Om is one of the most chanted sound symbols in India. It has a profound effect on the body and mind of the one who chants and also on the surroundings. Most mantras and vedic prayers start with Om.
All auspicious actions begin with Om. It is even used as a greeting - Om, Hari Om etc. It is repeated as a mantra or meditated upon. Its form is worshipped, contemplated upon or used as an auspicious sign.
Om is the universal name of the Lord. It is made up of the letters A (phonetically as in "around"), U (phonetically as in "put") and M (phonetically as in "mum"). The sound emerging from the vocal chords starts from the base of the throat as "A". With the coming together of the lips, "U" is formed and when the lips are closed, all sounds end in "M".
The three letters symbolize the three states (waking, dream and deep sleep), the three deities (Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva), the three Vedas (Rig, Yajur and Sama) the three worlds (Bhuh, Bhuvah, Suvah) etc. The Lord is all these and beyond.
The formless, attributeless Lord (Brahman) is represented by the silence between two Om Chants. Om is also called pranava that means, "that (symbol or sound) by which the Lord is praised". The entire essence of the Vedas is enshrined in the word Om. It is said that the Lord started creating the world after chanting Om and atha. Hence its sound is considered to create an auspicious beginning for any task that we undertake. The Om chant should have the resounding sound of a bell (aaooommm).
Om is written in different ways in different places. The most common form symbolizes Lord Ganesha’s. The upper curve is the head; the lower large one, the stomach; the side one, the trunk; and the semi-circular mark with the dot, the sweetmeat ball (modaka) in Lord Ganesha's hand. Thus Om symbolizes everything - the means and the goal of life, the world and the Truth behind it, the material and the Sacred, all form and the Formless.Om is one of the most chanted sound symbols in India. It has a profound effect on the body and mind of the one who chants and also on the surroundings. Most mantras and vedic prayers start with Om.
All auspicious actions begin with Om. It is even used as a greeting - Om, Hari Om etc. It is repeated as a mantra or meditated upon. Its form is worshipped, contemplated upon or used as an auspicious sign.
Om is the universal name of the Lord. It is made up of the letters A (phonetically as in "around"), U (phonetically as in "put") and M (phonetically as in "mum"). The sound emerging from the vocal chords starts from the base of the throat as "A". With the coming together of the lips, "U" is formed and when the lips are closed, all sounds end in "M".
The three letters symbolize the three states (waking, dream and deep sleep), the three deities (Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva), the three Vedas (Rig, Yajur and Sama) the three worlds (Bhuh, Bhuvah, Suvah) etc. The Lord is all these and beyond.
The formless, attributeless Lord (Brahman) is represented by the silence between two Om Chants. Om is also called pranava that means, "that (symbol or sound) by which the Lord is praised". The entire essence of the Vedas is enshrined in the word Om. It is said that the Lord started creating the world after chanting Om and atha. Hence its sound is considered to create an auspicious beginning for any task that we undertake. The Om chant should have the resounding sound of a bell (aaooommm).
Om is written in different ways in different places. The most common form symbolizes Lord Ganesha’s. The upper curve is the head; the lower large one, the stomach; the side one, the trunk; and the semi-circular mark with the dot, the sweetmeat ball (modaka) in Lord Ganesha's hand. Thus Om symbolizes everything - the means and the goal of life, the world and the Truth behind it, the material and the Sacred, all form and the Formless.
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Monday, June 22, 2009
Why do we fast?
Most devout Indians fast regularly or on special occasions like festivals. On such days they do not eat at all, eat once or make do with fruits or a special diet of simple food.
Fasting in Sanskrit is called upavaasa. Upa means "near" + vaasa means "to stay". Upavaasa therefore means staying near (the Lord), meaning the attainment of close mental proximity with the Lord. Then what has upavaasa to do with food?
A lot of our time and energy is spent in procuring food items, preparing, cooking, eating and digesting food. Certain food types make our minds dull and agitated. Hence on certain days man decides to save time and conserve his energy by eating either simple, light food or totally abstaining from eating so that his mind becomes alert and pure. The mind, otherwise pre-occupied by the thought of food, now entertains noble thoughts and stays with the Lord. Since it is a self-imposed form of discipline it is usually adhered to with joy
Also every system needs a break and an overhaul to work at its best. Rest and a change of diet during fasting is very good for the digestive system and the entire body.
The more you indulge the senses, the more they make their demands. Fasting helps us to cultivate control over our senses, sublimate our desires and guide our minds to be poised and at peace.
Fasting should not make us weak, irritable or create an urge to indulge later. This happens when there is no noble goal behind fasting.
The Bhagavad-Gita urges us to eat appropriately - neither too less nor too much - yukta-aahaara and to eat simple, pure and healthy food (a saatvik diet) even when not fasting.
Fasting in Sanskrit is called upavaasa. Upa means "near" + vaasa means "to stay". Upavaasa therefore means staying near (the Lord), meaning the attainment of close mental proximity with the Lord. Then what has upavaasa to do with food?
A lot of our time and energy is spent in procuring food items, preparing, cooking, eating and digesting food. Certain food types make our minds dull and agitated. Hence on certain days man decides to save time and conserve his energy by eating either simple, light food or totally abstaining from eating so that his mind becomes alert and pure. The mind, otherwise pre-occupied by the thought of food, now entertains noble thoughts and stays with the Lord. Since it is a self-imposed form of discipline it is usually adhered to with joy
Also every system needs a break and an overhaul to work at its best. Rest and a change of diet during fasting is very good for the digestive system and the entire body.
