More of the Good Stuff

Love Me Or Hate Me, you cannot deny my masterpieces.

All you can say is "Aaaaaahh".

It's that time of the year again...

It's been a year since the last one and as you all know, the last one didn't go that well. But you all are even more aware that I'm a glutton for punishment. So today at noon, I'm beginning the 1800 km drive to Colorado for this year's experiment in self torture: Ride the Rockies 2006.

Last year, I trained poorly and yet completed all but 13 miles of the course. This year, I have trained even less and there are three stages of 80+ miles. I am going to die on the mountain. Please send flowers to my funeral. I prefer white lilies.

Unfortunately for my new bride, she didn't know what she was getting into when she said, "That sounds like fun! I'll do it this year with you." So we bought her a bike and she trained as little as I did. I guess the young only learn by experience.

This year's tour features Clueless Wife, The Old Man, Old Man Winter and yours truly. Clueless Wife is starting to feel jittery about the tour. The Old Man is scoffing at the route because he has trained twice as much as the training schedule calls for. Old Man Winter is grumpy about having to do the tour. I started having minor heart attacks after seeing the elevation profiles. We will be covering 419 miles in 6 days, most of which I intend to be on my back in an ambulance or on a stretcher. Check out the tour route and elevation profiles at

http://www.ridetherockies.com/default.asp?page=route

Wish me luck. I'm going to need a lot of it. This is going to be as hard as Self sticking to a new diet.

The one true Pulasthicator

I've always wondered what the originator looks like. He looks mildly pulasthicated to boot... Whatte loulie!

Our friends the tongue-twisters...

Kanchana has been finding it difficult to say/remember the simple names "Caddy and Labdee". Here are the variations she has used so far:

Cabdee
Laddie
Candy
Labby
Clabdee

Any other variations out there? Suggestions invited...

its a revival of endless laughter

bikes

all ye fans of the legendary tabartor, bijroth, lifafi, phunzagra and one more.

world famous RAJ COMICS of Nagraj fame has a wesbite, all their heroes with vital statistics and their allies enemies, anemas, are all in there waiting to be discovered.


please discover and die laughing

http://www.rajcomics.com/HEROES.HTM

peace

\m/

Heap big happenings!

California trip. Camping in Yosemite National Park. Kanchana survives. Mild interview scene. Shengar lands a job. Thought process begins...

The Dees are spotted! True Fun shack behaviour. Arrival at house of Dees. One oms. Some oyins. Reminiscence of lost days. Scopal of Caddy's V-Session drum kit! Cookal of chicken curry. Uber-kaaram. Mild music. Steely Dan. One oms. Meals. X-box based racing. The glorious nonexistence of Shengar's racing skills. Death of Kanchana. Some oyins. X-box based tennis. Repeat of glorious suck-fest. One oms. Some oyins. Video goodness. OD in Kodi. Emergency munchies. Parotta and chicken curry. Shengar, Ca and Labdee conduct instant intake of grub. Kanchana much amused. More video goodness. Interview of his-own and upe leading up to Efeth audio release. Jubbs on stage. Inees interview hilarity. 5 am. Some oyins. Global death. Early morning (noon). Continued death of Dees. Shengar cheats and calls both their cell phones. Muahahaha. Off to Denny's diner for breaker. Coffee, omelettes. Discussion of omelettes, eggs and tubers of Koramangala. Return to Dee's Fun Shack. One oms. Mega-pulasthicator. Relax. Music. Plans made for next Bikang video. Bikang clan forms scootang clan. Whatte loulie!

Meeting of Shengars and Matheshs for lunch. Singaporean/Malaysian/Indonesian/tiny asian country restaurant. Beer. Mojitos. Beer. Mild food. Wives chat. Husbands drink. Plans are made for evening. More interview goodness. Shengar gets email from various universities. spends half a day crafting replies. Evening arrives. Mathesh arrives. WITH OLD MONK!!!! Old Monk-iness commences. Bottle polished off, scootal of Mathesh, death of Shengar. Early morning morning non-wake up of Shengar. Kanchana packs.

