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...