11 June,2010 the hosts South Africa kicked off the FIFA Worldcup with the game against Mexico. It is astonishing to see how much excitement and frenzy a Worldcup of soccer has created around the world. Everyone on the streets, in the coffee area of the offices, restaurants seem to be talking about names like Messi, Henry, Rooney, Beckham ala carte :-). Soccer World-cup seems to bring people of different religions, caste & nationalities together. This may be the best time for office peers/managers/subordinates to bond and put their relationship on a different altitude.
32 teams battling for the supremacy......
Jabulani is the ball being used in Worldcup. it is provided by Addidas
Diego Maradona makes his reappearance in Worldcup..this time as coach for his home nation Argentina
Player of the year - Messi will be worth watching
Spain is being talked as the team to watch out...even front runners in the betting circles to win the Worldcup...Rafael Nadal has set the ball rolling earlier this month with a win in French Open
Guess what...people in US are finally talking about the true football and not the football with hands & legs...Frenzy working up for the game against England on 12 Jun'2010
talk of tournament...can't even think what happens if we have FINALS between NORTH & SOUTH KOREA
All the other sports in the world take a backstage as FIFA WORLDCUP entices and takes the CENTER STAGE
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Blazing Bhaji - Turbantor with Bat
Had the pleasure of watching the batting of the "Turbanator" - Harbhajan Singh... He was on a different level altogether and seemed to carry the 'midas' touch with him. Every shot he played was either disappearing into the crowd or hitting the advertising boards.
Tendulkar has been having a dream run of form with bat in this IPL so far. And to top it off with his knock today he came up with a captain's masterstroke idea today of bowling Harbhajan first up. My 2 cents..this masterstroke was prompted by couple of reasons
- The adrenaline was flowing for Bhajji after his batting blitz...nothing could be worse than having a charged up bowler bowling at opponent's batsman
- More importantly, the dew would have made the ball soft and Bhajji would not have the proper grip & loose the impact.
AND BEHOLD...2nd ball of the DC innings...guess what Sachin holds the "kamal" catch to c the back of the most dangerous DC batsman - Gilchrist.
I believe the wind was Knocked out of DC by Bhajji's knock but the fall of Gilchrist on 2nd ball of the innings knocked the spirit out of their fight..
With the result of the two games played today, has thrown IPL -3 open. Rajasthan Royals (RR) with their 4th consecutive win have climbed up the ladder. They are now placed 3rd in the points table after having played 7 games. Deccan Chargers (DC) who were riding a success wave are now struggling and are on the 5th position but very likely to be displaced by KKR or DD tomorrow. Look at the Points Table reference
We still have lots of games to go...And we may see some teams making a comeback
Watch the highlights on www.youtube.com/ipl
Tendulkar has been having a dream run of form with bat in this IPL so far. And to top it off with his knock today he came up with a captain's masterstroke idea today of bowling Harbhajan first up. My 2 cents..this masterstroke was prompted by couple of reasons
- The adrenaline was flowing for Bhajji after his batting blitz...nothing could be worse than having a charged up bowler bowling at opponent's batsman
- More importantly, the dew would have made the ball soft and Bhajji would not have the proper grip & loose the impact.
AND BEHOLD...2nd ball of the DC innings...guess what Sachin holds the "kamal" catch to c the back of the most dangerous DC batsman - Gilchrist.
I believe the wind was Knocked out of DC by Bhajji's knock but the fall of Gilchrist on 2nd ball of the innings knocked the spirit out of their fight..
With the result of the two games played today, has thrown IPL -3 open. Rajasthan Royals (RR) with their 4th consecutive win have climbed up the ladder. They are now placed 3rd in the points table after having played 7 games. Deccan Chargers (DC) who were riding a success wave are now struggling and are on the 5th position but very likely to be displaced by KKR or DD tomorrow. Look at the Points Table reference
We still have lots of games to go...And we may see some teams making a comeback
Watch the highlights on www.youtube.com/ipl
Sunday, March 21, 2010
IPL3 - Match of the Tournament so far
I have stopped blogging for many days (years).....but watching the match between Chennai Super Kings & King Punjab made me blog again.
