Will keep trying until I get a 'great' one! :-)
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
My First Attempt at HDR Imaging!
Finally got the 8gig CF card for my DSLR yesterday(bought on ebay for 17 quid), tried a few snaps, and gave HDR a try. The results are not that striking! Here are the pics, taken at increments of 2 units and the final HDR output, produced using Photomatix:
-2 0 +2
Resulting HDR image.
Another try, with AEB steps of 1 unit:
-1 0 +1
Final HDR output.
Will post some more once I get comfortable with the technique.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
27 yrs, 7 days past.......Life creeps on!
Fade in to Date:
June 5th, 1981.
Voiceover(sounding like one of those Hollywood voice over guys):
June 5th 1981, a day written in capitals for the world to remember, cos on this day was born Mankinds' Saviour, Naveen Nagesh!
Cut to:
Abrupt ending!!
LOL!!!
I am not sure if I will be mankinds' Saviour or not, but as of now I feel am definitly a burden on Mankind. Its been 27 years of me taking this 'avatar', on this planet and what have been the major highlights of the past year:
Taking a huge risk and leaving a well paid job in Bangalore and travelling to an unknown land in search of greener pastures.
Well the 'risk' has defienitly paid off. Not in terms of any monetary benefits as such, but broadening my view about life. Being brought up in a totally protected environment back home, I was grossly unprepared for the hardships of living an independent life. But, hey Thank God, I have been given ample support to cope with my hardships through great friends like my housemates, Shankar,Mardi.
Other highlights include(have been thinking for 5 mins now): will be updated when i think of something!
People who wished me on june 5th:
Dad,mom,sis1,sis2.
santosh karthik.
Lini,Rahul.
My office Colleagues.
People who spoke(chat) to me and did not wish(no offences meant:-)):
bj,vivek,kummi,mayakar.
Voiceover:
This blog will self destroy in 5-4-3-..........!
(Intha G-Shocks genu kammi illa! :-))
June 5th, 1981.
Voiceover(sounding like one of those Hollywood voice over guys):
June 5th 1981, a day written in capitals for the world to remember, cos on this day was born Mankinds' Saviour, Naveen Nagesh!
Cut to:
Abrupt ending!!
LOL!!!
I am not sure if I will be mankinds' Saviour or not, but as of now I feel am definitly a burden on Mankind. Its been 27 years of me taking this 'avatar', on this planet and what have been the major highlights of the past year:
Taking a huge risk and leaving a well paid job in Bangalore and travelling to an unknown land in search of greener pastures.
Well the 'risk' has defienitly paid off. Not in terms of any monetary benefits as such, but broadening my view about life. Being brought up in a totally protected environment back home, I was grossly unprepared for the hardships of living an independent life. But, hey Thank God, I have been given ample support to cope with my hardships through great friends like my housemates, Shankar,Mardi.
Other highlights include(have been thinking for 5 mins now): will be updated when i think of something!
People who wished me on june 5th:
Dad,mom,sis1,sis2.
santosh karthik.
Lini,Rahul.
My office Colleagues.
People who spoke(chat) to me and did not wish(no offences meant:-)):
bj,vivek,kummi,mayakar.
Voiceover:
This blog will self destroy in 5-4-3-..........!
(Intha G-Shocks genu kammi illa! :-))
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Firefox saves the Day!
An unusual afternoon on a weekday, unusual because Lord Helios was shining bright throughout the day(that's 'breaking news' in this part of the world). I was busy at work, thought of checking my yahoo mail, then I saw this:
Update Your Axis ® Online Banking Account from Axis Bank
I became suspicious, hmmm.......what is this. For the first time ever, I came across such a warning. This is strange. After diligently reading the Firefox message, I saw the URL of the Webpage:
http://axis.00freehost.com/index.php?bank=www.axisbank.com
Hmm.......this is extremely strange. A full fledged bank, hosting its pages on a free server. That's not the norm. Then I came to the conclusion that I was being 'Phished'. For the first time :-)
I immediately fwded the mail to Axis Bank and warned them. If not for Firefox, I would have been easily cheated. Thank you Firefox!
