Gaming Clans - living real in the virtual world. .

I am not new to the word clan but it was the first time I heard about the word "Gaming Clan". It's a term used to describe a group of people who connects to each other through some common game. They are from across the globe with all the diversities you can imagine.

I came across one such growing gaming clan called "Ministry of Defense", I was amazed to see that they maintain their own fully functional website for it's members.

The site for 'Ministry of Defense - gaming clan' has a profile section where each member can share their profile with the rest of the clan and the world. It also offers members only area for its 'registered only' members. You can see the profiles of wonderful 'M. O. D. - gaming clan' members here.

If you want to join M. O. D. (Ministry of Defense), as they call it, there is a separate section on the "Ministry of Defense - gaming clan" site, one can join the clan based on what games they play. Here is the link to 'Join M.O.D.' page.

It is so interesting to see how people live real life in the virtual world and form social networks.

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Lyrics of Annie's song Mahiya from hindi movie Awarapan

Lyrics of Annie's song Mahiya :

i wish u could see urself the way i see ya
u shine juss like a star mahia
cuz ur my only pyar mahia

maine tujh ko ye dil may basaya
tu hai mera pyar mahia X2

tu nay aisee adda say mujhay dekha
dil ho gya nisaar mahia
tu hi hai mera pyar mahia x2

tu nay aisee adda say mujhay dekha
dil ho gya nisaar mahia
tu hi hai mera pyar mahia x2

y dont u tell me mahi
ma mind at ease
how do u wish to see the loyalty in me
appnee wafa ka iqrar kya karoon
mar jaoon tujh ko jo dil sey zuda karoon

tu nay aisee adda say mujhay dekha
dil ho gya nisaar mahia
tu hi ha mera pyar mahia x2

mahai u r i set ma soul on fire
i felt juss like a rose mahia
when i was in ur arms mahia

i cant imagine that like without u where i'd be
im ur lady i'll go where ever u take me
terey beghair jeenay ki khaish nahin
main terey saath hoon lay chal mujh ko kahin

tu nay aisee adda say mujhay dekha
dil ho gya nisaar mahia
tu hi ha mera pyar mahia x2

mahia ur i set ma soul on fire
i felt juss like a rose mahia
when i was in ur arms mahia

i don't care where we go or stay or wut we do
ill take u r bain consider becuz i love u
jaisay bhi haal main rakhoo gay main rahoon
dukh bhi milay to pyar main haans kay sahoon

tu nay aisee adda say mujhay dekha
dil ho gya nisaar mahia
tu hi ha mera pyar mahia x2

i wish u could see urself the way i see ya
u shine juss like a tar mahia
ur my only pyar mahia

maine tujhh ko he dil may bhasaya
tu hi mera pyar mahia X2

mahai ur i set ma soul on fire
i felt juss like a rose mahia
when i was in ur arms mahia

I thought I will better post it here for the easy access of all those who loved each and every bit of this song. This song is now part of Hindi movie "Awaarapan".
It seems there are lot of mistakes in the lyrics here, I would fix them once I get some time ;)

source: http://www.pakistanmuzik.net/lyrics.html

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Get paid for using Blogger . . . .

It is a little old news but I read is just today.

If you are a blogger user, you can make some good money just by participating in their usability study program. No, you don't need to be located in MV, Ca to participate in this. you can be anywhere in the world and still participate in this program.

From time to time Blogger conducts usability studies for blogger and it pays some good money to selected bloggers for their time.

To learn more about it have a look at this page : http://buzz.blogger.com/
look for post that says "Test Blogger and We’ll Love You and Pay You".

So, one can make some good money blogging :)

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Wireless credit card, wow

I came across this news headlines "Wells Fargo, Visa to offer consumers wireless credit card option"

The news detail goes like this :

"Wells Fargo & Co. is looking to give its credit card customers a way to pay for items at stores and restaurants with a wireless device through an agreement with Visa USA.

Wells Fargo is currently testing out Visa's mobile platform payment technology. Bank officials also are examining whether consumers would buy into the mobile service.. to read the full story go here.

The reason I am writing about this news article is that it got me totally confused. In India I have not yet witnessed any form of wireless credit card payment option. So, it was diffcult for me to imagine the it will work.

After spending a few minutes searching and filtering throug materials on wireless credit card processing, I realized that there are two diffirent things people might be talking when they say wireless. They might mean wireless or mobile. The news article got me confused because it uses wireless as well as mobile both terms in this sentence- "Wells Fargo is currently testing out Visa's mobile platform payment technology."

I am not sure If the article is talking about the wireless payment or the mobile payment option.

