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Raavan movie review

2010-06-19T21:40:00.003+10:00

With most of the north indian movie taking a dig at the movie, i thought i had to write about the movie that i liked... mind you i have watched the hindi version and not the tamil one yet... we all know the story, what we want is how has it been interpreted... Mr.Rathnam has done a fabulous job and i am pretty sure that he is one happy man. Acting - almost everyone have done a amazing job Visuals - the real hero music - arr do we need to say more? watch it in theater if you can... lushness of indian forest unfolds in screen and is definitely a treat to watch!!

3 idiots movie review

2009-12-31T09:38:00.003+11:00

Its rajkumar hirani all over, the real hero of the movie is its story (may be chetan bhagat). I think amir's job was just to bring the audience in... star power ofcourse!!! Otherwise omi vaidhya's acting was better than the 3 idiots combined. For those who dont know about this person (like me) google his name. Wholesome entertainer, does not preach anything. Go watch - best hindi movie of the year!!!

slow internet connection!!!

2009-12-06T15:14:00.003+11:00

I am sure a lot of people experience this all the time, and i just got disgusted with my XP. I have a macbook and a windows XP, macbook is 2 years old while xp laptop is just 8 months old. I couldn't just figure why xp was so horrendously slow.. I probably tried everything that i could, but the thing wouldn't be fast enough.
Finally i tried a few things which i believe has improved the connection speed to some extent. I dont know if this would help someone, but you can actually try it...
1. Stop the windows updater, i believe it hogs the connection in the background....
2. Download this free system maintenance tool ... 'Advanced System care'.... this is better than a lot of tools that are out there...
good luck and happy browsing...

i am back

2009-08-20T07:10:00.002+10:00

I have no excuses for not posting for 3 months... i know, my posts this year have been sporadic and pretty much have been news feeds. Well i kind of got buried into a lot of work, and i am still buried tho' thought i would as well start writing again. I am not going to post much today... will do soon!
btw my blog celebrated its 5th birthday 2 months back!!!

arundathi movie review

2009-04-15T12:49:00.002+10:00

I was really apprehensive when i booked for this, tho' the reviews were favorable i was wondering how would a dubbed movie be, but thanks to a good screen play the movie was not at all a disappointment. The major plus is anushka, she has carried the complete movie with ease.

Graphics are not up-to standards but then good enough for an indian movie, anushka's dance is another drawback. On the whole the movie is an entertainer with some disappointments with logical connections and if you are ready to ignore all that, then yeah go ahead and watch.

pattalam movie review

2009-03-29T04:07:00.003+11:00

I am writing a movie review after a very long time, what made me write about this movie??? was it that good that i had to write... well it was the other way round, i am still clueless as to what the director had in his mind.I honestly feel that a couple of boys could have been avoided, they were staring at the camera as a newbie does... Mr. Rohan krishna (director) you could have casted someone else or just done without them...

The boys barring two of them have done a good job! saving grace of the movie... jassi gift - good music score, other wise honestly i thought with these boys he should have delivered a better movie... i dont want to say anymore about the movie

incredible!!!

2009-03-12T14:28:00.001+11:00

Incredible Ski Jump - watch more funny videos

The all new safari 4

2009-02-28T19:12:00.001+11:00

can i ask for more???

Hathway broadband connection review

2009-01-19T13:18:00.003+11:00

I got my hathway broadband 3 months back, i got myself 1 - Mbps 4GB for 4-months, it costs Rs 1000 for 4 months and in case you run out of 4G in between u can call them and renew your subscription for another 4 months. So far i have not had any problem with the connection. Except for the fact that my VOIP device doesn't work properly.

i typically use 700 -800 MB of data every month so this plan is perfect for me. Here is a screen shot of the download from a good server

i have seen speeds reaching 105KBps and i am happy with it.

Chennai Sangamam

2009-01-14T03:43:00.001+11:00

wishing you all a very happy pongal... this video i took at venkatnarayana road! the festive season at its best..

wireless charging station

2009-01-12T14:34:00.002+11:00

i have always wondered why with all the technological advancements that we have made, we have not yet found a way to transmit power wirelessly. As it is with other achievements i have always believed that even this would be matter of time before which it really happens. I have not read anything great after the Tesla...

Today was seeing the presentations at the CES and i saw this and well i think this is the first step... i might be a mat which transfers power but as the guy says in the video they could ship it along with the laptops and lo! i wouldnt have to be worried about my chargers anymore... intersting...this would open up a lot of upgrades (enhancements)...

Good Bye 2008

2008-12-31T16:28:00.004+11:00

Can't believe that another year is coming to an end... good bye 2008 and looking forward for a fabulous 2009. Happy new year to all...

The biggest news maker this year i would say was 'global warming' almost all the news papers / channels spoke about it atleast .. giving us evidence of the same. There was skeptics who did not believe that it was our CO2 that was doing that damage... Telegraph's Christopher believes the same...here is the article

Last Updated: 1:51PM GMT 30 Dec 2008

As Christopher Booker says in his review of 2008, temperatures have been dropping in a wholly unpredicted way over the past year. Last winter, the northern hemisphere saw its greatest snow cover since 1966, which in the northern US states and Canada was dubbed the "winter from hell". This winter looks set to be even worse.

