Category: General

Stuff which doesn’t fit in any other category.

Free Online Adobe Photoshop

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Adobe has released its Photoshop Express web-based imaging application as a public beta. Web based application meaning you dont have to install it on your PC. Just point to the website. Photoshop Express uses much of Adobe’s image editing technology and has been re purposed as a web-based application. Users can store up to 2GB of images online for free, make edits to their photos and share them online. Photoshop Express also allows users to download and upload photos from popular social networking sites like Facebook. The application provides ’standard edits’, such as removing blemishes and red-eye, converting to black and white, cropping and resizing.

Photoshop Express also offers tricks like Pop Color which selects an object in an image, mutes the background color of the photo and allows the user to swap the object’s color so that it “jumps off the page”. Sketch effects make photos look like drawings, and a Distort feature allows users to distort facial features or objects for a comical or artistic effect.

Checkout this software during it’s beta stage.

Rains Again

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It’s been 4 days raining heavy here. I haven’t seen rains like this in summer before.

The summer has not yet started and the rains arrived. I feel like I’m in the monsoons. Though monsoons are supposed to start in June. As I’ve said earlier about Ice Age looks like it’s going true. I’ve seen various climatic changes in past 2 years. They all indicate towards a big climatic change on our planet.

Still confused whether it’s natural or man-made. May be Mother nature wants to heal the wounds and is making those changes. We have already hurt her very much and in spite of all troubles we are getting we continue to do so. I don’t know when we will realize the importance and understand the climatic changes.

As said in my earlier post, We can take some precautions. But will they work?? They should be. Though I’m in doubt about the changes being natural or man-made, I’m inclined towards that its being man-made. The pollution, cutting of trees, overuse of resources make me think so. My posts like this may not change the minds of all but I’ll be happy if it changes one.

Save Nature…

23rd March

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This day is remembered as because of three freedom fighters, Bhagatsingh, Sukhdev and Rajguru. They were hang to death for killing a police officer in response to the killing of veteran social activist Lala Lajpat Rai. So far I always remembered this day because of this. I doubt how many Indians know about this and remember them atleast for this day.

But now I got another reason to remember this day. As I said in one of my earlier post Pooja was arranged at our house as my Parents completed their 25th Wedding Anniversary. This was the first time we had Pooja in our house since we started living here. That is of course 20 odd years now. Many relatives came and it turned out to be a good get together. 

It was a memorable occasion and I’ll never forget this day. And now I got some more free time to blog around, write some nonsense out of my head. 🙂

Holi – The Festival of Colors

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Today is Holi. It is called as festival of colors. On this day friends, relatives meet and play with colors. It’s very difficult to recognize someone this day due to the colorful face. There are some who are afraid of these colors and try to save themselves. It’s real good fun to color such peoples. Unfortunately I never find someone like this.

This is one of the festival where skin color, race, religion does not matter. All come together and celebrate this. Such festival often show the unity in peoples. People forget their differences and become friends again. Such is the capability of this festival.

Fortunately or unfortunately I’m so far saved from being colored today. In our town we’ll play colors on a day which will be decided soon. That day I’m sure you’ll see a color”fool” face.

To all Indians all around the world I wish Happy Holi.
Have a colorful day.

25 years

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25 years

16th March was 25th Wedding Anniversary of my parents. So now you may have guessed I’m less than 25 years old. 🙂 Spending 25 years with someone is not that difficult. My parents are best examples. I’m unable to understand how do they deserve a dumb ass son like me?? It’s not fare. They deserved a lot better. Atleast my sister made them proud.I couldn’t even arrange a small function on that day. Though we four celebrated it. A small pooja is there on this Sunday. We all love our parents and so do I. But somehow I always have the feeling that I’m not doing things which make them happy. A smile on their face because of me is an incident which takes place once in a Blue Moon.

Trying to make things better. But somehow the process always gets reversed. Funny things do happen. What else could happen with me. But this fun never puts up a smile on their face. My Mother is the first lady I admire in my life. And then comes my sister. Because of these two personalities I respect woman a lot. The way they try to cover me or my mistakes without anything in return. But may be I haven’t told you guys. I’m a shameless human being.

The chemistry between me and my father always produces a bi-product and heat. There was a long silent movie running which was turned into talkie just a while back. But still it’s not that friendly. I don’t know how my steps to make them happy always go other way. One of my best quality becomes the worst here. I never stop trying. Because I know someday I’ll succeed.

Hope that day comes soon enough.