Microsoft +Yahoo Vs Google – My take

I dont understand one thing.. the focus seems to be mainly on the Yahoo + Microsoft merger and the claim seems to be to combat Google. I think this is a stupid reason for Microsoft and Yahoo to join hands. I mean if their focus was to provide a better technology or make a major breakthrough its fine.. but the very fact that both companies,  Microsoft and Yahoo have not really utilized social media to explain why this merger is happening tells me they are clueless .. All I can see everywhere is “fight Google to stay alive”

This is bogus! They are trying to reinvent the wheel?? Google came up with something radical. If I was Microsoft or yahoo, I would rather tie up with the niches in the industry and find something new to come up with rather than spend bucket loads of money on a fight. I dont think the online community should even think of accepting this reason because we are happy with google.. so come up with something else !! who wants just another search engine with integrations?? Let the exisitng people take care of that .. Something radically new is what is expected of companies like Microsoft and Yahoo who potentially have of a lot of funds..

Its like two old men hooking up with the same old ideas to impress some investor! completely stupid .. Think MS & Yahoo.. Think dammit!

Cross posted on a reply to a similar topic by Siddartha on the IndiBlogger.in forum

My first Online anything !!

Years ago when me and my friends were in college (1997). We started this http://www.geocities.com/g_ine/ . We never really knew what to expect or write. We were in different colleges but knew eack other for nearly a decade before that. We were called “The Chows” . In the local slang Chow meant lies/tall tales/fibs etc. So needless to say we lied all the time ..

Blog name :  The Chows

Tag : Welcome to our LIAR ( he he .. I thought that was pretty clever way back in 1997))

Some good old pics etc etc ..

Comments That killed me LOL- Am laughing Now tho :)

Ok.. so I used to have a blog.. notice that there is no link. I aint going back there again . About 4 years ago I had a humor blog that basically had what I thought was stand up comedy scripts. I wrote them and at the time I found it very funny. It looks like nobody else did! LOL, except a couple of my close friends. I am sure they wanted to be nice . Well here are some of the accolades that I received from various people…

Deaths Head Roy said…

Yeah hi there dude….that stand up comedy script #1 was a freaking riot!!!! first thing in the morning to have a good friggin laff at the world!!! u got something there dude….keep on standing!!! stand up comedying that is!!!

January 11, 2005 10:56 PM

Anwin Joselyn said…

Yeah and don’t forget that drugs can keep you happy and addicted, but can kill too. Ain’t that the one and only truth?

Also create an account in haloscan.com for comments – it is good and better than blogger. You will get instructions how to use it in blogger.

January 11, 2005 11:08 PM

Anonymous said…

This is not funny at all. Actually it is very, very, very un-funny and not in the least offensive

February 25, 2009 12:11 PM

Anonymous said…

bakvaas

July 7, 2009 1:54 AM

Anonymous said…

get a better thing to do with your time. coz your jokes, stink mann

July 19, 2009 9:09 AM

Anonymous said…

dude, was that supposed to be funny? or was that something you were trying to write in your diary? lamest crap ever. seinfeld wouldnt even click on your bluddy blog.

July 30, 2009 6:06 AM

Anonymous said…

This is just dreadful material, sorry

August 2, 2009 3:27 AM

Anonymous said…

Shite

Like I said … I didn’t know I had inflicted such cruel so called comedy on the world!! Damn you Zombie LOL

Humor is in the head of the beholder

I was looking at some of the entries for the “IndiBlogger of the month contest“. Man! I was impressed. I didn’t know humor could be that twisted and dark to completely gay at times . Thats the best thing about humor, isn’t it? people might laugh, stare and maybe even insult your jokes but when you wrote that article , there would have been a little child in your head laughing its head off

I saw a  discussion on the IndiBlogger.in forum about some humor blogs being rejected for the IndiBlogger of the month contest. I went back to take a look and decided that some of the blogs that I rejected were funny after all! I have been on an overdose of humor entries for the past few days and I might have been  bit too hasty.  Sorry ! but the man in my head is still doing the jig

So every IndiBlogger who feels that his posts are funny and was rejected by some unfunny man (Me).. please do post a comment on the IndiBlogger forum or in this post and I will do the needful ..

