My blog took its birth on 3rd May 2008 and from then till date, it has not changed its looks... I was intending to do a makeover for a long time now! And, today is the day!
I am planning to put "Falkner Press" template. I have already started integrating the template with my list of widgets.
The current list of widgets/codes used on this site are given below.
I am planning to put "Falkner Press" template. I have already started integrating the template with my list of widgets.
The current list of widgets/codes used on this site are given below.
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Are these 'too many' or 'too little'? Is there any widget/code I can add to my blog to increase its viewership and Google Page Rank? My current Page Rank is 2.
Here is the image showing the SEO statistics of my website.
Readers, let me know your suggestions.
Today, the results of Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) are out for the admissions to its Post Graduate Programmes 2009 – 11. The results for the same can be obtained from the link below. TISS Results
I was looking up the results for someone who was very close to my heart. But what to say, the website just don’t load. That is when I decide to do some ‘wandering’ in this World Wide Web. Let me share with you all couple of things that I found interesting.
President Obama’s Inaugural Address
I had seen the entire ceremony live on CNN.com. I did expect much more from him in his inaugural address. The ‘hope’ and ‘change’ were limited to less than what was expected. Stock Markets world over, which were searching for a direction in this turbulent times, tumbled. Anyways, you can find the full text of his speech here.
Also the video can be watched here.
President Obama’s Speech at the Lincoln Memorial 1-18-09 Pre-Inauguration
Full text of his speech in it's crude form can be found here.
Also, find the video here.
Google Bomb!
How does a Google Bomb happen?
A Google Bomb happens when a group of people get together, coordinating themselves to link to a certain page using certain agreed-upon phrase, often for humorous or political purposes.
Read more about the latest Google Bomb “cheerful achievement” here.
Now, coming back to TISS Results, even after an hour and more than 100 refreshes, TISS results elude me. I have just sent in an email to TISS Admissions office as per their instructions on their website. I quote.
Candidates who are unable to see the Results after repeated attempts may send an email to pgadmissions@tiss.edu with details such as Registration Number, Centre, Course(s) Applied, Category and Date of Birth to know their results.
Hope to see the results soon.
Cheers
NoeL
I was looking up the results for someone who was very close to my heart. But what to say, the website just don’t load. That is when I decide to do some ‘wandering’ in this World Wide Web. Let me share with you all couple of things that I found interesting.
President Obama’s Inaugural Address
I had seen the entire ceremony live on CNN.com. I did expect much more from him in his inaugural address. The ‘hope’ and ‘change’ were limited to less than what was expected. Stock Markets world over, which were searching for a direction in this turbulent times, tumbled. Anyways, you can find the full text of his speech here.
Also the video can be watched here.
President Obama’s Speech at the Lincoln Memorial 1-18-09 Pre-Inauguration
Full text of his speech in it's crude form can be found here.
Also, find the video here.
Google Bomb!
How does a Google Bomb happen?A Google Bomb happens when a group of people get together, coordinating themselves to link to a certain page using certain agreed-upon phrase, often for humorous or political purposes.
Read more about the latest Google Bomb “cheerful achievement” here.
Now, coming back to TISS Results, even after an hour and more than 100 refreshes, TISS results elude me. I have just sent in an email to TISS Admissions office as per their instructions on their website. I quote.
Candidates who are unable to see the Results after repeated attempts may send an email to pgadmissions@tiss.edu with details such as Registration Number, Centre, Course(s) Applied, Category and Date of Birth to know their results.
Hope to see the results soon.
Cheers
NoeL
Seems like the good old days are gonna be back soon!! So hang on guys!! :)
Cheers
NoeL
I have added Sudoku application to my Blogs. (Wandering Thoughts from My Life! & Dream MBA). Scroll down for the same...!! Happy Solving!!
BusinessWeek released its much awaited biannual, full-time MBA rankings. The rankings showed slight movement: Columbia went from #10 in 06 to #7 in 08. Wharton went from #2 to #4. Kelley climbed from #18 to #15.
Frankly, don't pay too much attention to the absolute ranking or even slight movement. Take advantage of BW's rich, informative database and fantastic resources for applicants. Then choose what's important to you and do your own ranking.