The more you indulge the senses, the more they make their demands. Fasting helps us to cultivate control over our senses, sublimate our desires and guide our minds to be poised and at peace.
Fasting should not make us weak, irritable or create an urge to indulge later. This happens when there is no noble goal behind fasting.
The Bhagavad-Gita urges us to eat appropriately - neither too less nor too much - yukta-aahaara and to eat simple, pure and healthy food (a saatvik diet) even when not fasting.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Why do we do Namaste?
Indians greet each other with namaste. The two palms are placed together in front of the chest and the head bows whilst saying the word namaste. This greeting is for all - people younger than us, of our own age, those older than friends, even strangers and us.
There are five forms of formal traditional greeting enjoined in the shaastras of which namaskaram is one. This is understood as prostration but it actually refers to paying homage as we do today when we greet each other with a namaste.
Namaste could be just a casual or formal greeting, a cultural convention or an act of worship. However there is much more to it than meets the eye. In Sanskrit namah + te = namaste. It means - I bow to you - my greetings, salutations or prostration to you. Namaha can also be literally interpreted as "na ma" (not mine). It has a spiritual significance of negating or reducing one’s ego in the presence of another.
The real meeting between people is the meeting of their minds. When we greet another, we do so with namaste, which means, "may our minds meet," indicated by the folded palms placed before the chest. The bowing down of the head is a gracious form of extending friendship in love and humility
The spiritual meaning is even deeper. The life force, the divinity, the Self or the Lord in me is the same in all. Recognizing this oneness with the meeting of the palms, we salute with head bowed the Divinity in the person we meet. That is why sometimes, we close our eyes as we do namaste to a revered person or the Lord – as if to look within. The gesture is often accompanied by words like "Ram Ram,” "Jai Shri Krishna", "Namo Narayana", "Jai Siya Ram", "Om Shanti" etc - indicating the recognition of this divinity.
When we know this significance, our greeting does not remain just a superficial gesture or word but paves the way for a deeper communion with another in an atmosphere of love and respect.
There are five forms of formal traditional greeting enjoined in the shaastras of which namaskaram is one. This is understood as prostration but it actually refers to paying homage as we do today when we greet each other with a namaste.
Namaste could be just a casual or formal greeting, a cultural convention or an act of worship. However there is much more to it than meets the eye. In Sanskrit namah + te = namaste. It means - I bow to you - my greetings, salutations or prostration to you. Namaha can also be literally interpreted as "na ma" (not mine). It has a spiritual significance of negating or reducing one’s ego in the presence of another.
The real meeting between people is the meeting of their minds. When we greet another, we do so with namaste, which means, "may our minds meet," indicated by the folded palms placed before the chest. The bowing down of the head is a gracious form of extending friendship in love and humility
The spiritual meaning is even deeper. The life force, the divinity, the Self or the Lord in me is the same in all. Recognizing this oneness with the meeting of the palms, we salute with head bowed the Divinity in the person we meet. That is why sometimes, we close our eyes as we do namaste to a revered person or the Lord – as if to look within. The gesture is often accompanied by words like "Ram Ram,” "Jai Shri Krishna", "Namo Narayana", "Jai Siya Ram", "Om Shanti" etc - indicating the recognition of this divinity.
When we know this significance, our greeting does not remain just a superficial gesture or word but paves the way for a deeper communion with another in an atmosphere of love and respect.
Monday, May 25, 2009
HttpConnection using java
Many of you might be wondering how to make a HttpConnection from java. Here is a small program that helps you to make the connection from pure java code. This has been tested and I have been using this from a long time. It’s very simple and easy to use. If required you can just copy and start using this code, I don’t think you will need to change any part of this code. It’s ready to use as is. Just place this code in your utli folder of the code and just call this method. That’s it.
As the saying goes
Go ahead and try out. Let me know if you need any help or if you come across any issues when using this code.
Happy coding!!!.
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.BufferedWriter;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.URLEncoder;
import java.util.HashMap;
/**
* This class is used to make the HTTP Connection from a java code.
* @author Prabesh Bhaskaran
*/
public class MakeHttpConnection {
/**
* The getConnection method takes 2 parameters, the URL string of the site that you would like to connect
* and the other parameter is the parameter that you would like to pass through the query.
* @param urlString: The URL of the site that you would like to connect
* @param query: The parameter that you would like to pass to the site.
* @throws java.lang.Exception
* @return
*/
public String getConnection(String urlString, String query) throws Exception {
String retStr = "";
URL url = new URL(urlString);
String responseString = "";
HttpURLConnection urlConnection = (HttpURLConnection)url.openConnection();
urlConnection.setDoOutput(true);
urlConnection.setRequestMethod("POST");
urlConnection.setAllowUserInteraction(false);
urlConnection.setRequestProperty("Content-type","application/x-www-form-urlencoded"); // the content-length should not be necessary, but we're cautious
BufferedWriter bw = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(urlConnection.getOutputStream()));
bw.write(query);
bw.write("\r\n");
bw.flush();
bw.close();
if (urlConnection.getResponseCode() == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK) {
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(urlConnection.getInputStream()));
String inputLine;
while ((inputLine = br.readLine()) != null) {
responseString = responseString+inputLine;
}
System.out.println("responseString="+responseString);
}
return responseString;
}
}
As the saying goes
Necessity is the mother of all inventionthis program was also developed when there was a necessity. My office had blocked many sites from viewing due to some junk reasons, but I needed some sites that would help me. So from a java code I just make a httpconnection and call the required site, this code will return a string that will give the full website page. That’s it I was able to view the website even when my office had blocked that particular site.