If you want to learn the difference between wireless and mobile payment options, I found this material to be useful http://www.merchantseek.com/mobile-credit-card-processing.htm.

I am still not sure if I got them right ;)

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Do I need Ruby/ ruby on Rails installed before . . . .

Do I need Ruby/ Rails installed on my system in order to be able to develop rails applications using Raidrails ??

The answer is YES. Before using RaidRails to develop rails application you will need to install and configure a few other things on your computer.

The steps will be as follows:

Install Ruby on Rails
Install RadRails
Configure RadRails


source : http://www.aptana.com/docs/index.php/Installing_and_configuring_RadRails

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Ruby, Ruby on Rails, RoR and RadRails . .

For a couple of months now I have been reading about Ruby and Ruby on Rails also known as RoR.

During these few months I came across these new stuffs. I will just try to jot them down, as many as I can remember for now.

Ruby:
Rails:
Ruby on Rails (RoR):
InstantRail:
WeBrick:
Mongrel:
Eclipse:
RadRails:
Aptana:

I will try to give a brief desc. of all of these here in the simplest way possible :)

What is ruby ?
A dynamic, open source programming language with a focus on simplicity and productivity. It has an elegant syntax that is natural to read and easy to write.
source: www.ruby-lang.org

Its different from any other programming language, one must have a basic understanding of Ruby syntax and the Ruby way of programming before he can start developing application in Ruby on Rails. In simple words one can say that Ruby is the language used to write Ruby on Rails application.
--my words

Ruby is a pure object-oriented programming language with a super clean syntax that makes programming elegant and fun. Ruby successfully combines Smalltalk's conceptual elegance, Python's ease of use and learning, and Perl's pragmatism. Ruby originated in Japan in the early 1990s, and has started to become popular worldwide in the past few years as more English language books and documentation have become available.
source: Curt Hibbs @ http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2005/01/20/rails.html


What is Rails?
Rails is an open source Ruby framework for developing database-backed web applications.
What is Ruby on Rails?
source: Curt Hibbs @ http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2005/01/20/rails.html

What is Ruby on Rails?
Use of Ruby programming on Rails framework to develop web application is called Ruby on Rails.

What is InstantRails ?
If you want to start developing web applications in "ruby on rails" right away, InstantRail is the instant solution.
It has almost everything one needs to start developing a web application.

"Instant Rails is a one-stop Rails runtime solution containing Ruby, Rails, Apache, and MySQL, all pre-configured and ready to run."
source:http://instantrails.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl

I wanted to write about all the terms that I mentioned above buut I realized that I am running out of time. I will write about them as soon as I get some time again for my this little blog.

If you are someone like me a few motnhs back, My suggestion will be to start with learning Ruby first. Its very important to be versed with Ruby programming syntax and structure.

So, go ahead, download the and install Ruby runtime from this one click installer http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/18566/ruby186-25.exe

grab a ruby book and start practising.

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My new blog- to test new blog templates and share . .

I have created this new blog at http://templateguru.blogspot.com specially to try out diffirent templates and feature enhancements to my blog and share it with the rest of the world.

The first feature that I have tested on my new blog is the "three column blogger template".

Fortunately, it worked pretty fine and I am implementing the same on this blog as well. If you want to know how did I implement the three column blogger template please have a look at my blog at http://templateguru.blogspot.com.

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Destiny - The science fiction movie yet to be made

If you are a futurist who loves to think about where is science and the rest of humanity going, this movie will help you ride your imaginations. This yet to be made science epic called "Destiny" is an imagination of Graham Glass, a futurist himslef. Its a journey that will take you through a virtually real imagination in the next 200 years. The movie has a tolal mix of love, romance, fiction and a lot of twist.

If you want to listen to the movie pitchm, directy from Graham Glass, here is the link to the 'pitch video' : http://www.vator.tv/search/quick?keyword=destiny&btn_submit=Search+pitches

To get a text/image version of the imagination go to : http://www.destiny-movie.com/
To see the video version of the imagination go to : http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-306006667880219310

Leave me a comment if you liked it.
my blog : As Random As Life Kumar Deepam Deepam Kumar

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Annie's Mahiya song is finally. .

Annie's mahiya song is finally in Bollywood and is already a big hit. This is remix version of Annie's Mahiya song from the new hindi movie Awaarapan. If you remember we talked ablout this song back in March when we first discovered the live stage show version of this song on you tube.

Annie's mahiya song is feauring in Awaarapan.

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Annie - Princess

Another song by Annie called princess, she looks even better in this one. If you noticed, in her previous video the camera was pretty far away. In this video she has been captured very closely.

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