After sometime, and with some time to fiddle with, I went back to that link and entered all the fake details so that the guy, whoever is phishing, has some laughs or two after reading it :-)
Update Your Axis ® Online Banking Account from Axis Bank
Dear Valued Axis Bank Member:
Due to our concerns, for the safety and integrity of your Axis® Bank Account,
we have issued this warning Notification.
It has come to our attention that your Axis® Bank account information needs
to be updated as part of our continuous commitment in protecting your account and
reducing the instances of fraud on our website. Please take out your time to update
your personal records to enable us serve you better.
Once you have updated your account records your account, services will not
be interrupted and will continue as usual.
To update your Axis® Bank online records, click on the following link:
https://www.axisbank.com/Control.do?page=update
Thank You.
Accounts Management As outlined in our User Agreement, Axis ® Bank will
periodically send you information about site changes and enhancements.
Visit our Privacy Policy and User Agreement if you have any questions.
Like any other novice account holder I clicked on the link. And I was taken to this webpage:
I became suspicious, hmmm.......what is this. For the first time ever, I came across such a warning. This is strange. After diligently reading the Firefox message, I saw the URL of the Webpage:
http://axis.00freehost.com/index.php?bank=www.axisbank.com
Hmm.......this is extremely strange. A full fledged bank, hosting its pages on a free server. That's not the norm. Then I came to the conclusion that I was being 'Phished'. For the first time :-)
I immediately fwded the mail to Axis Bank and warned them. If not for Firefox, I would have been easily cheated. Thank you Firefox!
After sometime, and with some time to fiddle with, I went back to that link and entered all the fake details so that the guy, whoever is phishing, has some laughs or two after reading it :-)
Friday, May 30, 2008
Got my hands on the DSLR- finally!
Was feeling a bit out of place with my Canon 300v Rebel series 35mm SLR, when i bought it 4 yrs ago, but could never afford a DSLR at that time. So finally, after years of waiting have got my hands on a Canon 400d. Bought it on ebay.co.uk for 285gbp, after frantic bidding :-). Here is the pic:
The camera is in good condition, except for some dust on the prism/mirror/lens, not sure where it is. The plug to the charger is missing. But the packing was irritatingly good ;-)
Next, bidding for a Sigma 70-300 lens and a nice pouch to hold everything in. Of course looking forward for some great snaps with this!
Next, bidding for a Sigma 70-300 lens and a nice pouch to hold everything in. Of course looking forward for some great snaps with this!
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Where are you from?
"Hi, I am Naveen."
"Hi, I am XYZ. Where are you from, Naveen?"
"Oh, I am from Bangalore."
"Oh, is it? Do you know Tamil?"
I stretched my right hand as far back as possible. And with a tight fist and maximum force, aimed for his left chin. 'Thump!' Ouch. My hand! Before I realised I was in pain, I saw him lying on the floor, his specs broken, bleeding from his mouth. I immediately called 999 and an ambulance arrived and started giving him first aid. He is now slowly recuperating at his home.
Well, all this would have happened if I had not told myself "Control maadko, control maadko". Lets go back to the conversation. But a bit of the background before that. My house mate's colleague, XYZ, had come down to see the house last week. So, he came in, I was busy watching "The Simpsons". My house mate introduced me to him.
"Hi Naveen, he is my colleague XYZ."
"Hi, I am Naveen."
My house mate gets a call and he goes out talking over the phone. I was keen on watching 'Simpsons'. After a while, Mr.XYZ breaks the silence.
"So, Where are you from?"
"I am from Bangalore."
"Oh, is it? Do you know Tamil?"
There was small pause, wherein I controlled my anger. And then just turned towards him and said, "No, I don't. I just know Kannada."