Classic match. you could say one team tried its best to loose the match while the other sneaked through an ajar door. there were couple of instances for few players to make a name for themselves and they did not grab it
- parthiv patel had everything going for him. he had to play himself till the last over to take Superkings over the wire
- Irfan Pathan had a golden opportunity to become a hero for Punjab by bowling an over of his lifetime. he had to restrict CSK from getting those 10 runs in the last over
God knows had CSK played their full quota of 6 balls in the Superover...we might still have some more excitement left in the game..
In the end, Chennai Super Kings have themselves to blame as it is said..."THEY SNATCHED DEFEAT FROM THE JAWS OF VICTORY".....
Classic match. you could say one team tried its best to loose the match while the other sneaked through an ajar door. there were couple of instances for few players to make a name for themselves and they did not grab it
- parthiv patel had everything going for him. he had to play himself till the last over to take Superkings over the wire
- Irfan Pathan had a golden opportunity to become a hero for Punjab by bowling an over of his lifetime. he had to restrict CSK from getting those 10 runs in the last over
God knows had CSK played their full quota of 6 balls in the Superover...we might still have some more excitement left in the game..
In the end, Chennai Super Kings have themselves to blame as it is said..."THEY SNATCHED DEFEAT FROM THE JAWS OF VICTORY".....
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Scribd - A good site
Guys...just came across this site SCRIBD where you can upload docs yourself or search for some reference docs.
I came across this site while reading LewisC blog http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/oracle/guide
Lewis Cunningham is an Oracle Ace, author of EnterpriseDB: The Definitive Guide and a Database Architect. I have been following his blogging on ITTOOLBOX very religiously. He definetely has good inputs on Oracle which are very helpfull.
I came across this site while reading LewisC blog http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/oracle/guide
Lewis Cunningham is an Oracle Ace, author of EnterpriseDB: The Definitive Guide and a Database Architect. I have been following his blogging on ITTOOLBOX very religiously. He definetely has good inputs on Oracle which are very helpfull.
Sunday, March 09, 2008
DST Update - Issue with BlackJack Mobiles
By now everyone would have realised that US Moved to Daylight Saving Time (DST) this weekend. So, this means that starting weekend the time zone delta with the US will be one less hour.
Keeping this in view, I noticed that the time on my 'BLACKJACK' had not changed to the DST timings. Oh god.... thinking I had put the time update to manual I checked the settings. To my surprise it was set to 'automatic' and then it dawned on me that the mobile had failed me. As per my naive belief it should have changed to DST based on the settings.
This got me surfing the net and it lead me to the following microsoft site which had an update available for the Window Mobile devices.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/daylightsaving/default.mspx
You need to download the CAB file available.
I downloaded the file and my mobile changed to the DST timings immediately.
Hope this works for everyone.
FYI: I use the AT & T network.
Keeping this in view, I noticed that the time on my 'BLACKJACK' had not changed to the DST timings. Oh god.... thinking I had put the time update to manual I checked the settings. To my surprise it was set to 'automatic' and then it dawned on me that the mobile had failed me. As per my naive belief it should have changed to DST based on the settings.
This got me surfing the net and it lead me to the following microsoft site which had an update available for the Window Mobile devices.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/daylightsaving/default.mspx
You need to download the CAB file available.
I downloaded the file and my mobile changed to the DST timings immediately.
Hope this works for everyone.
FYI: I use the AT & T network.
Saturday, March 08, 2008
Sync your data - Allway Sync
Last year in thanksgiving I purchased an external drive and since then have been struggling to synchronize the data between PC & External Drive..... some of it can be blamed on my carelessness or lethargy to keep data in synchronize. After quite a struggle & surfing the net, I stumbled upon "ALLWAY SYNC" a free download.
The software has easy to use interface. It helps in 'analyze' the files that need to be synchronized between the source & destination. Allway Sync also gives us a list of files that are questionable and waits for us to take action.
