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Sample this:

• Man makes video.
• Viacom uses video, without the man’s approval.
• Man uploads Viacom’s video featuring his video on Youtube.
• Viacom sues man.

Sounds absurd? Sure does to me. And to this guy it is “bass-ackwards.“

Seems like Microsoft loves getting itself all the negative publicity possible.

Autopatcher, a free software to install most MS updates on WinXP, has been served a notice by MS to stop distributing its updates and some stupid reason for the same.

Shame! I loved the software and used it to update my copy of WinXP, after a fresh install and after every month or so. Sad.

From Gaping Void. Though it seems depressing, you should read the comments. I am quoting one good one.

trust someone + love someone = be someone  ~Leah

Another good one below.

Don’t you wonder who edits their front page headlines?

This one promises to be a less than an exciting weekend.

I have already spent my day today doing grocery shopping and completing some banking tasks. Also, spent the later half of the day watching “When Harry Met Sally” and the Turkish GP Qualifying. With Ferrari and McLaren taking the top spots again, it promises to be a cracker of a race tomorrow.

I need to get my Bike repaired. It suffered quite a bit in the chutt accident that I had before I had gone home. Race in the afternoon, and then I would need to shop a bit for my sisters for Rakhi. I have kind of decided on a book for one, but cannot think of anything for the elder one? Choosing gifts is such a pain. Any ideas?

Meanwhile, I have also decided on ordering “Godel, Escher and Bach” and “A Short History of Nearly Everything.“

Chanced upon this beautiful piece from somewhere.

rain.
it rained.
I
fell.
it
rained
I
loved.
it
rained.
I lost.
it
rained.
It
loved.
I
rained.
rain.

Source: http://www.mcwilliams.com/books/books/sur/sr1.htm

.. from the short vacation, full of eating and sleeping and doing nothing else. I did click some snaps from the aeroplane, and while the look nice on the LCD preview, I do not know how they have actually turned out. Will check and post if possible.

Meanwhile, I have unsubscribed from the Freakonomics blog as they have turned to partial feeds after their so called partnership with New York Times, a crime. I suggest you do the same.

I am going home for a week and won’t be blogging then. I promise to do a review of Chak De India once I am back.

Cha!

The Indian team is already on a roll in the third test at the Brit Oval.

Imagine India winning test series outside the subcontinent without any century, without any significant contribution from Rahul “the Wall” Dravid (this is the one off thing in a long long time). This is so interesting. Everyone has done his bit and Dhoni has played magically to take the English bowlers to the cleaners.

Even Kumble has come up with a half century. Keep rocking guys!

Update: Hats off to Kumble for his first Test century, the most faithful soldier to Indian cricket.

Offense as they say is the best defense. As Siddharth Ravindran puts it,

What would happen if the non-striking batsman started chatting to the bowler as he was about to commence his run-up? There would be a hell of a fuss, and on-field chatter would quickly cease to be a one-way street.

Totally agree with him.