Nitin Chandra Salgar

I attended the Chris Capossela Live!! which happened on my birthday on 10th Oktober.

I was accompanied by Prateek Hejmady a juniour of mine.

The event showcased various Features of Office 2007 and Exchange 2007.

Office12 Preview by Pat was good, which was by a Session from Ranjana. Ranjana's Session was pretty ordinary (:.

It was nothing new to me as I have been using Office 12 (Now Ofice 2007) ever since Beta1. I now have Beta2 TR installed on my laptop.

TR is a lot stable than Beta2. Features are reliable. But no one knows how many features provided by them will be used in real Life.UI is reloaded & is very Intuitive.

Exchange 12 Session handled by Ravi Shankar was good when compared to Ranjana's. He demonstrated E12 capabilities and the new enchanced WebAccess and its capabilities.

It was a great show off from Microsoft Team. But the Release will be much more Electrifying than this one as more features will be bundled.

I felt the Office 2000 to Office 2007 would be a worthy one. When Integrated with Groove and SharePoint Portal Server Office it makes more business sense.

One thing which I forgot to mention was the introduction of Excel and Word Web Access which is buildt on top of Office 2007 Server which reduces piracy and eliminates the pain of Installing it on machine's.

If you wanna try Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh1 here is the link.

I recently happened to visit a site which determines Uplink and Downlink Rates. Its a real time test and is fool proof.

I use a Sify 256kbps(kilobits) Broadband at home,the speed was around the same as expected

I was not aware of the Bandwidth available at Office as its not disclosed. It showed up a staggering 9.8MBps(Bytes).

You can check you bandwidth @ speedtest.net

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Moreover Any third party POP Servers can be configured. Once you click on the appropriate Mail thats configured, it takes us the WebMail access which doesnt required you to enter you password again.

Likewise additional stations can be added. It comes with a built in popup blocker and has a placeholder for Weather Updates.

I was really excited when I came accross this one and felt worth sharing this info.It can be applied on both the popular Browsers(IE & Firefox)

You Can find the tool bar here:

http://djriver.myradiotoolbar.com/

Check it out and let me know if anyone is facing issues with this.:)

Its been a long time since i have posted. I have to update abt my last week's trip to Mysore and Dharmasthal along with my 3 week old post abt out new Car. Will update all of them after this weekend coz Im likely going to Shimoga (my hometown).

Also pending is a post abt ORM. Will post em all soon. Till then keep waiting....:)

Last weeks downloads inlcude Silent Hill (Thriller Movie), V for Vendata, Inside Man, Basic Instinct 2 and Sahara.

Never heard of these movies?? U wouldnt have heard of it coz it takes 3-4 months to come to a theatre in Bangalore. Recently I read abt a review of a movie called Pink Panther( Now Playing at PVR) which I saw way back in January.

Myself being a Formula 1 fanatic I have with me all the Races in Xvid Format. Wanna Borrow ?? Call me up.

The New Year day of Maharashtrians, Gudi Padwa is celebrated on the first day of the Hindu month of Chaitra. Gudi Padwa is also known as Ugadi in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. Marking the beginning of the spring season, this festival is celebrated with great spirit and joy. This year Gudi Padwa falls on Wednesday,30 March,2006.

In preparation for the festival, homes are cleaned and decorated. Colourful rangoli designs are painted at entrances to brighten up the thresholds. New clothes are worn and the entire family gathers together to savour Maharashtrian delicacies, including puran poli or sweet roti s, soonth pak and usal . Traditionally, bittersweet leaves of the neem tree are eaten on this day. A paste of crushed neem leaves, cumin seeds, jaggery and salt is taken before eating any food in the morning.

On this day, gudi s are hung outside the houses or in the localities. A gudi is a pole on the top of which an upturned brass or silver pot called a kalash is placed. The gudi is covered with a colourful silk cloth and decorated with marigold flowers, coconuts, and mango leaves that symbolize nature's bounty.

The gudi is worshipped by offering sandalwood paste, turmeric and vermilion. Then, boys and young men of the locality form a pyramid and the person on top of the pyramid breaks the coconut which is in the kalash .

Gudi Padwa is considered a very auspicious day. New ventures are begun, house-warming poojas are performed, and people also may choose to buy gold, silver or property on this day.

Wanna know more abt this festival? Click here for the wiki.

After seven years I payed HOLI ,also known as 'Kamanna'na Habba' in Kannada. We still follow the tradition of burning the mocked up idol of Kumbakaran, and running around in circles. Sadly I was not a part of this celecration as I didnt go home. Nevertheless I started playing again after a long time. We played HOLI at our Office Campus.

Holi was not played at the best in the spirits,but it was fun. Many ppl gave standard reasons saying that they wanted to attend Marriage, Take part in a function and so on & kept loitering in the corridor and nearby places. Many of Our so called colleagues didnt take part.

But many ppl like Bhargav and company(including his PL and Team Members) volutarily joined us.

It was a great experience coz It was the first time we celebrated at Our Office campus.

But I felt sad, when one of my friend Shaheen called me up and said their company had organized for a Rain Dance Holi with music played by a professional DJ.

Pictures courtesy Sab

Apart from the Formula 1 race, I found myself indulged in watching the 5th ODI between Australia and South Africa. The Aussies set up a huge total of 434 in 50 overs overcoming the initial hiccups.

It seemed like SA would lose with a great margin. But it turned the other way round. The South Africans Chased the Aussies, scoring a massive 438 in the last over and won the match by a wicket.

SA clinched the series 3-2. This match entered the record books as it was the largest score set up, larget run chased and the most expensive bowling figures happening in this nailbiting decider.