ನವೀನ Naveen M

Monday, July 2, 2007

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Ever heard the story of the giant ship engine that failed? The ship's owners tried one expert after another, but none of them could figure but how to fix the engine.

Then they brought in an old man who had been fixing ships since he was a youngster.

He carried a large bag of tools with him, and when he arrived, he immediately went to work. He inspected the engine very carefully, top to bottom.

Two of the ship's owners were there, watching this man, hoping he would know what to do. After looking things over, the old man reached into his bag and pulled out a small hammer.

He gently tapped something. Instantly, the engine lurched into life.

He carefully put his hammer away. The engine was fixed! A week later, the owners received a bill from the old man for ten thousand dollars.

"What?!" the owners exclaimed. "He hardly did anything!"

So they wrote the old man a note saying, "Please send us an itemized bill."

The man sent a bill that read:
Tapping with a hammer .. $ 2.00
Knowing where to ......... $ 9998.00

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Effort is important, but knowing where to make an effort in your life makes all the difference.

Friday, June 8, 2007

Moods of Software Engineer

Tuesday, June 5, 2007

Life of S/W Engineer

I don't think there is a better way of explaining Sowftware Enginner's (our)life. Imagine yourself sitting in the black chair.

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Coolest Cars from Geneva Auto Show

Saturday, May 26, 2007

Best Personality-Development Books

I am listing here, some of the best self-improvement books that i came across till now. They are really interesting and useful in improving one's thinkings.

Though i have not read all the books completely, i liked them by reading three or four chapters itself. Thanks to my Dad.

*)"The Amazing Results of POSITIVE THINKINGS"
By -> Norman Vincent Peale.

*)"7 Habits of Highly Effective People"
By -> Stephen R. Covey

*)"Badukalu kaliyiri" [Kannada] ("ಬದುಕಲು ಕಲಿಯಿರಿ")
By -> Swami Jadadatmananda

*)"The Magic of thinking Big"
By -> David J. Schwartz

*)"Unlimed Power"
By -> Anthony Robins

*)"You Can Win"
By -> Shiv Khera

*)"Manase nee Prashantavagiru" [Kannada] ("ಮನಸೇ ನೀ ಪ್ರಶಾಂತವಾಗಿರು")
By -> Dr. C. R. ChandraShekhar.

*)"Awaken the Gaint within"
By -> Anthony Robins

Don't miss if you get a chance to read.

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

puzzling new discovery

Recently a professor in MIT has put a new theory on right-angled triangles that has challenged some accepted norms in Geometry.

This theory, Prof. John Mentriffe says, will revolutionize area in mathe matics that deals with calculation of motion objects in space and design of the Universe.

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Why CALL-CENTRE employees paid so much. Some Jokes

Customer : "I received the software update you sent, but I am still getting the
same error message."
Tech Support: "Did you install the update?"
Customer : "No. Oh, am I supposed to install it to get it to work?"

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Tech Support : "Ok, in the bottom left hand side of the screen, canyou see
the 'OK' button displayed?"
Customer : "Wow. How can you see my screen from there?"

Tech support : ##### ***
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Tech Support : "What type of computer do you have?"
Customer : "A white one."
Tech support : ******_____####
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Tech Support : "What operating system are you running?"

Customer : "Pentium."

Tech support : ////-----+++
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Helpdesk: Click on the 'my computer' icon on to the left of the screen.
Customer: Is that your left or my left?
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Helpdesk : Good day. How may I help you?
Male customer: Hello... I can't print.
Helpdesk : Would you click on start for me and.....
Customer : Listen pal; don't start getting technical on me! I'm not Bill Gates
damn it !

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Hi, good afternoon, I can't print. Every time I try it says 'Can't find printer'.
I've even lifted the printer and placed it in front of the
monitor, but the computer still says it can't find it...
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Helpdesk: What's on your monitor now ma'am?
Customer: A teddy bear my boyfriend bought for me in the supermarket.
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Customer: My keyboard is not working anymore.
Helpdesk: Are you sure it's plugged into the computer?
Customer: No. I can't get behind the computer.
Helpdesk: Pick up your keyboard and walk 10 paces back.
Customer: OK
Helpdesk: Did the keyboard come with you?
Customer: Yes
Helpdesk: That means the keyboard is not plugged in. Is there another keyboard?
Customer: Yes, there's another one here. Ah ... that one does work!
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A customer couldn't get on the Internet: -
Helpdesk: Are you sure you used the right password?
Customer: Yes I'm sure. I watched my colleague do it.
Helpdesk: Can you tell me what the password was?
Customer: Five stars.
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Customer: I have a huge problem. A friend has placed screensaver on my computer, but
every time I move the mouse, it disappears !
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Helpdesk: How may I help you?
Customer: I'm writing my first e-mail.
Helpdesk: OK, and, what seems to be the problem?
Customer: Well, I have the letter " a ", but how do I get the circle around it?
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Thursday, May 10, 2007

Lucky or Unlucky !!

Why do some people get all the luck while others never get the breaks they deserve?

By Professor Richard Wiseman, University of Hertfordshire

A psychologist says he has discovered the answer:Ten years ago,

" I set out to examine luck. I wanted to know why some people are always in the right place at the right time, while others consistently experience ill fortune. I placed advertisements in national newspapers asking for people who felt consistently lucky or unlucky to contact me. Hundreds of extraordinary men and women volunteered for my research and over the years, I have interviewed them, monitored their lives and had them take part in experiments."