Feel free to download the software from http://allwaysync.com/download.html
Finally, my prayers are answered and data is synchronized between the drives
The software has easy to use interface. It helps in 'analyze' the files that need to be synchronized between the source & destination. Allway Sync also gives us a list of files that are questionable and waits for us to take action.
Feel free to download the software from http://allwaysync.com/download.html
Finally, my prayers are answered and data is synchronized between the drives
Thursday, March 06, 2008
Cannon SD1000 - Lens Error, Restart the camera
My cannon SD1000 died on me while taking pics of my new born baby. It kept saying "Lens Error, Restart the Camera". In the hospital, I could not concentrate or do any trial n error on the camera.
Back home now... I did the following and it worked
Removed the battery, recharged the same. Inserted the charged batter and very gently moved lens sideways couple of times. The lens immediately went in and I restarted the camera. Everything is back to normal.
I have clicked some more photos and it is working fine.
Not sure if this will work for everyone....no harm in sharing some tip
Back home now... I did the following and it worked
Removed the battery, recharged the same. Inserted the charged batter and very gently moved lens sideways couple of times. The lens immediately went in and I restarted the camera. Everything is back to normal.
I have clicked some more photos and it is working fine.
Not sure if this will work for everyone....no harm in sharing some tip
Bundle of Joy arrives
Wondering why I stopped blogging.....for a very good reason
Sudha and myself were blessed with a cute little baby on 29 Feb. She is named ALEKHYA and will remain 'young' always as she was born in the leap year.
She is our second child....Abhishek our first son is all excited and already playing the bigbrother.
Monday, February 04, 2008
SuperBowl XLII - Final Update
The Final Game lived up to the expectations....Eli Manning gave the 'slip' of his life...Patriots were left shell-shocked. Eli in the last 2 minutes of the game played probably threw the 'best' throws in a football game. NY Giants defense were the "MVP" of the superbowl. Brady was not able to create the moves and was 'sacked' very often or made to throw wild.
An interesting article that caught the attention "Patriots coach a sore loser"
It is point well made .....
"But when the shoe's on the other foot, and Bill Belichick's team has been beaten, he can't sit there and take the pain for a few seconds. "
Bill Belichick should have waited till the final whistle to blow before embarking on his mission to congratulate the winning coach. At the same time, other school of thought would debate that Bill Belichick was eager enough to admit his team was beaten and was being sporting enough to walk across to the other side. This action of the 'star' coach is going to rage for many weeks to come. While the debate is on, we should give Bill Belichick and Patriots there due credit, they were the best but failed the 'last' step to the zenith.
NY Giants are TRUE WINNERS....they were underdogs but played like "CHAMPS"...Congratulations Eli Manning and the brave 'defense' team.
Before signing off - on SuperBowl...the following were the last two commercials watched by yours truely....
Victoria Secret - let the real games begin
American Idol - even champs can dream.
Curtains have come down on another SuperBowl....
An interesting article that caught the attention "Patriots coach a sore loser"
It is point well made .....
"But when the shoe's on the other foot, and Bill Belichick's team has been beaten, he can't sit there and take the pain for a few seconds. "
Bill Belichick should have waited till the final whistle to blow before embarking on his mission to congratulate the winning coach. At the same time, other school of thought would debate that Bill Belichick was eager enough to admit his team was beaten and was being sporting enough to walk across to the other side. This action of the 'star' coach is going to rage for many weeks to come. While the debate is on, we should give Bill Belichick and Patriots there due credit, they were the best but failed the 'last' step to the zenith.
NY Giants are TRUE WINNERS....they were underdogs but played like "CHAMPS"...Congratulations Eli Manning and the brave 'defense' team.
Before signing off - on SuperBowl...the following were the last two commercials watched by yours truely....
Victoria Secret - let the real games begin
American Idol - even champs can dream.
Curtains have come down on another SuperBowl....
Sunday, February 03, 2008
SuperBowl XLII - NY GIANTS CHAMPIONS
NY GIANTS ARE THE CHAMPIONS....
Eli Manning gave a slip of the season...he slipped out of the pile to throw a "TOUCHDOWN" pass of his life.
Eli Manning gave a slip of the season...he slipped out of the pile to throw a "TOUCHDOWN" pass of his life.
