The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 9,900 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 4 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.
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I saw this TED presentation and was amazed by how the speaker, Arvind Gupta, turns commonly available things into great learning toys which teach principles of science. The toys are simple to make and I bet kids anywhere in the world would love to get their hands on them. I know I would 
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Small Step Foundation is a non-profit public benefit volunteer corporation that I support.Their focus is promoting education and support rehabilitation of special need children by directly funding existing Not for profit organizations in India. This is from SSF website:
“If Not Us, Then Who? If Not Now, Then When?”
These were the guiding priniciples of the founders of Small Steps Foundation to take a collective action, our first step to make a positive difference in the lives of millions of helpless children who are deprived of their basic universal human right: Right to Education.
To learn more about the work they are supporting please visit http://projects.smallstepsfoundation.org/
SSF Walk is one of the 2 major fund-raising event that the organization hosts every year. If you live in Northern California, I encourage you to be a part of the walk and help raise funds. You can also support a team of your choice by making a donation of any amount at the Small Steps teams at firstgiving.com
This is the team I support:
http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/reetuguptaandnitinkumar-kumar/small-step-walk-2011
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Last month this blog crossed 10,000 views over its life time. The total as of today stands at 10,232.
Months and Years
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total 2009 11 140 165 158 160 161 166 203 205 182 222 521 2,294 2010 689 431 507 443 507 584 619 619 586 524 591 843 6,943 2011 934 65 999
Average per Day
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Overall 2009 1 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 6 7 17 7 2010 22 15 16 15 16 19 20 20 20 17 20 27 19 2011 30 21 30
Top Posts for all days ending 2011-02-03 (Summarized)
All Time
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As I have posted earlier, I been lending through Kiva.org for about 2.5 years now. Recently, I reached a landmark of 50 loans. These are some of the stats. There are more stats and info if you are interested @ http://www.kiva.org/lender/vidur3752
The interesting things to me are:
| Statistic Name | Me | Avg. Kiva User* |
|---|---|---|
| Number of Loans Made | 51 | 6.5 |
| Number of Successful Invitations | 2 | 0.23 |
| Number of Loans Made by My Invitees | 13 | 1.07 |
| Number of Kiva Cards Given | 0 | 0.47 |
| Me | Avg. Kiva User* | |
| Total Amount Lent | $2,150.00 | $217.87 |
| Total Amount Repaid | $1,555.53 | $171.17 |
| Total Amount Lost | $0.00 | $1.60 |
| Total Amount Refunded and Expired | $100.00 | $2.86 |
| Outstanding Portfolio | $494.47 | $42.73 |
| Delinquency Rate | 2.72% | 2.01% |
| Amount In Arrears | $13.47 | $0.86 |
| Outstanding Portfolio | $494.47 | $42.73 |
| Number of Loans Delinquent | 2 | 0.01 |
| Default Rate | 0.00% | 1.06% |
| Amount of Ended Loans Defaulted | $0.00 | $1.59 |
| Amount of Ended Loans | $1,300.00 | $149.30 |
| Currency Exchange Loss Rate | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Country | % |
|---|---|
| Philippines | 7.8% |
| Afghanistan | 7.8% |
| Mongolia | 7.8% |
| Cambodia | 5.9% |
| Pakistan | 5.9% |
| Bolivia | 5.9% |
| Azerbaijan | 5.9% |
| Uganda | 5.9% |
| Dominican Republic | 5.9% |
| United States | 5.9% |
| Lebanon | 5.9% |
| Sierra Leone | 3.9% |
| Nicaragua | 3.9% |
| Peru | 3.9% |
| Tanzania | 2.0% |
| Togo | 2.0% |
| The Democratic Republic Of The Congo | 2.0% |
| Paraguay | 2.0% |
| Guatemala | 2.0% |
| Moldova | 2.0% |
| Samoa | 2.0% |
| Senegal | 2.0% |
| Tajikistan | 2.0% |
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One of the comments on my original post noted that things have changed now. This is what Chris mentioned”
The action has changed slightly, or to clarify:
Tv should be on but cable box off.
Press “cable” button.
Press “menu” button.
The box needs to be off when the menu button is pressed for “secret” menu to appear instead of regular menu.Thanks for helping out. Comcast now has an instructional video on demand.
I could not verify this as I have a newer Cisco (black) box. On this box I just need to press the ‘menu’ button to get the the closed-captions option.
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Last year, I had posted about SSF walk and it is that time of the year again. A small SSF intro: It is a Bay Area based Non-Profit working to fund education projects in India. To raise funds, they are oragnizing a 5k/10k walk and, as always, the event is targeted towards a whole family experience. These are the details of the SSF 2010 Walk.
If you are inclined to donate, consider this team.
Thanks, Vidur
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An interesting talk by Harsha Bhogle on TED.com. He traces the rise of cricket in India with special focus on T20 and IPL. He links it with the economic rise of India and how the power of money has changed the attitude of foreign players and Indian viewers. It is quite funny to be honest.
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Recently a new version of ‘Mile Sur Mera Tumhara’ was released and it has created a lot of talk about which version is better. Personally, I believe that old is gold but am putting both versions here for you to decide. First, the old version:
And this is the new version. It is pretty long so 2 links.
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I have trying to log into my gmail account for the past half hour and repeatedly getting server errors.
Temporary Error (500)
We’re sorry, but your Gmail account is temporarily unavailable. We apologize for the inconvenience and suggest trying again in a few minutes.
This is the technical information
Hide Detailed Technical Info
Numeric Code: 66
I wonder if this affects only me or is a wider issue like the one reported on Feb 24, 2009.
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