Top 30 U.S. Programs
- University of Chicago
- Harvard University
- Northwestern University (Kellogg)
- University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
- University of Michigan (Ross)
- Stanford University
- Columbia University
- Duke University (Fuqua)
- MIT (Sloan)
- UC Berkeley (Haas)
- Cornell University (Johnson)
- Dartmouth (Tuck)
- NYU (Stern)
- UCLA (Anderson)
- Indiana University (Kelley)
- University of Virginia (Darden)
- UNC - Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)
- Southern Methodist (Cox)
- Carnegie Mellon (Tepper)
- University of Notre Dame (Mendoza)
- Texas - Austin
- Brigham Young (Marriott)
- Emory University (Goizueta)
- Yale University
- University of Southern California (Marshall)
- University of Maryland (Smith)
- University of Washington (Foster)
- Washington University (Olin)
- Georgia Tech
- Vanderbilt University (Owen)
Top 10 Non-U.S. MBA Programs
- Queens University
- IE Business School
- INSEAD
- Western Ontario (Ivey)
- London Business School
- ESADE
- IMD
- Toronto (Rotman)
- IESE
- Oxford (Saîd)
BW bases its rankings on employer and student surveys as well as school research output or "intellectual captial." This year for the first time, in a nod to the economic crisis, it is also including a ranking based on ROI and years to recoup the MBA investment. Not surprisingly, European schools, which tend to be one-year programs, are at the top of the chart. More surprising: HBS ranks 50 out of 50 in this chart. I guess assumptions matter.
Cheers
NoeL
BusinessWeek released its much awaited biannual, full-time MBA rankings. The rankings showed slight movement: Columbia went from #10 in 06 to #7 in 08. Wharton went from #2 to #4. Kelley climbed from #18 to #15.
Frankly, don't pay too much attention to the absolute ranking or even slight movement. Take advantage of BW's rich, informative database and fantastic resources for applicants. Then choose what's important to you and do your own ranking.
Top 30 U.S. Programs
- University of Chicago
- Harvard University
- Northwestern University (Kellogg)
- University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
- University of Michigan (Ross)
- Stanford University
- Columbia University
- Duke University (Fuqua)
- MIT (Sloan)
- UC Berkeley (Haas)
- Cornell University (Johnson)
- Dartmouth (Tuck)
- NYU (Stern)
- UCLA (Anderson)
- Indiana University (Kelley)
- University of Virginia (Darden)
- UNC - Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)
- Southern Methodist (Cox)
- Carnegie Mellon (Tepper)
- University of Notre Dame (Mendoza)
- Texas - Austin
- Brigham Young (Marriott)
- Emory University (Goizueta)
- Yale University
- University of Southern California (Marshall)
- University of Maryland (Smith)
- University of Washington (Foster)
- Washington University (Olin)
- Georgia Tech
- Vanderbilt University (Owen)
Top 10 Non-U.S. MBA Programs
- Queens University
- IE Business School
- INSEAD
- Western Ontario (Ivey)
- London Business School
- ESADE
- IMD
- Toronto (Rotman)
- IESE
- Oxford (Saîd)
BW bases its rankings on employer and student surveys as well as school research output or "intellectual captial." This year for the first time, in a nod to the economic crisis, it is also including a ranking based on ROI and years to recoup the MBA investment. Not surprisingly, European schools, which tend to be one-year programs, are at the top of the chart. More surprising: HBS ranks 50 out of 50 in this chart. I guess assumptions matter.
Cheers
NoeL
INSEAD
Chicago GSB
- Run Forrest, Run (There is a post on good B-School Interview Tips)
HEC Paris
Asian Institute of Management
Cheers
NoeL
I will be updating this post as and when I stumble upon a new Blog! Meanwhile, you can also viist www.pagalguy.com for MBA related information.
Last Updated :- 18/11/2008
Here comes the next 'BIG' (?) application from Google. Earlier dubbed as Google Browser is now called Google Chrome.
You can find more details, with images and videos at the following links.
You can find more details, with images and videos at the following links.
- A Fresh Take on the Browser.
- First Images of Google Chrome.
- Google Tackles Microsft in the Launch of Browser.
- A book - Google Chrome, By the Google Chrome team, comics adaptation by Scott McCloud
The Google is planning to release the first beta version for the users on 2nd September 2008, today!
The Google browser takes direct aim at Microsoft's Internet Explorer, which is by far the most widely used browser. In recent times, Mozilla Firefox has gained popularity as an alternative to Internet Explorer. Firefox holds nearly 20% of the market, compared with about 72% for the Microsoft Internet Explorer. The main reason for the 72% market share for Microsoft is because it comes installed for free with the windows operating system.
