Facebook trumps orkut hands down. The first social networking site I've been impressed with.
Last.fm is a pretty good site for music. Plugs in well - I think - into your music player too.
Ocean's 13 has quite a few in-jokes. I got one Godfather reference - when Reuben is sick and asks Danny,"I hear cars coming and going, I hear Linus crying. I think you should tell me what everyone seems to know." I missed the others - two characters named Virgil and Turk, Danny telling Banks "What I want, what's most important to me...." and the fact that Scott Caan is the son of James Caan.
The last dialogue between Danny and Rusty was good. Rusty - ok, Brad Pitt - telling Clooney to try and keep the weight off between jobs next time, which is a reference to the weight Clooney put on for Syriania. Clooney responds by asking Pitt to settle down and have a couple of kids, which doesn't need to be explained.
Linus' fake nose being called The Brody was pretty funny too. Hope Adrien Brody is laughing somewhere.
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Showing posts with label websites. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Wednesday, August 9, 2006
Find of the day
About the Do Not Call Registry websites for Indian banks. Hope it works, though.
Evil thought - what if it was a clever way to harvest phone numbers?!
Evil thought - what if it was a clever way to harvest phone numbers?!
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Saturday, January 17, 2004
Find of the day
Coming to work on a Saturday does have its benefits. Look what I found - Cinemabooks !
Tuesday, November 18, 2003
Quizbusters is born !
I've created a community for quizzers: . Lets see how it works out. takes credit for the community name, btw.
I've listed out a set of rules over there, I'd welcome and greatly appreciate feedback. Thanks in advance !
I've listed out a set of rules over there, I'd welcome and greatly appreciate feedback. Thanks in advance !
Friday, September 5, 2003
Thursday, November 15, 2001
Short weekend, what the ****ens !
Had a great weekend, not counting Saturday. Sindha was here from Sun till Wed. We went around shopping and saw the movies we had planned. Funny thing, Sunday morning was half an hour back. Two days later its still Thursday.
Mailed what I wrote earlier on the 80s to a few friends and relatives. Everyone seems to agree that I'm lonely. ;-)
Had a pleasant surprise at work today when I received a Diwali bonus check, a box of dry fruits and a bunch of gift coupons. i2 does this every year, but I hadn't expected it this year on account of the slowdown. Anyway, I'm not complaining.
Started reading Rabbit Remembered. Its good so far, but I get a sneaky feeling that its just something Updike wrote to drag out Rabbit a bit more. There are lots of references to old scenes, characters, etc. No one - the author included - appears to be able to forget Rabbit all that easily. And the daughter turning up on the doorstep right away seems a shade too pat.
Loved Wishbone Ash (Time Was, the Hits). Didn't like CSN all that much. Burnt a few CDs, need to buy more.
Ever tried chatting on indya.com or rediff.com recently ? I used to chat on indya.com, on their trivia chat room. Stopped after some time since the questions were getting repetitive and boring - they have a lot of US-specific stuff like "whats the name of the New York softball team ?", "what was the engine used in the 1997 Taurus ?" etc. Sheesh...
Anyway, I just found out that these chat sites - indya and rediff - have pretty harsh censors. One of the qns on indya.com's trivia room was 'Who directed the movie Psycho'. Now no matter how you try, the site wouldn't allow you to write 'Hitchcock'. Guess why. It would also not allow you to give answers like 'Charles Dickens'. The minute you type out any of the above, you get a message 'Indyan Culture does not allow such language. CENSORED!". I'm not joking. Go try it out.
On rediff, you can type out 'Dickens', but it appears as ' ****ens'. How nice.
I'm so very thankful that the guardians of our morality and culture are on these chat sites as well.
Mailed what I wrote earlier on the 80s to a few friends and relatives. Everyone seems to agree that I'm lonely. ;-)
Had a pleasant surprise at work today when I received a Diwali bonus check, a box of dry fruits and a bunch of gift coupons. i2 does this every year, but I hadn't expected it this year on account of the slowdown. Anyway, I'm not complaining.
Started reading Rabbit Remembered. Its good so far, but I get a sneaky feeling that its just something Updike wrote to drag out Rabbit a bit more. There are lots of references to old scenes, characters, etc. No one - the author included - appears to be able to forget Rabbit all that easily. And the daughter turning up on the doorstep right away seems a shade too pat.
Loved Wishbone Ash (Time Was, the Hits). Didn't like CSN all that much. Burnt a few CDs, need to buy more.
Ever tried chatting on indya.com or rediff.com recently ? I used to chat on indya.com, on their trivia chat room. Stopped after some time since the questions were getting repetitive and boring - they have a lot of US-specific stuff like "whats the name of the New York softball team ?", "what was the engine used in the 1997 Taurus ?" etc. Sheesh...
Anyway, I just found out that these chat sites - indya and rediff - have pretty harsh censors. One of the qns on indya.com's trivia room was 'Who directed the movie Psycho'. Now no matter how you try, the site wouldn't allow you to write 'Hitchcock'. Guess why. It would also not allow you to give answers like 'Charles Dickens'. The minute you type out any of the above, you get a message 'Indyan Culture does not allow such language. CENSORED!". I'm not joking. Go try it out.
On rediff, you can type out 'Dickens', but it appears as ' ****ens'. How nice.
I'm so very thankful that the guardians of our morality and culture are on these chat sites as well.
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