Snore no More !

Snore no More ! 
I snore!
Everyone, yes everyone who has maybe spent a night with me at a camp, or maybe we shacked up together (now dont' go thinking all those stupid things that just ran through your mind), and my wife.. yes my wife has told me that I SNORE !

Now doctors have an explanation but that does not help your spouse, and the matter of fact is no Women Snore (Well try telling them that they do, and see what happens). Anyway.. this brings me to a new gadget that I just came across, it's called the Snore Stopper and it reatils for about US$ 60, well now I know what is my next birthday gift.. Peaceful sleep.

This is an electronic gadget, that you are supposed to wear around your wrist like a Wrist watch, and it has a sensitive sound detector, that detects snoring, and sends a mild electric shock without disturbing your sleep. Wham, and you stop snoring, till you want to be electrocuted again !

No pills, no surgery, nothing.. dont' believe me, here is the link to the Product Page on Gadget Universe.

Happy Snoring, till your wife grabs one for you !

Buy me the Moon Mommy!

 
As my favourite song goes,

Fly me to the moon, and let me play amongst the stars,
let me know what spring is like on jupiter and mars.

Well papers have been touting these days that you can buy a piece of land on the moon, for as low as Rs. 1400 an Acre (approximately US$ 30 Per Acre). Times of India, and Hindustan times have both covered it, and Now I am hearing that other papers are in the queue of it. (Click the picture above to view an Article from the Hindustan Times, Dated 26th March 2005)

Here is my outlook on the deal, and how you can save your self from the fraud.

How do you know this is a Fraud?
Well what if I was to come to you and sell you the Taj Mahal, will you believe me, what if I had a documentary proof, havent' we all heard of this joke, wont' you take me to be a scamster, a trickster for doing this. This is what selling the Moon is all about. Before you sell something, or actually buy something, you have to own it.

Who Owns the Moon
If I may, reproduced is an answer from the FAQ's of one of these sites

Contrary to popular belief, ownership by individuals of extraterrestrial properties is not forbidden. The 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty stipulates that no government can own extraterrestrial property, but it neglected to mention individuals or corporations.

While the Actual UN treaty can be found here, for the lazy couch potato friends, it reads

The moon and its natural resources are the common heritage of mankind, which finds its expression in the provisions of this Agreement

Neither the surface nor the subsurface of the moon, nor any part thereof or natural resources in place, shall become property of any State, international intergovernmental or non-governmental organization, national organization or non-governmental entity or of any natural person. The placement of personnel, space vehicles, equipment, facilities, stations and installations on or below the surface of the moon, including structures connected with its surface or subsurface, shall not create a right of ownership over the surface or the subsurface of the moon or any areas thereof.

Since when is this scam going on
As long as I know, it has been on for years now, but I can find information as old as year 2000 on the Internet.

Some Links You can see
MSNBC
Internet Fraud Services
CNN
Times of India

Should I still buy it ?
Well if you think you are not a natural person, and one or some or maybe all of your great grandpaernts were extra terrestrial, you should stake your claim to it.

But all I can say is, that Registry certificate on your wall, will not be more than a piece of paper, though yes, it may spark off a topic of conversation at parties.

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The Next Big Convergence !

For your Bachelor Pad ! 
Sadly those days of having a large bachelor Pad are disappearing, and our need to impress woman increasing.

Asahi beer Company of Japan has come out with Referigerator to cool your Beer, Breezer and Those sports drinks, while you watch your DVD.

Think this is a joke, well not actually. A Patent was filed in January 2005 by Asahi company and you can check out the Japanese (you need to know the language, as Google cant' translate everything for you), and see what you understand. Click here.

We spoke about Smart Referigerators, but this is Sexy ! The Catch, yes there is always one, you can't buy it. It is only available as a Prize.

It's a Bird, It's a Plane, No It's ...

...The Pentagon's Flying Saucer 
Well surviellance is big, and I never realised it was this big. We all have seen the tiny robots mounted with camera's that helped in the 9/11 rescue, but what Pentagon has announced has really put me into thinking mode, how much are we dependent on Electronic Surviellance.

This is a small flying saucer with a Wireless Camera Mounted on it, that can go around in your premises, clicking pictures and sending you live feeds !!! ANY Great Ideas.. Well Read more here.

