A better view from above!

Check out WikiMapia. This is a wrapper around Google Maps and allows you to mark a place and add a description of the place. Seems like several people have already gotten around to marking a bunch of stuff...however, some of the entries are pretty funny such as "my house" ;-) You can also search for places that have already been marked by others. So go ahead and search for your old school, house etc. and feel nostalgic. Here is the school where I spent eight of my best years.


(I believe Microsoft is also planning something similar, but the idea of a decentralized wiki makes more sense...this is exactly what I was arguing with my friends some days earlier when we heard about Microsoft' idea.)

Reference: A view from above

Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex

An interesting read: Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex. This might turn out to be a good topic for discussion among college grads in their hostels ;-)

P.S. I guess this blog is more like bookmarks for me...with the number of posts that contain only links to other articles! Actually, it is more like links to interesting articles that I might read only once in a while, but don't really need to bookmark...

H2G2: Farts and Flatulence

Ok! I am now back after a long hiatus. I was pretty busy with work, family, cricket, etc. and due to Quizote. Hopefully, I will be able to continue regularly from now on.

Here is an interesting link that I found recently: Don't Panic...it will be interesting to you if you liked The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. There are some pretty funny articles in that site. Try this one for instance: Farts and Flatulence! Reading the line "some people swear that it is the 'silent but violent' ones which can kill olfactive cells up a victim's nostrils" reminded me of a PJ couplet that started off with "Dhadam Bhadam Bhayam Nasti..." Still trying to remember the complete PJ...

Links to two really funny posts

Travails of single south indian men

Guide to greatest indian cricketers

The future of Indian cricket - Part 2

Now I am not too sure if the future of Indian cricket is in safe hands. India got a strong dose of their own medicine from Pakistan in the U-19 World Cup final today. Pakistan had India reeling at 9 for the loss of 6 wickets after making only 109 in their innings! An amazing turn of events...especially since the Indian top-order had performed really well up to this point. It will be interesting to see how many runs India ends up with.

The future of Indian cricket

The future of Indian cricket is looking really bright. Check out the performance of India in the U-19 World Cup semi-final today (on Cricinfo). They have completely demolished England. After scoring 292 in their 50 over, they now have England floundering at 38/8. Unsurprisingly, no English batsman has scored in double figures, but what is surprising is that all the guys who are out have scored at least 1. I wonder what the lowest ODI score is in which every batsman has scored at least 1 run.

Update: The Indians have finally bowled England out for 58. And all the guys who got out scored more than 1...one guy did manage to get to double figures though :-(

Inspired Songs

Much has been said and heard about Indian music directors copying international songs. Check ou Inspired Indian Film Songs for more information on that. However, it is unusual to find the copying occur in the other direction. Check out Helen Abadzi's Blog for information about Greek songs inspired by Hindi songs.