Vivekananda Higher Secondary School,
Thirupparaithuraihttps://plus.google.com/109795240301936269111/about?gl=us&hl=en
http://www.rktapovanam.org/
Sunday, December 22, 2013
Dad School
https://plus.google.com/109795240301936269111/about?gl=us&hl=en
Saturday, December 14, 2013
NC DMV
Mecklenburg county DMV locations open on Saturday 8:00 - Noon
8446 N Tryon St, Charlotte, NC 28262
6016 Brookshire Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28216
Other locations and timings http://www.ncdot.gov/dmv/contact/
Meck County: http://www.ncdot.gov/dmv/contact/?o=1&c=Mecklenburg
- 201-H West Arrowood Road
Charlotte, NC 28217 - Ph: (704) 527-2562 , (704) 527-2563
- Monday - Friday 8:00 - 4:30
Signs test: You will be asked to identify the signs( I think 12 signs). 4 images will not have picture inside - just the shapes like hexagon, etc… school, stop, no passing zone, railroad crossing, etc.
Read book
Check online for sample test questions.
Opposite to you, another driver is using high beam - you are not able to see the road clearly, what do you do.
Ans: see away from that car.
Wrong ans: blink your lights.
In densely packed snow you should...use chains or snow tires.
• If you must drive during heavy snow or fog, use your... low-beam headlights.
• Alcohol-related highway deaths account for... 38% of all traffic fatalities.
• If you accumulate 7 or more points on your traffic record you may...
attend a Driver Improvement Clinic to deduct three points from your
driving record.
• The traffic conviction that adds the highest number of points (5) to
your driving record is... passing a stopped school bus that is loading
or unloading children.
• "Secondary roads" are roads where... hills are more likley to be
more steep and curves are likely to be more sharp than on primary
roads.
• Unless otherwise posted, the speed limit in cities and towns is...
35 miles per hour.
• To have a revoked driver license restored, you must... visit a
driver license office, pay a restoration fee, and reapply for a
license.
• When three vehicles reach a 4-way stop at the same, the right of way
belongs to... the car on the right.
• If a vehicle sways freely, leans heavily to one side during a turn
or seems to bounce continuously, there may be a problem with the...
suspension system.
• If you experience a breakdown, you should... pull over to the side
of the road and raise the hood of your car.
• To maintain a safe driving distance between your car and the car in
front of you, you should... use the two-second rule.
• If you take any medication before you drive, you should... find out
what effect the medicine has.
• If you are planning a long road trip, you should... stop and rest
every 100 miles.
• Before passing another vehicle, you should... look ahead to ensure
that there is enough room for you to pass.
• When driving down a very steep hill, you should... shift into a
lower gear to control your speed.
• If you run off the side of the road, you should... gradually take
your foot off the gas pedal.
• When travelling on rural highways, farm equipment usually... travels
at its maximum speed of 15-20 mph.
• If you are driving into a circle you should... yield to cars already
in the circle.
• If you are in a crash, you should... move your car off of the road.
• School buses are required to... stop at all railroad crossings.
• In city traffic, you should... be alert for drivers who make quick stops.
• Truckers have serious blind spots into which cars can disappear from view.
• Unless there is a sign indicating no turn on red, you can turn right
on red... after stopping and making sure that the turn can be made
safely.
• For any underage person who aids or abets another attempting to
purchase any alcoholic beverage, the law requires... a one-year driver
license revocation.
• Your license will be revoked immediately if your blood alcohol
concentration is at least... 0.08 percent.
• When aproaching a road that is blocked from view you should... stop
and proceed with caution.
• Defensive drivers check their rear view mirror and side mirrors
roughly... every 10 seconds.
• If going 45 miles per hour, how far ahead should you signal before
turning?.. 200 ft.
• If you plan to turn and are not in the proper lane to do so, you
should... continue to the next intersection, then turn.
• The most common type of accident on a highway is a rear-end collision
• When driving behind someone... you should not use your high beams
• To dry wet brakes, gently apply the brakes
• "Don't hang out in the No zone" refers to not being... in truckers'
blind spots
• When approaching a railroad crossing... slow down and prepare to stop
• If you pull up to a red arrow, the turning lane is the only lane
that should stop
• if you are a pedestrian walking along side the road at night, you
should carry or wear something white
• Use high beams When driving on a highway and no car is approaching
• Slippery roads are most likely to occur when It has just begun to
drizzle or rain
• When traveling behind a farm vehicle on a two-lane road Wait until
the farm vehicle has the chance to pull over to the side, then pass
with caution
• Large trucks (tractor trailers) Have large blind spots to the side and rear
• When preparing to make a right-hand turn Turn on your turn signal
and approach the right-hand side of the road
• A "shoulder check" is A quick glance over your shoulder on the side
in which you intend to turn or change lanes
• When you get tired on a long trip, you should Stop and rest
• When taking a long trip, you should Plan to stop and rest every 100 miles
And the number one most inane question I've heard so far:
• Q: If you are following a car at night, how do you know if the road is bumpy?
A: You watch the tail-lights.