Return of Shengar and Kanchana to Toronto. Admission for MBA from U of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Whatte loulie! Rum and coke. Rum and coke. Rum and coke. Rum and coke. Rum and coke. Turn down job offers. Gearing up for reception. Open bar at reception. Muahahahahaha. Rum and coke. Rum and coke. rumandcokerumandcokerumandcokerumandcoke.

All things are loulie...

We Will Rock You

www.queenonline.com/wewillrockyou/
www.showbusiness.co.za/show_info/SHOWS/rockyou.htm

Good 1.

Postbyling

Sevai. Rice with sambar. Rice and sambar and potato curry, curd rice. Bite of subway sandwich. No vadumangaa pickle.

Lodd says she and Negha weigh the same. Pfffft.

Kham.

The moon is back.

Kishore's hands are full. With his hair. Lodd wants to be spared. And she cries. Ainnngnnhh...

What is the glue used in Post-its. Quai wants to know...

Its 100 seats each, but DMK is going to win. Coalition government. Bad for the state (junta) - Ling

Cape of Goodope

Absolutely top of the charts. Sample it here.

mayday monday

Inees for Mayor (of Durban)

He rules the city man and whatay loulee city! Full pull - be it Indian restaurant or uShaka marine world - he rocked the show. We did off hajaar things over 4 days of the easter weekend.

Gambling in a casino, drinks at a jazz bar on a wharf overlooking the Durban port, sooper Indian grub at Palki, saying hello to a pride of lions just 2 feet away from our cars, breathtaking drive along the Drakensberg mountain range, full dirt quad-biking at Sani Pass in Underberg, sexy home cooked lunch courtesy Mrs. S, shark diving at uShaka Marine world - in a tank full of ragged tooth sharks (that's our man and his better half up there), snorkeling in a pond filled with over 400 species of fish and one sand shark - one with the fish...one with the fish..., dolphin show, clubbing at Stones, amazing breakfast at Fortunes and Zaks, chill-out on the beach with beer and ice-cream for breakfast.

It was a total rich. All I can say is, Inees for mayor - him da man!



Full photos at my yahoo photo album

daft | what a beautiful word

daft:Afflicted with or exhibiting irrationality and mental unsoundness

Brainsick, crazy, demented, disordered, distraught, dotty, insane, lunatic, mad, maniac, maniacal, mentally ill, moonstruck, off, touched, unbalanced, unsound, wrong. Informal bonkers, cracked, daffy, gaga, loony, bananas, batty, buggy, cuckoo, fruity, loco, nuts, nutty, screwy, and wacky.

use.laugh.enjoy

Tch Tch Tch Tch Tch Tch

in.rediff.com/movies/2006/apr/12raj.htm

cobain

r.i.p cobain

wasabi machi

http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=JjvzQm4bJ8s&search=petronas

(forward courtesy Ms.PG)

Why's there no Moon?

In a rather disturbing development, there aint been no moon in Chennai for 10 days now. And its new moon day only today!

How do we know there's no moon? Well, we haven't seen one. Inspite of our best efforts to locate our celestial companion.

What can we do? To ensure that the moon's OK, anybody in any part of the world, who sights the moon in the next day or two (after the new moon day), please report. Then we'll know whether the problem is confined to Chennai or not.

After that what we'll do, I dont know. Hopefully the moon will surface by then.

dear broudher, jai shankar iyer

dear broudher, jai shankar iyer

time you stopped to wander, as a louner

and find your made for each oudher

as we will wonder, nou and forever

you will make a smaller stouter

JUNIOR

harr harr harr

that will make your father moudher and sister(s)

happy tougedher along with houdher

dear broudher.........

Man marries Goat

Gross... but it was too funny, I couldn't resist.


"A Sudanese man has been forced to take a goat as his "wife".

Mr Alifi, Hai Malakal in Upper Nile State, told the Juba Post newspaper that he heard a loud noise around midnight on 13 February and immediately rushed outside to find Mr Tombe with his goat.

"When I asked him: 'What are you doing there?', he fell off the back of the goat, so I captured and tied him up".

Village elders ordered the man, Mr Tombe, to pay dowry for the goat, because he had used it as his wife.

