No...Posts..for..this..week

I..strongly..feel...days..are..moving..very..fastly..4..me....
couldnt..realize..when..this...week..passed...

YUP,cudnt..posting..anything..on...tech...stuff..I..am..doin...from..last..2..weeks..
and..last..few..posts..are..only...related..to..spiritualty..
as..last..2..weeks...i..concentrated..more..on..spiritual..sphere..of..mine..
and..dint..even..open..any..of..my..RSS...feeds..[sorry..OMEA]

Surely...will..keeep..posting..on...both..tech..and..spirituall
..and..inspirational...stuff..which..I..keep..reading..
for..educating,,.my..uneducated...mind...

As..a..continuation..from..last..post..on..Meditation
..i..ll..be..posting..other..forms..of..Meditation..like..
Mindful...Meditation.and..its..relevance..from....
PHYSIOLOGICAL..perspective..
[meditation..(without.any..religous..implications)..are..
just.physiological..techniques...to..acheive..some..
sort...of..focused..and..relaxed..mind]


Currently..I..am..doing..research..on..MS-Excel--XMLSpreadsheets...
[xml,xls,xsl,xslt,xpath,xquery......GOD!!!!!!Save..Me]
Will..post..details..on..this..later...

Meditation......

Beter..management..of..life...!!!!....every..one..would..like..2..do..that...
In..my..quest...for.making...and.leading..a..simple...life...
I..have..tried..and..still.trying...many..different..things....,
today..got..a..chance...2..read..a..book..on..MEDITATION...
frankly..till..now.dint..had..considered..this..one..seriously...
Some..of..the..points..which..I..had..noted..are..here...
Hope..willb..usefull..2..all..who..is.reading...this...

• Meditation...means..to.think..deeply..and..constantly
• Subconscious...and...Unconscious...layers..of..mind..are...storehouse......
• ..of..acumulated.KARMA...
• Meditation..purifies..accumulated..KARMA...
• All..of..us..meditate....
• [When.we..worry..then..also...but...ofcourse...that.will.result..in..bad..effects]

To..brief..in..Universal...meditation,,4..types..are..defined,
[details...of..meditating...
UM-I
Meditation.involves..constant..chanting..of..any..manthra..word...anythingds..
.Mental..repitition..of..chosen.word..like..[om/shanthi/HK...etc].....

UM-II
Mouna..Dhyana...Silent..Meditation.involves..focussing..one's..own..breathe..

UM-III
Shravana..Dhyana,,Meditation.involves..constanttly..listening..to..holy.words ..manthras..songs..positive..suggestions...etc..etc..

UM-IV
Ekagratha..Dhyana...Visual...Meditation.involves..constantly...looking.at...object...
[disciplining..of...consscious..mind].


.Will..add..more..information..once,,I...complete..
For..more..information...check..out..this..site..of..the..author..of..the..book....Sanathan..dharama.

Ganesha..Chathurthi.....

GANESH...CHATHURTHI....one...of...major..festival...for...all..of..us..indians....

• As..per.our..tradition..we...keep..ganesha..idol..brought..last..

year..along...with..the..new..ganesha..idoll.which..we..bring....now... ........pooja...is..done..4..both....and..visarjana[immersing..in..holy..water]..is..performed..
with..old..Ganesha..idol........New..one...is..kept..in..pooja..mandir..and..we..perform..poooja.
.till..next..year..Ganesh..Chathurthi..[same..process..continues..]

• pooja...is//performed.all..4...times..of..that..day//[we..did..only..3..times..]
• this..is..one..of..the..days..where..i..wear..dhoti..and...shalya..

whole..day..[aaah]

• we..r..supposed..visit..108..ganaptahis.[i..did...108..darshans..till..my

..college..days..].
..now..only...9..ganapathi...4..obvious..reasons//

• 21.times..danda..pranama..[baski][uttak-baitak]..innfront..of..

the..LORD...as..a.
.mark...of..accepting..our..mistakes..and..asking..him..2..forgive..[he..takes..all..our..sins..]

• NOT..supposed..tosee..Moon..as.he..is..cursed..for..that..

on..that..day...but..shud..see..
mon..next..day..[story..behind..GC]


I..tried..to..identify..the..significance..of..Ganesha..Chaturthi
.using..my..limited..knowledge..
correct...me..if..any..thing..is...wrong...
MORALS....
As..per..the...stories..from..our..puranas...on..GC.[Symanthakopakyana..]

