[ This is not a genuine article by me, just to let u know abt Blackle.com]
Blackle.com is nothing but a black version of google .A few months ago, TreeHugger Mark Ontkush wrote a post on his blog EcoIron titled Black Google Would Save 750 Megawatt-hours a Year[ http://ecoiron.blogspot.com/2007/01/black-google-would-save-3000-megawatts.html]. The post lays out the following train of thought:"An all white web page uses about 74 watts to display, while an all black page uses only 59 watts". Google, which has a white background and gets about "200 million queries a day" could reduce global energy use by 750 Megawatt-hours a year by simply changing the color of its homepage to black.
In response to this post a black version of Google emerged called Blackle.com. According to Blackle's homepage at publication time, 4,408.917 Watt hours have been saved by. The site encourages users to "make a difference today [by] … Blackling "energy saving tips" or visiting treehugger.com,a great blog dedicated to environmental awareness. Nice ideas. But how does the search measure up? Very well indeed. Give it a whirl yourself and start saving energy one search at a time. :: Blackle.com
So lets make Blackle.com our homepage and default search engine, the difference it makes is a mere 750 Megawatt-hours a Year...!!!!!!
And the Counter pont is:
This is true only for CRT monitors (which are obsolete now).
Only CRT displays use more energy to display brighter things. On an LCD monitor, a black pixel uses more energy than a white pixel.
For an LCD monitor, the backlight on an LCD is on for the entire LCD, regardless of which color is being shown. An LCD monitor uses subtractive color — a white pixel lets the backlight pass through, and a black pixel is using red green and blue to filter and blockout the backlight. To display a black pixel, the LCD blocks out light. When an LCD monitor shows pure black, that’s actually the point at which the monitor is working the hardest, blocking out lights for all the pixels (thus using more voltage). Changing from black to white may save some energy on CRT displays, it might actually cause LCD displays to use slightly more energy.
That means, if you’re going to use one of these “Black Google” sites using an LCD monitor, you’re actually wasting more energy. Not to mention, that it will cause unnecessary stress to your eyes, possibly leading to computer vision syndrome......
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Comrade: V S 'sMart' Achuthanandan!!
It takes a courage to stand against injustice...
But it takes many courages to indulge into it to correct it..
One year back, when the electorate of Kerala hailed the Left Democratic front to a thumping victory in the Asseble elections, they were expecting Com. VS to be something different. They wanted him to exibit the extinct feature called Political Willpower. And through the Smart city venture, Com.VS has given new meanings and dimensions to that term. The whole Smart City agreement was restructured an framed, and now the People of Kerala holds the batton of the show. Dubai Internet City is accountable and answerable to many governmental forums, with all legal implications. And I happened to overhear that ex-CM mr. Oommen Chandy had a tough time in some KPCC meeting, answering questions from V M Sudheeran regarding this.
Comrade VS, We dont really look back into history about your track record in politics. But now, thousands look onto you for hope, motivation and inspiration. Way to go leader, lal Salaam.!!
But it takes many courages to indulge into it to correct it..
One year back, when the electorate of Kerala hailed the Left Democratic front to a thumping victory in the Asseble elections, they were expecting Com. VS to be something different. They wanted him to exibit the extinct feature called Political Willpower. And through the Smart city venture, Com.VS has given new meanings and dimensions to that term. The whole Smart City agreement was restructured an framed, and now the People of Kerala holds the batton of the show. Dubai Internet City is accountable and answerable to many governmental forums, with all legal implications. And I happened to overhear that ex-CM mr. Oommen Chandy had a tough time in some KPCC meeting, answering questions from V M Sudheeran regarding this.
Comrade VS, We dont really look back into history about your track record in politics. But now, thousands look onto you for hope, motivation and inspiration. Way to go leader, lal Salaam.!!
Monday, April 30, 2007
The best birthday Ever!!!!!
I Thank:
Miss.Vidhu Mariam George
Miss. Soumya R Krishnan
Miss. Parvathy
Mr. Tony Simon
Master. Jacob Mon
For the best birthday I ever had.........;-)
Luv you all...............................................................
Miss.Vidhu Mariam George
Miss. Soumya R Krishnan
Miss. Parvathy
Mr. Tony Simon
Master. Jacob Mon
For the best birthday I ever had.........;-)
Luv you all...............................................................
