Visited Anands webpage after a long time. Its interesting and concise as usual. The blog on Dr.Adbdul Kalam is very interesting.

I started this Blog called CAT blog for the people interested in CAT.

You can use this nice utility to check the performance of your computers. Stop at the PC PIT STOP

Bought a pair of vizucci sun glasses and a pair of metal frame glasses with plain glasses and got a pair of soft contact lenses for 2K. Also had a hair cut a couple of days ago. The hair falling over my ears is a bit too irritating.

Tag-Board Message Board aka TagBoard Tag boards are a new means of communication on the Internet. They are not a replacement for high-end message boards or forums, but rather they have far different uses. Got to check this out. Have added on one here on the RHS. Maybe a add on to the CAT blog i am thinking of.

See right on top. I added a new user- friendly feature to the Blog: It opens new Windows if you check the Box.

Addictive from the album Truthfully Speaking has a Hindi Track on the background!!

Think i should have added this yesterday. Makes good sense to add a To Do/ Wish List on the first day of the week.
The Work List (should go on the SCM Blog actually)
1) ReLearn Demand Planning
2) Learn IPPE
3) TCS perdiem: fight for it ;)
4) Check out the resources for the APICS exam

The Personal List
Things i need to do: 1) Repair my bike 2) Watch some good classic movies 3) Make some MP3 CDs 4) Book ticket for Bend It Like Beckham
Things i need to buy: 1) Collapsible Rack 2) Filament Stove 3) Pan (yeah rite feel like cooking some Maggi/Tea etc in the room) 4) Bedsheet Set
Things still on hold : 1) Buy a new pair of glasses?/ Evaluate contact Lenses (Cost Benefit Analysis)?? 2) Make a visit to Hyderabad to meet sam? 3) Ride down to some place this weekend

I just noticed the small Ad stating that I can shift to the Beta version of Yahoo mail. So I shifted. Looks good. Has Calendar and Address book incorporated into the mail. Lets see how useful it is......as long as they still give it free :)

Found all this info for Nokia 7110 in a site called mobile.box

*#06# for checking the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity)
*#0000# To view Software Version.
*#3370# - Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR) activation. It will automatically restart.
*#3370* - Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR) deactivation. It will automatically restart.
*#4720# - Half Rate Codec activation. It will automatically restart
*#4720* - Half Rate Codec deactivation. It will automatically restart
*#746025625# - Sim clock allowed status.
*#92702689# [*#war0anty#] - takes you to a secret menu with 6 choices:

1. Displays Serial Number.
2. Displays the Month and Year of Manufacture (0997)
3. Displays (if there) the date where the phone was purchased (MMYY)
4. Displays the date of the last repairment - if found (0000)
5. makes you capebel of transferring user data if you have the gear for it
6. shows how many hours the phone has been on
But the half rate codec doesnt work. thats sad cos i have heavy battery depletion.

Paid the Examination fees for the CPIM (Certificate in Production and Inventory Management) exam conducted by APICS (American Production and Inventory Control Society ). This exam is held four times a year and is conducted in India by IMRMI. It has five subjects: Basics of Supply Chain Management, Master Planning of Resources, Detailed Planning and Scheduling, Execution and Control of Operations, Strategic Management of Resources. The exam I am appearing for is the first two in the list on the 14th of Sept. (Gotta prepare a lot cos it needs 300-330 for a pass outta 330)

I also bought some plants for the room. Need to get some money plant too from home.
Planning to go home to Chennai next month for Onam festival. Check out these Onam Recipes.

Bought a CD Player. Some make called KAWA. Its got some good features . Its a Mp3, Radio, CD, VCD player and has some game mode also. The Radio is not all that good but it works.Has an inbuilt amplifier in it.
Saw Shallow Hal. Not a great movie. Quite average. Its a comedy about how shallow man falls in love with a 300 pound woman because of her "inner beauty".
The new movies i want to see are Bend it like Beckham, The Road to Peridition, MIB II, .......
I would like to see the following older movies sometime: The Godfather, Casablanca, Citizen Kane, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Usual Suspects, Pulp Fiction, Psycho, The Silence of the Lambs, The Sixth Sense, Seven....any more suggestions??

This is a Great Excel Resource.
Microsoft Excel Formulas Tips Tricks and Spreadsheets . You will find here lots of tips, tricks, formulas, functions and many other useful aspects of Excel. Some of the most popular pages are Handy Hints for Excel (Data Validation and Conditional Formatting), Excel Tips and Tricks, Array Formulas and Dynamic Ranges. There are also some free Workbook examples that you can download at your leisure if you wish.

Do you know how it feels to be to be from Indias best B school. IIM Bangalore is the India's Best B-School according to Business today. But then IIMA did not participate (because of the gujarat violence). Anyhow, we bet IIMC.
and IIMKozikode has made into the top league. Surprisingly IIM Indore is the countries highest average pay earner?? and IIMC got the highest number of students placed internationally.