Friends Meet

Thank God , My "exams" are over now , But sad , the college opens in jus 5 days . Okae , must enjoy atleast until . So i started today , actually , waking up asusual . The air was cool , happy that i could fill my lungs up with some fresh air ( Rare these days :S ) . I suddenly got a phone call from my old school friend , who said he could drop in , if i was free .
Gladly , i am , so i said that i was waiting , and he dropped in .
And Mind me this posting goes for him .

He is a "should-mention" guy . Actually , was a friend 'o' mine , since those lollypop days . But He was sure a pretty decent , silent guy whom i like for his high thoughts , slow and steady pacing , and his yogi-style of work . Happy , i could have a friend like him .

We started talking and querying each other , since it had been a long time , we have met .
Slowly , he again reached his yogi-kinda "osho" speeches . He advised me , to meditate , and the powers , which he felt from it . And its power to save "mind" from the so called Adolosent diversions , ( which like any other teen ager , i suffer from ) . Actually speaking , my friend saved me "One more Time " , with his speech about yoga & meditation .

Meditation is one of the powerfull mind-control , techniques , which India has given to other countries , and its power is visible from the very art when started to practise .

Thanks to that Guy , I can concentrate , on my Work now ..

BooTCaT ( Meow )

A Very Merry Christmas , passer by :)

Wish you a very merry christmas and this is my christmas present to you .
Feel Free to Steal me , Stranger :)

With Warm Wishes ,
BooTCaT

:)

(Though i am a hindu , i love christmas :D )

Free Web Design

I know i missed a lot of people , i feel sorry for them . But anyone , from now , i would like to help . To tell ya , i do WebDesign & i do it for free . Why ??, you ask me , 'cause i like it . So any kind fella need a web design , and can't spend.... on it , please let me know . I want to help & i am glad if i can . But to be clear , i design sites , actually it constitutes the way it looks & feels . I spend my time so that visitors like the way sites are , and i am sure they would like it .

My ( oooollllldddddd ) Homepage is here , http://bootcat.50webs.com
My ( oolldd ( yeah !! relatively new ) ) Buisness site is here , http://lawnmowers.50webs.com

Actually the lawn site is not finished yet , i am sure it will be Gr8 , when it is over ( Fuck those exams , they make me lethargic ... :( ) .

( The Homepage , was one of my first sites , so may be not too eye grasping ... if u thought so .. )

Thank You LANGA

Hey u wont believe me.....my blog hit went from 530 to 1600 ... And i cant believe it , its due to "MR Fred Langa " ...

Hey , ... thanks for that "christmas gift" .... & i love u very much....

With Loads & Loads of LOVE :)
The CAT
( Man ... i still cant believe this one..)

And Yet , Yet Another reason

AbcNews

Yet another , security flaw has been discovered , on usage of IE , which makes desktops , vulnerable . Read the above link in order to get the Lo-Down on that .

And see that the "How to avoid it" section , says that , " Neither Firefox nor Opera are vulnerable to this attack ".

But , i think , since IE has 85% of market share , people are focussing on that , to detect vulnerabilities & exploits .

But , lets "think" , of FireFox winning the browser wars , say with 80% of the Market , who knows , Something more deadly things , kinda " Hey i hav never seen anything like this before , holy shits , blistering barbicles , tundering typhoons " , may be waiting .

I dont know , but if you have read upto this one , then please leave me a comment , on what do you think about this and the future ..

Cold Wishes ( yeah.. i'm shivering ) ,
The Cat
:-)

Another Butcher , Poor IE ..

I hav tol this many times & i am telling this again . Get off IE & get yourself an other browser . WHY ??? u ask me , here's another reason.

Yet & I mean Yet another Trojan hunts down IE , & aint that enough for u to shift over to any other browser . HUH if you dont believe me , then better read this one .


" Trojan horse rides on unpatched IE flaw "
" Attackers are taking advantage of an unpatched vulnerability in Internet Explorer to target users of the ubiquitous Web browser, Microsoft warned late Tuesday. "
- CNET News

To read the whole shit click here
I think that post wont be there long enough , .. Oh My God .

