Random Thoughts!!

Don’t be Perfect…EVOLVE!!

rajeshpal — Sat, 19 May 2007 11:59:51 +0000

Yeah. Evolution is an ongoing process of learning, refining our opinions and responding by changing things in our life!! We may not be right in the absolute sense of the word, but we at least need to act with an opinion that we are on the right track and moving in the right direction….

Anyways, i guess its part of such change only that I have moved my Blogging activity to the NEW PLACE because in spite of its own set of shortcomings, it seemed better…

Comments-which I guess would anyways come if only I can maintain a bit more regular and frequent blogging activity-are welcome and desired as your input there!!

c ya..there!!

Pal.

http://pal8ul.blogspot.com

Contact: rajesh.pal@sbi.co.in [+91 22 9819638200]

The “Vista” Excitement

rajeshpal — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:44:11 +0000

I was quite expected to see that Microsoft is yet again coming up with a new version of their Windows operating system because it brings natural feeling of refreshment plus we get to see a lot innovative features based on so much implemented in one single go…but as I explored further, I ‘ve been more and more influenced by the Performance vs Features (incl. appearance) trade-off of resources…so now I am not sure whether I would really like to stick with having that much touted Aero Glass interface of Vista!! Anyways, I came across this helpful article on 10 things to keep in mind before upgrading to Vista. Some excerpts are as under:

Vista, the first major upgrade to Windows since XP, is famous–or, perhaps more accurately, infamous–for its hefty hardware requirements. In reality, there are two separate sets of hardware requirements: one for machines that are merely “Vista Capable” and another for those that are “Vista Premium Ready.” Whereas “Premium Ready” requires a 1GHz processor, one gigabyte of RAM and a high-end video card, requirements for “Capable” are a bit more easily (and inexpensively) attainable. Now there are five editions: Home Basic, Home Premium, Business,
Enterprise and Ultimate. Business Edition is roughly comparable to XP Pro. With Vista, Microsoft is adding an Enterprise Edition that will be available only to customers with a Software Assurance or Microsoft Enterprise Agreement. When it comes down to it, the applications, not the operating system, matter most in terms of getting the job done.

One important consideration in rolling out a new operating system is ensuring that your essential programs will run on it without problems. You may not want or need to upgrade all desktop systems in your organization to Vista at once. In fact, there’s a lot to be said for implementing an operating system upgrade in a large company one step at a time. Upgrades shouldn’t be done randomly, though.

Such considerations as cost, hardware and infrastructure are important when you’re making the decision to put a new operating system into play, but don’t forget the people factor. A minority of computer users embraces new technology eagerly and can’t wait to be the first on the block to try and master the latest and greatest. But most users, like human beings in general, are resistant to change, even if the change is for the better. Upgrading to a new operating system always requires a learning period, regardless of how intuitive the software is, and Vista introduces some major interface changes and new ways of doing things that may frustrate your less tech-savvy users. Some other relevant questions raised include: Are support personnel ready? Is your data safe? What will it really cost (not just license fees!!)? So what’s your take on it?? XP Pro or Vista?

Learning, Mistakes and Insights…

rajeshpal — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 14:21:59 +0000

Welcome to the world of Vagues Ideas!! Here we go:

On learning a new insight, we should perhaps not try to correct our mistakes restrospectively, only start incorporating our new learnt insights to practice right frm moment zero. We need not go into our past works and attempt to incorporate the corrections there, as this approach does not seem to have “much” value in hindsight; plus the confirmation that the new insight is indeed worthwhile only comes in later and may not always prove to be as good as expected.

Let me give u example of such an insight at least:)

The only way to beat the competn is to stay a step ahead; u can’t prevent them from learning/performing well, nor should u waste
ur time and energy in such inferior activites-rather beat them by working that much and a little extra.

Mai.n tanhaa tha magar…

rajeshpal — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 10:38:56 +0000

Recently heard these lyrics in some ghazal by Jagjit Singh:

tere baare mei.n jab sochaa nahi tha

mai.n tanhaa tha magar itnaa nahi tha

Here’s another “tradional” sher (not from Jagjit singh though), which perhaps goes with the same mood!!

jisko dekho mere maathe ki taraf dekhe hai
dard hota hai kahaa.n aur kahaa.n roshan hai!!

