0 comment(s) Bollywood Rivalries Go Web 2.0 Way - Bitching & Backstabbing Through Blogs & Wikis!

It is said that "There is no business like show business". Also, it is known as "no friend or enemy is forever" in Bollywood. But, recently the rivalries have taken the Web 2.0 approach -

1. Amitabh Bachchan being paid Rs 100 Crore to blog? Bitch about Shahrukh? Create controversy?

WTF, Amitabh Bachchan is reportedly paid Rs.100 crores to blog on BigAdda! No idea whether he is actually writing or have been ghost written, but surely Bollywood bitching is on - In a recent post he has termed "Paanchvi Pass" as "Paanchvi Fail" comparing the TRPs.

(click on the images to enlarge)

2. Aamir who supposedly has a dog named Shahrukh. Aamir's blog says -
"Shahrukh is licking my feet and I am feeding him biscuits every now and then. What more can I ask for?"

3. LoveStory 2050 Wikipedia entry defaced - Not only among established actors, there is friction between newcomers too. Just yesterday, débutante Harman Baweja & Priyanka Chopra starrer Love Story 2050's Wikpedia entry was defaced (check out the history tab).

The name of the movie was changed to LoveStory 1999. The name of the actor was changed from Harman Baweja to Hrithik Roshan. The Director as Rakesh Roshan. The budget (60 Cr.) to 60 Thousand.

The log details shows that the SPAMMER has no other activity on Wikipedia.

It seems fishy as interestingly Aamir Khan's nephew Imran Khan & Harman Baweja are all set to clash come July 4.

To add more, Aamir Khan introduced Imran Khan to his fan base via his blog.

Well, precisely speaking Bollywood is becoming Bollywood 2.0!
Whatever comes next, I would just say - the show must go on..!!

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4 comment(s) How Google has affected funduBytes!

Previously, I had written a script that translates your blog in different languages using Google Language Translation (see right side below the post title). It was working properly, but suddenly Google has restricted translation from English to English (same language) which many people used as a proxy to access blocked sites.

So, if you try to translate funduBytes from English to English or even from any other language to back into English, it gives you an error.
Wait, I have a solution for this. In the code find,

<option value='en|en'>English</option>

and replace 'en|en' with

'zh|en' (zh stands for Chinese) or 'any other language|en'. That's it!

Select Language
Chinese
Arabic
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
English

It works fine now.

Again, I do ego-surfing quite regularly. And, if you notice the tag line of funduBytes i.e.

They call it fundu Bytes, fun du Bytes & fund u Bytes.
What's your say?

Previously, Google used to define 'fundu' as intelligent. But, recently I noticed that 'fundu' is no more in Google's dictionary.


But, Live Search still defines 'fundu' as 'cool', 'awesome'.


Alas, I can't add this word to Google's dictionary. Any Googler listening...!!

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3 comment(s) Kingfisher Calendar 2008: Is there any significance of locations?

Kingfisher Calendar does not require any introduction. The sixth edition of the limited edition calendar continues the same dose of hot shots. The previous years' photos can be found at Kingfisher Swimsuit Special collection at Flickr.

I had a conversation with Kingfisher team regarding usage of calendar pictures, and the significance of triangle being formed on connecting the locations where the pictures have been shot.Their reply was:-

The KINGFISHER Calendar pictures are copyrighted material and we do not allow their download or sharing. The sites which are doing so are doing it illegally and we are following up on this so that the pictrues are removed.

The latest calendar pictures will be uploaded soon. [at the above said Flickr space]

Well, there is no intended significance of the locations. Thanks for bringing it to our notice though :-)

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2 comment(s) 2008 = too infinity; Happy New Year

8 represents infinity. Thus, 2008 means too infinite opportunities, possibilities, hopes, dreams .etc. Sleep tonight with this note and realize them tomorrow.
funduBytes wishes all readers a Happy New year.

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0 comment(s) My Gmail Story - Free SMS alerts

Gmail folks are inviting us to share our Gmail story about how we are using it. So, here's mine: Free SMS alerts for incoming mails.

Adding mobile-number-cum-email-address to accounts settings
and forward a copy of incoming mail to the same
to get free SMS alerts. More details.

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1 comment(s) orkut profiles made public to Google search results

In the previous post,I have mentioned that orkut profiles are still not public. I guess some Google folk read that, and a new feature is included in orkut privacy settings i.e. orkut in Google search results. It says "show my orkut information when my orkut friends search for me on Google.com". Can't an unknown person search for you?

orkut help tells it is still in experimental mode and uses Onebox to display key details.

"A OneBox appears only when someone who is logged in to orkut performs a search on Google.com for another orkut user"
If someone is logged into orkut won't he go for orkut universal search?

So, the description is a bit confusing. Since, this feature is enabled for a small chunk of orkut users, I have tried to draw a picture of how it will look like in Google search results. (based on my imagination, actual results may differ)
But, with this step internet researchers, social media marketing people have to regenerate their report. At last but not the least, people who do not put their real name on orkut or use special characters instead of English alphabets, revert back to the name your parents have given to you.

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3 comment(s) Pipl reveals 5 Facts about Social Networking Sites

Pipl.com, probably the most comprehensive people search service on the web that uses public profiles from millions of websites and social networking sites to retrieve information has revealed some interesting facts about the social networking sites:-

1. The Women Are Younger, The Men are Older
2. Bebo and Xanga have the Youngest Crowd
3. MySpace is still the largest, by far
4. European, Asians and South American Members are getting Younger
5. More Women on MySpace, More Men on Hi5

Read the full report.

