Happy Valentine’s Day!!
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To all my readers, have a nice and joyous Valentine’s day! For the singles, wish for something nice on this nice day 
Regards,
Raghuram S.
Tags: February 14, happy valentine's day, St. Valentine, Valentine's
Happy New Year from Rags ‘n Ram!
Happy New Year peeps!
Well, been MIA for months now. So let’s hope that in 2012, I shall have more time to spend on my beloved blog
Anyway, have a good year ahead everyone. Don’t miss 2011 too much.
Photo credit: Ugendran L.
Tags: 2012, Happy 2012, Happy New Year, New Year
18 May 2011: Rags ‘n Ram 2nd Anniversary!
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Here we go again! TWO SUCCESSFUL YEARS of running Rags ‘n Ram.
As at 11.59 pm on 18 May 2011 – 44,175 legitimate views and almost 29,600 visitors (3 times more than last year)! How do you think I would be reacting to these numbers? Woah!
I take this opportunity to thank everyone for your continuous support!
Regards,
Raghuram
Tags: Rags n Ram
Scientist: We’ve found Atlantis (maybe)
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This is it. No, really – according to Reuters, and the show that aired on Nat Geo some three weeks ago. The show revealed the work of Richard Freund, a professor at the University of Hartford, Conn., and his international team of Atlantis-seekers.
You will be wondering where Atlantis truly is. Throughout history there has been speculation that it was somewhere near Southern Spain. The Google Earth rumor placed it 600 miles west of the Canary Islands–off the west coast of Africa.
Using satellite photos, Professor Freunds and his freunds say they’ve found the remains of a city, just north of Cadiz in Spain. They say that it has the multiringed characteristics that many associate with the legendary Atlantis. And they say that it was wiped out by a tsunami.
The researchers spent two years using a variety of technological tools–deep-ground radar and digital mapping, for example–to locate their nirvana.
Freund told Reuters that, though he can’t know for sure (yet) whether this is the lost city, there is some hope. “We found something that no one else has ever seen before, which gives it a layer of credibility, especially for archeology, that makes a lot more sense,” he said.
Freund believes that the residents of Atlantis managed to escape the tsunami’s worst and created more Atlantis-type settlements in the central regions of Spain. He bases this on his discovery of several more so-called memorial cities 150 miles inland from what he now believes might be the original Atlantis.
Of course, much of this research team’s claim to fame will depend on whether it can match its discovery of these geological formations with descriptions that Plato left behind some 2,600 years ago.
Plato, you’ll recall, described Atlantis as having been wiped out overnight. He also called it a naval power and “an island situated in front of the straits which are by you called the Pillars of Hercules.” These pillars are believed to have referred to the Straits of Gibraltar, a place where, these days, if you land by plane, it then has to cross a car-lined street before taking you to the gate.
Source: CNet
Tags: Atlantis
Happy New Year!
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Happy 2011 everyone!
Have a fantastic year ahead
Back!
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It’s good to be back blogging!
Been extremely busy with work, was away for 2 weeks in India, and so many other things have happened in the past month. Will be catching up with everything slowly, and steadily
And yea, I have a review pending too, on Nokia BH-905i!
Regards,
Raghuram S.
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Dancing Clouds – Lightning as Captured on Nokia N8
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Failing to capture nice images of lightning, which was practically impossible, I resorted to recording a video instead.
On night mode, without support, which explains all that jerkiness and shakes respectively.
Shot on my Nokia N8. Edited on Quicktime. Soundtrack’s just there so it’s watchable
Tags: Nokia N8 video
Photo: Space Shuttle Crossing the Sun
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Interesting photo here, from last year, courtesy of Wired.
In the 0.8 seconds the Space Shuttle Atlantis took to cross the sun, French astrophotographer Thierry Legault snapped this picture with a five-inch telescope and a digital camera. The photo was taken on May 12 2009, the day before the Shuttle grappled the Hubble Space Telescope.
The next day Legault got a stunning shot of the two spacecraft together, right before Atlantis reached out to grab Hubble.
Tags: Space shuttle Atlantis, Thierry Legault
Rags ‘n Ram Will Return Soon!
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Been inactive for over three weeks now; been busy.
Will return soon with some interesting posts!
Regards,
Raghu
Tags: Rags n Ram
18 May 2010: Rags ‘n Ram 1st Anniversary!
Here we go! ONE SUCCESSFUL YEAR of running Rags ‘n Ram. I’m on top of the world right now as I type this, seeing the amount of good response I’m getting from my readers. For a medium sized variety blog, with only the help Twitter and Facebook (at times), this is indeed very encouraging and joyful.
As at 12am on 18 May 2010 – 16,100 legitimate views and almost 8500 visitors (83% returning)! How do you think I would be reacting seeing these numbers? Woah!
I take this opportunity to thank everyone who had made this possible!
Some important specs:
- - Highest legitimate views for a post: 1550 for Michael Bay Boasts About ILM and Transformers 2
- - Fastest traffic inflow for a post: Nokia N900 Review
- - Highest traffic from: Surprise! Malaysia with 3100 visitors followed by the US with 1790 visitors!
- - Major traffic sources: Google with 1900 visitors followed by direct access with 1800 visitors.
Thanks a million (again) for your continuous support!
Regards,
Raghuram
Tags: Rags 'n Ram 1 year, Rags n Ram, ragsnram.com