SuperBowl XLII - TOUCHDOWN NY GIANTS
IS THIS THE TOUCHDOWN for the CHAMPIONSHIP......
Are we going to see the the end of "SEASON RUN-STREAK" of the PATRIOTS...
35 secs to go in the match and the Giants lead by 3 and now 'time-outs' will come into picture..
TOM BRADY - THE STATUE will have to bring out his best game out in the field..
HOLD YOUR BREATH ......
Are we going to see the the end of "SEASON RUN-STREAK" of the PATRIOTS...
35 secs to go in the match and the Giants lead by 3 and now 'time-outs' will come into picture..
TOM BRADY - THE STATUE will have to bring out his best game out in the field..
HOLD YOUR BREATH ......
SuperBowl XLII - TOUCHDOWN PATRIOTS
Randy Moss - Catches the ball of the match -- A TOUCHDOWN
Tom Brady...is heading for 2nd SuperBowl Championship...
Eli Manning will have to really pull-off something here to keep the NY Giants in the hunt...
MATCH IS ON..........
Tom Brady...is heading for 2nd SuperBowl Championship...
Eli Manning will have to really pull-off something here to keep the NY Giants in the hunt...
MATCH IS ON..........
SuperBowl XLII - Commercial & Game Update
Coke is leading the way in Commercials at the beginning of the 4th quarter
CocaCola - Washington DC
Toyota -
TACO BELL - New Fiesta Platters - OOla
Gatrode - Man's Best Friend
Bud Light - Flint
Hyundai - Genesis - think about it thru the tunnel
Randy Moss has been able to make only 2 catches in the whole match and we are alreadyinto the last 10 mins of the 4th quarter. The NY GIANTS defense is playing their best football. They are hurrying Tom Brady and who looks to be shaken up. He seems to be running out of ideas.
Need to see if we would see another 'ace' coming out of his pocket. He is back on the field as we are in the last 8 mins of the 4th quarter.
CocaCola - Washington DC
Toyota -
TACO BELL - New Fiesta Platters - OOla
Gatrode - Man's Best Friend
Bud Light - Flint
Hyundai - Genesis - think about it thru the tunnel
Randy Moss has been able to make only 2 catches in the whole match and we are alreadyinto the last 10 mins of the 4th quarter. The NY GIANTS defense is playing their best football. They are hurrying Tom Brady and who looks to be shaken up. He seems to be running out of ideas.
Need to see if we would see another 'ace' coming out of his pocket. He is back on the field as we are in the last 8 mins of the 4th quarter.
SuperBowl XLII - Commercials Update 2nd Half
Hyundai - "Genesis " the drive thru the mountains
*** other blogs are talking about Hyundai making its first appearance since 1989 in SuperBowl
BudLight - Missed the flight
Sunsilk - make it happen
CocaCola - Macy's Parade
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not sure if these commercials were aired before the SuperBowl
E*Trade - not sure if it was aired before SuperBowl
Jack in Box - Jack in the Spa
the Big Brother - Peyton Manning is looking anxious as he watches his brother putting it up against the Patriots.
*** other blogs are talking about Hyundai making its first appearance since 1989 in SuperBowl
BudLight - Missed the flight
Sunsilk - make it happen
CocaCola - Macy's Parade
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not sure if these commercials were aired before the SuperBowl
E*Trade - not sure if it was aired before SuperBowl
Jack in Box - Jack in the Spa
the Big Brother - Peyton Manning is looking anxious as he watches his brother putting it up against the Patriots.
SuperBowl XLII - 2nd Quarter Ad Update
The advertisements aired during the 2nd half
Cars.com - Witch Doctor
SalesGenie - Pandas
BudLight - The Wheel
IceBreakers - Ice Cubes
Careerbuilder.com - The Wish, Bee
These ads were aired as the Patriots challenged that NY Giants had 12 men on the field.
Cars.com - Witch Doctor
SalesGenie - Pandas
BudLight - The Wheel
IceBreakers - Ice Cubes
Careerbuilder.com - The Wish, Bee
These ads were aired as the Patriots challenged that NY Giants had 12 men on the field.
