Movie Watch: Thor(2011)

Given my lack of familiarity with Marvel comics, thankfully I went with friends who were big Marvel fans.
It is fascinating how the stories of the super heroes are interwoven.
Its a definite watch for its Awesome graphics, WoWing action, Fresh unconventional humour, Gripping storyline and Goodlooking actors(Ahem ahem Chris ofcourse)

And Please DO NOT miss the POST CREDITS clip.
So a Definite Watch ... 

Movie Sucks: Waiting for Forever(2010)

A total waste of time..

Script: Purposeless, helpful only for stalkers

Pace of movie: Super slow

Acting: The leading actor hoped the audience would excuse his lack of acting skills for his chocolate boy looks. But hell no! You need something more than looks and checked pajamas to lead in a movie.

I regret the time spent on this, request others to not waste theirs.

Movie Watch: From Prada to Nada(2011)

In need of some optimism after a ruined weekend, I turned to movie therapy with this 2011 rom-com.

'From Prada to Nada' turned out to be like a Bollywood movie in Spanish minus the songs given all the dancing, social celebrations, family values focus and taunts & remarks in local language.

Like a typical Romantic Comedy, this movie had the light steady storyline with a dramatic start and a fairytale ending. However what set it apart are the performances of the actors(especially the lawyer boss <3 ), they are good-looking, cute, funny and perfect for their roles. I had never seen any of them in movies earlier but I so hope to see more of these actors in movies.

Its a short and sweet film that makes you feel good in the end.

It cheered me up, so I definitely recommend this movie when one needs to brighten up.

For serious movie viewers, this might seem run-of-the-mill and predictable.

Movie Watch: Dum Maro Dum(2011) mein Damm hai

Liked it.
Good storyline, atleast 2 decent songs, not many dialogues from Bipasha (Thank God) ;-) .

Abhishek finally seemed to have learnt some acting tricks from similar roles of AB senior.
The revelation however were Deepika and Rana, the former for her revealing item number and disapperance thereafter. The latter for pulling off his role with a so-so physique alongside the gorgeous Bipasa. He capitalized well on the significance of his role with not-so-bad acting, would like to see him in more Hindi movies.

Currently just hooked on to the "Te Amo" song, love it! 

Sharing internet from laptop to galaxy tab

After 3 days of persistent diligent efforts, finally managed to share my laptops wi fi internet connection with my Samsung Galaxy Tab. This article captures this journey.

Day 1 Method - Set-up Adhoc network between laptop and device to share DSL connection
Source - Colleague's (The unofficial Chief Mobility Officer) advice
My OS - Windows 7
How? -
Go to Network and Sharing Center/Manage Wireless Connection/ADD
Setup a new Ad hoc network , provide SSID(any name), authentication (OPEN), Security(WEP), Password(5 digits)
Then your Ad hoc newtork would be up and running looking for other devices to connect.

Go to Network and Sharing Center/ Network and Connections/'Local Area Connection' for DSL connection, go to Advanced setting and check the option to 'Allow sharing internet' and uncheck 'Allow other devices to manage the network'

ITS DONE

Expected - The Ad hoc wi-fi network should be visible to other devices(laptops/phones/tablets)

Actual - No ad hoc network visible in GALAXY TAB. The Ad hoc network visible in other laptop but always NOT IN RANGE

RESULT - METHOD FAILED

Day 2 Method - Set-up Adhoc network between laptop and device to share wi-fi connection

Source - Friend's suggestion over chat

My OS - Windows 7

How? -

Go to Network and Sharing Center/Manage Wireless Connection/ADD

Setup a new Ad hoc network , provide SSID(any name), authentication (OPEN), Security(WEP), Password(5 digits)

Then your Ad hoc newtork would be up and running looking for other devices to connect.

Go to Network and Sharing Center/ Network and Connections/'Wireless network Connection', right click, go to Advanced setting and check the option to 'Allow sharing internet' and uncheck 'Allow other devices to manage the network'

ITS DONE

Expected - The Ad hoc wi-fi network should be visible to other devices(laptops/phones/tablets)

Actual - Ad hoc network is visible in GALAXY TAB but always stuck in 'Obtaining IP address' even after disabling all firewalls in the laptop.

RESULT - METHOD FAILED

Day 3 Method - Use free software like 'Connectify'

Source - Friend's comment to Facebook post 

My OS - Windows 7

How? 

Download Connectify

Configure by providing SSID(any name), authentication (OPEN), Security(WPA...), Password(8 digits)

Then START HOTSPOT , and your laptop hotspot would be up and running looking for other devices to connect.

ITS DONE

Expected - The wi-fi network should be visible to other devices(laptops/phones/tablets)

Actual - Ad hoc network is visible in GALAXY TAB. Connects successfully. 

Ping to laptop - SUCCESSFUL

Ping to internet - FAILED

Even after disabling firewalls , no success

RESULT - METHOD FAILED

Day 4 Method - Use free software like 'Connectify' on a different laptop

Source - Friend's comment to Facebook post 

My OS - Windows 7

How? 

Download Connectify

Configure by providing SSID(any name), authentication (OPEN), Security(WPA...), Password(8 digits)

Then START HOTSPOT , and your laptop hotspot would be up and running looking for other devices to connect.

ITS DONE

Expected - The wi-fi network should be visible to other devices(laptops/phones/tablets)

Actual - Ad hoc network is visible in GALAXY TAB. Connects successfully. 

Ping to laptop - SUCCESS

Ping to internet - SUCCESS

RESULT - METHOD SUCCESSFUL

My Android app Picks of the last week

1) Scanbizcards - A great software for professionals. It helps automatically collect contact information from the snapshot of a business card. So no more tedious entering and collating contact information across multiple media,

Thanks to this magic app, Life is so much better.
2) Nitrodesk Touchdown - One of the best android apps on the market to access corporate emails and calendar, though comes with only 30days free trial period. Best way to curtail the risk of remote wipe from corporate mobile device management policies. Must have for every professional.

Disclaimer-The above logos are the copyright of the respective companies.

Will be back with updates of my continuing experiments on Android. Stay posted.

My Very Own Galaxy

Recently I bought my Very own Galaxy Tab. The sweet feeling of possession has captured me again. I find myself suddenly thrown into the world of android where "flashing" and "rooting" seems to be the norm. Am just glad the industrial world understood my true need and desire "One device to connect me to all". Its two weeks since I began this "Fellowship of android" but hey who's complaining :-) :-) <3

Enjoy tabbing folks