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		<title>Mehar - Happy</title>
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Mehar - Happy
Originally uploaded by R~Grewal


Was trying to achieve a black background for a long time. Saw a little success this past weekend. Used a black turban as the background, and bounced flash from the cieling.


lorazepam maximal doze lisinopril fosamax interactions purchase of indian fda levitra nasonex retin-a propecia valtrex beating an insurance nicotine test [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emergintex.com/blog/index.php/2008/06/16/mehar-happy/</link>
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		<title>Change of work, professionally</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After 5 years of working with InstallShield/Acresso, today is my last day there.

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		<link>http://www.emergintex.com/blog/index.php/2008/06/13/change-of-work-professionally/</link>
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		<title>alltop - all top stories : categorized</title>
		<description><![CDATA[alltop.com
how do they get away with copyrights? i know they only show headlines from other sites, but is that ok?

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		<link>http://www.emergintex.com/blog/index.php/2008/05/23/alltop-all-top-stories-categorized/</link>
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		<title>Worst Customer Service - Ever (ViaTalk)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You get to read automated, template&#8217;ized emails every now and then and get confused by the wordings, but I got one today which I think was the wrost ever in wording and explaining a process. Take a look:
Hello,
Thank you for using ViaTalk. We appreciate your interest in our business. If you have chosen to cancel [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emergintex.com/blog/index.php/2007/10/28/worst-customer-service-ever-viatalk/</link>
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		<title>Nikon D40</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
 
 
 
  Nikon D40
  
  Originally uploaded by R~Grewal
 

My Gear.


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		<link>http://www.emergintex.com/blog/index.php/2007/10/22/nikon-d40/</link>
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		<title>Flickr</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

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		<link>http://www.emergintex.com/blog/index.php/2007/10/22/flickr-2/</link>
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		<title>Missing iPhone Features</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Having used a iPhone for a week or so, I have been missing a lot of functionality, coming from a Windows Mobile device (WM6). I guess I have to face the reality that iPhone is still a multimedia (music &#038; video) device first &#038; then a phone or a productivity device.
The phone part as of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emergintex.com/blog/index.php/2007/09/20/missing-iphone-features/</link>
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		<title>iPhone - Bose Headphones</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Update: This is what you need from Apple:
 
Update: It looks like lots of people are having this problem? I just looked at some analyticals from Google, and it seems lots of people are firing this search 
My iPod Nano used to work with Bose Over Ear headphones perfectly, but why did Apple change the headphone jack [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emergintex.com/blog/index.php/2007/09/19/iphone-bose-headphones/</link>
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		<title>GPS (well, pseudo GPS) on iPhone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Navizon unveiled the software only positioning system for mobile phones, which works on iPhone and integrates with Google Maps on iPhone.
The software works by triangulating the GSM cell tower signals to find your location. Also, the software uses something I havent heard of before, wifi-triangulation from existing known Wi-fi access points.
The app itself is very [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emergintex.com/blog/index.php/2007/09/19/gps-well-pseudo-gps-on-iphone/</link>
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		<title>iPhone - Google Maps</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Currently Google Maps are working well on iPhone. Much better than Youtube. Om confirms this here.
 
I have been using Google Maps from day one on iPhone, but there are some missing things, which you would expect on a devoce that is launched in era of 2007. Apple should have implemented better usage of Bluetooth, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emergintex.com/blog/index.php/2007/09/18/iphone-google-maps/</link>
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		<title>iPhone - Windows Mobile 5/6 comparisions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I took the plunge from migrating from WM6 to iPhone. I think I couldnt resist the clever price drop on the iPhones, and plunged in with a 4GB for $299.
I have had this immense sense of questioning whenever I had decided to buy anything from Apple. Be it a Mac book, or an iPhone. How [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emergintex.com/blog/index.php/2007/09/16/iphone-windows-mobile-56-comparisions/</link>
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		<title>ViaTalk ViaSilent</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Everyone who got off the sinking ship named SunRocket (ok, the doomed rocket), saw ViaTalk as one of the rescue boats to jump onto.
It seems that ViaTalk got the major chunk of ex-SunRocket customers, so much so that to get a ViaTalk package you had to order it online, since the telephone lines were all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emergintex.com/blog/index.php/2007/09/06/viatalk-or-viasilent/</link>
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		<title>Rise of Wi-fi remotes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[EDIT: It seems that both the remotes shown below are running on the same technology, provided by tvCompass. Acoustic Research has partnered with tvCompass on their remote.
Gone are the days of Universal Commanders, and in comes the Wi-fi remotes.
These new generation remotes, ride on your Wi-Fi to get various external feeds like TV listings, News etc.
We [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emergintex.com/blog/index.php/2007/09/06/rise-of-wi-fi-remotes/</link>
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		<title>Personal Widgets - Chumby</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
Connected alarm clock, touchscreen photo-frame, Desktop email reader, Desktop RSS Reader&#8230;possibilites are limitless with Chumby. 