Go ahead and try out. Let me know if you need any help or if you come across any issues when using this code.
Happy coding!!!.
Friday, April 10, 2009
IPL or NRIPL ?
INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE
Nowadays you can hear about the IPL fever. Every news channel or sport channel or paper talks about IPL. This year's IPL is special. I am sure you would have guessed y this years IPL is special. To start off what does IPL stand for? IPL - Indian Premier League.
Well if its Indian Premier league then it should be happening in India. But this year IPL is special. The games are not played in India; instead it’s been played in South Africa. So I guess the organizers’ should change the name from IPL to NRIPL. When an India goes abroad he gets a status called NRI then y can’t our cricket board call this event NRIPL? Hopefully next season of the IPL will be played in India.
I am sure many would be wonder or thinking about the schedule of the match. Below is the schedule of the matches for this season. Go ahead and enjoy the match.
IPL Season II - Schedule, teams and players, in South Africa
Date Teams Venue Time (IST)
Saturday, MI Vs CSK Cape Town 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
18-Apr-09
Saturday, RR vs RCB Cape Town 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
18-Apr-09
Sunday, DD vs PKXI Cape Town 4 p.m. to 7p.m.
19-Apr-09
Sunday, DC vs KKR Cape Town 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
19-Apr-09
Monday, CSK vs RCB Port Elizabeth 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
20-Apr-09
Tuesday, PKXI vs KKR Durban 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
21-Apr-09
Tuesday, RR vs MI Durban 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
21-Apr-09
Wednesday, RCB vs DC Cape Town 8 p.m. to 11p.m.
22-Apr-09
Thursday, CSK vs DD Durban 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
23-Apr-09
Thursday, KKR vs RR Cape Town 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
23-Apr-09
Friday, RCB vs PKXI Durban 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
24-Apr-09
Saturday, MI vs DC Durban 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
25-Apr-09
Saturday, CSK vs KKR Cape Town 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
25-Apr-09
Sunday, RCB vs DD Port Elizabeth 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
26-Apr-09
Sunday, PKXI vs RR Cape Town 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
26-Apr-09
Monday, DC vs CSK Durban 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
27-Apr-09
Monday, KKR vs MI Port Elizabeth 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
27-Apr-09
Tuesday, DD vs RR Pretoria 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
28-Apr-09
Wednesday, KKR vs RCB Durban 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
29-Apr-09
Wednesday, PKXI vs MI Durban 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
29-Apr-09
Thursday, DC vs DD Pretoria 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
30-Apr-09
Thursday, RR vs CSK Pretoria 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
30-Apr-09
Friday, MI vs KKR East London 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
1-May-09
Friday, PKXI vs RCB Durban 8 p.m.to 11 p.m.
1-May-09
Saturday, DC vs RR Port Elizabeth 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
2-May-09
Saturday, DD vs CSK Johannesburg 8 p.m. to 11p.m.
2-May-09
Sunday, KKR vs PKXI Port Elizabeth 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
3-May-09
Sunday, RCB vs MI Johannesburg 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
3-May-09
Monday, CSK vs DC East London 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
4-May-09
Tuesday, RR vs PKXI Durban 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
5-May-09
Tuesday DD vs KKR Durban 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
5-May-09
Wednesday, DC vs MI Pretoria 8 p.m.to 11 p.m.
6-May-09
Thursday, RCB vs RR Pretoria 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
7-May-09
Thursday, PKXI vs CSK Pretoria 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
7-May-09
Friday, DD vs MI East London 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
8-May-09
Saturday, DC vs PKXI Kimberley 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
9-May-09
Saturday, CSK vs RR Kimberley 8 p.m. to 11p.m.
9-May-09
Sunday, MI vs RCB Port Elizabeth 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
10-May-09
Sunday, KKR vs DD Johannesburg 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
10-May-09
Monday, RR vs DC Kimberley 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
11-May-09
Tuesday RCB vs KKR Pretoria 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
12-May-09
Tuesday, MI vs PKXI Pretoria 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
12-May-09
Wednesday, DD vs DC Durban 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
13-May-09
Thursday, RCB vs CSK Durban 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
14-May-09
Thursday, MI vs RR Durban 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
14-May-09
Friday, PKXI vs DD Bloemfontein 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
15-May-09
Saturday, CSK vs MI Port Elizabeth 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
16-May-09
Saturday, KKR vs DC Johannesburg 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
16-May-09
Sunday, PKXI vs DC Johannesburg 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
17-May-09
Sunday, RR vs DD Bloemfontein 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
17-May-09
Monday, KKR vs CSK Pretoria 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
18-May-09
Tuesday, DD vs RCB Johannesburg 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
19-May-09
Wednesday, RR vs KKR Durban 4 p.m.to 7 p.m.
20-May-09
Wednesday, CSK vs PKXI Durban 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
20-May-09
Thursday, MI vs DD Pretoria 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
21-May-09
Thursday, DC vs RCB Pretoria 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
21-May-09
Friday, Semi Final 1 Pretoria 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
22-May-09
Saturday, Semi Final 2 Johannesburg 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
23-May-09
Sunday, FINAL Johannesburg 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
24-May-09
Nowadays you can hear about the IPL fever. Every news channel or sport channel or paper talks about IPL. This year's IPL is special. I am sure you would have guessed y this years IPL is special. To start off what does IPL stand for? IPL - Indian Premier League.
