Sumeet Soni

A few music websites basically, just for my own reference..

• http://last.fm/ - Listen Online Music
• http://www.radioreloaded.com/ - Listen and Download (tricky) Latest Music
• http://listen.grooveshark.com/ - Listen Online Music
• http://www.cooltoad.com - Download Music

With wordpress latest versions (tested with version 2.7.0+), you can now even use the emoticons directly while writing a post but for that you must know the shortcut for the emoticons you want to use in your blog post.

Here’s a LINK to have shortcuts for all the available emoticons supported or provided by wordpress 2.7.0+

Happy Blogging…!!!

Today, after a continuous effort of few hours eventually I got the GPRS working on my Sony Ericsson P990i handset. I got the GPRS service activated as I was finding some continuous problem with my BSNL broadband connection for the last two days.

Below are the steps to follow to get your desktop or laptop on the net using Airtel GPRS:

Activating GPRS on your Handset

1. Call at Airtel’s toll free number 12121-1-3 [Dail 12121 - hear the recorded message and then press 1 and then again, here the recorded message and then press 3]. There you are going to find an Airtel’s customer care executive. Just simply ask him to get your GPRS service activated and presently (February, 2009) it costs Rs. 299 per month or Rs.10 per day approx. You can get it activated or deactivated anytime (24×7, it takes not more than 4 hours) and you would be charged just for those many number of days.
2. Once you have the GPRS service activated on your cell phone, as mentioned above it generally takes 4 hours and once activated you will find a blue bar just on top of the signal icon in your handset. You might require switching OFF and then switching ON your cell phone to see and get this service activated on your handset.

Getting MO settings done on your handset

1. Next step is to get the MO (Mobile Office) setting on your cell phone:
   1. Browse to Main Menu > Tools > Control Pane > Connections > Internet Accounts” icon
   2. There you are going to find many Internet Accounts. If you are getting your GPRS service activated for the first time then you won’t find an Internet Account named “MO”. So, here we would require creating one. Click on “Internet Accounts” in the top navigation bar and then “New Account” and then “Data”
   3. Once clicked on the “Data” - it will ask you for the following:

Account Name - MO

Address - airtelgprs.com

And then click on the “Save” button and you are done with MO thingy. Now, if all correctly done then you must be able to see the newly created Internet Account named “MO” in the Internet Accounts list.

Installing the Modem software using the CD provided with your handset.

1. Simply insert the CD in your CD / DVD ROM Drive provided with your handset and follow the instructions to get the Modem installed on your PC.
2. Once you have installed the Modem successfully, go to Start > Control Panel on your PC and there you should find an option “Phone and Modem Options” > click on this option.
3. Once click on “Phone and Modem Option” it will bring you a dialogue box and there select the second tab “Modems” and it should list various modem detected or found by your PC. One of them should be “Sony Ericsson P990 USB Modem” if you are using USB cable - connect it and now, if your phone is connected with your PC using that USB cable then it must also show the “Attached To” option as “COMx” here x could be any number depending on the COM you are connected to.

Creating a Dial Up Connection on your system (desktop or laptop)

1. Click on Start > Control Panel > Network Connections
2. You will find an option “Create a new connection” in the left navigation bar, Once you have got the Network Connections Window opened with you.
3. Click on the “Create a new connection” and you will get a “New Connection Wizard” dialogue box.
4. Click on the “Next” button
5. Select “Connect to the Internet” and click “Next”
6. Select “Set up my connection manually” and click “Next”
7. Select “Connect using a dial-up modem” and click “Next”
8. Here, you might find multiple options but select (check) the option - “Modem - Sony Ericsson P990 USB Modem” and click on “Next” button
9. ISP Name - “Airtel GPRS” and click “Next”
10. Phone Number - *99***9*1# and click “Next”
11. Leave everything textbox blank over here and you can leave the check box as checked there or you can even make them uncheck depending upon your liking and requirement.
12. Now, simply click on the “Finish” button and you are done with your Dial Up Connection.

Now, you have the GPRS activated on your cell phone, your modem installed on your PC and your dial up connection configured on your PC.

Now click on the Dial Up icon named “Airtel GPRS” by you and you might find it on your desktop screen or Start > Connect To > Airtel GPRS. It must be showing a window with empty username, password and with a Dial number as *99***9*1#. Click on the “Dial” button and it will show you a dialogue box “Connecting Airtel GPRS” but you might not be able to connect it.

Here’s a few tips and tricks -

• take out the USB cable, restart your PC and switch off your handset, take out the battery, take out the sim and after a minute put the sim back and then the battery and then get it switch ON. Once it get switch ON, first connect the USB cable with your PC and then connect the other end of the USB cable to your handset. Now, on your desktop > go to dialup connection that is “Airtel GPRS” > open it > click on the Dial Button.