• Relation..between..MOM..and.SON

...........Ganeshji.comes..to..earth..to..take..his..MOM..safely..
to..KAILASH..after..the..aashad
[eetc]...

• No..one..shud..make..fun..of..others.for..any..reasons...

.........Moon.God...makes...fun..of..Gaesh..for...his..fat..stomach
..and...tiny..chariot...mouse...as
a..result..he..is..cursed..by..ganesha....i.e...y..no..one
..shud..see..moon...on..GC..day

• Respect..for..everyone..including..children..juniors..etc..etc

Even..though..ganesh..is..a.small..kid..all..big..daities
..like..bramha..vishnu..shiva..etc..etc..
worship..him..and..take..his..blessing..
for..starting...their..activities....

• Think...before..U..act......

Shiva....beheads...ganesh..during..fight...without.
.realising..that..ganesh..is..his..son..and.
.then..repents..when..he..comes..to..know..that.
.he..killed..his..son..which....was..a...
thoughtless..act...and..decision..taken..in..hurrry..

• Any..one..born..in..this..world..are..under..maya..and..have..to..face..

miseries..and..burdens..of..life...

Supreme..Personality.. KRISHNA...under..maya..also..undergoes.
.lots..of..problems..in..his..life...KRISHNA..is..
alleged..by..his..relatives..etc....to..have..killed..
King..Prasena..and..others.
for..getting..precious..symathaka..mani
[jewel..from...SUN...god]

• All..gr888..powers..and..wealth...come..with..even..more..responsibilites..

If..not..handled..properly..can.be..dangerous..else..will..be..very..much..
rewarding....

King..Prasena...did..not..handle..properly..the..holy.
.and..powerfull.syamathaka..mani..
[jewel..from..SUN..God]..hence..is..killed.
..by..Lion..immediatly..
but..King..Akroora..handled..the.Mani
..by..the..it..was..supposed..o..be..used..
He...built..many..cities..haridwar...etc..etc
..and..many..temples..using..the..wealth..
provided..by..mani..]

• No.one..shud..be..under.estimated..at..any..cost.. .
• We..need..to..be..humble..and..kind..even..if..we..gr88..powers...
  

Ganeshji's..chariot..is..a..mouse.[ride..on..a..mouse!!!!!!]
.even..a..small...animal..can..be..useful..
Ganesh..even..if..he..is..very..powerful..GOD.
..use..small..as..chariot..humbly..

Other..significance..

• During..Independence..struggle...,,BalaGangadharTilak..i

ntroduced..GC..as..sociall.fest...using..this..as...stage..
for.social..gathering..and..spreading..awareness..among..the..masses...

• Even..now..we..can..see..lots..of..sanghas'/associations../groups..etc..etc..in..each..

and..every..galli..of..our..country...celebrate..GC..as..a..socia..fest

• GC..is..celebrated..by..al..caste..and..levels..of..people.all..over..the..country...
  

Spiritual..signiifcance...

• All..our..sins..problems..etc..etc..are..taken..away..by..LORD..when.

.we..perform..visarjana[immersing.idols...in...the..holy..waters].

• Visarjana..also..signifies..that..nothing[our..body.wealth..property..etc]..is.. forever..and..al...has..to...get..dissolved....like..the..idol..dissolves
  

More..information..on..this...can..be..found..at..the..following...locatiosns...

1. WIKIPEDIA......GANESH..CHATHURTHI....
2. SIX.gr888...THOUGHTS..on..Ganesh..Chathurthi

Wish..that..LORD..GANESHA..bring..lot..of..positive..energy..wisdom..and..luck..to..all....
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Gyan I've got this week - 1

1. The illiterate of the future won't be a person who doesn't know how to read, it will be a person who doesn¿t know how to learn
2. People who succeed most in their careers are those who can constantly transform themselves.
3. People will respect us for our honesty, if not our wisdom.
4. We must learn to look at change as an exciting adventure rather than a disruption. New avenues for learning always lie just beyond the shade of our comfort zone.
5. Pursue excellence in whatever you do.Excellence is a habit not an act.
6. Criticism may actually be an expression of faith in us rather than a put down. We must learn to take it constructively because it will show us what more we can learn.
7. Be  Positive. It can do a lot to elevate the moods of people around you and recharge you to take one more shot at the problems facing you.
8. It doesn't matter whether you play the violin, the flute or the drums; you are still part of the orchestra. Leadership is not about exercising power as much as it is about contributing. This will happen when we realize that leadership is not a privilege but a responsibility.
9. Training on emotional intelligence has helped IT professionals achieve a higher degree of maturity
10. People relations matter a lot... success does not hinge on scholastic qualifications or technical brilliance alone
11. Motivators in the form of challenges that go far beyond your area of expertise and the ease and flexibility of climbing the corporate ladder really fast are key differentiators.