With this one and the slated Google Operating System to come, Google is trying to take control of the entire World Wide Web. With all these, what I feel is that this will be just another way to invade the privacy of the internet users. Already Google is collecting a lot of information (such as the user's browsing habits, web history, search history etc) through their internet explorer toolbar. With their own browser, this will be come just too easy for them!
The Google browser takes direct aim at Microsoft's Internet Explorer, which is by far the most widely used browser. In recent times, Mozilla Firefox has gained popularity as an alternative to Internet Explorer. Firefox holds nearly 20% of the market, compared with about 72% for the Microsoft Internet Explorer. The main reason for the 72% market share for Microsoft is because it comes installed for free with the windows operating system.
With this one and the slated Google Operating System to come, Google is trying to take control of the entire World Wide Web. With all these, what I feel is that this will be just another way to invade the privacy of the internet users. Already Google is collecting a lot of information (such as the user's browsing habits, web history, search history etc) through their internet explorer toolbar. With their own browser, this will be come just too easy for them!
NoeL
Update :- 03/09/08
After the initial hiccups with Google Chrome, finally it is available for download here.
Update :- 03/09/08
After the initial hiccups with Google Chrome, finally it is available for download here.
Giving a perfect competitor to encyclopedia Wikipedia, Google opened its website Knol (knol.google.com) to the public on last Wednesday. Unlike Wikipedia, where those who write remain anonymous, Knol allows people to write with their bylines. "We are deeply convinced that authorship, knowing who wrote what, helps readers trust the content." said Cedric DuPont, product manager for Knol.
New York Times reports that Google's Knol - its term for a unit of knowledge - is a collection of user-generated articles on specific topics. Google said that the aim of the free service is to 'help people share their knowledge'. The company would not serve as an editor in any way or bless the content, instead, it would leave editorial responsibilities up to the author. But it will rank the entries according to its popularity to encourage competition.
It also plans to reward authors of popular posts by enabling them to profit from their entries, if they allow Google to place advertisements on their pages. The contributor can earn as per the number of page views the article gets.
Knol is considered as an attempt to boost the company's online advertising income by attracting some of the millions who use Wikipedia, which is non-profit and advertising-free.
Dupont denied Knol was designed as a 'Wikipedia killer', saying, "Google is very happy with Wikipedia being so successful. Anyone who tries to kill them would hurt us."
The highlighted knols on the site's front page were mainly related to health issues such as migraines or irritable bowel syndrome. Knol is widely perceived as a shift in Google's identity of 'organizing the world's information' to 'creating and publishing information' that could potentially compromise its neutrality in organizing search results.
Can/Will Google give a real competition to Wikipedia? We will have to wait and watch!!
NoeL
New York Times reports that Google's Knol - its term for a unit of knowledge - is a collection of user-generated articles on specific topics. Google said that the aim of the free service is to 'help people share their knowledge'. The company would not serve as an editor in any way or bless the content, instead, it would leave editorial responsibilities up to the author. But it will rank the entries according to its popularity to encourage competition.
It also plans to reward authors of popular posts by enabling them to profit from their entries, if they allow Google to place advertisements on their pages. The contributor can earn as per the number of page views the article gets.
Knol is considered as an attempt to boost the company's online advertising income by attracting some of the millions who use Wikipedia, which is non-profit and advertising-free.
Dupont denied Knol was designed as a 'Wikipedia killer', saying, "Google is very happy with Wikipedia being so successful. Anyone who tries to kill them would hurt us."
The highlighted knols on the site's front page were mainly related to health issues such as migraines or irritable bowel syndrome. Knol is widely perceived as a shift in Google's identity of 'organizing the world's information' to 'creating and publishing information' that could potentially compromise its neutrality in organizing search results.
Can/Will Google give a real competition to Wikipedia? We will have to wait and watch!!
NoeL
I came across a an interesting blog post showing how to get the name of a Gmail account. Since the bug was visible through Google Calendars I hoped that it was maybe limited to users who had signed up for Google Calendar. This is not the case.
Ever wondered what name is behind some obscure gmail address? Maybe your preferred gmail address was taken and you’re wondering who took it?
Here’s a cute vulnerability in the gmail system that comes from the strong tie-ins between gmail, the google calendar and all the other services.
What you have to do for finding the names is:-
- Go to Google Calendar.
- On your left side, go to the 'Share this Calendar' TAB.
- Enter the email address of which you are interested to find the details in 'person' box.
- Click ‘add person’ and ’save’.