I turned away and continued watching 'The Simpsons'. Never wanted to talk to him. He also started watching it, probably guessing that I am more worried about the show than anything else. Meanwhile, my housemate walks in. Both of them talk about something, and in the end they bid me goodbye and leave the house.
Though I don't have any personal offence towards Mr.XYZ, I was deeply upset by the 'conclusions' people come to regarding citizens of Bangalore. It is very much true that you can easily survive in Bangalore without knowing 'Kannada', in fact that's exactly why the city has grown so fast. I truly like the 'Cosmopolitan' feeling the city exuberates, but I am afraid that has come at a cost. The cost being that of Kannadigas like me, slowly losing their identity. But if you look at all the big cities of the world, they became 'big', because the city welcomed everyone with open arms. I am sure that in a couple of decades Kannadigas will become 'extinct' in Bangalore, just like 'Marathi Maanus' have become in Mumbai. But is there anyway we can reverse the trend in 'our city'. :-)
"Hi, I am XYZ. Where are you from, Naveen?"
"Oh, I am from Bangalore."
"Oh, is it? Do you know Tamil?"
I stretched my right hand as far back as possible. And with a tight fist and maximum force, aimed for his left chin. 'Thump!' Ouch. My hand! Before I realised I was in pain, I saw him lying on the floor, his specs broken, bleeding from his mouth. I immediately called 999 and an ambulance arrived and started giving him first aid. He is now slowly recuperating at his home.
Well, all this would have happened if I had not told myself "Control maadko, control maadko". Lets go back to the conversation. But a bit of the background before that. My house mate's colleague, XYZ, had come down to see the house last week. So, he came in, I was busy watching "The Simpsons". My house mate introduced me to him.
"Hi Naveen, he is my colleague XYZ."
"Hi, I am Naveen."
My house mate gets a call and he goes out talking over the phone. I was keen on watching 'Simpsons'. After a while, Mr.XYZ breaks the silence.
"So, Where are you from?"
"I am from Bangalore."
"Oh, is it? Do you know Tamil?"
There was small pause, wherein I controlled my anger. And then just turned towards him and said, "No, I don't. I just know Kannada."
I turned away and continued watching 'The Simpsons'. Never wanted to talk to him. He also started watching it, probably guessing that I am more worried about the show than anything else. Meanwhile, my housemate walks in. Both of them talk about something, and in the end they bid me goodbye and leave the house.
Though I don't have any personal offence towards Mr.XYZ, I was deeply upset by the 'conclusions' people come to regarding citizens of Bangalore. It is very much true that you can easily survive in Bangalore without knowing 'Kannada', in fact that's exactly why the city has grown so fast. I truly like the 'Cosmopolitan' feeling the city exuberates, but I am afraid that has come at a cost. The cost being that of Kannadigas like me, slowly losing their identity. But if you look at all the big cities of the world, they became 'big', because the city welcomed everyone with open arms. I am sure that in a couple of decades Kannadigas will become 'extinct' in Bangalore, just like 'Marathi Maanus' have become in Mumbai. But is there anyway we can reverse the trend in 'our city'. :-)
Monday, April 14, 2008
Virtual Boy Friend: The Untold Story.....
He had dark circles,gloomy eyes, dried lips,was drowsy through out the day, basically it was evident that for the past few nights he hadnt had a good sleep. I asked him whats wrong? "Nothing", he said, "just been talking to my girlfriend late through the night."
His 'girlfriend' had moved to a country of a different timezone. So for her, it was no change. She would come back from office and call her Virtual Boy Friend who would be in deep sleep. And so he talked to her throughout the night and sometimes into early mornings. Hours of mindless chitchat that is not uncommon between a girl and her VBF.
So you must be thinking why am I putting 'Virtual' in front of the word 'boy friend'. Lets take the above situation, here the VBF under scanner is Theodre Sebastian, we will call him 'Teddy' for short and his 'girlfriend' is Padmini D'Souza, lets call her 'Peddy' for short.
