Thursday, June 6, 2024

Zindagi ab tak

 Kitna samay beet gya hai .jab likhna Shuru kia tha tab school mein ho rhe drama ke baare mein likha tha .Koi bhi chiz ya phir koi Anubhav aacha lagta uske baare mein gahr aakar likhti thi .Ab Zindagi itni vyast ho gyi hai ki ek pal pehle Kya soch rhi thi wo bhi yaad nhi rehta ...Anubhav kaise yaad rhenge .


 आज इतने समय बाद अपना लिखा हुआ ब्लाग देखा तो mann किया की फिर से कुछ लिखूं । पहले अंग्रेजी में लिखना शुरू किया फिर लगा क्यों न जो सोच रही हूं वैसे ही लिखूं । 

कहां से शुरू करूं समझ नहीं आता। २०११ की पोस्ट है। कुछ लिखने या सोचने लगती हूं तो लगता है समय दौड़ता जा रहा है ।लेकिन ये नही सोचती की पकड़ के करूं भी क्या उसके साथ । जैसा सोचा था जिंदगी होगी वैसी ही है थोड़ी थोड़ी बस अब उसमे करना क्या है और क्या किया है अब तक ये समझ नही आ रहा । शादी से पहले अगर कोई पूछता की अगले पांच साल में क्या करना है तो एक किताब लिख देती लेकिन अगर कोई अब पूछ ले की पिछले पांच साल में क्या किया तो क्या बोलूं? ये सवाल अपने आप से भी पूछती हूं और अर्पित से भी ।उसके पास तो बहुत कुछ है बताने को । उसने काफिनकुच हासिल किया है और उसे आगे भी हासिल करने की भूख है । लेकिन मेरे सपनो या अरमानों की चिंगारी तो अब आखरी सांस ही ले रही है । अब तो याद भी nhi आता क्या करना चाहती थी मैं। क्यों होता है ऐसा की हम अपने जीवन के मध्य पड़ाव की और जाते हैं तो इतने हताश हो जाते हैं अपनी बीती जिंदगी से । या सिर्फ में ही हूं जो इतनी हताशा भरी बातें लिख रही हूं। कभी कभी लगता है दुनिया में सबसे गलत मैं ही हूं । कोई भी स्थिति जो सामने आई है ।उसमे अपना कसूर जरूर दिखा है । आगे लिखुंगी इस बारे में । अभी ये सोच लो की शब्द कोष जोड़ रही हूं ।दुख की बातें लिखते समय मुस्कुराना ये पहली बार देखा है मैंने ।शायद ये हताशा भरी बातें लिख पा रही हूं उस बात की खुशी है । 

आगे और लिखूंगी पर लगता है आज के लिए इतना ही ! सोच रही हूं एक जीवनी लिख दूं । मरने pe कोई आए न आए कोई भुला भटका ब्लॉग देख कर ही मेरी जिंदगी की कहानी पढ़ लेगा । फिर मरने की बात पे कहते पे मुस्कुराहट आ गई। मैं कब इतनी अवसादग्रस्त हो गई ।लगता है अगला ब्लॉग लिखना होगा जल्द ही । और उसे लिखने के लिए अपने साथ हुई सारी aachi बातें बटूर्नी होगी अपने दिमाग कोश से ।

मिलते है अगली पोस्ट पे ।

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Lets stop searching and start Stumbling


With smartphones in our lives everything is an application. Just browse the applications on the market place  of that OS and download one you like and use it. Some time back I read an article on importance of libraries.After reading the article I realized that libraries allows us to browse books of our interest and on internet most of what we do is searching a particular topic coz what google finds out for us are the search results for a keyword given.But sometimes...no almost all the time i am not looking for anything specific but all I want is to just browse the area of my interest. so I found this app for my phone called Stumbl. 

StumbleUpon is a discovery engine which lets me browse the areas of my interset without every time me specifying what i want to look for.I just have to download the app create an account for me add my interests and Phew.... with every swype on my screen i get a something new to look for something new to explore.If I want I can also connect to my facebook and twitter friends and share anything interesting on facebook, twitter, gmail. etc.

I can like and unlike the results and based on that the content gets filtered next time I browse . In technical terms it uses collaborative filtering of content using the user opinions to create a community of like minded web surfers.

To use stummbleupon on your android device download and install the app on your device. once the application starts it asks you to create an account and gives you a choice to make it through your facebook account.

Next step is to add your interests .There are more than 150 interests and stumble shows  you the popular interests too . choose your interests . The application then prompts you to add FB friends also so if you want you can do that too.

I find this application pretty cool and it is availale as an add on for Firefox and extension for google chrome. so you can even use your browser to use stumble upon.It is also available for iphone. 

so if you are not looking for anything specific then DON'T GOOGLE IT ..just STUMBLEUPON :) 

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Technology Edge: Wikitude - Real Time Information Browser

Technology Edge: Wikitude - Real Time Information Browser: "Your real time information browser Wikitude is a augmented browser that shows us the information of all the ne..."

