Stop this madness..

http://www.forbes.com/business/feeds/afx/2006/04/30/afx2708853.html

One more inhuman act of terrorists. When will this madness stop??

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(English) Song of the Day, Apr 29, 2006

Song: ... This Strange Effect on Me ... (listen/see) (napster)
Artist: Hooverphonic
Album: Blue Wonder Powder Milk

This song became popular since it is featured on the new Motorola SLVR advertisement.

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Movie by IITians

A movie made my IITians about IIT life has just released. It is currently playing at Satyam and Sree. I know some of the cast members. Check out more at

http://siliconjungle-thefilm.com/

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Puzzle for the Day, Apr 26, 2006

When muthu, I and others were at a conference recently, we were solving some simple math and logic puzzles whenever the talks became boring. The puzzle solving experience was quite nice and I thought if any of us come across nice puzzles (or even pj level puzzles) we should share it on the blog! People who come up with answers should post a comment so that we can compare answers and the possibly lateral thought processes (this is usually the most interesting/enetertaining part).

OK. Today's puzzle (muthu already knows ... many of you might have heard this before )

There is a 4 ft by 8 ft rectangular table with a flat surface. There are N 1 inch diameter coins arranged on the table such that the whole 4ft by 8ft surface is covered by the coins (obviously the coins can overlap). Suppose you are given 4N 1/2 inch diameter coins, can you or can you not completely cover the surface of the 4ft by 8ft table ?? If yes, give the arrangement of coins. If no, prove that you cannot!

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(English) Song of the Day, Apr 26, 2006

Song: Stay with you (wmv)(QT)
Artist: Goo Goo Dolls
Album: Let Love In

The one hit (Iris - win/qt) wonders are back with a cool song. I like the lighting effects in the video.

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(Hindi) Song of the Day, Apr 22, 2006

Well, I finally saw the movie "Rang De Basanti". The songs in the movie are amazing ... especially I liked the way these two songs appeared in the movie

Song: Khalbali (listen)

Song: Roobaroo (listen)

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(Hindi) Song of the Day, Apr 21, 2006

Song: Jab Koi Baat Bigad Jaaye (listen)(lyrics)
Singer: Kuar Sanu, Sadhana Sargam
Movie: Jurm
Music Director: Rajesh Roshan

Kumar Sanu, according to me, is one of the luckyest singers. So many of his songs have amazing lyrics and great music.

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Men & abstract reasoning

... following up on the "cheeky" post a couple of days back ;-) ...

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(Dig) Song of the Day, Apr 20, 2006.

By 1d's request, first dig song of the day.

Song : Naavaduva Nudiye Kannada Nudi(listen)
Singer : PB Srinivas
Movie : Gandhada Gudi

Raj Kumar is in the movie.. I guess you all know that he died recently. Of course, the riots on his death are beyond any logic !

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One more personality test

What's your world view?

philosophy test

It gave pretty expected results and was fun to think of my own philosophy. Try it out and put your results in comments!

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(Tamil) Song of the Day, Apr 19, 2006

Supposedly the whole of Madras is ga-ga on this song and the singer has become an overnight celebrity ...

Song: Vaazha Meenukkum (listen)
Singer: Gaana Ulaganathan
Movie: Chithiram Pesuthadi
Composer: Sundar C Babu

Supposedly, the lyrics personify people in terms of fish ... i dont understand the lyrics too well and hence dont understand why Madras is crazy about this song ...

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(Hindi) Song of the Day, Apr 19, 2006

Most of you must have heard this song ... this post for the sheer beauty of her voice ...

Song: Jaadu Hai Nasha Hai (listen)(also on napster)
Singer: Shreya Ghoshal
Movie: Jism
Composer: M M Kreem

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(English) Song of the Day, Apr 18, 2006

Song: Over My Head (Cable Car) (listen/see)
Artist: The Fray
Album: How to Save a Life

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(English) Song of the Day, Apr 17, 2006

Song: Mother (napster) (lyrics)
Artist: Pink Floyd
Album: The Wall

" ... Mother, do you think she’s good enough,
For me?
Mother, do you think she’s dangerous,
To me?
Mother will she tear your little boy apart?
Ooooowaa mother, will she break my heart?

Hush, my baby. baby, don’t you cry.
Momma’s gonna check out all your girlfriends for you ..."

Sons and their over-protective mothers may not be peculiar only to south india ;-)

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But Y ?? -- revelations about life ;-)

Men rationalize all the time ... women don't want to (many times) ... ever wondered "Why?" ...

Well .. the answer is staring in your face !!! (or at least in your chromosome ... ) ;-)

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(English) Song of the Day, Apr 16, 2006

Song: North (napster)
Artist: Afro Celt Sound System

I first heard about Afro Celt Sound System due to following song ...

Song: Eireann (napster)(lyrics)
Artist: Afro Celt Sound System

... which of course is the "inspiration" for ...

Song: Khambakt Ishq (listen)
Singer: Asha Bhonsle, Sonu Nigam
Movie: Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya
Music Director: Sandeep Chowta

... and of course for which Sandeep Chowta got awards !!

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(English) Song of the Day, Apr 15, 2006

Song: In the Deep (listen)
Artist: Bird York
Album: Crash OST

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Life is Beautiful ....

Life should be very beautiful ... for me to say it ;-)

Song: Buon Giorno Principessa (listen to sample)
Artist: Nicola Piovani
Movie: Life is Beautiful

A simple tune -- haunting and yet beautiful ...

(for those who have access to my collection of movie instrumental themes -- this one is track 7 in that playlist ... )

(btw ... this is the 200th post ... we are going great !!!)

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Next time ... try ... a few deep breaths

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(English) Song of the Day, Apr 13, 2006

Song: She's always a woman to me ... (napster) (lyrics)
Artist: Billy Joel

Interesting quote ...
"To be happy with a man you must understand him a lot and love him a little. To be happy with a woman you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all."

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(English) Song of the Day, Apr 12, 2006

Song: Sweet Lullaby [Live] (napster) (lyrics)
Artist: Deep Forest
Album: Made In Japan

One of my favourite new age (i call them new age for the lack of a better classification) artists ...

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The ESP Game ...

Check out this fun game ...

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(English) Song of the Day, Apr 11, 2006

Song: Hip Dont Lie (listen/see)
Artist: Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean
Album: Oral Fixation 2

Check out AOL music for a countdown of the latest pop ...

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Whats in a name ...

I thought I would really write something ... but lost enthu and instead am just linking to this post ...

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(English) Song of the Day, Apr 10, 2006

Song: Judas Be My Guide (napster) (lyrics)
Artist: Iron Maiden
Album: Fear of the Dark

Well, we were talking about the recently pieced together "Gospel of Judas" recently ...
Dumbledore is God ?? ;-) ...

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(Hindi) Song(s) of the day, April 6th 2006

Song1: Hoke majboor mujhe
Singers: Check out this list- Mohd. Rafi, MannaDey, Talat Mehmood, Bhupinder
Movie: Haqeeqat (1964)

http://www.musicindiaonline.com/l/17/s/movie_name.871/

The song is picturised on a bunch of soldiers thinking of their wives/ girlfriends. Its a touching video- the song quality on Musicindiaonline is bad, I must warn.

Song2: Man Tarpat Hari Darshan ko Aj
Movie: Baiju Bawra
Whats special about this song: An awesome bhajan written by Shakeel Badayuni, composed by Naushad and sung by Mohd. Rafi- three Muslims come together to give us such a soulful rendering of "Hari Darshan"- thats what we humans are capable of!

http://www.musicindiaonline.com/l/17/s/movie_name.299/

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