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Tamil in Android(ஆண்டிராய்டில் தமிழ்)

Shankar — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:40:29 +0000

Here is the simple method to get ‘other’ lang support in Android.

Pre-requisite:

1. Root the phone (http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-root-your-android-phone-device/)

2. Install busy box

The above steps are not necessary for Custom ROMs like Kyrillos.

Procedure:

1. Install Font changer from https://market.android.com/details?id=com.martino2k6.fontchangerlite&feature=search_result

2. Download the suitable unicode font(Give try on a suitable for ur phone) from http://azhagi.com/freefonts.html (TABUni-Tamil021.ttf for Samsung Galaxy 3)

3. Connect ur phone in mass storage mode(USB) and copy the fonts to /sdcard/.fontchanger

4. Select the required(copied) font and apply. It will ask for reboot.

After rebooting you can get screen like the below.

Start any app like FB, twitter, browser and check for the display.

Change India-3: RAMAN FIBRESCIENCE

Shankar — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 09:11:44 +0000

AROON RAMAN FOUNDER, RAMAN FIBRESCIENCE

R&D Goes Desi

SPIRIT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Sujit John TNN(posted in Times of India, 9th Nov 2011)

He learnt from his father early on that many challenging intellectual tasks could be accomplished by people who do not have major academic degrees. So in 1990, after an MA in economics from JNU in New Delhi and an MBA from Wharton, when Aroon Raman wanted to start an R&D unit in Mysore, he turned to very ordinary people. Youngsters from the villages around Mysore who had only completed standard 10 or 12, or had a diploma.
Today, Raman runs a Rs 25-crore business that does materials and composites research, and manufactures materials for companies like ABB, Rane, Exide, Amco, and for institutions like the Defence Research & Development Organization (DRDO).
“They have become masters in the manipulation of materials,” Raman says of the youngsters he hired. “They may not be masters in theoretical chemistry. But
they do experiments that run into hundreds. A smart youngster doing experimental work for years and years picks up a fantastic feel of the interrelationships between compounds. So, he has an instinctive feel of what is required to solve a problem. People always think of an R&D unit as white-coated folks with PhDs, but that doesn’t have to be.”
Today, his head of R&D, G K Natesh, is someone from Udipi with a polytechnic diploma in plastics and rubber. Krishnachari, who joined Raman early, was a carpenter in Nanjangud near Mysore. His used to make crates. Raman saw that the way he sawed, he used the minimum amount of wood.
“That was application of thought. His ability to envisage how a crate would look was high.” So Raman picked him and trained him. He started with drawings, later did tooling, and over the years Krishnachari has been key to the development of many value added products.
“Among my other top people are Girish and Krishna, both of who have passed no more than class 12. They are in their mid-30s now and they have filed four patents between them this year.”
Raman looks for locals with a sense of curiosity, high IQ and native intelligence. Some youngsters grasp very quickly, others take time. Raman picks the exceptionally bright ones. And this strategy keeps costs and attrition low.
“If we hired PhDs, we wouldn’t be able to retain them. A GE or Akzo Nobel or Dupont could come and take them. Or they would go for post-doctorals. Since my boys are from local villages, their parents are around, and they have no incentive to move. But I send them to events in places like Mumbai to open their eyes to bigger things.”
Raman’s firm Raman FibreScience has multiple capabilities in the area called wetlaid composites. Normal papers, tissue paper, cardboard are all made by a wet-laid process. In wet lay, you take a fibre, mix it with water and additives, and run it through a mesh-like conveyor belt. When the slurry moves along the mesh, the water runs off, and you are left with a wet mass on the belt, which is then dried, and made into the final product.
You can also wet-lay glass, carbon fibre and organic fibres. When you do that and combine them with performance additives, you can get very special products, such as high-end filtration solutions. These can give you very pure air or be used for blood filtration, or in a nuclear power station that requires air filters that must trap very fine particles, including bacterial content.
Raman’s firm grew out of his conviction that there is scope for a full-service independent R&D unit, a rarity in India. Most Indian companies do their R&D in-house, occasionally approaching universities for help. Indian research institutions like CSIR typically do not have the ability to commercialize their research. “I can make a material in a lab, but how do I start making it in tonnes, at a cost that the market will accept? For that, you need to build special purpose machines, you need a host of skills, engineering skills, plant development skills, process skills, costing ability.”
Raman FibreScience combines these skills. The company has had particular success with a unique separator (filter) developed for backup power batteries. “We developed the separator in 2-3 years; a global company like Nippon Sheet Glass still does not have such a product. For us it is innovate or die. We don’t have deep pockets, so we have to be on our toes. For Nippon, they are so big, even if they do not innovate, they think they will survive,” Raman says.

