try this out it is a like a stock market with blogs Blog Shares. Seems like a lot of fun, i just registered.

Why did SNL have to suck that bad....comon it was pitiful, no excuse for that...ok thats that

I hate the climate in Houston--being so unpredictable and all, one moment the suns out, birds are chirping, the next its pouring cats and dogs. And to top it off are the drivers who drive as if they can see everything and are just zooming off splashing water all over your windsheild making it impossible to see for about 10 seconds, which is vvvvv dangerous. Just hate that!!!

Got schedule okayed today, just have to register.

What a week...really nice to meet someone you know for such a long time, after such a long time. Talks abt the "good ol days" and all the cricket stories and what a rogue class we were...hmmmm

Speaking of cricket, played cricket after 3 years(another great feeling), bowling and batting were a little rusty, but fielding(something that I was always known for) was spot on!!!! But the effects of lack of exercise are being felt....I am so damn sore...lol

Finally got the school alumni community up, and this time it is with pictures, here is the link http://nk2002.f2o.org/community

Waiting for SNL, Bernie Mac, cant get better than that!!!

My first ever software review got published today, here it is now for your reading pleasure:-

Tech Discussion:

Thanks to Kashif Khan (kashif) for this contribution.

Lavasoft's Ad-Aware has been the popular choice for removing spyware and other malware. However, Lavasoft seemed to neglect Ad Aware, and there was a period when no updates were available. This created an opportunity for Spybot, and many people switched from Ad Aware to this product. Lavasoft are back in business now with the release of Ad Aware 6, so I decided to pit these two against each other to see which was the best.

1. Ease of Use: Ad-aware won in this category hands down, with an attractive gui and very helpful step by step wizards, that can even make a newbie use this with a fair amount of ease. Spybot S&D on the other hand is geared more towards the advanced user and some of the buttons can be confusing at times, such as the Spybot s&d button instead of a simple scan button. Spybot has made changes to gui in the newer versions by having an "easy mode" and an "advanced mode".

2. Getting the job done: I updated both the software's with the latest patches from their respective sites. Spybot S&D won this category detecting more spyware and malware in my system that Ad-Aware, one of which was extremely shocking was that Ad-Aware could not even find alexa installed on my system and even valueclick and other notorious spyware for that matter.

3. Advanced features:- The winner again was Spybot S&D. One of the features that impressed me the most was it gave you a detailed explanation of what the spyware does and also from it usually originates. More advanced features include immunization and check for bho's and active x controls. Ad-aware on the other hand had nothing to match these features. The Bho feature helped me detect a .dll file that would show an "enhanced search result" page while searching on google.

4. Scan time:- Both had practically the same timings when it came to scanning. I felt Ad-Aware 6 was slower than previous versions. So it was a tie here

Keeping all these things in mind I removed Lavasoft Ad-Aware from both my computers and have installed Spybot S&D. Even though you have to be a little careful about what you delete it does an excellent job of cleaning the system (it has a recovery mode as well), and its bundled advanced features are just the thing that advanced users want. Ad-aware just could not keep up with Spybot S&D and is now my favorite pick.

Today's my birthday...just love to open my mail and see all those funny cards that people save..wohoo!!
well nothing new for the week, just waiting for this one to get over.

I have been complaining as to how this week is going to be hell with so much work and all. Well it is going to be like that, but my american government professor has made the third paper that is due optional. So that means I do not have to worry about it and is a huge relief...wohoo!!!!! But it has been an unbelievabley long day.....just waiting for this last class to get over so that I can go home.

Nothing like a weekend where you dont have to any work whatsoever.....but this feeling is going to pass pretty soon once the week starts and the work starts piling up( and I know that this week is going to be busy). Maybe if the webCT is easy enough I can get rid of it on Monday.
I uploaded all my archives from here and xanga to Movable Type, though a little tedious its up there, and now i can make a backup of it whenever I want.

looking forward to simpsons this week as it involved everybody's favorite officer, officer wiggum.

A fantastic win for the rockets as they fight the warriors for the play-off spot
go houston!!!!!




So close to converting the blog at 8tc to make it look like this....thanks to my brother.

Finally done with the week, nothing feels better than that. On top of that I am done with the webCT quiz and the program as well, so that leaves me free to do other things during the weekend....wohooo!!!!!
Maybe I can experiment with making the 8tc blog look more like this one or work on finding a place for the online community and if its a bright and sunny day I can go play some tennis.
Also excited to meet one of my bes friends after 3 years, so thats something I am looking forward to.

Really addicted to this game

Nothing much today.....I really like it since I have started taking the car to university more often....I use to take the bus on alternate days in the beginning, so that I would not be stressed out through out the week since the highway 59 of houston is hell !!!!! the traffic on there is horrible at all times, I take the highway 90 which is kinda of a backroad, but takes the same time to reach the destination. So bottom line, now that I am driving everyday, I dont find it that bad and plus you know that you have the car so you can leave immediately when classes are cancelled etc.. plus it takes a longer time to travel by bus. So it has been decided, more driving for me.

I am seriosuly thinking of getting a website(hopefully free) and moving everything to movable type, and all the archives here there as well, hmmmm lets see about that.....it seems like a high possibility, lets see...

Done with WebCT earlier this week, clearing up alot from what I have to do in this week.

Well the webCT quiz didnt take forever like the last time....that was just hell, but on a brighter note they do make good reviews. I tried getting a rss feed for blogger from an external site, but it didnt go that well....but the mt one does have one.
What I need right now is one of those programs that feeds the latest news right on my desktop, I tried downloading newsdesk today, that uses the xml feed of a website to view website, but you have to download a 20mb microsoft .net platfrom thingee from microsoft, which I dont wanna do even though I have broadband, but i bet there must be alternatives.
Well the article that I was talking about, got accepted and will be published in the next new letter, I will also post that article the day it is published.