"We have given him the goat, and as far as we know they are still together," Mr Alifi said. "

Read full article here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4748292.stm

tick tick tick tick tick tick tick

Movie : Operation Diamond Rocket
Lyric : Chi UdayaShankar
Music : GK Venkatesh
Voice : RajKumar

if you come today it's too early
if you come tomorrow it's too late
you pick the time tick tick tick tick tick tick
darling
if you say morning no no it's not good
if you say evening no no it's too bad
if you say noon no no it's not the time
what did you say nothing oh it's all right
you pick the time tick tick tick tick tick tick
darling
million times beating my heart
million dreams haunt my heart
million memories squeez my heart
million desires stinging my heart
you pick the time tick tick tick tick tick tick
darling

long live kannada

long live dr.rajkumar

wah rich

timeproof beauty

"life is shabby without you baby, gundello gubba gubba"

I have spotted the song that will, if not surpass at least be a worthy contender to "If you come today (the tick tick tick tick tick tick song)" :)

The title of this song is "life is shabby without you baby, gundello gubba gubba"! It's from the 1986 Telugu movie 'Padamati Sandhya Ragam' and has world-famous drummer Sivamani doing the honours on screen, with SPB as music director and playback singer. Here are some links about the movie/song:

http://www.ghantasala.info/tfs/cdata1f85.html
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0251919/
http://www.telugucinema.com/c/stars/Jandhyala_Songs.shtml

I haven't been able to get the video although there were a couple of links .rm and BitTorrent files of the whole movie.

Whoever finds the video/audio gets 100/50 Bikang points! Happy Hunting!

Wotaymatch! Wotaymatch!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/4799650.stm

The best ODI - ever. And to think that I was just 40 Kms away! If only I had taken Inees' advice and made it there somehow - even though it was sold out.

Thathuvam

Engineering college-la padichi Engineer aagalaam. Aana Presidency Collegela padichi president aaga mudiyuma?

Bus stop kitta wait pannina Bus varum... Full Stop kitta wait pannina Full varuma?

Airtel Mobile vachirundalum... Aircel Mobile vachirundalum... thumumbodhu Hutch -nu thaan satham Varum

Gold vachi gold chain pannalam ana cycle vachi cycle chain panna mudiyuma?

Nee evalo periya padipaliya irundhalum exam hall-la poi padikka mudiyadhu...

School testla bit adikkalaam... college testla bit adikkalaam... aanna blood testla bit adikka mudiyuma?

Enna thaan naai nandri ullatha irunthalum, athala Thank You solla mudiyathu!

Aayiram thaan irundhalum aayirathi onnu than perusu.

Kasu irundha call taxi. Kasu illaina kaal than taxi!

Kovil maniya namma adicha saththam varum... Aana kovil mani nammala adicha raththam thaan varum.

Pant pottu muttipoda mudiyum, aanaa muttipottu pant poda mudiyumaa?

Restaurant at the end of the Hartbeespoortdam

and for the record, Ostrich meat is nothing like Chicken! bwah

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrich
http://www.ostrichesonline.com/meat/meatindex.html

Centurion, 25-Feb-2006, SA vs. Aus

Another fine video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whiLwDoRk_o&search=petronas

Identify the Camels

Knock Knock Knockin' on Heaven's Door...

St. Peter (read Speed) opens those Pearly Gates!!

And the rest, as they say, is history.

Mapu, Khysore, do the deed, get the pics...

Whatte February!

Captain's food and dose of TT went down quite well!

End of my chronicling of parties, as reminded by Lodd (Its back to soberdom)

One clap to the 316s.

PS: PARTY SEVEN

Bikang Raises the Bar...

And goes to Mahabs for Sunday Dinner!

Rich!! Organised in Qualis and all. Thanks to Tane, no one has to be bothered about driving back, well...

Life gets better and better!!

Ooooo...

PS: A Rao in the house, with many an evil arrack (Singala Pazhaya Saaraayam)

Time for a new layout?

PS Jain, P Sagarmal Jain, Psaignnn, Saigon, Heignnn, Peter Heignnn...

We need a sahasranamam to propitiate the gods of blog layout...

Visesh - time for a new look, don't you think?

Bikang dominates the Americans...

For further wedding pics featuring non-bikangers visit

http://gorf.zrox.net/Photos/Wedding/Wedding.html

Zaara...

