WOW 36

WOW 36 - Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

Good Afternoon Friends,
Today lets enter the world of Psychology. People who study Psychology for sure study about Abraham Maslow and his Hierarchy of Needs.
In this he included his observations of humans' innate curiosity and studied people like Albert Einstein, Jane Addams, Eleanor Roosevelt, Frederick Douglass and many others. Maslow also studied the healthiest one percent of the college student population.

It is often depicted as a pyramid consisting of five levels: the lowest level is associated with physiological needs, while the uppermost level is associated with self-actualization needs, particularly those related to identity and purpose. The higher needs in this hierarchy only come into focus when the lower needs in the pyramid are met.

The five levels are:

1. Physiological needs
2. Safety needs
3. Social needs
4. Esteem
5. Self-Actualization

Check out the link given to read and understand more about this. You will never regret the time spent on this.

Link: http://www.abraham-maslow.com/m_motivation/Hierarchy_of_Needs.asp

Danish :)

WOW 35

WOW 35 - From My Diary 01

Good Afternoon Friends,
Just to change the mood of WOW. Today I'll be sharing a page from my Diary. This is from the page which read August 14, 2009.

It started raining in Neyveli sometime around 21:30. My Dad was out at work and is expected back @ 22:00. Normally, he'll be back by 22:15 but today it would be an exception; exception coz it is raining like hell. My Dad left his bike for me (to roam around) and took his moped to work. Mom, mom... where are you?? Hmmmm.. so you are out here.
Ok folks, this is my Mom, she knows a lot about Love. Think why I say so; She's been out there at the doorstep with the gates open and watching out for my Dad waiting to return from work.
"C'mon Mom", I said to her. "How do ou expect Dad to reurn in such heavy rains? Go, take some rest; I'll watch the door."
She's my Mom. No amount of persuading will make her budge. I'm her son and am much more determined. Well, atleast now she's not standing at the doorstep; she's reclining on the cot which we have in the hall.

Folks, this is Love, she could have done many things like watching her Favorite TV show, take rest after a day's work, do anything else..... but..... she preferred to wait.

There is one thing that makes me wonder: "Do we mean all these things when we say someone 'I Love You'?"

Danish :)

WOW 34

WOW 34 - Google Caffeine

Good Afternoon Friends,

In recent years, we have seen several search engines crawling all over the Internet. A few of them I liked include Cuil and Bing.

When Bing was launched in June 2009, it challenged Google by giving bigger and better search results. Google with its new Search Engine "Sandbox" named "Google Caffeine" now threatens Bing. I have given the link for all the search engines below. Do try and compare search results from each of these search engines and you will find the difference yourself. Comparison between Old and New Google Search engine is as follows:

Link:

1) Google : http://www.google.com/

2) Caffeine : http://www2.sandbox.google.com/

3) Bing : http://www.bing.com/

4) Cuil : http://www.cuil.com/

Thanks,

Danish

WOW 33

WOW 33 - iGoogle (Social Gadgets)

Good Afternoon Friends,
Most of you who use Google Services would be well aware of iGoogle (A personalized Google homepage) which was launched a long time ago. We would be able to add a few gadgets to our homepage and personalize it. We also had a smart tab feature in iGoogle using which you would be able to add related Gadgets to a single tab. I have attached a screenshot of adding the smart tab facility in case you need it.

Last Thursday, in addition to the existing features provided by iGoogle, Google added a list of new gadgets; calling it Social Gadgets. There is a big list to choose from. This includes games like Chess, Crossword, Scrabble among which a few of them could be played with your friends. Comics, Horoscope, Sharing Photos, messages, etc.

Why don't you visit the site "http://www.google.com/intl/en_us/help/ig/social/" to learn more about the features that were added or head directly to your iGoogle page to add these gadgets.

Danish :)

WOW 32

WOW 32 - Pacemaker

Good Afternoon Friends,

Today I'm going to talk about something which assists our heart to have a stabilized heart rate. This is useful for those people who either have a block in their heart or have a very slow heart rate.

A pacemaker is a medical device which uses electrical impulses, delivered by electrodes contacting the heart muscles, to regulate the beating of the heart.

Modern pacemakers are externally programmable and allow the cardiologist to select the optimum pacing modes for individual patients. With the advent of information technology age, the pacemakers have gone up in their standards. There is nothing to wonder to know that Pacemaker has gone WiFi.

Now, a woman in New York has become the first in the world to receive a pacemaker that communicates wirelessly with a monitoring service, which is in turn accessed daily by her doctor. Check this link to check this news out on the web.

Link: http://www.switched.com/2009/08/11/u-s-woman-gets-web-ready-pacemaker/

Danish :)

WOW 31

WOW 31 - Kung fu

Good Afternoon Friends,

Today let us talk about something about "Kung fu". Many of you might confuse Kung fu with a form of Martial art. However, that is not completely true. In Chinese, kung fu can be used in contexts completely unrelated to martial arts, and refers colloquially to any individual accomplishment or skill cultivated through long and hard work.