My buddy sameers impression of hardy(of the laurel and hardy duo!!!).....he also plans to send this pic to a potential date.....i wish him the very best...lol

Program 7 has been completed before schedule....thats a good thing because that means I have more time for study over the weekend. But I still have to take that damn webCT quiz.
Finally I removed all signs of ad-aware from my system, spybot s&d really does rule. You can download it from Downloads.com.
I cant wait to see head of state...it looks hillarious.

Well I was so hoping that I would have a work free weekend, but alas, it sped by me so quick that I didnt even notice, exams are back!!!! The whole next week....*sigh* maybe next week will be cooler. I have still have not had time to write that article comparing spybot s&d and adaware.....I really wanna do that but seriously with all this work there hasnt been any time.

The deadline is over..........

Wohoo!!!!!!!!!!! The paper is done and there is no better rewarding feeling once you have done all your work and there is no backlog left, even the program has been tweaked to perfection and has to be turned in tommorrow. I so wish that blogger would provide an rss feed for this website, that would be real cool. Maybe they will have more features in the next versions of blogger, such as built in commenting, syndicaton formats etc..

This has been one hell of a week for me. First of all I had to take the webCT quiz umpteen number of times to get a hundred so that my average remains high, this took me practically the whole day and really screwed up my schedule. Then the craps program was giving major problems and required tweaking that went on for another day. All this mean that instead of two days for my paper, I had one...welll atleast I got two of the three pages done....another reason why im leaving university early tommorrow so that I can do my work and maybe do some math homework.

The Movable Type mirror is up at http://kashif.8tc.com....so you guys can go there and visit. I tried implementing this template on their but it was difficult and html is not really my cup of tea, give me a decent looking free template any day.
Hopefully the rest of the weekend goes well.!!!!!!!!!!!

I am so frustated with this code right now it in unbelievable, its not a bad program but the way the professor wants it is so difficult....damn....well I do have most of it solved, but im gonna call it a day and do something else as I have a horrible headache.

update:- program finished wohooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It feels so nice that today is thursday, because that means tommorrow is the last day of the week wohoo!!!!! But this week is gonna be real busy for me, just like most of my weekends.
There are great chances that the mirror with movabletype will be up and running soon.
Go and download the latest version mozilla 1.3 which just came out of beta testing. Click here to download link. It has alot more cool features such as advanced spam mail filtering and more compatibility with your favorite sites.
Soon I will be writing an article for the Protonic Newsletter comparing Spybot S&D and Lavasoft's Adaware and which is the best as of right now, which i will be posting on this site, cant wait for that. Most probably be working on it next week.

Ever since university has started we have been bombarded with so much work.....there calculus homework to do, american governemnt papers, programs etc.....and the list goes on. There was a tech show at the university and I was pretty keen on attending it....my overall impression was that it was good, had besically a lot of laptops, since it was all university people over there. I had fun playing with the mac's.

The other day I decided that for a project I go back to the ex-king of search engines alta vista. In its prime it was the best damn search engine, but lost its charm due to excessive commercialization and people paying them to put their results on top. And lately i heard they had improved things, trying to catch up with the google. Put in my search entries, and the results were show quite quickly, but the items had nothing to do with my query. Tried some other combo's for searches and still nothing related to my project. I gave up on that immediately and went to my other favorite after av's decline hotbot. Now this site was very good with searches, but now first of all get rid of that cheesy background, it literally makes you dizzy which is not good if you want people using for site, but i must say that there search results were real good. I had done all these because I had time to kill and even after getting some good sites with hotbot I completed everything with trusty, dependable google. Hope this is one search engine that doesnt fall into the same traps that its predecessors fell into.

Big news today, the new intel centrino chips are turning heads.....have really improved power and battery life, some sites reporting that they have been able to run a 1.6ghz laptop for a whopping 7 hours!!!!!!!!!!!

Its been such a long time since I blogged....but seriously speaking there was nothing to write about. Anyways spring break has come to an end.....no regrets about going back to university, but I wish it could be a little longer, since a week isnt just enough for spring break...
As for SNL I thought it was pretty decent this weekend...and nothing could top Simpsons today, it was hillarious and filled with political allegory.
more later, I'll have more to write about once university starts.

The broadband is back and it feels great....got all my work done, checked my mail all at the speed of light...lol

Off to watch a movie but there is a good question to ponder over:-
What technologies or devices have gone far beyond your expectations?????
Put your thoughts in the comments.

The worst thing ever happened 2 days ago....my cable modem died out....wouldnt respond whatsoever......so I have been running on dial-up power, which as most of you know is quite a painful experience. And just the fact that blogger takes forever to load on dial up discouraged me from making enteries.....anyways someone from the cable company will be coming tommorrow to look in to the matter so hopefull i should be back up tommorrow.....wohoo!!!!
As for update I am enjoying my spring break to the fullest.....balancing rest, not doing alot of work and the same time getting ahead in my programs and other classes...so i feel this is not a total waste. Also I got accepted as a support technician at Protonic, which is a great site that offers techincal support for computer for FREE...yes for free....all the guys over there are volunteers, and are very very good.
as for the movies i was kinda disappointed by My Big Fat Greek Wedding, I found it ok, while on the other hand Shanghai Knights was pretty entertaining and you can always trust Jackie Chan with those mind blowing stunts....just great!!!!!!!!!!!
more later

Finally will get to see My Big Fat Greek Wedding and Shanghai Knights.....Ive heard the former is a great movie and is hillarious.

I just realized that the spring break is till the 10th, and thats only a week, man that sucks, but a break is break..wohoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now all I need is something sweet to go along with those movies.....gotta look around the place.
Off to watch the movies

Played basketball after nearly 2 years today...my brother challenged me, thinking that he could squish me like a little bug....little did he know that I played against some of the toughest guys in new jersey. And that really helped alot, and even though I was a little rusty I showed him how to play b-ball....lol.....playing today reminded me of the time when I first moved to NJ, and my skills werent that great....I remember being the last pick for the guys while mamking teams( though that did not bother me one bit because I used to do the same thing when I used to play cricket!!! )...but as time passed I got better and i got picked earlier and that was the best feeling ever.

