Honestly, I don’t know where she got many of these pics. I haven’t seen many of them myself like the ones @Call_Me_Ninja took and so on. OMG, I am popular! yay!

p.s: This was my first YouTube Upload and it was Milana’s first time with Windows Movie Maker!

p.p.s: Its onam, hope you are having fun. Here is my Onam present for you: “Colors of Onam“

The Biggest Gift for Kuttappi! OMG! is a post from: The Kuttappi

Well, a external storage stayed on my wish-list for a while and then when I bought a Dell Studio Laptop with a whooping 320 GB HDD, I was pretty much satisfied.

I was wrong.

Within 4 months, I was wondering, what did I do with the 320 GB? Thanks to the night unlimited internet and 8GB Pen Drive, it got filled up pretty easily.

To address this need, I bought a Seagate FreeAgent Desk I Tera Byte External Hard Disk Drive. Paid 4680 INR/- including taxes.

I had decided upon buying a 1 TB Internal HDD and a casing to use it as an external. In fact, I had placed an order last week. I posted it on facebook and twitter and soon people started saying that it costs as much as an external Drive, so why not get an external?

(Very luckily the order I placed was misplaced, so I got the change the order, as luck would have it! I read the signs!)

OK, here is the math.

Internal 1 TB, 7200 r.p.m HDD (Western Digital or Samsung) – Rs 3200

Casing for 1 TB HDD – Rs 1000

Total – Rs 4200 (plus taxes)

Seagate FreeAgent (the one I bought) – Rs 4400 (excluding taxes)

Both these Hard Disks needs external power. The model without external power costs around 8500. Who would want to carry around 1 TB of data anyway? Buy a 250 GB instead.

So if you are buying only once, the Seagate is a better option. It comes with 5 year warranty too. But 1 TB would run out of space one day and if you have plans to purchase another 1 TB and if you dont mind the looks, but a HDD + Casing. You dont have to buy Casing next time, so it would cost only Rs. 3200.

I am not crazy about storing all the movies and music and I think I can go with this 1 TB for at-least a year, plus I would be moving around a bit, so I decided to go for the Seagate thingy.

First Impressions

Seagate FreeAgent Desk comes with power cable, USB cable (not eSata), and 4 power plug adapters to choose depending on your location. I liked the power-plug design, I haven’t seen one like that before. Build quality and finishing of the product is great.

Once I plugged in the thing to USB (after plugging in power of course), the installer popped up, installed the thing. I am getting transfer speeds upto 55 MB/sec and about 24 MB/sec on average. I disconnected the HDD and connected it again, Vista shows it just as another drive along with the other hard disks.

So far so good

Unboxing Seagate FreeAgent

Here are some shots:

The LED display on the front panel looks great in the dark. While the transter is in progress it dims to about 20% and then lights up – a nice visual treat!

Bought a Seagate FreeAgent External 1TB Hard Disk Drive is a post from: The Kuttappi

The pack has two DVD’s with 32 bit and 64 bit versions. I love the DVD’s, here are some pics (thanks to mom’s mobile cam).

Saw the last picture? Now that’s what you get when you pay for Windows Thanks @NirmalTV for the give-away.

The first part of the day was spent at Surya International, Angamaly for the school re-union. Met my friends and teachers from school

Unboxing Windows 7 Ultimate at Perumbavoor is a post from: The Kuttappi

It was a Phone Calls Day after that; the moment I came out of the exam hall, @KenneyJacob called. I got calls from many people, Dad called and said Congrats. Then an old friend called. We hadn’t talked for over a year, well, now she has a baby.

I don’t feel anything different, just feels the same. To be honest, I don’t even feel like I am gonna miss my friends, but I know I will miss many of them.

What’s Next?

I haven’t decided exactly. I am gonna take some time off and practice SSH (=Simply Sitting at Home, credits: @BinnyVA). I have bought a bunch of domains, I would do something with them. Finish of all the projects that are pending.

Then Travel, Photography, Visit Friends and Hangout with the people I like. And Blog.

To start with, there is yet another party tomorrow, the farewell party, this is the 9th party I guess.

See you sooner

College is Done With. Whats Next? is a post from: The Kuttappi

Meeting 400 cool people itself is awesome, so I figured that if I tell you the rest of it right in the title, you would probably won’t be able to handle the awesomeness

There is a train tourney called the Tata Jagriti Yatra which brings together about 400 young wannabe entrepreneurs in a train journey across India. Its in December/January, but the registration for next year is open, time to apply.

Tata Jagriti Yatra is an annual train journey that that takes hundreds of India’s highly motivated youth (with some participation of international students) between the ages of 20-25 and experienced professionals with age above 25, on a eighteen day national odyssey, introducing them to unsung heroes of India.

The aim is to awaken the spirit of entrepreneurship – both social and economic – within India’s youth by exposing them to individuals and institutions that are developing unique solutions to India’s challenges. Through this national event we have begun to inspire the youth of India to lead and develop institutions both nationally and within their communities.

Source

This year, @NijuMohan went on this tour and that’s how I came to know about it. I have applied for the same, if you have applied, just leave a comment, just to know. @HariShanker also went on the same trip. I hope I make it this time.

Here are their records:

@HariShanker says…

Self realization was the biggest merit of this yatra. This realization was a blitzkrieg of sorts, it stung into my psyche, and made a striking impact in my mind and soul, the level of impact increasing progressively by the day. Today I stand transformed, a new soul, a recharged mind.

Read it

@NijuMohan says…

I can’t tell how much I miss it now. Everytime i hear it, it raises my enthusiasm and energy like anything…

Read it

(The Trip costs about 34k INR, but you might get full or part sponsorship. Refer the Selection Procedure)

An Opportunity to Meet 400 Young Indian Entrepreneurs is a post from: The Kuttappi

Today, after about 3 years, I went back to the school grounds near my home. Feels so good, some parts of the body ache, still…

I used to go there, back in my school days to catch some air. College + Blogging + Living Online, made me sedentary and I have put on some weight, plus the RSI.

I miss my bicycle, it used to be my exercising and transportation machine of choice. Its no longer usable, I should get another one asap.

Now the new plan is to exercise regularly, eat good food and sleep well. My wrist is a lot better now and I am planning on buying the Microsoft Natural 7000 Ergonomic Desktop (Keyboard and Mouse) soon.

Couple of Tweaks to Stay Healthy is a post from: The Kuttappi

This is going to be my personal blog where I can write without editing scribble whatever I feel like writing. Working on the theme, the graphics part is almost done, SEO remains.

Happy New year!

Later

Hello world! is a post from: The Kuttappi