And who d've thot...
Party 6: Need we say more?

PS: Lodd, We know whats good for you...

The Flea

Inspired by Gorf's post on the pregnancy test video, here's a spoof ad for the I-Pod, that I stumbled upon. It's hilarious!

The Flea

vic the wandering prasad

torvic sadpra - bikangs blogfather
bangalore ?
chennai?
centurion?

where are you.......

Yennatthe Solla...

Party 4: Nice and quiet
Party 5: Anything but... (apparently)

1.75 ltrs of tequila to Real Grape Juice
Attempted Margarita to trip to Hotel Rainbow

If I think of party itself I'm getting smashed

SOS (Save Our Souls)

In view of marriage.....

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MKM

(Mother cocked me)

2 shooters and several LIITs later, its officially MKed.

What is there...

Party count: 3, yeah yeah... BnB, wednesday, the 316s...

SOS (Same Old Shit)

Happy { V } Day

Bikes all over

Its Valentines day

Lou is in the air

peace

Beach house party pics

Some pics from the pre-wedding beach house party...

http://gorf.zrox.net/Photos/Beachhouse2006/Beachhouse2006.html

dubai sheikh reporting

yo yo yo bikes

dubai sheikh reports

getting used to the place

will move in to house in a couple of weeks

tis getting ready

sharing accomodation is the scene
old monk rocks, yes even in dubai

Dubai Open starts shortly

the stadium is right opposite my office

bought myself tickets to watch federets ahassi and sharapova

more updates later

peace

\m/

Incomers!!!

Jabbed

http://www.sodaplay.com/constructor/index.htm

Its a... its a... its a... its a... its a...

GIIIRRRRLLLL!!!!

Wah Rage! Wah Kisor! Well done!!!

Its a party... life's a party, ha ha ha ha ha ha...

Boys gang and girls gang time to pool in and show the new born what she's gotten herself into!!

Gift for Self's parents...

Party

Friday the 20th
2pm onwards
Khanna's Laughing Waters
Sam
Old Monk

'nuff said.

bye and a couple of good wishes

the reluctant traveller leaves

he wishes his twin a blissful married life

&

papa'z' and rage a louly parenthood

well done guys

and to the rest of you

so long then

.

Ode to Old Monk

An original Bikang photo of the Official Bikang Drink. Cheers!

Photo Courtesy M.

return of the twin

Here we go again !

Bestever Bikang Barbake

That's what it was. How we rocked it!

Best party on terrace since the '99 retro, according to Zeb.

Venue Committee: D&Z&Lodd
Theme based flex backdrops all over, lampshades, seating on mattresses, balloons, fancy 2 level bar counter. Terrace looked like terrace no more!

Food Committee: Self, me and ofcourse SAM
A self salad, sausages and hot dogs. Prawns, marinated bird and veggies, courtesy Sam.
Booze!

Grillmaster: Tony and flown in from bangalore, just in time - Quai.

DJ: One and only, Onejubbs. Armed with DJ software and music from even RJ Dave.

Then partyo party. WAH! The dancing and drinking and people and fun and food and merry making and total and complete revelry had to be experienced.

2006 has got to be impressed with how Bikang rang it in!

Happy New Year, People!

B there Bikes

Company Policy

As an over worked employee, I know...

Dress Code
It is advised that you come to work dressed according to your salary. If we see you wearing Prada shoes and carrying a Gucci bag, we assume you are doing well financially and therefore do not need a raise. If you dress poorly, you need to learn to manage your money better, so that you may buy nicer clothes, and therefore you do not need a raise. If you dress just right, you are right where you need to be and therefore you do not need a raise.

Sick Days
We will no longer accept a doctor's statement as proof of sickness. If you are able to go to the doctor, you are able to come to work. Personal Days Each employee will receive 104 personal days a year. They are called Saturday & Sunday.

Bereavement Leave
This is no excuse for missing work. There is nothing you can do for dead friends, relatives or co-workers. Every effort should be made to have non-employees attend to the arrangements. In rare cases where employee involvement is necessary, the funeral should be scheduled in the late afternoon. We will be glad to allow you to work through your lunch hour and subsequently leave one hour early.

