Tweeting

Came across this wonderful image that was put up on the twitter page a while ago saying "Too many tweets, try again later". How creative!

Having said that, twitter IM is finally up and running. That was my first tweet after the IM started working LOL. I felt full of life seeing the IM service work. I don't know if twitter will be of any use but, it's fun. If you are feeling bored visit the site http://twittervision.com. An excellent mash up of Google earth and Twitter which shows where the tweets are coming from.

There's also http://flickrvision.com. The 3D earth feature on both the sites is amazing. It shows the dark ( with lights in the cities ) and sun lit zones too.

The Forbidden Kingdom

"... Strength is like water. Nothing is softer than water. Yet it can overcome rock. It does not fight. It flows around the opponent. Formless, nameless...the true master dwells within. Only you can free him." - An ancient Chinese proverb explained in The Forbidden Kingdom. A good movie. Fantasy, Comedy, Action blended perfectly. Highly recommended if you are feeling stressful, tired, bored etc. It's a feel good movie. Very refreshing indeed. The dialogues were written quite well. The only problem you'll probably face is understanding Jackie's and Jet Li's English. Aah! their ridiculous Chinese accent. I'd rather watch it with sub-titles. The storyline is very predictable in the end but you'll find it nice. closing scene in the movie resembled Kung-Fu Hustle in a way because of it's classy romantic touch.

I am the "lucky winner"

What a start to the day. The first mail I read brought good news. Here's the mail.

Attn: Lucky Recipient,

Congratulations, it is with great pleasure to inform you, of your E-mail emerging as one of our winners in this year Shell Lottery International Lottery Promotion.

This program is conducted annually and you have emerged as one of our winner for this year 2008. And Note that, All winnings MUST be claimed before 28 days after notification; otherwise all funds will be confisticated.

You hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of US$500,000.00 (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash credit file.You are required to contact your regional claims agent.

Nickolas Kidman
Shell International Lottery Inc
Email...nickkidman.shell@gmail.com

Best Regards,
Walter Abramov (Mr)
Lottery Coordinator
Shell International Lottery Inc

LOL. Bollocks! wtf ? Of course, I did not fall for it. Later, I googled for "Shell International Lottery Inc." Here's an interesting link I found which has the list of many Lottery scams.

Altec Lansing

Bought woofer yesterday. I hesitated a lot in choosing Altec Lansing ( VS2421 model ) . It had to be either Creative A300 or Altec Lansing. I did not have much of a choice. I took out a coin and tossed it. Called heads to buy Altec Lansing. And heads it was. GBR asked for a re-toss. LOL. So, it was best of 3. The other two tosses resulted in tails. Never mind, screw the toss. Manohar insisted that it's worth paying 2.1 k for the 2.1 sub woofer. Indeed, it is. Amazing experience in my room. I am enjoying myself a lot. I hope this is not a moneymoon period.

" What is the first song that's going to be played ? " was the argument among three of us. I suggested Fever Fever. GBR preferred some Jalsa track. We finally decided to stick with some very well established song. Then it struck to GBR - Athadu title song. Great! everyone agreed.

The best thing yesterday was , someone was passing by my room. I started a song. He came back and appreciated the quality.

The vibrations on the sub woofer are remarkable. I captured a video of it when Fever Fever was being played. It looks really good.

Blogger is amazing. It lets me edit the post while the video is being upload. The upload speed is very good too. 21M uploaded in about 8 minutes.

We are starting to the trip tomorrow morning. This is the last day at IIIT with the whole batch. I did not start packing my stuff. But, my wingers and I are going to McD. One last time together ...

Best of the bunch

Sunset
Originally uploaded by harith.s

This one's the best sunset photograph that I have shot. I wish I could have shot the clouds alone. Damn you! Flood lights.