Author: akshay
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Gandhiji Best Expressed
I am really really busy today, but I have to make a post to mark this very special day too. So I thought rather than telling about Gandhi, I will tell what Gandhi told. Here are my favourites among His quotes: A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.…
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Pale Blue Dot
Can you see a tiny little dot in the above picture. That is our good old earth. Just that it was photographed 3.7 billion miles away from the home of anyone reading this. And the famous Carl Sagan gave the following words relating to that little speck: “Look again at that dot. That’s here. That’s…
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Dare to Think Beyond just Google, Gmail, Facebook, Youtube and Wikipedia
The internet is the best thing that human beings have invented (at least until 8 pm tonight). But still, millions of internet users all over the world do not visit more than 5 websites on an average day. (Those being google, gmail, facebook/orkut, youtube and rarely wikipedia too). Considering the fact that there is probably…
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The Golden Rule in Social Life
The best thing about being a kid is that you can be frank in your opinions, blurt anything out to anyone and live a carefree life. But the moment you break out of the childhood shell, you gather a lot of cobwebs. Then you can no longer talk like you talked when you were a…
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It is not about your age, it is about your inclination
Fun and Fun Only sent me a thought provoking mail yesterday. 3 stupid stages of life We have 3 stupid stages of life……….. Teen age: Have Time + Energy …but No Money Working Age: Have Money + Energy …but No Time Old age: Have Time + Money …but no Energy This is an accurate description…
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A Glimpse Into What’s Been Keeping Me Busy
This post comes after a really long break (almost 17 days. That’s huge!). And during these days blogger rolled out many new features, Onam was celebrated by Malayalis all over the world, and Federer reached the semi-final of US Open. Still I couldn’t make any post. Why? I had decided that I wouldn’t post until…
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Have A Rocking Browsing Experience (for Firefox users)
If you are a firefox user, which most probably you are (and if you’re not you should download and install it before reading the rest of this post) you already have a rocking browser. And after you read this post you will know how to make the impossible happen out of it. See the screenshots…
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ClearType Tuner : If You Are Using Windows XP and an LCD monitor
The above pic is a comparison between text as it is seen on most computers, and text as it could be seen on those same computers. ClearType is a technology by which microsoft has made it possible to view texts more clearly in LCD monitors. But by default it is turned off in all computers.…
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If by Rudyard Kipling – A Poem that Tells It All
This poem by Rudyard Kipling has all the secrets to a wonderful life. Just read it and get inspired. I also have included this poem as a wallpaper. Feel free to download it and set it as your wallpaper. If If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming…
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God As The Cosmic Consciousness
The reason why there are a lot of atheists in the world is that nobody could provide people with a rational definition of God. Some people praised God as the great soul who created and controls the universe. And others knew this couldn’t happen. Some defined God as the beat of one’s heart or the…