16th August- Way back to college! [Selfwritten]

The day was fine & the journey was great!
I accompanied a friend.
Moreover had laptop on the way!
& on top of all, the weather was like icing on the cake! :)
Delhi got the relief from beating heat only a day before, with few rains.
And today also the climate was so candid.
Cool breez with few droplets...A really soothing climate & that too in a semi-luxury bus!
This was one of those many, good trips way back to college.
Enjoyed & came relaxed to college. A nice trip! :)

How many G-mail accounts do you have?

Most Gmail users will answer one! Rest will answer 2-3 or little more. But in reality, all Gmail users have infinite Gmail addresses even if they have registered for only one Gmail account!

All these addresses act as aliases to Gmail address you use and can be divided in threecategories as explained below. At the end some smart tips are given to make use of these aliases to get more from your Gmail accounts!

So lets start with aliases now…
#1. googlemail.com alias
Every address@gmail.com have a alias address@googlemail.comby default. So even if you send me mail at rahul286@googlemail.com it will be delivered to the inbox!
Googlemail.com is official domain for Gmail.com service in Germany, Austria and the United Kingdom. More information about this is available on Gmail’s wikipedia page.
This makes your address count: 2

#2. dot [.] alias
Gmail ignores dot [.] character in email address. Means all of the following are same…
• rahul286@gmail.com
• rahul.286@gmail.com
• r.a.h.u.l.2.8.6@gmail.com
• … and all combination of dots
More information about this is available on Gmail’s Help Center.
This will raise your address count considerably. But still you can count them!

#3. Plus [+] alias
Now first look at this example – rahul286+test@gmail.com
Now this is also same as – rahul286@gmail.com
Gmail ignores plus [+] character and anything after that in ID part!
So anything+boldpartisignored@gmail.com is same as anything@gmail.com
What about count now?

#4. Combination of aliases
Yep, you can use above aliases in any possible combination.
Are you still counting?
Now you may be wondering what to do with these virtual infinite email addresses (or aliases). First give your original email address without plus and dots to your friends and other real people only. Now out of aliases I personally recommend to go for plus aliases as they are more readable.

Now comes some tips…
#1. Better Organizing Emails…
First create aliases like below…
• rahul286+social@gmail.com for social networking sites like orkut, facebook, etc
• rahul286+forums@gmail.com for all forums you join on blog
• rahul286+biz@gmail.com for all commercial sites and so on…
Next create labels like social, forums, biz, etc and finally create an individual filter for each alias + label combo!
This may sound a lot of work but once its done, it saves your time forever!

#2. Catching Spammers…
Many websites ask for email addresses. If you suspect the website may spam your inbox in feature, use a Gmail alias instead of real email address.
If you get spam mails targeted to alias in future you may assume website is affiliated with spammers!


Note this method is technically not full proof as website may strip extra characters from email addresses…
There can be more smart usage of this email aliases. If you have one, please let me know!

==>NOTE: The example email ID given above is for reference purpose only. It may or may not be a real one!(Mail me from my profile)

Poetic devices...

The following poetic devices can be used in both poetry and prose compositions.

The examples given are from personal mask poems composed by Ms. Roderick's ceramics students at Sabino High School (2002-2003).

Term	Meaning	Example
alliteration	repetition of the initial consonant sounds	terrible truths and lullaby lies
assonance	repetition of vowel sound	mystery disguised within
consonance	repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowel sounds	gloomy woman
imagery	language that evokes sensory images	drip of ruby teardrops (aural/sound) to wake up where the green grass grows (visual/sight) lips like cool sweet tea (oral/taste) streaming through a velvet sky (tactile/touch) the stench of the underworld (olfactory/smell)
internal rhyme	rhyming that occurs within the line (rather than at the end)	piece of me emerges
metaphor	comparison of unlike things (made without using like or as)	I am the "Lone Star"