The earth was hotter 1,000 years ago

Evidence from all over the world indicates that the earth was hotter 1,000 years ago than it is today. Research shows that temperatures were higher in what is known as the Mediaeval Warming period than they were in the 1990s. The earth's surface temperature is not at record levels

According to Nasa's Goddard Institute for Space Studies analysis of surface air temperature measurements, the meteorological December 2007 to November 2008 was the coolest year since 2000. Their data has also shown that the hottest decade of the 20th century was not the 1990s but the 1930s.

Ice is not disappearing

Arctic website Crysophere Today reported that Arctic ice volume was 500,000 sq km greater than this time last year. Additionally, Antarctic sea-ice this year reached its highest level since satellite records began in 1979. Polar bear numbers are also at record levels.

Himalayan glaciers A report by the UN Environment Program this year claimed that the cause of melting glaciers in the Himalayas was not global warming but the local warming effect of a vast "atmospheric brown cloud" over that region, made up of soot particles from Asia's dramatically increased burning of fossil fuels and deforestation.

Temperatures are still dropping

Nasa satellite readings on global temperatures from the University of Alabama show that August was the fourth month this year when temperatures fell below their 30-year average, ie since satellite records began. November 2008 in the USA was only the 39th warmest since records began 113 years ago.

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/globalwarming/4029837/Global-warming-Reasons-why-it-might-not-actually-exist.html

ensuring a safe netherland

2008-12-29T13:24:00.001+11:00

ET

2008-12-16T13:32:00.005+11:00

i have been reading about probes doing rounds and finding ideal zone for extra terrestrial life. Now what is this ideal zone or the so -called comfort zone.

1. The temperature is just right

2. Oxygen is optimum

3. Water is present and a few other things.

Now i would believe that, these are the conditions for earth like creatures to exist, but why are scientist bent upon looking at these places for ET????

Their make might as well be completely different and they may not need oxygen but something else to survive.... they may not need sunlight or i do not know.... these probes which cost so much could probably be used to find an alternative home for humans but not as a means to find ET's

Am sure people at places like NASA have thought about this long back... but for some reason we keep getting news like this one

http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/12/titanmethane.html

all said lets invest more on our dear earth... and make it a better place to live

Flying car or a drivable airplane

2008-10-10T01:29:00.001+11:00

As the article says, its a giant step closer to reality

Dhakshin chitra

2008-09-30T13:35:00.000+10:00

Amazing pics from boston.com

2008-09-23T13:25:00.001+10:00

Some amazing pics from boston.com go through them all

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This day that age!

2008-09-17T02:17:00.000+10:00

Sept. 16: It's an auspicious day in the history of Steve Jobs. It's the day he quit Apple and the day he returned. Jobs resigned as chairman of Apple Computer on Sept. 16, 1985, after losing a boardroom battle for control of the company with then-CEO John Sculley. Jobs had co-founded Apple seven years earlier with his hacker friend Steve Wozniak. A pair of teenagers, the two Steves had little idea how to grow the hot company at the dawn of the soon-to-be-giant PC industry. Jobs helped recruit Sculley from Pepsi-Cola, where Sculley had shown a genius for lifestyle advertising. The pair ran Apple as co-CEOs but fell out and took their differences to the board. Though a visionary, the board decided Jobs was too volatile for the lead role. So he quit. On the same day he resigned, Jobs submitted incorporation papers to the California secretary of state for the name of his new company, NeXT Computer. NeXT was Jobs' revenge. Jobs founded NeXT with the express purpose of running Apple into the ground. NeXT would develop computers that were far better than anything Apple could offer, and Apple would soon be out of business. NeXT never did put Apple out of business, and for the next 10 years just barely survived itself. It did, however, produce a fantastic operating system, NeXTStep, which many praised as ahead of its time. In December 1996, Apple bought NeXT for $400 million. It wanted NeXTStep to form the basis of a new, modern operating system, one that didn’t crash every time Netscape Navigator was launched. Jobs came on board as an informal adviser to then-CEO Gil Amelio. But within months, the board fired Amelio after Apple suffered one of the biggest quarterly losses in Silicon Valley history. Jobs was initially reluctant to take a role at Apple. His other company, Pixar, had just released its first movie, Toy Story, to great acclaim. But he soon found himself putting in more time at Apple, working hard to whip it into shape. On Sept. 16, 1997, Apple announced that Jobs had officially been named interim CEO, or -- as the company cleverly put it -- iCEO. Source

There are good and honest men!

2008-09-07T12:43:00.002+10:00

Wednesday i had been to the pertol bunk to fill in petrol, after doing that i was waiting to fill air! Just then a guy came to me and said -" sir your car scratches i remove, please try", i was a bit skeptical i said no. Then while waiting i saw him go and ask all the people; i said to myself let me give it a try

I went and parked in one spot and called that guy, he happily came and i showed him one scratch in driver door.... he took out some liquid and sponge, applied the liquid and started rubbing! Doing so he showed me the sponge and said " sir see you car color no only scratch go", he was not from TN i figured he was from north and so asked him he said he was from bihar. A few rubs and the scratch was gone! I was happy coz the hyundai people said that they had to match the color all that and gave me big number to remove that scratch.