Well if its Indian Premier league then it should be happening in India. But this year IPL is special. The games are not played in India; instead it’s been played in South Africa. So I guess the organizers’ should change the name from IPL to NRIPL. When an India goes abroad he gets a status called NRI then y can’t our cricket board call this event NRIPL? Hopefully next season of the IPL will be played in India.
I am sure many would be wonder or thinking about the schedule of the match. Below is the schedule of the matches for this season. Go ahead and enjoy the match.
IPL Season II - Schedule, teams and players, in South Africa
Date Teams Venue Time (IST)
Saturday, MI Vs CSK Cape Town 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
18-Apr-09
Saturday, RR vs RCB Cape Town 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
18-Apr-09
Sunday, DD vs PKXI Cape Town 4 p.m. to 7p.m.
19-Apr-09
Sunday, DC vs KKR Cape Town 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
19-Apr-09
Monday, CSK vs RCB Port Elizabeth 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
20-Apr-09
Tuesday, PKXI vs KKR Durban 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
21-Apr-09
Tuesday, RR vs MI Durban 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
21-Apr-09
Wednesday, RCB vs DC Cape Town 8 p.m. to 11p.m.
22-Apr-09
Thursday, CSK vs DD Durban 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
23-Apr-09
Thursday, KKR vs RR Cape Town 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
23-Apr-09
Friday, RCB vs PKXI Durban 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
24-Apr-09
Saturday, MI vs DC Durban 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
25-Apr-09
Saturday, CSK vs KKR Cape Town 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
25-Apr-09
Sunday, RCB vs DD Port Elizabeth 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
26-Apr-09
Sunday, PKXI vs RR Cape Town 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
26-Apr-09
Monday, DC vs CSK Durban 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
27-Apr-09
Monday, KKR vs MI Port Elizabeth 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
27-Apr-09
Tuesday, DD vs RR Pretoria 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
28-Apr-09
Wednesday, KKR vs RCB Durban 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
29-Apr-09
Wednesday, PKXI vs MI Durban 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
29-Apr-09
Thursday, DC vs DD Pretoria 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
30-Apr-09
Thursday, RR vs CSK Pretoria 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
30-Apr-09
Friday, MI vs KKR East London 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
1-May-09
Friday, PKXI vs RCB Durban 8 p.m.to 11 p.m.
1-May-09
Saturday, DC vs RR Port Elizabeth 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
2-May-09
Saturday, DD vs CSK Johannesburg 8 p.m. to 11p.m.
2-May-09
Sunday, KKR vs PKXI Port Elizabeth 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
3-May-09
Sunday, RCB vs MI Johannesburg 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
3-May-09
Monday, CSK vs DC East London 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
4-May-09
Tuesday, RR vs PKXI Durban 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
5-May-09
Tuesday DD vs KKR Durban 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
5-May-09
Wednesday, DC vs MI Pretoria 8 p.m.to 11 p.m.
6-May-09
Thursday, RCB vs RR Pretoria 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
7-May-09
Thursday, PKXI vs CSK Pretoria 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
7-May-09
Friday, DD vs MI East London 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
8-May-09
Saturday, DC vs PKXI Kimberley 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
9-May-09
Saturday, CSK vs RR Kimberley 8 p.m. to 11p.m.
9-May-09
Sunday, MI vs RCB Port Elizabeth 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
10-May-09
Sunday, KKR vs DD Johannesburg 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
10-May-09
Monday, RR vs DC Kimberley 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
11-May-09
Tuesday RCB vs KKR Pretoria 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
12-May-09
Tuesday, MI vs PKXI Pretoria 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
12-May-09
Wednesday, DD vs DC Durban 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
13-May-09
Thursday, RCB vs CSK Durban 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
14-May-09
Thursday, MI vs RR Durban 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
14-May-09
Friday, PKXI vs DD Bloemfontein 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
15-May-09
Saturday, CSK vs MI Port Elizabeth 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
16-May-09
Saturday, KKR vs DC Johannesburg 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
16-May-09
Sunday, PKXI vs DC Johannesburg 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
17-May-09
Sunday, RR vs DD Bloemfontein 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
17-May-09
Monday, KKR vs CSK Pretoria 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
18-May-09
Tuesday, DD vs RCB Johannesburg 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
19-May-09
Wednesday, RR vs KKR Durban 4 p.m.to 7 p.m.
20-May-09
Wednesday, CSK vs PKXI Durban 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
20-May-09
Thursday, MI vs DD Pretoria 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
21-May-09
Thursday, DC vs RCB Pretoria 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
21-May-09
Friday, Semi Final 1 Pretoria 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
22-May-09
Saturday, Semi Final 2 Johannesburg 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
23-May-09
Sunday, FINAL Johannesburg 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
24-May-09
Friday, March 20, 2009
Choice @ Work
Last week there was training on Choice @ work in my office conducted by an institute called Arbinger. After attending this training I am not sure what happened to me I seam to be a changed person. The way I look at things and the perspective I have has changed. This training came at the right time, when I need some change in my life. I really need to thank Mr Senthyil. This is one of the best trainings I have ever had in my life.
Before I tell about the training I would like to tell something about Senthyil (Not an intro about him) the way he presented to the class. Never have I seen such a presentation. No ppt’s for the presentation and still keeping the people in the classroom awake and enthusiastic. I am sure no person in the class would have slept or nor would he have ever left his mind wandering. Senthyil know how to get peoples attention and how to keep the class active. The voice modulation that he has is just amazing. The stories and examples that he gives are just awesome.
