Android App review: Wifi Analyzer

Here's a nifty little Android App that can surely find a place in your toolbox. WiFi Analyzer from Farproc.

WiFi Analyzer lets you see the wireless networks around you, the strength of the signal, the channels they operate in, get the MAC addresses and IP addresses, plot a time graph on the variations in signal strengths and even suggest you which channel to set your wireless router to to get around local interferences.

The last point above is really cool, especially if you live in an urban environment, where there can be significant interferences from other WiFi networks.
 

 

As you can see with the screenshot on the left, my network (JAAS) was actually sharing the same channel as my neighbor's wireless network. I used the recommendation of the app to change to Channel 6 and now enjoy vastly better network reach. 

The App is free to download and is ad supported, but also comes with an option to hide the ads. Kudos to the developer Farproc for that.

Philips SHE9000 In-Ear Headphones

Whats Cool?

• The ribbed left side earphone cable. Easily distinguish Left earpiece from Right even in the dark. Very Clever!
• Discrete 3.5mm jack. Golden plated pin with red rings
• Braided cable and built in clip to decrease cable entanglement and his really works!!

Whats not?

• Sound quality leaves a lot to be desired, across the spectrum
• The earpieces do not really feel premium
• The rubber plugs could be a lot softer

I'd rather suggest the Sennheiser CX150 for this money. The sound quality is simply better

Spring Cleaning Time

Stay tuned for a fresh look!

Blogger on Android

First post from android.
Finally got the blogger from Play Store

Sony CX52 32inch review

what prompted me to write this blogpost is the discrepancy in revies for this Sony television on the wider world web.

The model in question is the Sony Bravia KDLCX523 32inch.
Let me quickly put it out...

Dessert first.
Doesnot support MTV files. Heck it doesn't even show it
Doesnot support NTFS file system. This is a real deal breaker, but there is a way out the Telly does do exFAT, so those big HD files can reside on ur USB drives.

Main course.
Decent picture quality
Audio also acceptable, decently loud and clear voice.
Interface is very good, looks like its come off the PS3 and its a cream!
Connectivity is also excellent for the price.
Internet applications are plentiful and good. The best part is u can use your iPhone iPad or Android device to control your tv, this includes text input in web applications like YouTube Facebook etc.
I also faced difficulty displaying my highres images. I will have to dig deeper to understand why

for the price this is decent TV

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Where Indians dare!

Recent headlines in media regarding the New Delhi CWG

 "Bridge collapses at CWG Village"

"After bridge, now ceiling collapses at 

Commonwealth Games venue"

Frankly speaking, reading the headlines one cannot be mistaken to think that there is something seriously wrong. Sadly though, all this headline business nowadays have to be taken with a pinch of salt.

What really made me write this piece was the second headline "After bridge, now ceiling collapses at Commonwealth Games venue". Skimming through the information superhighway, I must say I was drawn to this news story, shocked. And this shock turned to utter disgust when I dug up the details.

What is claimed to be the collapsed ceiling was infact two tiles of the false ceiling that fell down; tiles which everyone knows are predominantly made up of paper board! And these two paper boards have brought airtime on prime time television, with Mr. Tom, Dr. Dick and Sree Harry eagerly dissecting and cross examining the events. I mean, how much more lame can we be, should we ourselves take pain in tarnishing our own image when an event so big is about to place in our backyard. You might also be surprised to know that the presenter of the CWG on the BBC echoed the same opinion. Quoted in his tweet "Local news incredibly negative about CWG here in Delhi.Amazing city, big next 12 days!"

And regarding the foot-overbridge that collapsed. Well, that was embarrassing to be honest, especially when you consider that it was right in front of the main stadium. But that aside one cannot rubbish that fact that this suspension foot-overbridge was under construction and that this incident occurred when the crews were working on securing the bridge to the iron cables that hold it in place. It's a shame it happened at the wrong time and the wrong place, but that aside I would prefer it to be seen in the light of a construction site incident.