Running Linux on your WINDOWS machine

The linux have always been thought of a difficult operating system to work on by Window's user. Even though having multiple advantages in terms of memory usage, security etc, linux based distributons are still limitd to people who are more technology oriented. I ws never good with Linux commands either but I always had interest in learning it, but many people today also think that linux is diificult to work upon and has an preception that linux consists is only about learning lots and lots of commands ,even now when most of linux distributions come with a handy UI.  Well this article I am writing  as I was inspired by am article i read on web about using Linux on windows operating system using different ways:

1) Using LIVE CDs /USBs
2) Installling Linux distro on the Virtual machine
3) Running Linux on your Internet browser

Using Live CDs/USBs : Using Live  CDs/USBs  you can run any operating system over your host os. It is one of the best ways to learn and review any kind of operating system . The Live CD will run the operating system but will not install it on your hard disk,it basically runs on your CD however it does uses your computer RAM. The Live  CD/USBs willl provide a complete environment on the operating system but will not install any application on it. So if you are interested in learning new linux distribution features and also does not want any installation on your system the LIVE CD is a saviour for you. 

For creating  a bootable pen drive you need an empty pen drive andUnetbootin software. For creating LIVE CDS we actually can download the live cd iso images on your computer and burn to a CD disk .Now insert the CD into Cd drive "(or USB to the usb port) and reboot your computer.

Installing the Linux Distribution on Virtual Machine: This is another method which involves the installation of linux distribution on the virtual box (however there is also an option available where in you can just use the LIVE version of the distribution ie no need to install the OS simply run a LIVE version on your virtual box). While in LIVE version we cannot install any software or make any permanent changes  to the operating system, in the installation of the distribution we can make permanent changes to the operating system . We can install software, make wireless network connections, and the installed os behaves as guest OS (in this case any Linux distribution)for the host OS(in this case Windows).

Using LINUX on your web browser : well here comes the most interesting part . I was just surfing net for  usual technological stuff when i found an article about  how we can run linux on the web browser. Actually there is a site called edubuntu.org that is basically a promotes the use of Linux in schools for Kids. For that they have created an linux distribution based on UBuntu framework called edubuntu and provides a web application to test the look and feel of the distribution. All you need to do is click on the site http://edubuntu.org/weblive and fill up the form. you donot have to login or give your email address  in the form,just provide the login name and password and submit it. The next process is very well explained on the site itself. The site provides 2hrs of free usage and if you want to continue further just fill the form and click on "Give It  Try" and agin you can use the Linux distro edubuntu on your windows machine for 2hrs.


Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Wikitude - Real Time Information Browser


Your  real time information browser

























Wikitude is a augmented browser that shows us the information of all the nearby places within a specific distance. It uses google maps and compass to show the location statistics on your phone screen. Initially when I download the app I was not sure what exactly it was showing me on my phone screen ,these were the nearest locations from my office, for example it was showing me all the buildings nearby my office.

This app can search places up to distance of  maximum limit 80 km . Apart from places I can also search people on twitter and foursquare with in that distance, I can also look at various pizza locations . Isn't it a different way of surfing places .

Wikitude includes twitter ,panoramio,youtube,booking.com ,flickr,playmysong.net etc for surfing . To use wikitude install the application on your smartphone and click on the icon of wikitude, what you will see is the list of places start start floating over your smartphone screen.Also ask you click your application wikitude will calculate how many places are nearby (where it will show the buildings located within the area of 2Kms).

You can use wikitude if you own any smartphone be it android, an iphone, a blackberry, or nokia phone, wikitude is available for all and recently a new version of wikitude is also released for android version 3 is honeycomb devices.So installing wikitude is surely going to be an enriching experience.

Supported Devices are : 
All android devices with version 1.6 and 2.3
iOS - iphone4,iPhone 3GS,ipad 2 , ipod Touch 3G
Blackberry- comes preinstalled on Devices starting BOND 9900
Symbian - C6-01,C7,E7,N8
BADA - wave


Thursday, July 28, 2011

Augmented Reality - Virtual Information of Real World

















Augmented reality is a new concept which allows you to see the real world in virtual way. Augmented reality generates a composite view to the user of real world a viewer is seeing and virtual view generated with the computer by adding graphics,sounds and haptic feedback.The ultimate goal is to create a system such that the user can not tell the difference between the real world and the virtual augmentation of it. To the user of this ultimate system it would appear that he is looking at a single real scene.Imagine yourself going to a unknown city with just pair of glasses as your tour guides and a phone application which converts speech of any language into a the one which you understands and the glasses show you all the basic information about the city like street number,lane number, how far is the nearest police station or a restaurant from where you are  standing.It will look all science fiction type  but this concept is really taking its shape in form of smartphone applications and video games. The applications based on this concept are still at infancy stage, the functionality they provide has not reached an advanced level but then they are impressive to watch..