Was Bachhan an Eternal Pessimist??

rajeshpal — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 14:11:08 +0000

Kab se baitha madiraalay mei.n, pi na sakaa ab tak haala

Yatna sahit bharta hoo.n, kintu ulat deta pyaala

Maanav bal ke aage nirbal Bhaagya suna vidyalaya mei.n

“Bhagya prabal, Maanav nirbal” kaa path padhaati madhushaala!!

Pyaala hai par pi paayenge, hai gyaat nahi itna humko

Is paar niyati ne bhejaa hai asmarth banaa kitnaa humko

Kahne waale par kahte hai.n hum karmo.n mei.n swaadheen sadaa

Karne waalo.n ki parvashta hai gyaat kise jitni humko

Kah to sakte hai.n, kah kar hi kuchh dil halkaa kar lete hai.n

Us paar abhaage maanav ka adhikaar na jaane kya hoga

Is paar priye madhu hai, tum ho, us paar na jaane kya hogaa!!

I don’t know if the following lines have also been written by him…

Jo kshma nahi kar sakte the meri kuchh durbaltaao.n ko
Jo sadaa dekhte rahte the unmei.n apne hi daavo.n ko
Mera durbaltaa se oopar uthne ka vrat unka prasaad
Unke prati mera dhanyavaad !!

Happy New Year!!2007!!

rajeshpal — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 02:01:40 +0000

To all my Friends and Well-wishers!!

Wish u and ur family a very very happy and prosperious new year!!May you achieve peace, happiness and all that u desire in the new year…

Here’s my theme for the year 2007…..btw, i finally finished in 2006 reading the book “Putting First Things First” by Stephen Covey:)

“REMOVE THE CLUTTER!!

Organize
Priortize
Focus on the Core Issues”

Updating through…

rajeshpal — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 14:14:34 +0000

Welcome to my Personal Blog!!

Humaare blog par aapka swaagat hai!!

Don’t be perfect…evolve!!

Slowly but steadily,i am getting into flow and form..so keep watching this space!!

“Waqt se pahle aur bhagya se zyada na kabhi kisi ko mila hai aur na milega:)”

Well, my blog has finally got at least sm comments…:) Anyways, if u think,ur visit here has been worthwhile even in some small way, plz don’t forget to contribute through ur valuable comments!! What do u want NEXT…?:)

Pal.(16-sep-2006)
Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don’t have any problems, you don’t get any seeds…

What Next??

rajeshpal — Sat, 06 May 2006 14:34:46 +0000

Just thinking abt it…sbdy said, "I never worry abt the future..it comes soon enough!!"

Till then, see some of my PHOTOGRAPHS and enjoy some SHERS …

You may also have some more harmless fun by seeing this FUNNY VIDEO …

As of now, I am more comfortable with organizing in terms of PAGES, rather than POSTS…so do see the pages section, where I 've been constantly adding and updating content. As for posts, just wait and watch!!

Well Begun is Half Done?

rajeshpal — Sat, 06 May 2006 13:15:25 +0000

BLOGGING as such and this site always existed (and existed for FREE)…but then we tend to get bothered only by things which don’t just exist but actually come close to our conciousness and manage to influence us in our life at some point of time…well,the thing is that we are not at all bothered or influenced by those N things that we remain unaware of or which don’t really affect our conciousness in some or the other significant manner…

So suddenly when yesterday, SREEJITH said that I MUST write my own blog…i came up with all the right excuses…i don’t really have that much time to invest in the activity…i know i shud write it and i ‘ll definitely do it “sometime”…u really think ppl wud ‘ve time and inclination to read all those things that i might just write?But then u know,it was sreejith and not sbdy else…:)

So things often grow on us…and that’s what seems to have happened. As soon as i got some free time, rather than surfing those EXCEL tutorials as usual, I just searched which were the better (and free!!)blog sites on the net, got biased towards this one,actually registred here and…even went ahead to write this small piece of writing!!

But then u know, anybody can make a beginning…and though well begun may actually mean that a half a job has already been done,the real test i believe remains to persist with it and take it to its logical destination…what say??

Pal. When the student is ready, the teacher will apear… The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari>

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