The guy din stop there he said he will remove any stains inside as well, i thought let me try that as well, so i showed him inside of the left door and opened it for him. He saw the seat cover also had little stains without asking he applied the liquid, mine being a beige semi leather seat cover, that area became dark and i was furious coz i never asked him to fix the seat, he apologized and said once it dries the seat cover will become normal again

I said enough of his work, and had to buy something in the store in the bunk itself, i grabbed whatever i wanted and while coming back to car i thought, i should pay that guy for what he did, and either way i was greedy to show him the inside and clean. I took out 20 and went to him, he said with praying hands " sirji meri galthi aapki seat cover kharab ho gayee, mere paas paisa hota tho apko seat cover dhetha, please mereko paisa math do" [My fault sir i ruined your seat cover, if i had the money i would have got you another cover], i said thats ok you atleast take this for the work you did and showed him 10.

The guy was adamant and he din take the money, by the time i reached home that stain started drying by itself and today i cant even see it.

There are good hearted people still in this world!!!!

Chennai rain

2008-09-02T12:03:00.003+10:00

It doesnt rain much in chennai, atleast not as much mumbai. Yesterday it rained heavily, actually for 15 mins i guess, i was driving to work. The biggest problem is the traffic slows down and eventually becomes bumper to bumper!

1. Two wheelers in chennai are innovative in this situation, they some how get onto to the curb / side walk. The first pic to your left is one such biker. He is taking the short vehicle free path, he is one the curb. Pedestrians have no place whatsoever.

2. This three wheelers brakes failed and bangs on the tempo behind it, this looks like a normal scene as the tempo driver just honked few times.

operating system - market share

2008-09-01T12:42:00.001+10:00

Just 8% ... thats interesting, i am sure that apple is planning to improve its strategies, lets see if snow leopard does the trick, but if rumors are to be believed then, SL will run only on intel dumping its beloved PPC. Source - http://marketshare.hitslink.com/

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More than 40 percent of Australia....

2008-08-28T12:19:00.002+10:00

omg... more than 40% is untouched by humans, thats size of india for you! crazy isn it?

Grasshopper

2008-08-25T01:25:00.004+10:00

I caught this one at home... few hours before i shot this i was actually searching for grasshopper pics on FLICKR and lo! i found this little one sitting at my home :)

iHologram

2008-08-23T17:09:00.001+10:00

iHologram - iPhone application from David OReilly on Vimeo. http://www.vimeo.com/1496857

iTunes to have a rival

2008-08-19T11:46:00.003+10:00

Ex Apple employee now in Dell plans to hit back and hit big against Apple. Here is the excerpt from the article.

Apple looks nearly invincible in the market, but this in itself may be its most serious vulnerability. Today, record labels grumble about Apple's tight grip on their business, and many consumers are frustrated because the iPod works only with iTunes, at a time when there are many ways to get digital content. Imagine if you could download a song from Amazon.com and send it to the mobile phone of a friend or the car stereo of someone who has satellite radio. By creating one über-market, Dell and its partners hope to persuade consumers to try new devices and services. "Apple wants to lock you in," says Robert Enderle, a consultant who has been briefed by Dell. "Dell wants to lock you in to choice."

Though i am a very big fan of Mac books but for some reason i have not liked iPOD. I wouldn't agree that iTunes has a very big hold. It might be to an extent true in US and i would say only to an extent. Either way who cares about iPod... yeah i agree that it is awesome but ..whatever.

Here is the complete story and lets wait till september..

kathipara layout when completed

2008-08-17T14:59:00.001+10:00

This is how it should look once completed, i am not sure if this will completely regulate all the traffic.. Source is wikimapia

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MP3 Players To Be Searched At Customs For Pirated Music?

2008-08-17T02:11:00.002+10:00

Well this is not a very good news for many... see the source here

Man lying on mount road

2008-08-12T01:52:00.004+10:00

This video i shot while returning from work. You can see a man lying on the road, with passers looking at him.... .

and then is this budget rent a car in chennai....?

MIT developing super-realistic image system

2008-08-10T02:30:00.001+10:00

David Chandler, MIT News Office August 7, 2008 By producing "6-D" images, an MIT professor and colleagues are creating unusually realistic pictures that not only have a full three-dimensional appearance, but also respond to their environment, producing natural shadows and highlights depending on the direction and intensity of the illumination around them. Read more

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Excellent video

2008-08-09T04:51:00.001+10:00

Tho' i couldnt comprehend this completely, i would suggest every indian to watch this video!

human paper weight

2008-08-05T22:42:00.002+10:00

Today morning on my way to work, i saw this guy sitting on top of a pile of garbage. He was not sitting on a road side garbage pile but was sitting on the truck that was carrying city's garbage. Why would i call him a human paper weight? hmm.. usually the trucks cover the garbage with a net and this guy was sitting on the net like a paper weight, i cant but pity him. It stinks when you are about 20 - 30 yards from the truck... imagine this guy sitting on it itself.

hulu

2008-08-03T16:56:00.001+10:00

Guys in US you all can enjoy what is supposedly the best high quality video streaming site that is available... for people like me outside the US the site does'nt seem to work. This is just a screen shot from the site... so guys check this site out

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Flock rock!

