Showing posts with label Tips and Tricks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tips and Tricks. Show all posts

Sunday, May 15, 2011

How to detect a Two way Mirror

Beware of Using Trial Rooms
Read here how to detect a two way mirror. click on the image and read full post. pass this to all girls

Beware of Using Trial Rooms

Copy The Contents Of USB Removable Drive Automatically To Your Computer Each Time Drive is Connected

Some days back I got a reader query regarding a simple way of coping the contents of his USB pen drive automatically when ever removable drive is connected. After some googling I came to know there is no freeware available which can copy the contents i.e files and folders automatically from portable drive.
Moreover reader also wanted to take the incremental backup from his pen drive, means he wants only the modified or new files to be copied every time he connects the pen drive, so he wants to put a incremental backup of his USB drive contents on his computer.
Finally I came out with a solution with the use of a free software called SyncToy which allows you take incremental backup of your USB drive files and folders on your computer hard disk.
Lets discuss how to remember do we implement this technique of taking incremental backup with SyncToy and syncing the pen drive contents with a folder on the computer hard disk
In order to do this first you need to download SyncToy from here , to create incremental backup every time you would need to create a sync pair in SyncToy and run SyncToy when ever removable drive is connected.

Follow the step by step procedure for the same explained above
1. Install SyncToy and create a sync pair, set the computer folder in the left pair and USB root drive or any specific folder you wan to copy or sync on your computer.
2. click next and specify synchronize


3. Name the synchronization pair


4. That’s it, but you need to initiate the execution of SyncToy to sync the pair you just created.
so, every time you connect your pen drive to your computer run SyncToy to sync the contents and take a incremental backup every time.

Saturday, May 14, 2011

Playing with DOS and Mastering the DOS


1. Change the color scheme of the DOS Window

Command is = "color 07"
color bf - where b is the background color while f is for the foreground color
color f0 - it will produce a cmd as white background and black color for typing
To revert to the original color scheme, type color without any arguments.

2. Change the Title of the Window to reflect the current time

Do you know that you can put your name or your blog address in the title of the command prompt window. That’s like a neat watermark when you are using that screenshot for your website.

title your_name %time%

eg title Vaseem %time%

That %time% will append the current timestamp to the Window’s title.

3. Navigate the Command History using Keyboard

If you have a long list of commands in the history, press the function key F7 to navigate through the history list using the arrow keys.

And if you already know the command number, press F9 and directly type that number. Very useful if you have to run some command repeatedly.

How to Play with Google and Get most from Google

1. Go to Google
2. Click "images"
3. Fill in "bikes, flowers, cars" or any other word.
4. You will get a page with a lot of images thumbnailed.
5. Now delete the URL on the address bar

6. Copy the script down here, and paste it in your address bar !

javascript:R= 0; x1=.1; y1=.05; x2=.25; y2=.24; x3=1.6; y3=.24; x4=300; y4=200; x5=300; y5=200; DI= document.images ; DIL=DI.length; function A(){for(i=0; i<DIL; i++){DIS=DI[ i ].style; DIS.position= 'absolute' ; DIS.left=Math. sin(R*x1+ i*x2+x3)* x4+x5; DIS.top=Math. cos(R*y1+ i*y2+y3)* y4+y5}R++ }setInterval( 'A()',5); void(0)

