I’d be gone for a while; you can waste your time here digging the archives.

Meanwhile, Opera Techincal Preview has been released and you can download it via Opera labs. It’s a proof of concept and its not meant to be installed over your exisiting version. I have been with Opera ever since version 7.50 and can safely vouch for the fact that it rocks. The newer version would greatly enhance your browsing pleasure.

In anycase, you can see for yourself about the site specific preferences; you can literally strip off the advertisements.

Two screenshots here on Flickr:

One using Firefox minus the Ad Blocking and the other using it’s site specific preferences and Ad blocker on full cylinders. Interestingly, Firefox screws up in full screen mode; it doesn’t hide the other tabs by default; not a good practise in my opinion. Opera allows you to navigate by the mouse button alone.

Frankly, I am making a strong case for Opera’s adoption in Indian market. I hope that you might be spurred on to choose this for yourself.

I am adding a few links in case you wish to browse.

Enjoy!

This reminds me that I am leaving on an optimistic note after a long time! In real life, I see a lot of things as good. And can appreciate some finer things in life by God’s grace. One has to put up an ugly mirror to disprove the mismanaged affairs and hopefully spur on the debate for public accountability. That is the purpose behind sharing thoughts with you all.

This came as a surprise to me indeed.

In case those who aren’t aware, Cybermedia publications gets out it’s industry mouth piece called as Voice and Data. I wouldn’t comment on their publications, but I really wonder whether anyone takes it seriously.

Now Hindu reports:

Union Minister for Communication and Information Technology Dayanidhi Maran has been awarded with the “Telecom Man of the year 2005″!

This isn’t enough. Kicking themselves in the backside, raking up more muck and exposing themselves, Voice and Data team named BSNL as the ISP of the year! On what frigging basis?

In servicecategories, BSNL bagged four awards for being top internet, fixed line, national long distance and telecom service provider and VSNL won the top international long distance service provider award.

Service category!! It can’t get more ridiculous than that.

Well, you can draw your own conclusions. This blog has already awarded the “assh*** of the year award to one of the BSNL’s staffers. He aptly deserves it anyway.

Before I end, I would like to draw your attention to a news report in Ibn-CNN link. Since I can’t reproduce a copyrighted material, a trivial spelling mistake caught my attention. I reproduce the sentence; in case anyone is reading from IBN- you ought to fire your web master.

Private telecom companies who will also be forced to bring down their STD rates once BSNL does. privatee operators feel that one india is only possible after changing the regulations.

Apart from the spelling mistake, this is a major grammatical goof up. Mr Rajdeep Sardesai! You seem to have hired drop out journalists!

Damn. The Indian Media just can’t stay away from creating nuisance for itself. We could easily do without these charlies masquerading as “serious” stuff; it disappoints me because it’s for the whole world to see.

BSNL as Internet Service Provider of the Year? What did these guys see which I have missed?

Another wonerful link from Emergic as usual. This one deals with setting upWireless Networks in developing world. This does sound technical; but I believe that it would make sense to people who have some background knowledge about networks.

About the project:

The massive popularity of wireless networking has caused equipment costs to continually plummet, while equipment capabilities continue to increase. By applying this technology in areas that are badly in need of critical communications infrastructure, more people can be brought online than ever before, in less time, for very little cost. We hope to not only convince you that this is possible, but also show how we have made such networks work, and to give you the information and tools you need to start a network project in your local community.

The whole book can be downloaded from here.