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Shot taken at Hyderabad.

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Create your mobile site using Mofuse

Today I launched the mobile version of my blog using Mofuse...that too by using Opera Mini !!!. I never thought, making a mobile version of my blog would be this much easy. Mofuse is service which help to create mobile sites, especially for bloggers. The uniqueness of Mofuse is that, the content of mobile site is fetched from the feeds of our blog, so we don't have to put effort in making pages or editing texts, whenever we publish a post it automatically gets published to the mobile version too.

To make a mobile version of your blog register at www.mofuse.com ..select the desired URL, title and then enter the feed URL of the blog ...Done !!! your mobile site is launched...!! It automatically create an iPhone optimized version too!!. Mofuse supports placing Ads on the basis of revenue sharing. After making the mobile site we can put visitor counter chicklet, QR code, Click 2 Call, SMS Widget etc to our blog. They even provide redirection code for wordpress and typepad, other service users can use a chicklet having a link to the mobile site. After launching your mobile site, you can see the detailed statics of the site in your dashboard..cool service...

My blogs mobile links-
http://anoopjoy.mofuse.mobi/
http://keralaexplored.mofuse.mobi/

Orkut not working in Opera Mini

This is what I am getting when I try to log in to Orkut via Opera Mini 4.1 - a white page were "Google" displayed at top left. I am a regular user of orkut-mobile and I love to scrap my friends on the go. The problem started on 15th August and is faced by the entire users of Opera 4.1, especially in India where most of the mobile user's access orkut via Opera Mini. The real problem is, after logging to orkut account, it stay on the redirecting page, but not redirected to the orkut homepage. I am following the Opera forum and Orkut help groups for the last few days, but none of them providing a solution. This problem is happening with most of the google products.The only solution is to use an older version of Opera Mini (i.e. 3.1) or to use Tea shark. Hope the bug get fixed with in few days..

My name is going to Moon.

My name is going to Moon !!!..

If you want to send your name to moon, submit it at LRO web site. Your name will be collected and placed in a chip on Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft. You can collect your certificate in PDF format, to showcase your support for the mission.

The deadline is July 25, 2008 for the submission of names.Send your name to moon now itself.. My name is going..!!

[my certificate]

My Photo Blog.

I started a photo blog to share some of my best photos. I am not a professional photographer, but I feel some of my pics are good enough to publish. Most of the pics are taken during my trips with my friends in kerala. Follow the link below to find my blog..
http://keralaexplored.blogspot.com

Google Maps Mobile with "My location"

Recently I installed Google mobile maps on my Nokia N73 phone. The application is working perfectly on my handset. Its my location feature is amazing.. Most of the times it gives an approximate location with in 300 meters radius for me in Hyderabad. Google uses mobile cell identification and GPS data to calculate the approximate location of the user in a non GPS mobile phone. It gives accurate results where the density of cell towers is high.. Its accuracy loses when we move out of the city. Initially I was doubted whether "My location" works in India as Google says, it's available only in twenty countries. Any way this is another innovative move from google...something never thought by anyone...Enabling GPS like functionality on a non GPS device free of cost..!!

[Screen shot of google maps showing "my location" on my non GPS mobile. . blue dot surrounded by a light blue circle indicates uncertainty about my location..Right is the Zoomed one]

Mobile Blogging

Munnar (Mobile blogging), originally uploaded by Anoop Joy.

My first post to this blog using a mobile. Its done through Nokia lifeblog software. At present Nokia life blog wont support Blogger . But it supports posting photos to flickr. So I linked my flickr account with Blogger account and posted this photo to flickr...done !!!...This is a trick to post photos by nokia lifeblog to blogger. Another option or the best option to do posting from mobile is to use ShoZu. This photo was taken by me at munnar, kerala, India. I call munnar-The switzerland in india..You can find more photos in my photoblog

Flickr

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

Cochin:South Asian stop over for Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009

Cochin port became the only South Asian stop over for Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009. Volvo Ocean Race is the most prestigious and spectacular round the world marathon ocean yacht racing competition, seen as the ultimate in extreme adventure sporting. It is for the first time in its 35 year history that the Race stopping over in India.

The toughest of extreme adventure sporting- the race will commence its round-the-world marathon sailing in October 2008 and cover more than 39,000 nautical miles, visiting 11 ports across the world. The race starts at Alicante and ends at St petersburg. Before reaching the finishing line, the race will stopover at Cape Town, Cochin, Qingdao, Rio de Janeiro, Boston, Galway, Goteborg and Stockholm. The teams consist of professional sports mens drawn from different countries like USA, Australia, Brazil, Argentina, Holland, Sweden and Spain.The Race represents the ultimate in world class extreme adventure sporting competition - a unique mix of onshore glamour and offshore drama and endurance.