2008-08-03T01:23:00.001+10:00

This is my post from integrated from flock browser.... guys try this browser out!

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Apple gets better

2008-07-29T12:22:00.002+10:00

yeah! you are rite... we have been getting lots of news about the new Mac book pro and Mac book that might not even use intel but as usual we will not know what is in store till the steve comes on stage!

But look at this! this is something people have always wanted "color changing cases" now thats freaky read this article about the patent that apple has filed

Haddows road

2008-07-29T11:26:00.002+10:00

I shot this video from terrace of my office building! Look at the chaos at lunch time.

Eagerly waiting to see the joker

2008-07-27T15:17:00.003+10:00

Warner Bros' The Dark Knight continues to power drive the North American box office and grossed a whopping $23.1 million Friday from 4,366 theaters. That's down only 66% from its record-smashing debut a week ago. With an expected $78 million weekend, down only 50% from the best-ever Fri-Sat-Sun, the Christian Bale-Heath Ledger actioner directed by Chris Nolan is also well on its way to making $300M in just 10 days, the fastest ever (beating Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest which did it is 16 days). All anybody can do at the studios is keep repeating the word, "Amazing". And it is. There are even whispers starting whether Dark Knight can beat the incredible worldwide numbers posted by the all-time $1.8 billion benchmark of Titanic. "It can be the first movie that has a real shot," one rival studio bigwig told me cautiously. Because not only do people like the movie, but it's getting incredible repeat business. Even occasional moviegoers are curious to see what all the fuss is about.

I would like to see this beat titanic!

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MAC vs PC vs UBUNTU

2008-07-22T13:01:00.001+10:00

This picture courtesy sums it all...

Keep in mind

2008-07-16T13:22:00.003+10:00

No! this post is not intended for the readers but its more for myself but these three points i feel are very important

1. Don't try to change anyone neither expect them to change for you, let them be the way they are

2. No Ego! - please

3. Fight for your cause! but accept what you get, life is too good to spend it being upset.

Each one of the above points were told by three different people... thanks to you all

Nokia navigator

2008-07-16T11:00:00.002+10:00

I got my navigator phone 2 months back and the phone works just fine in chennai, guides me to all the places in chennai, but yesterday i found a small glitch ... The phone completely avoids taking the sardar patel road and shows all possible ways to avoid it. I dont know what is the problem. Has anyone experienced the same problem.

this reminds me of memento

2008-07-14T12:58:00.001+10:00

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button from HD Trailers on Vimeo.

Chennai City traffic Police - Doing a good job!

2008-06-23T12:11:00.004+10:00

I have been feeling this for sometime. Chennai city traffic police have been doing an excellent job. I dont think any other state or city police are doing so much for traffic regulation. They are at almost all the places, important junctions on holidays and late hours alike.

I took this picture yesterday afternoon (sunday) at kathipara junction, thanks to saturdays rain, this Traffic police is standing in ankle deep murky water regulating traffic. I am not sure anyone else would do this. Hats off and i do salute your hard work and effort.

My humble request please do not curse these people, i do understand there might be few black sheeps but then they are in every industry! Learn to respect them

Dasavathaaram Review

2008-06-18T12:10:00.002+10:00

Found this awesome podcast about the movie which explains few theories in the movie... please listen to it if you din understand. Thanks to sudharshan who has done this podcast

Four long years

2008-05-13T11:46:00.002+10:00

Happy birthday to my blog - its four years old now and this is 200th post. BTW i have another blog comerme.blogspot.com with two team members, its about food and restaurants around the world. Please let me know if you want to join as a member and start posting.

Eye Phone

2008-04-13T13:05:00.002+10:00

This is not just another iPHONE competitor. As the site describes - " If you see something interesting while out walking for instance, you take a photograph with your mobile phone, select the item of interest with the cursor and in real time preprocessed information on the object selected is sent to your mobile phone. "

Uses a technique called "angle sensing", this technique actually identifies the angle of the shot taken. Ofcourse this will take time to reach india. Read on

Curb the evil!

2008-04-03T13:42:00.002+11:00

After the april 2007 virginia tech incident, this is not what i expected. Now i really feel that, this is an issue. Read on

Mobile phone more dangerous than smoking

2008-03-31T13:29:00.003+11:00

Though there were articles which speculated the harmful effects of the radiation from a mobile phone, there was no conclusive evidence of its relation with health disorders. This study now shows that it is definitely a concern and also that, next decade will be a proof of it.
Read the story here...