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Sex Education in Schools... why?
I am just annoyed with the online-offline debates going on with regard to the proposed Sex Education in schools, and subsequent issues. The whole topic has been blown up into unwanted proportions, which benefits neither our children nor their education. I am not playing fiddle to either side of the argument, in fact I have questions for both groups- the ones who are for it, and the ones who are against it.
Let me ask all those young minds with modern attitude and broad vision- Is this the grave concern that our students have at this point of time? What changes can we expect once our secondary students are taught in class, about the ‘sensitive’ matter, about which, I am sure, majority of them will be proficient enough much before that.[ Come on yaar , even I passed the age a few years back, and so do You!]. And if this helps in maintaining the moral side of a generation, what justification can you give for the rising number of teenage abortions, unmarried mothers and hostile relationships of the developed countries of Europe and North America? But none of them are taboos from hell, in those countries. What about us?
I still remember my 10th standard Biology text book. We too had two pages of a topic which was supposed to be a primitive Sex Ed but was handled in very different manner. The topic before this was regarding fertilization in a flower. After that, my teacher just glanced through the page and said casually “ Now the rest, you people can read and understand”. What was she expecting us to read and understand, at such an innocent age of 15? [ LOL]
Why to embarrass our teachers like that? To compel them to describe in detail, about something they consider as sacred and not-to-be-discussed, is not fair. Let us hand over that duty to our parents. Who else can be as free as a father or mother, to a kid? No I am not just giving a vague suggestion; I am suggesting this because I know it works. Or, in other words, it worked for me. I am thankful to my Appa and Amma for the fact that I never had to stare wondering at adz, to distinguish between a Condom and a Sanitary Napkin, and I am always proud to say that! Let us ask our parents to handle the delicate Issue.
Now a word for the silly political clowns: We all know that it is not because of the concern for the social morality that all of you are so eager to respond to the issue. Get some other topics to reap your votes, and Let experts handle this. You are playing around with the future of this country. Be careful!
Let me ask all those young minds with modern attitude and broad vision- Is this the grave concern that our students have at this point of time? What changes can we expect once our secondary students are taught in class, about the ‘sensitive’ matter, about which, I am sure, majority of them will be proficient enough much before that.[ Come on yaar , even I passed the age a few years back, and so do You!]. And if this helps in maintaining the moral side of a generation, what justification can you give for the rising number of teenage abortions, unmarried mothers and hostile relationships of the developed countries of Europe and North America? But none of them are taboos from hell, in those countries. What about us?
I still remember my 10th standard Biology text book. We too had two pages of a topic which was supposed to be a primitive Sex Ed but was handled in very different manner. The topic before this was regarding fertilization in a flower. After that, my teacher just glanced through the page and said casually “ Now the rest, you people can read and understand”. What was she expecting us to read and understand, at such an innocent age of 15? [ LOL]
Why to embarrass our teachers like that? To compel them to describe in detail, about something they consider as sacred and not-to-be-discussed, is not fair. Let us hand over that duty to our parents. Who else can be as free as a father or mother, to a kid? No I am not just giving a vague suggestion; I am suggesting this because I know it works. Or, in other words, it worked for me. I am thankful to my Appa and Amma for the fact that I never had to stare wondering at adz, to distinguish between a Condom and a Sanitary Napkin, and I am always proud to say that! Let us ask our parents to handle the delicate Issue.
Now a word for the silly political clowns: We all know that it is not because of the concern for the social morality that all of you are so eager to respond to the issue. Get some other topics to reap your votes, and Let experts handle this. You are playing around with the future of this country. Be careful!
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Sorry Mr.Moorthy , You wont make it!
It seems the thinking minds of my country are seeing the President post of India as a high profile corporate job, with requirements like High technical caliber and exposure, impeccable career history and above all a corporate air around. This is in response to Dr.Kalam’s comment that Mr.NarayanaMurthy, the Infy Mentor, will be an excellent candidate for the upcoming Presidential elections.
Many people say that President of India, is just like the King/Queen of Engalnd, all color and glamour but No Job. Indian Constitution has given many vital roles and duties to the President but they had hardly been used until a short, dark man called Kocheril Raman Narayanan re-wrote the pages of precedence with bold initiatives that made the omnipotent leaders of Indraprastha, think twice about giving him a second chance. But they were really reluctant to say this fact in public. It was then ,Mr.Mulayam Singh Yadav came ahead with Dr.Kalam’s name . I honestly think that Dr.Kalam was hailed to the superior position just because, both BJP and Congress needed a convincing reason to deny K.R.Narayanan , a second chance.
