Beyond the boundary!

Sunday, December 19, 2010

As a student is a very bad experience that you are asked to think 'beyond the boundary' or 'think out of the box', which is never explained!
Why is there a question of boundary if one can act beyond it? Why are we bothered about the things beyond our boundary?
Well, these questions are prevalent in articles like 'Speaking Tree' or 'Look Inside' or similar stuff where you try to learn that your are more confused than the levels you actually feel. That is the way learning goes! Looking back into the previous lines, gives an idea of boundary, which could be the time or energy limitation. It is just that you may not be able to execute it at the moment or a day ago but certainly you can cross it the next day. This vague idea may be boundary limited with the current mature levels of mine.. Something better has to be done tomorrow... That is the way life progresses in time boundary..
There are two kinds of subjects in this boundary limited world, art and science. Definitely, they are different in terms of ideology. Science needs a closed circuit to act. In order to close the boundary we generate 'assumptions', so called 'false certainity'. While, art has no such limitations. Anything that is different and new is acceptable in art. This is the half of the world moves accepting things which in real sense may be an illusion.. Not certain!
Marko Stout , a physician and artist presents a metaphor, 'The Cave' to show how we live with illusions. The Cave is a project to go beyond the human limitations of thinking. It shows how our scientific and engineering approach of life is resting inside a cave. Making predictions based on mere past data without the 'now factor' and ability of this methodology to give partially true outcomes is all life inside the cave. Can we think beyond this cave breaking the chains and illusions? Can the NYC artist show beyond this cave?
Well, so far we have been proactive in adopting the things which were outcomes as a chance. Can I move in the other direction by uncovering the ignorance, illusions and heading towards me?
May be I can do it tomorrow!

Toons Talk!

Monday, December 6, 2010

Courtesy: Hindu (www.thehindu.com)

Blogging from MOBILE

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Blogging from mobile is not a new feat. It is just a matter of having a PDA or smartphone or an iPhone. Mobile companies releasing new phones every now and then to make them ergonomically more suitable for long handling times. Also the other side of the coin, network providers are switching themselves to more than a call providers. Data transfer from these miniature devices has become the tagline for these companies.
With the fast developing web application industry and exponentially improving hardware technology it is not a surprise today to share the pictures of your holiday spot, as good as live streaming.
After living with a smartphone for a considerable time I am ready to share few tips which might help you chose a new smartphone or upgrade a current one in the possible domain. Here it is..

1. Chose your hardware wisely. Your hardware should have a minimum of 128mb ram, 30 mb internal memory along with 128mb dedicated for rom. A 3.2 px cam with a 3x zoom at full resolution is recommended if you are a novice, frequent photographer. It's always advantageous to have an ergonomically designed keyboard along with touch screen. Go for a class 6 memory card for a faster data transfer, which will be done frequently (either you copy pics to Pc or music from the Pc). Having a great processor will make your smartphone graphics look flawless. But it comes at a price. A bare minimum of 201MHz is suggested.

2. Don't overlook software limitations. Millions of applications are available for Windows Mobile, iPhone, Android and Symbian. What suits you depends on your interest levels of digging the mobile. If you are a superficial user you may go for Symbian. If you are interested in applications which you keep upgrading frequently, then Android is for you. If you like to dig to the root levels (tweaking registry, having fun with shells) of Os, then Windows Mobile will suit you.

3. Software development for Android, WM, iPhone is big. Many volunteers keep pumping their stuff into the web world for the benefit of the group. Just keep pinging search engines for every latest limitation to crack it.

Remember, software upgradation is always cheaper than harware upgradation.