Stick a Sticky Note to your blog!

Conceptworld's Quick Notes Plus might appear like any other Sticky Notes Plus (QNP) program, but its context-sensitive notes feature is mind blowing: QNP is the closest to our paper sticky notes. What I mean is you can stick a paper note anywhere you want and that's what makes them useful. Say, your TV needs repair. You just stick on note on it saying 'Take me to the mechanic or call the mechanic' and every time you drown your lazy butt in the couch the note on the TV reminds you that you have to fix the TV. Paper Sticky Notes are naturally context-sensitive. Most Virtual Sticky Notes software are not. That's where QNP scores. And I think its context-sensitivity alone will make it a leader in its market. So, good luck QNP.
Other possible uses of context-sensitive notes by QNP:

QNP allows you to stick a note to a window. Any window that's open on your PC.

1. Stick a Note to your weblog: 'need to write about the Paris trip' and every time you open your weblog the note would remind you that you got to make a post about your trip. This is cool or what?


2. Stick a note to any document (finished, unfinished)


3. Stick a note to Winamp! (download reminder?)


4. Stick a note to your e-mail program (Outlook or Notes or Eudora). Though most e-mail programs have notes in built; the notes are not prominent... QNP notes appear when you open the e-mail program... and appear prominent.


5. Stick notes to your Yahoo Messenger 'remind John about the party'!

I can go on but I know you got the drift. So why don't you
visit QNP's site and give it a spin? And hey QNP's priced version is only $24.95 and that my friend is a steal.


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Dating for Dummies: How to get that first date?

You got the look. You got the bank balance. Yet, no girl dates you? No sweat bud. Follow the guidelines:

1. When you want something ASK! Most guys suffer from the fear of loss: 'what if she says no?' Yea, so what? There are a million girls out there and trust me your chances are brighter than what you think they are. ASK. 'I'd like you to take you out for coffee' What's the worst that could happen? She might say 'Buzz off and get a life.' Or she might spit on your face. Wipe it off and move on... Ask another girl out. But "ASK". You won't get any if you sit at home and worry; you'll only lose the lines on your palm. Who's the girl that's been on your mind and making the lines on your palm disappear? Just get out there and ask her out, ok?


2. Get out! The only real rule of dating is 'proximity breeds love'; so socialize. Be shameless. Do not hide behind chat or e-mail or your mobile phone. Get out and get going. Life is short. And you are not Amoeba.


3. 
   Looks only get you entries. No, not what you are thinking you pervert, I am talking about introductions. Your looks are only as good as your mouth. Most good looking people only have to open their mouths and you know that you are talking to someone with a cerebral capacity that is just above that of a Broiler Chicken. Get the hint, even Quasimodo got himself a girl. Why can't you? Stop worrying about your looks. Attitude speaks louder than looks. Look at Lakshmipathy Balaji! The Lahore girls had the hots for him man. His unassuming demeanor, and of course the baby-like grin actually worked for him.
   


4. Be yourself. Do not be Brad Pitt when you know you look like a Chimneysweep with gas problems ok? Be yourself. For your information, the biggest turn-on is not your biceps; it is how you make her laugh. So, be yourself. Be honest. And hey go easy on that sun glasses ok? Most often they make you look like Bappilahiri and that's not a compliment


5. Art sells: If you are interested in music or writing or painting or tattooing... Scream it out. Let the whole world know it. Art has a lot of hype and hype sells.


6. Take it easy: One step at a time. Don't jump the gun. Pun unintended, but do not rush. Go with the tide. Let it ride. And your moment shall come. You waited all these years. Can't you wait for a few more weeks or months? Have patience. Save your palm.


7. Go out of your way: Girls like it when the guy goes out of his way to help them. Drop them home. Even if it is 40 miles away. They love surprises. Even if you have never met a girl (but you keep running into each other at work or office) just walk up to her on her birthday (it is your duty to find out her birthday buddy) and wish her! That could be the start of your dating glory pal.

Summary: Get out. ASK! Be yourself. Do not worry about that dreaded 'No'. It is all right. Even Edison didn't get it right the first time. So, remember, 1) Get out. 2) ASK. 3) Be yourself. If it doesn't work start from 1) again. Most important: There are girls out there who are waiting for you to ask them out. If you never ask. You'll never get. So, it is better to have asked and failed than die with a palm that lost all its lines.
(Johnny this one is for you dude. Go get'em tiger!)
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You are Invited

After a marathon long-distance courtship of four and a half years, Chitra and I are tying the knot. Be there to share the moment, wish us luck, and see us off as we take our first step towards a journey of a life time.
"When? Where? Whaat?" -> More information here. So all ye blogger friends: be there.

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Moving to a new web host: May experience downtime.

People, I am moving the site to a new web host so the site may not available for some time (max 24 hours). So all those die-hard sumankumar.com fans bear with me. Others, well, you don't care anyways.
Coming up on sumankumar.com (ha!) 1) Dating for dummies 2) My wedding invitation (complete with song, love story, and dance)
See you all soon.
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Shamdat: Found him

Trained under the wings of Ravi K Chandran (of Dil Chahta Hai, Calcuta Mail, Koi Mil Gaya, and Yuva fame), this dimunitive, unassuming cinematographer may appear ordinary. But beneath that veil of simplicity is a raging talent that's about to explode on Indian screens. No, I don't say it just because he is my friend. I say it because I know him. He can connect to people. From the CEO of a multinational to a slum-dweller; he can connect. And most important: He has this huge fire in him to learn stuff. Good luck Sham. DK are you listening?

(Shamdat is an award winning Still Photographer. He just broke into mainstream cinema through Premaya Namaha: a Telugu movie. He has worked as an assistant to Ravi K Chandran. Sham has also shot music videos, corporate AVs, Documentaries. He is currently based in Palghat, Kerala.)

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