http://www.mraggarwal.com simple, yet out-of-the-box thinking by Ashok Aggarwal Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:50:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am fed up...completely. iMovie doesn't work natively with AVCHD files...that's garbage. When you import files, the resulting, encoded files are 3-6 times larger than the .MTS files. Even with their expensive time capsule, I would have to buy multiple ones to keep my memories. Vegas doesn't have skimming and ... http://www.mraggarwal.com/2008/07/15/hdr-sr11-imovie-vs-vegas-file-compatibility-and-sizes/ Cat Power - How Can I Tell You (never fully recorded -- was done only for a diamonds are forever commercial -- but still one of the best ever) Dave Mathews Band - Remember Two Things album (basically, the whole thing) Brad Paisley - Little Moments) Old Hindi Music (Kishore Kumar, Rafi, Mukesh)) Bob ... http://www.mraggarwal.com/2008/06/21/some-of-the-best-musicsongs-ever-for-me/ We have all been touched or hurt by the emotions we envision someone else has gone through. At what point, if any, is this taken too far? When do other people's joys and sorrows begin to affect you to the point where you are being "too empathetic"? ... http://www.mraggarwal.com/2008/06/20/too-much-empathy-the-social-climate-control-crisis/ If you have been connecting to a machine via remote desktop and using the blow command, you may have noticed this no longer connects to console: mstsc /console With XP SP3, you now need to use: mstsc /admin http://www.mraggarwal.com/2008/05/29/xp-sp3-remote-desktop-rdp-mstsc-console/ If you aren't doing multiple monitors yet...you need to. Here are some tools that will get the wheels turning: Matrox Multiplicity MaxiVista If you have a laptop, at least get started with two monitors for which you should not require any additional hardware or software, expect for the external monitor, of course. ... http://www.mraggarwal.com/2008/05/23/multiple-monitor-tools/ I know this may seem obvious to some people, but believe me...it needs to be said... When you drive in city, highway, fast, slow...anywhere... LOOK CAREFULY FOR THE LIGHTS ON CARS AROUND YOU, specifically, the signal and brake lights. Here is a freebie tip...while on the highway, don't just look for brake lights ... http://www.mraggarwal.com/2008/05/20/look-at-the-lights-on-other-cars/ Better comparisons can be drawn once the Instinct is released, but I can comment based on what I know about each... 1. Instinct is slated to support Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync on day one -- how Apply and iPhone could avoid this for so long is amazing to me, but I am ... http://www.mraggarwal.com/2008/05/20/samsung-instinct-better-than-iphone/ I am just at a complete loss as to why I can't sort emails in Outlook by the sender's domain name. As much as I use searching and search folders, as well as color-coded rules, I use sorting once I get to a point where I have a reasonable ... http://www.mraggarwal.com/2008/03/17/outlook-sort-email-by-senders-domain-tld/ RAID used to be a topic discussed by only business, and even within business, only by a subset of folks within IT.  Now, I am starting to see it pop up as options in consumer desktops, and believe it or not, I had the option when configuring my last laptop.  ... http://www.mraggarwal.com/2008/02/26/raid-0-vs-raid-1-striped-vs-mirrored-sets/ Aside from hands-free talking on my cell phone (as long as I am within 2 feet of my phone), Bluetooth technology just hasn't gotten me that excited. Take, for instance, syncing my PDA phone with Outlook... Using my good ol' USB cable, I am able to sync all my information ... http://www.mraggarwal.com/2008/02/18/do-you-sync-your-pda-phone-with-usb-or-bluetooth/ When your troops are continuously being shot at and injured, you have two choices: fight like crazy or get them all out. - Ashok Aggarwal http://www.mraggarwal.com/2008/02/11/when-your-troops-are-continuously-being-shot-at-and-injured-you-have-two-choices-fight-like-crazy-or-get-them-all-out-ashok-aggarwal/ I really think Apple is cool...and I mean too cool for school. Or maybe I should update that cliche for some of their recent products like the iPhone and MacBook Air to "too cool for practical business users like me". I have already written a brief outline of why I ... http://www.mraggarwal.com/2008/01/16/another-apple-product-i-will-not-be-buying/ This is pretty incredible in my opinion. In fact, I think this is one of the most creative things I have seen in a long time. DO NOT stop this video before the half way mark...I assure you it will all make sense before the video is over. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbkNxYaULBw The ... http://www.mraggarwal.com/2008/01/12/backwards-patriotism/ Having been a consultant for may years, I have travelled quite a bit around the world, which has given me the opportunity to eat at some fantastic restaurants and experience some unique cuisines. I have to say, Hawai'i, by far, has the best food in the world (according my ... http://www.mraggarwal.com/2007/12/17/food-in-hawaii/ I like watching, analyzing, and talking about college football...might as well add writing about it to my list... I'm not sure what aspect of college football most draws me in, but I have to commend the crazy polls and ranking structure that is used. As unfair or strange as it ... http://www.mraggarwal.com/2007/11/11/college-football-3-ways-to-win/