Song of the day 30 Dec 2005

Song: Bavra man dekhne chala ek sapna (link)
Movie: Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi
Singer, lyricist: Swanand Kirkire

This song is one of those haunting melodies. And an easy one to sing. Swanand Kirkire does an excellent job of the lyrics and the song.

"Bavre se is jahan mein bavra ek saath ho
Is sayani bheed mein bas hathon mein tera haath ho
bavre si dhun ho koi bavra ek raag ho"

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Song of the day, Dec 23rd, 2005

23rd Dec at 5 pm- Ithaca is dead...Cornell is deserted.....Pink Floyd comes to mind (should leave lab before I get depressed ;0)).

Song: Amused to Death
Artist: Roger Waters (of Pink Floyd)
Album: Amused to Death (1992)
Check out the lyrics: http://www.ingsoc.com/waters/index.html

Here's an excerpt from a website dedicated to this anti-war singer.

Amused to Death is based on a book by Neil Postman, called "Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business."

Television has conditioned us to tolerate visually entertaining material measured out in spoonfuls of time, to the detriment of rational discourse and reasoned public affairs. In this eloquent persuasive book, Neil Postman alerts us to the real and present dangers of this state of affairs, and offers compelling suggestions as to how to withstand the media onslaught. Before we hand over politics, education, religion, and journalism to the show-business demands of the television age, we must recognize the ways in which the media shape our lives and the ways we can, in turn, shape them to serve our hightest goals.

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Dark choc news

Although researchers will keep finding something good or bad for your health all the time, I thought VugsBro will be excited to hear this info (the researchers are Swiss....duh!)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/12/20/nchoc20.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/12/20/ixhome.html

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Ambrosia

Junta,

As heard from the horse's (LP's) mouth......"Oatmeal is Ambrosia". He claims he had some qualifiers after the statement but my brain did not register any of them. :0) He prefers to eat the ambrosia over some pseud thai-manavan grub that I made....

Smython

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Hilarious video!

Here;s a hilarious video. Watch and enjoy!


http://www.youtube.com/player.swf?video_id=vEWLwz6JRNE&l=357&s=B4BC767524043C8C:53C662DC848F75CD

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Song of the day, Dec 14th 2005

Song: Locomotive Breath
Artist: Jethro tull
Album: Aqualung

Hi funda song. Couldn't find the link to the original song but instead, found this pseud live video of the group just strumming it. Plus Ian Anderson's flute is god level.

http://www.j-tull.com/
Click on the left panel that says : "Locomotive Breath" from Benefit

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Jpeg of the day

So I was speaking to Naveen, my cousin (whom LP has met at my place). Apparently they have this custom in their class (he's studying in an engineering college) where any time anybody cracks a pj, there is a call out to every body in the vicinity, and the pj-cracker is hoisted and given bums mercilessly. And they don't call it 'pj'; instead they call it 'dj', which stands for "Daridra Joke" :-)

Anyway, here are a couple of example dj creations from his friends

i) A friend walks up to Naveen and asks him, "What is JPEG?".
Naveen: "It's an image format"
Friend: "No it's not"
Naveen: "OK enlighten me"
Friend: "JP is nothing but an anagram of PJ. And JPEg is an example of a pj"

ii) Junta are playing cricket. Somebody hits a shot, and the ball goes into a ditch. They are thinking of retrieving it, when somebody says, "It's very likely that if we continue to play, the ball will keep finding its way to the ditch. So why don't we just play in the ditch; that way there is no retrieving everytime?"

ps: Smithon had proclaimed that she would do a "PJ of the day" to uphold the proud tradition of pj's in Ithaca -- keep your promise, Smithon!

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Outsourcing Games

I came across this very interesting article on business centered around gaming in NY times.

NY times article link

Junta have to register to read it. Put enthu. It talks about cheap Chinese labor "toiling away" playing games and then peddling virtual goods online. The goods can be anything from virtual ammo, points or higher levels of the game.

