After exploring all the features like music, movie, games, contacts except podcasts, on my iPod Classic which I own with pride for the past 1.6 years and despite weird experience at Apple Showroom; I have begun to use my iPod extensively day-to-day after discovering a new feature of reading ebooks on the tiny screen. :) This post was lying as a draft past an year, until I realised that I should publish it; having seen the Amazon Kindle 2. iPod is none the less.
If you belong to this category of reader who finds hard to carry bulky 1000 page novel or who tends to lose books after lending them; then iPod Notes serves you the best.
Notes folder allows the user to save any text file of the size 4kb only. If you store any text file (.txt extension) more than 4kb, then the remaining text is lost. Hence, you ought to divide the ebook into several files of 4kb and save them in a subdirectory under the Notes folder.
If the file size of the ebook: Freakonomics is 311kb, then it is divided in such a way that each file does not exceed 4kb. The website: ebookhood does the process of dividing each ebook into 4kb with suitable ordered numbering.
"The only thing to do with good advice is pass it on. It is never any use to oneself." ~Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
Advices are given for free at all time by everyone (even without you demanding!!!) especially if you attain a marriageable age! People who had forgotten your existence are suddenly reminded of you once you are of "right age". Most All parents express their concern and try to convince sons/daughters esp if you're of "right age". ;)
A conversion with a friend 'bout how parents crib when children attain marriageable age. I want to publish apart of our conversation here. My friends identity has been maintained anonymous. Few translations are given in [ ]
..............;
me: sure
but you'll have to walk down here :)
He: theek hai.. but once I come to B'lore, you owe me a big treat
deal?
me: deal :)
meri shaadi ke liye aa jaao [ You walk down for my wedding]
u get pucca south indian khana to eat :)
He: yeah that is a time I wish to be there
but let me know when the dates are planned
I'll try to drop by
me: hehe
sure
pehle ladke ko dhoond na hai [ First, the groom has be searched ]
:)
He: err... you might try looking for a girl as well ;)
me: girl? :-?
:-/
i should be searching a gal for u :P
He: yeah you're welcome to do that
me: thats what u asked me to do :P
arre, par apni list to do! [ First, give me your list ]
ladki mein kya qualities honi chahiye [ What qualities do you expect in a gal? ]
He: I think I already gave you, remember?
that post called zaroorat hai
me: accha [ ok ]
phir se pad loongi :) [ I shall read again ]
but what did aunty say?
He: heheh... the usual
me: arre, wohi to bataao :) [ Tell that ]
He: tell me... what do you think she might have told me
me: arre, this is the right age beta
shaadi kar le [ Get married ]
ghar mein biwi aayegi to, tumhe acche khana khilayegi [ If your marry, your wife will prepare good food for you ]
aur, tum bhi kitne dino tak akhele pret atma ki thara har jagah ghoomoge [ How long will you roam alone like this? ]
many guys of ur age are almost married and having kids too
tu kab shadi karage? [ When will you marry? ]
hamare kandonka bhoj bhi halka ho jayega [ Our burden will also reduce ]
she must've told you all these, right? ;)
He: ossum... looks like all women think alike
besides, there was a very important question you missed
what kind of a girl do you want
me: ummm
i know
u must've given all ur specs
later they try to convince u
u will not get the gal with 100% qualities u expect... etc...
life mein adjust karni padti hai [ You gotcha adjust in life ]
arre bhai, my mom n dad also tell me the same
not only my mom n dad, guess when children attain marriable age, they behave the same -- cribbing
when gals don't get married by 24 or 25, they feel we're getting aged
He: :)
me: guess, aunty might have told the same--right age for wedding ;)
He: yep
"Never advise anyone to go to war or to marry."
~Spanish Proverb.
I got an opportunity to try the to be launched during Nokia N97 Bloggers Meetup. Axel Myer, Head of Design at Nokia, shared his experiences in designing and embedding many new features unlike the other N series.
In the pic below:Axel Meyer
Key features compared to other N series:
N97 supports both touch screen and QWERTY keyboard in which there is enough spacing between the keys providing a faster typing speed.
Phone which extensively supports GPRS and GPS.
Built in memory 32gb (This sounds great!!).
Also supports TV out.
5mp camera with Carl Zeiss optics.
Wider screen for better video viewing.
Few pics from my camera:
Wondering if anyone would opt for Netbook after N97 is lauched. Watch interactive demo of the phone: here
Two friends who are also good neighbours online at 9:15pm gossip through messenger logging into their respective laptops. ;) The duo hear and discuss the honking of vehicles, kids playing and their immediate neighbours. And, thats called iGossip.
A couple of years ago, no one knew what a blog was. Surfing the net was just confined to emailing, uploading photos, chatting and googling. Very few people would use Yahoo! geocities or host their websites. I was new to blogging and so was to writing. Never ever try to read the initial posts, here! You can call them, perfect definition of 'crap'. Initially, I would pester each and every acquaintance to read my blog and let me know how good I was at writing and the flow of the article. Most of them gave genuine answer and would read on regular basis; and a few who never had a habit of reading would say it was good and forget. And we never spoke about it, again. A good old school friend belonged to this category who never ever bothered to read a newspaper except the headlines. ;) It was after a very long time we spoke and casually, I gave the link to my blog and the reaction:
Friend: You into all these?
Me: Yes! Why are you so shocked?
Friend: Nothing! Wondering, how come you are into such jobless stuffs like blogging *rolling eyes*
Me: It does not mean you're jobless if you have an online space.
Friend: Huh?
Me: Imagine reading the same after a decade. It would remind you of the smallest forgotten incident which made you laugh, cry or even moved.
Friend: Whatever it is! Only jobless ones blog and am not reading such junk.
Me: Someday, when you're jobless; you will read for sure ;)
