Me Myself and Python

Today (11- June- 2008) , I got a mail from ICICI Bank <admin@icicibank.com>
It’s content goes like this..

Security Alert ICICI Bank has been receiving complaints from our customers of unauthorized access of the NetBanking accounts. As a result we have started reviewing our NetBanking Accounts periodically and temporarily restrict access of those accounts which we think are vulnerable.It has come to our attention that your account information needs to be updated as part of our continuing commitment to protect your account in this year 2008 and to reduce the instance of fraud on our website. If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and update your personal records, you will not run into any future problems with our online service. Once you have updated your account records your online banking account service will not be interrupted and will continue as normal. To update your records click the following link(s) and fill in the necessary requirements : Personal Account Holders - https://infinity.icicibank.co.in/BANKAWAY?Action.RetUser.Init.001=Y&AppSignonBankId=ICI&AppType=retail&abrdPrf=N Business Account Holders - https://cib.icicibank.co.incorp/BANKAWAY?Action.CorpUser.Init.001=Y&AppSignonBankId=ICI&AppType=corporate Please sign in to Online Banking after you have verified your account to ensure your account security. It is all about your security. We seek your cooperation for serving you better. Sincerely, Benoy Dasgupta Security Department ICICI Bank

Hmm… A really good looking work of fraud…… phishing at it’s best.
But I decided to give it a try at Firefox and Internet Explor(d)er. IE acted as though nothing happenned. But the Firefox actually advised me that this is an unsafe website and it is potentially dangerous for me to browse that site !! Watch it…!!

 I will call it people friendly technology. Long live Free Software….. and of course Firefox. I feel it is lot more safer for me and people that I know to use Firefox as their default browser.

Freemind is the first and best mindmapper application that is known to me. Thanks to Mr. Dhanan for introducing to that software and demonstrating it’s power in various arenas. Freemind is written in Java, that makes it a highly portable application.
Well, a mindmapper is an application which helps you to perform mindmapping. Perplexing, right ?? Then what is mindmapping ??

“A mind map is a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks, or other items linked to and arranged radially around a central key word or idea. It is used to generate, visualize, structure, and classify ideas, and as an aid in study, organization, problem solving, decision making, and writing.” — Says wikipedia.

 Recent days, I have been using Freemind extensively, for the presentations ( yes, I did one “Introduction to programming in Python” presentation in Freemind for HP zone members of Ushustech).  I was really able to convey the “Flow of my thought” using mindmaps in Freemind and I really enjoyed that presentation ( I hope those guys too ).

We can use freemind for designs of applications too.  I have decided to do one small Java ME application to find the Body Mass Index (BMI) . First thing I created is the mindmap of that application and then code it. That way, I can think over the application’s features and drawbacks visually. My BMI mindmap goes like this..

 Next time , when you are going to present something, do it in Freemind . It will be a refreshingly new experience.