And to Gaurav Bhardwaj, Roshmi Sinha, Saurabh I will be approving your blogs soon and If you have any problems with the mail that was sent, it was written by an unfunnier indiblogger named Renie. So dont take it to heart

Cheers everyone and thank you for some fight and spirit on the IndiBlogger forum

AOC at Fosters

I had a few more pics and decided to update,

I wanted to be a part of the so called “Chilling” experience and so I wanted to absorb the atmosphere. There were issues though, My mom had come here for a wedding and was hell bent on being a driver. A fine line you know, parents can get so confused and mistake you for a driver who knows all the one ways, wont overspeed and will drive 200 Km’s through the city to get to the wrong place! Well I had it coming, so i decided to ditch my mom and Grand ma at the ever so boring wedding (heck, when I got married I asked diana if we could do this by email.. I mean its a lot faster than getting to the church). After that was successful Myself and Diana put on some party clothes (jeans!) and reached Mercure. I was completely chilled out already with my folks at the wedding and me drinkin a lot of Fosters.. Not a care in the world!

Now the chilled out part is that after the party I still changed into boring mans clothing and headed off for dinner at the wedding .. All I remember is that the brides father mentioned “Foo…” I was off grabbing a plate. I assumed the sentence was food will be served now” .. I felt a bit more chilled out a little later when I ran into the brides dad and all i could do was stare at his head .. All I could hear in my head was ” WTF Is he wearing a wig??” .. Oh yes! My mom confirmed

I guess it was the idea , the lifestyle, that I found interesting. I actually had a chilled out day! I mean I didnt care about the consequences. Me and my wife had a lot of fun together and I guess everyday can be a chilled out day and Fosters has shown that its easy … oh and back to my mom.. To all my friends/relatives/countrymen who know my mom, kindly don’t be the bastard who reports this to her

The Art Of Chilling Party – Fosters

I finally got a chance to attend the Fosters Art Of Chilling party in Mercure (Koramangaloa) in Bangalore. I love going to parties where you really do not have to have any expectations and just go for an afternoon of complete “numbness of the brain” and lotsa food and booze.. I did have a good time and so did Diana. There were so many pictures that I took.. here are a few pics so that you can absorb a bit of the atmosphere ..

Pic 1: The IndiBlogger.in crowd at the Art of Chilling party

Pic 2: Me and Diana

Pic 3: Me serving Fosters at the bar.. Notice the cap

Pic 4: The true art of chilling

Pic 5: Barbecue and Some of the crowd by the pool

Pic 6:More IndiBloggers after I was a wee bit more chilled out

Pic 7: The cuban DJ who was wearing a “Mother Mary” belt. Well I just worshiped it, so to speak

RON Howard – Happy Days, Davinci code and Angels and demons

Sunday Monday Happy days……Tuesday Wednesday Happy days………Thursday Friday Happy days…………Saturday what a day

Grooving all week with you …….These days are ours .. Happy and Free

Does anyone remeber this song or where you mite have watched it being played  ???

Happy Days !!!!!

The Nostaligic 50’s is where one  of the oldest serials was set in  that was the most hilarious and ran for a whole decade with 11 seasons.. and yet in todays world watching this commedy would still bring laughter to you.

I remember back in the old days I would eagerly watch this show to see what were the Cunnighams and the gang of pals be upto today and…..

I mean I can still remember their strong friendship bond, thier crazy kick arse stunts they did, cute romances

…….who can ever forget FONZY !! Man he was kewl !!!

For some insane reason, Happy days sort of reminded me of Archie maybe it was because of  Richie Cunningham’s orange hair.. lol

Can’t believe that today  that freckle faced orange head boy Ritchie Cunningham aka Ron Howard is now turned producer and has produced some real wonderful films( Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind, Cinderella Man etc..)  and a good favourite of mine was Da Vinvi Code and now his second part to the movie ANGELS AND DEMONS..

And also acted in one really kewl movie .. ‘American Graffiti

Okie now its off from blogging and straight to the Theatre to watch Angels and Demons… Will be back

Golf – Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden – The very different world of Sports!

In one of my many travels I met this guy who plays golf almost everyday from morning 6:00 AM to 11:30 AM at the Eagleton golf village . He let me in on a few insights into the world of Golf . I was very curious about the legacy of the sport as there is a live telecast of every single tournament on Start sports, ESPN, Ten Sports etc. I wanted to find out who the games followers were! and many many more.

These days Golf is not a gentlemen only game .. Lots of women too participate and one of then quite hot on the circuit right now is Lorena_Ochoa from Mexico .