Now let me tell you something about the training. A week before the training started we were given a book from Arbinger, its titled “Leadership and Self-Deception”. To be very frank I have never read any book till now. Well I am not talking about technical books. This is the first non technical book that I have read in my life. And the book is so great that I was just hooked to the book. Each chapter is so interesting that when u read that you feel that you need to finish the next chapter and you will be curious to check what is there in the next chapter. I finished maximum chapters before the training.
The training was supposed to start at 9 AM and last till 5 PM but as expected the training started 30 min late. But the time was not wasted by Senthyil. As people were occupying the seats he went and introduced himself to each person. He asked our names and made a note in a piece of paper. At 9:30 AM he started the course. He introduced himself to the room. He was in the Singapore Army and retired as a Major. After that he joined the Arbinger and is currently heading the South East Asia operations. Then after introducing himself, he told each of our names. There were around 25 people for the training and without missing a person he told everyone’s name in the room. I was totally zapped by that. Don’t know how he remembered all these names in less than half hour.
After that he started the course. He was giving his own life experience and examples. I am sure most of the people in the room would be thinking or relating to their own life experience. As the book name suggests the course is not only for people for their leadership, it is for anyone and everyone. This course information can be used in everybody’s normal life. The training is all about how you see people and what you see about them.
If at any time in your life if you get a chance of attending this training DON’T MISS IT. If you miss this training, you are really missing something in your life.
Go ahead and enjoy your life. !!!
Before I tell about the training I would like to tell something about Senthyil (Not an intro about him) the way he presented to the class. Never have I seen such a presentation. No ppt’s for the presentation and still keeping the people in the classroom awake and enthusiastic. I am sure no person in the class would have slept or nor would he have ever left his mind wandering. Senthyil know how to get peoples attention and how to keep the class active. The voice modulation that he has is just amazing. The stories and examples that he gives are just awesome.
Now let me tell you something about the training. A week before the training started we were given a book from Arbinger, its titled “Leadership and Self-Deception”. To be very frank I have never read any book till now. Well I am not talking about technical books. This is the first non technical book that I have read in my life. And the book is so great that I was just hooked to the book. Each chapter is so interesting that when u read that you feel that you need to finish the next chapter and you will be curious to check what is there in the next chapter. I finished maximum chapters before the training.
The training was supposed to start at 9 AM and last till 5 PM but as expected the training started 30 min late. But the time was not wasted by Senthyil. As people were occupying the seats he went and introduced himself to each person. He asked our names and made a note in a piece of paper. At 9:30 AM he started the course. He introduced himself to the room. He was in the Singapore Army and retired as a Major. After that he joined the Arbinger and is currently heading the South East Asia operations. Then after introducing himself, he told each of our names. There were around 25 people for the training and without missing a person he told everyone’s name in the room. I was totally zapped by that. Don’t know how he remembered all these names in less than half hour.
After that he started the course. He was giving his own life experience and examples. I am sure most of the people in the room would be thinking or relating to their own life experience. As the book name suggests the course is not only for people for their leadership, it is for anyone and everyone. This course information can be used in everybody’s normal life. The training is all about how you see people and what you see about them.
If at any time in your life if you get a chance of attending this training DON’T MISS IT. If you miss this training, you are really missing something in your life.
Go ahead and enjoy your life. !!!
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Netbeans IDE
It’s been a long time since I have written a blog. I happen to see this contest in Netbeans and was thinking about writing about one of my most userful and efficient IDE - NetBeans.
If there is an opportunity to win 10 point y miss the bus.
I have been using Netbeans for over a year now. I believe the best feature that netbeans has is the support for swings. I have created couple of project as a hobby and have posted it in sourceforge.
http://prabeshb.sourceforge.net/ . This is a very small utility for finding similar word in different files. I was able to make this utility in very short time and with great quality.
Creating application in netbeans is one of the easiest. To create a project click on File > New Project. You can use short cut keys also to create the project Ctrl + shift + N. Once you click on the New Project, a dialogue window opens which contains many options for creating project. There are not only java application that can be created but also web application, mobility, UML, SOA, Ruby, C/C++ etc. To create a java swings application click on the Java category and select the Java Desktop Application menu under the projects section as shown in the project below.
Click on the next button and you can mention the project name and project location. After you enter the project details on click of finish button the base class and the layout is created by netbeans. So you need not worry about creating the layout and initial setting. The design view is displayed as the finish button is clicked. On the right hand side there are many palettes available that can be dragged and dropped. The drag and drop feature is very useful when creating the application. Simply drag the controls and place it where ever you like in the base panel and that will be stuck to that location. You can alter the location of the control by simply dragging the control. The figure below shows the different section for the netbeans IDE.
To run the application I prefer shortcut keys. To run the application you can use the F6 key. As you click the key the classes will start to compile and the output will be popped up. To clean and make a fresh build you can use Shift + F11.
I hope these small tips and quick guide will help you create wonderful desktop application. Do let me know if anyone needs any information or help in creating desktop application. I will be overjoyed to help you. You can write to me at:prabeshb@gmail.com
If there is an opportunity to win 10 point y miss the bus.
I have been using Netbeans for over a year now. I believe the best feature that netbeans has is the support for swings. I have created couple of project as a hobby and have posted it in sourceforge.
http://prabeshb.sourceforge.net/ . This is a very small utility for finding similar word in different files. I was able to make this utility in very short time and with great quality.
Creating application in netbeans is one of the easiest. To create a project click on File > New Project. You can use short cut keys also to create the project Ctrl + shift + N. Once you click on the New Project, a dialogue window opens which contains many options for creating project. There are not only java application that can be created but also web application, mobility, UML, SOA, Ruby, C/C++ etc. To create a java swings application click on the Java category and select the Java Desktop Application menu under the projects section as shown in the project below.
