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08/12/07 - BarCampDelhi3

BarCamp

Heh, no its not a booze party :P From the BarCamp wiki:

BarCamp Delhi is proposed to be a camp where we get together and discuss/rant/brain-storm/share opinions about about Web technologies & trends, Mobile Internet, Hacking, Blogging, Vlogs, Social Media, … everything about the Technology that interests us. As said before, “It’s about geekery and having a focal point for great ideas.”

This would actually be the first time i’d be attending a BarCamp. Got to know about BarCamp last year through Amit of Uzanto, but missed it last year. Anyway, im surely attending it this time. Expecting to meet a lot of like minded people geeks :P I urge all people who can make it to the event, to register at the BarCampDelhi3 wiki page. As for those who would have to miss it, dont worry, many people would be live blogging the event. Ill also try and blog a bit about it, otherwise ill surely link you to the people who do blog about it in detail :)

Venue:  Impetus Technologies, D-39/40, Sector - 59, NOIDA

Date: 8th December 2007 (Saturday)

Schedule:

Log On - 9.30 am
Lunch Break - 1.30 pm (45 min)
Log Off - 5.30 pm

See you there!

Happy new year!

Wishing all the readers of my blog a very happy and prosperous new year!

5 things about me!

Ok.. So i was tagged by my friend Manas. So here are 5 things about me:

1. Love technology and gadgets: Im the kinda guy who’d like to own the latest hardware/mobile phones, but alas my budget does not permit :p

2. Im an introvert: I get like at least 20-25 genuine emails a day (naah, not spam). And im a very busy person. The internet is my connection to the world. Im not the outgoing and mixing types :) And i wont bug someone unless i really need some help from him. Live and let live :)
3. I dont keep people close to me: Hehe.. Its just that i dont keep anyone “that” close to me. And no one is that important for me. This is due to some past bad experiences i had with people really close to me. I have that “i dont care” attitude.

4. Love driving: Im a driving FREAK! I can drive for kilometers! I’ve driven everywhere: highways, mountains, beaches, you name it, i’ve driven there. Once went to Nainitaal from delhi in my Maruti Esteem. Was a pleasure driving in the hills!

5. My ambition: I want to take part in a rally race, and i really really wanna own a decent sports car. Lets see if my fate takes me to it!

Now my turn to tag people muaahhahaha :D

I tag Mayank, Harsh, Ankur, Ashish and Sathya!

An AWESOME wallpaper site

This site has all the wallpaper is all the resolutions! You widescreen guys would love it! All wallpapers are extremely beautiful!

Check it out!

Hosting Upgrade

From my inbox:

Hello!

I am glad to inform you that we are going for a hosting server upgrade.

The new servers have a Downtime Redundancy Mechanism (DRM) alongwith improved performance due to processing load sharing over a cluster.

We are expecting to start transferring the site from 15 December 2006 8 PM IST. You are requested not to make any changes to your site after 15 December 7 PM IST. A complete transfer is likely to take about 48 hours, mainly due to DNS propogation.
Quick FAQ

Q. What is Downtime Redundancy Mechanism?

A. Usually sites are hosted on one server. If there is some problem (hardware failure, etc.) the site goes down till the problem is fixed. However, in DRM the load is shared by more than one server. So if one of the servers is down, the other one takes over the entire load. This setup is usually used for mission critical sites.

Q. Any other benefit of DRM?

A. Yes. MySQL is one of the most processor hungry application. So all the MySQL databases and its processing is done on another machine thereby freeing the resources on the main server. This load sharing results in quicker processing.
So.. expect some downtime tomorrow :) Good things to come!
Hosting provided by mailNspace Services.

Top paying keywords on adsense!

Here’s a list of the top paying keywords on google adsense. The prices are in Canadian dollars.

100 Amazing Facts!

1. The speed of light is generally rounded down to 186,000 miles per second. In exact terms it is 299,792,458 m/s (metres per second - that is equal to 186,287.49 miles per second).

2. It takes 8 minutes 17 seconds for light to travel from the Sun’s surface to the Earth.

3. October 12th, 1999 was declared “The Day of Six Billion” based on United Nations projections.

4. 10 percent of all human beings ever born are alive at this very moment.

5. The Earth spins at 1,000 mph but it travels through space at an incredible 67,000 mph.
Continue reading ‘100 Amazing Facts!’

Moving Servers

Hi!

I’ve moved to a new server and a new domain name :P Couldn’t post all day because of the shifting. Sorry! Now this will be my permanent home. Please update your bookmarks to http://www.kalpik.co.nr

Birthdays and Characteristics!

January 01-10 ~ Dog
January 10-24 ~ Mouse
January 25-31 ~ Lion
February 01-05 ~ Cat
February 06-14 ~ Dove
February 15-21 ~ Turtle
February 22-28 ~ Panther
March 01-12 ~ Monkey Continue reading ‘Birthdays and Characteristics!’