Saturday, May 24, 2008

MicroHoo: corporate penis envy? - O'Reilly Radar

MicroHoo: corporate penis envy? - O'Reilly Radar

Spot on Post .....I agree that microsoft has lost focus and is always trying to snap other people pie .Instead MS should fix Vista and pay attention to Mac which is biting into windows share . Microsoft have to loosen their stack if they have to compete .

Thursday, May 8, 2008

Please Help Burmese People Before they Die !!!

HOW CAN YOU HELP BURMA CYCLONE VICTIMS


Cyclone Nargis in Burma has killed tens of thousands of people and left up to one million homeless .Burmese state media say 22,980 people were killed by Nargis but there are fears the figure could rise to 100,000.


If we cannot physical help ,we should atleast help the people who are doing the relief efforts .On behalf of UCF I urge you to Please Donate Now to whichever organization you are comfortable with ...Please Donate any amount ..every penny counts .....


Below is the list of websites where you can donate online !


Cyclone Nargis
Worldvision.org;
Donate $25 to help children and families devasted by flooding

Help Myanmar's Victims www.FeedTheChildren.org
Provide 70, 135, 205lbs of aid or more to cyclone victims in Burma.


Burma Disaster Relief www.FoundationBurma.org


Action Against Hunger; preparing to launch an emergency intervention of water purifying tablets, water, rehabilitation/protection of water points, essential non-food items and emergency shelters, hygiene promotion, environmental clearing/clean up, food, cash and/or vouchers

ActionAid; working in Irrawaddy, identifying the key needs of the affected population along with local partners to supply funding and emergency response

Air Serv; is preparing to be a first responder, with helicopters ready to deliver crucial supplies and relief workers

American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC); mobilizing large-scale relief effort with international partners; dispatching rescue workers; sending medical supplies; assessing longer-term development needs

American Red Cross; has pledged funds and supplies in support of Myanmar Red Cross's efforts distributing drinking water, clothing, food, plastic tarpaulins and hygiene kits

American Refugee Committee; working to distribute emergency supplies; pending approval of entry visas a rapid assessment team will be deployed to the region

AmeriCares; assembling life-saving medical and other humanitarian supplies to be shipped immediately to partners on the ground in Myanmar

Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team; sending a relief team from SE Asia to Burma

Baptist World Alliance; has pledged $50,000 to assist with emergency relief efforts and is coordinating relief efforts with Baptists around the world

Catholic Relief Services; supporting the emergency relief and response efforts of the Caritas Internationalis network

Christian Reformed World Relief Committee; is appealing for funds and planning immediate intervention that includes shelter, water, and kitchen and medical supplies

Church World Service; coordinating relief operations with a comprehensive assessment on-going

Direct Relief International; partnering in Thailand and other neighboring countries to offer assistance to medical relief efforts for people affected by the storm

Doctors Without Borders; distributing food, plastic sheeting, jerry cans and fuel for water pumps, and treating water; planning a mosquito-net distribution in the coming days to prevent malaria and and dengue fever

Global Giving; providing emergency medical care, shelter, water and food and other immediate needs

Habitat for Humanity; assembling a technical team to partner with other organizations in support of long-term shelter reconstruction efforts

International Committee of the Red Cross; distributing preliminary and essential relief items - mosquito nets, tarpaulins, water and purification tablets

International Medical Corps; securing emergency supplies including medical supplies, blankets, water purification tablets, sanitation items and hygiene kits

International Rescue Committee; deploying operations, logistics, water and sanitation experts and hopes to bring in medical staff soon for an operation that would provide clean water, sanitation services, shelter materials, other urgent supplies and health care

Latter-day Saint Charities; have a field team in-country and cooperating with other international agencies in disaster response

Lutheran World Relief; assessing the situation and planning a response on behalf of the Action by Churches Together (ACT) network

MAP International; working with partner organizations on the ground in Myanmar and other international agencies in order to assess the situation and respond

