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I am Aayush, 16 (in short, an extra-terrestrial living among humans in New Delhi). I am a Core Programmer, an Ethical Hacker, a Die-hard Foodie and an Amateur Photographer who loves travelling apart from playing Pranks. I am a huge fan of technology, art, literature, cars and gadgets. I have been fiddling with computers even before I could I could speak (let alone write!). Or better put, I have been interacting with computers since I was two-and-a-half years old. :P
I shall be posting on my blog, stuff related to Technology, some Tutorials, Info-graphics, How to's, and sometimes other stuff,etc.
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Type beam me up into the Bing homepage and prepare to be amazed!
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“I focus best on Friday when it is sunny out.”
“Looks like classical music enhances my focus.”Ever wondered just how focused (or not) you really are during the day? Melon could be your answer. This new headband measures your focus and then sends the results to your smartphone. The goal is to help you learn which environments and activities improve your focus. More info, and a demo video.
Windows Phone gets a backdoor to Instagram
Today Nokia released the new Lumia 925, a redesigned and slimmed down version of the hefty Lumia 920. Besides the new design and lower weight, most other hardware specs remain the same. The Lumia 925 will come with a new improved camera app and Nokia also announced that Hipstamatic will release its new photosharing app — Oggl — for Windows Phone.
Oggl will let users post their snaps to Instagram, which follows on from last year’s announcement that Hipstamatic was to be the first third-party app to let users publish their retrofied photos directly to Instagram.
Oggl, which also launched for iOS a couple of days ago, is still limited to invites only. The app will together with a third party Instagram viewer (there are plenty such apps for WP8) enable Windows Phone 8 users to participate in the Instagram community. Maybe not in the most straightforward way, but it’s at least a backdoor. And who knows, maybe Oggl in itself is enough?
I Pledge Allegiance, To My Device
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Bollywood Recap: Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham
Meet Bollymom: she prays, loves bling, and has a telepathic connection with her son
Enter Rahul: suave, rich, rides a helicopter to his own home
400 PPM: Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere Reaches Prehistoric Levels @ Scientific American via tcktcktck
![Some (lesser known) Starbucks Hacks..
Iced Teas are double-strength in pitcher and watered down for your final recipe. Ask for “no water” for a much stronger (and, in my opinion, more effective) flavour.
Also, Iced Teas are generally “sweetened.” This means 3, 4, 6 or 8(?) pumps of sweetener at ~30 calories each. This adds up, and is largely unnecessary if you’re a fan of tea. The (?) next to the 8 is because I don’t know how many pumps the new 30 oz. Trenta calls for. My drink of choice is a Venti unsweetened, no water Green Tea.
Chai Lattes (hot) are made with hot water to even out the flavour. If you enjoy cinnamon/chai flavours, ask for a Chai Latte with no water. For even better flavour, ask for Soy.
A Caramel Macchiatto is built as such: Vanilla flavour, milk, foam, shots on top, caramel. Macchiatto is something like “to mark” in Italian. An old, but very good, variation on this is the “Marble Mocha Macchiatto” (or Zebra Macchiatto). Replace vanilla with white mocha and caramel with mocha for a sweet variation.[[MORE]]
If you’re in line behind a group of teenagers, chances are, they’re all ordering Frappuccinos which take an annoyingly long amount of time to craft. Want to decrease your wait? Order the same Frappuccino as them, or get a simple beverage.
The workflow of a Starbucks cafe will generally start with 1 person running cashier, 1 person making drinks. A third person will ring / make drinks, a fourth person will split the duties 2 & 2 or do bakery / sandwich preparation. In terms of beverage crafting, Hot and Cold beverages are separated. The takeaway? If everyone in line is getting hot drinks (white, paper cup), get a cold drink to decrease wait time. The corollary: If there are a lot of cold beverages to make, get a hot drink, or coffee. There are plenty of really good drinks on both sides of the menu.
Gonna be hanging around for a while? Order a French Press of coffee. For the uninitiated (and I know in the tech world there are very few who haven’t heard of the wonders of coffee nuance), brewing a coffee in a French Press uses much larger granules of coffee, steeping them in hot water (Red taps at Starbucks are @ 200 degrees) for 4-7 minutes and then separating the coffee-water from the wet beans through a filter, all in a contained cup. The benefit? You get guaranteed fresh brewed coffee and you’ll get the whole Press to yourself at your table.
If you visit Starbucks often, try to visit the same place every time. Get to know the local crew by name. Eventually, they’ll know you, and more importantly, your drink. When working there, if there’s a line to the door of non-regulars, we’d still have your drink ready by the time you hit the cash register if we could manage it. That’s why you tip, too.
Frequently, you’ll want to impress someone with your drink. Here you go:
Doppio Macchiatto, Soy, Extra Foam, Ristretto. (Two shots of espresso over a thick bed of soy foam [no liquid]. Ristretto means the shots are pulled short, adding an extra complexity to the flavor)
Grande Dirty Soy Chai, no water, 4 pumps Chai, 2 pumps Caramel, Extra Hot, Extra Foam (Dirty means “add a shot”, the Caramel compliments the cinnamon flavour of the chai, the extra hot brings out the overall flavour much more and especially so for Soy milk)
And, my favorite, just because filling up an entire cup’s worth of label-space:
Triple Grande two-thirds caf., 2 pumps vanilla 1 pump Toffee Nut, Half-Skim Half-Soy, 185 degree, Extra-Foam, Upside-Down Caramel Macchiatto. (If you order this, you have no idea what you’re doing.)](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbus9bxti91rvw018o1_500.jpg)
Some (lesser known) Starbucks Hacks..
- Iced Teas are double-strength in pitcher and watered down for your final recipe. Ask for “no water” for a much stronger (and, in my opinion, more effective) flavour.
- Also, Iced Teas are generally “sweetened.” This means 3, 4, 6 or 8(?) pumps of sweetener at ~30 calories each. This adds up, and is largely unnecessary if you’re a fan of tea. The (?) next to the 8 is because I don’t know how many pumps the new 30 oz. Trenta calls for. My drink of choice is a Venti unsweetened, no water Green Tea.
- Chai Lattes (hot) are made with hot water to even out the flavour. If you enjoy cinnamon/chai flavours, ask for a Chai Latte with no water. For even better flavour, ask for Soy.
- A Caramel Macchiatto is built as such: Vanilla flavour, milk, foam, shots on top, caramel. Macchiatto is something like “to mark” in Italian. An old, but very good, variation on this is the “Marble Mocha Macchiatto” (or Zebra Macchiatto). Replace vanilla with white mocha and caramel with mocha for a sweet variation.
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Crazy Queen?
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Minimalist Quotation Print, Ryan McArthur
