I am fond of reading cartoon strips from newspapers....
Like
Calvin and Hobbes, Garfield, Beetle Bailey
Its always a riot!! ;-)
I also frequently visit online syndicates
Here are some of my favorites
Just visit Comics.com and u r bound to find your favorite comic
I visit it for
Pearls before Swine by Stephan Pastis
A mean rat, a dumb pig, and host of other animals including a zebra and weird accented
gators that want to eat that zebra
Dilbert by Scott Adams
Who has not heard of this cubicle dwelling computer engineer that everyone familiarizes themselves with..... I do!!
And meet characters like Dogbert,Ratbert,Asok.....
Then u have to see Penny Arcade....esp. avid gamers
Morning News..from around the world!
Well...Sometimes those bulk mails really give u some great sites
Do you missed ur fav. paper while coming to office today...
Well u can find it at PressDisplay
http://www.pressdisplay.com/
This sites list newspapers from all over the world!!
I mean all over the world
I check for India and found
Times Of India, Economic Times, Hindustan Times (soon to be launched in Mumbai ..yeah!!)
Nicely designed....and guess what no logins and registration required...
Good work!
They also have archives by clicking top RHS calender button
But need to be registered!! :-(
Do visit its a great site
Do you missed ur fav. paper while coming to office today...
Well u can find it at PressDisplay
http://www.pressdisplay.com/
This sites list newspapers from all over the world!!
I mean all over the world
I check for India and found
Times Of India, Economic Times, Hindustan Times (soon to be launched in Mumbai ..yeah!!)
Nicely designed....and guess what no logins and registration required...
Good work!
They also have archives by clicking top RHS calender button
But need to be registered!! :-(
Do visit its a great site
Y2K38...What's that!!
Well its a newer Y2K bug
or to say more accurately Year 2038
just a bit more scarier...
It applies to C applications and esp Linux based
I read this article in Business World (May 16,2005 Issue)
The open source operating system, which more and more companies are migrating to, has met its Y2K. What is the Linux 2038 bug, which industries will be affected first, and how can it be debugged?
Problem arised due to way date is stored in C programs
C uses time_t to save dates and time...
This is an 32 bit datatype....
The highest number that can be stored is
(231 since 1 bit goes to save postitve or negative values) that comes to around
Tuesday 19 January 2038 03:14:07 GMT
that's the date when later the programs in C would translate to 13 December 1901....Thus giving erroneous result...
Well i am waiting for that day....
More to read...
Site dedicated for Y2038
http://www.2038bug.com/
and HowStuffWorks.com
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/question75.htm
or to say more accurately Year 2038
just a bit more scarier...
It applies to C applications and esp Linux based
I read this article in Business World (May 16,2005 Issue)
The open source operating system, which more and more companies are migrating to, has met its Y2K. What is the Linux 2038 bug, which industries will be affected first, and how can it be debugged?
Problem arised due to way date is stored in C programs
C uses time_t to save dates and time...
This is an 32 bit datatype....
The highest number that can be stored is
(231 since 1 bit goes to save postitve or negative values) that comes to around
Tuesday 19 January 2038 03:14:07 GMT
that's the date when later the programs in C would translate to 13 December 1901....Thus giving erroneous result...
Well i am waiting for that day....
More to read...
Site dedicated for Y2038
http://www.2038bug.com/
and HowStuffWorks.com
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/question75.htm
Pavna Lake and Me (and lots of other people...)
6th May 2005
I had gone along with my colleagues for a company camp-out to a serene place called
Pavna Lake.
This is located in Maharashtra state of India
It is near a Lonavala, a famous tourist place.. near Pune
Pavna Lake: 12 kilometers off the highway at Kamshet on the road to Pavna Dam this west-facing site overlooks the Pavna Lake. The take-off is 300 above landing. Good for basic scenic flying and watching the waters turn to gold as the sun sets over in the hills beyond. The site can get pretty thermic even in the late afternoons.
As usual i was carrying my digital camera (Canon A75)
It took us about 3 hours (thanks to some traffic, un-needed stops and missing some turns)
Anyway we got there....and i felt that those 3 hours were worth the wait
Lake and waves
and this one
We all got there and our first job was to put some tents as i was soon going to get dark
ok all done!!
We reached there about 6:00
My first action was to take some snaps
This was one of the first and i thought the best photograph
and a Nice and warm Sunset
LAKE IN THE SUN
When we were about to reach there, we came to know that people were shooting for a famous Crime-Thriller Serial , CID,
The actors were in a power boat
Later when everything was settled and we have put our tents we sat down to eat some great pohas
While some guys were setting up the bar tables...some like me were sitting together and playing antakshari....
After it was about 8:00, the actual party began.
This is Mohit
and these are other guys
(L > R) Saurav,Ojas,Danish, Bala,Neeraj and Chetan
we had some delicious chicken fingers made by our veggie colleague
Vikas Khairwal
Though me being a veggie could not savor those delicious chicken fingers..i feasted on some
lip-smacking and spicy Paneer Kababs
Later after a long night of boozing people went to sleep..while pranksters (yup! we had some) were either dropping cold
ice cubes down somebodys pants (obviously when they were sleepig) or into tents or had their cell phones tones screaming like crazy..just to wake them up...nice one guys....
(luckyly i wasn't the one with ice cubes down my pants...brrrrrh!!)
Best was the next morining when we got up at 6:00 and a breath taking view of one of the forts called Lohgad.
Actually, Pavna Lake is an artificial lake created due a Pavna dam just ahead of the lake.
