Hello all,
I’m sorry to say that I wont be blogging as actively as before due to my leaving home for pursuance of my higher studies at Christ College Bangalore. I will blog whenever I get time, and I do promise at least 1 post per week. Please do bear with me.
If you have any emergency queries, please feel free to contact me at my email address -
Cheers, and ciao…
Mohan K.
aka Neo Garfield
Hi all,
I’m currently living my life in a fine sort of way in what I would like to refer to as an “elite” institution in the heart of Bengaluru (Bangalore), the Silicon Valley of India. The college, named Christ College, is one of the best in India, and I’ve been enjoying every moment of my presence here.
So anyway, being at Christ College, I was able to put to test a few methods I had suggested earlier for anonymous (proxy enabled) browsing to access from the college computers, banned social networking websites. I’m happy to say that every single method I suggested worked, and is now getting popular among Christites 
I’ll just briefly describe each of those methods -
1) Use Google Cache – The most useful, easiest, and successful method is to use Google caches.
Search for the required page on Google. Check out the small link to the side which says “Cached”. Click it. 
And voila, you have your banned page. Thanks to, Googleplex . If the banning has been quite effective, you might not see the images in the website, but otherwise, you’re rolling
2) Sometimes, just the URL or the IP address of the concerned website will be banned. For example, just www.orkut.com will be banned. This type of banning can be EASILY bypassed by using an alternate URL, like the ones listed below -
For others, just type in the URL and some gibberish, for example -
http://www.adda.com/hadhfdhsfdsfs
Which will show a custom error page, where you can sign in easily
3) Use Google Wireless Transcoder(GWT)
GWT is a service for mobile users to strip a website of all formatting and display it on their mobiles. It can, as usual, be misused from a PC. Just type in the URL into the field, and Google downloads the page, strips page formats, makes it into a single column document, and shows it. Yet again, anonymousity, thanks to Google Inc.
4) Use Google Translate
Use any language in the Translate From field, and English in the Translate To field, even if the page is in English. Ta daaaa… A proxified page brought to you by Google Inc Only problem is, the images arent routed via Google… Woops…
Well, thats about it… I’ll post more as I find them… Enjoy, and use it well! Caio!
PLEASE NOTE : This post was purely educational in nature. Please do not misuse the suggested means. We are not responsible for any trouble you may get in to for using the information contained in this post.
[tags]social networking, bypass ban, bypass social networking ban, orkut ban, bypass orkut ban, anonymous browsing, anonymous surfing[/tags]
Ladies and gentlemen,
It is with greatest regret that I pronounce that I’ll NOT be blogging for an indefinite amount of time, starting today. I’m leaving my cozy cul-de-sac to follow the path that destiny has in store for me…
In other words, I’m leaving home to pursue my future in higher education. I’ll take some time to get acquainted with the facilities at my new college, and therefore the lag in my other leisure activities, like blogging.
You can expect me back in 1-2 weeks, until then, hold on tight .
If you would like to contact me directly, I’ll be at Christ College, Bengaluru (Bangalore), studying BA FEP. Mail me, and I’ll provide you with my email id. Please note that I’ll be checking ONLY my personal email -
Hi all,
Here’s a really funny picture sent in by my good pal, Mick… Enjoy
[tags]funny, pic, simpsons, doremi[/tags]
Hey all,
Like I promised, here’s you weekly dose of Sardarji Jokes But like I said before, this joke is not intended to mock sardars in real life. No offense
meant to any person, community or religion! Sardars are one of the
cleverest breeds of Indians!
Enjoy
Sardarji went to the appliance store sale and found a bargain.
“I would like to buy this small TV,” he told the salesman.
“Sorry, we don’t sell to Sardars,” he replied.
He hurried home removed his turban and changed his hair style, and returned
to tell the salesman
“I would like to buy this TV.”
“Sorry, we don’t sell to Sardars,” Salesman replied.
“Damn, he recognised me,” he thought.
He went for a complete disguise this time, haircut, new hair colour,
new outfit, big sunglasses, waited a few days, saw the salesman again.
“I would like to buy this TV.”
“Sorry, we don’t sell to Sardars,” he replied.
Frustrated, he exclaimed, “How do you know I’m a Sardar?”
“Because that’s a microwave,” he replied.
Heh heh heh…
[tags]sardarji jokes, sardar jokes[/tags]
Hi all,
Check out this cool picture… Its called a “zoomquilt”. It is something you can ZOOM into, or ZOOM out of, and it goes on like a 3D image over landscapes and castles…
Click and drag your mouse UP or DOWN to zoom IN or OUT respectively.
http://www.games4work.com/games/swf/supercoolpic.swf
Enjoy
[tags]zoomquilt, cool picture, zoom picture[/tags]
Hi all,
Matt Cutts, senior software engineer at Google, also known as the Porn Cookie Guy, , blogged the day before yesterday about five things you didn’t know about Google’s search.
Its a pretty big post, and I recommend that anyone into Google should really go through this. Its posted at Matt Cutt’s blog.