Decided to change the look of my computer as the mac look was kinda getting boring, so have a look at it here...I personally think it looks great!!!
more later

Yesterday was the first time ever that I have had car trouble in my life.....I walk up to the car and keyless entry thingee wouldnt work, so I figured that maybe the remote had weak batteries, again another first i used the key to open the door, and then went to hit the "unlock all door" switch and nothing...the car would not respond, then I kinda became skeptical, sat in put the key in the ignition and tried to start it, no response...for some mysterious reason the battery had died and car would not respond at all....double checked the lights made sure there werent any attempts to break in, nothing.....and to top it all (thanks to the Houston weather) it was pouring....but luckily AAA came to my rescue, jump started the car and the same day I got the car a new battery. Thank god it just caused me a 45 minute delay or else studying for the history exam would have become very difficult.
Cant wait for tommorrow people, because after I turn in all my stuff in I AM FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yes Spring Break baby!!! wohoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! no school, no homework (but that doesnt mean no studying) for 10 whole days...wohooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
more updates tommorrow.

paper done!!!!!!!!!!!!yes it is done and what a wonderful feeling it is...he he. Plus the fact that I come home early gives me more time to study for my history, which shouldnt take alot of time ( I dont have alot of time as it is)....but its all under control.
netfirms started this sucky new policy that you cant remote link files here, but the bigger thing is that you cant evev view pictures as is they have to embedded on a webpage, but if you want that feature you have to pay....bah!!! so i had to change the code, but everytime i update the code the script for the tracker has to be updated, and this makes it all a lengthy project. Ill fix that later on.
as for other projects set up a phpNuke community for my friends from IIS so we can keep in touch and all. Now i have to add a photo album thingee, and then it should be perfect.
Also I decided to reduce the frequency of blogs so that there is more to write and more information, and i feel that this is working.

Done with 3 pages of that paper....yes I know, it takes me alot of time to write papers...but seriously it used be worse...but since I blog practically everyday the writing part doesnt seem as much a daunting task like it used to...so blogging does have it pluses!!!! Well i am very unhappy with the way the artificial club is going...no updates, no meetings, poor attendance...even the guys who started it seem to have lost interest....have to look for a new computer group to join...the earlier group really did look promising but I dont think its gonna float. Hopefully the TA replies back quickly so that i can give my program earlier, that way i can come home earlier and get all my homework and stuff done. SNL was great yesterday, you can always count on regulars and the special guests were even better. Probably gonna go to sleep a little eaerly today...soooo tired.

I guess this has been the longest period ever after which i blogged...the main reason being that i have been very busy....exams, projects et al. I have a 5 page essay due next friday, and i have completed 2 pages of that. It actually was great that i finished my webCT quiz last week so i wouldnt be doing it now, time which I used for writing the paper. But the bad thing was today was a beautiful day.....but just couldnt go to play tennis because I was busy doing my paper that i just couldnt.
Today's SNL looks something worth staying up for....Christopher Walken.....I am positive that he will play the role of that desperate French guy...something to look forward to.
Also I found where Phoenix 0.6 is...well first of all they have to change their name because of some legal issues and second there are some bugs( you can go to their project page and see which ones have to be fixed) which they still have to fix, and as soon as that is done 0.6 will be out.
So to sum up of my weekend- complete paper(which I will love, because i want to get it over with), some history(thats fun) and maybe some T.V. and then work on calculus.

Still contemplating whether to take my laptop to university or not???? its not that its heavy or something(though some people claim otherwise), its just that at times i feel kinda lazy to lug that thing around...it would be cool if there was some kind of locker for computer science students.
These two weeks are going to be busy, with all these mid terms and stuff....ill be glad when it is over...because not only will it all be over, it will be Spring Break time....yeah..wohoo!!!!
Now for some tech review- Last week i tried the latest version on Opera. I must say i was very impressed...not only is it fast it is also so small at a measly 3 mb. The pop-up blocker was impressive, and the mail client is very capable. For those people who dont want Mozilla because of its size or want to get IE of your back should definitely give it a a ago. 2 thumbs up.
I am still using Mozilla, because i am very comfortable with it....but Opera is a good contender!!!!
by the way speaking of small i am wondering why it is taking so long for phoenix 0.6 to come out??

My third and final try with netfirms has been met with no success......I am not gonna install MT on their...its just messed up. Also I am done with the paper that I have to turn in for american government, just have to add the finishing page to it, which I will do as soon as the class is over( wonders of wi-fi, in class and connected!!!!), and then turn it in on wednesday....by the way this prof is another who just loves technology. Computer Science mid term coming up this week, all prepared for that as well. Just have to start doing that homewofk for cal II so that i can turn it in all done Friday.
And like it says below, got a new scanner from cannon....works like a dream, jus love usb plug and play.
Finally a decent show from the guys at SNL....this one actually made me stay awake till the end. Plus the 300th episode the Simpsons was fun, but i kinda liked the 301th one....hehe.

got a new scanner....but still have to finish paper for gvt.

The internet went out again....and I just hate it when it is the splitter at fault....because that means I have to move alot of furniture to fix the problem....well all said and done I am back up and running again..wohoo!!
To end the week on a brighter note the quiz was easy aced that and right now i am sipping on a brownie frap...what else could you ask for....lol

man the frikkin bus came 45 minutes late....i was late for my calc exam by 10 minutes...and that hurt my overall score...i was so mad the whole day...next time there is a test im taking the car.....now i have to work doubly hard to keep an a grade in that class. But thats ok, coz i do enjoy it.
well done with prog 4 and now i am 2 weeks ahead of the class...wohooo!!!!!

