The Judas Strain ...

Hello ...
Its sometime since i've blogged ...
But as some of you might know ... I've been really busy ...
When I was away from home ... I got some time to read ...
The book I read was ... The Judas Strain by James Rollins ...
Its about a terrible plague arising from the deep ocean ...
A disease that is unknown, unstoppable and deadly to humankind ...
The book had two time lines spread across the chapters ...
One was about Marco Polo’s return journey from the Far East ...
In which majority of the men fall victim to the plague ...
And how most of the ships of the fleet were burnt down ...
The second story set in the present ...
A cruise liner converted in to a well equipped hospital ...
In which Dr. Lisa Cummings and other Sigma operatives ...
Search for answers to the deadly affliction ...
While fighting off terrorists in islands of Indonesia ...
Far away, another operative ... Gray Pierce ...
Thwarts the schemes of a murderous assassin ...
A killer who may unknowingly hold the first clue ...
To the discovery of a possible cure threatening the world ...
Time is an enemy as Pierce and unlikely ally ... a pretty ally ...
Are drawn into an astonishing mystery hidden deep ...
Deep in antiquity and in humanity’s genetic code ...
The story is fast paced ...blending science and history ...
I really enjoyed the book and recommend it ...
To anyone who enjoys fast action-packed thriller ...
Laterx ...

Twitter is killing my blog ...

Hello ...
I've been neglecting my blog ... and twitter is to blame ...
In the past ... I blogged at least a few times a month ...
But now ... its been almost 4 months since i blogged anything ...
This micro-blogging thing is more/better than I thought ...
I tweet several times a day ... I throw out my thoughts ...
I throw links to stuff that I find interesting ...
I find twitter to be an easy avenue to be connected ...
Also ... I feel a sense of participation when on twitter ...
Sometimes I even find it productive ... I get good feedback ...
I ask for an opinion ... I get several before the day is done ...
But i like blogging ... and I wanna continue blogging ...
I like the fact that I need time to think and compose a post ...
I enjoy doing a bit of research on the subject I blog about ...
It feels good ... almost therapeutic ... hehe ...
I'll try and blog more regularly now ... I'll really try...
Laterx ...Its an always open app ...

About time ... got myself a Nokia E71 ... :)

Hello ...
Its been sometime since I blogged about gadgets ...
But this sure is a good time to do so ...
As you may know if you follow me on twitter ...
I was having an iPhone ... and I enjoyed it a lot ...
I'll be the first to say ... the apple iPhone is a good phone ...
Its a fancy device ... its the smoothest touch phone ever ...
But for me ... it had some annoying limitations ...
Bluetooth didn't work ... couldn't forward text messages ...
I couldn't even send a contact's detail to a friend ...
(Yeah ... i know about WeTool ... it seldom works) ...
These small annoyances can make one go mad pretty soon ...
So I decided to get a new phone and started to explore options ...
I finally settled on the new Nokia E71 ... and sold my iPhone ...
Believe me when I say this ... Nokia E71 is an amazing phone ...
Its really looks nice ... and build quality feels really good ...
It has a full qwerty keyboard and some kewl functions ...
I use fring for IM/Skype ... and twibble for twittering ...
And ofcoz ... I installed Opera Mini as my browser ...
I'm testing push email on it ... with emoze ...
Its a very stable phone ... haven't crashed yet ...
If you are in the market for a smart mobile device ...
I recommend you seriously consider the new Nokia E71 ...
That being said ... I do have a small problem ...
If I have a contact saved in the format +960xxxxxxx ...
If I get a text message ... the name would come up fine ...
But if a get a call ... it shows the number without +960 ...
I've been told a firmware update would fix this ...
But so far ... there is no upgrade available for my phone ...
I do know a guy who has the same Nokia E71 he bought in Dubai ...
He doesn't seem to have this problem with his phone ...
So i guess it the software and a region setting ... or both ...
Any help in solving this problem would be greatly appreciated ...
Laterx ...