Kung fu or gongfu or gung fu is a Chinese term often used by speakers of the English language to refer to Chinese martial arts. Its original meaning is somewhat different, referring to one's expertise in any skill, not necessarily martial. The Chinese literal equivalent of "Chinese martial art" would be "wushu".

Kung/ gong/ gung means "Achievement" or "Merit" and fu means "Man" or "Human". So, kung fu ideally means "Human Achievement".

Kung fu involves training both body and mind, both Internal and External.

Internal training includes the heart, the spirit, the mind, breathing and strength.

External training includes the hands, the eyes, the body and stances.

Kung fu is a way of life. Let us all try to apply Kung fu in our daily lives.

Danish :)

WOW 30

WOW 30 - Antimatter

Good Afternoon Friends,

We all know that matter traditionally refers to the substance that bodies are made of. One common way to identify this "substance" is through its properties: for example, matter is anything that has both mass and volume.

Antimatter is similar to matter in the sense that it has particles of the same mass and properties as their counterparts but with opposite electrical charges.

Antimatter can be found in a few parts of the Universe. Matter and Antimatter cannot co-exist because when they collide they annihilate causing total destruction. We can find references to Antimatter in several movies, the latest being "Angels and Demons" starring Tom Hanks. People who have watched this movie can understand how powerful Antimatter could be. Well, if you havn't noticed this is the part when the Camerlengo Ventresca takes the Antimatter in a Heli so that it could annihilate in the atmosphere. (A white bright light)

Well, Antimatter could also be used for constructive purposes. Scientists at CERN are working on harnessing the power of Antimatter. They use LHC (Large Hadron Collider) to create antimatter. Thanks to Dan Brown, for spreading this knowledge to the world.

Danish :)

WOW 29

WOW 29 - Google Labs (wrt GMail)

Good Afternoon Friends,

A few people may be well versed in what I'm going to talk about today. However, I would like to say something regarding this in WOW.

Google Labs:

Google Labs is a website demonstrating new Google projects "that aren't quite ready for prime time". It serves as a testing ground for new services being developed. This is a way for Google to gain feedback on the products before releasing the final versions. Google's services do not always appear on the Labs page; some are beta tested by invitation-only, like Gmail and Google Calendar once were..

To know more about Google labs, visit both of these links. There is so many things to explore out there.

Link 1: http://www.googlelabs.com/

Link 2: http://labs.google.co.in/

There are around 50+ Lab features in GMail. To access them, login to your GMail and click on Settings in the Google Navigation Bar. Choose Labs and use the ones you require most.

A few things that I would like you to explore in GMail labs are:

1) Multiple Inboxes

2) Forgotten Attachment Detector

3) Vacation Time!

4) Undo Send

5) Inserting images

Thanks,

Danish

WOW 28

WOW 28 - GMail ADS

Good Afternoon Friends,
Going back to yesterday's WOW, I have indeed received a lot of questions for my answers. A few of my friends made them were so funny that I literally rolled on the floor laughing. The sad part is I didn't get a satisfactory question fro my answer.

Leaving that behind, lets proceed to today's WOW. Whenever, I type out email or read email in GMail. I have noticed that they add their ads to the right pane. If you still wondering what I am talking about check this out.

At times, the ads can be so disgusting, well right now I'm seeing couple of ads related to post free ads and a Colgate Tooth Paste ad. Wow! That's weird.

Yesterday, I read on the net that this can be prevented. Type out the following two sentence. This will take care of the ads. Maybe you could include them as part of your signature. The golden sentences are:

I enjoy the massacre of ads. This sentence will slaughter ads without a messy bloodbath.

Maybe you could change the font color to white so that this goes unseen. Check this out to see the difference.

Have a great day without any ads.


Danish :)

WOW 27

WOW 27 - Famous vs Notorious

Good Afternoon Friends,
Today's WOW would be a little bit interesting for people who like to be challenged. Go ahead, show me what you have got.
Today, I have an answer. What I need is a Question. I would be very happy if one could come up with a question. The question will be shared @ the end of this message.

Giving a slight introduction, I would like you to see the meaning of the following two words:
1) Famous: (definition from Google) celebrated: widely known and esteemed; "a famous actor"; "a celebrated musician"; "a famed scientist"; "an illustrious judge"
2) Notorious: (definition from Google) ill-famed: known widely and usually unfavorably; "a notorious gangster"; "the tenderloin district was notorious for vice";

Seeing the above two words, we can understand that both have the same meaning, but one is in a negative sense. i.e., Famous means fame for some good activity whereas Notorious means fame for some bad activity.

So the question goes like this:
Q: What is the ________ for the word famous?
A: Notorious.

Folks, saddle up your seat belts and fill in the blank to complete the question. Eagerly waiting for the person who would bring the best question to my answer.

Danish :)