Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Screen Saver Trick


well this trick is to display symbol 'om',which is a hindu religious word as screen saver-
1.on desktop right click go to properties->screen saver
2.select yr screen saver as '3d text'
3. go to settings of screen saver.
4.in 3d text settings check the custom text and write '\' (without inverted commas),and click on choose font
5. choose the font as Wingdings and click ok
6. apply the settings and you are done................

Friday, February 6, 2009

Best Thing Men Ever Created - Coffee


One of my most enjoyable drinks - Coffee. My day is always filled with a rich cup full of coffee.Have you ever wondered how, when & where it was created , perfected to a beverage so aromatic, smooth & awakening ?
I was sitting having coffee the other day and I wondered, how on earth could humans create coffee - a beverage enjoyed by most people around the world. How they knew how to get those ripe coffee beans, roast it, dry it , grind it , extract it ..........................its simply amazing !!


So I did a little search on the best thing men ever created - Coffee. It seems it was founded around the 9th Century !


The word "coffee" entered English in 1598 via Italian caffè. This word was created via Turkish kahve, which in turn came into being via Arabic qahwa, a truncation of qahhwat al-bun or wine of the bean. Islam prohibits the use of alcohol as a beverage, and coffee provided a suitable alternative to wine.

There are several legendary accounts of the origin of the drink itself. One account involves the Yemenite Sufi mystic Shaikh ash-Shadhili. When traveling in Ethiopia, the legend goes, he observed goats of unusual vitality, and, upon trying the berries that the goats had been eating, experienced the same vitality. A similar myth attributes the discovery of coffee to an Ethiopian goatherder named Kaldi and the Legend of Dancing Goats.
One possible origin of both the beverage and the name is the
Kingdom of Kaffa in Ethiopia, where the coffee plant originated (its name there is bunn or bunna).