The game yesterday was amazing, just the fact that it went into 2 over times is just wonderful....very unpredictable. Just loved it. The spoof of Yao Ming at Simpons was smart too.
As for univ, its gonna be all study for Calc II exam on wednesday...the review is done with so that is good. Hopefully the MT version of the website will come up soon.

simpsons was real cool......watching the all-star game and things look good so far...astonishingly Jordan has missed 5 of his shots so far!!!!....nothing done over the weekend except calc II review sheet.....and my hosting went down a couple of days earlier, lost all files, entries.that sucked...off to watch the game.

the Ti-89 is so damn powerful, they have so many features that I am slowly learning.....if you can master it , probably it can do anything, ive even of c compilers for this baby..wow!!!
Finally managed to get hosting somewhere that will let me transfer the MT site...hopefully.

The MT project will be down for a couple of months.....yeah the host said that he will not install the modules due to some restrictions from his server, also netfirms is so screwed up that installing MT on it has become impossible.....anyways its a good thing I didnt stop blogging here. Gotta start studying for my mid terms(though I am done with the programming bit).

Came back home a little earlier today, got alot completed as well as some major homework so that means less work for me tomorrow!!!! wohoo!!!!....the MT blog situation doesnt look good, the new host does has MySQL but one of the modules are missing so i still cant install it and chances are real slim that ill be able to set it up there anyways.....but you can get all the info from good ol blogger.

Mid terms are right around the corner, and I dont know if its just me, but this semester is really flying by real quick. Fall took forever to finish..lol. It feels like only yesterday when spring semester was going to start, come to think of it all my classes practically end by April!!!!! wow!!!!
The MT blog at the new website is ready, but guess what forgot, I to ask for a MySql db....so I have to wait for that, and then its only a matter of time before I upload everything up there and make it look exactly like the 8tc one..wohooo!!!!

Well my 8tc.com finally decided to close down as their website was plagued by some people who were quite immature.....forcing them to close down due to various reasons. But I have found another host that is giving me the double the space and the other specs are the same...so tomorrow i move my movabletype to the new webste...I just love Movable Type for that reason, the ability to export all your enteries so that you dont loose them in case of an emergency, like this. I already have the domain, but after I transfer everything tomorrow I will post the new url.

As for university today was just great, started off calculus II on a bright note with a 100 on the first quiz!!!! so that was nice. wohoo!!!!!

Long time since an update.....but seriously there was nothing really that interesting I had done over this week....just did a little organizing, seeing when the mid terms are other stuff. done with homework and all making this one of the most boring weekends ever.
Simpsons was very funny, a good episode. Another good move was that they are gonna run for two more years, before they are completely saturated( though many people feel that they are already saturated!!!!!)
Saw a horrible move too this weekend, a bad remake of i know what you did last summer.
More tomorrow.

Finally the week has come to an end...and this weekend was especially was just too tiring. Also had a bad charley horse the other day, not once but twice while sleeping....man those hurt.
The calculus quiz went well today, and our math class is getting more high tech, in a few days we can get help for Calculus II through aim, isnt that just great???
off to watch a movie.

I joined the H.A.I.R.S today which stands for Houston Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Society. This is so cool because we get to make our own robots, something which i have wanted to do always. We start off with the simple BEAM robots and then move upwards to making more sophisticated ones. I am so excited to get started!!!!!

Was so busy today that forgot to eat lunch...which is quite surprising for me!!!! I shall never do that again as it made me feel horrible the whole day, because the breaks in between class arent that long....atleast i got my homework done though :)

I am usually not that big a fan of history...but todays class really changed my feelings about it. This History professor is perhaps the best teacher for history that i have ever had, and his style of teaching makes the matter more interesting. We learn History not only with the facts but also with movies that were there in that period. Also how films mirrored the complete opposite happenings of that period as well. well todays class had clips from the movie Wizard of OZ, and how it was a allegory showing the political happenings during the 1890's. It was just amazing and lots of fun.

Got all my books(finally!!!!)...now have to study from them :)
can u believe it January is almost over???

The TA for calculus II knows what he is doing....but he cannot explain the methods or other vital information of calculus for crackers......I just dont get it...and its not only me...the whole class feels that way.

On a brighter note all my books were shipped out and the rest will be bought tomorrow...wohoo!!!!

The superbowl game is going quite good so far(even though I dont understand alot of it, quite a newbie i am !!!!!). The Raiders are making huge mistakes and are letting the Buccs run over them literally. But the ads that are going on so far are just great. the best one uptil now have been:
1. The ozbournes ad for pepsi twist
2. The budweiser ad with the guy with a dog over his head.
3. Yao Ming's "yo" ad

As for today I was so hoping that a new episode of simpsons be shown, but I read wrong, apparently on the website they have dated the new episode for February 2. and are showing Independence Day instead. Finally placed orders for my American Government book over at Barnes and Nobles, now I just have to get my History books. I would have had all of them by now, but on Friday the 2nd floor and some portions of the 3rd floor University Center were burnt down because of some person who left a lit cigarette carelessly which led to the burn down. So even the library(which is on the second floor) has been closed for a couple of weeks.

I finally got fed up with the look of my 8tc website, and decided to change the look of it....so here is the new looking website. I feel the white color is quite a refreshing change.

off to watch the game!!!

While writing this entry the Buccs have made an excellent 44 yard touch down!!!! by the way i am rooting for the Buccs....wohoo!!!!!!

I had planned yesterday to blog a second time yesterday after that update.....but sadly the the internet came back and then went off again. But it is back again and its all good. A number of places on the net were down today as well because of a series of denial of service attacks and also a virus that is quite rampant.
well got alot of work done, finished my second program that was due for c programming class.....but I still have to buy the books....did not get to go today :(
off to watch a movie.