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Googles April Fool Hoax:Wake up kit

See the new product from google in calendar- "Google wake up kit",which make you woke up in the morning by sending sms or by using a "Bucket filled with water" !!...Funny ....Googles April Fool Joke..

Explanation about "Wake up kit"

If we click "learn more" it leads to.....the search results for "April Fool". I was aware of Googles history of perpetrating April fool's hoaxes.. .but for the first time I am experiencing one....

What is the colour of water?

What is the colour of water?.. Interesting question...

"Water is colorless or transparent and in large bodies like ocean, it appears to be blue, due to the scattering of light". This is what we have studied at elementary classes. I also had the same belief. But recently I came to know the ultimate truth. The colour of water is "Turquoise Blue." i.e. the water itself is a blue-coloured chemical. According to the frequency spectra for pure liquid water, a short water column has a very light shade of turquoise blue. Thicker layers (many meters) appear much darker blue. It is only when collected in a large body that water's blue colour becomes apparent.

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Time for operators to slash STD SMS rate

Web based sms providers are gaining more popularity among youngsters and event organizers…The average STD sms cost in India being 2 rupees is driving the popularity. Indyarocks, smslife, way2sms, smsgupshup etc. are few among them. Accounts in any of these providers enable you to send unlimited sms to any mobile...Due to the legal issues your number will no be displayed in the "sender field".

My favourite site is smsgupshup. It is having a unique feature which enables us to integrate with Google chat. To send an sms to an individual or a group is just an IM away in GMail. You can also join any group like "news" and get sms updates free of cost...

Biotechnology in India, the reality.

I selected BT as a career, due the passion…and also due to the much predicted Biotech boom in India. Unfortunately nothing happened, like what happened in IT !!. But still the media continues with those 10 year old statements-"BT booming in India". At present conditions, BT is not a lucrative career as IT. After spending lot of money on education most of the biotech aspirants fail to find a job and alter their career to marketing or other fields. The main problem is that most of the companies won't take freshers and if so they follow reference system.

The condition of BT in India.

In India, cities like Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad and pune have significant number of Biotech companies. But the fact is that, they altogether are not enough to employ even quarter of the biotech graduates passed out, each year.

Fact about Biotechnology...

During studies most of the biotech aspirant dream of becoming a scientist...playing with DNA…but the reality is that.most of the applications of this technology can be done only in a lab having huge funding and equipped with costly instruments…In a country like India the number of well equipped labs and institutes are nominal..

About the educational system...

In India most of the students choose biology probably due to their interest or due to their hate towards mathematics...Actually most of the teachers forget the importance of computing and mathematics in biological studies...So biotech graduates are produced with out any knowledge in computing...statistics...or physics. Even though these topics are included in the syllabus, no one study all these with much interest and we become less competent to the students abroad...

Let's hope that a revolution happen in biotech sector in the coming years, as what happened in IT. And my advice is that "Never take biotechnology as a career unless if you have a great interest".!!!!.... Still..let me also quote -

"Biotechnology-The Science of 21st century"

Customize your wikipedia..

Most of the people use wikipedia. But only few make an account and utilize its full potential. Its simple.. just make an account . In the preferences you can choose different skins.(Modern is my favourite).Then in the "Gadgets" option put the browser gadget "navigation pop ups on". Save preferences and reload...



You will get a brand new wikipedia.The navigation pop ups is an excellent feature.If you don't know the meaning of any term which is having a link, just place mouse over the word-a pop up will come giving a brief description of the term reducing the need of going into the respective page.


(Screen shot of Gmail page in wikipedia)

My Blogging time line……

Due to the growth and influence of user-generated content on internet like blogging, social networking etc…time magazine named "you" as the "person of the year-2006". Being inspired by that I also started a Blog in the end of 2006 in yahoo360.,Unfortunately, I made the page and I left and never given any attention…After that I planned to start a blog on latest happenings in the area of biotechnology…but I came to know that, dealing biotech or research articles may lead to some issues with copyright or patency, since most of the finding and general topics are patented or either copyrighted. I have done lot of readings for the safe use of these types of contents…after all I realized that even using an article under "fair use" may sometimes cannot be justifiable...

Like that I ended up in starting a personal blog just to share some simple things…

Something I really forgot to do in the beginning…!!!!

Nokia Battery Myth !!

