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January 01, 2009

Really good advertisement...

I just saw it and liked it. Thought I would posterous about it:

http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1370868150/bctid1418509637

...among other top ads of 2008:

http://adage.com/brightcove/lineup.php?lineup=4472951001&title=1457130226
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December 29, 2008

Launching NDTVTutor.com

I came across this ironic advertisement on the NDTV website (A respected news network of India). Pretty ironic isn't it? Spellcheck first, tutor later :P

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December 29, 2008

ooma VOIP device

Just read about this excellent device. Amazing features. Check out the video here. Better than Vonage and surely seems better thanMagicJack. Landlines are becoming history for sure.

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December 14, 2008

Panoramic shot of an Aircraft Carrier!

I put the 'Panorama' mode of my Sony Ericsson Phone's digital camera to some appropriate use the other day at the Maritime Museum at Coronado (near San Diego). Essentially, I took three shots from left to right to cover the entire span of the gigantic ship but unfortunately, I did not place them exactly as per the picture place-marks (or whatever you call those things). There's one easily noticeable blur between the center and the right shots. (in case you notice it closely...you don't need to... :P) Overall I like the picture though :-)

Unfortunately, when we reached there, the entry to look at the aircraft carriers was closed, but it was surely a terrific sight to see such a magnificent vessel from so close!

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December 12, 2008

Four Christmases & The Day the earth stood still

Yesterday was fun! Saw 'Four Christmases' and 'The day the earth stood still'. The movies were surely not bad, but I would not recommend 'Four Christmases' to those who are used to Vince Vaughn comedies and are looking for something similar in this movie. It is supposed to be a romantic 'comedy' but this comedy isn't what you are used to seeing in Vince's other movies. I found him really disappointing. Reese Witherspoon was artificial too. Overall, the movie really didn't transition into a climax, it just bumped into it. I was watching the movie and the story line was still unfolding and suddenly I saw the credits come up from the bottom! Anywho, there wasn't much choice and I wanted to see a comedy so I went for it. Keanu Reeves on the other hand was pretty good in this sci-fi alien invasion flick (which is a remake of an old  movie...didn't know that until I imdbed it 10 minutes prior to the movie started!). There is a message at the end of the movie and I think . For some reason, I thought I was watching The Matrix for a fair proportion of the movie because Keanu Reeves has a Neo-like role as the saviour and the one! Jennifer Conelly looked really cute. Overall it had a decent story-line, except that the aliens didn't seem to have a USP you know? I mean they could just do anything. Touch and burn, see and kill, eat and kill or whatever! I would have loved to see a lot more giant robot action. That's one thing which every movie-goer will agree to I'm sure!

   
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Four_Christmases_The_Day_the_e.zip (49 KB)

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December 10, 2008

The 40-year Old Virgin

Just saw this movie. It was not as great as I thought. Maybe I was expecting too much of 'Michael Scott' in a Steve Carell movie! Romany Malco was awesome too. The Indian and Pakistani (if I'm not wrong) actors kicked ass. Especially, the old guy. It seems I'm on a rampage of comedies. Superbad and now The 40 Year Old Virgin. Am eagerly waiting for the following movies to arrive on my Netflix subscription:Road Trip, The Long Weekend. Can't wait to make the most of my free trial! ;-)

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December 09, 2008

Oasis Concert at Staples Center

This is the only concert I've attended till date but I think I want to attend such concerts more often. For over 45 minutes, I was wondering whether it's Oasis or Ryan Adams (the opening band), ultimately I realized when the stage was redone with four vertical screens and awesome lights that Oasis was yet about to play! hehehe.... They started off with a bang with with 'Rock N Roll Star'. They played some singles from their latest album too but I enjoyed 'Champagne Supernova' and 'Don't look back in Anger' the most. I always found Noel Gallagher's voice much soothing than his younger brother Liam. Although, Liam sounds better with the fast songs. Some of the best songs I enjoyed at the concert: 1) Wonderwall - Liam sung it, I would have preferred Noel! 2) Rock N Roll star - The 'once more' was worth it! 3) Slide Away 4) Don't look back in Anger - Noel sang this and a couple of others but I enjoyed this one the most.

                         
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Oasis_Concert_at_Staples_Cente.zip (422 KB)

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November 23, 2008

Marketing Case Study

I was working on a marketing case study today evening. With so many individual submissions and projects going on, it seemed that marketing should be taking a backseat as the class seems easy anyway! But by far, this was one of the most interesting case study experiences I had! After having budgeted only an hour or so, it seemed that I should be spending the entire day on it. Oh well, I got to learn organizational theories right now though and chalk out Venn Diagrams of conflict interests. :-|
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November 23, 2008

Mental Contract

A few days back I attended a talk by the founder of DocStoc.com. It gave me good perspective about how funds are raised by correctly pitching your business plans to Venture Capitalists and Angel Investors. He mentioned that he was more committed to the completion of his task when he spoke about it to another person. Every time he spoke about his tasks in conversations with people, he formed a 'mental contract' that made him more inclined towards achieving that goal. I always had such motivating factors too but I never understood how it works for me! But now I know how...

I was speaking to the hostess of this amazing Jewish celebration dinner ('shabbat') I went to today and told her that I blog. (TRIGGER!) I come home and I again start blogging!!! May be it was because I attended that talk the other day, may be I talked about blogging to someone! Can't say for sure. But if this works, I'm going to keep ranting about what all I want to do to everyone I talk to! :D

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November 23, 2008

My Southpark Character

I first tried making it with an adult skin, but I guess I look better as a fourth-grader :-D.

Wanna make yours? Go here
 

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