Software Developer's Life Cycle

It’s long since I got attached to a Hindi Movie, which has moved into a trend where the box-office records directly parallel to the number of star-cast who make up the list.  Bad plot work and cheap imitation of Hollywood style, had made the movie-buff in me to concentrate more on the Hollywood genre.  But, I should say 2008 certainly is a blessing in disguise for the sagging Bollywood industry. Top of the Pick is A Wednesday , a movie which has a strong plot-work (written & directed by Neeraj Pandey), further breathed life by the powerful acting of Naseerudeen Shah , and Anupam Kher .  The story revolves around a Common Man who takes the entire Mumbai city into a hostage crisis with demands, which attributes him as an ally to Terrorism.  But, there is a twist in the storyline at the end of it when the real motive is revealed (even though, it isn’t hard to guess it with the initial scenes of the movie). The character of “Common Man” as portrayed by Naseerud...

Forget Batmobile, we have a new player in the field of techno-gizmo SUV, as the Obamamobile will make its entry soon.  Look at the description (sourced through an email). The Beast: Cadillac One, Barack Obama's new presidential limo And here we are, who still continue to dream for a spacious car which could fit a family.  Financial Injustice. Anyways, Congrats to Obama for becoming the first-ever Black President of United States.  Hopefully, he will fare better than his predecessors.

If you had briefed my profile, then you would know that I share an another passion towards Sports.  And being an Asian, there are no prizes for guessing that my favourite sport of them all, would obviously be Cricket .  The last few months have been tremendous for Cricket Fans, who are witnessing a sea-side change from the Australian witnessed and tired Dominance over this sport for more than a decade.  Now, with the back-to-back Test Series losses to India away , and South Africa at home, they have been proven human. It will be interesting to see how they respond back to claim their numero-uno position.  They have the depth in their domestic circuit to do that, but the rest of the world is fast catching up with them.  Overall Peter English of Cricinfo summarized the present situation in the best possible way:  “Australia are learning how the rest of the world lived over the past decade” Either you are a Cricket Fan or Not, your best time to fo...

Ever since I bought my laptop bundled with Windows Vista, I had been experiencing a unique media problem unlike those which I have encountered so far.  Windows Media Player which had become a pro-standard for playing media files on Windows, was taking around 10 to 15 seconds for changing tracks or opening media files, the only information provided was 'Media Changing'.  The same version on Windows XP wasn't having this problem. After browsing long on this issue, I came across the following support forum of DELL .  As previously thought, it wasn't any privacy settings or antivirus packs which was causing the slowness, but some newly added features from our friends in Raymond, thinking they were improving the media experience, by adding default Enhancements. The Steps: Start -> Sound -> Speakers/Headphones -> Enhancements -> Disable All Enhancements -> Apply & Ok -> Ok Disabling these enhancements, makes way for Media Player to work the...

C ricket .  A game which has been part and parcel of the majority Asians.  I am no exception to that.  There was a time when I used to hate my brother, blocking the TV for the whole day citing an One Day Match.  I used to miss all my favourite cartoon shows and Sunday Serials due to that.  But that was then, in a country which has adopted cricket from English, it's natural you start following the game, as the time passes.  In fact, I started following the game, when I found that if you have to get into a close circle of friends, you need to be either of the two, be a follower of Cricket, or idolize any cine star.  Enough bragging about myself, and coming to the biggest news of the World Cup.  This World Cup has been a mixed match of sorts for all people.  The ouster of Heavyweights like India, Pakistan out of the tournament in first stage, would have taken the sheen of the competition.  But, there were other stars and star teams to wat...

Whether to Blog or Not to Blog? Well, this was the question which was looming in my mind for long. I have been closely watching the development of Blogs on Web-World, and have been so far amused by the amount of time each person puts in through to express their views and opinions about the happenings around them, and there are some who blog just for the fun of it. I see people, who don't even write mails or even respond to the personal ones addressed to them (not mere forwards), suddenly making themselves busy by starting their blogs. Maybe this is the new trend, to express one to other (to the world, when it comes to Blogging). Certainly, the Blogging concept has caught up to me too... and I intend to scribble a few about those which passes through my life, both technical and non-technical. The title of this blog, is a long thought idea of mine, to write about a software developer's life, especially me being a software engineer myself. So, I took the liberty in redefinin...