The main points are as follows -
Or in other words, Matt Cutt sums up what you might have not known until you’ve read the article -
- Just because Google doesn’t always talk about search and journalists don’t always write about core search doesn’t mean stuff isn’t happening. Google devotes a ton of effort to improving our search in many different ways.
- Google makes a go/no-go decision on several different quality changes each week.
- If you want to build search loyalty, you have to get a lot of different things right.
- Google has many ways to prioritize feedback and tools to look at how to improve search.
- I’m glad we’re shedding light on some additional people at Google. Many people work behind the scenes to improve the user experience at Google, and we should look to highlight even more of those people.
Thank you Matt And great work Google .
By the way, Matt, why do you use Wordpress? 
[tags]google, matt cutts, 5 things you didnt know, google search[/tags]
Hey all,
Here’s this quite weird photograph of a coloured from released by Conservation International on June 4th, on the eve of World Environment day. It is an Atelopus from Nassau Mountains in eastern Suriname, taken in 2006.
Scientists said Monday that they have discovered 24 new species of wildlife in the remote plateaus of eastern Suriname, including this frog with fluorescent purple markings discovered by Surinamese scientists Paul Ouboter and Jan Mol.
This item was found while Digging, and was published at Yahoo News.
Wonderful isn’t it? Makes you wonder of the wonders which lie in this world of wonders, undecipherable by human eyes…
[tags]purple frog, fluorescent frog, nassau, 24 new species[/tags]
Hello all,
On Monday, McAfee SiteAdvisor released a research on the the number of risky internet sites shown by the Top 5 search engines, namely, Yahoo, Google, AOL, MSN, and Ask.com. This research was published at ZDnet News and they report that Yahoo turned out to be the riskiest, while AOL, the safest.
McAfee compiled over 2300 of the most popular keywords, and checked it against these 5 search engines, in both sponsored results and organic(normal search results) results.
The riskiness of a site is calculated by McAfee using several variables such as, browser exploits, e-mail, downloads, scams, annoyances (such as pop-ups), and links to other such sites. Almost 8.2 million websites were analyzed.
McAfee reported that while the “riskiness” of Google, Ask and AOL had decreased from 2006, it had increased for MSN and Yahoo.
And like expected, sponsored results were almost 3 times as unsafe as normal results.
The meaning is clear. Be on your guard…
[tags]McAfee, risky, yahoo risky, McAfee SiteAdvisor, risky internet sites, McAfee research, website safety, Search engine safety[/tags]
Hello all,
I’ve been receiving many hits from the search query IIST, the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) which I had featured on a previous article. So I decided on helping you searcher students out Here’s the basic information to put you on the right track.
What is IIST?
Its a new world class institute in Kerala set up by the ISRO, Indian Space Research Organization (ranked #4 in the world), to sponsor undergraduate and postgraduate studies in space technology, and engineering fields, and for direct placement in ISRO. The IIST will share resources and facilities with ISRO, thus delivering high standards and first hand experience which students will get no where else in the world!
How good is it?
It will be the best choice if you are interested in space technology/avionics. ISRO is currently the world’s No.4 ranked space organization. Their technology and facilities are unmatched by any other institute in India. Thus, the IIST is bound to be a great choice for a budding astro scientist. Be assured, you will get as much, if not more, exposure at IIST as any IIT.
Where’s it?
Ponmudi, in Trivandrum, the capital of Kerala. Its placed there so as to be near the ISRO center at Trivandrum. Its a temporary campus until the main campus is fully set up near VSSC.
What are the courses offered?
Bachelors Degree in Technology with specialization in Avionics, and Aerospace Engineering and Integrated Masters Programme in Applied Sciences with special emphasis on Space related subjects.
Admission Eligibility?
You need to be an Indian citizen, and must have appeared for the IIT JEE exam. All the candidates who are placed in the extended list of IIT JEE 2007 are eligible to apply in the first phase. Candidates in the JEE rank list may apply in the second phase, if they haven’t opted for a seat at an IIT.
The admission to IIST will be based on Personal Counselling. IIST will intimate all the students placed in the extended list of IIT-JEE 2007 along with detailed prospectus. Students will be requested to register online for counselling only on receipt of prospectus.
What is the intake capacity?
B.Tech in Space Technology – Avionics – 50 Seats
B.Tech in Space Technology – Aerospace Engineering – 40 seats
Integrated Masters in Applied Sciences – 30 seats
Placements…
All the students who successfully complete the academic programme with a minimum first class will be absorbed as Scientist/Engineer SC in the pay scale of Rs. 8000-275-13500 (likely to be revised) in ISRO with a service condition of 5 years.
So thats it… Listed below are a few more links which you will find extremely useful -
IIST Homepage - http://iist.ac.in/
About IIST - http://iist.ac.in/AboutIIST.php
IIST Objectives - http://iist.ac.in/Objectives.php
IIST Academic Programmes - http://iist.ac.in/AcademicProgrammes.php
IIST Curriculum - http://iist.ac.in/SpecializationStreams.php
IIST Admission Policy - http://iist.ac.in/AdmissionPolicy.php
IIST Admission Eligibility - http://iist.ac.in/Eligibility.php
Well, good luck
[tags]iist, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, ISRO, space science, aerospace engineering, avionics, India, education[/tags]
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