Last week, bought the domain name www.grajesh.com. Finally I have my own identity online. Hurray. Going forward just type in www.grajesh.com, note that without the www, it wont work.
It took me some time to figure out how to use my own domain name with third party hosting like blogger. So, basically I just bought the domain name 'www.grajesh.com' and then I linked it to my blogger account http://raj-esh.blogspot.com .The reason thats a good idea is because hosting solutions (storage space, bandwidth etc) are expensive, in this case however, I dont have to buy any hosting solution, blogspot does the hosting for me, its free.
It was not the easiest thing to do though, had to sit on the forums for quite some time to figure out how. In the end, couple of articles helped me to fix it. If ever you think of buying your own domain name, refer them -
http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=55373
http://bloggerstatusforrealbeta.blogspot.com/2007/01/google-custom-domain-case-study-1.html
Rediff sucks
I also did register rajeshg.in through rediff hosting solutions. Rediff is one of the #@$#@$#@ companies on the planet. How else can one justify not having a customer care number on their website. They just sell you the domain name and forget, no customer care, no guidance, no nothing. Atrocious!! In short, I bought the domain name and was not able to use it because rediff doesnt provide any facility to forward or link to third party hosting solutions. In short they robbed me of some 800 bucks and there is nobody to help. Rediff domain is so full of s#$@. I hate them so much. No quality in articles, no priority to customers be it rediff shopping or anything.
My since advice to everybody out there, never trust rediff. Instead you can give your money to charity.
flickr
I also got myself a flickr pro account last week. Flickr is so cool if you have a digital camera, just now have started to explore it, over the next one year i guess it is going to become one of my addictions in the internet.
Monday, May 21, 2007
Sunday, May 20, 2007
Testing the Macro mode
Have been doing some macro shots (cliche these days, its all over flickr, everybody has tens of thousands of them). Anyways, me just trying now.
Was having a busy weekend, this past week has mostly been a good week except for one major event (in my friends life). Usually I made it a point to post atleast once per week, for this week, I will be posting updates tomorrow or day after.
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Good week finally
What a week it has been! This week was by far the best week since I came to the US.
Wednesday, May 09
I got the camera delivered from amazon. Sony T100, the one I mentioned in my last post. A stunner!! And my first macro shot taken using the camera is there for everybody to see, below!
Thursday, May 10
Finally, booked a house, after so much deliberation. I finally settled for a house in Jersey City Heights, close to Washington Park, close to the bus stop and near the shops and everything. I would be moving to the house on June 1st.
Friday, May 11
We went to Spiderman 3 on Friday night, first movie of the US trip in 2007. Movie was utter crap though. Im a spidey fan and it was a big disappointment for me. That should be obvious from my previous post.
Saturday, May 12
I drove! It was not as difficult as I imagined. It is way too easy when compared to driving in India. But, in the highways, it takes some getting used to, keeping the speed and knowing where to exit and when is quite a challenge. Driving on the right side of the road is something I had to remind myself to do, a couple of times.
Then, we went to Rasoi, the Indian restaurant on Oak Tree Road in Edison. We went to the buffet in the afternoon, it was very good. It costed 13$ per person and for the number and quality of the food items, it was well worth it.
In the evening, me and BIL played Tennis for around an hour. My first attempt, its really not that easy to play. All the time I saw it on tv and other people play, I thought it was no big deal, but it was really funny when I played, I could almost never always keep the ball within the court. It was fun though. Hope to make time and play once atleast every week.
Sunday, May 13
And today, we went to Six Flags Wildlife Safari that is located in Jackson, New Jersey. It is close to an hours drive from sisters place. I drove, with bro-in-law's help. The Wildlife Safari was quite good, it is supposedly the world's largest drive-thru safari outside of Africa. As per their website, this 350-acre wildlife preserve stretches 4.5 miles and features 11 themed sections with nearly 1,200 animals.
We basically have to drive through the entire stretch in our own vehicle, its exactly like it is in the movie Jurassic Park. All the animals just roam around, there is a paved road that goes through the entire stretch, we can stop wherever we want on the road, near the animals we want to see. We went in around 10.30 Am and we saw Giraffes, Deers, Rhinos, Elephants, Ostritches, Peacocks, Lions, Tigers, kangaroos, monkeys etc. We also had a couple of close encounters with a couple of Giraffes and an ostritch. The lions, tigers and elephants were caged (obviously), that was a bit of a downer. All in all, it was worth the money. Not great though, I would call it a well spent 2 hours, a good outing.
