அன்புள்ள வாசகர்களுக்கு,

இதோ தமிழ் மாத காலண்டர் 2012.

TAMIL MONTHLY CALENDAR FOR FULL 2012 IS HERE.

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ALSO THIS IS THE 5th YEAR OF MY CALENDAR

1. HIGH RES PDF – DOWNLOAD HERE [~35MB] – UNTIL JUNE*

2. IMAGED PDF – DOWNLOAD HERE – UNTIL JUNE*

*[ FULL YEAR WILL UPLOAD SOON]

Wish you all Happy New Year.

Barath A R

The founder of Apple-Steve  Jobs 1955-2011

In the U.S Former CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs has died at the age of 56 years. During his nearly forty years of his career guru of Silicon Valley, Steve Jobs offered a number of revolutionary solutions that have reshaped the entire industry. It is called the genius of the IT-industry, enthusiastic dreamer, is contained in the most daring ideas – something that others could not think.

Steve Jobs  was born in 1955 in the  Californian city of San Francisco. In the late ’70s was one of the developers of the first commercially successful  PC series – Apple II, and already in the 80′s invented the Macintosh – the first computer-controlled mouse.

In 1984, after losing a power struggle with the board of directors, Jobs left the Apple  and founded his own company  – NeXT, which is developing a  computer platform for universities and businesses.

1985: Jobs co-founded the animation studio Pixar. In 2006, acquired The Walt Disney Company. Steve Jobs became the largest private shareholder of Disney (7%)  and board member of Disney.  Under his leadership, the studio produced such films as "Toy Story" and "Monsters, Inc.".

After 12  years, Apple bought NeXT, and Jobs is again at the helm of the company, which was founded.  He invents the iPhone and  iPad – the first phones  and tablet computers with a glass multi-touch display.

In 2004  it was announced that doctors  found a malignant tumor of Jobs in the pancreas. Later, the tumor was successfully removed. In 2009, entrepreneurs and innovators had an operation on a liver transplant.
Jobs himself preferred not to dwell on his health, although becoming more noticeable leanness, indicating that the depletion of global concern.

On January 17, 2011 Steve Jobs  was on leave for health reasons. Several times he interrupted a vacation to personally introduce to the public  next new Apple.
August 24, 2011 Jobs announced his retirement from the post of head of Apple. In his letter of resignation, he strongly recommended the appointment of his successor, Tim Cook. At her request, Jobs was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors Apple.
Steve Jobs passed away October 5, 2011 – a day after the presentation of a new product line from Apple, which was unable to attend personally.

computer genius

In 1976,  Steve Jobs, along with his friends founded the  Apple Inc. – A company that always asked vector of personal computers. He is one of the first to realize  the huge commercial potential graphical user interface, use the mouse and control with the help of "clicks" – what today we see  almost every personal computer.
early allies

Jobs met another co-founder of Apple, Steve Wozniak (pictured -  seated) worked as a student trainee in the notorious company Hewlett-Packard. Jobs went to study at Reed College, but only through the semester and threw it in 1974 g.vernulsya in Silicon Valley, where he and Wozniak started attending meetings Computer Club Homebrew (ie, "DIY").
Revolution in a Box

The first computer company Apple can be found in stores county  Bay Area, and it cost 666 dollars 66 cents. It was a set  of printed circuit boards, parts placers, and 16 pages of instructions. To build the operating device, the user must have been somewhere else get the power supply, keyboard and monitor.
young eagle

On the  technical wizardry of Steve Jobs could be compared only to his ability entrepreneur.  His unshakable stubbornness and belief in their  ideas led to the mass  differences with his colleagues and critics, earning  him a reputation as tough and picky head.
intrigue

In 1983,  Jobs has invited the President of PepsiCo John Sculley (pictured – in the center) to share with him the reins and  Wozniak from Apple. However, cooperation did not work out as soon followed by a decline in the market led to the suspension of production and forced the leaders of Apple to reconsider its marketing and technical strategies.  By 1985, Jobs pushed out of the company, one of the founders of which he was.
What happened next