- If you are told that the user is not using Google Calendar and whether to send an invite to him, say 'NO'.
- Now return to 'Share this Calendar' TAB. Here you will see the first and last name of the person along with the gmail address.
It is that simple!! Now try who uses admin@gmail.com emal address. :) If you are still not clear with the procedure, go here.
We can just hope Google finds out this ASAP and fixes it!
Privacy is at Stake!!
NoeL
NB: Many cases, people use false names. Still, it is a problem.
Update: 20/07/2008
Google has addressed this issue. Now the name is not being displayed!
Guys,
If you are a GMAT aspirant, the following news will be important for you.
www.scoretop.com, a website that was providing online study materials for GMAT was sued by Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), the owners of GMAT. Scoretop, through their VIP membership, was supposedly distributing copyrighted material of GMAC.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia has issued a default judgment awarding the damages in the amount of $2.3 million, attorneys’ fees, court costs, and other relief in a copyright infringement case brought by GMAC against Lei Shi and other operators of the U.S.-based web site known as Scoretop.com.
GMAC goes on to say "... if individuals have violated its testing policies through their participation in Scoretop. Violators may have their GMAT scores canceled, and business schools will be notified of those cancellations..."
So, if anyone among you have/had subscribed to the VIP Membership at www.scoretop.com, be careful. Also, praying to all the known Gods will be a good idea.
More on this can be read at the links below.
- Courts Give Graduate Management Admission Council Domain Name Ownership, Hard Drive in Copyright Infringement Suit
- GMAT Cheating Controversy Grows
- Shutting Down a GMAT Cheat Sheet
- GMAT Cheating Scandal: Answers from GMAC
- PaGaLGuY - CAUTION NOTICE to all GMAT section users
NoeL
Trivia: The famous 1000 series (1000SC, 1000RC, 1000CR) used by many for preparing for GMAT was compiled and distributed by www.scoretop.com
Guys,
If you are a GMAT aspirant, the following news will be important for you.
www.scoretop.com, a website that was providing online study materials for GMAT was sued by Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), the owners of GMAT. Scoretop, through their VIP membership, was supposedly distributing copyrighted material of GMAC.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia has issued a default judgment awarding the damages in the amount of $2.3 million, attorneys’ fees, court costs, and other relief in a copyright infringement case brought by GMAC against Lei Shi and other operators of the U.S.-based web site known as Scoretop.com.
GMAC goes on to say "... if individuals have violated its testing policies through their participation in Scoretop. Violators may have their GMAT scores canceled, and business schools will be notified of those cancellations..."
So, if anyone among you have/had subscribed to the VIP Membership at www.scoretop.com, be careful. Also, praying to all the known Gods will be a good idea.
More on this can be read at the links below.
- Courts Give Graduate Management Admission Council Domain Name Ownership, Hard Drive in Copyright Infringement Suit
- GMAT Cheating Controversy Grows
- Shutting Down a GMAT Cheat Sheet
- GMAT Cheating Scandal: Answers from GMAC
- PaGaLGuY - CAUTION NOTICE to all GMAT section users
NoeL
Trivia: The famous 1000 series (1000SC, 1000RC, 1000CR) used by many for preparing for GMAT was compiled and distributed by www.scoretop.com
Guys!
Check out the link below. This tells you what your chances are for making it into the various B-Schools in the world. What you need to enter there is your CGPA out of 4 and your GMAT score.
Are your GMAT scores competitive?
If only getting into a B-School was this easy...!!
NoeL
Hi all,
I am recently involved with the design of a new website for my school. Right now I in lookout for someone who is good in Photoshop/Fireworks and can spare sometime for me.
I need to design a beautiful template for my school site.
If anyone is interested, contact me in my email address. (You can find my email address in the right side bar.)
NoeL
Hi all,
Euro 2008 Group games are almost over. Only a few games left. But even these are turning out to be finals. For example, today's game between France and Italy. The team that wins is through to the Quarters and the other out of Euro 2008. A final before finals...!
All the details on Euro 2008 can be found in the widget below. I found this in the Euro 2008 Official Site, euro2008.uefa.com
NoeL
Are you on blogger and have always wished that blogger had the 'Related Posts' feature just like wordpress. Well if you did here is a widget at your service. I have just installed this widget and I already liked it.
Scroll down this post to see the widget at work. This widget finds related posts only as per the labels of the posts and not as per the content. But still its impressive enough for blogger.
