Thursday, June 28, 2007

Marijuana as a seasoning

Marijuana is considered an illegal drug in many countries. But, it has its advantages. Go to http://www.marijuana.com/ for more information and facts about marijuana. I know that marijuana has medicinal purposes. But, I never thought that it could be used as a seasoning in curry.

Indonesian VP said: "It is all right to use it as a food seasoning, but it should not be fully legalized."

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

The countdown starts now

Apple has made its products ubiquitous. Be it listening to music, watching videos, or even study for an exam. You name it, Apple has it. It will be interesting to watch Apple's foray into cellular phone market. As the countdown nears for the release of iPhone, people are getting crazy. The commercials are simply superb. David Pogue provides a very good review.

Thursday, June 21, 2007

Changing style of watching videos

It was watching movies on computers, then laptops. Then, we projected the movies on a standard vga projector. Later we extended the laptop screen to a TV screen with the help of S-Video cable. Recently, DVI / HDMI cables took to the forefront.

Then came the Apple TV to cater an increasing number HDTV audience. Apple TV ignored the old standard Television set users.

The best thing about an Apple TV is that it can work very well with other apple products

Excerpts from NYTimes:

Apple TV also syncs movies and TV shows with video-capable iPods, which means you can start watching a movie on the train ride home, pause for dinner, then resume on the living room HDTV, right where you left off.

Now, its time for another revolution: vudu. Vudu is a device that plans to avoid the intermediate computer or cable device. We will have to watch how successful this device would be.

Excerpts from NYTimes:

The company promises ... to offer 5,000 movies to watch directly on the TV without a PC, cable or satellite box. It says it has closed deals with seven major motion picture studios. The catch? Yet another appliance in your home. The Vudu device is expected to go on sale this summer, but no price has been announced.

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Bollywood on NBC

Yesterday, I accidentally watched the last 5 minutes of America's Got Talent on NBC. There was this Pakistani guy who danced for Ek Pal Ka Jeena from Kaho Na... Pyaar Hai. Guess what? The audience love him. The judges, after some initial face making, were intrigued at the steps.


Oh! Did I tell you? He got selected.

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Drivers' Ten Commandments

I really admire the Vatican for coming up with this list of ten commandments for drivers. This list is really appealing to the drivers and makes a lot of sense.
  1. You shall not kill.
  2. The road shall be for you a means of communion between people and not of mortal harm.
  3. Courtesy, uprightness and prudence will help you deal with unforeseen events.
  4. Be charitable and help your neighbor in need, especially victims of accidents.
  5. Cars shall not be for you an expression of power and domination, and an occasion of sin.
  6. Charitably convince the young and not so young not to drive when they are not in a fitting condition to do so.
  7. Support the families of accident victims.
  8. Bring guilty motorists and their victims together, at the appropriate time, so that they can undergo the liberating experience of forgiveness.
  9. On the road, protect the more vulnerable party.
  10. Feel responsible toward others.

Sunday, June 03, 2007

You Cheer You Loose

This is one moment where you wouldn’t want to cheer your ward.
In Indianapolis, public school officials this year began removing cheering parents and relatives. At one school, the superintendent interrupted the graduation program in the gymnasium last month and had the police remove a woman.

Saturday, June 02, 2007

DET vs CLE

Can Cavaliers terminate Pistons and advance to finals?

After an impressive performance by Lebron James in Game 5, that is the question in the minds of all the Cleveland fans who are watching the NBA East Finals Game 6.

At the end of first quarter, Cavaliers lead Pistons 27/21. Check the live scorecard to the right. The first quarter has been good for Cavaliers with Varejao performing pretty good.

There has been a delay in the game during the break in the 2nd quarter as the game clock and scoreboard is malfunctioning. Is this technology going awry? The officials are going to use air horn and stop clock.

Looks like the Pistons are gaining in on the second quarter. Varejao got greedy in the second quarter. All he has to do was pass the ball to King James. But, he preferred to basket it all by himself and fumbled badly.