Now Who wants This - The Shape of Things to come - Cotd.

Clean Air from a Fish - The Ions.... The..**** 

WOW !

Is all I can Say... Really now Figure who want's a Car Ionizer that is shaped like a Fish. Guess what, this is a Rage in Japan, and selling like crazy.

For your Car, it gives you Fresh Ions, thus Healing your car (No Joke - that is what the website says), Healing... WOW

Plugs into the Cigar / Ciggarette Lighter socket, creates freshness in the Air. Now The Lighter Socket is a Dual Edged Sword.

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The Shape of Things to Come !

The Lady Bug MP3 Player... Now Who needs this ? 
Our obsession to be different, to stand out is now getting to limits. Well that is what I feel, Recently a Company Called Donya (Now don't know who they are or where they are from), but Thanks to Google Language Tools (http://translate.google.com) I am to understand this

In for the person who grows tired of the common design of the MP3 prayer
It is the MP3 prayer of advanced and unique design!

Well that was not too bright a translation (Google Japanese to English is still in Beta Stage), but here is the lowdown on the Bug. It ships in Red and Blue (now Blue Lady bugs are going to be a RAGE), has 128 MB Memory to store your music and is also available in a 256 MB Variant, 6 Months Gaurantee, 5 Hours Playtime (Approximately), For about 40 US$ for the 128 MB and 60US$ for the 256 MB Player.. The price is not as attractive as the Bug.

The Most Interesting Feature, it weighs only 24 Grams. Now that is light like the Bug.

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Indian Express - Your own Fort Knox

These then are the facts: 34 per cent of burglars break in through the front door; 81 per cent of intrusions occur through the first floor; 23 per cent of burglars use first-floor windows, while 4 per cent enter through an unlocked entrance. Alarmist as it sounds, the possibility of a burglary is real and ever-present, more so if your house offers easy entry points. There are many safeguards you can take to prevent your house from being ransacked. One of the most effective ways, and also more expensive, revolves around using electronic devices and circuitry.

Want more, read my Article in the Saturday 9th April 05, Indian Express Estates!

Nokia's Banana Slider is Back

The Nokia 8800 

Remember the sliding phone from Nokia, well it was a rage in it'w time, and it was a rage in THE MATRIX.. Well the Slider is back, this time as the Nokia 8800. Planned for a Release in the 2nd Quarter of 2005, Nokia is launching this phone, which boasts of features like

• Durable stainless steel covers
• Fine-pitched screen protected by scratch-resistant glass window
• Active TFT display with 262,144 colors ( 208 x 208 pixels )
• Tri-band operation GSM coverage on up to five continents (GSM 900/1800/1900 networks)
• Polyphonic (MIDI) tones with up to 64 voices; plus support for AAC and, MP3 ringing tones
• SVGA Camera

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The phone looks cool from what I have seen and read of it. The looks alone will make sure I go down to the Nokia Store for a dekko at it.

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Music - OGG, MP3, WMA, Secure WMA What else do you Want !

The Samsung Yepp YPF1 Digital Audio Player 

Well it's Here, and it's going to make a lot of noise. For those of you who loved the IPOD, but did not want it as it did not play OGG, and the other OGG Players were still a little out of reach, on 30th March 2005, Samsung Showcased their YPF1 Yepp Digital Audio Player, and it plays MP3 ,WMA and Secure WMA, as well as Ogg Vorbis and Audio ASF formats.

A Fashionable negative LCD with a White backlight offers an interface that I quite like to look at, but initial reviews have shown that the Command Interaction is poor.

The YP-F1 is also equipped with an integrated FM radio, from which it can record. That's right, you can record straight from radio.

Claiming 10 hours of battery life from its Lithium Polymer battery, available in sizes ranging through 128 MB, 256 MB, 512 MB and 1 GB, neatly rounded case sporting a built-in stainless steel belt clip and exchangeable covers, it makes the competition look like a brick !

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Oh I have Seen the Light !

At times driving down highwas across India, I have seen the passion people have for lights, from Truck Drivers putting LED (Light Emitting Diodes, those small flickery coloured lights) to reflective coloured stickers to decorate their trucks, to people using Blue Neon lamps under their car to creat an ANT Disco.

