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How to download Google Chrome for offline installation
Posted by pratik in Experiments, Random on August 12, 2009
Ever had a problem while installing Chrome? So many times the installation fails due to a proxy blocking your Chrome download or a simple firewall blocking access to the software. How to get Chrome in such a scenario?
It’s pretty simple, just go to http://www.google.com/chrome/eula.html?standalone=1 and Agree to the terms and condition and download your software and install it offline or any machine. No need to download the software on each an every machine. Just download once and execute it on all machines in your current setup! 
Rare Old Mumbai Photos
Churchgate Station 1910
Churchgate Station 1930
Apollo Bunder Now Gateway of India
Asiatic Town Hall
Once Ballard Pier was a Railway Station
Frontier Mail Leaving Ballard Pier
Mumbai Kalbadevi Road
Bullock Carts on Mumbai Streets
Colaba was Destination Railway Station.
Colaba Reclamation
Cuff Parade
Oval Maidan New Churhgate , 1930
Gowalia Tank
Queens Road
Marine Drive , 1930
Victoria Terminus now CST
Victoria Terminus now CST
Governer of Bombay , Walkeshwar
Wilson College , Chowpaty
Steam Engines at Parel Shed
EMU rake at Elphistone
Train Standing at Dadar Station
Train Standing at Mumbai Central Yard
Train Passing over Bhyander Bridge
Train Coming out of Parsik Tunnel , Thane
Vodafone / ZooZoo IPL star of the match ringtone
If you are looking for the new vodafone IPL ringtone you can download it from here http://rapidshare.com/files/227448473/vodafoneipl.mp3
These guys surely fail
Don’t know exactly where I came across these pics. I guess it was a mail or something, but the pics are really funny.
Why are number called what they are called! :)
Ever wondered why 1 is called one and 2 is called 2 and why the increment is 1,2,3,4, etc..? If you have wondered about that without getting an answer to your question you are checking the right post. I came across this image in one of the forums I was browsing which actually explains the numbers as they are. Why the order 1,2,3,4,5…. And why was 2 not one and 4 not 2!
Check the image out yourself.
Call of Duty 5 – World at war
I was finally able to lay hands on the beautiful game of Call of Duty V (World at War)
Call of Duty’s first person shooter gaming engine is by far one of the best engines you will find around. After becoming a fan of COD after playing COD2 and then playing COD 4 (Modern War Far) I was eagerly waiting for COD 5 to release. The teaser for the game is here below if you want to see the game play which is pretty brilliant.
The game was finally available for download over the weekend of 8th Nov 08 and the game did deliver what it promised.
So if you haven’t yet played this game, right now is the right time! OO-RAH
Sites for downloading torrents
Posted by pratik in Experiments, Random on August 2, 2008
Ok, once you have finalized on torrent client, you need to find sites to download torrents from. For speed, sites with Registrations are recommended, but in case you have anything less than 512 kbps connection, speed should not be your major concern! :p
Below is a list of sites which are good for locating your favorite movies, software’s, songs via torrents.
Always remember the more the Seeders, the better the chances of your torrent not getting stuck midway! Always go for torrents which have seeders and always see how many times the download has been successfully completed. Many sites even give you the option of checking the tracker status, so that is the best way to check if the torrent you want to download is still available online or not. Always avoid downloading files from unknown sites. This is the best way to avoid uninvited viruses/trojans/spywares on your computer!
The list of sites is as follows (Some of them might no longer work as this is an old article):
http://www.bitsoup.org
http://www.bitenova.org
http://www.torrentreactor.to
http://www.piratebay.org
http://www.torrentspy.com
http://www.btjunkie.org
http://www.litebay.org
http://www.bi-torrent.com
http://www.bittorentportal.com
http://www.mininova.org
http://www.araiditracker.com
http://www.torrentbytes.net
http://www.filelist.org
http://www.empornium.us
http://www.torrentit.com
http://www.torrenttyphoon.com
http://www.torrentz.com
http://www.demonoid.com
Apart from this you can always use Google, just enter the movie, album followed by torrent and voila you should get proper results to the torrent atleast in 90% of the searches. This list keeps on changing regularly, since sites keep going down regularly due to legal issues. You can check for new torrent sites on threads like http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/1/174585
http://torrentfreak.com/top-15-torrent-sites/
http://netforbeginners.about.com/od/peersharing/a/torrent_search.htm
There are many more you can search on the net