Today, I got an invitation to try out Riya, I registered with them quickly and started uploading photos…the correct time to review it will be, after uploading more than 1000 photos…I have started uploading photos..and will keep more photos for upload tonight…I guess it will take me approx 24 hours to upload 1.5 gig of photos (1500+ photos)

Will keep you guys posted :)

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March 21, 2006 |
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Many of you must have heard about adsense referrals where you have to place adsense banner on your site and if someone register by clicking it, you get $100, once that person earns his first $100.

Many of us added it on our sites eagerly waiting for our $100…but many are not aware about the fine print…this is what it says….

When a user you’ve referred to AdSense first earns US$100 within 180 days, we’ll credit your AdSense account with US$100.

So if the other guy does not make $100 within his first 6 months, we loose our $100.

Thanks to Kaushal for the info :)

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March 21, 2006 |
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Injuries Injuries and Injuries which are keeping our players away from the cricket. This time it’s sachin again…he will be out of cricket for 2 months (8 weeks) due to injury on shoulder…first tennis elbow, now shoulder injury..

Is it time to retire sachin? I don’t want him to but his recent record says everything…

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March 21, 2006 |
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An IAF MiG crashed in Rajashthan today around 4 PM (IST) leaving pilot dead. Another plane from dumping ground of russia crashed…

Report on HT

An Indian Air Force MiG fighter jet crashed on Tuesday in Rajasthan, killing its pilot.

Police said the Russian-designed aircraft took off from a military base in the frontier district of Barmer and crashed in a field without giving its trainee pilot a chance to eject to safety.

The crash comes three days after two of the most experienced military pilots died when their plane crashed during aerobatics over Bangalore.

 When will these guys wakeup and stop using russian stuff?

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March 21, 2006 |
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I recently bought Sony Ericsson w800i and gave my w550i to my sister. I wanted to have this phone for so long and now since I have it. :D Since I have both the phones so I can compare features between them. Both have its own pros and cons. Let me list few of them. (The ones I came across)

- First major difference is, w500i does not have memory slot, it has fixed 256 MB internal memory where w800i comes with memory slot and 512 MB memory stick. (approx 34 MB internal memory)

- w550i has great sound capacity with 3 speakers, w800i has just one speaker which does not produce much of sound. Sound quality is great in both the phones but the due to 1 speaker, w800i lacks the sound volume of w550i.

- Browse button is missing in w800i, for me it was very useful. In w550i, I just had to press that button and it would open the browser but in w800i, I have to click on Internet Services option and from there enter the site address.

- Camera quality - It’s just superb in w800i, 2 mega pixel cam with great clarity; w500i lacks that, specially when you try to click the photos in the night / dark.

- Quick contact search option like Nokia is missing in w550i but w800i has it :) Didn’t get what I mean? For e.g If I want to dial Deep’s number, then I can just write D and then E…so it will list names starting with DE, in w550i I can’t do that….

- Quick profile switch, in w550i you can switch the profile quickly by just pressing power button and selecting the profile but w800i, doesn’t have that option. Logically its not needed. It has option to switch the phone on silent.

Rest of the features seem to be same. But the phone w800i is just too cool. I needed small, sleek phone for me and I got it :)

Update: Pics taken by both the phones… W550i has more of noise in the pics…

W550i

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W800i

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March 19, 2006 |
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