Energy

Energy

Most of us in the IT field, used to do one thing before leaving for the day from office, Press Ctrl+Alt+ Del and leave to home happily. That means your PC is still on. One normal PC in the sleeping mode (Hibernation) will consume 35 watts/hr.

Based on this we will do a small calculation.

• For one week 24 * 7 = 168 Hrs
• Of this if we consider that we are working for 68 hours, then
• the PC is in sleeping mode for 100 Hrs a week. For one month 4 * 100 = 400 Hrs
• In a normal IT office, if we assume approximately 250 PCs are there, 250 * 400 = 1,00,000 Hrs (Sleeping Mode)
  
• So the power wasted in an office in a month is, 100000 * 35 = 3500 KWH or units.
• If the charge per unit is Indian Rs. 6, then totally the wastage value is approximately 21000 Indian rupees.

Here the sad thing is not the money loss to the company but the power loss to the country. (Hope no company is bothered about this procedure of keeping the system in sleeping mode)

Apart from the loss to the country we need to think of the efforts people are putting for producing the power in the Mines, Thermal Stations, Hydro electric Stations, etc. If this is to continue, the cost of unit power will go up & at one stage we will not get power even if we are ready to pay any cost. So before leaving to home take some time to shut down the PC and do some favor to the country and the organization you work for.

If you feel that this point is to be considered, let your colleagues know the importance of energy saving...

via email: Sachin

Chording Almighty ?

Chording Almighty ?

Birds don't fly as high. Airplanes don't go as fast. The Statue of Liberty weighs less. No species other than human can even comprehend what is going on, nor could any human just a millennium ago. The launch of a rocket bound for space is an event that inspires awe and challenges description.

The exhaust column pictured is from the Space Shuttle Endeavour after last week's night launch to visit the International Space Station. Endeavour's rocket engines create the dramatic glow from above the clouds. From a standing start, the two million kilogram rocket ship left to circle the Earth where the outside air is too thin to breathe and where there is little noticeable onboard gravity. Rockets bound for space are now launched from somewhere on Earth about once a week.

>> Endeavour to Orbit

Urban Art

Urban Art

What's the first thing you look for when you want to move into a new house ?

A perfect house with a good ambiance & neatness melted inside four walls ? or a spacious house which can accommodate all your stuff ranging from furnitures to large house hold items ? I know few of my friends who've rejected good houses citing the reason that the house is smaller to accommodate their existing collection of lotta furnitures !

Think again, if you're on that league, smart urban ID or interior designers have intelligent solutions for you, only if you like to adopt.

Checkout this interesting link where small box is converted into multiple set of furnitures, or a small, single foam chair is flexed into lounge bed. If you call it flexing in disguise; you are right, it's also blessing in disguise too.

>> Clever Furnitures

Bluetoothing...

Bluetoothing...

My new bluetooth gizmo stuff : Plantronics Audio 910. I use it to talk on the phone, use it in a car with a bluetooth enabled car stereo, answer calls on google talk & skype in a crystal clear, wind noise canceling technology.

It comes with a nice design & effective technology. And it's packed with simple pairing technique with any mobile having bluetooth feature. A bluetooth dongle with it enables connection with laptop. I paired it with my windows mobile in less than few minutes. For me it comes handy while driving, allowing me to drive without picking up a call holding phone or even can resume the talk by pairing it with bluetooth enabled car stereo.

Shall we call it a late-futuristic gadget ;) ?

A desert war hero - Omar Mukhtar

A desert war hero - Omar Mukhtar

Last week I got a chance to watch: Lion of the Desert. I would say it's simply, an amazing movie.

It's amazing because, given the time period of 1979, this movie excels in all categories of movie making. You can't stop liking this movie a lot for -The details, elegant acting, well planned story line, intelligent direction, thorough research, flowing screen play, good camear work, timely background score, effective lighting & intelligent editing and for lot more reasons.

The above snap is the original photo of Omar Mukhtar, in shackles outside Italian courthouse in 1931. He was shackled from his waist to wrists as Italian army feared that he might just escape, he was aged 73. The Libyan hero was treated like a prize catch by the Italians as he resisted them for almost 20 years by guerrilla warfare.

In short, this is inspired by Libya & Italian battle days & a propaganda movie intended to showcase a Muslim “martyr” hanged by Italian fascism.I'm sure your heart moves for this Libyan war-hero once the movie gets over !

This movie symbolizes heroism , revenge , history, vanity, and a lot more.It has a great cast , Anthony (Omar Mukhtar) at his best and reed proving that he can make a great bad guy.The story is just wonderfully rich with a lot of events , it's a true story about an Arabic Muslim hero who fought against the Italian's occupation of Libya with a great bravery and intelligence.the production is amazing , it's a really big budget movie that had all the authenticity of that period. And last but not least the director Mr. Akkad who did an mazing job on this movie.

via | imdb

All I can say is that it's a must watch & now it's one of my favorite movies of all time. A simple search on google gives your more info on this visual delight of yester years. When you get a chance to watch this one, never miss it !

Bloody need

Bloody need

"Every three seconds, someone needs blood. Blood fights against infection and helps heal wounds, keeping you healthy. Anemic patients need blood transfusions to increase their iron levels. Cancer, transplant and trauma patients and patients undergoing open-heart surgery require platelet transfusions to survive. People who have been in car accidents and suffered massive blood loss can need transfusions of 50 units or more of red blood cells."

A website helps you to find blood donors near by you. Here u can search for a particular blood group, you will get thousand's of donor addresses. Pass this message to all u know. It will help many. Please don't delete it without forwarding. You will really help someone without your Knowledge.

Please visit this site: www.friendstosupport.org

Via email | Sachin

Bridge to design

Bridge to design

Well, designer has created wonderful designs after hour long interaction with users, vendors, architects, stake holders & etc if any. Everyone has given their buy-in, product managers have worked on final opinions on tweaks to the design.

It seems there are some managers, (apparently from an ideal universe,) who believe, once a great design is hatched, a simple written document is all the development team needs to make it a reality. Unfortunately, for most teams, it takes much more work to communicate anything but the simplest of designs.

As everyone believes, to successfully implement the design, a simple document accompanied with design or a mockup is more than enough to communicate the designer ideas to the developer . But that's where things regarded as shortfall in the design process. Unless the better dialog is setup to help the developer to understand the designs better, it's as good as a bad deliverable. As it might compound project risks, costs of implementation & delayed Quality Analysis etc.,

The design deliverables are a critical bridge between designers and developers. Both the documents and the process that produces and delivers them deserve careful attention.

So what's the solution to bridge the gap between a better design & the developer ?

Jared M. Spool opinions, The most successful teams play close attention to the critical goals behind their design deliverables. The minute details covered design doc & development focussed deliverables win the game of successful applications any day.

>> Read more on 'Getting The Most From Design Deliverables'

Simp.lified

Simp.lified

Link of the day:
Russian designer, Vlad Gerasimov showcases his impressive set of designs.
>> Visit his website to admire his works.