"The results reveal that although these people have almost no insight into the causes of their luck, their thoughts and behavior are responsible for much of their good and bad fortune. Take the case of seemingly chance opportunities. Lucky people consistently encounter such opportunities, whereas unlucky people do not."

"I carried out a simple experiment to discover whether this was due to differences in their ability to spot such opportunities. I gave both lucky and unlucky people a newspaper, and asked them to look through it and tell me how many photographs were inside. I had secretly placed a large message halfway through the newspaper saying: "Tell the experimenter you have seen this and win £250." This message took up half of the page and was written in type that was more than two inches high. It was staring everyone straight in the face, but the unlucky people tended to miss it and the lucky people tended to spot it."

" Unlucky people are generally more tense than lucky people, and this anxiety disrupts their ability to notice the unexpected. As a result, they miss opportunities because they are too focused on looking for something else. They go to parties intent on finding their perfect partner and so miss opportunities to make good friends. They look through newspapers determined to find certain types of job advertisements and miss other types of jobs. Lucky people are more relaxed and open, and therefore see what is there rather than just what they are looking for. "

"My research eventually revealed that lucky people generate good fortune via four principles. They are skilled at creating and noticing chance opportunities, make lucky decisions by listening to their intuition, create self-fulfilling prophesies via positive expectations, and adopt a resilient attitude that transforms bad luck into good. "

"Towards the end of the work, I wondered whether these principles could be used to create good luck. I asked a group of volunteers to spend a month carrying out exercises designed to help them think and behave like a lucky person. Dramatic results These exercises helped them spot chance opportunities, listen to their intuition, expect to be lucky, and be more resilient to bad luck. One month later, the volunteers returned and described what had happened. The results were dramatic: 80% of people were now happier, more satisfied with their lives and, perhaps most important of all, luckier.The lucky people had become even luckier and the unlucky had become lucky. Finally, I had found the elusive

"luck factor" Here are Professor Wiseman's four top tips for becoming lucky:
1) Listen to your gut instincts - they are normally right
2) Be open to new experiences and breaking your normal routine
3) Spend a few moments each day remembering things that went well
4) Visualize yourself being lucky before an important meeting or telephone call.

Luck is very often a self- fulfilling prophecy

Have a Lucky day and work for it.

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Health Tips - for Working Professionals

1. Skipping breakfast
A lot of people leave home with just a cup of tea or coffee and then they wonder why they are always crabby, irritable and low on energy throughout the day.
Skipping this first, most important meal of the day is like starting a car without fuel. Your body is forced to call on its energy reserves and these do not last very long, making you irritable and snappy and lacking in concentration by the middle of the day.
What's more, you will end up eating a lot more servings or calorie dense foods at lunch, which will cause your sugar levels to go up and then come crashing down, making you feel sluggish and tired.
Solution: A good breakfast does not have to be elaborate; a glass of skimmed milk with 2 handfuls of corn or wheat flakes and a fruit will suffice.
For hot breakfast lovers, an egg, two slices of bread and a fruit or a bowl of oatmeal porridge accompanied by a fruit are enough

2. Drinking too much tea/coffee
Sipping constantly can be a tough habit to break. But too much of either tea
or coffee can do two things:
· It may leave you feeling jittery, irritable, dehydrated, and even interrupt your sleep pattern at night so you do not get deep sleep or do not feel rested the next day.
· If taken with your meals, tea and coffee inhibit the absorption of iron from your food. Your body throws out the nutrient as waste.
Solution: If you cannot cut down on the number of cups, cut down on the size of cups so you drink half the quantity. If you have a choice, opt for water.

3. Not drinking enough water
Most corporate offices are air-conditioned, so we do not really sweat and therefore, do not feel so thirsty. What's more when you are used to drinking water below your requirement, your body adapts and when you do start drinking a little more water, your body treats it as excess fact, initially, the body actually throws it out causing you to run to the toilet every few minutes.
In the long run, not drinking enough water can cause constipation, indigestion, gas, increased hunger pangs, dehydration and can make your skin look dull too.
Solution: Keep a 1 liter bottle of water at your table and aim to finish it before the end of the day. It may take you two to three days to adapt to an increased dose but when you do, you will notice the positive benefits immediately better skin, better bowel movements and better control on your hunger pangs.

4. Eating at odd hours
While you cannot be expected to leave in the middle of a meeting because the clock says lunch time, it is definitely possible to try to have somewhat regular meal timing for the majority of the days in the week.
Having a somewhat fixed meal time helps keep your metabolic rate up and can help prevent gas and acidity, which result from long gaps between meals.
Timely eating will also prevent you from overeating as once your body is used to getting energy at a particular hour, it will stop demanding food at odd hours.
Solution: Try to have a fixed timeframe in which you can have your meal peacefully and finish it in a matter of 15 to 20 minutes.

5. Weekend binging
Most of us put in endless hours during the week eating whatever is available, and then comes the weekend. We go on another binge that we feel we deserve. Hard drinks along with food add to the damage we cause to our health in the long run.
Solution: Try to take some time to relax at the end of each day and don't wait for the weekend to unwind. Take a relaxing massage, watch a movie or a play or read a good book. Eating is not the only way to pamper you!

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Naveen - a Music Lover

Kannada Sites [ಕನ್ನಡ ಹಾಳೆಗಳು]

Namaskara,

Illide NoDi, Sundara Kannada Antharjala HaaLegaLu (Websites):

Kannada Sites:

http://www.naveenmhiremath.blogspot.com/
http://www.kannadakasturi.com
http://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%AE%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%96%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%
AF_%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%9F