Xolo Q800 – A review with pros and cons

Author : Ranjith      Blog : The Exasperated Man      Date : 5/11/2013 8:26:00 AM

'Android smartphones are everywhere these days. They run the latest operating system and they are all identical. You try out different brands and they all have the same android. At the time of this blog post, it is Jelly bean. So, what makes a smartphone different from another. They all have IPS screens, HD playback, ble... all sorts of common stuff. Difference? Xolo Q800 is a smartphone and here is where the difference is. 1. There are absolutely no bloatware i(...)'

Read full article

The monster under the bed – How to cope up with negative thinking

Author : Ranjith      Blog : The Exasperated Man      Date : 3/17/2013 9:52:00 AM

'“ We suffer more in imagination than in reality.” - SenecaThoughts keep going in our head all the time. The problem occurs when we impose our identity with them. Identity is what you are, or rather what you think you are. When you impose a thought on your identity and if that thought is negative, your identity suffers, and when the identity suffers, you suffer. Wait a minute, let me rewind. You are not your job. You're not how much money you have in the bank. You're not (...)'

Read full article

The bioscope theory of life – It's movie time

Author : Ranjith      Blog : The Exasperated Man      Date : 3/6/2013 4:58:00 PM

'“Between the fear that something would happen and the hope that still it wouldn't, there is much more space than one thinks. On that narrow, hard, bare and dark space a lot of us spend their lives.”- Ivo AndricAs a kid, whenever I saw a car crashing scenes in movies, I used to wonder about what I shall do if I had all those broken cars given to me. I would repair them, make new ones out of them and drive them all along the way happily. I was wondering what the main reason f(...)'

Read full article

How much does your life weigh? - A 10 second car and reducing baggage from Up in the Air

Author : Ranjith      Blog : The Exasperated Man      Date : 2/21/2013 3:22:00 PM

'Ryan Bingham (George Clooney) makes the following speech in front of an audience. By the way this is from the movie, Up in the air. “How much does your life weigh?” , he says as the crowd retains the staggering silence. “Imagine for a second that you're carrying a backpack.I want you to feel the straps on your shoulders. Feel 'em? *pauses*Now I want you to pack it with all the stuff that you have in your life.You start with the little things, the things on shelves and in drawers the(...)'

Read full article

Lifestyle Design – What does it take to be alive – and the perfect Pepsi?

Author : Ranjith      Blog : The Exasperated Man      Date : 2/7/2013 2:12:00 AM

'“When you buy furniture, you tell yourself, that's it. That's the last sofa l'll need. Whatever happens, that sofa problem is handled.”l'd flip through catalogues and wonder... ''What kind of dining set defines me as a person?''l had it all. Even the glass dishes with tiny bubbles and imperfections... - Fight ClubI have always liked to write. Considering that fact that I am doing it quite successfully, I'll let you know an insider secret about what I did when I started wr(...)'

Read full article

Do stories matter? Integrity and the art of story telling

Author : Ranjith      Blog : The Exasperated Man      Date : 1/13/2013 2:59:00 PM

'"I am in competition with no one. I run my own race. I have no desire to play the game of being better than anyone, in any way, shape or form. I just aim to improve, to be better than I was before. That's me and I'm free." -  AnonymousI have been intrigued by the silent types in movies for a long time; this curiosity about the heroes, who wouldn’t speak too much, or rather let their actions speak. Once can find such persona in movies such as Undisputed III or Rambo (especially (...)'

Read full article

Thedi Choru - A Translation and a Happy New Year

Author : Ranjith      Blog : The Exasperated Man      Date : 1/1/2013 6:22:00 AM

'A very Happy New Year!I thought I'd do a translation of one of my favourite piece of poetry from Mahakavi Bharathiar. If you don’t know about him, there's Wikipedia.This guy has been demonstrating to me greatly, in how the vocabulary you think can greatly impact the way by which you act; in how the vocabulary in which you think, forges new strong behaviour into you. That's the ultimate power of language. Now that many of you will be having hopes, dreams and significant resolutionsfo(...)'

Read full article

Essential ways to lessen the burden and lubricate your life *No Pun Intended* and getting things done

Author : Ranjith      Blog : The Exasperated Man      Date : 12/23/2012 11:34:00 AM

'Hitting bottom isn't a weekend retreat. lt's not a goddamned seminar. Stop trying to control everything and just let go!- Tyler Durden - Fight ClubScientist have discovered that Will power is like a rationed product available to you in limited quantities. The more will power is exercised in one area of life, the weaker it is in another area of life. Of course will power is like a muscle which can be strengthened through practice, but that's not the point here. The point it that, lik(...)'

Read full article

Custom/Stock ROM for DOMO Slate N8 - rooted and ready!

Author : Ranjith      Blog : The Exasperated Man      Date : 12/7/2012 4:45:00 PM

'I am not responsible if something happens to your tablet! The credit for developing these ROM goes for the respective builders. I found these ROM searching Google for an alternative WM8650 ROM, as DOMO slate is also based on WM8650, and my Tablet was running a little slow and needed a boost.Flashing Stock ROM:Download original firmware if something goes wrong and flash it.Go to DOMO slate website and in downloads section, download the firmware. DOMO slate N8/ Firmware Android 2(...)'

Read full article

What success is NOT! - The Anti-definition of success

Author : Ranjith      Blog : The Exasperated Man      Date : 11/19/2012 3:02:00 PM

'A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.-Bob Dylan(Wally!)Politically correct words have grown beyond my liking. Words like Productivity, Success, Efficiency, Enlightenment, growth and continuous improvement only make me puke. I wondered why there is such a bad relationship between me and the words , and I found out that I have been using these words without knowing what they really meant, and the overdose made(...)'