Long back I heard that Nokia phones got a hidden Battery which can be activated by typing *3370#. I came to know that this will Activate Half Rate Codec - that the phone uses a lower quality sound but you gain approx 30% more Talk Time and there is nothing to do with any Hidden Battery.
I tried this magic in most of the Nokia phones but it didn't worked...Recently I seen one guy showing another technique in a TV show.Astonishingly it worked on my Nokia 1112i...!!!!
1.When the battery is near to empty,remove the battery and place a very small paper enough to mask the middle battery contact of the phone.
2.Then insert the battery and switch on.(Make sure that the middle contact is masked by the paper)
3.When the screen is turned on,remove the paper...Display may show INSERT SIM...
4.The phone will start showing full battery. I don't know the mechanism behind it.But any way it is useful when the battery is empty. It worked on my phone,I am only expressing my experience...so....

"NO GUARANTEE IF YOU ARE USING THIS TIP ON YOUR PHONE !!!!"

Invisible mode to GMail Chat

At last Google added invisible mode to Gmail chat.
But I think It could be less useful if lots of people go invisible.



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New GMX Mail

Recently I have signed up a new web mail called GMX.It started in 2007 and have a state-of-the-art, high security servers hosted in the USA. I liked the web interface. It's clean and with out any Ads. I think it works only with Fire fox+1.5 or Internet Explorer 7.Its having a mail fetcher which fetch mails from other accounts. The interesting thing is that it fetches mails even from Hotmail and Yahoo basic accounts ending with .com. I liked the option to integrate images directly into the mail or to the background of the mail. Other features are-5 GB storage space, up to 50 MB attachments/email, option for exchanging files, POP3 , IMAP, 10 alternate email IDs and maximum Virus Protection…

Go check out GMX. It's free, easy to use and can incorporate your other entire web mail/email accounts for use under one virtual roof. It's a new experience with high security.

Screen shot of GMX mail

www.gmx.com

Climate of Bangalore !!

I always doubted why Bangalore is having a pleasant and equable climate throughout the year, when compared to other cities in India? The puzzling fact is that the nearby regions of Bangalore which lie in Andhra or Tamilnadu is not having a climate like Bangalore. Recently my doubt is solved… The cool climate of Bangalore is due to its unique elevation. Bangalore is having an elevation of average 915 meters above the sea level. This is near to the elevation of Vagamon or Kuttikkanam. There might be even more factors affecting the climate but this is the major reason. The average elevation of other cities of India is listed down.

Cochin: 1m
Chennai: 1m
Delhi: 215m
Nagpur: 370m
Hyderabad: 450m
Bangalore: 915m

First web site on Kerala.

Which site is the first web site on kerala?..(May be known to most)

While surfing wikipedia I came across an article mentioning the same.The article mentions about Dr. Vipin Gopal, who have the credit of making first site on kerala. I hope, its still in its original version..The article also say that,in his web pages he coined the phrase " Kerala - God's Own Country", which has since been adopted by Kerala Tourism as its official slogan.

First web site on kerala-
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~vipin/kerala.html

Voyager II-Beyond Solar system

From Nature news I came across an interesting news about voyager 2 it goes like this:
“On 30 August, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft — which has been sailing through space since 1977 — crossed the 'termination shock', the boundary between the bubble in space dominated by the solar wind coming from the Sun and the transition region beyond that lies between Earth and interstellar space.
Voyager 2's twin, Voyager 1, crossed this same boundary in December 2004. The twin Voyagers headed out of the solar system in different directions, with Voyager 1 taking a northern path and Voyager 2 a southern one.
Radioactive generators aboard each spacecraft, powering their electrical systems, may allow them to transmit through the transition and beyond.
Voyager 1 is currently nearly 10 billion miles from the Sun, traveling nearly a million miles a day. Voyager 2 is nearly 8 billion miles away and moving just slightly slower. ”

Entirely New Life Form for the First Time: Man becoming god?

Craig Venter, has built an entirely synthetic chromosome, a sequence of genes, and plans to implant it in an existing cell. If they are successful they will be credited with the breakthrough of creating an almost entirely new life form for the first time.
For the research, Venter assembled a team of 20 top scientists, who constructed a synthetic chromosome, known as Mycoplasma laboratorium that is 381 genes long and contains 580,000 base pairs of genetic code. In the final step of the process, the chromosome will be transplanted into a living cell where it should "take control", effectively becoming a new life form. The team of scientists has already successfully transplanted the genome of one type of bacterium into the cell of another, effectively changing the cell's species. Venter said that he was "100 per cent confident" the same technique would work for the artificially created chromosome. The new life form would depend for its ability to replicate itself and metabolize on the molecular machinery of the cell into which it has been injected, and in that sense it will not be a wholly synthetic life form.
The main thing puzzled me is that, if man is able to make a life, it is near to become God like. Any way the breakthrough is leading to the usual controversies.
[Source:medindia]