The resignation of Steve Jobs seemed to have only spurred his desire to reshape the world of personal computers. His next venture  – the company NeXT Computer -  achieved enhanced by Apple, has created the next PC in an elegant building of manganese alloy, advanced at that time graphical interface,  built-in Ethernet port  and many other successful technical solutions.  The unit cost is too expensive to be widely distributed, but he asked the vector of the next generation of personal computers.
Return to Apple

In the absence of Steve Jobs, Apple  floated downstream, and even almost  went bankrupt in the mid  90s. Finally, in 1996 the company announced that  it bought NeXT Computer for 429 million dollars, and thus Steve Jobs returned to the fold he founded the same company. By 1998, Jobs has been appointed acting CEO.
Jobs at work

Many of the  innovations used in computers, NeXT, found their way into the next generation of computers  Apple. Jobs has restored the reputation of  the company by issuing  a series of brilliant products, such as the iMac,  and adjusted his business affairs, revealing a network of retail outlets that sold equipment and supplies exclusively  Apple.
Cartoons

In addition,  for the years beyond Apple bought Jobs and contributed to the development of computer animation  studio Pixar. The first art studio product – cartoon "Toy Story» (Toy Story), released in 1995, has collected $ 360 million, and made the studio one of the biggest figures in Hollywood. Since then, the  studio has released a number of very successful films, including masterpieces such as "Find Nemo», «Cars», «Wally", and «Up».  In 2006, the "Disney" bought the studio  for $ 7.4 billion, and Jobs became the owner of  a solid stake legendary company.
Rock’n'roll

In 2001,  Jobs has made ​​a new revolution in the world of electronic gadgets, providing  iPod. As the functionality of novelty slightly  exceeded the earlier players, but it offers the convenience to use and stylish design. In parallel, started iTunes – a virtual online store, which forever changed the face of the music industry. Participants of the legendary group U2, Bono and The Edge (pictured) supported initiative Jobs, and participated in the presentation iPod’a in 2004
iPhone

In 2007,  Jobs has turned his attention to cellular phones. In the same year he introduced the world to the iPhone, which will go on sale in June, quickly sold  more than 6 million copies and been caught up in popularity with some of the brands present at the market for years, such as a Blackberry. iPhone – is not only a mobile phone, it also point  to the Internet with advanced user interface and a large library of applications created vast army  of programmers and Apple enthusiasts.
new beginnings

In January 2010, Jobs announced that  Apple will soon introduce a new mini-computer.  Essentially similar to the iPhone, it will have a  much larger screen, which makes it more convenient and enjoyable things such as reading, playing and watching videos. New  to have the same success as  its predecessors. The day before yesterday began  formal iPad sales in Russia. We know that in business and technology guided by the motto Steven Jobs of the famous hockey player Wayne Gretzky: "I  rush to where the puck will be, not  where it is or was."
In his letter to employees Jobs then said: "I’ve always said that if come the day when I can not get more consistent with his duties and expectations as CEO, I first tell you about it. Unfortunately, this day has come" .

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MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE

Ok Just installed windows 8 Developer preview on VMWare workstation 8.

How is it so far ?

Its too early to come to conclusion. But on first hand being long time windows user, its really confusing rather than simplifying.

Its very responsive even being inside Vmware with 1GB RAM Shared.

Its more like designed for touch screens in mind. But when it comes to keyboard and mouse, it feels rather more difficult. Windows 7 feels much better. Any way its just developer preview.

Apps: Yeah apps looks good. But i dont know how to close it. I guess there is no close option.

Where is shutdown by the way.. ? u need to log off first and unlock again.. there u find it. wow so easy isn’t it.

Still to explore a lot. Here are the screenshots taken..

I dont have a touch device to really test drive touch interface..

Barath

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FOR 2012 CALENDAR GO HERE 

http://www.barathonline.com/blog/2011/12/26/tamil-monthly-calendar-2012/

Hi all,

அன்புள்ளங்களுக்கு,

இதோ 2011 ம் ஆண்டு மாத அட்டவணை.