Personal Mask by Matt Richards

onomatopoeia	a word that imitates the sound it represents	Boo! Who?
personification	giving human qualities or characteristics to animals or objects	tears of amber fall from my soul
rhyme	a pattern of words that contains similar sounds at the end of the line	life for me is wild and free
rhyme scheme	a repeated pattern of rhymed words at the end of the line	lusty eyes (A) passionate cries (A) rich blood, (B) bitter sweat (C) she/he loves (D) and dies (A)

Personal Mask By Sandra Hallquist

simile	a comparison using like or as	notes dance across the page like stars twinkle in the night sky
stanza	a group of poetic lines (also called a verse)	Like glistening sun and moon like day and gloomy night like pure earth and gentle clouds transformation - life and death
symbol	an object or action that means more than its literal meaning	always open like a rosebud about to bloom (a young girl)

Shinchan Nohara's Family (Heard about his sister?)!

Shinnosuke Nohara (野原しんのすけ Nohara Shinnosuke) / Shin Chan Nohara - Shinnosuke Nohara -- Shin-chan for short -- is the main character, a kindergarten-aged boy whose antics are the basis for the series. It is always stated that he is 5 years old, and loves chocolate biscuits (called 'Chocobee') and an animated superhero named 'Action Kamen' also called "Action Bastard" in the Funimation dubbing. He is strangely attracted to older girls and women, despite his young age. He shares this trait with his father and paternal grandfather, but this will often result in Misae's brutal punishment (see below). Some of his strange activities include dressing up as animals or plants (with appropriate costumes) and taking his pants off anywhere he feels the urge to.

Misae Nohara (野原みさえ Nohara Misae) / Mitsy Nohara (phuuz) / Mitzi Nohara (FUNimation) - Shin-chan's mother. A homemaker who seems to be 29 all the time, she is angered when Shin-chan makes fun of her or mocks her by acting like her, usually about her wrinkles, breast size, butt size, or constipation. The standard retaliation is spanking, screwing fists into Shin-chan's head, pulling cheeks, and even striking his head to produce enormous, but temporary, lumps (sometimes more blows are delivered before the lumps completely disappear and so the lumps pile on top of another). There are special names for these punishments: "genkotsu" means striking the head to produce lumps; "guriguri" means screwing fists into the head. Sometimes these punishments are inflicted on her husband, too. She is sometimes attracted to handsome men like her daughter Himawari. She sets strict limits on her family's expenses but she sometimes splurges on herself.

Hiroshi Nohara (野原ひろし Nohara Hiroshi) / Harry Nohara (phuuz) / Hiro Nohara (FUNimation) - Shin-chan's father. A businessperson, he is the main (and only) income source of the family, with 32 years of mortgage payments left on the house. He is a stereotypical Japanese employee and frequently talks in his sleep, revealing that even in his dreams he is being scolded by his boss. Like his son, he is attracted to pretty women and often gets beat up by his wife Misae for it.

Himawari Nohara (野原ひまわり Nohara Himawari) / Hima Nohara (phuuz) / Hima Nohara (FUNimation) - Shin-chan's younger sister. She is less than one year old and her name means "sunflower". Even though she is still an infant, she displays an obsession towards shiny and branded objects. She is also attracted to young handsome men like her mother.

Shiro (シロ) / Lucky (phuuz) / Whitey (FUNimation) - Shin-chan's dog. Like his name (shiro = white), he is white and fluffy, he sometimes seems to be the only one intelligent enough to see the real situation. He has the ability to roll up to look like a cotton candy. In the Spanish-language versions the dog is called Nevado (literally snow-covered.)

This is a profile of shinchan Nohara's family. A very popular japanese animation series telecasted on Hungama TV in India. I have given it for curious fans of Shinchan. LOL.
But hey wait a minute.
Have you ever heard about Hima Nohara?
Shinchan's little sister. I bet many of you have not!
So this is the main underscore of this post!
The much naughtier sister of Shinchan- Hima Nohara.

Microsoft, Yahoo in 10-year Web search partnership!

Microsoft, Yahoo in 10-year Web search partnership !!

SAN FRANCISCO/SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp and Yahoo Inc inked a 10-year Web search deal to challenge market leader Google Inc but stopped short of combining their display advertising businesses.