Though the report does not include orkut since orkut user profiles are still not public (i.e. cannot be accessed without logging into), you can check out the screenshot of orkut statistics at the end of year 2006 [Image courtesy: techno-geeks]
and compare it with current demographics.

Tip: If you are searching for someone on Pipl, do it frequently at regular intervals to get some interesting finds about that person as the search results vary over time.

Pipl.com | Social Networks Mania, from CitiPals (a must watch)

Updated 22-Dec-2007:
orkut profiles made public to Google search results

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5 comment(s) Create print friendly PDF for your website in 3 steps

Portable Document Format (PDF) is the most common and widely used format for exchange of documents, newsletters .etc. This article demonstrates how to create online print friendly (optmized, without the hustle & bustle of sidebars, ads .etc) PDF for your website (Blogger used in e.g.)

Step 1: Stylesheet:- Add the following CSS code in the <HEAD> section. [CSS details]
<style type='text/css'>.noprint, .print {display:none;} @media screen {.noprint {display:block;} .print {display:none;}} @media print {.print {display:block;} body {background:#FFFFFF; color:#000000; align:center} a {text-decoration: underline; color:#0000FF;} .noprint {display:none;}}</style>

Step 2: Use the above stylesheet to hide/display sections:- Go to Template -> Edit HTML tab (Do not expand template widgets). Sections you want to hide while printing, add them to class 'noprint'. Sections you want to show only in print mode, put them in class 'print'. And the rest will be shown in both modes.

e.g. To hide sidebar use,
<b:section class='sidebar noprint' id='sidebar' preferred='yes'>

Now, Take another example where you want to show/hide selective widgets in 'main-wrapper'.

<div id='main-wrapper'>
<b:section class='main' id='main' showaddelement='no'>
<b:widget id='Feed2' locked='false' title='Recent Articles' type='Feed'/>
<b:widget id='Blog1' locked='true' title='Blog Posts' type='Blog'/>
<b:widget id='HTML3' locked='false' title='' type='HTML'/>
</b:section>
</div>

say, you want to hide 'Feed2' in print mode, display 'Blog1' in both modes and display 'HTML3' only in print mode, change the above code to following:-

<div id='main-wrapper'>
<b:section class='main noprint' id='main1' showaddelement='no'>
<b:widget id='Feed2' locked='false' title='Recent Articles' type='Feed'/>
</b:section>
<b:section class='main' id='main2' showaddelement='no'>
<b:widget id='Blog1' locked='true' title='Blog Posts' type='Blog'/>
</b:section>
<b:section class='main print' id='main3' showaddelement='no'>
<b:widget id='HTML3' locked='false' title='' type='HTML'/>
</b:section>
</div>

Note the differences in bold & red color. Save the template.
Expand widget template, and embed any custom code you have included within <div> </div> or <p> </p> and put them in appropriate class i.e. print or noprint. You can put post-footer, comments-block, post-footer-line post-footer-line-1 .etc. in noprint class to save both page & ink (if printed on paper later).
Tip: Do print preview for cross check.

Step 3: Print PDF button:- Sign up at Web2PDF Online and get the javascript code or use the following code
<a expr:href='"http://savepageaspdf.pdfonline.com/pdfonline/pdfonline.asp?cURL=" + data:post.url + "&amp;author_id=XXXX" + "&amp;page=0" + "&amp;top=0.5" + "&amp;bottom=0.5" + "&amp;left=1.5" + "&amp;right=1.5"' target='_blank'>print as pdf</a>
replace XXXX with your author_id and modify values of left, right, top & bottom margin as per your requirement.
Now, for a demo, check the 'print PDF button' at the end of each post on this blog.

Currently, Web2PDF supports only English language and has report feature that shows statistics of downloaded PDFs.

Tip: If your report shows large number of downloads, you can monetize this medium too by printing custom made text ads in light shades in header, footer or sidebar area. Now, US based publishers having a valid SSN may apply for Yahoo Ads for Adobe PDF program.

Suggested Reading:-

• Translate your blog in different languages
• Let your blog talk with Talkr

So, save trees & print as PDF.

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5 comment(s) NEGATIVE x POSITIVE = POSITIVE, Stop AIDS, Keep the promise

World AIDS day is observed on December 1, each year, which is aimed at raising awareness & prevent spread of HIV infection. This year focus is on 'leadership' for the theme 'Stop AIDS, Keep the promise'. Usually we are asked to 'be positive' but, in the context of HIV we feel blessed being negative. Also, arithmetic teaches us that product of a NEGATIVE and a POSITIVE entity results in NEGATIVE but, HIV proves it wrong.

After iPod, i-pill is the latest sensation among Indian youth and is misinterpreted as an alternative to condoms. I hope the animation above (courtesy: Webchutney virals) might act as an eye opener. Do you remember the earlier ads of condom on DD1! giving emphasis on not to indulge in a physical relationship outside your marriage and the later ads, which became quite liberal and the message was "at least use condoms...".

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2 comment(s) Verify your blog for Live Search Webmaster Tools

Are you unable to authenticate your Blogger hosted blog at Live Search Webmaster tools? Webmaster Tools is used to troubleshoot the crawling and indexing of your website, submit sitemaps and view statistics about your websites in Live search.
When you add the authentication code as meta tags in the <HEAD> section, e.g. <meta name="msvalidate.01" content="XXXX">
it is converted to
<meta content='XXXX' name='msvalidate.01'> and hence the verification error.
Just replace " with &quot; < with &lt; and > with &gt;

Live Search Webmaster Tools | Webmaster Center Blog

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