Shed

I will appreciate if any one of you who have experience in implementing SSO can shed some light on this issue.

shed ¹ (shd)

v. shed, shed·ding, sheds

v.tr.

1. To cause to pour forth: shed tears.
2. To diffuse or radiate; send forth or impart: shed light.
3. To repel without allowing penetration: A duck's feathers shed water.
4. a) To lose by natural process: a snake shedding its skin. b) To rid oneself of (something not wanted or needed): I shed 25 pounds as a result of my new diet.

v.intr.

1. To lose a natural growth or covering by natural process.
2. To pour forth, fall off, or drop out: All the leaves have shed.

n.

1. Something that sheds, especially an elevation in the earth's surface from which water flows in two directions; a watershed.
2. Something that has been shed.

Idiom:

shed blood

To take life, especially with violence; kill.

RIMM & AAPL

Couldn’t believe I sold RIMM for 59.99. I knew RIMM is going to go up after introducing its new tablet (BlackBook or BlackBerry). I have bought RIMM for 58.65 and was playing around with my account, nothing to do with it. Didn’t expect that RIMM is going to go up in one day for up to more than 3 dollars. Now that it reaches 63 bucks, it even more frustrating for me to look at it.
Also couldn't believe apple has hit the 340 price. Imagine if you had bought apple when the market got crashed, for under 100 dollars, you could have tripled your money by now. I bought it for 310 and sold it for 308, as I believed that is it not going to hold the 300 price and is going to go below that price. Not a good prediction either.

BidVertiser Payment – Finally

BidVertiser is an advertisement company which is mainly aiming at internet advertisement. I was using this advertisement program along other programs (such as Adsense …) along my different websites. After 3 years, I got an email that there is a payment for you waiting. The minimum amount is 10$. So you can imagine, the amount I got from this online advertising company is not much higher than 10$, after 3 years. They are going to even investigate these clicks, to make sure they are not fraud!

 

Dear ~~~~,
A future payment of $~~~~ is to be paid to you at the end of January:
Amount to be paid: $~~~~
Payment period: 12-Jul-2007 - 31-Dec-2010
Payment method: PayPal
PayPal Account : ~~~~
Please note that this payment is subject to approval, as our fraud-protection team will review the clicks generated during the period detailed above.
The manual clicks-review is an addition to our real-time click-protection algorithm and is to ensure that we only charge our advertisers for legitimate traffic.
Please do not respond directly to this e-mail because we are unable to receive e-mail responses to this address. Should you encounter any problems or have any questions, please login to your BidVertiser account and click on the Support link.
Best Regards,
BidVertiser Support Team

Wildebeest

The wildebeest (plural wildebeest, wildebeests or wildebai), also called the gnu is anantelope of the genus Connochaetes. It is a hooved (ungulate) mammal. Wildebeest is Dutch for "wild beast" or "wild cattle" in Afrikaans(beest = cattle), while Connochaetes derives from the Greek words konnos ("beard") and khaite ("flowing hair").

Connochaetes includes two species, both native to Africa: the black wildebeest, or white-tailed gnu (C. gnou), and the blue wildebeest, or brindled gnu (C. taurinus). Gnus belong to the family Bovidae, which includes antelopes, cattle, goats, and other even-toed horned ungulates.

Google Chrome OS

Do you prefer to be fast or your data to be secure ? That’s the question you want to ask. Google chrome OS is so fast. It is not even comparable with the previous used to Operating Systems. But remember, everything is on the cloud. You are not loosing any data at the price of having someone else taking care of your data. This one is Google. Your choice, how much you want Google to know about you ? That’s the question you need to answer before switching to it.
I myself can see myself using Chrome OS in its guest user mode. Which don’t store anything and you can go online and do your things.
This is a video about Google Chrome OS and how to use it.

Canon 350D gone, now aiming for 7D, 60D or 550D

I have sold my old camera 350D, what a friend I am! I am trying to get a better camera. The 350D is a nice camera but it lacks certain features like high ISO number and the default lens that came with it was not an IS (Image Stabilized) lens. You could not do much with that taking pictures in low light conditions.

Now that my camera has gone, I am kind of missing something in life. I have had it with me everywhere almost. Most probably I am going to use the memories I have with it (my Pictures) to get along until I get my new camera. I can not decide between 60D, 7D or 550D. The good thing about 7D and 60D is that they come with a 18 – 135 lens, which is one of a best lenses for Canon in the package. So If I want to get 550D with that lens, it will be almost as the price of 60D or so.

However, I have a 55 – 250 IS lens at home, so if I get the 550D I can use that lens too. However, every time I need to change the lens for shooting from telephoto to wide or vice versa.

The 7D is not comparable with these two; It is one of its kind, full frame , no crop and waterproof. It is so tempting to get that one. However, the price is so high. I am not sure if I am even using all its features.

For a quick review of the 550D, 60D and 7D take a look at this youtube video. I kind of agree with the guy that says at the end, if you want to get the professional camera go for 7D and if you don’t want to pay so much go for 550D.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET0idevzGRE&hl=en&hd=1]

Digg Verification

I haven't visited digg for a long time. Apparently they now allow you to submit stories from your RSS. They only need to verify you somehow. By using come code probably.