7. Enjoy

Thursday, May 5, 2011

10 Rules to impress your boss and Getting Guaranteed Promotion Without Any Hard Work

1. Never walk without a document in your hands
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People with documents in their hand look like hardworking employees heading for important meetings. People with nothing in their hands look like they’re heading for the cafeteria. People with a newspaper in their hand look like they’re heading for the toilet. Above all, make sure you carry loads of stuff home with you at night, thus generating the false impression that you work longer hours than you do.
2. Use computers to look busy
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Any time you use a computer, it looks like “work” to the casual observer. You can send and receive personal e-mail, chat and generally have a blast without doing anything remotely related to work. These aren’t exactly the societal benefits that the proponents of the computer revolution would like to talk about but they’re not bad either. When you get caught by your boss - and you *will* get caught — your best defense is to claim you’re teaching yourself to use new software, thus saving valuable training dollars.
3. Messy desk
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Top management can get away with a clean desk. For the rest of us, it looks like we’re not working hard enough. Build huge piles of documents around your workspace. To the observer, last year’s work looks the same as today’s work; it’s volume that counts. Pile them high and wide. If you know somebody is coming to your cubicle, bury the document you’ll need halfway down in an existing stack and rummage for it when he/she arrives.
4. Voice Mail
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Never answers your phone if you have voice mail. People don’t call you just because they want to give you something for nothing - they call because they want YOU to do work for THEM. That’s no way to live. Screen all your calls through voice mail. If somebody leaves a voice mail message for you and it sounds like impending work, respond during lunch hour when you know they’re not there - it looks like you’re hardworking and conscientious even though you’re being a devious weasel.
5. Looking Impatient and Annoyed
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According to George Costanza, one should also always try to look impatient and annoyed to give your bosses the impression that you are always busy.
6. Leave the Office Late
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Always leave the office late, especially when the boss is still around. You could read magazines and storybooks that you always wanted to read but have no time until late before leaving. Make sure you walk past the boss’ room on your way out. Send important emails at unearthly hours
(e.g. 9:35pm, 7:05am, etc.) and during public holidays.
7. Creative Sighing for Effect
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Sigh loudly when there are many people around, giving the impression that you are under extreme pressure.
8. Stacking Strategy
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It is not enough to pile lots of documents on the table. Put lots of books on the floor etc. (thick computer manuals are the best).
9. Build Vocabulary
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Read up on some computer magazines and pick out all the jargon and new products. Use the phrases freely when in conversation with bosses. Remember: They don’t have to understand what you say, but you sure sound impressive.
10. MOST IMPORTANT!!!:
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DON’T forward this to your boss by mistake!!!

Dhiru bhai's Great Management Lessons for all 9 important points of Dhirubhaism


Dhirubhaism    No 1: Roll up your sleeves and help.


You    and your team share the same DNA.
Reliance, during Vimal's heady days had    organized a fashion show at the Convention Hall, at Ashoka Hotel in New Delhi.   


As usual, every seat    in the hall was taken, and there were an equal number of impatient guests outside,    waiting to be seated. I was of course completely besieged, trying to handle the    ensuing confusion, chaos and protests, when to my amazement and relief, I saw    Dhirubhai at the door trying to pacify the guests.


Dhirubhai    at that time was already a name to reckon with and a VIP himself, but that did    not stop him from rolling up his sleeves and diving in to rescue a situation that    had gone out of control. Most bosses in his place would have driven up in their    swank cars at the last moment and given the manager a piece of their minds. Not    Dhirubhai.


When things    went wrong, he was the first person to sense that the circumstances would have    been beyond his team's control, rather than it being a slip on their part, as    he trusted their capabilities implicitly. His first instinct was always to join    his men in putting out the fire and not crucifying them for it. Sounds too good    a boss to be true, doesn't he? But then, that was Dhirubhai.



Dhirubhaism    No 2: Be a safety net for your team.


There    used to be a time when our agency Mudra was the target of some extremely vicious    propaganda by our peers, when on an almost daily basis my business ethics were    put on trial. I, on my part, putting on a brave front, never raised this subject    during any of my meetings with Dhirubhai.


But    one day, during a particularly nasty spell, he gently asked me if I needed any    help in combating it. That did it. That was all the help that I needed. Overwhelmed    by his concern and compassion, I told him I could cope, but the knowledge that    he knew and cared for what I was going through, and that he was there for me if    I ever needed him, worked wonders for my confidence.


I    went back a much taller man fully armed to face whatever came my way. By letting    us know that he was always aware of the trials we underwent and that he was by    our side through it all, he gave us the courage we never knew we had.


Dhirubhaism    No 3: The silent benefactor.


This    was another of his remarkable traits. When he helped someone, he never ever breathed    a word about it to anyone else. There have been none among us who haven't known    his kindness, yet he never went around broadcasting it.


