Counting Life's Blessings

Petal by petal - stem by stem,
Where oh where do I begin?

One is for the Lord above,
Who gives His everlasting love.

Two is for the little things
That all His kindness brings.


Three is for the Trinity,
We give our greatest thanks to Thee.

Four is for the gift of life,
Through the good times and the strife.

Five is for our family so dear,
Both those that are far and near.

Six is for blessings we reap,
Moments close to our hearts we keep.

Seven is for food, fun and friends;
The joy that they bring never ends.

Eight is for a nice warm bed,
Knowing there's a roof safely over my head.

Nine is for every brand new day
And for the moments in which we pray.

Ten is for how I can always depend
On how life's blessings never really end...

How to Recruit the right person for the Job?

Interesting & Funny One :-))

Put about 100 bricks in some particular order in a closed room with an open window.

Then send 2 or 3 candidates in the room and close the door.

Leave them alone and come back after 6 hours and then analyze the situation.

If they are counting the bricks.
Put them in the accounts department.

If they are recounting them..
Put them in auditing.

If they have messed up the whole place with the bricks.
Put them in engineering.

If they are arranging the bricks in some strange order.
Put them in planning.

If they are throwing the bricks at each other.
Put them in operations.

If they are sleeping.
Put them in security.

If they have broken the bricks into pieces.
Put them in information technology.

If they are sitting idle.
Put them in human resources.

If they say they have tried different combinations, yet not a brick has been moved.
Put them in sales.

If they have already left for the day.
Put them in marketing.

If they are staring out of the window.
Put them on strategic planning.

And then last but not least. If they are talking to each other and not a single brick has been moved. Congratulate them and
Put them in top management

Season Greetings

Wishing you and your family a belated Merry Christmas & Happy New Year.
Check out My eCard above, designed by me

Hyderabad Traffic

Hyderabad traffic is becoming worst day by day. The number of vehicles in city are increasing at exponential rate, hyderabad has the highest number of two wheelers in whole india.

And, recently the four wheelers are hitting the roads at a faster rate, if you see in the picture there are more cars then two wheelers, there another reason for such an increase in traffic is I.T., more n more I.T. companies are been setup in hyderabad n people are flowing in to hyderabad from all parts of the country. And, besides this, private banks are giving out vehicles loans quickly and at cheaper rate as a result everybody is buying four wheelers.

To cope up with this traffic problem, govt. is building flyover bridges, coz of this the roads have become even more hopeless & driving has become painful. My office is like 24 kms from my home, it used to take me 45 min to reach, now it takes almost 1 1/2 hours.

And, howz my new blog header graphic? btw that's not my picture in the graphic.

My Last Year Christmas Greeting Card

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Some Innovative and Futuristic Product Designs

Industry/Buildings Product Design
Mobile air conditioning unit

Manufacturer : Siemens Electrogeräte GmbH, Germany

Design : Siemens Electrogeräte GmbH, Germany

MASTER L- und H-Serie Cable carrier

Manufacturer : KABELSCHLEPP GmbH, Germany

Design : KABELSCHLEPP GmbH, Germany

ROBOTRAX 3D flexible cable and hose carrier

Manufacturer: KABELSCHLEPP GmbH Siegen, Germany

Design: KABELSCHLEPP GmbH, Germany

EmotionWood-burning stove
Manufacturer: skantherm Rheda-Wiedenbrück, Germany
Design: Prof. Wulf Schneider und Partner Stuttgart, Germany
“Fire is unconditional emotion. Observing the flames conveys a relaxed, pleasant ambient. At the same time it triggers memories in us of the cozy campfire: Fire brings us together. ‘emotion’ emphasizes this with new diversity. This stove also creates an effect when it is not heated. It can be freely positioned and features a rotating top, thereby providing new possibilities as a room partition.” Professor Wulf Schneider

Household/Residential Product Design

MURAZZO Square salt and pepper set
Manufacturer: RIVA - RSN METAIS LTDA, Brazil
Design : RIVA - RSN METAIS LTD, Brazil

Miura Stool
Manufacturer: Plank Collezioni Srl, Italy
Design : Konstantin Grcic Industrial Design, Germany

CIRRUS Open shelf,
Manufacturer: doppler und saner Zwingen, Switzerland.
A tube made of bi-elastic fabric is slipped over a two-part steel pipe frame and zipped close. One part of the skeleton after the other is shoved into the covering. The structure is mapped on the double-layered fabric and projected to the outside. The boards glide into openings punched into the steel frame and snap in. The tension exerted by the fabric lends the shelf its stability. Flowing and airy the covering made of translucent stretch fabric clings to the supporting structure of the open shelf which is blending smoothly into the living area. CIRRUS, a cross between a mere object of utility and a sculpture, may be propped up against a wall or can stand on its own anywhere in the room.
Office/Business Product Design

