Funny? yes and no.

JibJab takes aim at outsourcing from CNET

"The latest Web animation from the Spiridellis brothers also marks a switch in online allies for JibJab, from Yahoo to Microsoft's MSN.
The new animated short, "Big Box Mart," features an "unsuspecting consumer" who loses his highly skilled factory job because the work is being transferred to a lower-wage economy overseas. The worker ends up as a janitor at a mega-retailer.
"Big Box Mart" debuted late Thursday during NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno." Shortly after that, at 9 p.m. PDT, the animation became available on MSN Video and at JibJab.com."

JibJab (see the Big Box Mart animation)

A look at News!

The great Indian laughter challenge from The Hindu

This is a must read article if you news buff. It takes a humorous look at how today even the Indian media is not just commercialism of news but it is just a mater of sensational news building.

"A rough guide to media jargon might help enhance that.
Special Investigation: This means the reporter actually visited the place.
Breaking news: Means we saw it on the other channel and had to move real fast to claw our way back into the game.
Exclusive: It has not ever been carried before on this channel."

learning from the WEST!

Our President and his Vision

A day for Kalam to translate his vision from The Hindu

"Advice for teachers

"If you don't become learners, how will you teach? I think you should have some training for teachers so that they can teach students," Mr. Kalam said. Apart from offering friendly advice to teachers, he also found time to quiz the children. Walking into a classroom, he took youngsters by surprise, asking them how much time the Earth took to revolve around the sun."

I don't remember when was the last time we had such an active President. We need more presidents like him.

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Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.
-- Aldous Huxley

Very good read

Big Girls Don't Cry from NYTimes

"WHEN women first joined the executive ranks of corporate America a generation ago, they donned sober slacks and button-down shirts. They carried standard-issue briefcases and adopted their male colleagues' stoicism.
More than two decades later, women have stopped trying to behave like men, trading in drab briefcases for handbags and embracing men's wear only if it is tailored to their curves. Yet there is one taboo from the earlier, prefeminist workplace that endures: women are not allowed to cry at the office. It is a potentially career-marring mistake that continues to be seen as a sign of weakness or irrationality, no less by women themselves than by men."

Something got to give....

Dravid named as captain from cricinfo.com

"The selectors have appointed Rahul Dravid as the captain of the Indian side for the forthcoming two ODI series against Sri Lanka and South Africa, which will include 12 ODIs starting on October 25. Dravid was put in charge of the side until November 28, when India will play South Africa in the final match of the five-match series at Mumbai."

Cricket buffs at IIT

A solution to `chucking' problem from The Hindu

"Arun and Varun, who bagged the first place, said they thought the problem gave them scope to experiment with Image Processing. Being cricket buffs helped, they admit. All that the duo used for equipment was Arun's mobile phone camera. They then came up with an algorithm that can calculate the flex angle."

Unlikely help!!!!!

Pakistan denies India army report from BBC

"According to the first reports from the Indian army, the Pakistani soldiers invited the Indians to help them rebuild some of their bunkers after sleeping in the open in increasingly cold temperatures."

Some shocking present day reality!!!!!

Caste System from New Internationalist [via LazyDesi]

Most article are must read, though Combatting Caste, Caste out and Mariamma’s shame are the best(or I should say the worst)

Some how I think that the only way out of this mess that is so much a part of our society is to educate everyone! But somewhere somehow it ought to stop.

Stem Cell Research

Embryonic Cells, No Embryo Needed: Hunting for Ways Out of an Impasse from NYTimes

This is a very informative article about the process of stem cell research. Also touches lightly on cloning process.

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Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.
-- Lou Holtz

How this blog works (or doesn't work)...

I have realized that over the last 300 odd posts, a pattern has developed for my blog. And incase some of you want to avoid certain sections(or the entire blog) here are the clues :)

Basically there are 4 sections

Quotes -- This has quotes from various sources
Thought -- This captures the occasions where my brain spits out some words.
Anonymuncule -- This has few times that I try my hand with writing.
Everything else -- All the news, articles, books, views and anything that has catches my attention.(Maybe I should subdivide this cause I find it difficult to find things that I have read and posted earlier. Don't think blogger has tagging ability)
(Opinion -- This is something that I want to add but then I do not have time for it. There are few posts that belong to this section though)

ps - it is a note to myself but comments are welcome.

anonymuncule

Entry bought peace with it and exit, silence.
Each was equally quiet but nothing could be so different.

quotes

Time! the corrector when our judgments err.
-- Lord Byron

The time you think you're missing, misses you too.
-- Ymber Delecto

Time, the cradle of hope.... Wisdom walks before it, opportunity with it, and repentance behind it: he that has made it his friend will have little to fear from his enemies, but he that has made it his enemy will have little to hope from his friends.
-- Charles Caleb Colton

A look at Bollywood Box Office

The box office is an ass from HT

Was good a fun read :)