As usual thanks for your comments and support. I have been doing this only for myself and I find that there no easy tamil calendar available. So I started publishing on my blog and yes, lot of responses. Its great.

I would like to mention that I m working in Singapore n I am doing is after my work , and I am sorry for some you that I am not able to act to your expectations to update in timely manner.

You may follow me on twitter @barathn  http://www.twitter.com/barathn

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Happy New Year to all of you.

Barath – பரதன்

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2010 CALENDAR

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Barath

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There are lots of thing that Mesh.com site does not explain about. Everything you got to find is by Trial and Error. This article will help for some of them who just do not know how to get best out of it.

FAQ’s

Q1: How or where to know about the folders on Live Desktop from my Computer ?

A:

In Windows XP  –> Go to My Computer –> There is a Live Mesh Folder ( a blue colored folder) in Other (group) if you are viewing by type group

In Windows Vista –> Go to My computer –> Go to User Folder –>  There you can find “Live Mesh Folder” (same blue colored folder)

A user folder is the folder with your USER LOGON NAME.

Q2: Where to get Information about Shared Folders and Not Shared Folders ?

A: Go to Live Mesh Tray Icon and Go to Folder Activity , Folders that are in Light Blue color (Ghosted Image) are not in Sync with this system and Images that are in Dark blue are in sync with system.

or Go to Live Mesh Folder for Click Manage folders as seen in above image.

Q3: How to change the Sync Settings for the Folder ?

A: Go to Live Mesh Folder (see above), and Right click  and Click on Sync With This Device

When clicked on Sync with this Device, The Dialog box as shown below opens up. By Default the Synchronization option is not shown, if you wish to change which devices to sync, click on show synchronization options. By Default the sync folder is pointed to the users desktop. To change that Click on Browse to change.

Once this is finished the Folder Selected Becomes Blue in Color and moves to Synchronized with this device.

Q4: What happened when Synchronized folder is Deleted ? and Non Synchronized Folder is Deleted ? and How to Remove the Synchronization ?

A:

When you Delete Non Synchronized Folder

Go to Live desktop and then Delete the Folder.

When you Delete a Synchronized Folder

I accidentally deleted a folder with huge files, which did not go to recycle bin as well. So be careful.

(WARNING : PLEASE DO NOT DELETE, BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT DELETING THE SYNCHRONIZATION, BUT DELETING THE FOLDER ITSELF)

To remove Synchronization with this device

Once

Q5: What Happens When a Shared folder on My computer is Deleted ? Will it be Deleted on Live Desktop ? What happens When files/folders inside the Shared folder are deleted without Deleting the Main Shared Folder ?

A: When a Shared Folder is Deleted, It is Deleted from your Computer. It will not be deleted from Live Desktop. However when you Delete any files or folders inside a shared folder which is in sync with the live desktop, the files and folders in live desktop will also be deleted.

Q6: How to Share a folder with a friends or Relatives ? Do they need a live mesh account ?

A: To share a folder, You may do in several methods. Go to the folder you want to share. If it is already in live desktop of yours then a pane appears on the right. There you see Members. You can add/Edit members. or Right click on the folder that is shared, Click on Add members in Live Mesh Folder or Go to Live Mesh Folder (in my computer) then right click and Add members in live mesh folder.

or or

Q7: Does Live Desktop Space Consume Live Desktop Space, when a friend /relative shared a folder with contents in it.. or Does we loose our space ?

A: This is a wonderful thing. You will not loose any space when a friend or relative shares a folder with you. How ever when you add some files to it, the file added by you will consume your space.

Q8: Can we do a Inter mesh File Transfer ? Can we sync file from our computer to a friend / relative computer who has a different mesh ? HOW TO DO A INTER MESH TRANSFER ?

A: Yes we can do a intermesh file transfer. Here is How to..

The Concept is that of a simple sharing..

