US duo does an Indian folk dance in Vancouver 2010

And they won silver....I think they deserved a Gold medal :) Nicely pulled off.

http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/assetid=e713aa15-112f-4d1c-8665-77bec00aa9f1.html#daviswhite+rise+second+place

The gold medal winners are here with their Flamenco dance for the OD (original dance category): http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/assetid=b346ff2c-603a-4bee-a2a3-867d35d2e6d6.html

Get these photo tips from the pros at Nat Geo

Watch these videos here:

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/specials/photography-specials/photo-tips/accessories-photo-tips.html

Can you solve this challenge?

I have not tried yet but you may have a look. I also don't know what kind of questions would be there. It is from The Source (sourcecon): Challenge 3: The Last Hope. Check it out! Heard that they are giving away some rewards if you are the first guy to solve it.

http://www.sourcecon.com/news/2010/02/15/challenge%C2%A03%C2%A0the%C2%A0last%C2%A0hope/

Pittsburgh snow storm 2010: some visuals

We witnessed a record snow fall this time (Feb 5-6, 2010) which only happens once in maybe, 15 years. I heard it last snowed like this in 1993. Anyway, since it is in the weekend and we cannot venture out because of the obvious reasons (see the following pics/clips) I decided to use my HD camcorder to shoot from my 15th floor apartment and show you some amazing visuals from top. I can see the sprawling landscape draped in white from Hill District to Mt. Washington in front of me with a spectacular view of the Monongahela river. Okay, I stop writing here as these pictures are really worth a thousand words (and the videos are many more). Click on the pics to see X-large. Enjoy!

Some cool pictures:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here are some videos: 

(with music)

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(without music)

Top ten funny youtube videos

See the best here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzRH3iTQPrk .
Other videos: http://mashable.com/2009/07/11/funny-viral-videos/

Rabindra Rachanabali

A nice website (thanks to BE college and IIT Kharagpur) with all the works of Tagore:

http://www.rabindra-rachanabali.nltr.org/node/1

acknldg.susmitadi

How to create an iPad design in adobe photoshop

A nice tutorial for all Adobe PS nubees.
http://www.blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/tutorials/how-to-create-a-detailed-apple-ipad-icon-in-photoshop

The art of being socially acceptable from childhood

A new study shows what matters most: http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100202/sc_livescience/studiesrevealwhykidsgetbulliedandrejected

Samsad English to Bengali dictionary online

Now a days I need it to refresh my bengali language skills:

You can get it here http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/biswas-bengali/

Caught in action? legal eagles might use evidence from google street views

Interesting stuff: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/02/google-camera-nabs-alleged-tree-killer/

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10 best free iPhone apps for babies/toddlers

See here http://www.examiner.com/x-608-Early-Childhood-Parenting-Examiner~y2009m12d11-10-best-iPhone-iPod-Touch-apps-for-toddlers

Do you know of some more?

How to un-install ubuntu from a vista-ubuntu dual booting machine and then upgrade vista to windows 7 and then install vmware to use latest ubuntu with windows 7 simultaneously

I am going to this as a DIY project in the next couple of days as my 2 year old hp dv2700 requires a face lift. I am dualbooting with ubuntu (gutsy gibbon) and vista. But want a virtual box with windows 7 and karmic koala. Steps to follow:

1. un-install ubuntu from vista-ubuntu m/c (use EasyBCD to deleted GRUB and re-write MBR and then delete linux partition using "storage manager" of vista and include that "free space" in vista)

Read this link: http://quainttech.blogspot.com/2007/05/how-to-remove-ubuntu-from-vista-dual.html : The most important post is given below (@Sanjeev):

"Thanks for this.
I was however on the road and needed the extra HDD space on my laptop and since I wasn't using the dual boot Ubuntu anyway I decided to get rid of it. Now comes the hard part - No Vista install media!!!
I found a way to do it extremely simply because I needed to change the Vista bootloader also (I was triple booting XP/Vista/Ubuntu...)So here are the steps -

Download and install EasyBCD (google for it you'll find it easy and it's free...)
Fire up EasyBCD (you may have to choose Allow if you have UAC on) and choose 'Manage Bootloader' in the toolbox on the left
In the first option choose the radio button which says 'Reinstall Vista Bootloader' and hit the Write MBR button
Reboot and you have your Vista bootloader back!! Delete the Ubuntu Partition using Storage Manager and you are now good to go..."

2. upgrade to windows 7 with upgrade DVD (delete old windows files to increase space)
3. install vmware work station 7.0 (this wiki/how-to link is from pitt so may not be public http://collab.sam.pitt.edu/node/469)
4. install the latest ubuntu (get the iso image from ubuntu site) using vmware in windows 7 (again this wiki link may not be public  http://collab.sam.pitt.edu/node/465)

For points 3 and 4 above you may go to http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/ws_pubs.html but first get a vmware copy. An academic license is free, I guess.

That's it!!