Cool Jumper Tape dispenser,
Manufacturer : Ideco International Inc., Taiwan
Design: Wen’s Design Inc. Haur Wen Lu, Taiwan

Lighting Product Design

LEXUS Emergency signal light
Manufacturer : Matsushita Battery Industrial Co., Ltd.Japan
Design : Panasonic Design Company, Japan, TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION, Japan

Consumer Electronics/Telecommunications Product Design

Philips GoGear Jukebox HDD6320Media player

HD400Media player,
Manufacturer: DIGITALWAY Co., Ltd.Korea, South
Design : MPIO Co., Ltd. Young-Tae Kim, Ho-Gak Lee, Korea, South
The black and silver body is balanced by a bright and crisp 1.8” TFT-LCD. There is a 5-way control key in the middle, supported by four buttons on each side. The chromed stainless steel body combined with multi-coated shiny black acryl plate adds durability and strength. HD400 is equipped with an 8GB hard disk and a built-in lithium polymer rechargeable battery. Other useful functions include an audio and video player, a voice recorder, an FM tuner/recorder, a text and photo viewer, games and a real time clock.

GeIL-Bluetooth Sport MP3 PlayerAudio player
Manufacturer: Golden Emperor International Ltd.Taiwan
Design : NOVA Design Co., Ltd., Taiwan
The GeIL-Bluetooth Sport MP3 Player is a music player designed for active sports enthusiasts who are youthful, fashionable and passionate about an active lifestyle. Through its organic form, sporty color and user-friendly ergonomics, GeIL embodies the very “soul of sports”. By switching the elastomer part of the product, the user can vary the color or the way of wearing the product – either on the wrist or hanging like a necklace, a design which appeals to the young crowd both at the level of usability and emotion. GeIL’s wireless earphone with Bluetooth technology offers the user total freedom of movement during sports activities.

Interesting Quote...Think about it...

Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?

Michael Schumacher Retires in Style

I'm a Big Fan of Schumi.
Schumi retires in style on sunday in brazil. The last race at interlagos was exceptional, at one point of time he was last one in race, beating all the odds, he finished the race in fourth place, which is phenomenal, only a skillful, determined, great driver can finish in that place from behind.

He is one of the Greatest and Best Formula 1 Driver.

What do you think these guys are doing? :-))

Me & My Teammates

This is me and my team mates picture, of course our manager in middle with specs, formal shirt & bald is no more with us..............i mean he has quit the job.

'Crocodile Hunter' - Steve Irwin Killed.

CAIRNS, Australia - Steve Irwin, the hugely popular Australian television personality and conservationist known as the "Crocodile Hunter," was killed Monday by a stingray while filming off the Great Barrier Reef. He was 44.

Irwin was at Batt Reef, off the remote coast of northeastern Queensland state, shooting a segment for a series called "Ocean's Deadliest" when he swam too close to one of the animals, which have a poisonous barb on their tails, his friend and colleague John Stainton said.

"He came on top of the stingray and the stingray's barb went up and into his chest and put a hole into his heart," said Stainton, who was on board Irwin's boat at the time.

Crew members aboard the boat, Croc One, called emergency services in the nearest city, Cairns, and administered CPR as they rushed the boat to nearby Low Isle to meet a rescue helicopter. Medical staff pronounced Irwin dead when they arrived a short time later, Stainton said.

Irwin was famous for his enthusiasm for wildlife and his catchword "Crikey!" in his television program "Crocodile Hunter." First broadcast in Australia in 1992, the program was picked up by the Discovery network, catapulting Irwin to international celebrity.

He rode his image into a feature film, 2002's "The Crocodile Hunters: Collision Course" and developed the wildlife park that his parents opened, Australia Zoo, into a major tourist attraction.

"The world has lost a great wildlife icon, a passionate conservationist and one of the proudest dads on the planet," Stainton told reporters in Cairns. "He died doing what he loved best and left this world in a happy and peaceful state of mind. He would have said, 'Crocs Rule!'"

Above News is Courtesy Yahoo News, for more News follow this link : http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060904/ap_on_en_tv/obit_irwin

One of My Photoshop Tricks

He is our team's Java Developer. A lot of times, somebody or the other keeps telling him to change his look, but he is stubbornly hastened to change his look.

To inspire him to change, i used my Photoshop skills to build a prototype first and show him how cool he can look... :-)))

By the way, he is looking for a match, he is Kannada brahmin & looking for same kinda caste girl, if any one is around, please contact me.

Pink Floyd - The Psychedelic Rock Band - My Favourite

David Gilmour
He is one of THE BEST GUITARIST & VOCALIST... his voice and guitar are awesome combination, he just takes you to different world...he is the best!!!


Roger Waters
He is another one of the greatest & amazing Singers and one of my favourite.

Life Explained... :-))

Why you should have Beer!!!

Interesting theory :-))
Even tho, i don't booze, after reading this theory, it makes me give a second thought.... :-)) Click the image to read the theory.

