Steve Jobs Isn’t Dead And You’re Not Reading This

Posted by Chetan Bharadwaj | Posted in IT Industry, Web | Posted on 06-10-2011

If you’re reading this story “Steve Jobs is dead”. And that’s why you’ll never read this. Because Steve Jobs will never die. Sure, he said in 2005 that “death is the ultimate change agent,” at Stanford University’s commencement ceremony after his first brush with cancer, giving the impression of a man who was coming to grips with his own mortality.

That’s bulls $%^$, though, and we all know it. Jobs is going to cure himself with his own mind. After all, he should have died in 2009, when he took his last medical leave…continue reading

Reclaiming the Sky: A decade to 9/11

Posted by Chetan Bharadwaj | Posted in Festival/Events, Fourdy Solutions | Posted on 12-09-2011

Ten years on, Americans came together on this Sunday where once the World Trade Center (WTC) soared; where the Pentagon stands as a fortress and breached; where the UA Flight 93 knifed into the twin towers – to mark the 10th Anniversary of the 9/11 attack.

9-11-decade

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Ganesh Chaturti

Posted by Chetan Bharadwaj | Posted in Festival/Events | Posted on 31-08-2011

Lord GaneshaGanesh Chaturti (or Ganapati), is celebrated as the birthday of Lord Ganesha who is popularly known for his wisdom, power and auspiciousness in Hinduism.  On such an occasion, big idols of the elephant-faced Hindu God is decorated and worshiped. The festival is celebrated all over the country, but more enthusiastically amongst the Marathi Indians. They celebrate the festival continuously for 10 days making it the biggest, most opulent & a highly popular festival of the state Maharashtra. The festival ends on Ananta Chaturdasi Day when people in a huge procession carry the idols of Lord Ganesha and immerse it into the nearest water source invoking for his blessings.

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Survival Strategies for Charter Accountants (CAs) at Graphiti

Posted by Chetan Bharadwaj | Posted in General | Posted on 10-08-2011

Hello Everyone, here goes the clip from Graphiti (The Telegraph) that provoked me to share this with my friends. ‘Survival Strategies’ column of the weekly magazine, Graphiti, could be aptly explicated as a section wherein Suhel Seth who has an unconventional take on personal problems – and their solutions assists people in stress overcome with his suggestion. Below is the clipping that blew my stomach as I laughed for fitful hours after reading through :)

Question to Survival Strategies

(by Anonymous)

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Switch to Old Facebook Chat

Posted by Chetan Bharadwaj | Posted in Web | Posted on 03-08-2011

Wasn’t the old Facebook chat (the pop-up style) better than the new fixed sidebar style chat. Off-course it was! I am sure many of the users simply logged on to FB for keeping up with their social life via the chat system. And with the introduction of the latest chat scores of users started finding Facebook chat inappropriate.

We have got a solution to your redress. Now you can revert back to the Old Facebook Chat: (Follow the link below relevant to your browser)

Mozilla Firefox

Google Chrome

Opera

Once the above addon has been installed successfully on your browser, the change in the chat box shall reflect after launching the browser again. To switch between old-style and the new-style facebook chat, use the Options menu in the friend list.

Caution:

  • This extension can access your data on facebook.com
  • The addon can be a great processor hog! It keeps the CPU usage at 50% efficiency whenever FB page is logged on.

Deciding to Use Black or Rich Black

Posted by Chetan Bharadwaj | Posted in Designing | Posted on 26-06-2011

This article may be treated as guide to preparing files for Print: When printing with black, there are 2 (two) types of black you might like to use.

  • Black – 100K; this can be used for bar codes & body copy
  • Rich Black – 40C 40M 40Y 100K; used for blocks of black

Note: Rich black color code specifications in CMYK may differ from printer to printer, so it’s better asking your printer what they recommend.

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Witness for the Prosecution

Posted by Chetan Bharadwaj | Posted in Clients, Fourdy Solutions, Kolkata | Posted on 28-03-2011

Kyakare.com is now the Online Partners for the play – “Witness for the Prosecution” – an Indianized version of Agatha Christie’s famous play. Brought to you by Theatrecian Film Club.

Witness for the Prosecution

Click here to know more about the event

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11 Years of Indian Cyber Law

Posted by Chetan Bharadwaj | Posted in Cyberlaw, IT Industry, Web | Posted on 02-03-2011

Cinematheque 2011 – A National Level Film Festival

Posted by Chetan Bharadwaj | Posted in Clients, Festival/Events, Media | Posted on 05-02-2011

FOURDY SOLUTIONS is now the official Online Partner for the national level film festival Cinematheque 2011 organized by St. Xaviers’ College, Kolkata & Xaverian Film Academy on 8th & 9th March 2011.

Cinematheque 2011Event: Cinematheque 2011
Organized by: Xaverian Film Academy
Date: 8th and 9th of March 2011.
Venue: Auditorium, St. Xaviers’ College, Kolkata.

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Internet vs Web

Posted by Chetan Bharadwaj | Posted in IT Industry, Web | Posted on 19-08-2010

No, it’s not a battle to the death, just an opportunity to point out the distinction between these two words that are increasingly being used interchangeably.

internet-vs-web

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