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I have a GMail account

Thanks to “Ravikiran”:http://www.ravikiran.com/, I now have a “GMail”:https://gmail.google.com/?dest=http%3A%2F%2Fgmail.google.com%2Fgmail account. Now I don’t have to “sell my house”:http://news.com.com/Gmail+accounts+go+up+for+bid/2100-1023_3-5203162.html or “swap my soul”:http://www.gmailswap.com/ to get one. This selfless act of Ravikiran will be remembered by me as comparable to renounciation of the Prime Minister’s chair by Sonia Gandhi.
What’s great about GMail ? Besides the 1GB storage, here are things done the different way, the GMail way.
* Each message you send is grouped with all the responses you receive. Grouping related messages creates meaningful ‘conversations.’ When you open a message in a conversation, all of your messages will be stacked neatly on top of each other, like a deck of cards. We call this ‘Conversation View.’ As new replies arrive, your stack of cards grows. Grouping messages this way allows you to quickly retrieve related messages and view all your messages in context.
* Instead of folders, Gmail uses labels to give you the functionality of folders, but with more flexibility. In Gmail, a single conversation can have several labels, so you’re not forced to choose one particular folder for each message you receive. That way, if a conversation covers more than one topic, you can retrieve it with any of the labels that you’ve applied to it. And, of course, you can always search for it.
* You have a variety of search options that return speedy, accurate results. Gmail features built-in Google search, and as with Google’s keyword-based web search, Gmail returns fast, accurate results. As long as you archive instead of delete, you’ll be able to find any message you’ve ever sent or received. Having reliable search also eliminates the need to create elaborate folder structures. Now you can just stick a label (or two or three) on a conversation and search by label, keyword, date range or a host of other options.

Sulekha Saarang Blog Fest 2004

If you are a student in any institution in this world or an alumni of any of the IITs, please participate in “Sulekha Saarang Blog Fest 2004”:http://www.sulekha.com/saarang/
bq. Your blog can be as witty as it can get, or a serious idea, a thought or a plot, a story or a strategy — could be anything that reflects your opinion, the way you look at things… SO start now and happy blogging!
bq. Everyday one gift hamper will be given away to the most popular blog. Gift hamper will include Sulekha Select, Gift Voucher from landmark and music world worth Rs 500, and Gift Voucher from hamaracd.com worth Rs 150.

Don't vote for Ravikiran

“My opponent”:http://www.ravikiran.com/, since he knows that he is going to lose “this battle”:http://www.madhoo.com/archives/002998.php#002998 has switched to “negative campaigning”:http://www.yazadjal.com/mt/archives/000211.html. If I were to stoop to his level, I would have said that Ravikiran is an admirer of the “Resident Idiot”:http://www.tni.org/fellows/bidwai.htm and even wears a T-shirt with his (RI’s) picture on it. I would also allege that he is a blog-grabber. For example, he has “his own blog”:http://www.ravikiran.com/, but instead he encroaches on “Yazad’s blog”:http://www.yazadjal.com/. He says he is married, but where are the pictures ? Even Hans Blix and Mohamed ElBaradei could not find them. Rumor has it that it is buried under the Syrian desert. But I am not into negative campaigning and personally insulting someone is not my forte.
“You and I can change America, That’s what this election is about. It’s about building the America you and I believe in and making our country work for all of us again. Because right now, there are two Americas. One for the powerful and another for everyone else.” Ooops! That was a speech by John Edwards. Cut and Paste problemo.
Anyways, vote for me (everyday, from both home and work, till Jan 23rd). I will use the money to buy a closet.

New Blog Mela

The “new and improved blog mela”:http://www.madhoo.com/archives/002998.php#002998 is up at Dancing with the Dogs. This time the blog mela entries can be voted on and whoever wins get a $10 gift voucher. Please vote for me and ignore “this plea”:http://www.yazadjal.com/mt/archives/000205.html by Ravikiran. I have more alphabets than him in my name.

Ravikiran fisks Praful Bidwai

bq. Some of these are high-value jobs. Some are low-end, but will employ many people. Some require you to work odd hours. Some rely on the time difference, and you have to work normal Indian hours for them. Some of these are essentially temporary (Process migration experts – will become redundant after a few years because all processes will have been migrated) some are permanent. Some will soon be automated, some will always require human skill. The same as in any other industry really
bq. But trust the Resident Idiot to pick only those that suit his thesis.
Such things make you wonder whether he is in fact shilling for American and British unions who are concerned about job losses. But let’s give him the benefit of doubt. Let’s just call him a useful Resident Idiot.
“Ravikiran”:http://www.yazadjal.com/mt/archives/000177.html, though newly married, takes time to fisk the “Resident Idiot”:http://www.tni.org/fellows/bidwai.htm