Read full article

A Beginner's guide to setting up an electric guitar and its accessories

Author : Ranjith      Blog : The Exasperated Man      Date : 11/14/2012 4:42:00 PM

'When I first got my electric guitar I didn’t know how to set it up properly to play all the cool riffs these electric guitar guys played. I asked some guitarists, certain questions before I figured it all out. It might seem like common knowledge among the guitar world, but trust me, there was a time in which I didn’t know what to do, what to buy. So, I thought I'd put up a very basic set of requirements for setting up an electric guitar to start playing and a little bit more than, j(...)'

Read full article

The Tipping point of decisions - Thoughts breed - They literally do!

Author : Ranjith      Blog : The Exasperated Man      Date : 11/6/2012 2:15:00 PM

'Are you kidding me?I wonder why they used the word "breed'", when they wanted to describe the fact that "familiarity breeds contempt". They could have said, "Familiarity gives rise to contempt" or, "familiarity results in contempt", but why, "breed"? I guess that's the power of vocabulary of a language; fascinating, as I think about it.Thoughts breed, they literally do. Imagine something which you've wanted to do over a period of time. You weigh the options, and you think about it. (...)'

Read full article

Pushing the limits! – How much is too much?

Author : Ranjith      Blog : The Exasperated Man      Date : 11/3/2012 2:15:00 PM

'I dare do all that may become a man; who dares do more is none.;-          ;William Shakespeare - Macbeth Act 1.I bought a laptop somewhere before two years. It was fast at the start, but the more programs and stuff it got loaded onto it, the more slower it got. The more slower it got, the more desperate I got, every time I switched it on. It's just that too much crap got over it over a period of time. Software I didn’t even use anymore w(...)'

Read full article

Getting shit done - The art of shutting up your mouth

Author : Ranjith      Blog : The Exasperated Man      Date : 10/16/2012 3:43:00 PM

'இதனை இதனால் இவன் முடிப்பான் என்றாய்ந்து அதனை அவன் கண் விடல்.Well, a lot of people in the world know about Kamasutra from India, but many don’t know about thirukural, a book with short advices for every aspect of life (not to say that Kamasutra is any less important).The fact is that we ask too much questions instead of just doing and getting shit done. The thirukural which was quoted above says the following:Find a person, who can do the work,Leave the work to him.Now, this rem(...)'

Read full article

They never heal; the wounds of the heart - this is how you heal it

Author : Ranjith      Blog : The Exasperated Man      Date : 10/15/2012 2:18:00 PM

'They never heal; the wounds of the heart.YUCK, THAT SOUNDED CORNY! AM GONNA PUKE!In a world which is imperfect, people end up wounding each other, inevitably. The entire BSabout forgiving people for what they did to you, never work. Somewhere deep in the psyche, the scar remains making a permanent damage, that's why they call it a bloody scar in the first place. What is done is indeed done. An animal resides inside, still not forgetting, still not forgiving. So, how do you get over (...)'

Read full article

A word on Personal Integrity - The real way to obtain integrity!

Author : Ranjith      Blog : The Exasperated Man      Date : 10/6/2012 3:24:00 PM

'If you look up a typical dictionary, you'll find the following meaning for integrity. Definition 1: "The state of being whole and undivided:"Definition 2:"Moral soundness"Now you might be wondering why I am quoting these. Well, well, a few days ago I stumbled across a webpage which claimed to advice people on the "Steps to achieving integrity". I literally "Stumbled" upon this page through stumbleupon, a great place to find new ideas (though occasionally it sucks, but sometimes, mak(...)'

Read full article

A collection of sensible Badass Attitude Quotes - This will make your day!

Author : Ranjith      Blog : The Exasperated Man      Date : 10/2/2012 2:17:00 AM

'I made a Google search and found some attitude quotes and you know WHAT? They made sense. I don’t know who said these quotes, but they were scattered all over the internet, just thought, It would be good to list some here. Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude.I’d better be first in a small village than be second in a big city.I do not compete with others. Others compete with me.I do not have an attitude problem.You have a problem with my attitude.And that’s not my problem.My(...)'

Read full article

Piss 'em off

Author : Ranjith      Blog : The Exasperated Man      Date : 8/23/2012 4:06:00 PM

'Right after assigning a title to this blog post, I was wondering at the way by which it sounded as if it is a name, of a rock song. What do you think? *pause and think*"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.—MARK TWAIN"I am unable to stop pissing people off. I don’t know whether it is my nature, but I can't help it. I try to be kind and nice and all that, but at the end of the day, or the week or the month, someone... just gets pisse(...)'

Read full article

How to make the best, simple and most Effective To-do list in the whole wide world and a become a badass in productivity

Author : Ranjith      Blog : The Exasperated Man      Date : 8/11/2012 1:45:00 PM

'I am gonna give my opinion about to-do lists. The simpler the to-do list, the more better it is to manage and follow through.I write down whatever I got to do, whenever I remember something, on a piece of paper I carry around. I have to remember to carry just a pencil and a paper. When I complete the task, I strike the sentence/task through. Simple. No hassles. No annoying reminders. I like the feel it gives me whenever I complete the task and strike it through, using the pencil; Ma(...)'

Read full article

The best relationship advice in the whole wide world - Read it, this might change your life - Or maybe it won't.

Author : Ranjith      Blog : The Exasperated Man      Date : 8/9/2012 1:59:00 PM

'Wanna know a simple one stop solution to any relationship problems. The solution is so simple that after you read this post you won't need any relationship counselling at all. And you will also know to tackle any kind of relationship problems you face with your girlfriend / Wife.Here is the solution."Individual Happiness"Both the people involved in the relationship should be happy and comfortable in their own personal lives. If you are in a relationship, that includes YOU.Many relat(...)'

Read full article