The woes of 56k...yesterday my ISP went down, and said that they wont be up for a while now. Im stuck with 56k, something that i havent used in a while. And like they say once you go broadband, you cant go back.....its so true....56k is horrible, because you'll be really lucky if you connect at those speeds. Can;t go to my regular websites because it takes so long to download(I just dont have the patience for slow loading pages...lol)....thats why i did not even blog yesterday!!!!! right now i am at University and using one of the computers in the lab, time to go to class.

Went to get my buy my books today from the university library.....now you must be wondering why so late, well I decided to hold off until my schedule is permanent so I dont have the headache of returning the books and all that....but it seems that man are doing exactly what I had planned to do. Even after a week of school being opened people are still buying the books, and lines till the cashier are just too long. I have a good hour between classes, but I dont think even that is enough to get all my books, even though I dont have to buy alot of books this semester as most 2 of classes(calculus, c programming) are continuations from where we left off. Probably will go to saturday so that I might avoid the rush.

Also it was so cold today, and they say the weather is going to be worse tomorrow, good thing is that i take the car tomorrow, so i dont have to wait outside for long in the cold. Hopefully the weather clears up over the weekend so that i can play some tennis, that would be cool.

I so wish that there was a Dunkin Donuts here, their coffee is just excellent, and i am kinda getting bored of Krispy Kreme.

Wohoo!!! my schedule has changed, so now not only do i have a better teacher but also better use of time....so now tuesday and thursdays ill be home by around 12pm. now all i have to do is buy the books for those classes.
Hoping to join a few clubs as well this semester, mostly related with comp sci.

today was so nice, just perfect, but they say that this will only last for only a couple of days :(

man i feel like drinking a brownie frap again!!!!

Feeling kinda lazy nowadays to post, plus nothing exciting has been happening that made it worthwhile to post everyday.....the holidays came and went quite quickly, didnt do much except write a stupid essay for american government class of mine.
thanks to my bro the pic(the one on your left) that I had fixed(it had a real irritating white border) with photoshop to perfection was ruined....he said he could "fix" it and make it smaller...but all he really did was ruin the pic.....so i had to make another one, but it doesnt look as good as the original....ill deifnitely have to sit with that pic and work on it again. arrgh!!!!!
Anirudh told me about a game caleld hegemonia, but their servers were so full that i could'nt download it all, but lately with all the university work i dont have time to play games as well.
nothing great on TV as well....simpsons was a repeat...and SNL sucked big time, even weekend update was horrible.

And i do agree with Chris that majority of the blogs arent being updated as regularly as they used to be....so come on go ahead and update!!!

Update: gave him the pic again, so he has made it better...thanks dude!!!!

What a game yesterday between the Lakers and the Rockets....Stevie Francis was just amazing with 44 points, just too good. But everywhere in the news they still talk abt the Yao-Shaq match up....though I have to give it to Yao, he was able to block the big guy, not once but 3 times which I feel is quite an achievement.

Remember that American Government teacher i was unhappy about, well i got an email from the other professor, and she will be able to take me in the class, so thats just great!!!!!

Saw something real ironic today.....a farmers insurance claim car, was being given a ticket by a policeman...that was so hillarious that the insurance company was getting a ticket.

here is something real interesting, that made me go wow!!!!! when i read it(though i think it might be a little expensive, but maybe with popularity it will come down)
click here

Tomorrow is going to be great....the last class has been cancelled, so that means i get to be at university for about an hour or so...wohoo!!!
Almost done with all the work from university, so should be free over the weekend, just the fact that I have to write the dreaded essay for american government. Maybe ill do that friday.

This semester so far is going great....I have some of the best teachers this time...a lot of research was put in (by me :) ) to choose good teachers over, time of day......but the sad thing is that my american government teacher is'nt that great(actually she is'nt the one that i opted for originally,but for some bizarre reason the other guy disappeared!!!!)...she does know her material and all that....but the amountt of work that we have to put in for a course that is just a core requirement is unbelievable...we have to write reaction essays after every chapter, then there are 3 other separate papers on different subjects, and a final paper. not to mention debates every week where we have to do research, and then a final presentation. The best part of the course is that it will be over by april 18th, and the final will be during the first week of may, so thats like a good 20 days before summer break. It would be real kewl if we had more classes like this in my major (computer science), where we would write papers on the latest technologies and debate about them with their downfalls, advantages etc...

I recently tried out this kewl feature in windows messenger( it only works if u have windows XP)....desktop sharing and application sharing....with this feature on you can share microsoft applications and some other third party applications with other people on your buddy list....you can still share if the other guy doesnt even have the application installed.....i tried this over my network and it worked like a charm.....but the TCP requires port 1503 to be open, which firewalls or even routers with NAT might deny....but anyhow it is worth a try. Another feature that looks kinda intriguing is the remote administration(again works only with XP)...if you just like me receive calls or IM's from friends and family concerning various problems with their computers, and sometimes have a tough time explaining to them what to do, this is a real kewl feature that lets you, and then you work on their computer....even this requires some ports to be open, which if i ever do it, will let you know. Again if anyone has given this feature a look lemme know!!!!