Being the President of India demands a lot of experience in the day2day governance of the country, parliamentary activities, Constitutional Precedence and above all, it demands a positive outlook and respect to the country , which is an embodiment of the thoghts and emotions of millions of the common men. And I genuinely believe that Mr. Murthy is not the one for this.
Dont ask me for an apology, i know what I am saying and I stick to it, so help me God!
Many people say that President of India, is just like the King/Queen of Engalnd, all color and glamour but No Job. Indian Constitution has given many vital roles and duties to the President but they had hardly been used until a short, dark man called Kocheril Raman Narayanan re-wrote the pages of precedence with bold initiatives that made the omnipotent leaders of Indraprastha, think twice about giving him a second chance. But they were really reluctant to say this fact in public. It was then ,Mr.Mulayam Singh Yadav came ahead with Dr.Kalam’s name . I honestly think that Dr.Kalam was hailed to the superior position just because, both BJP and Congress needed a convincing reason to deny K.R.Narayanan , a second chance.
Being the President of India demands a lot of experience in the day2day governance of the country, parliamentary activities, Constitutional Precedence and above all, it demands a positive outlook and respect to the country , which is an embodiment of the thoghts and emotions of millions of the common men. And I genuinely believe that Mr. Murthy is not the one for this.
Dont ask me for an apology, i know what I am saying and I stick to it, so help me God!
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
The Stolen Blog..............
This blog has been lifted shamelessly yet again from Aswins's.This poor blogger has finally run out of topics to blog about (not really tho.. ;)) and has confined himself to an occasional original blog but is usually content with stealing tags from random pages from across blogosphere.
This particular one is an mixture of sorts...
Three things I am passionate about
1. MohanLal
2. Homely Food
3. My Family
Three things that scare me
1. Infamy
2. The thought of doing a Job I don't like, for a life time
3. Death[ " is there a bigger threat?" asks Col. Nathan R. Jessep[Jack Nicholson] in 'A Few Good Men'...]
Three people who make me laugh
1. Jagathy Sreekumar
2. MohanLal
3. Kunjamma[ a virtual friend of mine..:-)]
Three things I love
1. My mother toungue
2. Spicy Food
3. Music
Three things I hate
1. Someone trying to establish that I am useless[ Truth pains at times!]
2. Me being asked to explain my jokes
3. Being compelled to say 'Yes, I do' when i want to say " Yeahh, I really do!!" [Ha ha.. i caught you on the wrong foot na?]
Three things I don't understand
1. When 50% of my friends treat me as a brother, why should the gals too follow that?
2. Why , majority of my classmates misinterpreted each and every sentence I spoke?
3. What am I doing here??[ Now you know where I am right now na?]
Three things I am doing right now
1. Trying my all luck to log into Orkut, through known and unknown proxy sites.
2. Addicted to Wikipedia big time, these days.
3. Downloading some malayalam film songs.
Three things I want to achieve b4 I die
1. Padhma Sree
2. Padhma Bhushan
3. Padhma Vibhushan
and finally : Bharat Rathna [ even if posthumous!.. am I too ambitious??]
Three things you should listen to
1. Late Raveendran's Masterpieces
2. Fire-Spitting dialogues of Mohanlal-Renjith
3. Me.... I am a very effectice Councellor!
Three things you should never listen to
1. Himesh Reshammiah[ I dont care if I spelt it wrong]
2. Your inlaws
3. Kiran TV Anchors
Three things you should feel
1. Thrisoor Pooram
2. Alleppey Blue DIamond's Ganamela
3."Kallu + Kappa+ KakkaIrachi" combo
Three places you should go
1.Kudajadri
2.Kumarakom
3.Kuttomburam [ T0 maintain the rhyme :), its a very famous toddy shop in Kottayam]
Three places I want to go
1. Manasasarovar,Kailasam
2.Andaman & Nicobar
3. Amazon River
Three things I'd like to learn
1. The Holy Quran
2. To interpret Minds
3. Hindusthani Music[ " Sangeetham padikkenam enna mohavumayi chennu keriyathu...."]
Three favourite books
1. Khasakhinte Ithihaasam
2. oru Deshathinte Kadha
3. Malayala Manorama Weekly[ Can I call it a book?]
Three favourite food
1. Fish[inland lake fish]-Any type, any preparation
2. My mom's special Beef Fry
3. I have a real sweet toungue too!
Three beverages I drink regularly
1. Tea- one of my addictions I am proud of
2. Toddy[ Nalla Thengin Kallinte Manam, Ruchi- Ayyada Maname!]
3. Beer- " I am better when I am drunk..:P"
This particular one is an mixture of sorts...
