Do you want an iPhone ?

If you dont want to stand in the long queues to buy an iPhone, you can buy them off eBay for the paltry sum of $660 (upto to $1500) 😀

Everything sold by Apple is way overpriced. I am not giving Steve Jobs any of my money.

Edit:

More on this outrageous hype from Information Week :

“Craigslist is running ads from people offering to either hold a place in line for iPhone customers, or to buy the phones outright.”

Read the full article here.

Edit # 2:

You can see the ‘internals’ of the iPhone here.

Edit # 3:

iPhone reselling seems like a bad idea 🙂

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Favourite Text Editor

This week’s poll results on CodeProject:

Unbelievable !

BTW, my favourite text editors are Textpad & Emacs.

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Hacking for Dummies

I couldn’t help laughing aloud reading some of the “hacking tips” on a blog post here.

Tip 3 is the most amusing:

There are a couple of commands in DOS for refreshing the BIOS password. These stuff stuff works only on windows earlier than XP where direct DOS boot was allowed. Sorry I don’t remember any of the commands now.

The blog is aptly titled “ignoramus musing“.

P.S. Yes, that was pretty mean. Sorry dude.

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Salary for different jobs in the US

Most of the hits on my blog come from people searching about salary for jobs in the US. So finally, here is a list created by Salary.com from the data collected from the top 20 metros in US.

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Modern Life

Modern Life (posted on Reddit).

So true !

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Dont Shave That Hair

In case you’ve been contemplating shaving your a** hair, don’t do it ! Here is why.

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Super fast, super cheap Sony Vaio

Today I saw an ad in Craigslist for selling a Sony Vaio (the URL will work for only 7 days). The seller says:

Sony Vaio Laptop – “BEST BRAND LAPTOP”
– Laptop – Very Fast –

Comes with XP, Office, McAffee

DVD/CD-RW

Blah… Blah….

Towards the end of the ad, we see the true colors:

Pentium III
192 mb of Ram – Very fast
Huge 12 Gigabyte Hard drive

So you think this ultra modern machine would be expensive? Not at all, my friend. You get all these for a mere $419 !

Any takers for this great deal ? Respond fast, this is sure to go fast.

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What (wo)men want…

In my control panel (under Search Engine Terms) I can see the terms that people use to search which creates hits to my blog and the most popular search keywords that generates traffic to my blog are :

• H1 salary USA
• average salary software
• software consulting companies H1B
• indian life USA
• wipro salary USA
• monthly expense USA
• tavant
• visual basic encapsulation
• visual basic OOP
• nerdbooks
• proof by analogy

In general this post generates most of the traffic to my site from search engines.

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Alcohol Effects & Remedies

I got a forwarded mail today with subject lines as “Alcohol Effects & Remedies”. I usually ignore forwards but I decided to read this one because I thought it would contain some information on reducing the effects of alcohol on you (no no.. Its not for me, one of my friends drinks too much ;-)) It turned out that it was not a serious mail but I found it funny enough to share it with you.

1.Symptom: Cold and humid feet.
Cause: Glass is being held at incorrect angle (You are pouring the drink on your feet).
Cure: Maneuver glass until open end is facing upward.

2. Symptom: The wall facing you is full of lights.
Cause: You’re lying on the floor.
Cure: Position your body at a 90-degree angle to the floor.

3. Symptom: The floor looks blurry.
Cause: You’re looking through an empty glass.
Cure: Quickly refill with your favorite beverage.

4. Symptom: The floor is moving.
Cause: You’re being dragged away.
Cure: At least ask where they’re taking you.

5. Symptom: You hear echoes every time someone speaks.
Cause: You have your glass on your ear.
Cure: Stop making a fool of yourself!

6. Symptom: The room is shaking a lot, everyone is dressed in white and the music is very repetitive.
Cause: You’re in an ambulance.
Cure: Don’t move. Let the professionals do their job.

7. Symptom: Your dad and all your brothers look strange.
Cause: You’re in the wrong house.
Cure: Ask if they can point you to your house.

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Ways of fraud

I received an email today and got a good laugh from it. I am not a selfish guy, I want to share the fun with you:

HOW ARE YOU TODAY MY DEAR?REPLY URGENTLY

FROM MR JAMES OLUSOGA
HEAD OF ARCHIVES/RECONCILATION
UBA BANK PLC,
MARINA LAGOS.
Tel:+234 80 357 547 01.

Dear Chell,

First, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction;as i await your urgent responds to this email.

I Mr James Olusoga,the HEAD OF ARCHIVES/RECONCILATION of United Bank Of Africa PLC (U.B.A).We Had a customer Late MR LEVI CHELL.(Snr.)a national of your country, who used to work with shell development Oil company here in Abuja,he was our good customer when he was alive.On the 21st April 2000,this customer,his wife And their three children were involved in a car accident along kpalime express road. All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost there lives.

Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of his extended relatives this has also proved unsuccessful After these several attempts, I decided to track his last name over the Internet,to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you.
I have contacted you to assist me in repatriating the money and property left behind by this customer before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by this BANK.
The banking guidelines of United Bank Of Africa PLC stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed for over a period of time with the account unserviceable the money will be confiscated if nobody comes for the money,Since i have not seen any body for the claim of this money and his property for the last six years .

Now I seek your consent to present yourself as THE RELATION and the next of kin of the deceased since you have the same last name with the family.The proceeds of this account valued at US$18,500,000 dollars can be paid to you and then you and me can share the money equally while 5% of the fund will be mapped out for expenses in the process of the transfer of the money into your account.

SEND YOUR .NAMES/ADDRESS/DATE OF BIRTH/OCCUPATION/PHONE AND FAX.REPLY TO olujames1956@myway.com

THANKS,
MR JAMES OLUSOGA

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