Check if it get connected to the internet now, if yes - you should be among the most happiest guys on this planet and if not, then there’s another trick for you to follow:

• In your cell phone, go to Main Menu > Tools > Control Panel > Connections > Internet Accounts and now check the sequence number for “MO” that is on which number this Internet Account is listed, is it at number 9? If not then note down the sequence number, lets say it’s 7 in your case. Now go to the dialup connection - “Airtel GPRS” and change the dial number to *99***7*1#. Please Note: we have replace the number 9 (only the last 9 in the dialup number) with 7. If in your case  the sequence number for MO under Internet Accounts on your cell phone is something else than 9 or 7 then replace the number 9 with that particular sequence number. And now, check again, by clicking on the “Dial” button for your Dial up connection - Airtel GPRS. If it works then you should be among one of the happiest guys on this planet for now and if doesn’t then restart your system and disconnecting your phone and USB cable and switch off your cell phone and switch it on again and then connect the USB cable back and try reconnecting using the Dial up connection. Now, it should work and I would like to see you among the most happiest guys :D, incase if it doesn’t work then try this out:
• On your PC, go to Start > Control Panel > Phone and Modem Options, second tab > Modems and then click on “Sony Ericsson P990 USB Modem” and click on the “Properties” button. It will further open up a dialogue box and now, click on the Advanced tab and check the “Extra initialization commands:” if it empty then input the string

AT+CGDCONT=1,”IP”,”airtelgprs.com”<cr>

And change the dialup number in the dialup connection “Airtel GPRS” to *99# and restart everything and try connecting to the internet using the dialup connection…

Now, surely I would like you to be among the most happiest guys on this planet but if you are not then better call at Airtel’s customer care number - 12121-1-3

Thanks for reading this article and I hope you must have got some solution for your problem through it.

ENJOY…!!!

Excerpt from the Speech given by Chetan Bhagat at Symbiosis.

Life is one of those races in nursery school where you have to run with a marble in a spoon kept in your mouth. If the marble falls, there is no point coming first. Same with life, where health and relationships are the marble. Your striving is only worth it if there is harmony in your life. Else, you may achieve the success, but this spark, this feeling of being excited and alive, will start to die.

One thing about nurturing the spark - don’t take life seriously. Life is not to be taken seriously, as we are really temporary here. We are like a pre-paid card with limited validity. If we are lucky, we may last another 50 years. And 50 years is just 2,500 weekends. Do we really need to get so worked up? It’s ok, bunk a few classes, goof up a few interviews, fall in love. We are people, not programmed devices.

“Don’t be serious, be sincere.” !!!

Google’s next product - Google Chrome (Chromium) beta an internet browser has been launched for the entire web community on 2nd September, 2008; a day in advance to its prescheduled launch date. It’s the next big thing presented by Google to make us addicted and habitual of surfing the web with them and only them.

Like Google’s other products, Google Chrome too is in its beta version only and is available for Microsoft Windows. It will be made available for Mac OS X and Linux sometime soon in the future. You will be quite astonished to know that GMail is still in its Beta version even being there for more than 4 years now.

Google Chrome is a free and open source web browser, and following are a few useful links for it:

• Google Chrome Web Browser Setup - http://www.google.com/chrome
• Google Chrome Source Code - http://code.google.com/chromium/
• Read about the Google Chrome’s technology using comics interpretation - http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/

Features:

• One box for everything
• New Tab page
• Application shortcuts
• Dynamic tabs
• Crash control
• Incognito mode - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3iCMkiezrs&feature=user
• Safe browsing
• Instant bookmarks
• Importing settings
• Simpler downloads

Configuration Pages:
Type the following in your Google Chrome’s address bar

• about:network
• about:stats
• about:cache
• about:histograms
• about:plugins
• about:dns
• about:version
• about:memory
• about:crash

Crashing Google Chrome
Type the following in your Google chrome’s address bar

• about:%

more to come…

FEELING DOWN, NEED SOME REFRESHMENT THEN CHECK THIS OUT:
Today, I received a mail with this nice decent dance video - real good one and now, it’s here for you all too

Must watch video - teaches us how to appreciate bull-s***.

Watch this video @ youtube and the funniest part about this video are the comments posted by the visitors @ youtube only.. must read them..

Video:

 

ENJOY!!!

AUTO EXPO 2008, NEW DELHI, INDIA (2008 January, 17). Auto Expo (Asia’s largest Automotive show), held at the Pragati Maidan, serves as a platform to showcase automobile and auto-component industry. Being organized for the past 18 years, this expo has on display all the automobile models that have been recently introduced in the market.

165 photosIt was the last day and the last few hours of Auto Expo 2008 before we had missed it and thus, it was more than worth watching.
Those Cars and Bikes with the latest technology, SEXY, SLEEK, and their STYLISH BODY thrills the minds of each and every youngster.

Excellent and Worth Watching

ENJOY!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR (2008 January, 01) - The very first day of 2008 and thus, it was mandatory that something special should be organized and that should be ENJOYED to the fullest.

83 photosWe (with whom time always seems short and insufficient - Aman, Amrit, Ananth, Sumeet and Vivek) have planned to meet at sector 17, Chandigarh, roam there, have fun there, then have our food at Sallad Bar, Hot Millions, Sector 17, Chandigarh. Eventually and as always we decided to have a cup of coffee at Cafe Coffee Day, Sector 35, Chandigarh.

It was an AWESOME time and A LOT of FUN as always.

CHEERS ,

ENJOY!!!

NEW YEAR EVE (2007 December, 31) - The last day of the year and thus, it always gonna remain a special one and gonna be enjoyed for years and years to follow. Everyone have different ways of enjoying it. We too have enjoyed it a lot but as it was quite unplanned and so, we have decided that that we gonna organize and celebrate our next new year eve at Taj Hotel, Sector 17, Chandigarh.

Keep Rocking n Keep $miling ,

ENJOY!!!

A Prayer to say Thanks to The ALMIGHTY (2007 December, 23) - A prayer from all at W3Syntactic (W3S) to say Thanks to The ALMIGHTY for all HIS Grace and Love on us.

Keep $miling n Keep Rolling ,

ENJOY!!!