff from the web. The first fight I created was between me and her, and she won.

Now use your creativity to make some interesting fights like, Steelers and Seahawks, Playboy and Penthouse, Honda and Toyota, Pamlea Anderson and Britney Spears etc etc.

Blog in Space

Sometime ago, I registered for a strange kind of service (obviously free) which claimed to relay your blogs into space in its transmissions. I completely forgot about it till yesterday, when I got an email from them claiming that my blog was transmitted into space using their satelite broadcasting equipment. They also gave me this certificate (soft copy obviously) which I found really cool to be posted it. After all its my blog's first certificate. It looks pretty realistic with the technical jargon...and I surely will let you know, in case, ETs contact me.

Dancing Robots

Check out this amazing traditional Japanese dance by four robots made by a Japanese company. The dance moves are very aesthetically put together to show their movements in different directions i.e. axis and degrees of freedoms (sometimes it is easy to explain in technical terms). You can observe that robots are not doing any special movements which human cannot do. The engineers have taken utmost care to make them as closest to humans as possible. These robots will also balance on one leg and shuffle weights on their legs during their moves.

I tried to take some snapshots from the online video, but was not able to do so :(. Thanx to a close friend for sending this link.

EPIC 2014

Recently I came across a video showing EPIC 2014. It is the future history of the media and will definitely leave you agape once you see where this flow of information will take you, us and this civilization one day. It is an 8 minute video and will open and play itself in a separate window. Click on either of the following links and click on that page to view the video:

EPIC 2014 Link 1

EPIC 2014 Link 2

I will wait for your comments..!!!

Moverz n Shakerz

Two weeks ago, I moved out of the city where I did my Masters and moved to a friend’s place in the area, where I am interested to live and work. Anyway, that’s not a big deal. Everyone does so…known as: moving to greener pastures (however I have moved to north which is mostly white of snow). Now this process of moving is a painstaking one. You ought to take so many binary decisions. Either you can keep something and pack it (considered 1) or just trash it (considered 0). Decision 1 is not dependent just on your desire and attachment to that particular thing, but rather subjected to the availability of space in your suitcase and boxes. Decision 0 is affected by your ability to sever your attachment with that thing and respectfully place it in the trash can. Once placed, there is no turning back. By the time you will go to take it out from trash can (hats off to you), your roommate must have dumped some more garbage over it (sometimes roommates act faster than you think). Since I am moving every year from past 7 years, my packing skills have greatly improved. The fine print here is that my ability to part away from my belongings has decreased. Then, I run into the great conflict of volume vs. weight. All airlines have meticulously fixed their baggage policies in such a way that it is literally impossible to fix the stuff in the bag without exceeding the weight requirements. After making several combinations and adjustments, I finally made my mind to pay extra charges to the airlines (assuming it to be act of generosity and making a major contribution to prevent one more airline going bankrupt). Finally, thou moved safely…..!!!

Life@Airport

Its been quite a while when I last posted something on this blog and I think, I should better get regular here before others like you stop visiting my realm altogether. Well right now I am sitting at a place, where no one would like to sit and relax until forced to do so. Any guesses…well…before your mind wanders, let me break the silence….I am sitting at an airport waiting for my next connection which will take after 2 hours (hopefully…always to be added when talking about air-travel). There is something strange about an airport. So many people arrive here and leave; so many flights land here and take-off, so many bookstores, cafes, bars, restaurants are full of people here yet no single soul would ever express his/her desire to stay at an airport. Have you ever heard of someone planning his trip and saying lets fly from Atlanta, GA to Denver, CO visiting JFK in New York, O’Hare in Detroit and then San Francisco International Airport in our way ? Well, airports have everything ranging from a McDonalds to posh Sports Bar & Grills, Starbucks, bookstores, restrooms, lounges, wireless connection etc which are essential for one’s life. There is a possibility of meeting strangers and making friends or maybe more than that. I agree that cost of living is a little high at airports and it would be hard to find a place to sleep, but still it’s not a bad place to spend a couple of hours.

I have spent quite a lot of time at airports (my sincere thanks to the airlines and unpredictable weather conditions) and observed them closely. I have spent long layovers at airports which were actually not in my itinerary altogether. While coming from India, I spent 3 days in Boston, where I was not at all supposed to be. Last Sunday while enjoying one layover at Cincinnati airport, I met a guy whom I have met more than 5 years ago for a few minutes during one of my summer internship in India. He didn’t remember me (evident from the big ? mark on his face) and was amazed (evident from the * in his eyes) at my memory (I don’t forget people until I want to). Without digressing from my pont, lest ask this question: Would someone be willing to accept a grand prize of staying at a posh airport for 3 days and 2 nights?

Edited after sitting at this airport for 1.5 hrs: I completely agree with the fact that chairs at airports are not comfortable esp while sitting with a laptop.

Bangalored ?

An interesting email from a friend..which I checked by googling before posting it here:

Did u know ?
"Bangalored" is a verb which recently got added in the dictionary. A person is said to be bangalored if he lost his job because the work got outsourced to bangalore or any other city in India.
"He got bangalored last week" is an example of its usage.
U can also type this word "bangalored" in Google search n see.
Lot of people in US got bangalored that it became an issue during the US presidential election. That’s exactly when this word was coined.
One such similar verb is "shanghaied" which means kidnapped.
Great that Bangalore has a verb in its name only that it has a negative meaning.

Saying

Its better to fall face down on a cemented floor than to fall for a girl. You are hurt more in later.

-Wise Men

Dos & Donts for Desis@USA

Well,here is a very sensible ans useful article from The Hindu. Its about the DOs and DONTs for Desis flocking to US..known as FOBs. There are really some issues which one has to take care of, especially in US like personal cleanliness, colloquial language etc. Read this article and tell others about it.

Beyond the Blue

thanx to buddy Rahul Jindal (ZombieWorld Sinusoid) for this link.

Two Years in US

August 11, 2003 was the date when I stepped on US soil with the sole dream to pursue a career I want to. Surprisingly, its not software and I am not a typical "techie". Well, exactly two years after this date i.e. on August 11, 2005, I volunteered to work for the International Student's Orientation in my University. This is the very first event attended by any international student in any US school where he/she fills all the forms and gets the information about the school. While sitting there and watching the crowd, I could literally feel how time flies by. Two years ago, I was among one of those desi students with a puzzled look behind the glasses filling forms and asking questions about everything. I was so curious (maybe I dint knew the meaning of "curiosity killed the cat"....well it seems that it dint worked in my case as I am alive and still curious).

I remember the first time I went to McDonalds in the Union during lunch hour of the Orientation program. I was as confused as other desis standing in the queue. Then came those barrage of questions at the counter: "jus da saaandvich or meal","wha kain of drink u wan", "fa heeere or to go". I somehow managed these questions and then I asked for "sauce"....bang ...came the another question: "wha kain of sauce u wan" ??? I replied "tomato" ..the woman said..."ohh you mean ketchup". That was my first lesson here...the difference between sauce and ketchup.

Now, two years from that day, I have been to almost all the eating joints & cafes. I know all their menus. I know what I have to eat (after tryng most of the options), what dressing to choose, if I want fries or hash browns, and yes ...coke with "little ice". I have learnt so many things...isnt it ???

So here I am, after two years, standing at the same place, same Union, same Ball Room, same orientation with same forms and tirades, amidst one difference: I am not filling the forms...I am helping others to fill them, with one more degree in my arsenal.