Click on the next button and you can mention the project name and project location. After you enter the project details on click of finish button the base class and the layout is created by netbeans. So you need not worry about creating the layout and initial setting. The design view is displayed as the finish button is clicked. On the right hand side there are many palettes available that can be dragged and dropped. The drag and drop feature is very useful when creating the application. Simply drag the controls and place it where ever you like in the base panel and that will be stuck to that location. You can alter the location of the control by simply dragging the control. The figure below shows the different section for the netbeans IDE.
To run the application I prefer shortcut keys. To run the application you can use the F6 key. As you click the key the classes will start to compile and the output will be popped up. To clean and make a fresh build you can use Shift + F11.
I hope these small tips and quick guide will help you create wonderful desktop application. Do let me know if anyone needs any information or help in creating desktop application. I will be overjoyed to help you. You can write to me at:prabeshb@gmail.com
Monday, June 23, 2008
First long haul
A new car brings all its joys and with it the service plans. I am not sure how many of us have managed to make the 1000 K.M mark in the first month. It is difficult challenge for me. But I have decided not to give up. There are various ways of reaching the 1000 mark. Drive all day, all week. Drive back and forth your home town that’s over 300 KM away. But either of these options may not be feasible until you finish the 1000 mark. Here is what I did--Drive to Bengaluru International Airport (BIAL).
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We had our own interests apart from the target KM. We wanted to know the road to BIAL, the distance, the traffic situation and of course see our new international airport. So, we (my brother, my sis-in-law, and me) set out on this city adventure, Oh, yes it was after an awesome lunch that my SIL had prepared for us (I will write about her culinary skills another time, but sssh! don tell her.)
The new airport is a little over 40 KM (I think its 43) from my house so a return trip is 80 to 86 KM. When started from our house at 2:30 PM, took the old madras road and then the KR Puram flyover. At the Hebbal flyover, we took a right turn. DO NOT TAKE THE FLYOVER. That road is OK, it has tons of speed breakers which was nasty. The speed breakers were no match for my Indigo. Not once did the creatively constructed speed breakers touch the base of my car. Awesome clearance. That was good news already. I have heard many complain about road being not approachable, but I don't think I would agree. The road is pretty accessible and with the 3 lane on either side, it does make the driving easier compared to the city driving that we are always frustrated.
There was one common sight on the road to BIAL. The Mahindra LOGAN. There are 100's of them plying in Bangalore as airport cabs. I have heard a lot about Logan and during my research to buy a car I had looked at this one also. Logan has good mileage, and the assumption is that the car gives about 18 km in city conditions. Most of the taxis were from Meru (080-44224422, if you need them) or Easy Cabs (I don't remember this number). They were either green (MERU) or white (Easycab). Some of them, I guess had GPS systems. I did not get a closer look, so I won't confirm. All of them were cruising at a good speed on the way to the airport. But I was stuck at 60 kmph, because "my first service of the car is not over yet". Also cruising along the side of our car were the BMTC's new VOLVO buses. There are special services of the Volvo buses from different part of the city the airport and they were just zooming away.
I kept my speed less than 60 so that my vehicle is available for future also. After an hour of drive we reached the much awaited Bangaluru International Airport. The first impression of the airport was really good. It is a huge and I have read it’s about 2000 Acres. As compared to the old HAL airport this airport has enough space and lots of parking area. There is a separating parking space for buses, city taxis and private vehicles. We drove on the outside the airport. We did not take a closer look at the airport as we did not want to spend time there. We then returned back from the airport and headed towards home. We reached back home by 5:30 PM. The ride to the airport was really too good.
That's all from me now. More later, until then...Take Care!!!
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We had our own interests apart from the target KM. We wanted to know the road to BIAL, the distance, the traffic situation and of course see our new international airport. So, we (my brother, my sis-in-law, and me) set out on this city adventure, Oh, yes it was after an awesome lunch that my SIL had prepared for us (I will write about her culinary skills another time, but sssh! don tell her.)
The new airport is a little over 40 KM (I think its 43) from my house so a return trip is 80 to 86 KM. When started from our house at 2:30 PM, took the old madras road and then the KR Puram flyover. At the Hebbal flyover, we took a right turn. DO NOT TAKE THE FLYOVER. That road is OK, it has tons of speed breakers which was nasty. The speed breakers were no match for my Indigo. Not once did the creatively constructed speed breakers touch the base of my car. Awesome clearance. That was good news already. I have heard many complain about road being not approachable, but I don't think I would agree. The road is pretty accessible and with the 3 lane on either side, it does make the driving easier compared to the city driving that we are always frustrated.
There was one common sight on the road to BIAL. The Mahindra LOGAN. There are 100's of them plying in Bangalore as airport cabs. I have heard a lot about Logan and during my research to buy a car I had looked at this one also. Logan has good mileage, and the assumption is that the car gives about 18 km in city conditions. Most of the taxis were from Meru (080-44224422, if you need them) or Easy Cabs (I don't remember this number). They were either green (MERU) or white (Easycab). Some of them, I guess had GPS systems. I did not get a closer look, so I won't confirm. All of them were cruising at a good speed on the way to the airport. But I was stuck at 60 kmph, because "my first service of the car is not over yet". Also cruising along the side of our car were the BMTC's new VOLVO buses. There are special services of the Volvo buses from different part of the city the airport and they were just zooming away.