Why , People , Why ? This world & propably the internet is too large for one person , and Aint there any other browser which rather is safe , satisfactory & cute enough ???

"Answer me" , I will because there are many alternatives & my votes go to the free browsers mostly open source .

Answer No 1 : Firefox , This one's simple irresistable , & it juz got better .
Answer No 2 : Opera , This norwegian little cute kiddo , became a freeware (Oh my) .
Answer No 3 : Flock , I cant stop saying about this one , this is sure delicious , ( to bloggers esp , check out the homepage .. ) but still under development .

And the next time , i see one of you using that crap IE & crying over the hunt of your system by a trojan or a virus , ... ( this makes me mad .. :-( ) , I am goin to give you a nice pat , like your mother would do for u , where you ask me , on your Ass (Mind thaone ) .
:) Juz Kidding ,

BooTCaT
http://bootcat.50webs.com

PVR , The DVR Kingdom !!!

Actually , i came across this , on the video released by one o those Creative Commons .
Who am i talkin about , whom else than Kevin Rose & Dan Huard . I came across one o those sites ( www.thebroken.org ) , i got a mail from them , about their new site ( www.systm.org ) .
Their Second video ( A must see , if u ask me ) , They have explained splendid , about setting up your own DVR , without the hassles , most would face .

Whats a DVR ? DVR stands for digital video recording . Look at this situation , You're not home , u miss ur favourite show on , Tv , what would u do ?
Juz setup the PVR software ( Personal Video Recorder .. ) to juz , record the show , juz for u .
Then u come home , & u missed nothing .

Actually , I've took this topic , because , i want explain about the Open Source PVR alternative that exists ... u know what i'm talkin about , U R Right , MythTV .

U migha heard about the Window$$ Media Center Edition , But look at the cost , I'd rather spend on a 10.2 Home theater , for that .
But Myth Tv , allows what Window$$ crap can do ( mostly ) , with no cost for the ware .
So any show , anywhere in the world , u can schedule , backup & pleasure is with u .

Best of all , No Monthly Subscription .

So Myth Tv a check out , if u drop for the DVR . U r sure 2 stay .

Wishes ,
The CAT

Hunting India with a Cam !

Im sure Nilesh is taking india, somewhere , with his exotic & vivid photographs . Man , now i know how he's a photoenthusiast . He has won " The Best South East Asian Photoblog " & now i know , how he mould india so beautifully .
He has brought the pleasant landscape , along with the pleasing mountains & nature .
Be sure to visit the site , & iam sure u will feel india & its beauty (esp . The Taj .. ) .

Visit http://shutterbug.nu , Visit India Unveiled ,
( Actually im not supposed to display the photos , But i had no choice .... Sorry Nilesh :) )
Signing Out ,
The Cat .

Best things , Come Free

Have u ever been frustrated , because u could not get u r media player , play the video u downloaded . Sure if u had been in the net for long u musta had such a situation .

But , luckily there is a single player , which could play almost 98% of the formats available online . Wanna know what it is , yeah Mplayer .
It is a movie player , available for many systems & platforms . It can play any normal MPEG,Mp3 .... to the rarest and mostly not working Matroska container formats , NuppelVideo etc .... ( believe me , only this & only this player , played the "Potter" film i once downloaded .. , not even Matroska's recomended player did !!! ) .

Also ( if u r not a complete up to the brim kinda newbie !! :)) ) , It has a very wide range of output drivers , yeah the one from X11,XV,OpenGL.. to ATi,3dfx and Matrox . ( it can even use MPEG hardware decoder .. )

It also has , what a normal media player has , like On screen display ,subtitles , etc...
Juz look to this page , to see what it can really do ..

Only disadvantage , u would see , is that it doesnt have a GUI ( thats cause its power is from the command line .. ) . But third party Gui's by other members are also available..) .
Only the linux binary has a GUI .

The best part , im gonna tell u is that , the player is available for "FREE" .
Yeah its under the GNU GPL Licence . ( Even the source is free .. if u want it .. )

So i think u musta had the taste , what a true , powerfull Open Source software can do ...

