For last year’s words belong to last year’s language and next year’s words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning. Wishing you and your family a very happy and prosperous year ahead.

1. Right-click the main (parent) folder that you want to create the folder in.
2. Click “New Folder…” from the menu that appears.
3. Enter the name you want to call the folder (in the “Name” text box).
4. From the “Folder contains” drop-down menu, select what you want to put in the new folder.
5. Click the OK button.

1. Open the tree view of your folders in Outlook.
2. Collapse all folders so that you only see the top level folders.
3. Right click on the top level folder and click Properties.
4. Now click the Advanced button.
5. In the field called Filename you have the full path to your PST.

NOTE: In recent versions of Outlook you can actually backup your data using the tool provided by Microsoft.

1. Start Word, and then open your document.
2. Select the list items to which you want to add numbering.
3. On the Format menu, click Bullets and Numbering, and then click the Numbering tab.
4. Click the numbering list format that you want, and then click OK.

The numbering format is added to the list items.

I got the following SMS from ‘ACP-Traffic‘ a couple hours ago:

Due to water logging, traffic to international Airport is diverted at Mekhri circle. Traffic moving slowly - Bangalore Traffic Police.

Other people have confirmed receiving the same message. I never registered for any such service anywhere. I wonder if they finally got a wake up call about the bad traffic situation. I wish the traffic police continues to send such messages. Given the kind of roads and traffic situation we have in Bangalore, it could be a wonderful service from them. If executed properly, I am sure this will help a lot of people. But, before that can be done, some more considerations are necessary:

1. There will be people who will not want to receive such messages.
2. A lot of people will be interested in receiving messages which relate to the nearby areas of their present location rather than all places. (I was 30km away from the place and traveling in the another direction when I got the above SMS.)
3. Such messages may also make the roads insecure as it may divert attention of some people when a message beeps while driving.

One possibility that immediately came to my mind was, to have digital LED displays at traffic lights which show the messages while the traffic light shows ‘Red’. Traffic police can also recover the cost of such displays by selling advertisements on them.

Leave a comment on what you think are other possible feasible solutions? A lot of people have already talked about various traffic problems in Bangalore at the recent Blogathon.

Sorry ABC, PQR, XYZ.
Maafi Maangu Bhi To Kis Mooh Se Main,
Dukhaya Hai Doston Ka Dil Anjane Main Maine

Kar De Tu Ek Aur Baar Maaf Yahi Hai Iltejah,
Kar De Is Dost Ko Maaf Hai Meri Fariyaad

Yes, its the Firefox Download Day attempting a world record.

To become part of the official Guinness World Record you must download Firefox 3 by 17:00 UTC on June 18, 2008.

I did it. Did you? Do it now!!

There are so many local search offerings for India around. There are pros and cons to each of them. Some are restricted to a single city, some restricted to a single business like restaurants, while some can only be accessed via your mobile. There is no comprehensive listing of the players in this segment.

I am starting with a basic alphabetical listing of all the relevant players which have presence in more than one city or offer extremely valuable service. I will update the list regularly along with the pros, cons, services provided, the differentiating factor etc of each over time. I hope this will help all of us in learning about which service to use based on the kind of information, city and mode being used till we reach a point that a couple of services can provide us with most local information that one needs.

Alphabetical List of Local Information Players for India

• Ask Laila
• Bhramara
• BSNL
• BTIS
• Burrp
• BuzzInTown
• City Infoline
• Dwaar
• Forbes Yellow Pages
• Getit Yellow Pages
• Google Local Search
• Guruji
• HotFrog
• Ilaka
• Infomedia Yellow Pages
• JustDial
• KhojGuru
• KyaKare
• Loconomy
• MapMyIndia
• Max Yellow Pages
• MetroMela
• MyCityBuddy
• MyQuest
• NeedGrub
• OnYoMo
• Rubru
• Srch.in
• Sulekha Yellow Pages
• TolMolBol
• WebIndia123
• Yahoo Local Search
• Yulop
• Zook

If I have missed anything or you will like to add something to the post above, please leave the comments below and I will do the needful.

DISCLAIMER: I was previously involved with Khojguru.