Win 8 developer preview

So, I had some free time today and I thought of giving Windows 8 a try. It was in my task list since October when we got a short demo in one of the office workshops but looking at the below post in my Facebook timeline actually prioritized it. The post is from 2009 when I initially used Facebook as well as Win7 and predicted that Windows 7 will succeed.

Today I think I was correct. I downloaded the Win 8 developer preview and installed on my laptop directly after initially struggling to shrink the hard disk space to make it a dual boot machine. My Win7 had become pregnant with issues and I was expecting blue screen anytime.  The installation was smooth on the lines of Windows 7 and I was able to quickly set it up. I gave me a little bit of Mac feel asking Windows live ID etc.

I directly found myself on the new metro UI. After moving around it for some time I liked it and hope that MS can build some ecosystem around it which will ultimately decide weather it will be successful or fail. The UI was quick interactive and has excellent Facebook and twitter integration but the socialite app was not able to connect to my Facebook irrespective of what i did. Same goes for twitterama. Anyways the feed app did give some idea about the performance of the UI.

I then went on to work related stuff - for me remote desktop is a big instrument to work and unfortunately the juniper vpn didn't install, not sure what was the reason but I couldn't use rdp and test it. One more point work highlighting is the IE 10 dependency on flash. I was expecting much more HTML 5 integration specially after adobes strategy on flash.

One more annoying thing was that app store for the developer editions is not open and when I tried downloading any new application I got message the the apps are not available in the developer preview edition, Not sure what is the logic behind it specially when you look that the mobile sibling has the app store open from quite some time.

Anyways, I most anticipated feature for IT pros like me was Hyper V 3.0. The kid has turned 3 but requires SLAT support from your processor to work and for the folks like me who have old model of processors in company laptop Hyper v is as good as not being there. SLAT is more likely to be there in i3 onwards processors.I have Core 2 duo and spend most of the time on it while travelling or otherwise because it is difficult to carry two laptops all the time.

So, this bought halt to my further experimenting with the OS, I will keep posting my experiences with Win 8 bit for the time being looks like the try was not worth it. Hope MS is listening....

New year noise

So someone pasted this on facebook -bispasha's birthday. After the initial burst of fun by world on new year, things are normal again or at least people are finding a different excuses to be loud again like Bipasha on her birthday,

I had 10 resolution for the new year, wait.. did I? NO. I have grown old enough to conclude that fantasies don't really come true specially aspired on the new year eve.The wishlist usually remains the same year on year for most people except few. Setting serious targets to achieve in a stipulated time frame and working towards them is different. Why? heard of don't drink and drive? drink and think is similar! people usually are drunk with excitement, hope, fear, superstition...and alcohol. don't be surprised if the resolutions don't come true. However serious people might try like here - http://www.newyearsresolutionsblog.com/

Best of luck to everyone on anything they have set their eyes on...

Save More

A rare sight in metros, absolutely fresh and inspiring.The video was captured from a mobile which cost below 10k INR somewhere in Rajasthan away from any of our cities. So true that photography, painting, shooting aren't exactly dependent on device used to capture but on the right moment.


Our cities which are probably as much hostiles to these birds as man in Aliens movie series. You must be lucky to be alive!. The video reminds me of these numerous sights we had in my village when I was kid. My grandmother and mother used to spread grains of wheat or bajra for pigeons, peacocks, sparrows etc on daily basis.


I feel like the save tiger campaign is given the kind of publicity which certainly makes it trendy but do not do justice to overall cause. The cause should be to educate current generation to invest and responsibly co-exist with other species. Birds in cities desperately need something of a massive campaign but seems that "Save More" will not sell on IBNs and NDTVs.

Office times

Someone came up with the idea of a group photo yesterday during casual chatting and we all agreed without second thought. Looks like the team is enoying each others company or we all have nothing better to do :-)

Anyhow, I think it is a good sign whichever is the case. If we are free better to cherish the happy moments.

Sammy, don't worry I will post something which has your picture next time. I owe this to you.