Finally Transferred To GoDaddy

This is a delayed post.I forgot to post this as I was preparing for the AIEEE.As I had mentioned in an earlier post titled 1&1 vs GoDaddy,I was fed up of 1and1 and had decided to transfer my domain to GoDaddy.Read the post for the explanation.

Well,the transfer was pretty simple but took a long time because of 1and1's policies.Transfers from 1and1 always take 5 days to complete.I'll explain the procedure of a transfer.Once you unlock the domain and give the authorization code to the gaining registrar,the registrar send a request to the domain registry.The domain registry sends a request to the current registrar which is 1and1 in my case.The current registrar has 5 days to reply to the request from the registry.If it does not reply,the domain registry automatically releases the domain to the gaining registrar.This is what 1and1 does.It does not reply to the request from the domain registry.Thus I had to wait for 5 days for the transfer to complete.

Here are some tips if you are transferring a domain form 1&1.First of all you should disable Private Whois and set the registration to 'Public'.Then unlock the domain so that it can be transferred.Note that 1and1 does not ask for confirmation to transfer if a domain is unlocked.If it is locked,it denies transfer automatically.Wait for 5 days after the request is sent to 1and1.When the transfer is complete,configure it.The next step is vital.You will now need to cancel your 1and1 package.So login to http://cancel.1and1.com and cancel your package.1and1 has a reputation of charging for empty packages.Make sure the package is canceled properly.That's it,your transfer is successful.If you have any problems,feel free to contact the support team of your previous and new registrar.

If Pants Could Talk

Ever wonder what a day in the life of your pants can be like?I've decided to write a short story about a day in the life of my favorite pair of pants.Well I have many pairs of pants and I don't like to discriminate between any of them.I wear some more frequently than others so naturally there is a feeling of envy in some of them.All of them have one common concern.They feel claustrophobic inside my dark cupboard.All of them like to be worn as they breathe well in free air.They don't mind if they get a bit dirty.But at night they are dumped into a drum and what follows is a terrible washing experience.Most of them hate it when they are stuffed into the washing machine and are tumble washed.I can hear them shouting when the washing machine gets to its spin dry mode and sucks all the moisture from their soft skin.The after-effects of the washing routine are equally terrible.On drying,they have to face the deadly steam iron.At that time they literally pray for their lives.Basically the life of a pair of pants is filled with misery.

Did you like the story?Think you can write a better one?You can create your own stories about your pair of pants and submit these as stories to the Dockers contest.Visit the dockers store website for more information about it.

AIEEE 2008 Cut-Off and Analysis

The AIEEE solutions are out.You would have calculated your marks by now.If you haven't done so,you can do so by visiting my post-Download AIEEE 2008 Solutions.You must be wondering what marks would be good enough to get a rank under 10000.The cut-off will be around 180/315 for a rank under 10000.

The format of the paper changed this year.There were 105 questions in all,35 each of Physics,Chemistry and Maths.The questions carried 3 marks as usual and there was negative marking of -1 mark per wrong question.The paper was really simple but had Assertion Reason type questions which were unexpected.

According to Career Launcher,a score of 60-65 in Maths,55-60 in Physics and 65-70 in Chemistry can be called an excellent score.All the best for the result.You can also post your marks in a comment to compare with others.

Here are some landmark ranks and the score you require for them.Note that my analysis of the cutoff might differ from the actual cutoff by a few marks. You can still comment and post your marks.

Marks	Expected Rank
60	1,00,000
80	75,000
100	50,000
125	30,000
150	20,000
175	10,000
200	5,000
250	1,000
275	500
300	10

Related Post-Download AIEEE 2008 Solutions

PS-This post has a good summary-AIEEE and BITSAT Cutoffs

Download AIEEE 2008 Solutions

The solutions to the All India Engineering Entrance Examination better known as AIEEE are out.You can now download the AIEEE 2008 solutions in PDF format.Some of the VMC teachers are discussing it on 100percentile forums.You can view the solutions to the individual questions there.I have uploaded the solutions and answer key in pdf format for download.Some of these are zip archives which have 3 pdf files having the Physics,Chemistry and Maths solutions.

Downloads-

AIEEE 2008 Solutions By VMC-Vidyamandir Classes through 100Percentile

AIEEE 2008 Solutions By Prerna Classes

AIEEE 2008 Solutions and Analysis By TIME Education

AIEEE 2008 Solutions and Analysis By Career Launcher's ARC

AIEEE 2008 Solutions and Key by FIITJEE

View Solutions Online-

View the AIEEE 2008 Solutions On 100 Percentile Forums

View the AIEEE 2008 Solutions Provided By TIME Education

Related Post-AIEEE 2008 Cut-Off and Analysis

Free AIEEE Practice Tests

Its AIEEE preparation time and everyone is trying to get familiar with the format and the type of questions.Practice tests are perfect for AIEEE preparation.100 Percentile is offering free AIEEE 2008 Practice Tests.These tests are prepared by VMC and can help you analyze your preparation level.

