India plays Sri Lanka tomorrow. Its the World Cup finals.! The FINALS! We are back here after a really long time..!! Lets make it count I say! So, this could turn out to be a preview to an amazing post tomorrow of India’s win tomorrow or a silent reminder that we lost. But I hope not.

My Fantasy Team has performed really well! Thanks to Ram and his valuable inputs! I remember the 2003 world cup! Ram and me going to Kapaleeshwarar Temple and doing an archanai. We lost miserably but lets not make the past count, because “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift, thats why its called present” – Old wise turtle from Kung Fu Panda. (BTW, did you know KFP 2 is going to be released soon..!!)

Jai Ho! Bleed Blue!

Sometime in August last year, i bought a HTC wildfire. One of the early low cost, low spec android phone. It is a dream device considering i jumped from a Nokia 1200. Gtalk, Gmail, Wifi, GPS, Compass, touch, all these got my heart going. It came with Android 2.1 by default and was promised a Froyo (2.2) update soon by HTC. It was probably their first mistake. HTC kept postponing later. If they had not announced anything of that sort, I might have kept quiet. But then the update never came, till December. Started researching on rooting.. So, to give you an idea of how to do it, these are the steps involved. A more complete guide is given here (Link)

Step 1: Rooting the phone. This step breaks the encryption by the manufacturer and give you access to the bootlader and the ROM manager. The ROM is the software itself.. The core to be more precise. This step breaks the warranty for the device..!

Step 2: Choosing a custom ROM. Lots of after market options are available. But my research showed Cyanogenmod to be very popular since they supported a wide range of devices.

So, one night, i rooted and installed CM6.1. A solid Android build based on Android 2.2. It was fast.! Display improved. Battery improved. UI improved. Angry birds ran without a hitch. It even clocked 750 hours on a stretch! ( I had to break that stretch since i had to board an air plane and was running low on battery)

Greed did not leave me after the launch on Android 2.3. CM started working on ROMs based on 2.3 and i was tempted. Wildfire was on their roadmap and i just could not wait. A release candidate was uploaded and i jumped at the chance.

A lot of functionality was missing. The interface was buggy since it was an RC. Jumping from such a solid Froyo to a buggy gingerbread was difficult to digest. Held on for as long as i could.

But last night, i downloaded the original ROM shipped with my android phone (2.1) and installed the HTC Sense ROM. Huge step backwards. But the phones stability was back. And tried the OTA update. It worked..!! Now running 2.2.!

My suggestions. Do not root the phone unless you know the ROM you are going to install has full functionality. CM is really good. but wait for the final release to happen.

Cycling was wonderful, when I had a cycle.

Then rains and winter at Hyderabad. Made me lazier.

Tried jogging. Not exciting.

Tried swimming yesterday. I think this will work.

Next requirement. Have to wake up at 7 everyday for the next 3 months and swim for an hour.. God.. I hope i do this. I have to do this.

Rest in Peace Rajini machan.

You will be missed a lot. :’(

No, seriously. Since when did logic take a back seat? And the range of people who display this trait are increasing at an alarming rate..!

I might have done the same too, so this post is for me as well..

Thumbing through the World Book or Brittanica or Encatra would usually be a wonderful experience. In the process, we do get distracted or diverted from the original topic, but you always learn what you wanted to.

And then came along Wikipedia. Wiped out Encyclopedia as we know it. But it is brilliant. I do hope this particular set of people know wikipedia is a wholy user contributed system that can be edited at any point of time. But rest assured, you make a mistake, you will be corrected.

When such amount of information is available on hand, why not use it? And if I use it and give a logical explanation, I am a geek? No, i am thirsty for information. I need to know. Don’t all human beings have that natural instinct called curiosity? Wouldn’t you want to know more? I love the slogan of this video!

“Progress isnt a philosophy, its a force of nature.” – Waah! Kya Baat hai.

People who stopped progress are just dead ends in the evolutionary chain. No point talking to them. And if i ever find someone trying to trip me on my progress, well, my only answer can be my middle finger. Your inherent dullness does not bother me as long as you do not open your mouth.

Just wanted to put this in writing, the cause of every international dispute is resources. Oil, Gold, Water, Land, Food, and every other resource possible on this planet.

To the readers of this blog, do not worry, you will not be one of the them. You are definitely not one of those people who know only facebook.com or orkut.com.

Ok.. I had to rant it out.. This is a really troubling trend.. The non utilization of resources that are literally available on hand is strange. I have this name at some place that i Google everything. Doesn’t everyone?

UPDATE: Usage of the word Google. http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/10/do-you-google.html

Crazy people..!! We still have lots more to do and i cant stagnate on this issue. Oh, ya, i forgot, I just spelt it out. Its off my hands, next..!!