I have been spending a lot of time at the Urban Dictionary lately … sometimes it becomes a requirement when you try and mix with your cousins’ mates (read uber teens)! by the way … check out the site .. its the baddest !
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Yet another hiatus …
Ohh yeahh … ;) !!
I don’t really know why I usually announce something like this after its already done .. but thats how I am doin’ it right now… ! Well, probably it should help me warm up for the next coupla hours of blogging.
How I Became a TrendHunter & How You Can Too …
It all started last month, when I spotted the cool iPod-integration kit introduced by Mercedes. I was quite excited with the cool use of technology and the innovative idea, that I started spreading the word around [talk about Evangelism .. :)]. I also went on to blog about the same and even submitted it as a cool trend at TrendHunter.com. I was quite amazed by the TrendHunter site and the idea behind having such a site. Well, so I submitted my trend and kept checking back for the next couple of days to see if it was included or not. When it wasn’t , I simply forgot about it.
Happy Independence Day - India !
Today, India celebrates its 60th Independence Day (59th to be precise, 60th eve)! Its a great feeling to be a part of a wonderful nation … even while being away! As APJ Abdul Kalam rightly says, Our Nation will always cherish and be inspired by the contributions of our Freedom Fighters towards making India independent, lets take this moment to thank all the worthy contributors of the past and the present who make India a free country to live in. Read more about President’s Address to the nation on the eve of 60TH Independence day here.
What the Entrepreneurs Read …
While doing my daily dose of BusinessWeek reading, I came across an insightful article which absolutely warranted a post on my blog. So here it is !
In their quest to come up with a “summer reading list” , BusinessWeek asked entrepreneurs which books were most influential in helping them build their companies. These were the replies …
1. Carol Bartz - Executive Chairman, Autodesk
“A little book called THE CONATIVE CONNECTION, by management consultant Kathy Kolbe, has been by my side for years. It explains motivations and work styles better than anything else I’ve read. In any business, you have to bring out the best in people. The only way to do that is to understand them.”
My Flight Over London and a Crash Landing …
Okay , okay I just hyped the Title .. !
What I really wanted to share with you guys is a cool lil’ game which uses Google maps base and allows you to take a flight sim over cities like London, NY, Paris, Tokyo and Washington DC.
It allows you to fly over the cities in your own lil’ plane … check out the crash landing and shoot some cars while you take a flight over your favourite city !
Here are a coupla screenshots I took …
Google Adsense Site Diagnostics …
After a temporary test, by Google’s Adsense team in June .. it seems Big G has finally rolled out their new Site Diagnostics Tool. Following is a screenshot of the new Tab that was added to my (and mostly all other adsense publisher accounts) …
The section will ideally report the Google Adsense-Bot’s accessibilty to your websites / URLs. If our the bot is having trouble reaching any of your pages, you’ll see those URLs listed in the Blocked URLs section of the Site Diagnostics table.
At the moment, Google claims to be displaying two types of errors:
Men In Blue - Triumphant Again …
L’Italia è campione del Mondo !
Yes … my prediction has finally come true ! Team Azzurri have done it again and are world champions for the fourth time after beating France 5-3 on penalties after a 1-1 draw in Berlin’s Olympiastadion. It was Italy’s first successful shoot-out in a FIFA World Cup after previous failures in 1990, 1994 and 1998.
I have never had such moments while posting a blog entry … it’s like I am lost for words ! I am still engulfed in the Euphoria !
Italy - As Good As It Gets !
Three months ago, at a bar in South Kensington, I declared my hidden support for Italy. It was then, that I predicted that Italy would win the World Cup. Well, they haven’t won the cup as yet, but today’s semi-final has left me spell bound. I haven’t seen Italy play like that in the whole of last month !!
Italy knew they could not afford to take on Germany in a penalty contest. In FIFA World Cups German efficiency does not permit failure from 12 yards – they have come out on top in every penalty showdown they’ve contested while Italy have known only suffering: three defeats in three. So if the Azzurri were going to march on to Berlin on 9 July they had to do the business before the 120 minutes were up.
Blog Blast & A Good Read …
Its been estimated by Technorati that over 75,000 blogs are being added to the WWW’s blogosphere everyday. That’s like having a blog every second !!
I tried to look for some more interesting figures and landed on David Sifry’s blog. Here are some images that will give you an idea of the phenomenal growth that ‘blogs’ have acheived.
Picture Courtesy : Technorati and David Sifry’s Blog
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