Posts from ‘November, 2009’

November – Scorpio

A Sun Sign signifies the state (position etc.) of the sun, planets and all other components of the solar system when a person is born. Hence, it has a deep rooted impact on the general nature of a person.
It is a deeply studied field which has been a center of curiosity for people from generations [...]

X-Men Series

Cast: Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Patrick Stewart, James Marsden, Rebecca Romijn, Famke Janssen
I’m not much of an action movie fan until the screenplay is backed by a strong storyline. Hey wait!! I think I’ve already told you that. Anyways, so the general kind of movies I watch don’t include many Rocky or Rambo or even [...]

Laughter Dose

It was the end of the school year, and a kindergarten teacher was receiving gifts from her pupils.
The florist’s son handed her a gift. She shook it, held it overhead, and said, “I bet I know what it is. Flowers.” “That’s right!” the boy said, “But, how did you know?” “Oh, just a wild guess,” [...]

YouTube Goes Full HD 1080

Almost all of us have watched and appreciated 720p HD videos on YouTube, and we thought it couldn’t get better. Well, here’s some good news. YouTube just announced support for 1080p Full HD videos.
Starting next week, YouTube will feature an added 1080p viewing mode for videos uploaded in the said resolution. Moreover, if you have previously uploaded 1080p videos [...]

Adobe releases new versions for Flash & AIR beta

Adobe Labs on Monday released test versions of two closely related foundations for Net-based applications, Flash Player 10.1 and AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) 2.
Notable Flash Player 10.1 supports not just Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux computers, but also a variety of smartphones, though that support isn’t yet built in. What is available is hardware-based [...]

The Inverted Angle

Walking along the road, I see a variety of sights around me. Cars, buses, bi-cycles speeding past;people chatting along while walking;people who’ve brought their dogs out for a walk and many such not so interesting, usual scenes. I go and sit at the bench by the side of the road and look around me. I [...]

A.R.Rahman

After last month’s break, the ‘Artist of the month’ section is back on my blog, this time with an Indian music composer and singer who brought home our first ever Oscar award in the music category for his composition. The man who took Indian music the world over and got it recognized and acclaimed internationally. [...]

I Saw You

Author: Julie Parsons
I got this book issued from British Library, Pune about a month back. I had never heard of the writer, nor the book prior to that, so deciding to read it was a pure experiment. I won’t say the experiment turned out to be a miracle, but yeah, it managed to occupy my [...]

Laughter Dose

Revisit school shall we??

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ROFL…