Picture perfect

2008-03-17T14:12:00.002+11:00

I guess some amount of editing has been done but yet the this is a masterpiece!!! kudos to the photographer

Pigeon

2008-03-17T04:53:00.002+11:00

I had to clean the pigeon mess inside the home... doing so i found a baby pigeon and pigeon egg! Now i did some reading and found that, eggs take 18 days to hatch and i have no clue if it is still alive..and the baby pigeon doesnt eat anything. Anyone has any idea how to feed the baby or what it eats?

Antioxidants Myth?

2008-03-12T04:51:00.001+11:00

Now not again! another survey and this one converts a long thought belief to be a mere myth. Read on, i am kind of confused now.... are surveys any means concluding anything?

High beam - chennaite's

2008-03-02T04:30:00.002+11:00

This is to all the chennai drivers using high beam at night. It is really irritating and it is unsafe for the vehicles coming in the opposite direction. Please use the head light to see the road and not on face of the driver in the opposite direction. Humble request please do not use unless and until high beam is needed. Chennai police should take this seriously..

The map says it all

2008-03-01T17:33:00.000+11:00

Now i am all the more curious check this link out

Lifebuoy latest music direct lift off

2008-02-26T02:55:00.002+11:00

Watched this ad in the TV, I knew it was a complete copy. Google for "'m Shipping up to Boston".... i just love the music...and btw this music is played in THE DEPARTED as well...

Citycat

2008-02-23T23:24:00.002+11:00

For the uninitiated this is going to be the first Air-Powered Car, and guess what tata motors is planning it. First news that came out washe Air Car will likely never hit American shores, especially considering its all-glue construction. But that doesn’t mean the major automakers can write it off as a bizarre Indian experiment — MDI has signed deals to bring its design to 12 more countries, including Germany, Israel and South Africa.

A recent news suggests that "Air-Powered Car Coming to U.S. in 2009 to 2010 at Sub-$18,000, Could Hit 1000-Mile Range" tata i guess is striking the right cord this time, i remember TATA's entry into UK market which was not at al successful. Hoping that this concept will be a hit soon. Either we should be able to see Citycats in the last quarter of 2008. Keeping my fingers crossed.

Steve not again

2008-02-20T05:30:00.002+11:00

I have always wondered what is it with apple's secret releases, of all the products released so far, i can think of iPhone and leopard for which the dates were announced. Rest either u see them on the site or its in some news that the product is already out. I definitely don't understand the marketing behind the whole thing. For instance i got my mac book september first week, 5 days after i got it, Macbooks were shipped with iLife 08 and i din have clue coz i would have waited another 5 days... if i were to upgrade i will have to shell out $79 for the newer version.

I like everything about apple, but not the secret releases... i cant honestly comprehend the tactics behind this. I can understand the impact is big when the speculation is almost nil, but i hate when i get affected. Anyways my vote is for u steve anyday...

The latest news... 1G Shuffle is just $49 go grab if u are planning for one

Never ever sleep with water tap open...

2008-02-19T03:22:00.003+11:00

Morning 6 30:

Ding dong... ding dong....ding dong.. {sleepily i knew that it was paper boy, he is the only one who likes to play with calling bell} usually i dont get to the door, but today morning i had to, as i had to pay him. I get down from my bed splaaaash.... before i could realise i was in a haste to go open the door, but the bedroom floor was filled with water. Anyone with camera could have shot a jonty rodes in action.. i got up all drenched and went to the door... ( hall, bedroom, kitchen and another bedroom had atleast 1 cm of water... my addidas, sketchers all floating)..

paper boy : sir enna sir achu?

me : onnum illa... yevolo achu?

pb: 200 sir... yen sir veedu fulla thani... (dai naan enomo inge kulicha maari paakra)

me : therila ...

pb: paathu sir

7 30 :

1 hour and still going... trying to wipe the water out but in vein.. finally gave up cleaing at 7 45...with a bad back ache

. I opened the valve in the night, we get water only 30 mins everyday, so was lazy to wake up at 6 and open, so i opened it in the night itself, i do this usually but somehow i wake up at 615 or so and close, today i overslept a bit and ... rest is history :(

I am back

2008-02-17T21:14:00.002+11:00

I am not sure how many of my good ol readers still visit my blog, i had given myself a decent break from blogging. I am back again ( would love to put that billa music for this punch... lol over scene). Was trying to reason out as to why i was out of blogging world... i dont know why!!!

I want break myself free out of this stupid routine life.. no workouts, no games (well since i returned back i dont have my old pals in chennai except for one).. when i am idle i am really idle and when busy.... anyways no more excuse, should do things worthwhile.

btw chk this out.... lol

Top 10 Valentine's Day Gadget Gifts for Gals

2008-02-14T02:14:00.002+11:00

Err what? gadgets girls?? do they have anything in common..

Read this ...

Well was wondering why on earth am i reading all these articles once again Feb 14 is going to be just another day for me... trying to be emotional lol... anyways to all those deserving couples...wishing u deserving valentines day.

Sony Ericsson Xperia X1

2008-02-12T13:33:00.000+11:00

I just read the specs, everything just looks fabulous, but it runs on windows. No i am not complaining too much about it. My take is that windows on mobile has not been too successful and by the way why is everyone trying to compete with iPhone, doing that you guys are promoting iPhone... anyways the phone is packed with features

check this site here...