Switch to linux update: not done yet, still looking for a computer, but on a brighter note i am using the linux computers in the computer lab, and learning the tricks in there, so its still good.

today was such a long day......after such a nice winter break of getting up late and going to sleep even later.
the worst part was that the two labs that i had to attend today were cancelled, so i had a 5 hour break between the two classes, ooohhhhh that was just terrible.
well starbucks has opened up at the university center satellite...so thats always good(more brownie fraps..wohoo!!!!! )

i still have to buy two books, maybe ill do that tomm.

tomm is the first day of univ....have to get up early.... :(
today was so cold...brrrr....made sure i had all the things necessary for tomm. just hope tomorrow isnt that bad because i have to do alot of walking, and will be back by 7:00pm...thats a long day

well heres my new blog, at the new host click here

the only good though is that the 20th is a holiday.....wohoo!!!!

hmmm there was nothing to do today, except move my netfirms site to 8tc....also it was pouring and no sun made the day even duller.

a new small company called e.digital is standing againt apple's ipod....their jukebox is also very sleek and is being showcased at CES in vegas. it boasts of USB 2.0, 20gb of space, and voice recognition, plays MP3's and WMA files. And just like the iPod it can also be used as an external hard disk drive....but even though it is fresh from the showroom it is a hundred dollars cheaper than the iPod with the same specs...lets see what happens.

this is pretty amusing Miss Cleo: 'I'm Sorry That People Were Scammed'

forget netfirms.... i got hosted at another palce with no ADS!!!!!!!!! wohooo access the site at here. more later

i am making the switch - at this moment right now i can hear ppl saying is he getting a mac after seeing those switch ads........well no(i feel they are a bit too expensive for their offerings)...im going to linux....yes red hat linux 8.0. ive heard alot of great things about linux, from a programming point of view and i wanted to get a feeling for another OS, especially linux. for most people who do not know what linux is, it is an Operating System just like Windows or Mac, and it 100% FREE, and is very powerful. it is very powerful it does alot for, but you should know how to make it work for you, but with KDE(desktop thingee) and Gnome, Linux has started looking alot like Windows and more user friendly.

But i wont be completely leaving windows out, ill just be moving between the two to get a feel for myself, and as soon as macs get cheaper ill probably get that as well :)....i just need an old computer(preferably a laptop) to run this.....as we speak i am downloading the third and final iso from their servers. For other people who are becoming a little enthusiastic and wanna stand out from the crowd there are many version of linux out there, the popular ones Mandrake and Red Hat.

i still havent watched jerry seinfeld on broadway....maybe tomm.
and a couple of days ago i was saying abt that feeling of wanting univ to start...well that feeling has passed..lol...but it will all get better after a couple of days he he

i think this has been my longest post ever(this was so random lol)

netfirms was down and out from a denial of service attack the whole morning.....alot of the problems have been fixed but there are alot of things still wrong only for me....and that makes me mad!!!!

on a brighter note im almost towards the end of teaching myself C++ and so far it has been a smooth ride.

wohoo made some good cash on old books today...sold them on half.com..got a heck alot of money than if i had gone to the univ lib..he he.

now what i want is an old pc so that i can run linux on it!!!!!

set up my own forum now using phpBB...best of all it was FREE!!!! and very easy to install...i still dont know what to do with the forums, but since i dont want everyone and anyone posting i will send out emails to people who i want to join. then later on you can put in ur suggestions as to what i should do...so that should be a good way to start off things. if you want to try your hand at making your own forums you can download the scripts from here

also did some minor updates to the netfirms blog templates.

finally got some time to watch robin williams...that dude is just so funny and his extempo stuff is even better...a must see.....next i get jerry seinfeld live on broadway, that should be fun as well.

the ibooks have a 17inch monitor and they look real phat, and are loaded with kewl features...i want an iBook!!!!!!!

so tired rite now....actually cant wait for college to start....which is very weird...i hope this feeling goes away ...lol
just mite go to bed early.

tried installing the trackback feature on the movable type blog (which in case you have forgotten is at http://k4shif.netfirms.com), but i messed up the index file, but its back to normal now...everytime i open that netfirms page i feel so proud..lol...took me 3 weeks to make that one(actually to figure out what to do). i have no idea what the trackback feature does, but if anyone does pls let me know.

i was watching this show on the travel channel, some french dude went to the rainforests and met this tribe that was totally oblivious of the world outside them..it was amazing...no clue of fire, iron etc...they were touching the french dude to see if the paint would come of his white colored skin...lol...it was just amazing.

i still havent watched robbin williams on broadway maybe monday :)

off to watch another movie.

the cloning thing that has been going on for a few days seems real fishay!!!! i personally am not that kewl with the whole cloning thing, and playing god....there are huge possibilities that they could mess up big time and create such a big mess that it would be very difficult to fix!!! the whole concept of the leader being fathered by an alien is also way out there (pun not intended)

since im back in the gaming modd i think i shall go back to UT2K3, which in my opinion was the best so far.

i have a copy of robbin williams on broadway...that dude is hillarious...i have yet to see it though.
off to watch a movie now.

that was real fun in the morning...got alot of click...tis was real fun, but had to remove it as it really slowed everything down.

anyways other who want to try that can get the code from here.

removed it...made my blog real slow...would take forever to load

nothing much to write abt today, but had to make some sort of post on new years day..lol
have to start thinking abt which summer session to choose out of the 4 available options since registration starts real early.
anywayz HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!

the commenting system that i linked here yesterday is actually very good, so all of u who were thinking abt haloscan(which is currently closed) can look here, its very good.

anywayz i finally did it, installed movabletype on netfirms...wohooo!!!!! you can have a look here
task one completed that i had planned for the winter break.

but since that was a project i will continue to blog here, and the exact copies will be there, but i prefer that you look here...now i will experiment with that site and do other stuff...im just so excited..lol
yup so as i said continue visiting blogspot :)

since i was not able to go to NJ this winter :( i mite go someplace this summer...hopefully!!!!!!

but atleast i was able to do one of the things that i had planned for winter!!!!!

hey for all you people out there looking for a free commenting system for your blog look here. more later

finally for a change we went to conroe outlet mall....it was a nice drive to that place...bought some stuff as well.

saw this real funny street name - butte creek...i found that pretty amusing also a man in a car across from ours was shaving his beard..ha ha

so today wasnt as boring as the other days, im so tired, but wont go to sleep early.

today was a little better..not so boring plus it was such a beautiful day as well....but anywayz nothing new to write about.