VITEEE 2008 Cut-Off

There are many people frantically searching for the expected VITEEE(Pronounced as "WITTY") cutoff.People are asking me if they'll get into VIT or not.It is very difficult to predict something like this due to the marking scheme.There is no clear figure available for last years cutoff either.Some people say that in VITEEE 2007 the topper scored 105.Different people claim different numbers.Frankly speaking,you will not find the cutoff anywhere.But I have a solution to this which will give you an idea of where you stand.

Here's the solution
I advise everyone who reads this post to Click Here To Post a Comment and write your expected marks in it.Then Bookmark this page and visit it in a few hours and compare your marks with others marks.This way you will get an approximate idea of where you stand.Perhaps we can generalize these marks to get an approximate idea of the VITEEE 2008 cut-off.

For VITEEE 2008 Solutions and Analysis visit the post-Download VITEEE 2008 Solutions

PS-2 IITans were kind enough to comment on this post.Do read their comments,they will be very useful.

NOTE:There are more than 200 comments and the comment page shows just 200 comments at a time.Click on 'Newer' written in a small font on bottom right to view all comments.

Related Post-VITEEE 2008 Result Out

Download VITEEE 2008 Solutions

The VITEEE(Pronounced as "WITTY") 2008 solutions are out .You can even download the solutions now.The exam was simple except for the fact that there were too many questions on semiconductors and superconductors.It had 120 questions which were to be attempted in 150 minutes.All questions carried 1 mark and there was no negative marking.

Download Solution
Click Here To Download VITEEE 2008 Solutions- pdf format(259KB)

View Solution
View VITEEE 2008 Solutions

Next Exam-AIEEE 2008 on 27th April 2008

Related Post-VITEEE 2008 Cut-off

SocialSpark-Great for Mommy Bloggers

IZEA has recently launched a new service which is currently in its alpha stage.It is called SocialSpark.It is pretty much like PayPerPost but has some very important points of distinction.It is an integrated website which offers sponsored posts,blog sponsorships and other opportunities called Sparks.Bloggers and Advertisers can create their profiles and the website even works as a social network.The best thing I like about SocialSpark is that all opportunity liks they provide are NOFOLLOW links.This means that Google will not penalize you if you use SocialSpark.

This service is great for mommy bloggers as they can keep in touch with other mommy bloggers through SocialSpark.They can earn while sitting inside their house just by making some sponsored posts.SocialSpark also provides insentives in form of a bonus to the blogger who makes the best and the most convincing post.There's pretty much mommy bloggers can get form SocialSpark.Nothing is more convenient than writing posts and getting paid through PayPal.

In my opinion SocialSpark has a great marketplace and if it gets going once it comes out of alpha,it can be a great service.My experience of using SocialSpark has been nothing but pleasant.The approval of posts is a quick process and I'm sure payments will be made on time as they were made when I used PPP.

SocialSpark is really special as it is the first blog advertising service which provides nofollow links and actually works.It has many non-Izea campaigns which shows that the bloggers will never fall short of opportunities.

1&1 vs GoDaddy

This was a thought that recently struck my mind while browsing GoDaddy.I registered my domain via 1&1 last year.They had a nice discount on .com domains and also provide good services.I bought namanb.com for $5.99.I think I made the right decision at that time.Now its time to make another right decision.I've noticed that 1&1 rarely offers any good discounts on domains and hosting.1&1 doesn't allow manual renewal of domains and has a package system in which billing is done monthly.This means that there's no possibility of cheap or discounted renewals.Hosting is also charged on a monthly basis.This might be convenient to some people but I find this inconvenient.I've read too many negative reviews of 1&1 and its policies.Basically,1&1's service is unsatisfactory for me.

GoDaddy on the other hand has a great reputation and offers great discounts and coupon codes.They have cheaper hosting and allow manual renewals.I came across an offer which was perfect for me.They are offering .com transfers at $6.99 with free 1-year extension.Every GoDaddy domain comes with free hosting which means I can host my own files.Obviously I decided to transfer my domain to GoDaddy.I'll be doing so very soon.

Conclusion-GoDaddy rocks but you can follow the path I followed for best pricing in case of .com domains.Note that your domain needs to be at least 60 days old for ICANN to permit you a transfer.