Now, the kind of relationship these two are in, is a strange one. Both of them like each other but are scared to commit to each other. Both of them are 'looking out' for better stuff. Both of them know that the other one is not serious about anything. But still they talk to each other hours together, day in day out, buy gifts for each other. You may say that they are just being good friends, which I dont agree to. Teddy and Peddy have lot of other friends from the oppsite sex but they dont indulge in the late night talks and romantic conversations. So in my view they are more than just 'friends'.
Peddy projects Teddy as her boyfriend to all her friends(girls), in order to look 'cool'. She talks to him all the time and talks about him all the time in front of them. I am not sure why Teddy has to entertain such late night calls. What does he get out of it? Nothing but the dark circles under his eyes.
Peddy on the other hand can while away time whenever she is bored by talking to Teddy and giving him hopes of a long term relationship. The moment Peddy gets a good 'proposal' she will tell Teddy, am getting married, for which Teddy expresses shock. But then Peddy says the usual stuff, we are just friends, I never saw you from that point of view, it is not going to work out,blah,blah.......
And so Teddy ends up being a VBF for Peddy, who then lives happily everafter. If you are wondering what will happen to Teddy, he must have learnt a lesson from this, and started looking for a 'workable' relationship, hope its not too late for him.......
PS: The real names have been changed in order to protect the subjects' identities.
His 'girlfriend' had moved to a country of a different timezone. So for her, it was no change. She would come back from office and call her Virtual Boy Friend who would be in deep sleep. And so he talked to her throughout the night and sometimes into early mornings. Hours of mindless chitchat that is not uncommon between a girl and her VBF.
So you must be thinking why am I putting 'Virtual' in front of the word 'boy friend'. Lets take the above situation, here the VBF under scanner is Theodre Sebastian, we will call him 'Teddy' for short and his 'girlfriend' is Padmini D'Souza, lets call her 'Peddy' for short.
Now, the kind of relationship these two are in, is a strange one. Both of them like each other but are scared to commit to each other. Both of them are 'looking out' for better stuff. Both of them know that the other one is not serious about anything. But still they talk to each other hours together, day in day out, buy gifts for each other. You may say that they are just being good friends, which I dont agree to. Teddy and Peddy have lot of other friends from the oppsite sex but they dont indulge in the late night talks and romantic conversations. So in my view they are more than just 'friends'.
Peddy projects Teddy as her boyfriend to all her friends(girls), in order to look 'cool'. She talks to him all the time and talks about him all the time in front of them. I am not sure why Teddy has to entertain such late night calls. What does he get out of it? Nothing but the dark circles under his eyes.
Peddy on the other hand can while away time whenever she is bored by talking to Teddy and giving him hopes of a long term relationship. The moment Peddy gets a good 'proposal' she will tell Teddy, am getting married, for which Teddy expresses shock. But then Peddy says the usual stuff, we are just friends, I never saw you from that point of view, it is not going to work out,blah,blah.......
And so Teddy ends up being a VBF for Peddy, who then lives happily everafter. If you are wondering what will happen to Teddy, he must have learnt a lesson from this, and started looking for a 'workable' relationship, hope its not too late for him.......
PS: The real names have been changed in order to protect the subjects' identities.
Sunday, April 06, 2008
The Great London Olympic Torch Relay Circus!
On April 6th 2008, the Bejing Summer Olympics torch landed in London, ready to brave the crazy Bristish weather and even more crazy and determined Anti-China Protesters. There were a lot of Anti-China protesters waiting in the ring to plunge in and disrupt the relay, their efforts varying from blocking the run by sleeping on the roads, to grabbing the torch from Konnie Huq(video below) and to the most bizzare one being pointing a fire extinguisher at the torch. Failing in each case ofcourse, but they largely succeeded in bringing to the world the brutal Chinese oppression in Tibet.