A decent processor packed inside a soft cushioned, good-to-feel casing, 3.5&#8243; LCD color touch screen, wi-fi connectivity promises to take your &#8216;connected life&#8217; anywhere you can imagine. Think about a Chumby sitting on your side-tables under the nightlamp, tuning [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emergintex.com/blog/index.php/2007/07/20/personal-widgets-chumby-2/</link>
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		<title>SunRocket Fiasco. Packet8 gets customers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Update: Official Press release is here
Sunrocket tanked. (This really is not a emerging technology to belong on this blog though!).
Other VoIP providers are all over the lost customer pool, to get them in their customer base. Packet8 is the newest entrant. Not sure if they have anything official to do about this or not. (see [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emergintex.com/blog/index.php/2007/07/18/sunrocket-fiasco/</link>
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		<title>Chicago startup - LifeShadow</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ It is a rare opportunity to see startups coming out of Chicago area, funded and backed by some industry veterans.

LifeShadow, a startup operating in stealth mode at the moment has popped up in Chicago land area. Nothing concrete has been heard about the product/services/technology as of now, but looking at the brand-name &#8216;LifeShadow&#8217; it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emergintex.com/blog/index.php/2007/07/13/chicago-startup-lifeshadow/</link>
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		<title>Safari on Windows XP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Update: Minimize doesnt work by clickin on the status-bar. You need to minimize using the top left minimize button. Restoring after that doesn&#8217;t open in maximized state. (if it was maximized previously).

Just announced. Kinda longish setup. Startup time is ok. Doesnt maximize on my secondary monitor (disappears, but stays on the status-bar). Works fine on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emergintex.com/blog/index.php/2007/06/11/safari-on-windows-xp/</link>
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		<title>Toothache &#38; Web</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Often when I have a toothache (mostly in night, when you lie down) I wish I had immediate access to a Dentist. Alas, none of the dentists work at night (except maybe a ER intern who might give you something to sleep!).
Bringo, though not solving the immediate access in night, helps you atleast notify a dentist close [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emergintex.com/blog/index.php/2007/06/07/toothache-web/</link>
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		<title>burrp! - revisit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have covered this one Indian startup the most on emergintex, just because we feel it is driven by people who are passionate about what they are doing. Another reason is that burrp! promises to be one of the first startups which was seeded in the west (US) and executed back in India, by young [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emergintex.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/20/burrp-revisit/</link>
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		<title>Comeback (for me and some startups)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After a long noise free time on this blog, I will be back soon.

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		<link>http://www.emergintex.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/20/comeback-for-me-and-some-startups/</link>
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		<title>Web - delievered to your living room</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
More than a year ago,&#160;we talked about a fundamental change in how we use the content available on web. We called it the begining of LifeStyle 2.0. What we were looking for, was how the content and technology providers enable us, the end users, to have ready access to the web, via devices that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emergintex.com/blog/index.php/2006/12/22/web-delievered-to-your-living-room/</link>
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		<title>The Venice Project - review coming tonite.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was lucky enough to get a beta invite from the Venice team, and would be writing up a fast-track review for the service tonite.
Watch this space for more details, tomorrow!
 
Technorati tag: The Venice Project
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		<link>http://www.emergintex.com/blog/index.php/2006/12/21/the-venice-project-review-coming-tonite/</link>
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		<title>soonr - sooner or later.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
I have been using soonr for a long time now, but honestly, it has been on and off. when I am too busy, getting&#160;a lot of mails, I tend to check my emails from the road (have it as home page on my pocket IE).
it has been a very good user experience so far. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emergintex.com/blog/index.php/2006/11/09/soonr-sooner-or-later/</link>
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		<title>Soapbox on MSN</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ While the video sharing market is hot, (or getting cooled off?) by the recent Google-YouTube acquisition, I had a chance to take a look into Microsoft&#8217;s foray in this domain - Soapbox.
As opposed to most of the new web based services from Microsoft coming under the Live.com branding, Soapbox is (at-least at the moment) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emergintex.com/blog/index.php/2006/10/17/soapbox-on-msn/</link>
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		<title>Netflix - improved recommendation system (?)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Netflix recently launched the NetFlixPrize contest, where Netflix is looking to improve the recommedation system CineMatch they currently use to recommend movies to a returning customer based on his/her previous movie choices.
I say, its all good, as l-o-n-g  a-s  y-o-u  c-a-n  f-i-x the registration form issue.
I saw someone trying to fill out the form [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emergintex.com/blog/index.php/2006/10/06/netflix-improved-recommendation-system/</link>
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