Heh

Check this page in wikipedia : KKK.
I seriously doubt if section 1 is supposed to be "wtf!!! wtf is ur problem kkk!!!" :-)
Just to remind all who consider wikipedia an authorative source of info :-P

*Update* Damn, it got fixed ! :-)

Hypocritical bunch of prudes

I have no idea why politicians keep assuming that they have the right to decide what is 'right and wrong' for the general public.
In matters where they should really make that sort of decisions, ofcourse the chicken hearted bunch of cowards will hide.

The recent episode of banning AXN till march smacks of prudishness.
Considering that this is a program which is being aired at night, and contains less obvious sexually explict content than most bollywood movies (which btw are becoming more vulgar and crass) ofcourse has no bearing on the decision.

God knows when there will be any sort of transparency to this whole adhoc and at most times asinine decision making process. Though qualifying it as decision seems to indicate some sort of analysis of the rights & wrongs - I think whims will be a better word : morons.
If you dont like it, change the f*@king channel you a$$holes ! And if your kids are a bunch of corrput spoilt immoral brats : that reflects badly on your parenting - not necessarily on the content which comes way past their bedtime.
And please, dont tell me you are a better judge of what I can and cant watch.


In a related incident, the Indian Government went hyper and over sensitive against some video showing Gandhi doing a pole dance. It is high time people in power learned to be more mature and not be bothered by frivolous content like this. Censorship is NOT an option - especially in this age : and any outdated views that you can enforce it is only exposing your stupidity.

Not sure what is so offensive about it - I personally dont give a shit about the video, and if Gandhi was alive today, he would have had a nice laugh at it - but whatever be the case, unless something is done with the intent of inciting public unrest it is better for all concerned that Governments try not to be smartasses and weild their 'power'.
Disagreement with views MUST NOT lead to supression.

Instead of moving towards a more open, democratic, pluralistic society, both incidents indicate a less tolerant Government which is trying to move us backwards towards a more medieval world.
I seriously hope someone takes both actions to court and royally f*@ks them up - the Minister should be help personally responsible for the losses incurred by the channel and made to cough up from his purse : not that dishing out 100 odd crores will have much of an impact on the illgotten wealth amassed by those corrupt bastards.

Politicians - stupid f*@king prudish hypocritical pricks : the whole lot of them.

"Great mallu phone call!!"

That was the title of the mail I recieved from a colleague at work.
And I must say, it was pretty funny :-)
If you are a malayali, you will enjoy it more !
I have hosted a copy here - let me see if the great daku makes sense of this one ;-)

Makes you wonder ...

... how Microsoft managed to sell so many windows copies with ads like these . Check it out !! Try not to give up early and sit through the whole thing :-)

I was actually laughing through it instead of being bored senseless ... but then I am a clinically diagnosed loony :-P

You will enjoy this one !

Ok, shitty title - but I do hope you enjoy this one.
Vipin sent me this link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L2Igd6uCrA.
Totally rocking : from the description :
"The year is 1978. A team of 12 year olds have decided to make a Super8 film of their own based on Jaws. (It's what everyone was talking about at the time). This may not be as slick as today's digital videos...which makes it even more genius. (we had to pay $20 [a lot for 12-year olds in 1978] for every 3 minutes of film) And wait till you get a hold of the shark we built.....(it sank after the first scene and you'll only see the fin after that."

I checked out other movies uploaded by the same person and loved every one of them !
If nothing else, check out Devil's babe - the ending will crack you up !
I seriously do hope some, if not all, of them made it to the movie industry :-)

Coolness

Check this post out : http://blogs.sun.com/toddfast/entry/five_things_most_people_don.
He was was one of my architects when I was in tools team : cool guy or what ! :-)
I was in tools team for about 1.5 years, and met him 1 year after I left the team !
Collaborative development at its best ? :-P And now I work in instant messaging team (more specifically, I do the server) : which enables exactly that ;-)

Other things that are absolutely cool - daku ofcourse !
Gorging myself on chocolates (in perpetual sugar high now ?! :-P) - daku has given me boxes of some absolutely divine ones before she left this weekend ! (and no, she is not cool only cos of this ... ah well >:-) )

"25 years of Indian Renaissance"

This is the title of the dec 31st 2006 edition of 'The Week' : a "silver jubilee special double" as the cover proclaimed. Sounded a bit too corny for my taste, but was bored waiting for my dinner at Casapicolla so gave it a shot.
I must say, I was pleasently surprised at the edition.
It attempts to document the progress of India in the past 25 years through articles by and about luminaries in various fields and chronicles the progress made.

It is a very good read - some of the essays are heart warming.
It is an apt answer to the tirade I hear from my friends & relatives about the lack of progress made in India (esp from the one holed up in Amsterdam :-P).

Disclaimer : I do not work and am not associated with The Week in anyway - other than as a occasional reader.