Pirivom... Santhipom...

2008-02-11T13:14:00.000+11:00

As usual i was late by 15 mins {last weeks billa i was late by 35 mins : -(}, gv had come down from blore and wanted to see a movie, reading the review i thought this was best of the lot. The movie started of well but then somewhere in between, it got too sentimental or emotional ...whatever!!!

We guys went all the way to mayajaal to watch this one... may be it was not worth going all the way to mayajaal, me and gv left the theater before the movie got over and visited our college (will write about that in the next post). The movie isn targeted for youngsters it more a house wife weepy weepy kind of a story. I dont want to comment too much, but would just say, if you like the soaps in sun or jaya tv, you might like this as well.

[+] - I don't know and as i said i dont want to comment on the -ves

wat's wrong with blogger

2008-02-10T17:20:00.001+11:00

There is some problem with the blogspot, or this is happening to me alone... It doesn't recognize line breaks anymore, and if i give my own line break i see two lines when published... this could be effect of 3rd party templates i was using long back, but thats been ages. All my recent past posts look weird... apologies for that

Taare zameen par....

2008-02-09T05:23:00.000+11:00

i am just speechless... master piece! absolute master piece!!!!

wow!

2008-02-01T00:27:00.000+11:00

This is the phone which i had wanted for a long time. GPS enabled but by none other than the big GARMIN itself. Take a sneek peek at the phone, first resemblance is iPhone but who cares. I am kind of worried if its going to be AT&T again, those people are going to be expensive and i would even imagine they charge for the GPS usage. Lets wait and watch what happens when this is launched. http://gizmodo.com/350894/garmin-goes-beyond-portable-navi-with-nvifone

Three signs of how i feel now

2008-01-11T03:36:00.000+11:00

Source yahoo- "Awful," "dreary," and "miserable" are adjectives that many people use to describe their jobs at one time or another. Dissatisfaction on the job is common and often temporary. But not many people take time to analyze what makes a job miserable, and how to fix it. Fortunately Patrick Lencioni has done much of that work in his book "The Three Signs of a Miserable Job." Job Misery Is Universal The author notes that a "miserable" job differs from a "bad" job, as one person's dream job may not appeal to another worker. A miserable job, however, has some universal traits. "A miserable job makes a person cynical and frustrated and demoralized when they go home at night," Lencioni says. "It drains them of their energy, their enthusiasm, and self-esteem. Miserable jobs can be found in every industry and at every level." Lencioni blames much of the problem on managers, who are a key factor in the job satisfaction (or dissatisfaction) of their employees. A recent Yahoo! HotJobs survey points to a similar conclusion: 43% of workers said discontent with their boss was the main reason they planned to look for a new job in 2008. The Three Signs Lencioni identifies the three signs of job misery as anonymity, irrelevance, and "immeasurement." Anonymity: Employees feel anonymous when their manager has little interest in them as people with unique lives, aspirations, and interests. Irrelevance: This condition occurs when workers cannot see how their job makes a difference. "Every employee needs to know that the work they do impacts someone's life -- a customer, a coworker, even a supervisor -- in one way or another." Immeasurement: This term describes the inability of employees to assess for themselves their contributions or success. As a result they often rely on the opinions of others -- usually the manager -- to measure their success. Three Remedies for Job Misery For workers who may be experiencing the signs of job misery, Lencioni recommends three steps to improve the boss-employee dynamic and enhance job satisfaction. 1. Assess your manager. Is the boss interested in and capable of addressing the three factors mentioned above? "Most managers really do want to improve, in spite of the fact that they may seem disinterested or too busy," Lencioni says. 2. Help your manager understand what you need. This could mean reviewing with your manager what the key measurements for success are for your job. Lencioni also suggests asking your boss, "Can you help me understand why this work I'm doing makes a difference to someone?" 3. Act more like the manager you want. "Employees who take a greater interest in the lives of their managers are bound to infect them with the same kind of human interest they seek," the author says. Or find ways to let your manager know how his or her performance makes a positive difference for you. Be Realistic Richard Phillips, founder of Career Advantage Solutions, agrees that "managing up" is a good way to improve job satisfaction, but he cautions employees to be realistic in their expectations. "Managers are not mind readers," he says. "Take the responsibility to communicate upon yourself, and remember there has to be an ongoing dialogue, or change is unlikely to happen."

General knowledge

2007-12-16T12:55:00.000+11:00

he he... check this one here!!! http://www.furfy.com/virginitymap.html?source=qgyh2

Mist - Movie review

2007-11-24T19:02:00.000+11:00

For once, i went to watch a movie without reading review and without knowing what it was about, the movie is pretty ok and story-line though not too different from various fictions, is well taken. Based on the Stephen King's novel is definitely a one time watch, a lot of people might not like the way movie ends, but then i felt there was no other way it could have either... Verdict - go for it 4/5

Hilarious

2007-11-17T15:32:00.001+11:00

vel - movie review

2007-11-11T21:07:00.000+11:00

CAST - SURYA, SURYA, ASIN, VADIVEL rest i dunno

DIRECTOR - HARI

MUSIC - YUVAN

[+] - i dunno what is plus in the movie, sorry except for one song, even yuvan disappointed. Even surya's acting skills are wasted.

