Birthday wishlist ;)

Thanks…
Thank you… 
Same to you(!!)..
Ya right..
Come on you already wished me…
Today’s my birthday. And I think you should probably wish me?

Rest assured those are the things I’ll be saying a lot tomorrow. And ofcourse it’ll be lovely to hear ppl wishing me. According to me, your birthday is the one day where you get to play the celebrity. Except those who are already a full time celebrity! Right so, ppl have been asking me “wtf do I get you for your b’day”.  To make the task of all those ppl easier, I present to you my LIST. Now my LIST is definitely not a birthday wishlist even though the title might make you think so. It is just a LIST of things that I need at this point of time. And it’s c-e-r-t-a-i-n-l-y-n-o-t-e-x-h-a-u-s-t-i-v-e. 

• 12-month subscription of a mag such as The Week/Reader’s Digest
• A 2GB SD Card for my phone
• Completely explain to me the TCP/IP protocol stack(and implementation)
• A small bedside alarm clock with light to see the time @ night
• Let me drive your car

Ramji

Bring on the….

Hey ppl,

This blog post is entirely about my friend Nikhil.

Ahhh. Now there he is! You see, a great tragedy occurred to him on 3oth September/October/November 2008. I honestly don’t know which day it was, but it was Nikhil’s birthday. Well, he did ask for a pen drive as his b’day gift. And it turned out we gave him a “pen + drive”. ( Pen + Drive = A big mokka to remind him never to ask for his birthday gift himself unless asked ) And he got a bit sad due to that and been sad ever since. 

But he’s been good to me and to a lot of you guys I believe. So I feel its only deserving that we all put together a small amount and get him a pen drive. So if you are willing to contribute(or not) just add a comment with your name You’ll be contacted  

P.S. The fact that you got this link through Nikhil himself is entirely…. Just forget that he told you about it. 

And here’s what we are talking about

Ramji

Mutineer now!

So I have decided to take my blogging experience just a bit further and have started to blog professionally on a popular blog. And I’m now an active blogger at Mutiny.in, one of India’s premier blogs exclusively on Indian issues. I have been there probably a little more than two weeks but it has been a revelation. To write blogs professionally is very easy once you start typing with your heart rather than your hand. The kind of issues that I usually have it bottled up in me have found a new outlet through Mutiny. And it is amazing to see the kind of debates that go on there. Do check it out! (especially if you are an Indian reading this) And to see my page on the Mutiny check it out here.

In Memoriam to the teenage ME!

It was around this time last year when I first put hand-to-keys to my first ever serious blog. The blog was titled “My B’day Bash” (and i believe its still hanging around in this site!) So just as I am at the threshold of yet another birthday, I start to write the few words that defines the birthday for me. For me it is, undoubtedly, the most special day of the year currently- ranked above May 5th ,October 21st and December 25th(not for Christmas!) in the current rankings. That’s simply because it’s a day made for me. The one day where I am the celebrity; I hog the limelight. I am the guy people want to meet, the guy people want to wish and shake hands with. And by people not just “any people,” these are people whom I love and respect and identify with. Like I said you don’t get to be a celebrity everyday so isn’t it special?

To all those people whom I mentioned before, I swear I am as eager to shake your hands as you all do. I feel as much happiness as you do. And each and every wish – both told and untold- makes me immensely happy.

…..Article will be completed soon…..

Where are the Google blogs in Google?

Hi fellas,

Now that you have reached this page and this line, you would probably know you are in a WordPress blog. Had everything gone normally in my blogging life, this would have been a Blogger blog. Yeah that would be www.shadowspeak.blogspot.com. But i switched over to WordPress for a simple problem. My blogs in Blogger were just not getting listed in Google search. Even if i search the exact words i had blogged about, I still didn’t get the results in Google search. That was highly disappointing. The reason you,me or anyone would blog is for others to read our blogs, find it useful and start a discussion. But whats the purpose if your blog is not connected with people who are searching for something like your blog?