Augmented reality can change the way we browse the internet today.One of the most amazing things which I found about this technology was just by pointing out the camera in front of project we can see the information related to that particular place. Lets say if you are walking across the road in Rome and you come across a museum. all you have is just your phone just point out your augmented browser towards the building and you will get all the information needed about it. It will display everything about the building that is available on net.this is just one application but augmented reality can be used in medical as well as many military applications.
 There are many applications based on this concept which are gaining momentum in the technology arena.Few popular applications like LAYAR, WIKITUDE,JUNAIO,etc.All are called augmented browsers. These applications help you in finding the real time information of anything you  point your camera towards the place. By real time information I mean the users current position, near by restaurants, important buildings , it depends on the type of application and what feature they are providing but some applications also provide the names of all the nearby buildings where job interviews are going on. Isn't it amazing you will get the information about any place  wherever you go. However the concept of augmented reality is very new and is implemented in few applications of smartphones and some of video games. There are immense areas and domains where if this concept is followed can create a revolution in technology world.

Think of the opputunities that will arise if we are able to work this augumented reality in military applications.for example it would be great for a pilot to view information about his surroundings without looking at the instruments when every information (altitude, speed weather information) can be shown on a transparent screen.Beside this augumented reality has applications have  many applications in the field of Medical sciences.There have been really interesting advances in medical application of augmented reality. Medical students use the technology to practice surgery in a controlled environment. Visualizations aid in 
explaining complex medical conditions to patients. Augmented reality can reduce the risk of an operation by giving the surgeon improved sensory perception. This technology can be combined with MRI or X-ray systems and bring everything into a single view for the surgeon. There are many more areas like navigation, sight seing ,palentology,gaming where this concept can be very useful .

Now when  we have discussed how good is this concept  lets look at some of the limitations of this technology too. An over reliance on any technology make people more ignorant towards real time things .The issue of privacy may arise when the information on web is so widely explored and used.People may not like their Facebook profiles to appear on the phone of stranger and letting know of your life and background..However every new thing has some pros and cons with it .It depends on us how we take it,but if you look at the concept of the technology don't you feel fascinated that how much technology has advanced how by only pointing your phone camera towards a place or building will let  you know all the information yo\u want to know about the place. I am still exploring about the technology and would try to post as much as I can about the technology.

Friday, July 22, 2011

Evernote- Your Digital Assistant




Evernote is your personal Digital assistant which allows you to save your notes ,videos,snapshots, photos ...almost everything.With Evernote on your phone and PC you can create your own gallery of photos videos interesting web articles. To  have evenrnote on your phone all you need to do is go to Evenote.com and download the app on your phone or if you carry an android phone then it is more simpler all you have to do is to log into anddroid market select and install the application. once it is installed you will be asked to create an account with evenote and after that there is no looking back the app is installed on your phone and once you open it shows you all the options. You can
a) create a note

b) Take a snapshot

c) you can also make a collection of .your notes and separate them in different stacks .


d) It also allows you to add videos and audio recordings  and you can sync you data with your computer.

With Evernote you can create your notes and put tags on them and find it on your phone whenever you need. all you have to do is toselect the option of tag on your device and add the relevant tag and save it. Now next time when you want to find the note you don't have to remember the date on which you created the note all you have to do is to enter the tag and evernote will find the note for you. The  evernote will sync your notes between your laptop, your iPad and your phone(or iphone). It comes with two accounts premium and a free account. when you  first install your evernote application you are asked to create an account (both for premium and  free users). With free account you can use up to 60 MB/month of the evernote server space and if you are a heavy user who has large amount of data to store you can create a premium account where in you get a space of 1000 MB/month. The fee for premium account is $5 for a month  or $45 per year.


Evernote allows you to store data  on its server and you device and syncs the data at regular intervals so if you are offline you and cannot access Internet, still you can store notes on your device and once you get your connectivity back you can sync your data with the Evernote 's server.

One of the interesting thing which I found about evernote is webclipper.This is an additional functionality which you have to download on your device but it is quiet interesting . It is Webclipper it allows you to clip anywebpage you find interesting and save it . with webclipper you can also save the web links which you find interesing and hence can create your own Webpage gallery. One thing which I desire from evernote is ability to take screenshots on my HTC wildfire . I searched the android market but I could not get a single application which could provide me the screenshot capability along with the advantages of taking notes. I would be like an icing on the cake if we could have an application which would allow us to take notes and ability to take the screenshots. I mean i would be an added functionality of the webclipper if we could take the screenshots of the web page and we don't have to fo through the lengthy procedure of installing SDK for taking a screenshot on our android device.

 Evernote is one application you must check out at least once. Evernote is available for desktops,mobiles and tablets. If you go to android market you can easily find it on free applications tab and download instantly on your android device.