I have seen the light, but I have not seen anything like this, and still can't make up my mind, If I want to buy a bicycle, just to try these on. Illumination Design, a Company based out of Belmont, MA, USA has designed these lights for Bikes. I hope I dont' see someone saying, I LOVE PREETO on their Bicycles Now..

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Indian Express - Big Brother is Watching

Are you bothered by barking dogs in the middle of the night, only to find that there was nothing there. How you wish you had cameras wired to your home and can just see them using the TV in your bedroom. Well here it is, the answer to your querries. Pick up the Copy of Indian Express Estates, of 2nd April 2005, and Read My Article in the Home Tech Section.

How Much Space is Sufficient :)

Gmail .. Yes the Best Email.. I love it.. I hate to say, but as a Hosting Company we dont' have anything equivalent to this. It is been 1 Year that GMAIL has been around, and it is wonderful, nice, slick, efficient.. whatever words you can use for it's praise are little of what it is.

Announcement from GMAIL

Our plan is to continue growing your storage beyond 2GBs by giving you more space as we are able

and no this is no April Fool's Joke. They are saying it, they will do it, how I dont' know :)

Yahoo! announced that it will soon enlarge the size of its users' mail storage spaces from 250 megabytes to one gigabyte. The change, expected by late April, will allow users to store four times more e-mail on their Yahoo! Mail accounts.

But it still leaves me this question, how much space do we all require.

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Time to Go Dancing in the Streets !!!

The Summers are here, and the ever pertaining question on how to keep your house cool, without spending a lot of money, and also how to buy that right AC. Well it is all answered in the Indian Express Estates Dated 26th March 2005. If you want a copy of my article, send me a mail :)

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Medical Affairs of the Country...SAD :(

In the last few days I have had to spend a lot of time in AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Sciences), and the Experience has not been one of the brightest ones. From shouting and uncouth security gaurds, to missing Janitors, and ignorant Senior Staff.

I am called an opinionated person by a lot of people, but I think this may help all of us make a difference.

What our country needs is people who understand what they preach. I had a major argument with the staff at AIIMS about this, but then as they say, the Medical System in India is overworked, the Doctors are working 24 hour shifts, because others are not turning up on duty to relieve them.

---ADDDED 1st April 2005---

The person I was visiting at the Hospital (My Wive's Maternal Uncle), passed away late night Friday 25th March, and I would not want to say a lot now. I had thought that I would, but at the end of it, he is gone, my words will not make a difference.

But I believe the Government, should look into it, especially for a Hospital like AIIMS, where all medical departments are available, this should not happen. What we need is to JOLT the Hospital Staff into realising that the people trust them because that is how a doctor is looked at in our culture and this trust should be kept.

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Home Tech - Indian Express 19th March 2005

Indian Express has given me a chance to Write for their Supplement on Housing and Properties called Indian Express Estates, which comes out on Saturdays as a pull out with the main news paper.

My first Article about Smart home Gadgets and ideal gifts for mom was printed on the 19th of March 2005. I hope that in the time to come Indian Express will print some more articles by me. For those who want to know more about Home Technology and how to do technology in your houses, make sure you grab a copy of the Estates (Complimentary with Indian Express) every Saturday from your Nearest News Stall.

A Magazine Called Mr. Gadget or Dr. Gadget

All these Years that I have worked with technology there have been technological wonders that I wanted to share with people, I have been called on many a times to advice on what technology should one buy or what is the right gadget to buy.

I have been for a while now thinking of starting a Glossy print Magazine, and am still looking at ideas, on what to call it.. There are two names that have stuck with me after a lot of discussions, and I would want your feedback on what name to choose.

Is Dr. Gadget a Better name or Mr. Gadget.

If you were to pick up this magazine, what would you want to see in it ?

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Blogging is Big !!!

Hi..

The Technology world has seen an innovation. The Internet was designed to be a free place to share ideas, to share thoughts, to speak, to read.. Blogs have taken over the Internet.. It is finally a play ground for all, to share their ideas, to oppose censorship, to say what they have always felt like.

Welcome to My Blog.. Yes Finally I am getting hooked to it as well.

My focus on this blog will be to share my thoughts with you both on Technology (My favourite subject) and Life.. (Our Favourite Subject) and turn try to give you something to Gossip About !

Enjoy.