[-] - Director hari, one humble request, we all know that making a movie is not a joke for that we have high regards, but make a movie enjoyable, this movie is like a repeat telecast of your earlier movies --- extensive use of cell phones, high speed jeep chase, mixing three four scenes together...dude we saw this earlier and we saw it from you... so please stop

overall verdict... watch the movie only if you have no other work

1/5

175th POST

2007-10-30T17:59:00.001+11:00

1-800-GOOG-411

2007-10-17T07:37:00.000+10:00

Free service from google, use it to search local listings.

what in the weird

2007-09-20T09:45:00.000+10:00

chk this

wayne rooney

2007-09-15T13:58:00.001+10:00

steffi

2007-09-15T13:44:00.000+10:00

Restaurants

2007-08-13T05:26:00.000+10:00

Hey guys, i have started a new place where i can publish my reviews about restaurants in and around irvine. I will not limit myself to irvine, will also write about restaurants in other places. The site

Bourne Ultimatum - review

2007-08-06T05:49:00.000+10:00

Watched the third one in the offing...i wouldnt say it is a must watch, but it indeed is a decent movie

[+] - Visuals [+] - Jason bourne [+] - Sound track [-] - Fails to explain a lot of incidents, this is what happens when your try to make a novel into a movie.

So, if you have a weekend to while away your time, go for this one

Stats....

2007-07-30T07:32:00.000+10:00

Petrol consumption per day Country wise...I am speechless

Real life anniyan

2007-07-12T03:53:00.000+10:00

What happens to corrupt people?? Hindu article I dunno if it is right? or wrong either... what do you guys think

This is bad

2007-07-04T08:38:00.000+10:00

Jammu: In a second case of suicide in two days among the armed forces deployed in Jammu and Kashmir, a soldier shot himself with a rifle at a camp near her e on Monday, apparently due to work-related stress.
<\br> The Hindu

is it?

2007-07-02T05:16:00.000+10:00

is it necessary to be harsh to someone, whom you dont want to hurt????

Live free or die hard - review

2007-07-01T13:58:00.000+10:00

Today saw this movie, i kind of liked the movie...to me it lived to its trailers' expectation. My verdict go see it!!!

Also watched movie sivaji n my verdict -"no comments"

U.S. wants India to lower wheat quality specifications

2007-06-09T04:58:00.000+10:00

so are we supposed to eat lower quality food? how mean....!!! but i am happy that, india has started demanding things..!!!

Chk out this Hindu news article

Typical Bachelors Kitchen

2007-06-07T13:34:00.001+10:00

Thats how our kitchen normally looks...

nice video

2007-06-02T12:33:00.000+10:00

Pic

2007-05-01T15:37:00.000+10:00

will write about the mammoth trip soon... i made a chicago trip in between...

This is lake michigan frm Holland,MI

Mammoth Part II

2007-04-16T08:09:00.000+10:00

1. Gondola ride

2. From the summit

3. June Lake

4. Sunset at Mono lake

5. June lke

Our group was the only group in june and mono lake.. that made it more beautiful

Mammoth trip fotos

2007-04-11T13:56:00.000+10:00

I will write about the trip later... first the Photos

This i took on the way to mammoth... a place where they sell Beef Jerky... Mammoth village by night Village clock tower

Mammoth summit - 11053 feet

I will put more photos in the next post

Yahoo! Mail goes to infinity and beyond

2007-04-11T08:13:00.000+10:00

This is true! check this out!!!

This weeks video

2007-04-04T14:29:00.000+10:00

1. Pray for my brother - a r Rahman

2. Thanhayee - Dil chatha hai

Cricket

2007-03-28T13:04:00.000+10:00

I have never been a fan of this game...I dunno what so ever! I always thought that media and people gave too much attention to the sport. Anyways this post is in support of the indian team.. yeah! they lost big time... but what the heck? they are humans

Media and fans please give them a break.... Its "just" a game ... and please treat it like one.

This weeks video's

2007-03-26T14:37:00.000+10:00

There are two videos that i have added this week

1. Jamelia Superstar

2. Climax from Sadma The videos are on the right column. Scroll down a bit to see them

Mozhi - Review

2007-03-25T05:26:00.000+10:00

Got a chance to see this movie, let me tell you this movie is way better than the movies that are out recently. I must also confess that i have not seen all the movies that were out. Thanks to prakash raj again for such a lovely movie. A simple story but very well told. I would give a 4.5 out of 5

[+] - Prakash raj [+] - Story [+] - Jothika [+] - Light but nice humour

i cant actually see any minuses in the movie. If you get a chance then dont miss the movie

DSC T50

2007-03-23T15:51:00.000+11:00

Thats my house taken with my new camera DSC T50

2007-03-11T06:28:00.000+11:00

sometimes it is better that things go unsaid! Probably i am a little emotional person... anyways it was not funny!

cauvery

2007-02-06T03:29:00.000+11:00

http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200702051701.htm

and btw this is my 150th post... took a very long time to hit this mark

what is this?