Step 1: Add the Folder you wanted to share to your live desktop mesh

Right click on the Folder and Select Add to Live Mesh

When you share the Folder is Added to Live Desktop and it begins Synchronization. Folder becomes like this..

Step 2: You can Share this folder now to your Friend or Relative. How to Share ? See Q6 and Answer

Step 3: After you share the folder appears on your friend / relative Live desktop. He can see all the files and folders. In computer desktop a shortcut is created.

Step 4: Now the guest user (ie friend / relative) can choose to sync with his system. How to do that ? See Q3 and Answer

Now it begins to sync. From Live desktop the sync is quiet instantaneous.

Full descriptive Diagram

(Now Mac Client is is not available yet. Mac users can now use live mesh too.you may Check here for releases.. )

Q8: Can we do a peer to peer file sharing, without going into Live Desktop of mesh ? How to do it ?

A: Yes. Now the service is ready for that. How ever from the client tool you may not able to do it.

Step 1 : Add Folder to Live Mesh

Step 2: Go to Live Desktop (Click on Live Desktop on Live Mesh Tray Icon , in Devices Tab or Go to Mesh.com and Go to Desktop)

The Icon Becomes Something Like this..

To Sync with Another Computer which is inside the mesh, Go to the another Computer and select to Sync with that computer. (See Q2 Answers)

The sync occurs but it takes time depending upon the size of the folder. The service is improving and hence we can see much more improvement in future.

Q9: How to view or know what items inside the folder in Live Desktop, which does not sync to Live Desktop ? [GHOSTED FOLDER]

A: By default when you double click on all the folders that are synchronized with live desktop, it just opens in a window.. like this..

But you cannot open a ghosted folder (a folder that is not synchronized with live mesh desktop). If you double click only synchronization option opens up.

So how to view contents inside. follow me..

You see a on the Bottom right of Live Mesh Desktop there is a Mesh ICON.

Click On it..Opens up window, go to Folders Tab

and it shows.. you may see that is what is live desktop is just a broker..

Q10: Can we share this ghosted folder and sync intermesh ?

A : Technically Yes. I tried to share by adding members (How to share with members ? See Q6). The ghosted folder appears on the guest ring. But I have not tried sync. It should work. How to do intermesh sync ? See Q8 Answer.

Q11 : Can we view remote machines desktop using Live Mesh ? Does it required to have RDP server (Remote Desktop Protocol server) to be present ?

A: Yes we can view remote machines desktop using live mesh and it does not require RDP server. The remote desktop protocol is included in Windows XP professional, Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Ultimate and Enterprise. It is not present in Vista Basic and Vista Home Premium and XP Home. The remote desktop protocol is more powerful compared to what offered in Live Mesh. But it required PORT FORWARDING or FIREWALL PORT OPENING.

Live mesh however does not require to have RDP server. It works on any machine. It looks like a RDP but it is much much slower than RDP. It may improve in future. It uses technology something like VNC‘s does. It is definitely useful. The biggest advantage is, it does not require you to open a firewall port or port forwarding.

However intermesh live desktop is not possible. This is not greatly required but in some scenarios of support personal it will be very helpful. We can use alternate tools such as Microsoft SharedView or TeamViewer or if you are vista user, use windows meeting space.

Q12 : Can we view media’s like photos and movies in live desktop ?

A : Yes can be viewed. but photos only for now. Even to view photos, you require Microsoft Silverlight (Flash like component from Microsoft) to view them. In future you can view even videos using Silverlight.

Q13 : If there are two users using same desktop, but they use different mesh login, or lets say you have two mesh accounts, To sync do you have to keep it logged in with that ID ?

A : This is a very very interesting case and I do not see anybody discussing about it. It actually syncs even without need to Login. You may ask when this situation happens ? This happens when you share the computer with-in your family.

Lets say a Husband (User A) uses the computer who is logged inside live mesh. Wife (User B) is also a live mesh user, also uses this same computer, but shares a different folder.

User A when changes the contents of the folder which is in sync with Live Desktop and eventually the user has logged in, it synchronizes.