Pavna Lake is situated in such location that while there u can see 3 forts
Lohgad Tikona and Tungi
This is one taken in the morning
[Lohgad]
after a quick lunch we guys played a cricket match..it was a bit irritating coz the ball use to go down the lake and
some one had to retrieve it ..which would usually be the one placed at that position especially for that.....
After a cricket match and a refreshing tea, we packed all our tents and belongings and headed back to the resort where
we were to rest before we left.
Nothing much happened in afternoon, just waiting for the lunch and after lunch we packed and left for the bus..
End of story
Moral:
Visit Pavna Lake again
Cheers
I had gone along with my colleagues for a company camp-out to a serene place called
Pavna Lake.
This is located in Maharashtra state of India
It is near a Lonavala, a famous tourist place.. near Pune
Pavna Lake: 12 kilometers off the highway at Kamshet on the road to Pavna Dam this west-facing site overlooks the Pavna Lake. The take-off is 300 above landing. Good for basic scenic flying and watching the waters turn to gold as the sun sets over in the hills beyond. The site can get pretty thermic even in the late afternoons.
As usual i was carrying my digital camera (Canon A75)
It took us about 3 hours (thanks to some traffic, un-needed stops and missing some turns)
Anyway we got there....and i felt that those 3 hours were worth the wait
Lake and waves
and this one
We all got there and our first job was to put some tents as i was soon going to get dark
ok all done!!
We reached there about 6:00
My first action was to take some snaps
This was one of the first and i thought the best photograph
and a Nice and warm Sunset
LAKE IN THE SUN
When we were about to reach there, we came to know that people were shooting for a famous Crime-Thriller Serial , CID,
The actors were in a power boat
Later when everything was settled and we have put our tents we sat down to eat some great pohas
While some guys were setting up the bar tables...some like me were sitting together and playing antakshari....
After it was about 8:00, the actual party began.
This is Mohit
and these are other guys
(L > R) Saurav,Ojas,Danish, Bala,Neeraj and Chetan
we had some delicious chicken fingers made by our veggie colleague
Vikas Khairwal
Though me being a veggie could not savor those delicious chicken fingers..i feasted on some
lip-smacking and spicy Paneer Kababs
Later after a long night of boozing people went to sleep..while pranksters (yup! we had some) were either dropping cold
ice cubes down somebodys pants (obviously when they were sleepig) or into tents or had their cell phones tones screaming like crazy..just to wake them up...nice one guys....
(luckyly i wasn't the one with ice cubes down my pants...brrrrrh!!)
Best was the next morining when we got up at 6:00 and a breath taking view of one of the forts called Lohgad.
Actually, Pavna Lake is an artificial lake created due a Pavna dam just ahead of the lake.
Pavna Lake is situated in such location that while there u can see 3 forts
Lohgad Tikona and Tungi
This is one taken in the morning
[Lohgad]
after a quick lunch we guys played a cricket match..it was a bit irritating coz the ball use to go down the lake and
some one had to retrieve it ..which would usually be the one placed at that position especially for that.....
After a cricket match and a refreshing tea, we packed all our tents and belongings and headed back to the resort where
we were to rest before we left.
Nothing much happened in afternoon, just waiting for the lunch and after lunch we packed and left for the bus..
End of story
Moral:
Visit Pavna Lake again
Cheers
Useful info about lonavala
| Some Useful And Interesting Information About Lonavala |
| Railway Stations From Pune To Lonavala And Their Postal Pin Code Numbers | |||
| City | Pin Code No. | City | Pin Code No. |
| Pune | 411 001 | Dehu Road | 412 101 |
| Shivajinagar | 411 005 | Begdewadi (Via -Talegaon ) | 411 506 |
| Khadaki | 411 003 | Ghorawadi | 411 506 |
| Dapodi | 411 012 | Talegaon | 411 506 |
| Kasarwadi | 411 012 | Wadgaon | 410 506 |
| Pimpri | 411 018 | Kamshet | 410 405 |
| Chinchwad | 411 019 | Malavli | 410 401 |
| Akurdi | 411 035 | Lonavala | 410 401 |
| Caves And Forts | |
| Caves And Forts Name | Distance From Lonavala Railway Station |
| Bedsa Caves | 21 km |
| Bhaja Caves | 14 km |
| Karala Caves | 12 km |
| Korigad Fort | 20 km |
| Lohgad Fort | 14 km |
| Rajmachi Fort | 20 km |
| Visapur Fort | 14 km |
| Lakes And Dams | |
| Lakes And Dams Name | Distance From Lonavala |
| Bushi Dam & Lake | Approx 04.00 km |
| Lonavala Dam & Lake | Approx 02.40 km |
| Pavna Dam & Lake | Approx 32.00 km |
| Shirota Dam & Lake | Approx 11.00 km |
| Tungarli Dam & Lake | Approx 03.00 km |
| Valvan Dam & Lake | Approx 03.00 km |
| Some Of The Other Points |
| 1. Rajmachi Point Or Rock Garden : It is about 6.5 km from Lonavala Railway Station. Regular S.T. Buses run in between Rajmachi Point And Lonavala S.T. Stand. 2. Bairamji Point : It is 8 km from Khandala Station. 3. Reversing Point : It is near Rajamachi Point It is know for the panaromic view. 4. Kune Point : Midway to Lonavala And Khandala On the highway. It is know for its scenic beauty. 5.Barometer Hills : It is 24 km from Lonavala Railway Station with Tungi and koregad fort is an extensive table and called sakur Pathar, famous for healthy climate. 6. Ambavance Villege : It is 22 km from Lonavala. 7. I.N.S. Shivaji : This is a basic naval camp. 8. Kaivalydham : It is 22 km from Lonavla. 9. Tata Duct Line : 3 km from Khandala Railway Station |
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