2007-01-09T04:29:00.000+11:00

http://www.hindu.com/2007/01/08/stories/2007010822890100.htm

2006-2007

2007-01-01T11:17:00.000+11:00

You realise that you dont write to me? Emailed my cousin, and what he meant was i never take the initiative to write mails. I was more happy to press that 'reply' button than the 'compose' button.

May be 10 to 15 years back i remember my mom asking me to add 3-4 lines in her letter to my granparents...she would say ' you should make it a habbit of writing letters' they will be happy to see your message. Same was the case when we recieved letter from them, my grandad made sure he wrote a paragraph just for me. The problem was reading it... his writing was a perfect example of a doctors prescription. He was a doctor! It used to take me a while before i could decrypt the message and read. Now that i am proficient enough to read his letters he is no more. Anyways that is not the issue and i dont want get too emotional on that.

I felt that, this year i was too lazy when it came to writing mails. No more leaking pens, no more stamps, no more rainy day... no more...err almost nothing... all it takes is 'write n send'... rest assured that it has reached the intended person.. unless mr.daemon decides to reply you back. A small simple mail personally addressed makes me feel happy... and i bet everyone agrees with me. So i would try my level best to write mail, i mean initiate of my own.

Year 2006 has been a nice year... few ups and downs and looking forward for 2007.

wishing all my blog friends a happy n prosperous 2007.

mapquest

2006-11-15T03:58:00.000+11:00

Yesterday for the first time i used map quest... this site has a feature that i can choose not to use highways in the route to the destination and since 5 north is pathetic in the evenings i gave this a try.

I took me to another street by the same name in the same city... tho' i had given the full address.. lucky me that.. it was within 5 miles of my destination

Guru Movie

2006-11-14T12:52:00.000+11:00

Thats me in the Dona point beach... i dunoo but for some reason i like this foto... i went to see the movie borat... my advice please refrain yourself! My god.. i cant imagine how they can even think of making a movie like that... I was told by my friend and still i went to watch...

another movie about which i dont want to talk about is dharmapuri...

and by the way this post has nothing to do with the movie guru.

Listen to this

2006-11-08T15:12:00.000+11:00

I got this song from radio blog. thought you ppl would like..

i have not been regular with posts... i guess i will be back to normal soon

The Prestige - movie review

2006-10-23T07:38:00.000+10:00

This is a movie about two magicians played by Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale. A story of friendship turning to rivalry and which turns to vengence! I went to see this movie for the reason that, it was from the director of momento and batman begins. The movie is good and definately worth watching once.

Scarlett Johansson has a worth while role in the movie! The only drawback in the movie is when Tesla box comes into the picture. Other wise, the performance, screenplay and editing is all flawless. So my verdict, go see it!

I saw prestige on friday and another movie called The Departed yesterday. Though the ratings for the movie were good, i din like the movie much. The movie has a similiar story line to that of kuridhi punal by kamal hassan. Undercover cop gets into a mafia gang and the gang is trying all means to find out about the rat! The movie is nothing great considering that it has Matt damon and jack nicolson. My verdict watch it if you have nothing else to see

Yesterday we all had a small get together for diwali, it was fun. It was fun playing with the kids. But poor them, they dont get a chance to fire crackers here! I bet they will be afraid to play with them when they go back to india.

Hope everyone had a safe diwali! subha i owe you the tag, i will write one soon

Watch this and enjoy! these guys rock, its called the Yogi B n Nachathira Feat Lock Up - Madai Thiranthu

weirdo me

2006-10-06T10:04:00.000+10:00

I have been tagged by marutham, its been a long time that I wrote a tag. Well the tag game is back and I am back with a tag story. The tag is about few weird things about me. I reckon everyone has their own weird side and here is mine.

CAR SINGER: you would have heard of bathroom singer! Now what is this car singer?? Well perusa onum illa. I like to sing when I am driving alone. one crazy habit! I know if I turn the speakers off, I would myself stop singing as my voice is pathetic but anyways..

COMIC LOVER: There is nothing weird about this, other than the fact that, i still love to read comics and watch cartoon. If anyone out there is like me, then you tube and google videos rock. I saw tintin in tibet in google videos.

POORI HATER: yeah! I hate those pooris! I cant just stand them, I used to like them when I was a kid, but I dunno when I started hating those things. Poori dripping oil, my god! I cant even imagine.

Shoe lace: This might sound totally non sensical, but I cant tie my lace which will hold itself for more than an hour, I dont know what happens to the stupid thing. After a preset time, the stupid thing unties itself. So atleast 5-6 times in a day I tie my lace… thats sad!

Maths : Guys at college know that I was pathetic in maths, what they dont know is at times I can really silly with simple ones. Like 11 in binary is eleven or 70 + 29 is 89, even now I do these mistakes.

Absent minded: I was never like this, but these days I am turning into one big time. The list includes, trying to call my own cell number from cell itself, ends up listening to my unread voice mail. Taking exactly the wrong freeway (North instead of south) and realizing after a while.

I am tagging sp, nawaz