It has been hectic this week. Need to catch up on some sleep and rest. Have uploaded few pics to flickr -> Click here .
Wednesday, May 09
I got the camera delivered from amazon. Sony T100, the one I mentioned in my last post. A stunner!! And my first macro shot taken using the camera is there for everybody to see, below!
Thursday, May 10
Finally, booked a house, after so much deliberation. I finally settled for a house in Jersey City Heights, close to Washington Park, close to the bus stop and near the shops and everything. I would be moving to the house on June 1st.
Friday, May 11
We went to Spiderman 3 on Friday night, first movie of the US trip in 2007. Movie was utter crap though. Im a spidey fan and it was a big disappointment for me. That should be obvious from my previous post.
Saturday, May 12
I drove! It was not as difficult as I imagined. It is way too easy when compared to driving in India. But, in the highways, it takes some getting used to, keeping the speed and knowing where to exit and when is quite a challenge. Driving on the right side of the road is something I had to remind myself to do, a couple of times.
Then, we went to Rasoi, the Indian restaurant on Oak Tree Road in Edison. We went to the buffet in the afternoon, it was very good. It costed 13$ per person and for the number and quality of the food items, it was well worth it.
In the evening, me and BIL played Tennis for around an hour. My first attempt, its really not that easy to play. All the time I saw it on tv and other people play, I thought it was no big deal, but it was really funny when I played, I could almost never always keep the ball within the court. It was fun though. Hope to make time and play once atleast every week.
Sunday, May 13
And today, we went to Six Flags Wildlife Safari that is located in Jackson, New Jersey. It is close to an hours drive from sisters place. I drove, with bro-in-law's help. The Wildlife Safari was quite good, it is supposedly the world's largest drive-thru safari outside of Africa. As per their website, this 350-acre wildlife preserve stretches 4.5 miles and features 11 themed sections with nearly 1,200 animals.
We basically have to drive through the entire stretch in our own vehicle, its exactly like it is in the movie Jurassic Park. All the animals just roam around, there is a paved road that goes through the entire stretch, we can stop wherever we want on the road, near the animals we want to see. We went in around 10.30 Am and we saw Giraffes, Deers, Rhinos, Elephants, Ostritches, Peacocks, Lions, Tigers, kangaroos, monkeys etc. We also had a couple of close encounters with a couple of Giraffes and an ostritch. The lions, tigers and elephants were caged (obviously), that was a bit of a downer. All in all, it was worth the money. Not great though, I would call it a well spent 2 hours, a good outing.
It has been hectic this week. Need to catch up on some sleep and rest. Have uploaded few pics to flickr -> Click here .
Spidey is back but..
Sam Raimi has gone bonkers! This movie is a mess. Spidey 3 is one sequel too many. The moment Sam Raimi brought the symbiote graphics into the main titles somehow I felt something is not right.
There are a handful of new characters and none with enough characterization. Nothing seemed new and there were almost no moments that you remember after the show ends. More villains, another leading lady, larger scale, more action sequences but in the end it is one big mess, nothing new. Plus there is no Danny Elfman, so the score is very amatuerish. I can't believe Raimi let go off Elfman.
The movie is not going to generate repeat audiences, starting next week movie is going to slide at the box office, what with Shrek 3 and Pirates releasing in subsequent weeks.
We went to a night show on friday, sis, bro-in-law, mom and me. At 1 AM in the morning, when we all came out of the theatre, all of us had just one question, 'why?'!
Nevertheless, the movie has grossed close to 650 million $ worldwide! Thats a hell lot of money. I wouldnt recommend the movie to anybody though.
There are a handful of new characters and none with enough characterization. Nothing seemed new and there were almost no moments that you remember after the show ends. More villains, another leading lady, larger scale, more action sequences but in the end it is one big mess, nothing new. Plus there is no Danny Elfman, so the score is very amatuerish. I can't believe Raimi let go off Elfman.
The movie is not going to generate repeat audiences, starting next week movie is going to slide at the box office, what with Shrek 3 and Pirates releasing in subsequent weeks.
We went to a night show on friday, sis, bro-in-law, mom and me. At 1 AM in the morning, when we all came out of the theatre, all of us had just one question, 'why?'!