Mercy Corps; helping partners on the ground bring relief to affected families

Operation USA; responding with shelter, water purification and health care supplies after an assessment is completed by staff currently in the area

Oxfam; sending aid through partner organizations with a mixture of cash funding, technical expertise and equipment where required

Save the Children; distributing food, plastic sheeting, water purification tablets and other non food items

The Salvation Army; dispensing rice, clean water and other relief

UNICEF; providing child protection, water, sanitation, hygiene, nutrition and education

United Methodist Committee on Relief; continues to monitor the situation and expects to respond to help the people of Myanmar recover as opportunities become available

World Concern; pending a needs-assessment, expecting that to follow-up with food, water, and other basic needs

World Food Programme; distributing food in cyclone-damaged areas of Yangon

World Vision; providing assistance in the form of zinc sheets, tents, tarpaulins, and medicine





ADRA International
Myanmar Cyclone Fund
12501 Old Columbia Pike
Silver Spring, MD 20904
(800) 424-ADRA ext. 2372
http://www.adra.org
  • Action Against Hunger
    247 W. 37th St., 10th Floor
    New York, NY 10018
    (877) 777-1420
    http://support.actionagainsthunger.org/donate
  • American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
    JDC: Myanmar Cyclone Relief
    P.O. Box 530
    132 East 43rd St.
    New York, NY 10017
    (212) 687-6200
    http://www.jdc.org
  • American Jewish World Service
    45 W. 36th St., 11th Floor
    New York, NY 10016
    (800) 889-7146
    http://www.ajws.org
  • American Red Cross
    International Response Fund
    P.O. Box 37243
    Washington, DC 20013
    (800) HELP-NOW
    http://www.redcross.org
  • American Refugee Committee
    430 Oak Grove St., Suite 204
    Minneapolis, MN 55403
    (612) 872-7602}
    http://www.arcrelief.org
  • AmeriCares
    88 Hamilton Ave.
    Stamford, CT 06902
    (800) 486-4357
    http://www.americares.org
  • Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team
    6810 Tilden Lane
    Rockville, MD 20852
    (301) 984-0217
    http://www.amurt.net
  • Baptist World Aid
    Myanmar (or Burma) Relief
    405 North Washington St.
    Falls Church, VA 22046
    (703) 790-8980
    http://www.bwanet.org
  • CARE
    151 Ellis Street N.E.
    Atlanta, GA 30303
    (800) 521-2273
    http://www.care.org
  • CHF International
    8601 Georgia Ave., 800
    Silver Spring, MD 20910
    (866) 779-2CHF
    http://www.chfinternational.org
  • Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (CRWRC)
    2850 Kalamazoo Ave., S.E.
    Grand Rapids, MI 49560-0600
    (800) 55-CRWRC
    http://www.crwrc.org
  • Church World Service
    28606 Phillips St., P.O. Box 968
    Elkhart, IN 46515
    (800) 297-1516
    http://www.churchworldservice.org
  • Concern Worldwide U.S.
    104 East 40th St., Suite 903
    New York, NY 10016
    (212) 557-8000
    http://www.concernusa.org
  • Direct Relief International
    27 South La Patera Lane
    Santa Barbara, CA 93117
    (805) 964-4767
    http://www.directrelief.org
  • Episcopal Relief and Development
    815 Second Ave., 7th Floor
    New York, NY 10017
    (800) 334-7626
    http://www.er-d.org
  • Food for the Hungry
    1224 East Washington St.
    Phoenix, AZ 85034
    (800) 248-6437
    http://www.fh.org
  • Habitat for Humanity International
    Cyclone Nargis
    121 Habitat St.
    Americus, GA 31709-3498
    (800) HABITAT
    http://www.habitat.org
  • International Medical Corps
    1919 Santa Monica Blvd.
    Suite 400
    Santa Monica, CA 90404
    (800) 481-4462
    http://www.imcworldwide.org
  • International Relief Teams
    Attn: Myanmar Cyclone
    4560 Alvarado Canyon Road, Suite 2G
    San Diego, CA 92120
    (619) 284-7979