Toilet Use
Entirely too much time is being spent in the toilet. There is now a strict three-minute time limit in the stalls. At the end of three minutes, and
alarm will sound, the toilet paper roll will retract, the stall door will open, and a picture will be taken. After your second offense, your picture will be posted on the company bulletin board under the "Chronic Offenders category". Anyone caught smiling in the picture will be sanctioned under the company's mental health policy.

Lunch Break
Skinny people get 30 minutes for lunch, as they need to eat more, so that they can look healthy. Normal size people get 15 minutes for lunch to get a balanced meal to maintain their average figure. Chubby people get 5 minutes for lunch, because that's all the time needed to drink a Slim-Fast.

Thank you for your loyalty to our company. We are here to provide a positive employment experience. Therefore, all questions, comments, concerns, complaints, frustrations, irritations, aggravations, insinuations, allegations, accusations, contemplations, consternation and input should be directed elsewhere.

Yuletide Spirits

'Tis that time of the year.

Happy vibes to ye all!

Nonbass Returns

People! Finally, (like really finally) just a few hours before I land in Chennai, I thought I'll put up at least one post in this magnificent blog. It's provided me hours of entertainment, and sadly the only contribution I've made is change my blog name (It's a long story.I'll tell you later.)

The title sounds like it's a really bad sequel to a superhero movie, but hey, you get the point. I'm back in India for 5 weeks, 4 of which will be spent in Chennai. Couple of weddings to attend, family reunion, catching up with friends, and of course, severe partying with copious quantities of everything. For you guys, this'll probably be like an extended version of your average weekend. For me, it's a much needed holiday.

I don't have any of your numbers, so I'll just land up at Studio on Thursday, bald head and all. And the fun and games will begin. Looking forward to seeing you all.

Oh, btw, I'm typing this in Singapore, at the airport. This is now truly a global blogal...

thalaiva

happy birthday superstar

Rest in Peace, Ola....

In a legal argument by Senator George Graham Vest:

"The best friend a man has in this world may turn against him and become his enemy. His son or daughter that he has reared with loving care may prove ungrateful. Those who are nearest and dearest to us, those whom we trust with our happiness and our good name, may become traitors to their faith. The money that a man has, he may lose. It flies away from him, perhaps when he needs it most.

A man's reputation may be sacrificed in a moment of ill-considered action. The people who are prone to fall on their knees to do us honor when success is with us may be the first to throw the stone of malice when failure settles its clouds upon our heads. The one absolutely unselfish friend that a man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him and the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous is his dog.

Gentlemen of the jury, a man's dog stands by him in prosperity and in poverty, in health and in sickness. He will sleep on the cold ground, where the wintry winds blow and the snow drives fiercely, if only he may be near his master's side.

He will kiss the hand that has no food to offer. He will lick the wounds and sores that come in encounters with the roughness of the world. He guards the sleep of his pauper master as if he were a prince. When all other friends desert, he remains. When riches take wings and reputation falls to pieces, he is as constant in his love as the sun in its journey through the heavens.

If fortune drives the master forth an outcast in the world, friendless and homeless, the faithful dog asks no higher privilege than that of accompanying him to guard against danger, to fight against his enemies, and when the last scene of all comes and death takes the master in its embrace and his body is laid away in the cold ground, no matter if all other friends pursue their way, there by his graveside will the noble dog be found, his head between his paws, his eyes sad but open in alert watchfulness, faithful and true even to death."

If you like Star Wars, run like hell...

Here is a fine "adaptation" of our favorite space epic. You'll need flash. Pictures from the movie with captions. Hilariously gross to hilariously disgusting. You'll never look at Chewie the same again...

http://www.pointlesswasteoftime.com/film/swflash.html

The Doors of Perception - Aldous Huxley

www.mescaline.com/huxley.htm

december the second

ok.nursery rhyme time

-----------------------

rain rain go away

bikang and india want to play

rain rain go away

sri lanka also wants to play

rain rain go away

sachin wants to play and so does caddy

rain rain go away

come again another day

fin.

Loom - Miles_Gurtu

I got to hear the song 'Loom' from the album 'Miles_Gurtu' by Robert Miles and Trilok Gurtu with Jon Thorne on Bass. I have been repeatedly playing this song non-stop for 2 days now! Haven't done that since '1-2 Beaucoup' from Glimpse by Trilok Gurtu.