Close to 2,000 policemen and a million quids were spend to keep the torch burning throughout the journey. At one point, the flame was moved to a bus since the police couldn't keep up with more and more protesters. But the run was again continued on foot till it reached its destination the O2 arena.
Another Video of the same event.
Close to 2,000 policemen and a million quids were spend to keep the torch burning throughout the journey. At one point, the flame was moved to a bus since the police couldn't keep up with more and more protesters. But the run was again continued on foot till it reached its destination the O2 arena.
Another Video of the same event.
Which product could this model be promoting???
Was checking out some stuff on the net and came across a website where this model "Jackie", was endorsing a product I was interested in. And can you guess which product she was endorsing? But I liked Jackie a lot though :-)
Thursday, August 31, 2006
My Blogging personality!!
| Your Blogging Type Is Thoughtful and Considerate |
 You're a well liked, though underrated, blogger. You have a heart of gold, and are likely to blog for a cause. You're a peaceful blogger - no drama for you! A good listener and friend, you tend to leave thoughtful comments for others. |
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
New Slang invented!!
Well today morning around 4:15 or so, I suddenly got up as i was feeling a bit cold, then i switched off the fan and then went back to sleep. I was just lying down, getting ready for a second innings,then suddenly, i dont know what went wrong with my grey cells, a thought occured to me. What do you call a person who is both a "jackass" as well as an "assole", voila!! He is a "jackole"!! (LOL)*many times!!!
Well i was amazed at the way our brain works more than the invention of new slang. How does it suddenly respawn a completly new thought out of the dark. I mean, i didnt have any dreams earlier, nor i had a fight with anyone yesterday. So what triggred off this thought? Well, millions of dollars and zillions of grey cells, at hundreds of research institutions across the world are trying to figure it out. But it is going to be a daunting task to unlock the mysteries of our brain. Thank you God, for giving us such an amazing organ.
Well i was amazed at the way our brain works more than the invention of new slang. How does it suddenly respawn a completly new thought out of the dark. I mean, i didnt have any dreams earlier, nor i had a fight with anyone yesterday. So what triggred off this thought? Well, millions of dollars and zillions of grey cells, at hundreds of research institutions across the world are trying to figure it out. But it is going to be a daunting task to unlock the mysteries of our brain. Thank you God, for giving us such an amazing organ.
Thursday, March 23, 2006
Radio City Live! concert on 17th Mar.
Well its a known fact that very few people actually like this FM station. I hate everything about this station, the RJs, the content(absolutely crap), the ADs(around 75% of the airtime is for ADs i guess). But i am forced to listen to it on my daily commute to office and back home. So thats how I came to know about this program Radiocity Live in which budding Bangalore Bands are given a forum to perform. I listened to couple of bands, they have done a commendable job. Then at the end of this event, RC organised a concert featuring three popular bands:
Then came Parikrama, started off with Highway to Hell, then moved to their own compositions like Superhero, But it Rained, Rhythm & Blues, mixed it with a number from Iron Maiden, Pink Floyd( Coming back to Life), then ended with "Smoke on the water". The Lead Guitarist of the band was really amazing. Then they had a fusion round with Swarthma and Phenom, which was ok. On the whole the concert was well organised, the audio setup was good.
Ratings(out of 5*):
Audio Setup: ***1/2
Bands:***
Hosts:**
- Phenom
- Lounge Prihana
- Swarathma
Then came Parikrama, started off with Highway to Hell, then moved to their own compositions like Superhero, But it Rained, Rhythm & Blues, mixed it with a number from Iron Maiden, Pink Floyd( Coming back to Life), then ended with "Smoke on the water". The Lead Guitarist of the band was really amazing. Then they had a fusion round with Swarthma and Phenom, which was ok. On the whole the concert was well organised, the audio setup was good.
