Height of IIT Kanpur

This is a newly built beautiful monument/ tower/ light house/ don't know what, at the New SAC, IIT Kanpur.

3G is 3 times faster

BSNL 3G on my phone finally showed some signs of life. Praneeth got an Idea modem with Bsnl sim and I wanted to see if it can work in 3G mode on my phone. Only change I had to make was to change my APN to bsnlnet and not gprs3gnorth as specified on various online blogs. It not only worked in first shot, we were able to download some videos as well at a consistent 30KBps speed with 70KBps spikes now and then. To test the performance we downloaded the speed test app which showed a maximum download rate of 200kbps. This is cool. As claimed by Praneeth the connection is unlimited downloaded at Rs. 250 per month.
With EDGE I usually get 10KBps so 3G is definitely 3 times faster and it can download videos. .... Amazing !!

Kanpur got 3G

Took the following screenshot on my iphone 3GS in IITK campus after a long FAT hack session with Apoorva. Praneeth wanted to test the 3G so I put back my old BSNL sim to test it. Although not inside the lab but right outside it started showing 3G. Yet to test the data rate . To do all these just had to make a small APN setting as:

gprsnorth3g.bsnlmobile.in .

Sent from my iphone 3G[S].

Smart shortcuts for your smart MAC OS X

While you are already on board enjoying your Mac, some tips and shortcuts to make your life even more easier.

1. Irritated when trash doesn't get empty... items locked basically. Try Command+Option+Shift+Backspace
2. Computer gets stuck, want to quit processes ? With Command+Option+Escape , a window pops up. Force quit the process you want.
3. Command+Shift+Q Log out
4. Command+Option+Shift+Q Log out without confirmation
5. Command+Shift+3 Full screen shot
6. Command+Shift+4 Crosshair to allow selection of screenshot area
7. Want to lock the screen immediately? You can set a hot corner for it in the expose preferences.

Measuring the human stress level index

While I was calling up various dealers from Vibration Lab phone amidst the hectic schedule, I came across this magazine on the table called "World 2047". While I was wondering myself how complex and stressful our lives have become, it had an interesting article on measuring human stress in an indexed form and inferring the result. The death of your spouse is considered the most stressful with 100 points while minor traffic rule violation is mere 11.

The article starts with a saying by George Bernard Shaw, "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself" which I find is very true in present world scenario. There is no limit to tension and chaos around us. It is we who have to decide where to draw the line of being insensitive to situations around us. If we go on taking everything on our shoulder we are bound to crumple down. The article claims that homosapiens have never been subjected to as much stress as now. Petty quarrels over a pinch of space and public aggressions should be avoided as much as possible. For, there are indispensable stresses like the natural calamities, taking care of your loved ones, workplace stress, we should liberate our mind for these more critical activities of life.

I thought its a worth circulating article so took a picture of it and uploaded it here. So, why wait.. find your stress index and chances of getting affected.