The cool thing about golf is that if you feel that you have missed your career in sports, Golf is a good outlet

I was always a wannabe sportsman. I did athletics till college, was  part of the volleyball team etc but never really got anywhere. Motivation, lack of awareness, complete ignorance etc resulted in me being very short sighted. The main thing that interested me in sports was just the competition .. I always found it exhilarating when competing with fellow athletes etc. The cool thing about golf is that if you feel that you have missed your career in sports, Golf is a good outlet, I mean you do not have to be as physically strong as in other sports. You can even start playing the game when you are forty or fifty and compete on your zonals etc and clubs like Eagleton and Government turfs like KGA etc do have a number of tournaments. What Golf does best is to bridge the age gap between players and level the sport.
But mind you, this sport requires talent more than anything else. There are people who have played the sport for over a decade and have got nowhere. But if you are athletic and have got a good eye then its like cricket without a fast bowler at times lol.

The Rules :

One visit to a golf club might set you back a cool 1500 bux a day for balls , a caddy etc . That effectively means that youwill be spending upto 50K a month if you play daily ..

There are some very interesting customs (could be unofficial)  like the fact that you have to wear a collared T shirt buttoned to the top I think. You have to be on time .. dammit! right on time! You cannot speak during another players shot etc etc .. Its quite expensive too .. you might have to shell out anywhere between 6 lakhs to 20 lakhs in admission fees/yearly deposits.

there is a heritage and some red tape surrounding Golf in general and it is no different in India. But I would really love to see what that world has to offer

You might become poor after one day at their coffee shop, you will need anywhere between 30,ooo to 1.5 Lakhs for a decent set of clubs, One visit to a golf club might set you back a cool 1500 bux a day for balls , a caddy etc . That effectively means that you will be spending upto 50K a month if you play daily .. hmmm.. It may be slightly exaggerated but you get the general idea..

But for those who love to hit balls in holes, hoops , goal posts, on a table and you arent quite there yet, Golf is a simply super investment in the fact that you can satisfy the professional sport hunger LOL .. there is a heritage and some red tape surrounding Golf in general and it is no different in India. But I would really love to see what that world has to offer. ..  **fingers crossed**

Good Books all over the world – An IndiBlogger.in forum topic

A topic on indiblogger.in jogged my memory a bit and I remembered this one book I read a long time ago that added a certain certain charm while stating very serious cases.

The topic “Good Books all over the world” was started by a blogger named DreamingEyes from Delhi. There have been so many good books suggested from the usual favourites The God Of Small Things to books on philosophy and fantasy Fountainhead  by  Ayn Rand,Lord of the Rings  by  JRR Tolkein and also books for women like Shopaholic series by sophie kinsella etc

I made the following contribution:
Do read The House of Blue Mangoes by David Davidar .. He is from my hometown in Nagercoil and he is now one of the top management at Penguin books.

He set up the first Penguin publications in India.
The story is set in a time where Indians were coping with the English rule. Its Indian, its written in a very lucid style and if you have not read it yet.. do read it and you will love it.

Incidentally “Blue Mango” is the literal meaning of a type of Mango called “Neelam” which is Blue in Tamil and this is a speciality in south India (Nagercoil near kanyakumari where I hail from) Hence the name house of Blue Mangoes

Do give me a feed back if anyone has read it

Rajeev Chandrasekhar – The Blogger who made a difference

I smell a huge change in the wind, affecting the way Indian politics is discussed over the Internet. Rajeev Chandrasekhar who blogs at http://rajeev.in/blog , is a member of parliament and the pioneer of the telecom revolution in India.

Some of his views are Neo and can connect with the youth of India. All the better that he has “Talk to Rajeev on IndiBlogger.in” indicating his open mind to thrash his ideas out with bloggers. Amazing!! each post seems to get a minimum of 20 comments and each comment seems to be half a page! talk about discussion! Simply priceless

Here are some of the things he wrote :

Governance 2009: A New Deal for India ?

The mandate of Elections 2009 has given India a stable government, with a Political leadership that is talking of bringing some real change to the country …

Elections 2009: India – An Amazing democracy!

Leading up to the elections, I had put together a set of predictions – some from political pundits and some mine. Many were wrong! Lets talk about what where our guesses went right and wrong…..

His blog is also featured in todays Indian express

Brilliant!!