Update-GoDaddy is currently offering cheap .com domains,click on the banner below for more information.

IZEA Ranks-The RealRank

A few months ago,Google decided to penalize PayPerPost bloggers and advertisers by resetting their page rank to zero.Izea decided that it had enough of Google and created its own ranking system called Izea Ranks or RealRank.Like all other ranking systems,the real rank has its pros and cons.I believe that no ranking system can be perfect so I generally concentrate on the pros.

Izea ranks are based on traffic and just traffic.These ranks serve as a compensation for those bloggers whose PR was reset to zero.You need to add a small bit of code to your blog's template and that's it.Izea will collect traffic information.I feel this system is definitely better than Alexa traffic ranks which rely completely on a Spyware toolbar.

As I've written before,Google can be mean with page ranks.IZEA Ranks is completely based on real traffic and is a fair and transparent ranking system.This post will be incomplete if I don't mention that although Izea Ranks is popular with blogs,its not meant for websites.This is actually a plus point as it provides a traffic ranking exclusively for blogs.

If you are an PayPerPost user who's rank was spanked by Google,Izea has a special website for you.Its called Rank Spank.It's got some badges which you can put on your blog to protest against Google's cruelties.Its a must visit for all victims.

You can also watch the Rank Spank video-

Pritam-Inspiration/Plagiarism

Bollywood music director thief Pritam is as good as an ape.All of his so called music is copied from some Korean or Chinese songs.All he has to do is listen to some Korean/Chinese/Japanese/English song and remove the lyrics from it.Even the lyrics of his songs are copied.Here are some nice videos containing some of his copy acts along with the original songs.He has even copied music from French songs.

1.This one even has songs from the movie Jab We Met for which Pritam was awarded the Producers guild award-



2.Here's another one-



3.This one even has Dhoom.He won the award for the best music director for this movie too.These songs have striking similarities.

Zookoda Email Newsletters

Email subscriptions is the best way to keep your readers updated with your blog posts.Recently I came across this really good and free service provided by Izea called Zookoda.It provides E-mail subscriptions to your faithful readers on a daily,weekly or monthly basis.This means that your readers will always be in touch with you through your blog as your posts will make their way directly to their inbox.It's a substitute for RSS subscriptions.

If you are not a blogger but a content provider,Zookoda has some services for you too.I would like to clarify that Zookoda has nothing to do with RSS/Atom.It is not meant to replace your blog feeds.This means that you can use FeedBurner and Zookoda at the same time.Do make sure nobody subscribes to both updates as receiving the same update twice can be annoying.

Zookoda has all the features FeedBurner has and perhaps even more features.It even has services to edit or re-order your blog posts.Unlike Feedburner which does not tell you when your updates were delivered and if they were delivered successfully,Zookoda provides detailed real-time reports regarding your newsletter.If you didn't get it earlier,let me repeat,it's FREE.

I am thinking about trying Zookoda and if I feel its really good which is highly probable I'll permanently shift to using it.I feel you should atleast have a look at what all Zookoda can offer you.

IIT JEE 2008 Cut Off and Analysis

First of all,if you don't know,I've already uploaded the IIT JEE 2008 solutions.To download IIT JEE 2008 solutions, visit my last post-IIT JEE 2008 Solutions.Once you download the solutions and calculate your marks,you should resume reading this post.

The experts have said that the performance will go down this year.I'll stick to the point and come directly to the topic of cut-offs.The cut-off is expected to be around 160 for a rank.You can get more information about the rank you'll get by visiting the 100Percentile blog.Manmohan Gupta or more popularly known as Munna Bhaiya of VMC has made a nice post about the rank you can expect.The actual marks you'll need might be slightly less than what is mentioned there.I won't disclose too much about my marks but I think its safe to say that I'll at least make it to the Extended Merit List.Loads of exams to go and I'm confident that I'll score higher in them.

Since I missed the date to apply to NTU, the next exam for me is Witty VITEEE(VIT Engineering Entrance Examination).Well if you don't know what VIT stands for,it Vellore Institute of Technology.VIEEE will be interesting as it has no negative marking.I've heard that a score of 100/120 is good enough for a good course.

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VITEEE 2008 Cut-off

800+ Hits

This is something which is making me feel great.Its 9:42, 2 hours and 18 minutes to midnight.My blog has already had 800+ visitors today.I have a feeling it might reach 1000 today.Two of my recent posts on IIT JEE 2008 have broken all records on my blog.My post titled IIT JEE 2008 Solutions has already had 365 hits in an hour and believe it or not the speed is increasing rapidly.Yes,its not a typo.I'll post the final visitor count tomorrow.

