The Evolution of Computers and Internet

2001. Eight years back, i had given my tenth standard board exams. After that I started going to Ganpati stores in Vile Parle. I created my first email account, vyaskartik2001@yahoo.com. Since then I have been using vyaskartik2001 everywhere...2001 was the year my rendezvous with the internet started.

I used to go a lot to Ganpati stores, used to chat a lot...it was a craze then. Every Sunday after giving exams in my coaching classes would go straight to Ganpati stores. I also remember once I was there till around 11pm, mom had come to take me. Dad also had come couple of times from office to take me home with me.

After 12th I got a PC for myself at home. It was great feeling....my first PC...year 2003.I used dat Intel Pentium 4 for four years and in Nov 2007 I bought this Laptop from which I am writing this post. I remember having a 56k dial up modem at home to access internet and how it was almost impossible to view videos online and now I am sitting in my bedroom using wifi and 1Mbps speed internet to see videos instantly on youtube.

Back then in 2001, Internet was mainly used for email, browsing and chatting. Microsoft was the dominant company in all respects. Slowly with time Google has come up by leaps and bounds. They have the no 1 search engine in the world, Google word has become synonymous with searching on the internet.

Google also have the best email service in the world, gmail. A social networking website orkut which comes only second to facebook. Google has ample other application like Google maps, Google books, Google images, Google groups, offcourse blogger in which I am blogging rite now is also a Google product, you can also store photos online with Picasa again from google and how can u forget You Tube!!! again it belongs to google.

Google is the present and google is the future.Recently Windows launched Windows 7, desktop based operating system. There was not much fuss about it. Google has launched its own operating system based on its browser, Google chrome OS, its just awesome, everything on the cloud.The future of computing...

Also google launched Google wave...a online real time interaction application. You can chat, share documents, conduct polls, collaborate and work together online and much more. It is still in preview mode and is expected to get better.

Google also have Android OS, an open source operating system for mobile phones and it is giving a good run for their money to Apple iPhone. Google is just looking to dominate each and every perspective of our digital life.

I hope after 10 years or so when I come back to read this post...Google will be the dominant company in the world...I will remember me sitting in my bedroom in Bangalore writing this post while eating maggie...(@bhakti cook does not come sunday eve..:P)

Delhi 6

It's 11:46 in the night. I just saw the movie Delhi 6. I had seen some part of it before.When it got released, I was in Mysore, had my compre exams, so had missed it. I like the movie despite the fact it was not a hit.

The movie shows the various colors of India, it shows Hindu muslim fights. It shows how a girl in India fears her father and has to marry a guy of his choice. The movie shows how the cops in India think they are the kings.

The movie is about Roshan (Abhishek's) grandmother who wants to take her last breath in India, so Abhishek brings her to India. The movie potrays the time of Dasera and exhibits a stage show of Ramayana as well..

The movie shows how despite the million problems we have, problems of water, problems of traffic jam, problems of riots, etc, we still love our country. We feel we belong here.

Also the movie revolves around the black monkey phenomenon and there is the love story of Abhishek and Sonam Kapoor who by the way looks absolutely stunning in the movie. Music is ominous and very pleasing...no guesses here, it's the legend A.R. Rehman. Also one needs to mention of the good performance by Abhishek Bachan.

Well I have to sleep late as I will be having shifts from Monday...my first project...:). Now am gonna watch Paranormal Activity.

20 years of Sachin Tendulkar

Today all the news channels were showing Sachin Tendulkar's innings in Sharjah, when he helped India reach Sharjah Cup final and eventually win the final. It was 1998.

I remember that innings very well. Those were days when India team was kind of dependent on Sachin to win matches, especially against tough teams like Australia. We did'nt have as many match winners then.

Sachin Tendulkar, referred by millions as the God of cricket, probably the greatest cricketer ever and the most legendary sports person produced by India. He finished 20 years in the game today.

I also remember me in school, cutting pictures of Sachin Tendulkar, from Times of India, I still have and I treasure those pictures. He was everyone's childhood hero.

There are many articles all over the net and newspapers describing the genius and prasing the master. One of the article by Peter Roebuck says "Tendulkar has gone two decades
being a blend of the sublime and the precise, incapable of ugliness or of being dull; and those are among the least of his achievements"

Posting from Banglore

It was not more than 10 days back I was really really hoping that I get to come to Banglore. I wanted to get into this project somehow.

Right now I am sitting in the verandah of my 3BHK duplex in Kormangla,Banglore, using wifi to write this post. We have a really big house and we also have maid and cook. Cook makes wonderful food.

My new room mates are all very nice..working in Wipro and Infosys, all have around 5 years of experience and I hope to learn something from them.

Offcourse I do miss my Hyderabad house and room mates, all the fun we had and the wonderful time we spent.

My project is a bit delayed so we are a bit relaxed for some 10 more days, after which the grueling time will begin, once we get settled into the project it will be fine.

I really love the Banglore weather, it is very pleasant and a bit cold. They say the weather is similar all year round, I feel like I am in Europe or something...;)

Well I guess some dreams do come true...and sometimes you get more than what you expect...I never imagined I would live such a luxurious lifestyle.