Saturday, April 30, 2005

flickred

I was searching for a photo-hosting site with enough(?) space ever since I got my Zire72.

I had heard about and seen Flickr many a times but never felt like using it because of the flash-based interface. But after so many good reviews I created my Flickr account yesterday.

It's superb. Adding tags, notes, description, comments and all other features are simple, creative and flawless. The notes feature, in particular, is amazing. Just check this link and hover the mouse over the image. Cool, eh?
As for the "enough space" I got upto 20 MB uploads every month which is good enough for now.

I am truly floored by this new generation of web tools. And I am pretty sure our life in future will be a lot better and easier.

Thursday, April 28, 2005

Got my deZire

Finally, I got my Palm Zire 72s.

It's a great device. I haven't ever used MacOS but I am sure it isn't be better than PalmOS in terms of speed, cool looks and overall functionality.

I'll review my Zire later when I get time. For now, i'm lovin' it :)

Monday, April 25, 2005

furled

I'll keep it short and simple.
Use furl (an online favorites manager) if you surf the web a lot. You'll love it.

And yes, do check my furl favorites.

Sunday, April 24, 2005

PDA woes

Something strange is going on.
I have the funds for my PDA; I know the exact model I want to buy and above all, I am very excited about getting my PDA. But still, Almost a month to by birthday and I haven’t got my PDA as yet.

I have enquired a lot, a real lot. I have contacted shops in Ghaziabad (my hometown), Noida, Delhi, Bangalore and Chennai but either I got a very high price (Rs. 24000 as compared to Rs. 17499 on Palm Website) or I got funny answers. How funny? Just read on.
One of the biggest computer dealers in India (in Nehru Place) said -“Which brand of Palm do you want – HP or Compaq?” I barely managed to hide my teeth :)

Anyways, Now I have decided to buy it online or from some authorized dealer to stay away from such funny replies.

Wednesday, April 13, 2005

Forrest Gump

My mama always said life was like a box of chocolates.You never know what you're gonna get.

I saw Forrest Gump yesterday. It is SUPERB.
I felt emotional during a lot of movies but this is the only one which put tears in my eyes.

I can’t explain how good and inspiring it is. You must watch it to know.

Thursday, April 07, 2005

When I went Offline…

Almost 3 weeks and no blog post. But the reason this time wasn’t my laziness.

I went to my nani’s (maternal grandmother) place, Chandpur. It’s a small village-like town, quite backward in IT. So, I spent over a week without Internet. There is a cyber-cafĂ© somewhere in that place (I couldn’t find where!) but it costs a bomb at Rs. 60/hr as compared to Rs. 10/hr in most cities. To make matters worse, my Reliance mobile phone didn’t work there (I can check my email and do WAP surfing on it). So, I was left completely disconnected.

But contrary to my belief, I actually enjoyed it. I can’t explain the feeling but the urge of checking email faded in a few days and I was free :) This isolation has changed me a bit. Now I don’t feel like staying online on Yahoo Messenger 24x7. I don’t want to check my email 10 times a day. No idea whether it’s good or not, but I like it.

Anyways, I had my birthday on April 2 and my father almost read my mind and offered me to buy a PDA as a birthday gift. I am SUPER excited about this and I have read over 50 reviews in various magazines and websites to choose the perfect one. And, the perfect one is Palm Zire 72. So until and unless, Palm launches a new PDA this week I am all set to buy my first Palm.

Hopefully my next post will be about my new Palm :)