Frustrated Fuse Blog

Hello everyone. Since the time I share first chapter of my spythriller fiction, many of you have asked me to publish it as a separate blog rather than continue it on Transition. So finally my novel has been ported out to a dedicated blog. I have continued with naming system and named it Frustrated Fuse Blog for need of a better name. Chapter-3 will be published on this new blog soon. So, please update your bookmarks and keep your valuable suggestions coming in.

Hello everyone. It has been quiet some time since my last post. For those who don't know, I was in China, famous not only for Great Wall of China, but also due to their Great Firewall that blocks blogging sites, social networking sites like Facebook/Twitter and many other sites.

Coming back to the topic, I have some interesting tips and tricks for you guys on how to survive or rather have a good time in China. Will post them as I finish writing those posts.

Till then, see you guys. I am just trying to stay awake at Indira Gandhi International airport. :)

Blackberry keeps rebooting (or restarting)

One fine day my Blackberry 9000 was frozen. I let it be for 15 minutes, but it was still stuck at same screen and with a clock icon in the middle. Finally I did ‘hard reboot/reset’ by removing the battery and put it back in. It showed me Blackberry booting screen. Progress bar in boot screen moved a few notches and then rebooted on its own. It went on for quite some time. I tried connecting the charger and charging it while it went on. But that didn’t work either.

Finally I got online and googled about this problem. Found out that such problem might be caused due to battery not sitting tightly. Checked for same. It was fitted properly. Finally decided to connect my rebooting phone to my computer and opened Blackberry desktop software. Immediately it gave me a screen saying that my phone was either not connected or switched off. It gave me three options Retry, Update and Cancel. I hit Retry, but it didn’t work. Finally I hit Update and it started updating. Usually when you try to update your Blackberry OS, updater gives you an option to back your data up. But since mine was rebooting continuously, that option was disabled on updater screen. Finally update was done and my Blackberry booted fine. It was completely wiped off. Thanks to a backup I had done few days back, I was able to restore it. Although I had to reinstall all extra applications and configure my email id once again on my phone. 

It was that day that I finally activated Blackberry Protect. Nifty feature indeed. It backs up your data and keeps it secure on a server. You can set the frequency of backups too. And in future if you have to wipe out your Blackberry for any reason, you can always get it back from that server. In order to use Blackberry Protect, you’ll need Blackberry Internet Services (BIS) to be enabled.

To be or not to be

Anna Hazare's decision to take non-violent path for Lokpal bill has found thousands of supporters across India. It can arguably also called a mass-movement. But then there are others who feel that Lokpal will only add another layer of bureaucracy to the existing behemoth. Another layer might also become an avenue for corruption. It is not that these people support corruption, but they might have valid reasons for questioning Lokpal bill.

Lot of people have in last 48 hours have reminded us that India is a democracy and we have right to support what we believe in. Fair enough. So let those who are skeptical about supporting Anna be that way. After all not supporting him does not mean that they support corruption. This is not war on terror and nobody is George Bush over here to say "if you are not with us, you are against us". So be reasonable, sensible and logical and hear what others have to say before branding them. Let us not be divided, but unite forces to terminate the demon of corruption.

Jai Hind.