WordPress is just awesome in that respect. The moment i post something it gets listed in Google and so many other search engines in less than 24 hours. Great! Just what a blogger needs! I had one of my friends complaining to me about the same problem yesterday. he had posted a couple of dicey topics hoping to start off some hot discussion, but with no responses its understandable he’s a bit pissed off. After all if you are using Blogger, you are using Google’s blog and still you don’t get listed in Google search. Not funny MountainView!

And today I just found out why! Its because Google thinks that blogs are special. So special infact that they require a entirely different Search engine! Check out Google Blog Search A stroke of genius you say? I say No. Come on i don’t expect a majority people to search separately for blogs and websites. The difference has clearly been blurred in recent times with all the supposed news websites, changing into something like a blog. So suit up Google. Because for an ordinary user not really bothered about ads and other stuff and focussing mainly on the content of what he writes, Blogspot has become a major letdown. In that way WordPress really has a knack of not only getting listed in Google but also high up too.

P.S. Hope someone from the Blogger team reads this!

Links!
1. Blogspot.com
2. WordPress.org
3. Google search
4. Google Blog Search

As always
Ramji

My New Phone MotoYuva W230 review

Hi fellas,Been a month since i blogged. This really seems to be the opening lines of so many blogs I have been reading recently. Funny how many people like myself are finding their own pile of work big enough so when you go upto them about blogging all they say is “No thanks!” I would said the same thing if you would have asked me that yesterday. Anyway back to business. I bought a new phone last month. You must have known it if you had been watching you cricket ! Sure its the model in the title. Motorola W230.I actually went to a forum and posted that I bought it and no sooner was I getting emails requesting more details and some “I bought it too” mails which were very sweet responses really. So why make people wait for my reply mails while I can put this up in y blog and let it remain for eternity. So here goes my review.

REVIEW

The phone has been an absolute delight. I had originally been planning and decided on buying Samsung’s C160 or C170 for Rs.2000. Both had FM radio along with GPRS – two of my most needed features. That was until this bolt from the blue from Motorola. This model actually came out two days before me buying it and it has a terrific feature of micro SD slot something unheard of in this price range. Along with a mp3 player it was a cool music phone with some good looks to boot(The blue keypad light combined with the black phone at night looks awesome!) So i decided on it at first sight. Price was 3k but you can get it for 2.9k. According to me the best value for money mobile in the market today.I’l separately list its various features here.

Messaging

Most people are scared of Motorola when it comes to messaging but it’s not that difficult actually. If you are switching from Nokia you will probbaly have a problem for the first month. But most young people should catch up. Some old ones might find it very difficult to change but I dont expect them to use the messaging much anyway. But if u are a nokia lover and are reluctant to change about speed of text messaging better stick to Nokia. But as they say Change is good!

User Interface

Its decent and not at all bad. Nokia is probably better by about 5% but that’s not such a big difference because Nokia has no phones in this price range with this much features. So if you are buying for less don’t go for Nokia. Go for motorola or samsung.

Music Experience

Coming to the biggest feature of this phone music experience is great. Ofcourse if you are too much used to ipod or the Sony Walkman series this isn’t music phone for you. But if you like listening to some good music with some good clarity and quality then its for you. Headphones are pretty loud. I use them in crowded buses and still find them good to hear. Usually shops give you a 256mb memory card for 3k and its upgradable to 2gb. So use it! Speakers are good. You can set mp3 alarms which is what i wake upto daily nowadays. And you have mp3 ring tones as well

FM

FM radio is clear and sound is a bit louder than mp3 player. Its certainly better than the FM in Nokia 6030. You can also record FM and use it as alarms.

Specs and Links

1. Specs from Motorola Website

2. Check out the phone in Univercell

SO thats basically the gist of it. If u need more info just send in your comments and i’l reply. Also do comment if you got a different view!

Signing off

Ramji

Update on 31/3/2008:

Bought a crystal case for the phone for Rs.20. Phone looks cooler inside the case. Also lends the sturdiness of Nokia phones. Motorola phones aren’t usually sturdy and strong as far as the panel and outer design goes.

Update:

Thought this link might be useful. Check it out. http://www.cellphone9.com/motorola-w230-file-transfer-problems-firmware-update/