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This is to inform you that the “Ubuntu Linux” category has been renamed as “Linux (all distros)“.

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Jitendra

It is a common tendency amongst employees to relax and sit back when their bosses aren’t around. It is the perfect working situation one could ask for. No one to question you for coming in late or reprimand for taking so many coffee/cigarette breaks. You can do work at your own pace.

However, we seldom remain that responsible when we are not watched over. That after all is basic human psychology. But being responsible when you are not watched over is what counts the most and can save you from many unwanted situations.

You can fall trap into the office grapevine and backbiting leading others to form wrong impressions about you. It’s also very easy for this impression to circulate back to your boss at some point; and by then, it’s too late to correct it.

So here are some tips to handle yourself when your boss is not around:

• Be disciplined and make sure you don’t fall into a comfort zone.
• Put everything on mail, so your ‘sent items folder’ can be your instant back up for each of your actions.
• Provide solutions instead of just citing your problems. You will be appreciated more when you take charge of actions rather than just surfacing with problems.
• Talk to your boss as often as possible. It is necessary for him/her to be updated and intimated of your views.
• Summarize your day so that your boss is aware of the work you did in the day.
• Build good rapport with others and try to win them over.
• Finally if all else fails, have a backup plan ready! Being prepared for the worst hurts nobody.

August 26, 1910 to....

…no she did not die. She still lives on in our hearts

The Raksha Bandhan Thali

Raksha Bandhan – the celebration of togetherness, fraternity and sublime sentiments – is one of the the most awaited Indian festivals. It dots the celebration of sensitivity and love of the sibling relationship .

Raksha Bandhan which means a ‘bond of protection’ is an occasion to flourish love, care, affection and sacred feeling of brotherhood and to celebrate the sacred relation between brothers and sisters. Primarily, this festival belongs to north and western region of India but now the world too has started celebrating this festival with the same verse and spirit.

On the day of Rakhi, sisters prepare the pooja thali with Diya, Kumkum, rice, Rakhi thread and sweets. The ritual begins with a prayer in front of God, and then the sister ties Rakhi to her brother and wishes for his happiness and well-being. In turn, the brother acknowledges the love with a promise to stand by his sister through all the good and bad times. He also gives her a return gift. The gift symbolizes the physical acceptance of her love, reminder of their togetherness and his pledge.

Hi Readers,

I have added a new category, ‘India News“. Posts under this category will carry information related to my country of birth – INDIA!

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From The London Times:

Outside England’s Bristol Zoo there is a parking lot for 150 cars and 8 buses. For 25 years, its parking fees were managed by a very pleasant attendant. The fees were 1 pound for cars ($1.40) and 5 pounds for buses (about $7).

Then, one day, after 25 solid years of never missing a day of work, he just didn’t show up; so the Zoo Management called the City Council and asked them to send another parking agent.

The Council did some research and replied that the parking lot was the Zoo’s own responsibility.

The Zoo advised the Council that the attendant was a City employee.

The City Council responded that the lot attendant had never been on the City payrole.

Meanwhile, sitting in his villa somewhere on the coast of Spain (or some such scenario), is a man who’d apparently had a ticket machine installed completely on his own; and then had simply begun to show up every day, commencing to collect and keep the parking fees, estimated at about $560 per day — for 25 years.

Assuming 7 days a week, this amounts to just over $7 million dollars!

And no one even knows his name.

We live in a nation where trials go beyond a life term (14yrs) for a convict.

We live in a nation where Minority is Majority and Majority is Minority.

We live in a nation where Pizza reaches faster than Police and Ambulance.

We live in a nation where car loans are at 5% and education loans are 12%.

We live in a nation where Rice is sold at Rs 40 and Sim Card distributed free.

We live in a nation where IPL (India Premier League) is more important than BPL (Below Poverty Line).

We live in a nation where a dacoit or a criminal with all crimes in record can become ministers and law makers.

NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE IN THIS COUNTRY
THANK THE NETAS FOR MAKING IT HAPPEN
AND
CONGRATULATE YOURSELF
FOR ELECTING THEM

I also found this antique Super 8 movie camera, the Canon Auto Zoom 318M. The Canon Auto Zoom 318 M was produced in 1972, but the black model was commercialized in 1976. This movie camera is equipped with a lens Canon Zoom C-8 10-30 mm f:1.8; it is Macro. Its weight is kg. 0,470 and size is 60x81x172 cm. This movie camera was very popular.

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Shifting though an old trunk the other day, I came across an antique camera, the Polariod SX-70 Land Camera and its flash, the Polariod Polatronic 2350 Flashgun. Here is the picture of the two…

To know more about the camera, click here.