Tremor in CHENNAI - Earthquake - June 13, 2010

12:56:51 AM IST - Nicobar Islands, India Region ( 7.70N, 91.97E )

In chennai, after watching night show movie (RobinHood), I came home... sitting in my chair and felt a mild tremor, i thought it may be due to dizziness or not feeling healthy or may be a late night movie... but it lasts a bit long.. and long.. huh, so I just checked with a glass of water... the water goes to and fro and confirmed it.. and my mom also got up and cross-checking with me.. is it an earthquake.. i said, "YES !! it's".. she said OK and went to sleep.


Immediately logged in to a website and checked for the details and it is true..
itz a Tremor !!! oh my god.. itz 7.5 in magnitude..
The earthquake depth is 22 miles.
Being 7.7 in magnitude, the earthquake felt in chennai was moderately high only, may be Andaman and Nicobar people will be out of their homes to save their life.


I just want to know how the people of chennai reacts to this tremor.. I went outside of my street.. that was another shock !!!! not even a single person is out of their home.. I think they all are enjoying their saturday fever.

Website which we can check immediately for any earthquake.
www.myforecast.com/bin/earthquake.m?city=64397&metric=false

If u felt a tremor....just go away from your home and save your life, it's not a time to check the earthquake details in a website. ;-)


Comment it !!!.

iPhone Books, Training DVDs and Accessories on Amazon Store

the iPhone launch, dozens of iPhone books, training DVDs and accessories like LCD screen protector, iPhone car chargers, iPhone Leather pouch, etc have gone for sale at the Amazon Online store.



David Pogue's missing iPhone manual is very likely to rule the market.
iPhone: The Missing Manual - Written by New York Times columnist David Pogue, this book teaches you how to extend iPhone's usefulness by exploiting its links to the Web as well as its connection to Macs or PCs; how to save money using Internet-based messages instead of phone calls; and how to fill the iPhone with TV shows and DVDs for free.
iPhone For Dummies - Written by USA Today Personal Technology Columnist Edward C. Baig, this book illustrates how to make and receive phone calls, play podcasts, music, videos, and photo slideshows, browse the Internet, send and receive e-mails and instant messages, take and organize photos, sync with your desktop and troubleshoot common iPhone problems .
iPhone Guide - Full coverage of the latest product rolled out from Apple HQ, from powering up the first time to sending pictures as email attachments and hooking up to hi-fis. Making calls, Listening to music, Email, Web browsing, Camera & pictures, Video & TV, Syncing and updates and iPhone extras - if you are thinking of buying an iPhone, this is the book for you.
iPhone Training DVD - Not much details mention about the iPhone DVD except that it's authored by Dan Ablan, founder of 3D Garage.com. If you're serious about learning and understanding your new iPhone, there's no where else to look than 3D Garage video training.
More iPhone Accessories.
Indian Mobile dealers promise Unlocked iPhone.
iPhone Coming to India iPhone vs N95, Blackberry, Treo

Fire Universal Uploader

Do you have an account on Flickr, Google Picasa Albums, YouTube, Facebook or Box.net ? If yes, get this free Universal Uploader without a second thought - you'll love it.

Fire Universal Uploader is a Firefox extension that lets you upload and also download videos, pictures, documents and other files to the above websites from a common interface.
Getting started is simple - click the dropbox icon in the Firefox status bar, select one of service where you wish to upload the file(s) and then drag-n-drop the pictures or videos - you content will be online almost the next minute.
The Universal Uploader is like a two-way FTP client for YouTube, Flickr and other sites - you can browse stuff that's already available in your account or upload new media file. The upcoming version could have support for Google Video, Photobucket and more.
To download the file uploader, visit addons.mozilla.org or fireuploader.com. In case of Flickr and Picasaweb, you'll have to authorize the service before uploading pictures the first time.
For some reason, the official Flickr batch uploader software never worked on my Windows machine and this Firefox uploader is like a god-send - more usable than the web based file uploaders. Related: Use Email to Upload Videos on YouTube

New Adsense Ad formats

Google today introduced new Adsense ad formats that have rounded corners - the ads are available in two option - slightly rounded and very rounded (the former has a slighly lower corner radius that the latter).

If you are displaying Adsense Ads with background color same as the border color (which is recommended for high CTR), this new format would be of little interest as the ads will essentially look the same.
In terms of Adsense implement, the following variable will be added to your ad script depending on the version you select:
google_ui_features = "rc:6"; [slightly rounded]
google_ui_features = "rc:10"; [very rounded]
google_ui_features = "rc:0"; [default, square corners]
Probably the rc: numbers indicates the pixel radius.

Graphita Live Studio

Graphita Live Studio is a fun way of decorating your digital photographs with Photoshop style brushes, speech bubbles, post-it notes, Devil horns, sparkling tooth and much much more.



Upload your picture to the web-based Graphita studio editor and drag-drop the doodles from the object palette over the photograph. Every object can be rotated or resized to fit the size of your picture.


[Press the Shift key while resizing objects to maintain the aspect ratio]
Pretty neat application to make your boring pictures look interesting and even funny.

http://www.graphita.com/ [via David Shantz]

Pick your Favorite Media Player Software for Playing Audio and Video

Here are some of most popular media player software along with a quick description of their features. They help you play audio/video files, organize your digital media collection, rip or burn CDs, play videos in full screen and much much more.


Which one of these media player is your favorite ? Please tell us through this quick 10 second poll. (If your personal favorite is missing in this list, do mention the name in the "Others" category).

http://www.polldaddy.com/poll.asp?p=60988

Windows Media Player - This popular digital media player from Microsoft can play most common audio-video formats, audio CDs and DVDs. WMP can be also used for copy tracks from music CDs to your computer or for burning new CDs with your music files. Excellent support for organizing music through tags and ratings.

Media Player Classic - It's like the light-weight edition of the official Windows Media Player from Microsoft. Once you install the k-lite codecs separately, the Media Player Classic can play most video formats including Quicktime and Real Media. Everything is great about this software except the interface which is so 90s.

VideoLan VLC Media Player - It can play almost every audio and video file format (including Flash Video), records streaming videos and music, rip DVDs and can also capture screenshots from DVD movies. Available for all platforms.

WinAmp Media Player - The most popular MP3 player that can also play video files in Full screen mode. Winamp also supports streaming media content and ripping of Audio CDs. This media player probably has the largest number of skins, visualizations and plug-ins than any other media player.

iTunes + Quicktime - If you have an iPod, you probably need this media player from Apple. Good interface, excellent support for podcast feeds but this Apple jukebox has a slightly large memory footprint. Best features include Smart playlists, seamless integration with iPod (and now iPhone) plus it can backup your entire digital media collection into DVD disks.

Miro (formerly, Democracy Player) - Like iTunes, you can use Miro to subscribe and download Audio or Video podcasts. Miro supports full-screen mode, can play virtually all video formats, supports file downloads via BitTorrent and best of all, it search and save videos from most video sharing sites and watch them for new videos.

JetAudio 7 - Can play most audio and video formats, convert among audio file formats, cross-fading for a smooth transition between two songs and CD burning support.

GOM Media Player - GOM Player supports file formats such as AVI, DAT, MPEG, DivX, XviD, WMV, ASF and even FLV video. GOM Player is capable of playing incomplete or damaged AVI files by skipping the damaged frames. It can also play locked or partially downloaded files. Can also take screen captures of the current video frame.

Real Player 11 - The new version can rip video clips from YouTube and other video sharing sites and downloads them offline in the background. A lot of streaming audio content on sites like BBC is still available in Real format so you probably need the Real Player on your system.