Of course one cannot deny the mess organizing this year's CWG has got us into, for which answers have to be found. But until then can't the media at least try stop misbehaving themselves? What they fail to realize is that their own silly actions of  blowing up such trivial incidents has got us into deep ****. But, I am not one bit surprised actually, for these are the same hacks who headline "Wardrobe Malfunction" for a bit of an undergarment sticking out of a celebrity's blouse.And so I wont be caught off guard with headlines like "After bridge and ceiling now clothes line collapses at CWG village"

I know we have made mistakes, I know our efforts have been slow and I know that I may have to eat my words at the end of the day for who knows even the stadium might collapsed (god forbid such a thing might happen) but as of now I'm just going to root for my country.

" Your call is being answered by Audix .... "

" Your call is being answered by Audix .... "

Oh Hell! What could be more annoying to the ear, especially when you are hoping to get through to someone urgently on the phone. Apparently, one has a high chance of hearing this monotonous voice as this answering system is being employed in over 100Million phone lines over the world. But what in the world is Audix or to be specific who the hell is she!

Like many great technological innovations of uncertain origin, Audix owes its parentage to Bell Labs. Inspired by the early popularity of telephone answering machines for the home, Bell Labs (the company that gave you the Telephone) technicians wanted to build a similar system for corporate phone networks -- one that didn't involve the use of annoying plastic minitapes. After engineers found a way to store the phone messages digitally, the company introduced the first system in 1984, dubbing it "Audix," or Audio Information Exchange.

So who's voice are we hearing? The more than 100 million Audix systems comes preprogrammed with that recorded announcement of Lorraine Nelson, 54, a former radio reporter who has played the role of Audrey Audix for many years. Audix is now owned by Avaya Inc.

Lately, I have been hearing a lot of Ms. Nelson's sonorous tone, which actually prompted me to write this. And for your information I have been job hunting. 


With inputs from Ron Leiber of www.fastcompany.com

Alonso: "Gemss mitaayi veno??"

Note: Sorry to all my international readers, this ones going to be in written partly in Malayalam

If you are already aware of the incident then skip down to the dialogue below

Situation: 2010 European GP at Valencia, Alonso's home turf. So far 2010 has not gone well for him.
Early on in the race, Alonso who was in third behind Lewis Hamilton was unfortunate enough to drop down to tenth thanks to a Safety Car period and a subsequent pitstop. Hamilton made the most out of this situation and stuck to his second place.

Infuriated the Spaniard whined over his team radio crying foul.(regular followers of the sport will recall the dreaded 2007 season) Like always he was pretty clear when he whined; he wanted Hamilton off the second place! Minutes later Lewis was given a drive through penalty, but thanks to cleaver thinking by McLaren (Lewis' Team) and a spirited driving, he emerged out of his penalty without losing his advantage. This infuriated the Spaniard Alonso even more, crying foul again, saying the penalty wasn't enough. The crying was so unbearable that even his race engineer radioed back asking him to look after himself and to stop worrying about the front runners
Now complaints stream into the race director's office, regarding all cars in front of Alonso (Hmm that should be enough to guess their origin) and demanding that they be given penalties due to infringements. Okay so yet again penalties are dished out and all cars in front of him gets 5 second penalties and Alonso still whines. Here's a parody of the situation

Alonso : "Hamilton-u Gemss mitaayi kitti enikku thannillaaaaa"
Stewards: "shari namukku Hamilton-u chutta adi kodukkam taa....."

adi koduthathinu shesham.....

Alonso: "avanau vedina eduthilaaaaa " "enikku Gemss mitaayi kittilaaaa"

angine kaliyum kazhinju, ellavarkkum Gems okke kittiyappol....

Alonso veendum:  "avarude Gemss ente Gemss inekaalum valuthaaaaa"

Corby Wallpapers 720X320 (part-2)

Please find the wallpapers below
How to download: Click on the desired picture and wait for it to open. Now right click and save image.

More wallpapers PART1

Corby Wallpapers 720X320

One thing that frustrated me with Corby/ Genio (S3650, S3653, S3653W etc) touch was its panoramic wallpaper of 720 X 320  resolution, which frankly is hard to find. It is basically three 240 X 320 resolution wallpapers places side by side. So here are some of the files that I have made.

How to download: Click on the desired picture and wait for it to open. Now right click and save image.

• Also another great blog to check out is Corby Wallpapers Blogspot. 
• If you own Star/ Tocco (S5230 etc), who wallpaper resolution is (720 X 400),  here is a great app that lets you easily create such wallpapers. Simply drop the three pictures and it automatically creates a panoramic image

More Wallpapers PART2