PS-My visitor count settled at 1908 by the end of the day

Download IIT JEE 2008 Solutions

Finally,you can download the IIT JEE 2008 Solutions.I've uploaded the IIT JEE 2008 Paper1 and Paper2 answer key and solutions in pdf format.You can download the solutions if you haven't checked it on 100Percentile.I've even added the answer key to both the papers.Keep checking the downloads below,I'll regularly edit the list.Do tell me/leave a comment if the links don't work.

Download IIT JEE 2008 Solutions-

Paper1 Solutions-
IIT JEE 2008 Paper-1 Solutions-Released by Narayana IIT Academy

IIT JEE 2008 Paper-1 Solutions-Released by Career Launcher's ARC

IIT JEE 2008 Paper-1 Solutions-Compressed Form

IIT JEE 2008 Paper-1 Solutions-Released by FIITJEE

IIT JEE 2008 Paper-1 Solutions-Released by Brilliant Tutorials

Paper2 Solutions-
IIT JEE 2008 Paper-2 Solutions-Released by Career Launcher

IIT JEE 2008 Paper-2 Solutions-Released by FIITJEE

IIT JEE 2008 Paper-2 Solutions-Released by Brilliant Tutorials

Combined Solutions
Combined Solution of Paper1 and Paper2-Released by Narayana

IIT JEE 2008 Solutions -FIITJEE Archive-723 KB

IIT JEE 2008 Solutions -ARC Archive-745 KB

IIT JEE 2008 Solutions -Brilliant Tutorials Archive-1.6MB

Answer Key-
IIT JEE 2008 Paper 1

IIT JEE 2008 Paper 2

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Naman Zone:IIT JEE 2008
Naman Zone:IIT JEE Cutoff and Analysis

100 Percentile Discount Code

100 Percentile is a website which provides online tests for IIT JEE preparation.It is in collaboration with VMC(Vidyamandir Classes).Basically all the tests are prepared by VMC teachers and 100 Percentile uses the Test Room technology which was developed by Nagarro.It uses the Aspire desktop application and Test Room on the server.

It has lots abd lots of courses for IIT JEE preparation.It even has stuff for VMC aspirants.They even have a VMC admission test preparation course.

Interested?Want to purchase a course?I have coupon codes.Since I'm a VMC student,I'm entitled to get a 50% extra discount.I'm kind enough to share the discount code with you.I think it can be used many times but do post a comment to tell me if it doesn't work.

The code is- MTAtMjAwODAzMzEvMDctdm1jLzY5LTUw

IIT JEE 2008

Phew,I've just come home after IIT JEE-2008.I think I've done a pretty decent job.The paper 1 had 69 questions and paper 2 had 63 questions adding up to a total of 246 and 243 marks respectively.As I'm writing this post,Munna Bhaiya(Manmohan Gupta) is busy uploading the solutions to the maths questions.Other VMC teachers are uploading the solutions to Physics and Chemistry.You can check out the solutions on 100 Percentile forums.They are the first people to upload the solutions.If you can wait for a few hours,I'll upload the solutions in pdf format to download.I'll provide a detailed analysis of the IIT-JEE 2008 in a few hours.

Here's a latest update-You can now download the solutions in pdf format from the page-Naman Zone:IIT JEE 2008 Solutions.I'll keep editing the post so you can check in a few hours for new downloads.

I've added the analysis and expected cutoff for IIT JEE 2008.You can check it out on this page- IIT JEE 2008 Cutoff and Analysis

2Mbps Dial-up?

Have a look at this picture for now.



One fine day I was using Rapid Uploader to upload a video to rapidshare.I was using my dad's laptop.I connected it to my mobile phone to connect it to the internet.I was surprised to see the speed,it read 264.26 KB/s.Something was definitely wrong with Idea.I've never got the chance to use 2Mbps Dial-up after that day.

Look Of The Year

This post is specially for my female readers.I recently stumbled upon this website-http://www.lookoftheyear.com which is a great website for models.It is the latest way to get recognized, winning a $10.000 price.You could even get spotted by an agency for model career.This is the opportunity you have been waiting for.They are looking for people from all over the world.Are you a beauty contest winner?This is your chance to become a young model.All you have to do is send in your best pictures.You can use this chance to be the next model working in Paris, New York or Milan.

Find it interesting?Join Look of the Year today and start your new life together with beautiful people from all over the world. Visit their website-http://www.lookoftheyear.com for more information about this great opportunity.

Virgin Mobile Commercials

Virgin mobile has two really nice commercials.These are definitely worth watching-

Here's the first one-



And here's the second one-



Which one was better?You can leave your comments