    http://www.irteams.org
  • International Rescue Committee
    (Note on checks: Myanmar)
    P.O. Box 96651
    Washington, DC 20090-6651
    (877) REFUGEE
    http://www.theIRC.org
  • Latter-day Saint Charities
    50 East North Temple, 7th Floor
    Salt Lake City, UT 84150
    (800) 453-3860, ext. 23544
    http://www.lds.org
  • Lutheran World Relief
    P.O. Box 17061
    Baltimore, MD 21298-9832
    (800) 597-5972
    http://www.lwr.org
  • MAP International Donor Member Services
    Myanmar Assistance
    P.O. Box 7020
    Albert Lea, MN 56007-9931
    (800) 225-8550
    http://www.map.org
  • Mercy Corps
    Myanmar Cyclone Fund
    P.O. Box 2669
    Portland, OR 97208
    1-800-852-2100
    http://www.mercycorps.org
  • Operation USA
    Memo "Myanmar Cyclone"
    3617 Hayden Ave., Suite A
    Culver City, CA 90232
    (800) 678-7255
    http://www.opusa.org
  • Project HOPE
    255 Carter Hall Lane
    Millwood, VA 22646
    (800) 544-4673
    http://www.projecthope.org
  • Relief International
    1575 Westwood Blvd., Suite 200
    Los Angeles, CA 90024
    (310) 478-1200
    http://www.ri.org
  • Save the Children USA
    54 Wilton Road
    Westport, CT 06880
    (800) 728-3843
    http://www.savethechildren.org
  • United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR)
    3019674 Myanmar Emergency
    P.O. Box 9068
    New York, NY 10087
    (800) 554-8583
    http://www.umcor.org
  • Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
    UUSC-UUA Burma Cyclone Relief Fund
    P.O. Box 845259
    Boston, MA 02284-5259
    (800) 388-3920
    http://www.uusc.org
  • U.S. Fund for UNICEF
    125 Maiden Lane, 11th Floor
    New York, NY 10038
    (800) 4UNICEF
    http://www.unicefusa.org
  • World Concern
    19303 Fremont Ave. N.
    Seattle, WA 98133
    (800) 755-5022, ext.7706
    http://www.worldconcern.org
  • World Emergency Relief
    P.O. Box 131570
    Carlsbad, CA 92013
    (888) 484-4543
    http://www.worldemergencyrelief.org
  • World Vision
    P.O. Box 9716
    Federal Way, WA 98063
    (888) 56-CHILD
    http://www.worldvision.org
  • Tuesday, May 6, 2008

    Drag and Drop Revolution ...

    Isn't semantic web all about taking drag and drop to the next level . Currently web 2.0 is all about dragging and dropping things that know each other on the web like dragging and dropping a item in a shopping cart , dragging and dropping google maps , dragging and dropping photos in web albums , stocks in online portfolio... blah blah ...

    But there are significant limitations to current drag and drop functionality ...which is you cannot drag and drop between two unknown entities . You cannot drag and drop your bank account information onto your calendar to see your expense history or graph .....i think next wave of webapps will have this significant capabilities will really make the existing information scattered around the web relative . That will be a real powerful information presented in a highly customizable form.

    Are big enterprises exploiting Open source ?

    Are big enterprises exploiting Open source ?

    With the growing adoption of open source softwares in enterprises how much have enterprises are giving back to open source community .Open source software is a big boon for big enterprises . With its adoption the IT expenditure is coming down considerably . But I rarely hear news like big firms like Bank of America contributed some major upgrade or effort to a open source community . Are the big firms just exploiting open source community and all the efforts put by all the developers . open source communities have proven to be excellent supports systems for all the firms that used these software . I have worked in many firms but apart from the Software and Technology Firms i have never seen management encouraging contributions back to the open source communities .