One thing i wanna tell u , is that this player is fighting its way against Software Patents ( this because , mplayer could play any format , mostly it should not play .. for eg Windows Media Video should be played only by a Microsoft licenced player .. ) .
So it's our job to support , the player for fighting against the patents . We can do this by explaining to others the "No use " of patents & why it should not be there .
Mplayer also currently takes Donations .
This would surely , encourage the developers .

So i think i have done something for this wonderful player , ( campaining .. :) )
What about you ??
Support the player , Let Open source GROW !!!!!!

Wishing with Warmth ,,
The CAT

Spyware 2 Spy !! where ????

I 'm dead sure , that 99% of those , who are reading this article , must have come across spywares , adwares , mal - shits & other kinda stuff .

Yeah , u mustav had situations , like u cant go to u r favourite search engine ( Giggle !!!! ) , Ur connection seems 2 be slow .. ( yeah dead slow mo.. ) , 2 many ( yeah really 2 many .. ) popups blow u out & other situations like that ...

Believe me , i hav seen people spend "coins" , gettin their system clean . Juz Common Sense & set of right tools can get ya out of most ( yeah 90% ) .

At first , if ur a windows XP user (most are .. ), get ur system a Windows SP2 ( cause the windows shit , has 2 many bugs .... & vulnerability pussies .. where others can easily place their penises .. huhuhuh ... Juz kidding ) . You can find it here .

Then kindly follow these points to get those asses outta u r system .

1.) Dont click ( or even see .. ) popups , like " Your system is affected with Spywares " , " Your system 's date is changed " , " Find your weather.. " . They r juz poo's , trying to get u r attention .

2) Dont install any activeX , crack.exe ( kinda.... like this ) etc files , which popup while u surf .

3) Try to avoid toolbars like Mysearchbar , Alexa ... etc .. ( If u dont know what r these , U r rocking .. )

4) Be careful, when u r browsing Warez , Apps , XXX sites ... They say to install some ware , in order to continue .. ( believe me u can do without em ... :)) )

5) Now for some freebie ( yeah kinda , though not fully ..but gr8 4 our job ) toolz.

a) Spyware blaster - This helps in preventing known threats in cookies , dll's ..
b) Spybot S&D - One o those Antispy's .
c) Ad-Aware - Another one .

Install and run a scan , juz quarantine or delete ( yeah whatever the above software says .. )
& try to run a scan ( quick !! ) regularly .
( We are using 3 different softwares .. cause nothin's complete ... )

And u r problems r gone .. ( yeah mos propably..) .....
Thats it , u r gonna love u r browsing experience ( atleast .. :- )
Juz try it ... u will sure hav luck ... i can say .

Warm wishes ,
The Cat . ;-) ( Meow .. )

Illustrator ? What do u think ??

Hah , My exams are returning & my ideas knock at this time ( Fcuk em.... arghhhh ) .......
I really dont know what to do .. & if i sit right now , i may literally cry at those exams , but this thing is really making me crazy ...

Iam thinking of a site on Illustrator .
Illustrator is a great tool , & if u ask me it is a lot more versatile & powerfull than photoshop ( esp when it comes to the pen tool ... )

I find that the internet lacks sites on illustrator when compared to photoshop ( i find one everywhere ... ) . Illustrator though being a gr8 tool , lacks respect it should have got ..
So i think , i may start a site on illustrator & show what can be done with it & reveal its true power . I may start , & could update regularly . I am thinking about tutorials , links , galleries & etc ............

So any piece of advice ,suggestions , frm anybody i would love it ,
And not to forget , I would love some help from u ... people ... If u are intrested , let me know .
Juz leave a comment .

And , if u r a illustrator guru or something like a illustrator Oracle or something & with a heart to teach , i wont deny any tutorials from you . ( Its really Gr8 man ... :) )

Dont forget to visit my site at http://bootcat.50webs.com

------------ Love & Regards -------------------------------

Wishing Luck ,
BooTCaT .
:-)

Say Hello to Neo !!