read this news article...pretty stupid but kinda amusing at the same time

A watchman from a society of summer cottages in Russia’s Vladimir region, Sergey Sokolov, invented an effective method of struggle with burglars who frequently break into the summer cottages at night. Although the man himself is neither strong, nor awesome, he turned out to be a wonderful psychologist. He made special veneer bootprints which are extremely large: these devices leave too big prints on the snow around the cottages where the man is working as a watchman. When burglars attempt to break into the cottages, they first study the enormous bootprints left by the resourceful watchman here and there on the snow. Judging by the shoeprints, burglars think that the watchman is a huge and strong man, and they prefer to retire. The watchman says, the number of burglaries has reduced by almost 50% since the innovation was introduced.

wow im so bored rite now...i need something to do...i am practically bored with demos and gaming... that one week of gaming i think really was like an overdose, so no gaming for a while now
c++ is still going great and i think ill be able to teach it to myself..so thats pretty much kewl.

and i just noticed that the last couple of my blogs are starting with "man"...he he

man call for help is going great so far ...10 hours so far!!!!!

now that i have so much still for my break to end im going to try to teach my self c++ to try to gain the upper hand in class next semester....there are still 3 weeks left...wohoo!!!!

i feel like drinking a brownie frap again, but then im so hyper already...lol

man im so excited rite now...thats why im making an update rite now and another later on.

first of all my uncle has become good friends with amitabh bachchan(man he is like gawd of bollywood!! great actor and im his biggest fan)...so hopefully i may get hooked up when i go back next year...i cant wait...damn

second im on aim talking with cat from call for help, i cant beleive it happened so randomly, so maybe ill be on the netcam later on...
so excited rite now..literally jumping off the wall.

man the game vietcong rules...its so realistic...the demo is out and the game will release some time in february. really addictive

i have some fun things which planned to do, but ill keep them a surprise...so after i do that ill write abt that...this should be fun.

whenever i come to blogger i see their annoucement that new changes will be done to blogger- i was wondering whether it will be looks or features...i am hoping features though as the look is just fine...plus they should hurry it up as i am loosing my patience lol...plus i just completed 6 weeks at blogspot..amazing.

no games for a couple of days now...because there are no new demos out.....but at the same time i dont feel like playing games, maybe later.

man that simpsons episode was a repeat...what a disappointment....when will the new ones start again????? same with snl..last season was horrible...i dont want to see those repeats.

i read this piece of news yesterday its pretty amusing - SANTA has been given the all-clear for Australian airspace on Christmas Eve. Transport Minister John Anderson said Santa had been fully briefed about changes in the national airspace system since his flight last Christmas.And it appears Rudolph the reindeer will lead Santa this year, in a bid to comply with aviation lighting rules. "I am pleased to confirm that Santa will be able to operate in Australian airspace as normal," Mr Anderson said in a statement."However, the briefing was complicated by a disagreement about the navigation lights carried by the sleigh."Mr Anderson said civil aviation regulations require all aircraft to carry red, green and white navigation lights.But Santa's elves had complained the lights would distract the reindeer."One of the reindeer, Rudolph, has a very shiny nose," he said."The Civil Aviation Safety Authority has therefore directed that Rudolph must lead the sleigh on Christmas Eve."Mr Anderson said as there had never been a complaint about low-flying sleighs and reindeer, Santa had been cleared to operate through the Adelaide, Coolangatta and Sydney airport curfew hours. -AAP

well majority of the day went in optimizing both my computers at home. I have a desktop a Sony Vaio and Dell Inspiron laptop- did a little defragging and ran this kewl utility...it gets rid of a lot of junk from your computer, you can download it from here. the name of the software is advanced system optimizer...its shareware and theres a trial for 30 days...and it uninstalls without a trace...give it a try.

alot of people i have talked to have talked about the downsides of these blogging softwares and some in the worst scenarios have been hacked....so im sticking with blogger...unless im bitten with the bug again.lol

a slow day today...but as long as i had nothing to do it was all good. i wish only if the break would never end lol

it was so funny this morning...i didnt even realize it but someone actually used the commenting system on my blog...i thought that was very funny. i also know that alot of ppl read this blog...why dont you guys comment as well...
well played a little hitman 2 today(recently i have been gaming alot, since this winter break is long and i have pracitcally nothing to do lol.)- the game is excellent and requires alot of thinking and planning....its not the typical shoot your way in and shoot ur way out. real fun.
alot of ppl seeing lord of the rings and said they really enjoyed its..i dont know i mtie see but im not tempted.
ever wanted to know how to make ur own G4(or in other words a mac mod) well here is a great article from the guys at the thescreensavers click here

the higly anticipated tom clancy's splinter cell demo was out today...i played it...vvv nice, and alot of attention to detail and kewl weapons...only the camera viewing effect with the mouse is a little messed up..

did nothing today...it felt so nice knowing that you have nothing to do. lol

i so wanna get the 3 dvd set of back to the future...they were kewl movies. plus i wanna see catch me if you can, it looks like fun.

i think my chances of putting up movabletype are slim on netfirms...its so difficult to install...and all the features they ask for are not easily available....then there are others, so easy to install but their templates are impossible to change...i mean what language are they written in, bec i can understand things written in HTML but this is quite weird and will take some time and patience...time i have alot on my hands, patience is the issue!!!!!
well if any one is interested here are the links for the various blog publishers.
Movable Type
PMachine
B2
if anyone is succesful with movabletype pls lemme know
thanks

yes!!!!! finally i am dun with finals....cant believe semester 1 is over.
my plans for winter...hmmm i dont know yet...maybe i mite go to NJ or maybe use movabletype to set a new blog...i am hoping for NJ.
anyways im still looking for a free webhost that will support movable type...any suggestions?

the calculus exam went vvv well

tommorows the last final....yahoo!!!!! i am so excited a mite not even get sleep tonite.
but studying for the history final is horrible....its so tiring and uninteresting...i am just glad that it will be all over by 5pm tomorrow. :)

this weeks new simpsons episode looks pretty interesting(by the way last weeks episode was hillarious), it talks abt Lisa choosing between converting to islam, judaism or zoroastrianism, and richard gere guest stars, lets see what happens.

