Some changes into Orkut :Orkut powered by Google

Today I just logged into my Google account for checking the new scraps and mails. I was wondered that Google changed the UI and text material of the SCRAP NOTIFICATION mail, previously we are having a notification mail in plain text with some HTML links. The URL fully displayed into the mail, like http://www.orkut.co.in/Scrapbook?uid=1############1.

From today onwards Google changed the way, like now all the plain text is gone now we'll be having HTML links in the form of TEXT links, A new background(as of old ORKUT) colour will be displayed in all mails, at the left corner an Orkut logo will be displayed and just next to that means at the right corner a GOOGLE logo will be appreas, saying powered by Google.Please have a look on the below image:





Some other changes are also made by Google in last month, like the URL display of orkut, previously asll the URL was simply:
http://www.orkut.co.in/Scrapbook?uid=1############1,
now there is new entities is added, which will accpet the URL s parameter(as I think), now URL in the address bar are displayed something like,
http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Scrapbook?uid=1############1

I dont know why these changes are made for security reasons, for stoping mass scrap sending or for stoping scrap to all facilities provided by other thrid party websities.

Pan-Indore Marathon 2008

Now it looks like dreams comes true, as all of you know Indore also know as mini Bombay(Mumbai) is upcoming metro city of the India, now it have big malls, townships, city bus now Indore will be having its own Pan-Indore Marathon conceptualized by students of IIM(Indian Institute of Management), Indore.

The marathon will consist of The Peace Run and The Celebratory Run. The Peace Run will be 10 kms in length, whereas the Celebratory Run will be 3 km long. The Peace Run will take a 10 kms route, long enough for serious runners to compete and amateur for participants to challenge themselves. The Celebratory Run, a 3 kms run allows everyone in Indore to show their support for the cause.

Short Summary:
Celebratory Run: 3 Kms.
Eligibility: Born before October 2nd, 1996

Peace Run: 10 Kms.
Eligibility: Born before October 2nd, 1992

Celebratory Run Route Map(courtesy: http://www.indoremarathon.com/)

SGSITS(Starting Point) - Under Shastri Bridge, besides Railway line - MG Road up to Hukumchand Square – Apollo Square – Race Course Road - SGSITS (Finish Point)





Peace Run Route Map (courtesy: http://www.indoremarathon.com/)

SGSITS(Starting Point) – Race Course Road up to PT (Apollo Square) – Chappan Dukaan – Palasia Square – Via A.B. Road to Geeta Bhawan Square – St. Paul’s School – Daly College – Residency Road – Nehru Stadium – in front of MY Hospital to RNT Marg – RNT Marg up to Regal Square – Under Shastri Bridge, besides Railway line – SGSITS (Finish Point)



With incidents of social unrest rocking the city and the whole nation recently, this is time to express solidarity with one and all, to stand up and be counted as responsible and compassionate citizens.

As per the official website(http://www.indoremarathon.com/) of Indore Marathon:

You care for the society. You crave for peace and you cherish harmony. You hold humanity close to your heart. Come October 2 2008, we give you a chance to proclaim all this and more. Welcome to the Indore Marathon. Great things happen when good people come together. With the theme of Peace and Harmony, the Indore Marathon is an event to show the world and each other that we care about the future of the world.

So I, Deepak Yadav request you to all specially to Indorians to become the part of Indore Marathon, I'll be waiting for you all on 2nd Oct, 2008 at sharp 7.00 A.M.(IST) at SGSITS, Indore.

Cheers !

FeedBurner Error

From last few months I am thinking to have a FeedBurner account for my blog, but as I am not a frequent blogger, so I droped the idea, but today I decided to have the one.

I signed up the FeedBurner by using my Google Account, it works (:-) FeedBurner is now Google service).

I got my FeedBurner URL as
http://feeds.feedburner.com/deepaksyadav

as being my hobby to play with the URLs by applying some injections into the same, I tried lot of things, finally I decided to see what happen if no ID is passed to the URL so I typed:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/

and expected to see the homepage for Feed or a welcome page, but I got the HTTP Status 400 error generated by Apache Tomcat/5.0.28, bang quite interesting, see the pic(below).

Jaiku is Back

Long lsting wait of jaiku after the aquition is ends with the relaunch of jaiku by Google. But still there is some barrier, the service currently under test, new user can only sign up with the invitation only.

Let see when it opens the door for every one.

Jaiku powered by Google App Engine

Google is ready to LAUNCH Jaiku on Google App Engine. Jaiku is a social networking, micro-blogging and lifestreaming service comparable to Twitter. Jaiku was founded in February 2006 by Jyri Engeström[2] and Petteri Koponen from Finland and launched in July of that year. It was purchased by Google on October 9, 2007.It was down from very long time just after the acquisition by Google. Users thinking that the Google forgot the service. Presently it is showing the message:

Folks, we're offline for the weekend for server maintenance.Now's a good time to talk to someone you love.

Now, it is time to DANCE. But it has taken so long period to start as Twitter is the only near and dear rival of jaiku so it given chance to tiwiter to EXPLORE the possibilities.....

But I think there is very short time remaing when we'll see new jaiku, may be services will be changed aur not, but now it will be powered by Google backbone, which give us more relability an security.

For a proof just try traceroute (TRACERT) command or click here. The end of ROUTE will at Google server only.

Palsar Mania : New Advertisement of Pulsar 220cc

I and my younger bro both are crazy fans of Pulsar. Today I seen Pulsar Mania ad of 220cc, after that I decided to wrote this blog. Bajaj Pulsar has defined the performance bike category in India. Ever since its launch, Pulsar's communication too has always focused on building a distinct identity and attitude for the brand. Strating from the launching with "definetily male" and currently it's last "FreeBiking" campaign aired in April 2007, this new campaign is the most spectacular the brand has ever done. Tagged as "PulsarMania", the campaign demonstrates the Pulsar's power, aggression and grace in a never seen before manner.



Bajaj Auto has recently launched a new commercial for Bajaj Pulsar 220 DTS-Fi, called as Pulsar Mania. The commercial was shot in Cape Town and the stunt team comprised of few of the best stunt riders in world, including (world no 2) AC Farias (European stunt riding champion) and Matte Griffin. Some details :





Client: Bajaj Auto Ltd.


Agency: Ogilvy & Mather, Mumbai


Creative Team: Abhijit Avasthi, Manoj Shetty, Rajneesh Ramakrishnan


Production House: Velocity Films, South


AfricaDirector: Lourens Van Rensburg


Music: Paul Norwood, Audio Militia





I personally feel it is fantastic commercial ad.