Freezing Rain

"Its freezing here ! "

Literally ...
the temperature has dipped below 32F (0`C) here in College Station.
The a look at the current temperature reading (see picture )

The "feels like" value is the temperature drop caused by the wind-chill factor

(Picture is a screengrab from the website of weather.com)

We have an ice storm warning in progress.

Rain drops that reach the ground surface freeze and turn to ice. Some parts of town report having ice formed on the road.

Two nifty PDF Tools

Two nifty PDF tools that have made life simple

 

CutePDF :(Freeware) CutePdf is a software that can convert virtually any format document into a pdf file.

It installs itself as another printer on your machine, and from any program that you can print, just select the CutePDF printer and enter a filename, and voila, you have a pdf version of the same.

You can get Cutepdf from (www.cutepdf.com) while you are there, don't forget to grab the free GhostScript program that CutePdf also needs.

 

 

PDFSAM :(Freeware-OpenSource) PDFSAM or PDF Split And Merge, is a simple easy to use software that can split or merge pdf documents for you.

You can get pdfSAM from (www.pdfsam.org)

 

(PDF files require a pdf viewer to be installed on your machine. You can get a free copy of the Adobe Acrobat Reader from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html )

 

The names CutePDF and PDFSAM are owned by their respective owners. Adobe, Acrobat, Reader are trademarks or registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated.

Icon War

Do you know what happens while you are asleep and you leave your PC running all
night ? Click here to learn the shocking truth.

Thanks to Steve Bass of PC World for the link.

http://blogs.pcworld.com/tipsandtweaks/

You can get his newsletter by going here http://www.pcworld.com/resource/newsletters/index.asp?sub_source=NL_XB

Tom&Jerry Cartoons

A Tom and Jerry Cartoon from Google Video.

Cold in College Station

Its going to be 32`F in College Station today.
Look at the hourly forecasts to the left betwwen 11am and 3pm

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[32 degrees Farenheit = 0 degrees Celsius]

How to convert:
'F= (9/5)'C + 32
=> 'C = ('F-32)*(5/9)

(Click on the image(s) to see a larger view)

Thanksgiving Day

Nov 23rd, was Thanksgiving day here in the US.

 

Thanksgiving day has many significances, generally it is a day of expression of Gratitude to God for all the blessings of the previous year. It is also a day for family to gather together from afar and spend some time together. (This also makes it one of the most busy travel periods in the US and other parts of the world)

 

Wikipedia has a nice article on this day. Goto http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thanksgiving&oldid=89889167 and read up on it.

 

Chennai on Wikipedia

Did you know that, as of 2006, Chennai (Madras) has a population of 6,957,669 (about 7 million) ? I sure didn't. 

Take a look at this fascinating write-up on Chennai on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chennai&oldid=89717557

 

My homepage is now active

I finally managed to get my homepage on the Dept Website up and running.

Take a peek at http://students.cs.tamu.edu/suneil/

 

 

Quantum Relativity

Here's a quote I found a day or two back:

"Ever since the mathematicians got ahold of relativity, I find that even I
don't understand it." -Albert Einstein

Test from CS Mail Account

This is a test post from my CS Mail Account.

Test from Neo account

This is a test post from my Neo Account.

India Association hosts "dia"

An Indian Cultural Program was hosted today by the IA at the Rudder Theatre.
Named "dia" the program had Musical Performances, a Drama, an Antakshari event and more.

'dia' is a play on the word "diya" which means "lamp"

I couldn't go for it since I have a presentation due first thing tomorrow that's worth 30% of the course grade. I figure that gets more priority.

Some related links:

'dia' poster: http://dsa-stuorg.tamu.edu/ia/dia.html
What is Antakshari :  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antakshari
Define 'diya':  http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3Adiya&btnG=Search

Fire Alarm went off in the Department on Friday

We had a small fire alarm incident on Friday in our building.

We were in the midst of class on Friday. Around 11am just before class was to end, the fire alarm in the building went off. It was an interesting experience, considering that I've never experienced something like this before here.

In order to be compliant with accessibility regulations, the alarm system is supposed to be valid for people who are visually or aurally challenged. This meant that there was a loud warning buzzer, along with a strobe light that flashes about once every 5 seconds. This is accompanied by a automatic voice that tells you that the fire alarm has been activated, so please exit the building while this is being investigated.

There was no panic or confusion as people very calmly exited the building and went to wait outside as the physical plant staff arrived to investigate the situation. There was a joke making the rounds that someone was probably interested in getting out of a test or something.

Anyway, it turned out that someone in the basement was moving something on a cart when the cart bumped into the fire alarm switch, setting off the fire alarm.
So much for all the confusion.

Hello World 2

This blog goes active starting today.
I will be posting snippets from my day or just about anything I find interesting here.

Please leave me a comment if you find something interesting.

Thanks and Gig em'
(http://aggietraditions.tamu.edu/gigem.shtml)

This is a test post

This is a test post being emailed directly from my email account.
This way, I don't have to login to this site to post, rather I can just email the contents and they will get posted here.

Blog under going renovation

The template of this blog is undergoing massive renovation.
Please bear with me as I try to find a scheme that I like

Over the next couple of months, you can expect to see lots of changes in the colour and styling of this page.

Useful Online Utility

Go take a look at this interesting and useful service.
www.changedetection.com offers a "free" website monitoring service.

Let's say you want to know when a certain person's webpage is modified or changed in someway. Instead of manually trying to go look at the site every so often, let changedetection do it for you.

Goto their site, and enter the url of the site you want to monitor. Then enter your email id where you want to be notified.

That's all you have to do. Now, whenever the page that you are monitoring changes, changedetection.com will send you an email notifying you of the change.

November's Post

Exams are around the corner for most people I know.

In case you are reading this and want to spend some time, here are two links you really ought to pay a visit.

World Sunlight Map - A world map showing current sunlight and cloud cover, updated every minute. Its a cool way to spend a few minutes. Visit it over the course of a day...its cool to see your place move from being in the midst of sunlight to going dark.
(Thank you one of the hosts of G4Tech Tv's shows for the above link)

Live Sorting Algorithm Demo - How many sorting alogrithms do you know? Bubble sort / Merge Sort / Quick Sort/... what else? how about 17 different ones?
Want to know how one of these sorting algorithms work? Visit this site to get a graphical representation of how the algorithm works. (This site uses Flash, should work fine in both IE5+ and Firefox.)

All the best for the upcoming exams ...
...and those of you who don't have exams...well..take it easy then...

Catch you later!!

October's Post

Here's this month's post.

Its the month of Diwali in India.

If you want to know what is Diwali or learn something on its origins... take a look here...
http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3Adiwali

or visit this for one of the best write ups I have seen.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diwali

So happy Diwali to all,
see ya!

Why no content? - Answered

I've had people ask me why my blog is empty and not having any content. So here's my reply.

I created this blog basically cause someone I know created a blog and to comment on that I needed a blogspot.com account.

Currently, updating this blog is not on my list of priorities.

It will become active in the future and there will be plenty of activity , but for the next couple of months, its going to be dormant, maybe one post in a month or two.

So hang around, thanks for dropping by and viewing this blog. Come back soon...

FootNote: One of my classmates has a blog up and running with plenty to read/ see. If you want to get an idea of what's going on in our class, pay his blog a visit. It can be found at http://praveenbabu.blogspot.com