Simple Friend Vs Real Friend

A simple friend has never seen you cry.
A real friend has shoulders soggy from your tears.

A simple friend doesn't know your parents' first names.
A real friend has their phone numbers in his address book.

A simple friend brings a bottle of wine to your party.
A real friend comes early to help you cook and stays late to help you clean.

A simple friend hates it when you call after he has gone to bed.
A real friend asks you why you took so long to call.

A simple friend seeks to talk with you about your problems.
A real friend seeks to help you with your problems.

A simple friend wonders about your romantic history.
A real friend could blackmail you with it.

A simple friend, when visiting, acts like a guest.
A real friend opens your refrigerator and helps himself.

A simple friend thinks the friendship is over when you HAVE an argument.
A real friend knows that it's not a friendship until after you've had a fight.

A simple friend expects you to always be there for them.
A real friend expects to always be there for you!

Beautiful Flowers - Life is Beautiful, make the Most out of it !!!

Bravo Arun....Bravo...

My Winamp Skin - "Amber" touched 34,000 downloads!!!!

When, i designed this winamp skin(Amber) , thought who would download my skin, there where good skins posted on winamp site.

Now 34,000 peoples verdict, makes me feel good & proud :-))) i'm sure, this will add to my resume, as an edge over others, when i apply for jobs.

I'm i self boasting?? i don't think so...after all its my hard work & creativity which is showing results....

By the way, click here to download the skin

More Insights about Brown's Useless Book - Da Vinci Code

The Da Vinci Code: The facts behind the fiction - Amy Welborn

What is The Da Vinci Code?
The Da Vinci Code is a novel by Dan Brown that has held one of the top two or three places on best-seller lists since early summer. More than 3 million copies (ed: now over 40 million) are in print.

In Brown's novel, the "Da Vinci code" refers to cryptic messages supposedly incorporated by Leonardo Da Vinci into his artwork. According to the novel, Leonardo was a member of an ancient secret society called the "Priory of Sion" dedicated to preserving the "truths" that Jesus designated Mary Magdalene as His successor, that His message was about the celebration of the "sacred feminine," that Jesus and Mary Magdalene were married and had children and that the Holy Grail of legend and lore is really Mary Magdalene, the "sacred feminine," the vessel who carried Jesus' children.

Sounds like an intriguing bit of lost history. Is it? Long story short: No.


Is the Holy Grail really the "sacred feminine?"
The legend of the Holy Grail has taken many forms throughout history, but it has always identified the Grail as the cup Jesus used at the Last Supper. The idea of identifying it as the "sacred feminine" and tying it into a supposed bloodline emanating from a union of Jesus and Mary Magdalene is lifted whole cloth from the 1981 classic of inventive esoteric wackiness, Holy Blood, Holy Grail.


Is the "Priory of Sion" a real group?
No. Brown begins his book with a statement, under the title "Fact," that there are documents supporting the existence of the Priory in the Bibliotheque Nationale. These documents have long been understood to be forgeries, placed in the archives by an anti-Semitic supporter of the Vichy government named Pierre Plantard.


Does Da Vinci's The Last Supper really contain a code?
No. First, the idea that Da Vinci used any kind of code pertaining to any issue Dan Brown raises is unsupported by art historians.

Brown says that in this painting Da Vinci is telling us that the figure always identified as John the Evangelist is really Mary Magdalene, and that these two figures together form an "M," and that, because there is no grail in the picture, Da Vinci is telling us the "grail" is the sacred feminine of Mary Magdalene.

Unfortunately for Brown, art historians tell us that the effeminate-looking John is quite a typical representation for the time, as is a Last Supper portrayal emphasizing betrayal rather than the institution of the Eucharist. In addition, the Last Supper is a dramatization of a scene from the Gospel of John, in which the institution narrative is not even described. No chalice? No problem. In context, it makes sense.

Besides being logically and historically flawed, The Da Vinci Code is filled with more minor, but no less risible, errors.

Here are a few:
One of Brown's scholars says, "As the prophesied Messiah, Jesus toppled kings, inspired millions and founded new philosophies." We'd like to meet those toppled kings.

The Emperor Constantine did not make Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire in A.D. 325. It happened under Theodosius 50 years later.

Gothic architecture was not "masterminded" by the Knights Templar, a medieval military order that had nothing to do with the construction of Gothic cathedrals.

The Church did not burn 5 million witches during the Middle Ages. During the period 1400-1800, an estimated 30,000-50,000 people accused of witchcraft (20 percent of whom were men) were executed by Catholic and Protestant institutions and governments.

For more information click below thread:
http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/facts/fm0035.html

Chrysler Concept Car - CHRONOS

Chronos, plain and simple and has a powerful 6.0 Liter V10 engine producing more than 350bhp. It has impressive front grill, mounted with Chrysler logo. Mean Machine...ahhh...Simple & Powerful...