Rajnimania

Shankar — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 08:23:47 +0000

Rajini was about to enter the operation theatre, doctors giving anesthesia to OT equipments.
Time and tide waits for Rajnikanth…! Mind it..!
Once rajnikanth gave kiss to his girlfriend Infront of a kid. Now the kid is known as……………. Emran hashmi
Why did rajnikant buy an acre of land with 4 wells in each corner…?…Coz he wanted to play carrom…!!
Rajinikanth killed the Dead Sea
Rajinikanth can delete the Recycle Bin.
Once Rajnikanth bunked a whole day in school. Since then, that day is known as Sunday
Rajinikanth sneezed only once in his entire life, that’s when the tsunami occurred in the Indian ocean.
Rajnikant Calls In Indian Airlines office- how long It Takes for Flight From Chennai to Kolkata?Lady – 1 hour Sir
Rajnikant – I will better walk there

Lady call him back after 5 min to give him a good news that another flight is there which takes 30 minutes… Rajnikant replied – Mam I am already in Kolkatta…

Useful Browser extension for bookmarking

Shankar — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 10:28:23 +0000

YAGBE (Yet Another Google Bookmark Extension) is yet another extension but it does a lot..;-)

* You can seamlessly sync ur bookmarks with your https://www.google.com/bookmarks/l account.

* You can add/edit/view the bookmarks from this extension which is what other extensions missing

* Can be downloaded from Chrome, FF add-on libraries.

* You are not going to loose any of your bookmark as you did early;-)

*Here you go for the downloadables….

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/search?hl=en-US&q=YAGBE

and here is how it will look like after installation..

Tamil in Android

Shankar — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 11:39:00 +0000

Here is how you can view/edit in Tamil with Android phones

1) In Android phone, install Opera mini browser

2) Now open the browser and type ‘Opera:config” at address bar * Scroll down & look for “Use BitMap fonts for complex scripts’ : select ‘YES’

3) Install Tamilvisai from Android stores or appbrain

(http://www.androidzoom.com/android_applications/tools/tamil-visai_qmta.html?nav=googleDownload)

4) In Opera edit box, select the input method as ‘Tamil Keyboard’ by making long press.

5) Follow the green color space for tamil fonts.

Documents Sync and Share

Shankar — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 04:46:42 +0000

After installing offiSync the new tab will appear in your office MS applications

While opening them it will ask for login details for your google docs.

It will open the docs and sites.

You can edit/save as you want with/without having local copy.

Whitefield Guide!

Shankar — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:59:18 +0000

Who knows what in Whitefield area.. Often we end up in searching for the right person for the right job…like Printer servicing, Car audio mechanic, Carpenters etc… we waste lot of energy and time in searching and end up in compromising ourselves for quality!

Here are contacts I got it thru some search and visit! letz not waste our time!

Automobiles:

1) Auto speed: Syed is a specialist in Autocops power windows and other car accessories. He was working with Auto cops for more than 8 yrs and he knows the decoding technique of autocops electronic equipments. He resolved my Dzire’s year long Power window/Door security issue in 15 minutes by changing the codes by pressing continuously!

The shop is just near to Mahabazzar(Chemmanur Jewels) in Marathalli, towards SJR apartments(galli).

His number is +91 97401 57099

Medical shops:

Indian medicals in AECS lay out. We will get any non sense in this shop.

Birthday Ugadi

Shankar — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:59:23 +0000

YUGADI= YUGA+ADI (i.e), Starting the Era!

Its special to me as my birthday falls on the same day this year.

Here are the snaps taken during the Pooja! Its not just fashion to make the blogs but to make knowing to Siddhu’s generation.

Few snaps of God, Prasadham, Ugadi Pachadi.

Bifurcation machi bifurcation!

Shankar — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:47:10 +0000

What happens next, if Telanga is bifurcated from AP?

# Mayawathi Started trifurcate UP

# West Bengal wants bifurcation and create Gorkhaland

# Ramadoss want TN to be bifurcated (dei narayana, indha kosu thollai thanga mudiyalada)

sssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhh….now why not MK shud approach Rayalasheema and join with TN so that Tirupati will become part of TN and Rayalasheema will get a nice capital Chennai??? idhu eppadi irukku?

SONIA SONIA,

Some one need to teach you what is butterfly effect, huh? Vadai poche!

Adding spouse name in the passport: My experience

Shankar — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:41:45 +0000

Documents Required:

1. FORM 2 for all Misc services (http://passport.gov.in/cpv/Forms.htm)

2. Valid Passport along with a photocopy

3. Proof of Marriage (Photocopy)

Marriage Certificate from Registrar of Marriages or notarized joint sworn affidavit signed by both husband and wife and with their joint photograph also attested by the notary public.

4. Spouse’s Passport along with a photocopy

5. Application fee of Rs.1000/-(New passport will be issued)

6. Photographs- 1No (3 Nos for non Bangalore passports)

According to the Blr RPO, its Rs.1000/- (http://rpobangalore.gov.in/frm_spouse_name.asp)

But Delhi office says its Rs.300/- (http://passport.gov.in/pms/Addition%20of%20Spouse%20Name.htm)

What a nonsense is this????

Additional things to be taken care

1) Plan your program well by reaching before 9:00 AM to get the token pasted on your form. Your application form must be filled before entering there. Your token number and counter no will be displayed in the application collection centre. It may take 1-2 Hrs for the entire process.

2) If your passport is not issued in Bangalore and your applying for Misc services, then an ABCD officer in that office will give you a new farm which contains the information of your present address, Permanent address, profession along with photo graphs(There will be two forms with same content)

3) Carry extra photocopies of all the documents and photographs.(Oppizers may ask anything@anytime)

4) Your Passport will be canceled and the new one will be issued(Need to keep the old one as the Valid Visas are stamped in)

Note: Bangalreone centres are not taking care of this particular case

ALL THE BEST!