There is also a visual test where you will be asked to identify common
traffic signs by their shape and color only. For example, they show
you a red octagon and you must identify it as a stop sign. Crazy. Here
are a few other examples:
• A blank white square with black border: Speed Limit
• An orange triangle on its side, pointing to the right: No passing sign
• A yellow circle with a large X in it extending to the sides of the
circle: Railroad crossing
• Inverted red triangle with a white center: Yield
• If you must drive during heavy snow or fog, use your... low-beam headlights.
• Alcohol-related highway deaths account for... 38% of all traffic fatalities.
• If you accumulate 7 or more points on your traffic record you may...
attend a Driver Improvement Clinic to deduct three points from your
driving record.
• The traffic conviction that adds the highest number of points (5) to
your driving record is... passing a stopped school bus that is loading
or unloading children.
• "Secondary roads" are roads where... hills are more likley to be
more steep and curves are likely to be more sharp than on primary
roads.
• Unless otherwise posted, the speed limit in cities and towns is...
35 miles per hour.
• To have a revoked driver license restored, you must... visit a
driver license office, pay a restoration fee, and reapply for a
license.
• When three vehicles reach a 4-way stop at the same, the right of way
belongs to... the car on the right.
• If a vehicle sways freely, leans heavily to one side during a turn
or seems to bounce continuously, there may be a problem with the...
suspension system.
• If you experience a breakdown, you should... pull over to the side
of the road and raise the hood of your car.
• To maintain a safe driving distance between your car and the car in
front of you, you should... use the two-second rule.
• If you take any medication before you drive, you should... find out
what effect the medicine has.
• If you are planning a long road trip, you should... stop and rest
every 100 miles.
• Before passing another vehicle, you should... look ahead to ensure
that there is enough room for you to pass.
• When driving down a very steep hill, you should... shift into a
lower gear to control your speed.
• If you run off the side of the road, you should... gradually take
your foot off the gas pedal.
• When travelling on rural highways, farm equipment usually... travels
at its maximum speed of 15-20 mph.
• If you are driving into a circle you should... yield to cars already
in the circle.
• If you are in a crash, you should... move your car off of the road.
• School buses are required to... stop at all railroad crossings.
• In city traffic, you should... be alert for drivers who make quick stops.
• Truckers have serious blind spots into which cars can disappear from view.
• Unless there is a sign indicating no turn on red, you can turn right
on red... after stopping and making sure that the turn can be made
safely.
• For any underage person who aids or abets another attempting to
purchase any alcoholic beverage, the law requires... a one-year driver
license revocation.
• Your license will be revoked immediately if your blood alcohol
concentration is at least... 0.08 percent.
• When aproaching a road that is blocked from view you should... stop
and proceed with caution.
• Defensive drivers check their rear view mirror and side mirrors
roughly... every 10 seconds.
• If going 45 miles per hour, how far ahead should you signal before
turning?.. 200 ft.
• If you plan to turn and are not in the proper lane to do so, you
should... continue to the next intersection, then turn.
• The most common type of accident on a highway is a rear-end collision
• When driving behind someone... you should not use your high beams
• To dry wet brakes, gently apply the brakes
• "Don't hang out in the No zone" refers to not being... in truckers'
blind spots
• When approaching a railroad crossing... slow down and prepare to stop
• If you pull up to a red arrow, the turning lane is the only lane
that should stop
• if you are a pedestrian walking along side the road at night, you
should carry or wear something white
• Use high beams When driving on a highway and no car is approaching
• Slippery roads are most likely to occur when It has just begun to
drizzle or rain
• When traveling behind a farm vehicle on a two-lane road Wait until
the farm vehicle has the chance to pull over to the side, then pass
with caution
• Large trucks (tractor trailers) Have large blind spots to the side and rear
• When preparing to make a right-hand turn Turn on your turn signal
and approach the right-hand side of the road
• A "shoulder check" is A quick glance over your shoulder on the side
in which you intend to turn or change lanes
• When you get tired on a long trip, you should Stop and rest
• When taking a long trip, you should Plan to stop and rest every 100 miles
And the number one most inane question I've heard so far:
• Q: If you are following a car at night, how do you know if the road is bumpy?
A: You watch the tail-lights.
There is also a visual test where you will be asked to identify common
traffic signs by their shape and color only. For example, they show
you a red octagon and you must identify it as a stop sign. Crazy. Here
are a few other examples:
• A blank white square with black border: Speed Limit
• An orange triangle on its side, pointing to the right: No passing sign
• A yellow circle with a large X in it extending to the sides of the
circle: Railroad crossing
• Inverted red triangle with a white center: Yield
Monday, November 11, 2013
Acura MDX Model Year Comparison Page | Acura.com
Link: Acura MDX Model Year Comparison Page | Acura.com
Only available from 2008…
Acura Compare Model Year chart allows you to compare key MDX features over multiple model years.
Only available from 2008…
Owner's Manuals | 2014 Acura MDX | Acura Owners Site
Link: Owner's Manuals | 2014 Acura MDX | Acura Owners Site
Only problem is there is no separate manual for the different packages: base, tech , Advanced.