Originally this was created by Hoctro and then modified by Jack to simplify the installation. Its very simple to install (I have tried the modified version) but still make sure you have a backup of your blog template in case anything goes wrong.
Original version:- Here
Modified Version:- Here
NoeL
The automobile driving manual says the average driver's reaction time is: .75 seconds or 1 car length for every 10 mph..
Click the link below to test your average reaction time.
Sheep Dash!
I have scored 0.178 and my friend 0.172. What about you?
NoeL
Caution:- Be careful. This can be addictive!
Go to Google Maps
Search some place in US, say dallas..
On top of the map you can see street view.
Just click it, and you can navigate through the streets as if you are walking around..
It shows real 3D Imagery of the places.
Its really cool, try it out...
NoeL
NB: Now you dont need to waste time and money to visit places in USA. :)
When I started getting into the world of internet, I wondered how someone, by owning a website, makes money. That time, according to me, owning a website was a costly affair and it was devoid of returns.
Then, with further interaction with the internet and websites like GOOGLE, I came to know about the advertisements that are being put on the websites. Each of those advertisements gave good returns to the website owner. That is when I started thinking about the amount of money that is present in The World Wide Web.
Just look at Google Inc.
Then, with further interaction with the internet and websites like GOOGLE, I came to know about the advertisements that are being put on the websites. Each of those advertisements gave good returns to the website owner. That is when I started thinking about the amount of money that is present in The World Wide Web.
Just look at Google Inc.
- What is their business model?
- Where do they get all these money?
- How are they managing to come out with such wonderful applications?
- How did they reach the No.1 position in internet in about 15 year’s time?
Today, no one tells you to ‘go and search in the internet’. Instead, they will say ‘go google it’. Google is synonymous to internet and vice versa.
Google revolutionized internet. And the whole money that Google Inc. made was obtained from the internet. This will give us some idea about the kind of money that is available in this FREE internet. Just that, one should find the right working tool to tap it.
Now, having started with such a thought provoking post, let me introduce two people who, through their respective websites, tried to tap the money that is in internet.
- Ankur Shanker
Ankur Shanker is a 25 year old engineer from Noida, Northern India, who decided to follow the path of Alex Tew and he started the website blog, Million Dollar Story in November 2007. Ankur wanted to raise money for funding his MSc. Economics from LSE.
Ankur was admitted to LSE last year but then he deferred his admission by one year to July 2008. This was mainly due to insufficient funds for funding his higher studies plans at LSE. When Alex Tew decided to sell his web space at $1 per pixel, Ankur wrote short stories. Ankur thought of attracting more and more people to his website through interesting and thought provoking short stories, and thus earning money from the advertisements featured in his blog. A slightly different business proposal when compared to Alex Tew but with the common aim of finding funds for higher education. Ankur stepped into blogging for making $110, 000 USD in 6 months.
On 3rd January 2008, IBN Live had come out with an article on Ankur and it can be read here. Ankur also featured in several Press/Media during this time. (Link)
Alex Tew, a young then 21-year old student from UK started the website for the sole purpose of raising money for his university education. The index page of the site consists of a 1000×1000 pixel grid (one million pixels), on which image-based links were sold for US $1 per pixel, in minimum ten by ten blocks. The purchasers of these pixel blocks provided tiny images to be displayed on them, a URL to which they were linked, and a slogan displayed when hovering the cursor over the link. The aim of the site was to sell all of the pixels in the image, thus generating one million dollars of income for the creator. He was successful in his business model and earned a whooping $1, 037, 100 USD till January 2006. (Source)
You can read more about him here or you can go directly to his blog. I am putting a snap shot of his website here.
Screen Shot: Taken on 20-05-2008 at 10:00AM by NoeL
From the reports and figures available on various websites, it is pretty clear that Alex Tew is successful in his Million Dollar Home Page. I am not sure about Ankur though I have asked for the same on his blog.
We can find lots and lots more of people like this who is trying to tap the money available in internet. Many are successful but dangerously many more stumble on their way.
NoeL
NB: Many might be thinking why I am here on the internet. It is not for money. Though I don’t mind it coming my way! :)
*This is a screenshot of a copyrighted web page, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by owner of the website. It may also contain trademarked logos. It is believed that the use of a limited number of such screenshots for identification and critical commentary relating to the website in question qualifies as fair use under The (US) copyright law.
Hi fellas,
Here is the directory of top Indian Blogs, classified into various categories.
India Blogs
Hope this helps...!
NoeL
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