This one is heights! Cloud computing explained by a former IRS commissioner;

At last a guy has taken the time to write this all down

Finally, the guys’ side of the story. 
( I must admit, it’s pretty good.) 
We always hear "the rules"
From the female side….

Now here are the rules from the male side.

These are our rules! 
Please note.. these are all numbered "1" 
ON PURPOSE!

1.   Men are NOT mind readers. 
(FIRST & FOREMOST RULE)

1. Sunday sports – It’s like the full moon or the changing of the tides. 
Let it be. 

only if you want help solving it. That’s what we do. Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for. 

1. Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an argument. 
In fact, all comments become null and void after 7 Days. 

1. If you think you’re fat, you probably are.  Don’t ask us. 

1. If something we said can be interpreted two ways and one of the ways makes you sad or angry, we meant the other one

1. You can either ask us to do something or tell us how you want it done. 
Not both. 
If you already know best how to do it , just do it yourself. 

1. Whenever possible, please say whatever you have to say during commercials. 

1. Christopher Columbus did NOT need directions and neither do we. 

1. ALL men see in only 16 colors, like Windows default settings. 
Peach, for example, is a fruit, not A color. Pumpkin is also a fruit. We have no idea what mauve is.

1. If it itches, it will be scratched. 
We do that. 

1. If we ask what is wrong and you say "nothing", We will act like nothing’s wrong. 
We know you are lying, but it is just not worth the hassle. 

1. If you ask a question you don’t want an answer to, expect an answer you don’t want to hear. 

1. When we have to go somewhere, absolutely anything you wear is fine… Really .

1. Don’t ask us what we’re thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss such topics as Football 
or Hockey.

1. You have enough clothes. 

1. You have too many shoes. 

1. I am in shape. Round IS a shape! 

1. Thank you for reading this. 
Yes, I know, I have to sleep on the couch tonight; 

But did you know men really don’t mind that? It’s like camping. 

It was one of the best of its kind before the acquisition, I still have mine working!

Not sure what happened to those folks there, used to be a great company – I built my career based on their technology and now all I hear is that everyone *is lost in there*, well, literally yes!

More at http://moneywatch.bnet.com/investing/news/cisco-plans-to-shut-its-flip-camcorder-business/6215663/

Onemint has a great article regarding the same with factual data as below; The following are the quick graphs but head over to Onemint to get analysis and as well as the raw data in numbers.

 Gold Rate for the year 2009; [8 grams 22 Carat]

Gold Rate for the period 1925 to 2010; [8 grams 22 Carat]

Whether there is a market down situation or high inflation, for Indians, this metal has always been closer to heart and is one of the emotional values (other being the House) rather than as an investment. Well, the graphs above show that it does pay!

Source:KeralaGold.com

• “It’s amazing when people come in for an interview and say, ‘Can you tell me about your business?’ Seriously, people. There’s an Internet. Look it up.” -HR professional in New York City
• “A lot of managers don’t want to hire people with young kids, and they use all sorts of tricks to find that out, illegally. One woman kept a picture of two really cute children on her desk even though she didn’t have children [hoping job candidates would ask about them]. Another guy used to walk people out to their car to see whether they had car seats.” -Cynthia Shapiro, former human resources executive and author of Corporate Confidential: 50 Secrets Your Company Doesn’t Want You to Know
• “Is it harder to get the job if you’re fat? Absolutely. Like George Clooney’s character said in Up in the Air, ‘I stereotype. It’s faster.’” -Suzanne Lucas, a former HR executive and the Evil HR Lady on bnet.com
• “If you’ve got a weak handshake, I make a note of it.” -HR manager at a medical-equipment sales firm
• “If you’re a candidate and the hiring manager spends 45 minutes talking about himself, the company or his Harley, let him. He’s going to come out of the interview saying you’re a great candidate.”  -Kris Dunn, chief human resources officer at Atlanta-based Kinetix, who blogs athrcapitalist.com

Well this does sound creepy folks!

More at http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/career/dirty-little-secrets-of-hr/2905

Watching over CNN, after Egypt similar demands are going on across several Islamic countries like Libya, Bahrain, Yemen and how many more is something yet to be seen.

Now NetworkWorld says that the internet connection in Libya is cut down as more and more people at hitting down the roads with protest! Guess it is for good.

Thiruvananthapuram : The number of unemployed, including medical graduates and engineers, has risen to 4.3 million in Kerala, says an economic review tabled in the assembly Wednesday.
As of June 2010, the number of unemployed included 1.6 million professional and technical job seekers. In 2009 the total unemployed tally stood at 4.3 million.
The unemployed include 1,885 medical graduates, 6,965 engineers, 34,653 diploma holders, 361 agricultural graduates and 345 veterinary graduates as well as 44,976 post-graduates.
As of March 31, 2010, over 2.4 million women were seeking work compared to over 1.7 million men.
Thiruvanathapuram district had the highest number of unemployed followed by Kollam, reveals the review. Wayanad had the least number of unemployed at 88,940.
Figures also show that as of December 2009, a total of 615,431 people were employed in the public sector and 501,265 in the private sector.

So much for a state that was and is declared ‘Fully Literate State’ in India!

CNN reports that Egypt’s main internet Service Provider’s links are down and it means on the Internet, Egypt is disconnected. I think this is first of this kind!

Read the full story by heading over to CNN

Have some time, watch this TED video;

So at the time when I watched this, the theory of ‘work doesn’t happen at work’ seems to be agreed by over 95% of the people who voted!

It feels good to see that the wealthiest people are pledging major chunk of their wealth to Charity. There is no other way to pool in money to help out charity and take a look at the GivingPledge Site.

Zuckerberg is the latest joinee as I read from Forbes.

I wonder if such is happening in all places other than USA, especially wondering if it is happening in Indian Soil as well!

Escapes from death but later falls prey to it

Posted on: 30 Nov 2010

Parassala: A person who miraculously escaped from a car accident was later killed by electrocution at the same spot. The deceased is Ilamkol, 40, from Sucheendram, Tamil Nadu, who fell to the jaws of death. The incident occurred at Inchivila on Monday early morning.
Ilamkol was on his way to Thiruvananthapuram from Sucheendram. His car, which lost control, hit an electric post and he escaped miraculously even though the electric post fell over his car. He later hired an auto and informed the matter in KSEB office.
Returning to the spot to take his belongings from the car, he was electrocuted from the electric wire while trying to open the door. Though he was rushed to the Karakkonam Medical College, his life could not be saved. His wife is Reena and children Rithin and Riyal.

Watch it, can’t resist

Took the delivery of SX4 (ZXi, BS-IV) on 28th of October 2010 and already put 1000 KM on the ODO. It is indeed a good car and takes much on delivery. I still miss my WagonR though!

News Highlights:

• Purchase of all of McAfee’s common stock for $48 per share in cash, valuing the deal at approximately $7.68 billion. McAfee will operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary, reporting into Intel’s Software and Services Group.
• Acquisition enables a combination of security software and hardware from one company to ultimately better protect consumers, corporations and governments as billions of devices – and the server and cloud networks that manage them – go online.
• Intel elevates focus on security on par with energy-efficient performance and connectivity. The acquisition augments Intel’s mobile wireless strategy, helping to better assure customer and consumer security concerns as these billions of devices connect.
• Intel has made a number of software-related acquisitions of leaders in their respective industries that also rely on great silicon, including Wind River, Havok and now McAfee.

Press Release:- [ Here ]