He    never used charity as a platform to gain publicity. Sometimes, he would even go    to the extent of not letting the recipient know who the donor was. Such was the    extent of his generosity. "Expect the unexpected" just might have been    coined for him.


Dhirubhaism    No 4: Dream big, but dream with your eyes open.


His    phenomenal achievement showed India that limitations were only in the mind. And    that nothing was truly unattainable for those who dreamed big.


Whenever    I tried to point out to him that a task    seemed too big to be accomplished, he would reply: " No is no answer!"    Not only did he dream big, he taught all of us to do so too. His one-line brief    to me when we began Mudra was: "Make Vimal's advertising the benchmark for    fashion advertising in the country."


At    that time, we were just a tiny, fledgling agency, tucked away in Ahmedabad, struggling    to put a team in place. When we presented the seemingly insurmountable to him,    his favourite response was always: "It's difficult but not impossible!"    And he was right. We did go on to achieve the impossible.


Both    in its size and scope Vimal's fashion shows were unprecedented in the country.    Grand showroom openings, stunning experiments in print and poster work all combined    to give the brand a truly benchmark image. But way back in 1980, no one would    have believed it could have ever been possible. Except Dhirubhai.


But    though he dreamed big, he was able to clearly distinguish between perception and    reality and his favourite phrase "dream with your eyes open" underlined    this.


He never let preset    norms govern his vision, yet he worked night and day familiarizing himself with    every little nitty-gritty that constituted his dreams constantly sifting the wheat    from the chaff. This is how, as he put it, even though he dreamed, none of his    dreams turned into nightmares. And this is what gave him the courage to move from    one orbit to the next despite tremendous odds.


Dhirubhai    was indeed a man of many parts, as is evident. I am sure there are many people    who display some of the traits mentioned above, in their working styles as well,    but Dhirubhai was one of those rare people who demonstrated all of them, all the    time.


5. Dhirubhaism:    Leave the professional alone!


Much    as people would like to believe, most owners (even managers and clients), though    eager to hire the best professionals in the field, do so and then use them as    extensions of their own personality. Every time I come across this, which is much    too often, I am reminded of how Dhirubhai's management techniques used to be (and    still remain) so refreshingly different.


For    instance, way back in the late 1970s when we decided to open an agency of our    own, he asked me to name it. I carried a short list of three names, two Westernised    and one Indian. It was a very different world back then. Everything Anglicised    was considered "upmarket."


There    were hardly any agencies with Indian names barring my own ex-agency Shilpi and    a few others like Ulka and Sistas. He looked at the list and asked me what my    choice was. I said "Mudra": it was the only name that suited my personality.    And the spirit of the agency that I was to head.


I    was very Indian and an Anglicised name on my visiting card would seem pretentious    and contrived. No further questions were asked. No suggestions offered, just a    plain and simple "Go ahead and do it." That was just the beginning.   


He continued to give    me total freedom -- no supervision, no policing -- in all my decisions thereafter.    In fact, the only direction that he gave me, just once, was this: "Produce    your best."


His    utter trust in me was what pushed me to never, ever let him down. I guess the    simplest strategies are often the hardest to adopt. That was the secret of the    Dhirubhai legend. It was not out of a book. It was a skillful blend of head and    heart.



6. Dhirubhaism:    Change your orbit, constantly!


To    understand this statement, let me explain Dhirubhai's "orbit theory."   


He would often explain    that we are all born into an orbit. It is up to us to progress to the next. We    could choose to live and die in the orbit that we are born in. But that would    be a criminal waste of potential. When we push ourselves into the next orbit,    we benefit not only ourselves but everyone connected with us.


Take    India's push for development. There was once a time our country's growth rate    was just 4 per cent, sarcastically referred to as the "Hindu growth rate."    Look at us today, galloping along at a healthy 7-8 per cent.


This    is no miracle. It is the product of a handful of determined orbit changers like    Dhirubhai, all of whose efforts have benefited a larger sphere in their respective    fields.


In a small way,    I too have experienced the thrill of changing orbits with Mudra. In the 1980s,    we leapt from the orbit of a small Ahmedabad ad agency to become the country's    third largest ad agency -- in just under a decade.