Im tired fellas , cause this has taken me , 24 Hours to finish & it's not complete yet .
Please if u hav liked the art , let me have a comment from you people ( Both Good & Bad ).

I hav used Illustrator to do this .If u are artist , painter , or anything releated with art , be glad to gimme some advice . :) :)

Vectori with inkscape

I recently came across a new OpenSource vector graphics editing tool named Inkscape (www.inkscape.org) . It's cool .. man , and i think its competing with Adobe Illustrator . After seeing this , i downloaded and tried it on my desktop . To say it's one cool tool to use , and has SVG as its native format . now thats one thing , u gota clap u r hands , :)) . It has all the normal tools one would want for trying vectors for their work & ofcourse the new gradient editor was nice to work with .
I personally like the way inkscape renders its gradients ( believe me , they are better than illustrator ) . but i dont know why , it takes a lot of system resources & this is why its a little heavy ( think , it's cause it uses Pango ... oh don know... ) . otherwise its an excellent tool to work with & can be used for professional works too.. I've even seen a couple of starter tutes in the TUX Magazine (www.tuxmagazine.com ) .

Nothing's better than using it overselves , so next time u are thinking vectors , be sure to give this tool a try ..

And dont forget to visit the gallery section at inkscape.org (http://wiki.inkscape.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Galleries )


Have a nice day , people .

Try Slackware

People on this tech world must have sure heard the word 'LINUX' ( atleast from hell ) , though most of em dont know what it is . I have tried a few Distro's which include Redhat,Mandrake,Linspire,Fedora,Knoppix,FreeBSD,Slack (ofcourse ...) .
Of all these distro's , i can tell you Slackware is the linux for beginners who want to learn the Shit out of linux .... yeah nothing comes right for you in this linux ,... u have to try on u'r own if it has to work ur way . Other Distros though may be easy to use .... are not what linux noobs who wanna be Pro's need.

So if u could , please try it once....u will sure stay ...

http://www.slackware.com -> See Slack there.....

Opera 's FREE Folks....

I've heard from BBC's Clickonline ( www.bbcworld.com/clickonline )... that opera has become free . This is gr8 , cause the world's fastest browser is free too .
On their website , they have specified that it was possible due to their worldwide customer support .

They have removed the banners & licencing fee . Propably an attractive option or alternative or rival or whatever u would call to Mozilla FireFox .(I use both opera & FireFox )

But , i could see certain features that opera excels on , FireFox .

* Initially , it loads faster ( Hey if u ever had a P3 128 Mb Pc u would surely know )

* It renders faster than Firefox ( Now thats for sure , u hav 2 accept with me .. )

* It's seperate from u r system ( contrast to Internet Explorer which is the browser mostly targeted by Spywares ,Adwares etc.. )

* It has other features integerated , like Rss News feeder , Chat & Mail Client .., Notes windows etc..

* And many more features which i can say u would surely love , on using it...

Anyway , its individual preference when it comes to using these browsers and Opera sure has a good

Which Language ??

Basically , Im a C programmer and i have been programming for the past 2 years for now . but i'm always in a dilema on which language is the best & maybe atleast 2 or 3 i could learn so that i could get a complete vial , for programming .

I do system programming , web design (yeah.... :) ), appz etc ...
and iam a little attracted towards the opensource community which is the best when u wanna learn programming .
I also like the Linux Boxes , so if i wanna program there ( with power ) then maybe , C is the only answer .
And for web designing & programming i think perl & PHP are the Trolls of web world.
So i think i have to learn them too....
U'av got any advises , please let me have it GUYZ & ofcourse GRLZ .....

Trilogy to continue ??

Recently i saw in one of those sites that matrix was gonna have a fourth part extending the Triology...

Matrix Reentered , i wish its true.....
but no ideas..
Im sure people , enjoyed the first & second , but the ending was not as good as its first two counterparts, so im looking forward for any next Matrix ( :)) ) film , which i think would be better than the first two .

Empty Stomachs ... Empty Posts ... :)