One of my friends referred me to a service called GrandCentral
You can reserve a phone number and it will be your phone number forever. Once registered, if anybody calls on that number ALL phones you registered with that will get a simul-ring. I found it very useful.
Apart from all the great features of this service, what I am impressed about most is it's superb account management page. It is a treat to see everything visually clear and crisp. One of the best usable websites I used.
I found that this company is acquired by Google back in July 2007.
Monday, April 28, 2008
Saturday, April 26, 2008
This is an amazing story of how powerful the social networking is and how social communities help in real life.
On the side note, I would like to warn that privacy is a never ending debate. I see orkut for sure is abused by many folks. The scrap messages range from sharing phone numbers, addresses to much more personal details. Some even proposing, dating on scraps. Either the implications are not well thought of or they are careless.
I am also not sure how much net educated are parents. I hope that these social networking sites publish some articles on child safety etc for creating awareness to parents. Ideally teachers also should play a major role in this.
BTW, I twitter at https://twitter.com/vamc Welcome to my friends
On the side note, I would like to warn that privacy is a never ending debate. I see orkut for sure is abused by many folks. The scrap messages range from sharing phone numbers, addresses to much more personal details. Some even proposing, dating on scraps. Either the implications are not well thought of or they are careless.
I am also not sure how much net educated are parents. I hope that these social networking sites publish some articles on child safety etc for creating awareness to parents. Ideally teachers also should play a major role in this.
BTW, I twitter at https://twitter.com/vamc Welcome to my friends
Thursday, April 24, 2008
The Marine and the Nub
Last night, while returning from New York at the Tampa International Airport, I noticed few ABC Action News reporter along with camera crew outside the airport luggage belts. Then I saw a short guy come out of the door and I thought he is the celebrity. But surprisingly the cameras were aimed down towards a dog. I thought this is crazy. When I asked the reporter who that guy is, she gave me a dont-you-know-anything look and told he is the US Marine who saved Nub. My mind went numb. First I thought Nub is a person saved by the Marine. Then when I saw news crew focusing on the dog, I thought K-9 sends dogs to Marine Corps and that dog is the marine.
When I came home and googled, I found that the dog is a stray dog in Iraq. Marine Maj. Brian Dennis who hails from our area saved it from abuse at Iraq and reunited at USA. It is a touchy story with a pet angle. I also read that they are planning to make a move. (what a metaphor!!! Hail Hollywood). But really a noble act by this Marine.
When I came home and googled, I found that the dog is a stray dog in Iraq. Marine Maj. Brian Dennis who hails from our area saved it from abuse at Iraq and reunited at USA. It is a touchy story with a pet angle. I also read that they are planning to make a move. (what a metaphor!!! Hail Hollywood). But really a noble act by this Marine.
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