Three things I am passionate about
1. MohanLal
2. Homely Food
3. My Family
Three things that scare me
1. Infamy
2. The thought of doing a Job I don't like, for a life time
3. Death[ " is there a bigger threat?" asks Col. Nathan R. Jessep[Jack Nicholson] in 'A Few Good Men'...]
Three people who make me laugh
1. Jagathy Sreekumar
2. MohanLal
3. Kunjamma[ a virtual friend of mine..:-)]
Three things I love
1. My mother toungue
2. Spicy Food
3. Music
Three things I hate
1. Someone trying to establish that I am useless[ Truth pains at times!]
2. Me being asked to explain my jokes
3. Being compelled to say 'Yes, I do' when i want to say " Yeahh, I really do!!" [Ha ha.. i caught you on the wrong foot na?]
Three things I don't understand
1. When 50% of my friends treat me as a brother, why should the gals too follow that?
2. Why , majority of my classmates misinterpreted each and every sentence I spoke?
3. What am I doing here??[ Now you know where I am right now na?]
Three things I am doing right now
1. Trying my all luck to log into Orkut, through known and unknown proxy sites.
2. Addicted to Wikipedia big time, these days.
3. Downloading some malayalam film songs.
Three things I want to achieve b4 I die
1. Padhma Sree
2. Padhma Bhushan
3. Padhma Vibhushan
and finally : Bharat Rathna [ even if posthumous!.. am I too ambitious??]
Three things you should listen to
1. Late Raveendran's Masterpieces
2. Fire-Spitting dialogues of Mohanlal-Renjith
3. Me.... I am a very effectice Councellor!
Three things you should never listen to
1. Himesh Reshammiah[ I dont care if I spelt it wrong]
2. Your inlaws
3. Kiran TV Anchors
Three things you should feel
1. Thrisoor Pooram
2. Alleppey Blue DIamond's Ganamela
3."Kallu + Kappa+ KakkaIrachi" combo
Three places you should go
1.Kudajadri
2.Kumarakom
3.Kuttomburam [ T0 maintain the rhyme :), its a very famous toddy shop in Kottayam]
Three places I want to go
1. Manasasarovar,Kailasam
2.Andaman & Nicobar
3. Amazon River
Three things I'd like to learn
1. The Holy Quran
2. To interpret Minds
3. Hindusthani Music[ " Sangeetham padikkenam enna mohavumayi chennu keriyathu...."]
Three favourite books
1. Khasakhinte Ithihaasam
2. oru Deshathinte Kadha
3. Malayala Manorama Weekly[ Can I call it a book?]
Three favourite food
1. Fish[inland lake fish]-Any type, any preparation
2. My mom's special Beef Fry
3. I have a real sweet toungue too!
Three beverages I drink regularly
1. Tea- one of my addictions I am proud of
2. Toddy[ Nalla Thengin Kallinte Manam, Ruchi- Ayyada Maname!]
3. Beer- " I am better when I am drunk..:P"
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
National Defence Academy:Part 3
Finally, the D Day came. Everyone was real tensed about the result. Even i was tensed, not about the result, about the class gettogether we had arranged in Husain's house that week. I was damn sure that I will be home in another 24 hours.
Sqn. Leader. Pankaj Jha started calling out the numbers of selected candidates. After No:28, I was almost sure No:31 would be the next, he was a friend of mine. So I was getting myself ready to clap for him, and I heared the sound " Number Thirty...Two"....and I started clapping. It took almost 10 secs for me to understand that it was my number. Oh Shit! I din want this. I knew that it would be very difficult to go out,taking the TA.