Eclipse IDE -- to eclipse Visual Studio

My favourite...IDE Eclipse...history ...Read the details..ECLIPSE HISTORY.

I was proud that our team initiated and officially used Eclipse IDE for our projects and even we had plans to build custom plugins to it...
Now Eclipse is the defacto IDE used by all other teams in our company..
ALAS now i have started working on VS.NET now ..
Anyways i still use Eclipse  for some C# and Coldfusion coding..
and also for my weekend research/study on j2ee frameworks[ not done from past few months..]

om Eclipse namahhh

Agile Development more gyaan

I couldn't resist from linking to an article on Agile which I came across while browsing titled,
Secret To Software Success

Frankly What I feel is that this one is a must read for all those involved in SDLC process.
Some excerpts from that article,

1. Why Building Software Is Not Like Building a Bridge
2. If this were the pharmaceutical industry, we'd be killing people,"
3. Desperate to avoid the scapegoat's horns, some technology executives are finally beginning to take up arms against this sea of failure, redefining how software is built. They call it Agile Development, a disciplined, minimalist approach that's both elegant and arduous, and maybe IT's best hope to avoid "Yet Another Trip to Hell."
4. Build on success, not hope. As often as once a week, and not less than once a month, complete a piece of software. Then have your business deciders test and approve it.
5. Think of it as climbing Mount Everest. Do you set a plan and say, 'On day seven we'll be here and the weather will be this and I'll need my ice pick'? You can't do that

using CVS [ VS.NET / Eclipse ]

Recently I started using VS.NET IDE for some new project.
Unfortunaltely VS.NET is not so rich in features as our eclipse say CVS [ inbuilt in eclipse].
In my weekend R&D, I was searching for CVS to use with VS.NET and found a lot of contenders.. Already 2 of the commercial softwares were already in use by other teams in my company and frankly no one recommeded me either [ VSS /ClearCase ].
There are lot of other contending tools available like Perforce, Starteam etc. As I was accustomed to using CVS with eclipse, found a similar plugin for VS.NET called igloo.
Its opensource though there is no support and no recent updates, my initial tests were successful and felt like , I can manage.

Anyways Microsoft will be coming up with their VS.NET tob be released Team version of IDE.

Its easy...

First post through email. gr888!.

I never had time and patience to add posts to my blog [Also to check my personal mails].
But mail-to-blogger is really a very good feature of blogspot.
Now I can keep posting from my office email id.

Also recently I switched from SharpReader to Omeareader [ RSS fead readers ] both at office and my home . SharpReader is simple one but Omea Reader provides a lots of other features and its FREE. Check it out.

How To Develop Software Faster

I found this article which breifs about different aspects of software development.
Mainly authors explain the standard Software Development Practices like,

• Code and Fix Method
  
• The Waterfall Method
• Agile Development

Also article breifs about,

• Generative Programming
• Rapid Prototyping

Add u r comments .

Web 2.0 is here !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Check out what following O'Reilly article has to say about the buzzword WEB 2.0.
Web 2.0
Beleive me this is going to be really interesting.

Also check out sample Web 2.0 site. There are 100's of unbeleivable Web 2.0 sites [ rather web applications ] available.
This one is too good to have look at.

Meebo makes everyone’s online life a little easier (and more fun!) by aggregating all of your IM accounts in one place, cleaning up all of your chat windows into a single window, and the best part -- no software.

Check it out Meebo yourself you will be surprised to see

yahoo messenger in your browser Simulated

Will post some more Web 2.0 links.


Alas!!! not finding enough time for research due heavy production issues at work.
N'ways good to know that lots of new stuff ahead.

Currently Reading......C# and KRSNA

Update : Mar 15 2006:
Really the book is informative. Could not complete it as I was really busy last few weeks in production issues.



C# Bible
TOC and the intro were impressive. Also there is a dedicated chapter on .NET framework. Will give full review once I complete.







Also reading"Top Most Yoga System" .
Somehow manage to turn a page or 2 during the drive to office.