I kept my speed less than 60 so that my vehicle is available for future also. After an hour of drive we reached the much awaited Bangaluru International Airport. The first impression of the airport was really good. It is a huge and I have read it’s about 2000 Acres. As compared to the old HAL airport this airport has enough space and lots of parking area. There is a separating parking space for buses, city taxis and private vehicles. We drove on the outside the airport. We did not take a closer look at the airport as we did not want to spend time there. We then returned back from the airport and headed towards home. We reached back home by 5:30 PM. The ride to the airport was really too good.
That's all from me now. More later, until then...Take Care!!!
Monday, June 16, 2008
Style Does Matter ...
As promised i was not able to update the Euro scores. Instead I thought to put the widgets so that any one can look at the score rather than me updating daily.
I recently brought a new Tata Indigo CS car. Then it struck me write something about that. I went in search of some good article on Indigo so that anyone who is going in next for that can have a look at this article. Before deciding on this car I have researched and zeroed down to: Maruti SX4, Sokda Fabia, Wagon R, Versa, Esteem, UVA, AVEO.
Then I had to decide what I want. I wanted a luxury vehicle in my budget price of 5 lakhs, a vehicle with boot space, and good leg space for driver seat as well as for the back seater. Then after shortlisting I had zeroed down to TATA INDIGO CS. Just the day before I finalise on the car the petrol prices went up then I made my final decision of going for Diesel car. As the advertisement says “At last style does matter”.
Tata Motors has cut down the overall length of existing Indigo to avail the tax benefits of small car for the Indigo CS. Tata Motors dubs the new Indigo CS as the "World's most compact sedan".
It has two engine variants - 1.2 litres petrol and 1.4 litres diesel. Both are available in 2 variants. The petrol variant of CS is equipped with a multi-point fuel injection engine powered by a 32bit microprocessor and churns out a maximum power of 65PS @ 5200 rpm. The diesel variant comes with the turbo-charged intercooled engine that generates 70PS @ 4500 rpm. The petrol variants will have beige interiors, while the diesel variants will have black interiors.
In terms of looks - the front is exactly the same like Indica V2, also the instrument cluster and interior design has been picked as it is from Indica. But at the rear Tata's job has worked wonders! It has new rear bumper and new tail light cluster which looks quite good and small boot is looking great in comparison to other indigo models. Now the boot looks a part of the car - not a add on!
It is true value for money sedan but the quality issues are still same like other Tata vehicles. Plastic quality is very cheap, fit and finish is poor, wide panel gaps and inferior quality fabric on seats and door panels. The base versions are somewhat avoidable - with black colored bumpers and no Power Steering. There are no power windows - even in top version also!! No steering adjustment! The only reason to buy Indigo CS is that the range starts from 4.50 lakhs on road price for petrol and for diesel its 5.11 lakhs on road.
ENGINE SPECIFICATIONS:
ENGINE SPECIFICATIONS:
Displacement:1396cc, TDi Engine Type:Diesel Maximum Power:70bhp@4500rpm Maximum Torque:135Nm@2500rpm
DIMENSIONS:
Length:3988 mm Width:1620 mm Height:1540 mm
Seating Capacity:5 Tyre Size:175/65 R14 Suspension:Independent McPherson Strut Turning Circle:5.00 Boot Space:380.00 Steering:No Power Steering Brakes:Front Disk, Rear Drum Gears:5 Manual Ground Clearance:165.00 Kerb Weight:1065.00 Fuel Tank:42.00
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
My Interest
Hi..
Most of my blogs were related to technology. For a change let me write about something that’s happening now. The EURO 2008. I will try to put in the updates daily of the match -- IF POSSIBLE DAILY.... :-)
Most of the matches till now were not very exciting. They are mostly one sided or a boring game. There was one match which was really good, Romanian Vs France. Without Thierry Henry France side was looking very dull. Romanian gave a good fight but the match ended in draw.
Today's match is Czech Republic Vs Portugal. Well my bet is on
The other match of the day is the Swiss Vs Turkey. Well not an interesting match but Swiss has got the home side advantage. The current group position is as below.
| Group A | Group B | |||||||
| Teams | Pld | +/- | Pts | Teams | Pld | +/- | Pts | |
| Portugal | 1 | 2 | 3 | Germany | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Czech Republic | 1 | 1 | 3 | Croatia | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Switzerland | 1 | -1 | 0 | Austria | 1 | -1 | 0 | |
| Turkey | 1 | -2 | 0 | Poland | 1 | -2 | 0 | |
| Group C | Group D | |||||||
| Teams | Pld | +/- | Pts | Teams | Pld | +/- | Pts | |
| Netherlands | 1 | 3 | 3 | Spain | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
| France | 1 | 0 | 1 | Sweden | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Romania | 1 | 0 | 1 | Greece | 1 | -2 | 0 | |
| Italy | 1 | -3 | 0 | Russia | 1 | -3 | 0 | |
| Key: | ||||||||
| Pld | Matches played | |||||||
| +/- | Goal difference | |||||||
| Pts | Points | |||||||
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Using terminal services
When i was working on my new project i had a very good onsite coordinator who was teaching us each and every parts of the project very well and in details. It was little funny at the start when we had him explaining each and every part very carefully and in details just like spoon feeding a small child.
But it was very useful session that we had. He taught us how to use terminal services. At first when we heard about terminal services we did not understand what it was. We were using windows XP. So when someone says terminal services we were shocked.
Hold on before i go further you must be wondering whom am i saying we we we... Well its just a small team from India with Pradeep and myself. Pradeep is a good expert in technology.When i say technology its not specific technology. Any new technology to be learned he learns very fast not only that he can learns he does lots of R&D in the new stuffs.