We were called upon stage, and some senior officer gave us an IAF cap. WOW! i felt good! Ok.. Thank You... I am Happy.... But i want to go home! Now the Sqn Leader was looking at me with a frown.... " Whats bugging you soo much Jose? anyway we will talk later. First let me see off those who din make it".....So, my friends Shon and Jayadevan left before me to Mysore City. I asked them to wait for me in City and book a ticket for me to go home, as I had decided to leave Mysore with them. After they left, officer started brainwashing me. He tried all means of tactics to convince me that going for the medical test to bglore, was worth the effort. I don't know how, but he finally convinced me! Sad part was that I couldn't contact Shon and Jayadevan to say this.[ they still bitch me for the time they wasted in Mysore , waiting for me, and I din turn up at all..sorry guys!]
12 of us [ or was it 13?] were taken to Mysore railway station. I was planning to calll home from the station. But we had to run for the train and hence couldn't call home. I was sure they will be worried, cause even they were sure I won't be involved in this upto this extent. A fellow cadet named Prakash had a small accident in between , and thus, we reached bangalore around 10pm with a casuality with us. It was only after we took him to hospital that I could call home. By the time, Pops had called the AFSB Mysore and knew abt me moving to Bangalore. We reached Institute of Aerospace Medicine near Airport, around 1 am. OMG! Hell of a day!
Next 10 days were the most jobless days of life, till then.[ I am a software engineer now, so the record doesnt exist anymore..:P]. We were supposed to undergo a very long boring series of medical check up sessions. Everyday forenoon, some session will be there. After 2 pm, we were free. Roamed around MG Road, BrigadeRoad etc everyday til we got sick of that. Forum and Garuda Mall wasnt there. KempFort was the Super Mall of bagalore. The Mess was awsome, royal food, royal stay and royal amenities. Still dont remember what all they checked. More than 20 X-Rays, One whole body Scan, measurment of physical features from tip to top, ECG,EEG etc etc.... and finally a full-strip physical check up. That was the funniest part of all.. hee hee hee........
Sqn. Leader. Pankaj Jha started calling out the numbers of selected candidates. After No:28, I was almost sure No:31 would be the next, he was a friend of mine. So I was getting myself ready to clap for him, and I heared the sound " Number Thirty...Two"....and I started clapping. It took almost 10 secs for me to understand that it was my number. Oh Shit! I din want this. I knew that it would be very difficult to go out,taking the TA.
We were called upon stage, and some senior officer gave us an IAF cap. WOW! i felt good! Ok.. Thank You... I am Happy.... But i want to go home! Now the Sqn Leader was looking at me with a frown.... " Whats bugging you soo much Jose? anyway we will talk later. First let me see off those who din make it".....So, my friends Shon and Jayadevan left before me to Mysore City. I asked them to wait for me in City and book a ticket for me to go home, as I had decided to leave Mysore with them. After they left, officer started brainwashing me. He tried all means of tactics to convince me that going for the medical test to bglore, was worth the effort. I don't know how, but he finally convinced me! Sad part was that I couldn't contact Shon and Jayadevan to say this.[ they still bitch me for the time they wasted in Mysore , waiting for me, and I din turn up at all..sorry guys!]
12 of us [ or was it 13?] were taken to Mysore railway station. I was planning to calll home from the station. But we had to run for the train and hence couldn't call home. I was sure they will be worried, cause even they were sure I won't be involved in this upto this extent. A fellow cadet named Prakash had a small accident in between , and thus, we reached bangalore around 10pm with a casuality with us. It was only after we took him to hospital that I could call home. By the time, Pops had called the AFSB Mysore and knew abt me moving to Bangalore. We reached Institute of Aerospace Medicine near Airport, around 1 am. OMG! Hell of a day!
Next 10 days were the most jobless days of life, till then.[ I am a software engineer now, so the record doesnt exist anymore..:P]. We were supposed to undergo a very long boring series of medical check up sessions. Everyday forenoon, some session will be there. After 2 pm, we were free. Roamed around MG Road, BrigadeRoad etc everyday til we got sick of that. Forum and Garuda Mall wasnt there. KempFort was the Super Mall of bagalore. The Mess was awsome, royal food, royal stay and royal amenities. Still dont remember what all they checked. More than 20 X-Rays, One whole body Scan, measurment of physical features from tip to top, ECG,EEG etc etc.... and finally a full-strip physical check up. That was the funniest part of all.. hee hee hee........
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