I found it really ironic that people take fun out of everything possible ! I guess they have lost their grip on reality when they are willing to pay someone else to take them to higher levels. Or maybe its just another form of cheat codes !

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Anjali Gupta

I find it very difficult to believe that the verdict has only to do with her embezzlement of funds and misdemeanor. It definitely seems like a case of saving the face of Air Force and sacrificing an individual.

It's amazing that Air Force judiciary penal code dictates court-marshalling for fudging of a thousand bucks and throwing a senior's breakfast parcel. Makes me question this military discipline.


http://www.hindu.com/2005/12/09/stories/2005120918501200.htm

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ING Direct

Thanks to Smython and the embezzler, I took the first step towards savings by opening a 3.75% interest ING savings account. A small step in savings and a giant leap in attitude, probably. In the time that you could take the trash out, you can increase your interest savings by 275%. That's better than Geico's!

So, junta, put endhu.

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Song of the day, Dec 8, 2005

Song: Right here Right now
Film: Bluffmaster
Artisit: Abhishek Bachchan, Sunidhi Chauhan

I thought the song sounds kinda cute. Abhishek sounds full of attitude. Enjoy.

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Muthu's Claim to Fame

Last week's issue of the Ithaca Journal featured Muthu's shopping spree on Black Friday.

Ithaca Journal Link

I was unfortunately too much in a hurry to answer their questions and muthu embezzled the opportunity and RGeed me !

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Song of the Day, Day 6, 2005

Sorry for the senti guys .. but then ...

Song: Yeh Jo Des Hai Tera (listen)
Singer: A R Rahman
Album: Swades
Artist: A R Rahman

Song: Mama I'm Coming Home (napster)
Singer: Ozzy Osbourne

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Song of the Day, Dec 5, 2005

Song: Beautiful Girl (napster)
Artist: INXS
Album: The Best of INXS

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Song of the Day, Dec 4, 2005

Continuing on the qawaali thread ...

Song: The Face of Love (napster)
Singer: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam)
Composer: David Robbins (and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan)
Album: Dead Man Walking (Soundtrack)

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Song of the Day, Dec 3, 2005

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan is Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's nephew. His music has been featured in a couple of hindi (Bhatt production) movies.

Song: Jiya Dhadak Dhadak Jaye (listen)
Singer: Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
Composer: Faisal Rafi, Rohail Hyat
Album: Kalyug

Song: Mann Ki Lagan (listen)
Singer: Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
Composer: Shahi
Album: Paap
Lyrics: Amjad Islam Amjad

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The truth about mail-in rebates

(From slashdot) http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/node/1378
Interesting stuff. So if you believe this guy, they are not doing this just to embezzle junta.

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Song of The Day, Dec 2, 2005

Song: Daydream Believer (napster) (lyrics)
Group: Monkees
Album: The Birds, The Bees, & The Monkees
Songwriter : John Stewart


I heard this song on TV in an eBay Ad and the only words I remembered were "Sleepy Jean". Anyway, upon consultation with our dear friend Mr. Google, I was able to find the group and album names. The song "I'm a Believer" from the soundtrack of "Shrek", written by Neil Diamond, was originally performed by this group. A band named "Smash Mouth" performed the song for the movie.

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Song of the day, Dec 1, 2005

Song: Aadat (listen)
Artist: Atif (Jal)
Composer: Goher Mumtaz (Jal)
Movie: Kalyug
Original Album: Aadat (Jal)

Jal is another budding pakistani band, and they have showcased their great music in yet another Mahesh Bhatt movie (remember the runaway hit "Woh Lamhe .." from Zeher -- the original is by Jal too though Anu Malik was credited for the song).

This song's (Aadat) tune and most of the lyrics were copied in another movie song ("Zehreeli Raatein ...", Chocolate) and Jal was not credited. This is very disappointing.

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