a little late but al gore's snl was the worst episode ever....it was not funny at all and he couldnt act to save his life.

a more happy blog after the exams....:)

couldnt blog yesterday bec of some problems with blogger
anywayz,calc final in a couple of hours, im ready to tackle it.
i mite...just mite make another blog using movable type...i found it a frickin pain to install, but ill give it one more go over the break using a new web host...i think netfirms was the promblem....well i used another blog publishing software to make this trial one and it looks pretty professional, click here.

the eco final is over...wohoo!!!! 2 more to go.

during the eco final, there were a one guy was telling his friends his "master plan" at acing this final...little did they know that everybody gets different sets...dumbasses.
anywayz during the test the brainiac is trying to cheat off a paper ahead of him...sounds normal..but the guy with the same set was 2 rows ahead of him!!!!! the extremes ppl go to...he would have been better off studying for that final. lol

heres sumthing funny i read today-
Jack Nicholson has been asked to stop walking around his new home in Nebraska naked.Locals have been left stunned after getting an eyeful when they popped round to get a glimpse of the legendary hellraiser. One neighbour said: "Our delight turned to shock when we discovered that Jack walks around his house at all hours in the nude — apparently not caring whether the curtains are drawn."It was really quite odd and it was the talk of the town. I mean, we wanted to see Jack in person but this was ridiculous."The Easy Rider star and renowned ladies' man recently revealed that he "doesn't have the same libido" that he once possessed.But according to his neighbours, on-again-off-again girlfriend Lara Flynn Boyle was a regular visitor.

gotta study for calc and dreaded hist...:(

i cant believe it , but im actually all geared up for tommorrows final...lol

here something interesting i read in the paper...this guy had such a horrible streak of bad luck..he he. heres the story:-
ELKTON, Md. -- A Maryland man is hoping a new puppy can change his dismal streak of bad luck this holiday season. James Dawkins of Elkton was on his way to visit his hospitalized mother when he stopped to walk his dog. The dog fell through ice on a pond and died, despite Dawkins' rescue efforts. He got home to find police there. Someone had broken into his home and stolen his gun collection. Then he discovered that he'd lost $150 in cash while trying to rescue his dog. It was all his money for Christmas presents.
Dawkins decided to try to change his fortune by getting a puppy from the pound. He's named it "Precious."

and have fun with this click here

it was horrible out there in the morning..all dark and stuff...much more better towards the latter part of the day.

theres such a nice view of the trees from my room, there a whole column of them with multi-colored leaves, and then another column with regular green trees.

downloaded the nba live 2003 demo...nothing great...but overall its fun..another fun basketball game is at shockwave..he he.

anirudhs blog looks alot like mine...my template is becoming so popular..lol

i feel like drinking a brownie frap lol
the whole day was spent in studying for the eco final...i hate economics...i even dont like history..actually hist is better
quake III wasnt all that great..downloaded a demo version and there were no online servers....uninstallation was immediate..play ut...way better

last day of classes today...so im off from this weekend, but i still have those dreaded final >:
but so far so good...the first final went well yeah!!!!

winter break is just a week away...cant wait

i wanna see analyze that...heard its pretty funny

wohoo!!!!! was finally able to set the wireless connection...so im wireless again
got my english portfolio ready, ready for my programming final
played a little army ops today...its a very addictive game....and to top it off its FREE!!!!!...but it can be quite a pain for ppl on dial up coz its a whopping 300mb

im so tired.....gonna go to sleep early.

what a nice day today....dun with all final exams studying...bored rite now...what can i do?????
but i am looking forward to SNl with Robert DeNiro.

down with one exam ...went well too

it was nice today, atleast the sun was out. these couple of days were pretty cold.

man saw the weirdest thing today, yogurt flavored soda....now who would want to drink that?????

studying for the third exam of calculus tommorrow...its not that bad once i get the hang of the washer method, shell method etc....
heres a lil schedule of events that will take place in the next few weeks.

12/06 - Calculus Exam 3
12/09 - English Portfolio Due, C Prog Final
12/14- Economics Final
12/16- Calculus Final
12/18- US History Final

and then im dun wohooo!!!!!!

blogging a lil early today coz i have an hour b4 class and plus i have my laptop with me at the univ
horrible day outside...pouring cats and dogs and its so cold...my hands were frozen cold while making it to the comp sci building from the parking lot!!!!!
the road conditions are horrible as well....saw a horrible accident scene on alt 90.....a honda accord had its hood smashed underneath a chevy truck and at the trunk of the honda was a ford explorer....the explorer had rammed into the the trunk of the accord and climbed over it!!!!.... the accord was totalled...horrible.
well ill be online between classes (and maybe sumtimes during class as well he he :) )
today i turn in Part 1 of the final for c programming..hope that goes well.

my smc router went down today...cutting of wireless connection as well wired.....so im back on the linksys.
have to see whats the problem...maye have to reset the damn thing.....

anywayz got soaked today while running from class to my car...but it was fun though.

part 1 of final for computer sci due tomm!!!!

talking about problems even blogger wont publish my blog...well this problem is fixed..phewww
what a day!!!

saw bond yesterday...twas real kewl...just loved the car fights

well today was the first day of classes after the break...really tiring...came back at 7:30!!!!!

i think its gonna be a long wait till the break :(

the break is almost over.....i dont feel bad though that the break is getting over(maybe it'll hit me monday morning!!!!!).....got all the work dun that i had planned to do.
just a couple more weeks and then this semester is over, and winter break...maybe thats why i dont feel bad abt thanksgiving break ending.

u2k3 has the best online gaming experience....the servers were stable and there were plenty of them to keep ya occupied....medal of honor allied assault was engaging but not good enuff.