Exhilarating!

its december.........hic!

On the food trail in Chennai

www.rediff.com/getahead/2005/nov/29chennai.htm

Auspicious Day

George Best

Black day for football

George Best

R.I.P

Censorship at Indian film festivals

www.petitiononline.com/MIFF/

Finis off the Inis...

Buggendranaths,

Details, please. The deliberations, inebriations, incarcerations and preparations for the wedding of our one and only Spector. Inispector....

Terrace galatta. Old Monk galatta. Oms galatta. Studio galatta. T-shirt galatta. Cricket galatta. Old stories galatta. Pre-wedding galatta. Sade galatta. Wedding galatta. Post-wedding galatta. Galatta galatta.

Keep the international chapter of Bikang informed. We eagerly await.

its been a year

It's a Paper Anniversary

One clap, please. It's been a year of bloggin at bikang now. Just glanced through the archives since Nov'04. It's a rich. Kudos to all contributors. Special mention: Psaignnn, for all the rich graphics and for being the only one who remembered this date!

Keep it going Bikes!

\V/

BangalorePotHole

www.bangalorepothole.com

Maybe we should start a chennaipothole.com and run a competition between the two. My guess is that Bangalore will win hands down.

Zombo

Check out...
www.zombo.com

Jabbed... my instructor sent me the link by the way.

World Heritage Tour

www.world-heritage-tour.org/asia/in/map.html

This was started by Tito Dupret, a Belgian, after he learnt about the destruction of the Buddha statues at Bamiyan by the Taliban. Those were the tallest Buddha statues in the world.

The objective of the site is to create a virtual record of all UNESCO World Heritage sites for all posterity to witness and enjoy. Can't help but support it.

Blogger for Word

In case you missed it...

buzz.blogger.com/bloggerforword.html

Online Media Repository - Free and Unlimited

www.ourmedia.org

Maybe 'Bikang Cup Trophy' could have an international debut here?!

How can one play/convert MPEG-4 files?

www.archive.org/

Long live the Public Domain!

I've downloaded a couple of movies, in MPEG-4 format, from the Internet Archive. Does anyone know of a video player or plugin that will play/conver .mp4 files?

Post-Diwali post

hope everyone had a good one.

the rains seemed to have returned with a vengeance. had to become darth 'wader' to make my way around koyambedu, to catch a bus to bangalore. will be back in chennai this weekend. hope to catch match #4 of #3. the flesh might be weak but the spirit is rocking! WE WILL WIN! WE WILL WIN! WE WILL WIN!

meanwhile, here are some timepass stumbles:

people.freenet.de/schnubelken/bunnys/

www.lowbright.com/Comics/10Commandments/10Commandments.htm

www.xs4all.nl/~jvdkuyp/flash/see.htm

www.andyfoulds.co.uk/amusement/bushv2.htm

When it rains, it monsoons

The Insat image today (Oct 27, 2005):



Chennai and Bangalore Bik's - brace yourselves!

Step aside, Jude...

Funny though he is, Jude is funny only to others. These two Chinese kids have knowingly taken lipsyncertainment to its most ridiculous and hilarious extreme. I can't believe that this hasn't been done before. More importantly, I'm glad these guys got there first.

Watch, howl, collapse and shit your pants laughing. God knows I almost did...

www.tian.cc/2005/10/asian-backstreet-boys.html

The 'OUCH SCREEN'

Enhanced information booths at Coimbatore railway station:




The way it works is:

1) u use it to find out some current info like the coach position
2) it tells u it's gonna be at the other extreme end of the platform from where you are currently standing
3) u lug urself all the way there in all of 30 minutes
4) the train arrives and u find that your coach is placed right where u were when u started - at the other end from where you are now
5) u now have only 5 minutes before the train leaves
6) you go "OUCH" (actually, you go m@#$%f@#$% s#@$ a#$%^ ...)

(Disclaimer: The above experience has been modified for dramatic effect. The 'ouch' thingy worked pretty fine alright. Yet, there's a chance of cutting yourself on the edges of frame holding the screen and going, "OUCH"!)