Only problem is there is no separate manual for the different packages: base, tech , Advanced.
Sunday, November 10, 2013
Cool design presentation from Honda R&D about the 14’ MDX
http://www.cargroup.org/assets/speakers/presentations/168/james_keller.pdf
Monday, July 8, 2013
iOS custom Font for UILabel
- Add your custom font files into your project using Xcode as a resource
- Add a key to your
Info.plistfile calledUIAppFonts. - Make this key an array
- For each font you have, enter the full name of your font file (including the extension) as items to the
UIAppFontsarray - Save
Info.plist
@implementation CustomFontLabel
- (id)initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)decoder
{
if (self = [super initWithCoder: decoder])
{
[self setFont: [UIFont fontWithName: @"Chalkduster" size: self.font.pointSize]];
}
return self;
}
@endhttp://www.google.com/fonts/Saturday, June 22, 2013
installing cocoapods
gem update --system
gem install cocoapods
Gave this error.
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby extconf.rb
mkmf.rb can't find header files for ruby at /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/ruby.h
http://docs.cocoapods.org/guides/installing_cocoapods.html says
"If you used an pre release version of Xcode you might need to update the command line tools."
I did not have commandline tools installed. So installed it - and tried installing cocoapods - success :)
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| xcode command line tools |
Saturday, June 8, 2013
Apps I use
http://www.moves-app.com/
Strava : http://app.strava.com/athletes/1040546
Trello
DayOne Mac App
Ohlife to DayOne https://github.com/BooneJS/OhLife2DayOne
Strava : http://app.strava.com/athletes/1040546
Trello
DayOne Mac App
Ohlife to DayOne https://github.com/BooneJS/OhLife2DayOne
Saturday, June 1, 2013
Ski Apache Trip Notes
Ski apache
360
Bee caves
71 west
Stop @ fredriskberg (enchanted rocks)
Brady
Brownfield pottal kaadu
Lamesa mc donald 10 to 1130
Lamesa petrol chk panala
1 .00 Nxt city plains anga Petrol pottachu
St road 200 miles snow ride
---
Breakfast
Start at 9
Scenic snow drive
Reach Roswell UFO
Mc d bf again
Artesia
Pecos
i10e
290e
Sequoia to San Diego Route Trip
Sequoia to San Diego Route Trip, a set on Flickr.
Used Moves app to get this.. Todo: create a single image with the route... :)
Ny Trip Notes
Day 1
6:20 pm empire done
7:00 pm shop
7:45 pm start brok bridge take a. Stop high st
10:00 pm start high st
////// Next day
9:30 path train to wtc stop at exchange place
We walkd til 3stops.
Note: Dont do this - wrong way to go to statue of lib - walked for 3 hrs :(
Took train to statue of lib park.
Take cab 10$(2$ per person)
Took last Ferry to by 6:15 pm
Portrait 50$
Bull, wtc, mc d
9:00 pm
ACE 23 trains uptown
34 st Penn station
Ny Penn to ewr : 12$ - we could have drop all at hotel5$ n took car frm airport
/// Next day
NOTE: could have started earlier.
Hilton near bwi
NOTE: could have started earlier.
Hilton near bwi
1:00PM start
Lunch bombay indian
Reach Washington 5
Capitol tour closes by 5:30
Hop on closes by 6
Night 1 hr 20$
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Uninstall xbmchub in Mac
installing XBMC config wizard with Frodo is not stable yet as of today 3/10/2013
using xbmchub after installing frodo crashes xbmc.
Steps to uninstall / revert changes done by xbmchub
Right click on XBMC app in Applications folder
Show Package contents
Contents ->Resources
Delete xbmc and rename xbmc.old to xbmc.
Thats it.
XBMC - shouldn't crash now. Njoi.
using xbmchub after installing frodo crashes xbmc.
Steps to uninstall / revert changes done by xbmchub
Right click on XBMC app in Applications folder
Show Package contents
Contents ->Resources
Delete xbmc and rename xbmc.old to xbmc.
Thats it.
XBMC - shouldn't crash now. Njoi.
Saturday, January 19, 2013
My XBMC setup
XBMC http://xbmc.org/download/
Install Livestream addon or XBMC hub config http://www.xbmchub.com/
{removed links about tamil channels}
Install Livestream addon or XBMC hub config http://www.xbmchub.com/
{removed links about tamil channels}
Not using XBMC anymore.. Plex seemed more polished, chk the blog about My Plex Setup
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Year 2012
This Year
April: Quit Infy.
Bucket list for Austin done.
Joined as consultant.
Move out of Austin.San Diego
Visa
New Bike
office. new friends
iPhone app , Objective C
Kishor - marriage fix
Submitted my first iphone app.. need to publish this year :)
new rMBP
Started flickr bulk uploader windows app.
April: Quit Infy.
Bucket list for Austin done.
Joined as consultant.
Move out of Austin.San Diego
Visa
New Bike
office. new friends
iPhone app , Objective C
Kishor - marriage fix
Submitted my first iphone app.. need to publish this year :)
new rMBP
Started flickr bulk uploader windows app.
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