Shyam's Blog

1. LPG cylinder booking has been made easy by booking the refill online or via automated phone system. I did it for the first time and found it helpful. 2. I was planning to buy UPS/stabilizer for my computer and found APC UPS with the specs I wanted. Within minutes, I ordered one online. It took me 4 hours to get the UPS delivered for free to my doorstep. Thanks to online shopping! 3. Passport application in Bangalore - I was told that it has been made simple and straight forward. It is a good move after many hassles and complaints. Right now, there is no scope for middle-men or agents. The applicant has to book a slot online by submitting the application. Nobody other than applicant is allowed inside the passport office. Sorry touts.

Newspaper says, "Govt. has directed temples to perform pooja to invoke rain-god". Cost of the pooja is around Rs.17 crores. I don't know how such magic can bring rain! Rain being a scientific phenomenon, it has very little influence from supernatural forces. It will be wise if Govt. saves such money to give compensation to farmers who face crisis because of poor monsoon. On the other side of the coin, if India has to become #1 country in terms of money, let it use the funds of all the people who put money in hundi. Govt. has to open one payment method that will make 'paapa parihaaram' simple and instant. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

It had been 3 years since I got the Sony DVD/HDD recorder. It allows us to record tv programs on to its hard disk OR on a writable DVD. Till now, I was not able to get the right connections. Now, after connecting the right way, I am able to record tv programs! The manual recommends connecting TV antenna to DVD recorder. This is not required. I took the LINE OUT from my TV and connected to LINE IN 1 of DVD recorder. While recording, choose L1 as the input.

It was finally a success setting up the new wireless modem, Beetel 450TC1. After struggling for about 4 hours, I got everything right and internet was working! Our dad had been asking me to put a wireless modem for 2 months now. I had to get it done as this task was pending for a long time. 1. I took the old modem settings as reference. At this point, I could not decipher the existing password with BSNL connection. After trying out few permutations and combinations, I failed to move further. Only solution was to make the current password display on my browser. After checking out Firefox add-ons, I got one that displayed password in clear text. Password cracked! 2. Setting up Beetel 450TC1 modem was interesting. At 30 minutes past midnight, I had luck in getting the right tutorial from a youtube video. Let me give some details on setting up this modem. 1. Access modem settings by going to 192.168.1.1 2. Default username=admin, password=password 3. Go to Interface Setup tab. 4