Nevertheless, the movie has grossed close to 650 million $ worldwide! Thats a hell lot of money. I wouldnt recommend the movie to anybody though.
Sunday, May 6, 2007
Busy week, no outcome!
The case of the indecisive me
Two weeks over now, still no luck with the house. Whole of this week has gone with the apartment hunt. Since last weekend, my apartment hunt strategy has changed. Now I'm looking for an apartment in Jersey City Heights. Jersey City Heights is to the north of Journal Square (remember the indian locality i mentioned in my last post). The thing about this place is it is not as crowded Journal square is but at the same time has some sizeable indian population.
Hope to have something finalized atleast next week. The thing is Im trying to find the one house that I would want to stay for the entire time Im here, but looks like Im not going to find such a one so soon. Maybe an intermediate house and then the final one. Or maybe I might get lucky next week.
I'm at my indecisive best this past two weeks. So much that even if you give me two pair of socks, I would be thinking for like 4 hours about which one to wear and in the end would decide to go with just the slippers.
End of the Camera hunt
Today though, I finally decided which camera to buy. Whole of last week, was thinking about Canan SD750 / SD800 / SD1000 as possible options and finally yesterday, while doing my research about those 3 models, I stumbled upon the recently released Sony DSC T100.
Sony's takes the T series of style phones to the next level with the T100. It is really a stunner, form, style and features! From novice to experts it has something for everybody. It infact has everything that an average user would want, plus it looks like a dream. Perfect for me. Ordered it online at amazon. Buying stuff online is definitely atleast 15% cheaper than the stores. My first big purchase in this trip. Bought the black one for 350$, in shops it retails for 399 plus tax. Good deal for now, in future though, it will get cheaper, I couldnt wait though.
Spidey 3
And, Spiderman 3 has released, I cant believe I havent seen it till now! I remember one week before Spiderman 2 released, I was going crazy, I couldnt wait for it. This time around I dont even have time to think about my favorite super hero. It has grossed 148 million dollars in america alone in just 3 days. If I assume a ticket rate of 8 dollar, then roughly 18.5 million people in america have already seen the movie in the first 3 days. That is some achievement. It has already broken box office openeing records. Well, it was expected though.
Yet another week begins tomorrow, waiting to see what it brings with it. Wish me luck with the house and hope I get to see Spider Man 3.
Two weeks over now, still no luck with the house. Whole of this week has gone with the apartment hunt. Since last weekend, my apartment hunt strategy has changed. Now I'm looking for an apartment in Jersey City Heights. Jersey City Heights is to the north of Journal Square (remember the indian locality i mentioned in my last post). The thing about this place is it is not as crowded Journal square is but at the same time has some sizeable indian population.
Hope to have something finalized atleast next week. The thing is Im trying to find the one house that I would want to stay for the entire time Im here, but looks like Im not going to find such a one so soon. Maybe an intermediate house and then the final one. Or maybe I might get lucky next week.
I'm at my indecisive best this past two weeks. So much that even if you give me two pair of socks, I would be thinking for like 4 hours about which one to wear and in the end would decide to go with just the slippers.
End of the Camera hunt
Today though, I finally decided which camera to buy. Whole of last week, was thinking about Canan SD750 / SD800 / SD1000 as possible options and finally yesterday, while doing my research about those 3 models, I stumbled upon the recently released Sony DSC T100.
Sony's takes the T series of style phones to the next level with the T100. It is really a stunner, form, style and features! From novice to experts it has something for everybody. It infact has everything that an average user would want, plus it looks like a dream. Perfect for me. Ordered it online at amazon. Buying stuff online is definitely atleast 15% cheaper than the stores. My first big purchase in this trip. Bought the black one for 350$, in shops it retails for 399 plus tax. Good deal for now, in future though, it will get cheaper, I couldnt wait though.
Spidey 3
And, Spiderman 3 has released, I cant believe I havent seen it till now! I remember one week before Spiderman 2 released, I was going crazy, I couldnt wait for it. This time around I dont even have time to think about my favorite super hero. It has grossed 148 million dollars in america alone in just 3 days. If I assume a ticket rate of 8 dollar, then roughly 18.5 million people in america have already seen the movie in the first 3 days. That is some achievement. It has already broken box office openeing records. Well, it was expected though.
Yet another week begins tomorrow, waiting to see what it brings with it. Wish me luck with the house and hope I get to see Spider Man 3.
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