Ratings(out of 5*):
Audio Setup: ***1/2
Bands:***
Hosts:**
Thursday, March 02, 2006
Funny alternatives to a standard proverb!
The original: Give a man a fish and you will feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you will feed him for a lifetime.
Source: http://calum.org/files/teach-a-man-to-fish.php
- Give a man a fish, he owes you one fish. Teach a man to fish, you give up your monopoly on fisheries.
- Teach a man to fish, and you can sell him a ton of accessories.
- Teach a man to fish and you've fed him for a lifetime ... unless, of course, he doesn't like sushi -- then you also need to teach him how to cook.
- Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day Teach a man to fish and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.
- Give a man a fish, and he can eat for a day. But teach a man how to fish, and he'll be dead of mercury poisoning inside of three years.
- Give a man a fish he'll eat for a day, if you teach a man a fish he'll get drunk then fall out of his boat and drown.
- Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; Teach him to use the Internet, and he won't bother you for weeks!
- Give a man a fish and you'll feed him for a day, but give him a case of dynamite and soon the village will be showered with mud and seaweed and unidentifiable chunks of fish.
- Give a man some fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
- Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish and he'll overfish, cause famine in the next three regions and pollute the atmosphere with his fish.
- Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Give a man religion and he will starve to death praying for a fish
- Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you can get rid of him for a whole weekend.
- Give a man a fish, he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish, he eats for a lifetime. Enlighten him further, he owns a chain of seafood restaurants
- If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day; if you give a man a machine that makes fish, teach him to operate it, and enslave him, you feed yourself for a lifetime.
- Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you will not have to listen to his incessant whining about how hungry he is.
- Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you can sell him fishing equipment.
- Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to use the Net and he won't bother you for weeks.
- Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Unless he doesn't like sushi - then you also have to teach him to cook.
- Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish, and he will sit in the boat and drink beer all day.
- Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you have fed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to sell fish and he eats steak.
- Give a man a fish, and you satisfy his fish craving for a day. Give him fish aversion therapy, and you eliminate the craving for life.
- Give a woman a fish and you'll be sleeping on the couch again.
- Give a man a fish, and he'll wonder what you want from him.
Source: http://calum.org/files/teach-a-man-to-fish.php
Monday, February 20, 2006
News Cahnnels in India--Shame of the country.
I was surfing the TV the other day and i found that there has been so many news channels competing with each other. All of them junk. Let me first make a list of news channels:
If they dont have anything then they have this usual India-Pak junk. Evryone knows that they are faking it,(wish my girl friend faked like these ppl ;-)), I mean its just a big PR boost for those Neta log, if they go in a Bus or train to Pak and hours of Breaking News for our dumb news channel.
One of newest trends is that, instead waiting for News to "break", news channels themselves make the news by carrying out Sting Operations. Though i was excited about it when it happened the first time, i got really pissed off when i saw another sting operation being carried out by CNN-IBN. Even the timing they air these news are based on the TRPs. Here is a fictious conversation in the boardroom of one of the news channels:
Annoy Roy: Ok ppl what was the TRP for the previous week??
Arkha Butt: Sir, kaafi low hain....I dont know why, it was probably because of those cricket matches.
Annoy Roy: Ben C*&%, yeh sala cricket ne to hamara jeena haraam kardiya hain....I think we should close our news channel and start a cricket channel. Ok, no problem. Did you speak to the MLAs on whom we carried the Sting operation last month? How much are they ready to give?
Arkha Butt:Sir, none of them agreed. They said go ahead and show to the janata....they will anyway forget after sometime. They think that their popularity will increase with such operations.
Annoy Roy:Yeh MLA log bhi kaafi chalu ban gaye.....Teek hai..then lets slate that for this weekend. Ok. Ab agla sting operation kab aur kispe plan kiya hain??
Arkha Butt:Sir, the agency who did the previous one are quoting 3 times the money they charged last time.
Annoy Roy:What??? are they mad or what?? Let me meet them first, i will kick their A**. If thats the case we will postpone the next one for later sometime.
