RMS in Sri Lanka

Posted by Nazly on Monday, 14th January 2008 23:18:08 (GMT +0530)



Richard M. Stallman, the Founder of the Free Software Foundation and the one who launched the GNU Project is in Sri Lanka and there are few events happening where he will be talking on 'Free Software in Ethics and in Practice'. So don't miss out.
More Info : http://www.foss.lk/events/2008/rms-in-sl

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Top 10 Google Products You Forgot All About

Posted by Nazly on Monday, 7th January 2008 17:21:18 (GMT +0530)

LifeHacker has a nice article on 'Top 10 Google Products You Forgot All About' which reminds us some of the Google Products that we are less familiar with. Even some we haven't heard about it at all. I first came across 'Flight Simulator in Google Earth' and 'Google SketchUp' after reading this article. This list is just the Top10, so there are still some interesting products that we have missed out..

The author of the article says:
This was a tough list to winnow down, as Google's full product list is long and prodigious. In fact, we're still having regrets about leaving Patent Search, Google Moon, and Google Mars off the list. Update: I'm particularly regretful about not including Grand Central or Google SMS, too.

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Matt Prior dropped from the England squad

Posted by Nazly on Saturday, 5th January 2008 10:29:27 (GMT +0530)

England have dropped Wicket Keeper Matt Prior for the series in New Zealand despite his good form with the bat during the Sri Lankan tour. Matt Prior batted exceptionally well during the tour but few spilled chances behind the stumps has caused him to lose his spot in the England team. Warwickshire wicket keeper Tim Ambrose has been added to the squad along with Phil Mustard who was the wicket keeper during the England vs Sri Lanka One-day series which was won by England 3-2.

Andrew Strauss has been called into the side after missing the Sri Lankan tour. He is really an elegant batsman but was earlier dropped from the England Test team due to lack of form. His inclusion to the side will add bit more experience to the side. In New Zealand, Strauss will open the batting with Alistair Cook who was the only batsman to score a century for England during the Sri Lankan tour. Michael Vaughan will bat at No.3 and Ian Bell drops in to No.6. I personally like Ian Bell bat above the order but there is not much options I guess.

Ravi Bopara too loses his Test spot after a poor start to his Test Career in Sri Lanka but has been included in the One-day squad.

England's one-day squad to tour New Zealand:
P, Collingwood (Durham, capt), T Ambrose (Warks), J Anderson (Lancs), I Bell (Warks), R Bopara (Essex), S Broad (Notts), A Cook (Essex), D Mascarenhas (Hants), P Mustard (Durham), K Pietersen (Hants), O Shah (Middx), R Sidebottom (Notts), G Swann (Notts), J Tredwell (Kent), C Tremlett (Hants), L Wright (Sussex).

England's Test squad to tour New Zealand:
M Vaughan (Yorks, capt), T Ambrose (Warks), J Anderson (Lancs), I Bell (Warks), S Broad (Notts), P Collingwood (Durham), A Cook (Essex), S Harmison (Durham), M Hoggard (Yorks), P Mustard (Durham), M Panesar (Northants), K Pietersen (Hants), O Shah (Middx), R Sidebottom (Notts), A Strauss (Middx), G Swann (Notts).

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My new Nokia N70 ME

Posted by Nazly on Thursday, 3rd January 2008 17:24:56 (GMT +0530)

Finally I made a move to a new Nokia N70 Music Edition after using the Nokia 6230i for almost 2 years. You will get a better idea if you read the blog post I wrote when I bought the Nokia 6230i. My plan was to go for an iPhone but due to a tight budget I settled down with a Nokia N70 ME. I'm not that much of a music listener but I went for the Music Edition coz of the color. I love gadgets when they are black. Looks really sexy



I didn't have 3G enabled on my connection so I got it enabled from Dialog. When I initially added the settings for GPRS, WAP and MMS there were few issues so I had a chat online with the Dialog customer service and they sent the configuration settings via SMS. After setting them up everything worked smoothly. At home and at office I'm within the 3G network. So relatively have a good connection speed. I setup Dialog TV as well which again I got the settings from Dialog via SMS. It streams very well without breaking up.

I'm really impressed with this new phone coz it has some nice little features that I have been missing all this while. So don't forget to make a video call when you call me next time

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