Okay now about terminal services:
When we heard about terminal services we thought that it was something great and tough. But the way our onsite coordinator took the class we were just amazed. The onsite coordinator(Jon Aquilio) one of the best person to teach freshers about any technology. He taught the usage of terminal service very perfectly.
Terminal services is nothing but using Remote desktop in windows XP. To open the remote desktop dialog click on start > programs > accessories > communications > Remote Desktop Connection. In the dialog enter the IP address or system name of the system that you would like to connect. Remember that you can connect to systems that have windows flavour. You will not be able to connect to a Unix/Linux box.
After you enter the IP address/system name click on connect button. This will take you to a screen that will ask for username and password. The username and password of the system you would like to connect. After logging you will be able to see the desktop of the machine you are connecting. You will be able to work on that system very similar to the way you work in you desktop. The only difference is that the other system is little slowers that your normal desktop.
Once you have used the other system dont just close the window. You will be have to logoff from that system. To log off click on the start button and select log off user. This will log off you from that machine and someone else will be able to connect to that system.
Thats it. Now you know how to use terminal services. :-)
yahooooooooooooooooo!!! and i have a satisfaction that i taught someone. If you find any information on this article not correct please let me know so that i can change those and let others who read be updated with the right knowledge.
- Cheers be happy and live happy. :-)
But it was very useful session that we had. He taught us how to use terminal services. At first when we heard about terminal services we did not understand what it was. We were using windows XP. So when someone says terminal services we were shocked.
Hold on before i go further you must be wondering whom am i saying we we we... Well its just a small team from India with Pradeep and myself. Pradeep is a good expert in technology.When i say technology its not specific technology. Any new technology to be learned he learns very fast not only that he can learns he does lots of R&D in the new stuffs.
Okay now about terminal services:
When we heard about terminal services we thought that it was something great and tough. But the way our onsite coordinator took the class we were just amazed. The onsite coordinator(Jon Aquilio) one of the best person to teach freshers about any technology. He taught the usage of terminal service very perfectly.
Terminal services is nothing but using Remote desktop in windows XP. To open the remote desktop dialog click on start > programs > accessories > communications > Remote Desktop Connection. In the dialog enter the IP address or system name of the system that you would like to connect. Remember that you can connect to systems that have windows flavour. You will not be able to connect to a Unix/Linux box.
After you enter the IP address/system name click on connect button. This will take you to a screen that will ask for username and password. The username and password of the system you would like to connect. After logging you will be able to see the desktop of the machine you are connecting. You will be able to work on that system very similar to the way you work in you desktop. The only difference is that the other system is little slowers that your normal desktop.
Once you have used the other system dont just close the window. You will be have to logoff from that system. To log off click on the start button and select log off user. This will log off you from that machine and someone else will be able to connect to that system.
Thats it. Now you know how to use terminal services. :-)
yahooooooooooooooooo!!! and i have a satisfaction that i taught someone. If you find any information on this article not correct please let me know so that i can change those and let others who read be updated with the right knowledge.
- Cheers be happy and live happy. :-)
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
input type="image" submit's the form
When we have a input type="image" inside a form then that image link can be used to submit the form. No need to write seperate onclick function to submit the form.
This can happen only for input type="image". It does not apply to img src="".....
Need to take extra care when using input type="image". Or else form will be submitted.
This can happen only for input type="image". It does not apply to img src="".....
Need to take extra care when using input type="image". Or else form will be submitted.
Monday, May 22, 2006
Dynamically adding text box in JSP
You can dynamically add text box on runtime when you click on add Button.
Assume you need to create a text box and on run time when you click on add button.
Create a for loop around the text box and on click of the add button increment the for loop condition variable.
for Example.
for(int i=0;i<=count;i++){
text box code.....
}
Add Button.(onClick="javascript:reloadPage();");
when the add button is clicked in the javascript code resubmit to the page.
On top of the page in scriptlet have a variable called count initialise to 1.
for Example: int count = 1;
When the page reloads increment the count with 1. like count++;
Now the count will be 2 and in forloop 2 text box will be created.
If u need the value of the 1st text box to retain. Take that value in request and reassign to the text box.
For text box have the variable as textbox<%=i%>
So each time the loop comes it will create dynamic text box.
Assume you need to create a text box and on run time when you click on add button.
Create a for loop around the text box and on click of the add button increment the for loop condition variable.
for Example.
for(int i=0;i<=count;i++){
text box code.....
}
Add Button.(onClick="javascript:reloadPage();");
when the add button is clicked in the javascript code resubmit to the page.
On top of the page in scriptlet have a variable called count initialise to 1.
for Example: int count = 1;
When the page reloads increment the count with 1. like count++;
Now the count will be 2 and in forloop 2 text box will be created.
If u need the value of the 1st text box to retain. Take that value in request and reassign to the text box.
For text box have the variable as textbox<%=i%>
So each time the loop comes it will create dynamic text box.
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
System.out.println OR out.println
When u get any error in JSP this first step to find the problem is to give System.out.println(If you want to see the output in console) OR you can use out.println(If you want to see the output in the screen itself). Try to give as much as possible.
Right click on the jsp you might get a null pointer exception in the view source.
Right click on the jsp you might get a null pointer exception in the view source.
Sunday, March 12, 2006
Shortcut debug technique for developers in JSP/JAVA
I have intended to start this blog as a first step to get my thought on the web. There are many ways to debug an application. Many of them have their own style. I intend to put some of my ways of debugging. I am not sure if this will help you to solve your problem. But just give it a try may be its saves your time.:-)
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