Windows REFRESH syndrome!!!!

Hi ,

Recently i was waiting for one of the movie torrents to finish off. So i was not browsing anything or not even reading anything on my desktop. I suddenly noticed that i was doing something on my desktop, In fact without my notice my right hand used to right-click and press refresh on the desktop. I was surprised, by this action. This is the most common behavior of all [at least most of them] to press refresh menu repeatedly when they dont have anything to do.

According to me, this is a syndrome. Its a general misconception that by pressing refresh menu you can boostup or speedup machine. According to my technical knowledge pressing refresh will refresh the screen or infact it redraws the screen and windows on the desktop. Apart from these things i dont see any connection to refresh the system memory or ram cleanup or something of that sort. But this general misconception has made ppl mad behind this refresh menu. Apart from StatMenu button , probably this refresh menu is the most used menu in windows environment till date i feel ;).

I am just trying to forget that there is a refresh menu on the desktop to come out of this syndrome. Also i am using UBUNTU majorly these days for my day to day activities which eventually prevents me from REFRESH syndrome.

If you also have REFRESH SYNDROME pls share your experiences , comment.

- Srini

Google Chrome !!

Hi all,

Its been almost 4-5 days of Google's new browser Chrome's release. I was also exited to use Google product, as i really like the way google works, a simple user interface, cool technology and features. I was really eager to download and use . At the first place i really like the way they have designed the user interface. Just using it for 20 mins , I uninstalled Firefox which was my favorite browser. Everything went smooth for 2 days. I read the google book about how chrome is designed and how efficient it is in terms of handling the browser crashes. But somehow after i used it for few times i started facing problems, Yes the browser won't crash. But it hangs!!! ;) .

My very first observation was , I wanted to view the video of google developers explaining about google chrome. When i moved the mouse over the video , the video freezed for 2-3 seconds, I was initially surprized and then i moved the cursor once again to get the same results. Then i started experimenting it, I try to browser youtube, but i could not reproduce the issue. Then i thought the probelm exists when u embed a youtube video.

I usually watch a lot of video's , some times 3GP content , Instead of downloading i use QuickTime player which plays the content inside the browser itself. Initially it worked fine but i have seen many a times the browser hangs..

And whenever i have seen this hanging browser it will not allow me to click other tabs as well. So i need to minimize it and then try my luck. Its quite stable as it never crashed . But its still needs to be tested . After all its a beta.

Few of my friends were not able to use it as after installation somehow they are not able to browse the net. Also Few of my friends are not installing it as its not having features like Ad-block or no - script.

Even sometimes , when u scoll the gmail window. The chat windows behave crazy. So after facing all these problems. I just thought i will wait till google fixes all these bugs. So one again i had to install Firefox.

I really appreciate the effort to introduce new technology. Atleast its not that worth to use it unless you really want to use Google product. I liked the User Interface, Minimal UI approach. Even the browsing speed was excellent . But Nothing infront of "Hang" bug.

Thats what i thought about Chrome. :) Firefox rocks ;) . If you have faced any issues pls comment and share.

- Srini

Phoonk Rocks!!!

Hi All,
I saw Ram Gopal Verma's Phoonk , Its a thriller/horror movie. I saw the movie in a theatre near my house named Kamakya , It was a second show. I wanted to watch this movie on the first day of its release but somehow i could not find any company. But when i was just lying on bed on Sunday at 8:30 , I just got a weired idea of watching "Phoonk" in kamakya theatre. I went alone for the movie.

I really like scary/horror/thriller movies. This one was a treat for me as its been a long time I saw any of such kind movies. The last movie which i saw in theatre was "The Happening" I just felt scared only one time in the movie. And there was nothing to make u feel scared, in the movie. But this one is amazing experience. First of all nice Background score, The movie is hit only because of this. You cant deny the story, but for Indian's the story is very old. The concept of Black magic is narrated very simple manner.

I like horror movies if they don't contain dirty faces , or masks. I still remember "Zee Horror show" by Sham/Tulsi Ramsey. All they used to do is to shoot in a grave yard with dirty faces plus special sounds. My all time favorite movie in horror category is "The Sixth Sense" . It was a great example for a thriller movie. and also a best example to demonstrate how to scare ppl only with concept and sound effects.

Well coming to Phoonk . The story is very simple , its about Black magic done for the daughter of a Builder acted by Suddep [ Kannada Actor] , and how they get rid of this thing. Sudeep has really acted nicely , also proved the reason why Ramu chose him for the script.

Well that's all i can say , Don't miss this movie and try to watch it in big screen . You can easily get scared. It was a" paisa wasool" movie. I just payed Rs 60 for the movie ticket. and Phoonk is really worth a watch. Even after coming out of theatre my heart was beating twice its speed. I really got scared for 4-5 scenes which was a delight for me . I really enjoyed this one. :) good break from usual routine.

My Rating : 4/5 [ I wanted to give 5 but , there exists one scene where they show growing hands of a grand mother which was just funny ]