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Cheiraoba 2005

April 14, 2005 by Bobby

Today is the Manipuri New Year (Cheiraoba). In Manipur, there are two Cheiraobas.
The first one is Sajibu Cheiraoba or Meitei Cheiraoba which is held on the first day of the month of Sajibu. This year, it was on April 9th which also matched the other Indian new years of Ugadi (Telugu) and Gudi Padava (Gujrati).
The second one is today (April 14th) and it matches Baisakhi (North India). Cheiraoba is actually the last day of the year. Technically, tomorrow (April 15th) is the start of the new year. Tomorrow is Poila Baisakh (Bengali), Rongali Bihu (Assamese) and Vishu (Malayali).
Called up Baba and Mama, Tamo, Iteima Remika, Dada, Iteima Mona, Cheche Bheman, Cheche Naobi, Sne.
Yesterday, it rained heavily. But today, the sun shined bright and the day was really beautiful. Spring is finally here! Here are some photos taken today at UT:


Circle Park	McClung Tower	Hodges Library

The Motorcycle Diaries

January 17, 2020April 8, 2005 by Bobby

I first read about the movie in TIME magazine (Aug 2004) (view article: online | cached). The movie was released on Sep 24, 2004 and the DVD was released on Feb 15, 2005. But there were only four copies in the local Blockbuster store here and they always seemed to be out. Finally, I was able to get hold on one of them.
The movie is entirely in Spanish with English subtitles. The Spanish (and original) title of the movie is “Diarios de motocicleta”. The movie talks about the journey of 23-year old medical student Ernesto “Che” Guevera and Alberto Granada on a 1959 Norton 500cc motorcycle across South America in the early 1950s. They start from Argentina and travel to Chile, Peru, Columbia and Venuezela, a distance of over 12,000 miles. Their destination: a leper colony in San Pablo (Peru) where they had volunteered to work. It is a true story and based upon an actual journal written by Che Guevera.
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Random Gmail invites on Google

March 15, 2005 by Bobby

Google seems to be giving out random invites to random users who visit the Google website. I read about it yesterday in the Google Weblog. And today, an invite appeared when I went to Google. The invites appear right below the Google search box.

I refreshed the page a couple of times and got the same link but with two different query strings – promo=hpp-gmail-0 and promo=hpp-gmail-1. The links are given below. You can click on them if you want a Gmail account.
Link 1 | Link 2
If the above links do not work and you want a Gmail account, you can get one from http://isnoop.net/gmail/. There are currently (4:29 PM 3/15/2005) 494,177 invites available there!
Related posts:
– 02/12/2005: 182,505 Gmail invites available at isnoop.net
– 11/16/2004: Gmail POP access
– 06/12/2004: Got my Gmail account!

L for Love – Richard Clayderman

January 17, 2020March 10, 2005 by Bobby

I had first heard this song (piano music actually) some time back in a friend’s car and I instantly loved it. Today, I decided to find the song. But the problem was that I just knew the artist’s name and nothing else. I asked my friend about the song, googled and amazoned a bit and finally found the links. Here they are 🙂
Tip: Play at a low volume. Let the soft music soothe your ears :).
Song: “A Comme Amour (L For Love)”
Artist: Richard Clayderman
Album: A Comme Amour, All By Myself
Hear song: clayderman.co.uk (Real, 03:19)
Song Page: View
Official Site: www.clayderman.co.uk
Extra notes: Paul de Senneville (Composer)
Song: “L For Love”
Artist: George Davidson
Album: For The Love Of Music
Download song: amazon | cached (MP3, 03:30, 2.4mb)
Song Page: View
Official Site: www.georgedavidson.com
Notes: It seems that the same song – “L For Love” – has been performed by two artists – Clayderman and Davidson

Song: “Mariage d’Amour”
Artist: George Davidson
Album: My Heart Will Go On
Download song: amazon | cached (MP3, 04:26, 3.1 mb)
Song Page: View
Official Site: www.georgedavidson.com
Notes: This song is also very nice and initially, my friend thought that this was the song I was looking for.

Mark Jen joins Plaxo

March 7, 2005 by Bobby

Mark Jen, the Ex-Google employee who was fired in February for blogging about Google has got a new job at Plaxo. Today was his first day at work.
And it seems Plaxo fully supports his blogging activities. 🙂

as a bonus, they fully support my blogging activities as well – they recognize the power of keeping the door open to the community through blogs.

Read more about it in his post.
Related Links:
– 03/07/05 (CNET): Fired Googler gets new gig
– 02/15/05 (CNN): Have a blog, lose your job?
– 02/11/05 (CNET): Google blogger: ‘I was terminated’
– 02/11/05 (Mark Jen): the official story, straight from the source

Yahoo turns 10 today

March 2, 2005 by Bobby

Yahoo turned 10 years old today (Wed, Mar 02, 2005). Happy Birthday, Yahoo!

– Get a free Baskin Robbins icecream scoop
The offer is only valid today.
– Watch the Netrospective: flash | html
Each of 100 photographs mark major events in Yahoo’s history. You can also leave blog-style comments for each photograph.
Related Links:
– Yahoo: It’s our birthday, so have a cone on us (c|net)
– Yahoo! turns 10 (cnn money) | cached copy (31 kb)

New lines in an Excel cell

March 2, 2005 by Bobby

I just figured out how to enter a new line in an Excel cell. The trick is to use Alt+Enter to create a new line. Also, when you do that, Excel automatically enables text wrap for the cell.
Windows: Alt+Enter
Mac: Hold down apple key + Option + Enter
(Thanks to Tex and Andy for the Mac tip)
Tips List
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Alt+Enter: Enter new line in a cell
F2: Edit a cell
Originally posted: 2005-05-02
Last updated: 2011-01-13