Practical implementaion with lightScribe technology

I think everyone knows about this technology in theoritical now in this i m gonna show u practical implementation of this techonology in day 2 day  life.

lets start wid some introduction of this:

LightScribe is an optical disc recording technology that uses specially coated recordable CD and DVD media to produce laser-etched labels with text or graphics, as opposed to stick-on labels and printable discs.The purpose of LightScribe is to allow users to create direct-to-disc labels (as opposed to stick-on labels), using their optical disc writer. Special discs and a compatible disc writer are required.

LightScribe was evaluated by Hewlett-Packard engineer Daryl Anderson and brought to market through the joint design efforts of HP's imaging and optical storage divisions in 2004. Anderson is no longer actively associated with Lightscribe.

Now not going to so much practical details about lightScribe lets talk about my purpose to write this blog

today mainly every laptop comes with this techonology of lightScribe in DVD writers. i m also keep hearing from my colleagues that u can also make ur own label CDs/DVDs through this techonolgy so i decided to make one .so  especially for this i went to chennai (3 hrs from my location) to buy a lightscribe DVD oh sorry i forget to mention that for this labelling we require a special DVD called as lightScribe u can find it at any computer shop well i got a DVD from imation brand though it costs (Rs. 100) .after this we need a labelling software mainly u can go for acoustica CD label marker don't go for its name it works well for DVD too n its works very fine.now after this u need a image mainly labelling is in sepia (black n white with some yellow version)mode.now i m gonna show my image n label DVD

 

           

                        dats d image

               dats d label of DVD                                                 

u can see in the image version the text color is blue but in label it is in black n white version means u can label in only black n white version. colour version is under progress from the manufacturer.

now dats cool u can gift to ur girlfriend with ur unique photos labelled or in ur tour CD u can label ur tour photo now thats cool na.......

enjoy..............                                                                                                                                

downloading url:

http://www.acoustica.com/cd-label-maker/index.htm

u can get a demo version of label marker software from above site or u can search in any torrents......

SONGBIRD for all music lovers

I was struggling for  a music player(linux) during diwali holidays(alone) in which i can manage my music ,sync ipod  after my regular player rhythmbox (in linux) got crashed n i was annoyed  what to do then i do a search in ubuntu packet manager den i came with a new n exciting player which can fulfill all ur needs.....it gives u much more than u want.......it automatically download lyrics for ur songs through net gives u a details about the song artists its discography ,artists on tour n even u can online order tickets for ur favourite artists u can also know which artists are goin to perform in ur area.......gives u artists photo through collaboration with flickr...main thing is dat this player also works for hindi songs it can download lyrics n do all other stuff (which it do for english songs)  for ur hindi songs too.

the most exciting thing is that u can also have this player on your windows laptop.

to download songbird go to----------------->

www.getsongbird.com

songbird snapshot

GOOGLE™ WAVE

What is it n how it works...

Google is ready with another tool to further entrench its position in the online world. The Internet's numero uno company has just released its new communication platform Google Wave to a select 100,000 users. Billed as one of the most ambitious projects from Google, experts believe that Google Wave has the potential to alter the way we communicate online.
Google unveiled Wave in May this year during I/O event's keynote address. It started as a side project at Google's Australia office. Wave was developed by a small team in Australia, led by brothers Jens and Lars Rasmussen. It the same team of Australian Google engineers who created Google Maps. Presently, some 60 engineers are reportedly working on the application.

what exactly it is:

An online tool for real-time communication and collaboration, Wave aims to combine instant messaging, wiki, email, document handling and social networking features in one package.
It can be both for a conversation and a document in which people can discuss and work together using rich text, videos, photos, maps and multimedia. Wave also makes it very easy to share photos, which can simply be dragged from the desktop onto the Wave platform.

how it works:

Google Wave users can add new participants to a wave at any time either by clicking "Add" on the wave or dragging and dropping a contact from the Contacts pane on the left to the wave.
Similarly, users can add pictures by simply dragging them into the wave. While the images download progressively, the thumbnails of the pictures appear instantly, while the full image is loaded in the background.
There's also an option for Users to make "quiet" conversations with one or two other participants within the actual wave, and these cannot be seen by the other participants unless you want them to.
Spell checker: There's also a spell checker, dubbed Spelly that automatically corrects misspelt text. The gadget can even recognise how a word is supposed to be spelt based on context within the sentence.

how it looks:

Wondering how Google Wave looks? The main interface looks similar to a standard email box with some changes. On the right side of the interface is a box, which shows the conversations, dubbed "waves" by Google.
These real-time conversations can have multiple participants. All participants have the ability to edit the conversation at any time, with every user being able to see a live feed of what every other participant is doing within that feed.
There's a middle box shows that shows the list of conversations which are either in progress or were made in the past. User icons on the left show the individual wave's participants, and the small green badges show users that are online.

its compatibility and support:

Wave will work on all modern browsers. This means, Chrome, Safari (3 and 4), and Firefox 3.5 and up. Yes, Wave will also work with Internet Explorer. Just that IE users will be asked to install ChromeFrame.
Incidentally, Microsoft does not recommend installing this plug-in, claiming it compromises security.
Developer support: While Wave is a product, the larger goal of the project is to make people adopt it as their online communication platform.
For this, Google is going to need third-party developers. Experts believe that Google needs these third-party developers to build stuff on top of Wave.
Some of such applications include Suduko, a Ribbit conference call gadget, a video chat gadget by 6rounds and a trip-planning gadget by Lonely Planet