Arkha Butt:oOk Sir. But, I am getting a feeling that very soon a major natural calamity is going to occur. Lets wait till this month, if nothing happens then probably we will go in for another operation on Bollywood producers.
Annoy Roy:Oh yaar, i remeber the last time u told like this, South India struck Tsunami and we struck gold. Good yaar, hope that this time also something like that happens. Ha,Ha,Ha....
Ok, Good bye ppl. Hope no one is doing a sting operations on our Talks in the board room!! LOL
Arkha Butt: That was very funny sir. LOL
Note:I dont have any intentions to hurt anyone thru this fictious conversation
So, what i mean to say by all these is that, please show us the news as it happens and most important "What actually Happens".
I want to share one the Funniest Breaking News that i have come across. It was during the time when the Sarav ganguly was being stripped of captaincy. During that time there was meeting by the BCCI, so these News hungry News channels got into act and this is how:
Breaking News: BCCI meeting started in Calcutta.
Breaking News:BCCI meeting in progress in Calcutta.
Breaking News: BCCI meeting ends in Calcutta.
Gimme a "Break" guys!!!
- DD News
- Star News
- NDTV
- AAj tak
- Headlines Today
- Channel 7
- NDTV India(Hindi)
- Zee news
- CNN IBN
- Times Now
- Regional News Channels(I dont know how many are there)
- CNBC(Better among the worst)
- CNBC Awaaz
- NDTV Profit
- ZEE Business
If they dont have anything then they have this usual India-Pak junk. Evryone knows that they are faking it,(wish my girl friend faked like these ppl ;-)), I mean its just a big PR boost for those Neta log, if they go in a Bus or train to Pak and hours of Breaking News for our dumb news channel.
One of newest trends is that, instead waiting for News to "break", news channels themselves make the news by carrying out Sting Operations. Though i was excited about it when it happened the first time, i got really pissed off when i saw another sting operation being carried out by CNN-IBN. Even the timing they air these news are based on the TRPs. Here is a fictious conversation in the boardroom of one of the news channels:
Annoy Roy: Ok ppl what was the TRP for the previous week??
Arkha Butt: Sir, kaafi low hain....I dont know why, it was probably because of those cricket matches.
Annoy Roy: Ben C*&%, yeh sala cricket ne to hamara jeena haraam kardiya hain....I think we should close our news channel and start a cricket channel. Ok, no problem. Did you speak to the MLAs on whom we carried the Sting operation last month? How much are they ready to give?
Arkha Butt:Sir, none of them agreed. They said go ahead and show to the janata....they will anyway forget after sometime. They think that their popularity will increase with such operations.
Annoy Roy:Yeh MLA log bhi kaafi chalu ban gaye.....Teek hai..then lets slate that for this weekend. Ok. Ab agla sting operation kab aur kispe plan kiya hain??
Arkha Butt:Sir, the agency who did the previous one are quoting 3 times the money they charged last time.
Annoy Roy:What??? are they mad or what?? Let me meet them first, i will kick their A**. If thats the case we will postpone the next one for later sometime.
Arkha Butt:oOk Sir. But, I am getting a feeling that very soon a major natural calamity is going to occur. Lets wait till this month, if nothing happens then probably we will go in for another operation on Bollywood producers.
Annoy Roy:Oh yaar, i remeber the last time u told like this, South India struck Tsunami and we struck gold. Good yaar, hope that this time also something like that happens. Ha,Ha,Ha....
Ok, Good bye ppl. Hope no one is doing a sting operations on our Talks in the board room!! LOL
Arkha Butt: That was very funny sir. LOL
Note:I dont have any intentions to hurt anyone thru this fictious conversation
So, what i mean to say by all these is that, please show us the news as it happens and most important "What actually Happens".