The long-expected deal effectively means Microsoft's new Bing search engine will be combined with Yahoo's experience attracting advertisers to pose the first serious threat to Google, if the companies get regulatory approval and can make the partnership work.

Putting an end to 18 months of heated speculation, Microsoft and Yahoo finally struck a deal last Wednesday. According to the Wall Street Journal, the terms provide that Microsoft’s recently launched Bing search engine will be the algorithmic search and paid search platform for Yahoo’s sites, while Yahoo will use its technology and data in other areas of business, including enhancement of display advertising technology. Yahoo will be compensated through a revenue-sharing agreement on traffic generated on Yahoo’s network of both owned and operated as well as its affiliate sites.

As a result of the agreement, Microsoft will capture almost 20% of the global share of the search engine market, a number that gives the software behemoth greater leverage in its battle with Google, which possesses a commanding 61.6% of the global search share.

Though merger talks appear to be stalled for the moment, a potential Microsoft/Yahoo deal would immediately produce a combined competitor with a market share larger than the separate parts, Internet analysts say.

"Overnight, MSN and Yahoo's market share doubles," says Chris Winfield, president of 10e20, a New York firm that helps businesses set up search marketing campaigns. "They still aren't as strong as Google, but they are healthier together than apart."

No matter how you look at it, news that Microsoft is hoping to acquire Yahoo! isn't good news for Google.

Sure, Google remains the best search engine in the world and a profit-generating behemoth. (I actually heard a Google executive from California joke last year in a speech at the University of Michigan that Google AdWords is like "printing money.")

But I have to admit: I was amazed by how many people continue to believe that Google will forever dominate the market. Some people are acting like a Microsoft-Yahoo! merger wouldn't hurt Google at all. And they may be right.

But you're making a mistake if you refuse to recognize the power Yahoo! could generate in a partnership with Microsoft.

Justin Rogers of Ann Arbor-based Dynamic Edge said Google doesn't have much to worry about for now. But he said Yahoo! has "millions and millions" of users who can't be ignored.

"Microsoft has never really done the search engine thing very well, and the online services thing very well, and Yahoo! would bring them a lot of technologies as well as a proven household name attached to those services," Rogers said.

There's no doubt that Google has the best search engine - and Ann Arbor, which hosts Google's AdWords headquarters, clearly has an interest in Google's continued health.

But while Google's market share in search queries is significant, it is by no means insurmountable.

Experts once thought Microsoft would never lose its dominance in the word processing, spreadsheet and digital presentation business. Microsoft had a stranglehold on the market, with estimates of market share above 90 percent.

Now, however, analysts are suggesting that online word processing and spreadsheet programs pose a realistic threat to software stored on your hard drive.

Market share in digital technologies can evaporate.

Google's share in the search business is significantly less than Microsoft's in the word processing market.

According to Internet ratings firm comScore, Google hosted 58.5 percent of searches in January. Yahoo! hosted 22.2, while Microsoft hosted 9.8.

Google's numbers are increasing, but Yahoo! isn't going anywhere.

Yahoo! is a powerful force in online services. In January, Yahoo! hosted more searches than Craigslist, AOL, Amazon, eBay, Fox Interactive Media and Facebook combined.

I'm not biased toward Yahoo! - and in fact I hardly use it at all. I use Google's search engine, Google Documents, GMail, YouTube, GOOG-411 and several other Google services.

But all of these have flaws. YouTube can't make money, Google Documents has few frills, and GMail has a limited amount of storage space - albeit much more than your work account. Yahoo!'s mail client, meanwhile, has unlimited storage space.

Google has more than twice the search queries as Yahoo. But Yahoo! has three times as many e-mail users as Google, according to respected blog Techcrunch. Yahoo! has 254 million e-mail users; GMail has 84 million.

Yahoo! has a broad network of fantasy sports leagues, a variety of online games, a news-producing arm and other services.

If an emboldened Microsoft-Yahoo! team were to, say, successfully acquire Facebook, the media would place a crown of digital relevance on the company's business plan.

Google offers better technology than Yahoo! - for now.

But Microsoft and Yahoo! are not to be ignored.