However,    when you change orbits, you will create friction. The good news is that your enemies    from your previous orbit will never be able to reach you in your new one. By the    time resentment builds up in your new orbit, you should move to the next level.    And so on.


Changing    orbits is the key to our progress as a nation.


7.    The arm-around-the-shoulder leader


I    have never seen any other empire builder nor the CEO of any big organisation do    this (why, I never adopted this myself!).


It    was Dhirubhai's very own signature style. Whenever I went to meet him and if on    that day, all the time that he could spare me was a short walk up to his car,    he would instantly put his arm around me and proceed to discuss the issues at    hand as we walked.


With    that one simple gesture, he managed to achieve many things. I was put at ease    instantaneously. I was made to feel like an equal who was loved and important    enough to be considered close to him. And I would walk away from that meeting    feeling so good about myself and the work I was doing!


This    tendency that he had, to draw people towards him, manifested itself in countless    ways. This was just one of them. He would never, ever exude an air of aloofness    and exclusivity. He was always inviting people into sharing their thoughts and    ideas, rather than shutting them out.


On    hindsight I think, it must have required phenomenal generosity of spirit to be    that inclusive. Yes, this was one of the things that was uniquely Dhirubhai --    that warm arm around my shoulder that did much more than words in letting me know    that I belonged, that I had his trust, and that I had him on my side!


8.    The Dhirubhai theory of Supply creating Demand


He    was not an MBA. Nor an economist. But yet he took traditional market theory and    stood it on its head. And succeeded.


Yes,    at a time when everyone in India would build capacities only after a careful study    of market expectations, he went full steam ahead and created giants of manufacturing    plants with unbelievable capacites. (Initial cap of Reliance Patalganga was 10,000    tonnes of PFY way back in 1980, while the market in India for it was approx. 6000    tonnes).


No doubt his    instinct was backed by years and years of reading, studying market trends, careful    listening and his own honed capacity to forecast, but yet despite all this preparation,    it required undeniable guts to pioneer such a revolutionary move.


The    consequence was that the market blossomed to absorb supply, the consumer benefited    with prices crashing down, the players increased and our economic landscape changed    for the better. The Patalganga plant was in no time humming at maximum capacity    and as a result of the plant's economies of scale, Dhirubhai's conversion cost    of the yarn in 1994 came down to 18 cents per pound, as compared to Western Europe's    34 cents, North America's 29 cents and the Far East's 23 cents and Reliance was    exporting the yarn back to the US!


A    more recent example was that of Mukesh Ambani taking this vision forward with    Reliance Infocomm (which is now handled by Anil Ambani). In India's mobile telephony    timeline there will always be a very clear 'before Infocomm and after Infocomm'    segmentation. The numbers say it all. In Jan 2003, the mobile subscriber base    was 13 million, about 16 months later, shortly after the launch, it had reached    30 million.


In March    2006, it has touched 90 million ! Yes, this was yet another unusual skill of Dhirubhai's    -- his uncanny knack of knowing exactly how the market is going to behave.


9.    Money is not a product by itself, it is a by-product, so don't chase it


This    was a belief by which Dhirubhai lived all his life. For instance when he briefed    me about setting up Mudra, his instruction was clear: 'Produce the best textile    advertising in the country,' he said.


He    did not breathe a word about profits, nor about becoming the richest ad agency    in the country. Great advertising was the goal that he set for me. A by-product    is something that you don't set out to produce. It is the spin off when you create    something larger.


When    you turn logs into lumber, sawdust is your by-product and a pretty lucrative one    it can be too! It is a very simple analogy but extremely effective in driving    the point home. Work toward a goal beyond your bank balance.


Success    in attaining that goal will eventually ring in the cash. For instance, if you    work towards creating a name for yourself and earning a good reputation, then    money is a logical outcome.


People    will pay for your product or service if it is good. But if you get your priorities    slightly mixed up, not only will the money you make remain just a quick buck it    would in all likelihood blacklist you for good. Sounds too simplistic for belief?    Well, look around you and you will know exactly how true it is.