The IIPM controversy - may truth prevail

www.petitiononline.com/blogbang

sachin tendulkar

he is back boys!!!!!

Secret Code in Color Printers Lets (US) Government Track You

http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2005_10.php#004063

"The U.S. Secret Service admitted that the tracking information is part of a deal struck with selected color laser printer manufacturers, ostensibly to identify counterfeiters. However, the nature of the private information encoded in each document was not previously known.

"We've found that the dots from at least one line of printers encode the date and time your document was printed, as well as the serial number of the printer," said EFF Staff Technologist Seth David Schoen.

You can see the dots on color prints from machines made by Xerox, Canon, and other manufacturers (for a list of the printers we investigated so far, see: http://www.eff.org/Privacy/printers/list.php). The dots are yellow, less than one millimeter in diameter, and are typically repeated over each page of a document. In order to see the pattern, you need a blue light, a magnifying glass, or a microscope (for instructions on how to see the dots, see: http://www.eff.org/Privacy/printers/docucolor/)."

Dream Team

YOU THINK YOU CAN PICK THE BEST ODI TEAM OF ALL-TIME?

bccb

Begging is good. In India, for sure.

Maybe its the population... The odds of alms are much higher??

We know borrowing and stealing are lucrative too. This honest living funda is losing colour, I tell you.

weekend bangalore blast

What is the national language of India?

We had a discussion on this topic over the weekend and my contention was that there is no single national language in India - only two official languages (Hindi and English) and 15 so-called "national" languages - the ones printed on our currency.

I was surprised to find that some still think that Hindi is 'THE' national language of India as much as they were to hear from me that it is not. We realized that the former view is what is passed as the 'absolute' truth regarding the law of the land with regards to language in our education system as well as most other public arenas. Whereas 'the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth' is not quite as simple as that.

Here are some links to pages that shed more light on the matter:

Reconciling Linguistic Diversity: The History and the Future of Language Policy in India

Official language - Wikipedia definition

THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA:PROVISIONS RELATING TO LANGUAGES

THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES ACT, 1963(AS AMENDED, 1967)(Act No. 19 of 1963)

Constitution of India - Part VII

Languages of India

List of national languages of India

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF THE UNION

Does anyone know any other interesting facts on this topic?

-V

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www.wbloggar.com/download.php

The opposite of authors

I was downloading a host of free pdfs of classic works by famous authors and it got me thinking...What would their anto-nyms be?

Lewis Carroll - Lewis RockSong

Leo Tolstoy - Leo Shortstoy

Thomas More - Thomas Less

Edgar Allan Poe - Edgar Allan Vaa

Samuel Butler - Samuel Master

Oscar Wilde - Oscar Tame

Nicolo Machiavelli - Nicolo Machanaavelli

H. G. Wells - H. G. Pumps

Daniel Defoe - Daniel Defriend

D. H. Lawrence - D. H. Anarchyrence

The Brothers Grimm - The Brothers Gay

Hans Christian Andersen - Hans Antichristian Andersen

Salman Rushdie - Salman Tarrydie

V.S. Naipaul - V. S. Poonaipaul

Douglas Adams - Douglas Eves

Shobha De - Shobha Nite

William Shakespeare - William Stillpin

....adding to torvics gems

J R R Tolkein - J R R Shortkein

Kurt Vonnegut - Kurt Dontwannegut

Roald Dahl - Unroald Dahl

Isaac Asimov - Idontsac Asimov

Anne Rice - Anne Dal

Ayn Rand - Ayn Rupee

Amitav Ghosh - Imightnothave Ghosh

Stephen King - Stephen Queen

Michael Crichton - Michael Crichquintal

Arthur C Clarke - Arthur Dont See Charke

Frederick Forsyth - Fredrick Notforsyth

P G Woodehouse - P G Glasshouse

This one is extremely malleable

Sue Townsend - Dont Sue Townsend

Sue Townsend - Sue Villagesend

Sue Townsend - Sue Townget

......and finally

Sue Townsend - Dont SueVillageget

more stumbledupons

Singhsons
www.badmash.org/singhson.php

Icon story
www.xs4all.nl/~jvdkuyp/flash/see.htm

Bad Costumes
www.retrocrush.com/archive2003/badcostumes/

girls = evil
www.msxnet.org/humour/girls-are-evil.jpg

its awards time

.....and so for the month of october

.....until november

THE BASIC LAWS OF HUMAN STUPIDITY

www.mentalsoup.com/mentalsoup/basic.htm

Somebody tell me she's just exaggerating

How dare you kiss in Chennai?
www.rediff.com/news/2005/oct/03sw.htm

I suggest we organize a protest kissathon where all participants of opposite sex will kiss each other. Any takers?!