In Mean time User B uses the PC and updates contents of the folder which she (/he) uses . Since User A is logged in live mesh from this desktop, we expect that it will not sync with the Live Desktop. But it actually does sync. Even when you are not logged in the mesh still synchronizes.

So just make changes, rest the mesh deals..

Q14 : From Previous Questions Answer , there is a doubt, Whether other user can see which are the folders that I am in Sync with the Live Mesh and Can he/she change the permissions or sharing to the folders that I share ?

A : No. You may be able to control sharing or view what are folders that are shared and everything only when you login to that system with your own ID. So the other user of the computer may not see what you are sharing. However I have not tested when two users share the same folder to different Mesh. That I should check.

Q15 : Last Question., Is the help on Live Mesh site (mesh.com) helpful ? Where to get more help ? or how to solve problems or troubles ?

A : The help in Live Mesh site is too preliminary. To get further help you may use community forum.. huh very difficult to find the link for Microsoft forums.. here it is http://forums.community.microsoft.com/en-us/Forums/ and for Live Mesh http://forums.community.microsoft.com/en-US/LiveMesh/threads/.

If you got live mesh preview through MICROSOFT CONNECT then you may submit bugs through connect site. You may also ask me. I will try to help if I can.

So Got any other Questions.. write in comments..

hV a Gud Meshing….

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Barath

There are several CODECS (CODEC MEANS – CODER AND DECODER) and these days, many videos are available in different formats and to play them in PC, you got to search for codecs.

The common CODECS used these days are

1. DivX / XviD

2. H.264

3. WMV

4. VC1

5. Mpeg 2 [DVD]

6. MPEG 1 [VCD]

For all windows machines VCD,VC1 and WMV can be played right out of the box [Mpeg 2 Decoder is included in Vista]. But to play H.264, DivX or XviD we may need to install the CODEC. Not only that you may need Dolby Digital / DTS Decoders to play DvDs. There are Open Source Codecs available to play everything.

FFDShow – Codec can be used to decode h.264, wmv, mpeg1 , mpeg2 and so on. Not only that you need splitters for various container formats. You may need halli splitter for matroska format or quick time formats. Finding every codec is a very tough task and to maintain the updates for each codecs is most tougher than jus getting the codec. Each codec is regularly updated and getting those updates is a big problem. Further more, due to system issues the codecs gets broken and it never plays. For instance, i had a video coded with divX 3. I have installed all versions of DivX and tried, but it never played. Then I used a codec fix tool and it just deleted all invalid entries and the video played just fine. To simply there is a very good CODEC PACK.

K-Lite Codec Pack – (www.codecguide.com)

This will solve all the problems of playback/updates/media player and also contains tools which can be used to tweak the codecs.

There are two flavors

1. K-Lite codec Pack

2. K-Lite mega Codec Pack

The Mega Codec Pack includes the real-player alternative while the first one does not.

The Contents of CODEC PACK

Player:

• Media Player Classic [version 6.4.9.1 rev. 55]

ffdshow:

• ffdshow [revision 2035]
• ffdshow VFW interface
• extra plugins

DirectShow video decoding filters:

• XviD [version 1.2.0 build 2008-01-10]
• DivX [version 6.8.3]
• On2 VP6 [version 6.4.2.0]
• On2 VP7 [version 7.0.10.0]
• MPEG-2 (Cyberlink) [version 8.2.0.530]
• MPEG-2 (Gabest) [version 1.0.0.4]
• MPEG-1 (MainConcept) [version 1.0.0.78]

DirectShow audio decoding filters:

• AC3/DTS/LPCM (AC3Filter) [version 1.46]
• Vorbis (CoreVorbis) [version 1.1.0.79]
• AAC (MONOGRAM) [version 0.9.5.0]

DirectShow audio parsers:

• MusePack (MONOGRAM) [version 0.9.1.2 | 0.3.1.2]
• WavPack (CoreWavPack) [version 1.1.1]
• FLAC (madFLAC) [version 1.8]
• Monkey’s Audio (DCoder) [version 1.0]
• OptimFROG (RadLight) [version 1.0.0.1]
• DC-Bass Source [version 1.1.1]
• AC3/DTS Source (AC3File) [version 0.5b]
• AMR (MONOGRAM) [version 1.0.1.0]

DirectShow source filters:

• AVI splitter (Gabest) [version 1.0.0.9]
• AVI splitter (Haali Media Splitter) [version 1.8.122.18]
• MP4 splitter (Haali Media Splitter) [version 1.8.122.18]
• MP4 splitter (Gabest) [version 1.0.0.4]
• Matroska splitter (Haali Media Splitter) [version 1.8.122.18]
• Matroska splitter (Gabest) [version 1.0.3.0]
• Ogg splitter (Haali Media Splitter) [version 1.8.122.18]
• Ogg splitter (Gabest) [version 1.0.0.1]
• MPEG PS/TS splitter (Gabest) [version 1.0.0.4]
• MPEG PS/TS splitter (Haali Media Splitter) [version 1.8.122.18]
• FLV splitter (Gabest) [version 1.0.0.4]
• CDXA Reader (Gabest) [version 1.0.0.2]

DirectShow subtitle filter:

• DirectVobSub (a.k.a. VSFilter) [version 2.38]
• DirectVobSub (a.k.a. VSFilter) [version 2.33]

Other filters:

• Haali Video Renderer [version 1.8.122.18]

VFW video codecs:

• XviD [version 1.2.0 build 2008-01-10]
• DivX [version 6.8.3]
• x264 [revision 889]
• On2 VP6 [version 6.4.2.0]
• On2 VP7 [version 7.0.10.0]
• Intel Indeo 4 [version 4.51.16.2]
• Intel Indeo 5 [version 5.2562.15.54]
• Intel I.263 [version 2.55.1.16]
• huffyuv [version 2.1.1 CCE Patch 0.2.5]
• YV12 (Helix) [version 1.2]

ACM audio codecs:

• MP3 (Fraunhofer) [version 3.4.0.0]
• MP3 (LAME) [version 3.98]
• AC3ACM [version 1.4]
• Vorbis [version 0.0.3.6]
• DivX Audio [version 4.2.0.0]

Real Alternative:

• RealMedia codecs [version 6.0.14.806]
• RealMedia plugin for Internet Explorer
• RealMedia plugin for Firefox/Mozilla/Netscape/Opera
• RealMedia DirectShow splitter [version 1.0.1.2]

Tools:

• Codec Tweak Tool [version 2.2.8]
• GSpot Codec Information Appliance [version 2.70a]
• MediaInfo Lite [version 0.7.7.3]
• VobSubStrip [version 0.11]
• GraphEdit [build 061102]
• Haali Muxer
• FourCC Changer
• Bitrate Calculator

[ Some codecs distributed through this may not be open source or legitimate. Install with your own discretion ]

Installation Guide

I recommend you to download K-Lite Mega Codec Pack which contains everything.

If you have already Installed any of the Above Codec, like DivX, XVid or Real Player, the Installation wizard will ask whether to remove. You may chose to remove or to remain in the system. I have chosen to remain on my system. I used few other codecs that are not provided with this pack.

If the divX is installed then

I have already installed Haali Splitter and hence it showed

and Real Player..

[ I chose NO for all, otherwise it first un-installs all the installations and then proceeds to the Installation]

It is very difficult to explain each options in Codec Selection Page. Here is the Video, which shows the best option to playback all types of media files.

Just watch and Follow the Video. If you do not have H.264 and Mpeg2 codec you may choose to install from the pack.

After installation, you can view any videos(almost all) on your system.

The Media Info tool / GSpot Video Info Tool / Codec Tweak Tool are very useful.

If you are not interested in CODEC installation, now there are players that comes with CODEC with them, such as VLC MEDIA PLAYER or KMPLAYER or Mplayer.  I would strongly recommend them to get them and install to watch all videos.

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Barath