I want to share one the Funniest Breaking News that i have come across. It was during the time when the Sarav ganguly was being stripped of captaincy. During that time there was meeting by the BCCI, so these News hungry News channels got into act and this is how:
Breaking News: BCCI meeting started in Calcutta.
Breaking News:BCCI meeting in progress in Calcutta.
Breaking News: BCCI meeting ends in Calcutta.
Gimme a "Break" guys!!!
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
This is a nice site.
One of my colleaugues was chatting using a site, using all different IMs like AOL,ICQ,Y!,MSN. That site is www.meebo.com. Just login and you can access all the 4 IMs. Its kinda cool. But if you are in your office probably you cant access. Try it out and leave your comments.
Thanks to Ramkumar, my colleague for giving this link.
Thanks to Ramkumar, my colleague for giving this link.
Monday, January 02, 2006
Wish you all a happy new year!!
Wish you people a happy new year. Well i was going through the 31 dec edition of TOI, and again crap...the person fo the year is Big B. To top it, Rahul Dravid is the person of the year for Karnataka......major and utter crap...cricketers,entertainers being made persons of the year. Whats wrong with people???
These bloody cricketers can neither play nor do they do any good for the country, a cricketer from maharashtra is a very good example.....he just plays for his records.....nothing else...doesnt even bother to chip in money during grave natural calamities like tsunami or earthquakes....that person is bothered about getting free gas for his tax free ferrari(how disgusting).
These entertainers are there to just entertain us..thats it...no need to treat them like gods!! They are in the business to make money through various means and dance to the tunes of some underworld dons.
I was watching a documentary on TV, it was about a person who was blind by birth, but believe it or not he has struggled through out his life and now he is teaching english to B.Ed students in a college. No, its not a college for special people but its a normal graduation college!!!Also he has made lot of softwares for helping blind people. I was really motivated after watching it, i was thinking inspite of everything right with me i am useless :-(. Unfortunately i am unable to remember his name but he is in gujarat...i will try to find out his name....and update this post. So why i told all this is that instead giving awards to these cricketrs and entertainers we can give it to these real life heroes who have come up in life against all odds.
Well, anyways, lets see what has 2006 got in store for us.
These bloody cricketers can neither play nor do they do any good for the country, a cricketer from maharashtra is a very good example.....he just plays for his records.....nothing else...doesnt even bother to chip in money during grave natural calamities like tsunami or earthquakes....that person is bothered about getting free gas for his tax free ferrari(how disgusting).
These entertainers are there to just entertain us..thats it...no need to treat them like gods!! They are in the business to make money through various means and dance to the tunes of some underworld dons.
I was watching a documentary on TV, it was about a person who was blind by birth, but believe it or not he has struggled through out his life and now he is teaching english to B.Ed students in a college. No, its not a college for special people but its a normal graduation college!!!Also he has made lot of softwares for helping blind people. I was really motivated after watching it, i was thinking inspite of everything right with me i am useless :-(. Unfortunately i am unable to remember his name but he is in gujarat...i will try to find out his name....and update this post. So why i told all this is that instead giving awards to these cricketrs and entertainers we can give it to these real life heroes who have come up in life against all odds.
Well, anyways, lets see what has 2006 got in store for us.
Friday, December 16, 2005
Cricket - A Pain in the......U know what i mean!
I was going thru odays newspaper and the headlines read "Gone in 5 minutes"(i am refering to TOI dtd:16/12/05, i hate this newspapaer also). One thing i hate a lot in this country is the pratonage given to this bloody game....i hate this game so much the whole country follows it like a religion.
Is there any anti cricket website where i can register??
Is there any anti cricket website where i can register??
Monday, November 28, 2005
Hi becomes Bye.....
Ok...i remember creating a account here a long time back, almost a year back, but i have started blogging now. The main reason being that now i have something valuble with me, TIME, in abundance. Its also memorable in another way...i am leaving my present employer and joining a new one. Hence the name "Hi" becomes bye.
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