;)

Celebrating Gandhi Jayanthi

A spectacular plan to celebrate Old Baldy's birthday.

Medium rare Angus beef steaks washed down with sour mash whiskey. Slightly drunk tottering to the shooting range to discharge a couple of rounds from a rusty old 12-gauge shotgun. Wind up the day by picking up a couple of hookers on the way home.

Anyone want to make a plan for Morarji Desai? Oh the possibilities...

do believe the skype

any skypers out there?

try it out at http://www.skype.com

-V

P.S. my id is 'omshome'

september 17 | heres the scene

calling all bikes

its september 17th again

the partys on

same place as last year

( beach house of world famous deepakraj )

be there

bring your own booze, chicks and other things

have fun

enjoy

What effects processor would Jesus use?

from Justin Frankel, the creator of Winamp, Shoutcast, AVS (Winamp), Gnutella, WASTE...

http://www.jesusonic.com/
http://www.ninjam.com/

bye bye shankar | 1976 - 2005

september 17 | whats the scene

chennaimadras goes the NY way

http://www.ilovechennai.com

chennaimadras rocks

well done

tsk tsk kishore mild t-shirt feel seems to be coming what say ?????

Amway leads to capture of two outlaws

Enter the Bikang

This is too rich:


When taxi driver Mike Wagers picked up a couple outside Cincinnati Wednesday, he had no idea authorities considered them armed and extremely dangerous.

He had no clue they were wanted in Tuesday's escape from, and fatal shooting of a guard at, a courthouse in Kingston, Tenn. And he had no way of knowing he was about to become a key player in their capture.

According to police, Jennifer Hyatte, 31, ambushed two guards as they were leading her 34-year-old husband, inmate George Hyatte, from a hearing in Kingston, Tenn.

A guard was shot and killed, and Jennifer was shot as well, police add.

Officials say the Hyattes were still on the lam when Wagers drove them to Columbus, Ohio.

But he says little they said or did made him think anything was amiss.

"The cover story they gave me didn't really seem to wash too much," Wagers told The Early Show co-anchor Harry Smith Thursday. "I mean, I could kinda see through that. But I had no indication that these guys were really dangerous or they were on the run."

They claimed they were heading to a sales conference of Amway, the household goods manufacturer. But, says Wagers, "They didn't strike me as the Amway type, because, to be honest, they weren't very pushy about their product. And I've dealt with (Amway salespeople) before. So that was my only real suspicion.

"But they paid me for the trip, so I had no outward reason to suspect that these were bad people."

Didn't he notice that the woman was injured? "I didn't notice anything 'til we had gotten there. When I was dropping them off at the hotel room, she was favoring one side. I don't know actually where she was injured at. But she said … she'd gotten banged up in a car wreck she was in. It didn't raise any further suspicion."

Wagers says a friend's suggestion led to his tip to police: "I had already made it all the way back home. I was done for the day. I was actually sitting at home, playing some video games. Then a friend of mine called me up and said, 'Hey, you took some folks … up to Columbus, right?' I said, 'Yeah.' Then he said, 'You need to call the police.' "

"We get all kinds in the cab," Wagers continued. "And I didn't figure they were up to no good. I had no clue. I was really caught off guard by this."

Wagers admits he "didn't get much sleep, just thinking about how this could have turned out."

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/08/11/earlyshow/main771012.shtml

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TMYN TMYN

Happy Birthday to you

Happy Birthday to you

Happy Birthday dear TMYN

Happy Birthday to you

i followed the moskva

down to gorky park

listening to the winds of change

fade out

some things dont change at all

bikang wishes tmyn tmyn a very happy birthday

eat.drink.enjoy