SuperBowl XLII - HalfTime Update
Patriots are having a tough time keeping the NY Giants defense at bay. NY Gaints had a turnover just before the half-time. NY Giants would go to the tent feeling good...they have not let the Patriots run away with the game. Tom Brady has been sacked almost 3 times today and has tough time throwing 6 times.
Scoreline of 7-3 in favor of Patriots definetely does not tell the true story of the game. NY Giants are giving everything they have and it is going to 'final' half worth watching.
It is going to be an exciting 2 quarters....Let's watch n enjoy
Scoreline of 7-3 in favor of Patriots definetely does not tell the true story of the game. NY Giants are giving everything they have and it is going to 'final' half worth watching.
It is going to be an exciting 2 quarters....Let's watch n enjoy
SuperBowl XLII - Ads Update
The following are the ads that have been watched by me
Ford Synch - Anesthesia On
SalesGenie.com - Indian Touch - Mr. Ramesh
GoDaddy.com - not for kids. surprising it went thru the Censor Board
Budwiser - Horse & Dog partnership
Toyota Corolla - Cannons firing
Garmin Navigator - 'Follow the Leader' the take on the French Leader Napoleon Bonaparte
LifeWater - Lizards dancing to the "Thriller" - Very Catchy
GMC - Never say Never - Yukon Hybrid
BudLight - Gives some Indian touch.
Cars.com - Stone Circle
PepsiStuff.com - not that intersting, involving the Justin Timberlake
Doritos - violent, not cool.
T-Mobile - Barkley & Wade T-Favorites
Ford Synch - Anesthesia On
SalesGenie.com - Indian Touch - Mr. Ramesh
GoDaddy.com - not for kids. surprising it went thru the Censor Board
Budwiser - Horse & Dog partnership
Toyota Corolla - Cannons firing
Garmin Navigator - 'Follow the Leader' the take on the French Leader Napoleon Bonaparte
LifeWater - Lizards dancing to the "Thriller" - Very Catchy
GMC - Never say Never - Yukon Hybrid
BudLight - Gives some Indian touch.
Cars.com - Stone Circle
PepsiStuff.com - not that intersting, involving the Justin Timberlake
Doritos - violent, not cool.
T-Mobile - Barkley & Wade T-Favorites
SuperBowl - Ads Update
Ads that have been aired so far and looking ood
Budwiser - The Fire
Audi - Car take on the 'head of horse' in the film 'GODFATHER'
Dell - Red
FedEx - Piegons causing an havoc
Gatrode - G2 - Derek Jeter Baseball Field
Jim Carrey is at the venue enjoying the show.
Patriots lead 7-3
Budwiser - The Fire
Audi - Car take on the 'head of horse' in the film 'GODFATHER'
Dell - Red
FedEx - Piegons causing an havoc
Gatrode - G2 - Derek Jeter Baseball Field
Jim Carrey is at the venue enjoying the show.
Patriots lead 7-3
SUPERBOWL XLII - Underway
Wow...the American sports extravaganza is underway.
the whole of US is now busy watching the match between NY Gaints vs Patriots.
Most of the viewers would be eagerly watching the new advertisements that are going to be released today.
If you miss any of the ads and the same can be watched at www.myspace.com/superbowlads
Budwiser - Fire Adv and Audi's take on the scene from Godfather really show the way for some good ad watching..
If someone wants to know more about superbowl...they can visit the NFL site http://www.nfl.com/home
It would be worth watching if Jr. Manning would be able to pull off a trick out of his bag to upset Brady's applecart.
the whole of US is now busy watching the match between NY Gaints vs Patriots.
Most of the viewers would be eagerly watching the new advertisements that are going to be released today.
If you miss any of the ads and the same can be watched at www.myspace.com/superbowlads
Budwiser - Fire Adv and Audi's take on the scene from Godfather really show the way for some good ad watching..
If someone wants to know more about superbowl...they can visit the NFL site http://www.nfl.com/home
It would be worth watching if Jr. Manning would be able to pull off a trick out of his bag to upset Brady's applecart.
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