Narain Karthikeyan for Jordan in Formula 1

Narain Karthikeyan, from Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu will be racing for Jordan in Formula 1 this year.

It’s really proud to have someone from my hometown, in Formula 1 my favorite sport, next to cricket.

This is Narain http://www.formula1.com/insight/driver/805/8.html
And this is his team http://www.formula1.com/insight/team/8.html

Patriots Kick Ass

YAY.
Patriots won the Super Bowl and I won the bet with my friend Jeff.
This is the second year Patriots are winning the Super Bowl consecutively and this is the second year Iam winning the bet with Jeff.
I get a free lunch now. (hmmm...Next time I should settle for something big. hmm....something to think about...)
Anyway, Patriots Kick Ass.
YAY.

ICC proposes changes in ODI format

The International Cricket Council is considering radical changes to one-day cricket format which, if agreed to during its two-day meeting that started in Melbourne on Thursday, are likely to be implemented as early as this year.

The committee, comprising representatives of all full member countries, also proposed that fielding restrictions - now placed in the first 15 overs of a match - should be rotated according to the batting team's wishes.

"The first idea was to leave it to the fielding side but then we thought that you might have a situation where the fielding side is so good, they might dismiss the opposition in 35 overs and have no field restrictions at all," Gavaskar said.

"What we have suggested is that the batting side will choose the 15 overs it wants. That makes it all the more challenging for the fielding side," he added.

http://us.rediff.com/cricket/2005/feb/04icc.htm

YAY.

I sent a mail to ICC few months back suggesting few changes and I even got a reply from them. I had talked about this in my blog few months back.
You can see that here.

http://vimaln.blogspot.com/2004/10/few-days-back-i-had-sent-email-to-icc.html

One of the changes I proposed has been implemented. I had suggested the fielding side choose the field restriction periods. I still believe that is better than batting side choosing the field restriction periods.

I hope they implement my other suggestions too.

Goddammit.
I wish I had asked them for a big check if they were to implement my suggestions :(

Ash's lehnga choli to be auctioned

"Some 300 New Yorkers will gather at Christie's and listen to a speech by New York's Senator, Hillary Rodham Clinton and an introduction by the United Nations Undersecretary General Shashi Tharoor February 4."

"The auction will feature two unique items. A lehnga choli worn by Aishwarya Rai in Gurinder Chadha's Bride and Prejudice, a gift from Miramax, ..."

http://us.rediff.com/news/2005/feb/03spec.htm

mmm... I wonder how much will my clothes fetch me if I auction them...mmm.

YAY.
I finished watching the movie M Kumaran Son Of Mahalakshmi.
YAY.
Goddamnit. It's 2:15am; already tomorrow.
Let me go catch some ZZzzzsss.

Reincarnation : The average time for rebirth? 15 months, says expert

"The research team, has substantial evidences in at least 67 per cent of the samples. Most children, forget about the past by age of 10 and become normal adults. The average time between death and birth was 15 months. At least 51 per cent of the reported cases either died of accidents or were murdered."

newindpress.com

National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS)

BMW

YAY
I got my BMW.
I went to the Richmond BMW dealer today and took delivery of my car.
It's so sexy. YAY

'Flammable' Titan covered in liquid gas

Saturn's moon Titan is covered by "dirty" ice ridges and seas of liquid natural gas, a team of scientists said on Friday after a week of research into data from the space probe Huygens.

Goddamnit!
We need to liberate Titan's now. This is going to be the real Star Wars.

CNN Article

EPA seeks review of Teflon ingredient

A chemical used to make the nonstick substance Teflon is being considered by the Environmental Protection Agency as a potential health risk.

CNN Article

Alright...it's time to buy some of our traditional 'mann satti paanai'(Clay Pots)

How do you know Times of India website has loaded in your browser?

When you have 7 annoying pop-up windows opened in your browser...then you know...Times of India website has loaded completely.

CAUTION : Click the hyperlink at your own peril.

You see...On the other hand...the good thing is...if you ever install a popup blocker and want to test if it's working...you know which website you should go.

Remember couple of days days ago, I talked about racing with a lady in a tan Nissan Maxima? I saw her again today morning. She was in her car in front of mine. Looks like we travel at the same time. But today we did not race, I just passed her. Then later I let her go pass me so that I can read the license plate.JjBbYy 9385 (numbers alone changed).

This is from the website of Census Board of India.

"We also count people in India" ???

"ALSO" ???

eh...Isn't that your primary job?

Today morning drive was fun.
There was this lady in her Tan color Nissan Maxima, behind me, and was trying to tail-gate me. I got all pumped up and decided to give her a good time. So we started to race. haha.I think it was almost for like 10 miles. I kicked ass. Then we saw a cop's car ahead of us and both of us had to slow down a little bit. But it was fun.

My car should have arrived at New York on Friday. Hope fully within the next 20 days I should be getting it here. Iam all excited about it. My weekend was very relaxing. I just got Friends Season 8 DVDs and was watching it. Also I have started to read Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code.

Hindi movie star Vivek Oberoi has adopted Devanaam Pattinam (Thevanampattinam) village in Tamil Nadu

His family has camped in the village, and he has been going to every house in the village talking to them. He says "I have come here with a group of doctors. I stayed and bought lots of medicine, stoves, utensils from Chennai. We are going to start by giving proper medical care to the people, then taking care of food, and then repair the partially damaged houses. We are going to build new houses where the old ones have been completely destroyed. I will stay here for few more days, talk to the people and see what they need and take care of them. I'm also planning to buy new fishing nets and talking to some of my friends in Mumbai. We are also considering importing modern nets from china. I haven't thought about how much it's going to cost and I am not concerned too."





Courtesy : Vikatan

Ancestral early warning systems better than modern science ?

The five aboriginal tribes inhabiting the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, our last missing link with early civilization, have emerged unscathed from the tsunamis because of their age old "warning systems".

http://www.ptinews.com/

Our ancestor's tsunami warning systems kick ass modern man's hi-tech satellite tsunami warning systems.

Aishwarya Rai interview on CBS' "60 Minutes" - Article in CNN

CNN Article

Courtesy : CNN.COM

More Tsunami Satellite pictures from India's satellites

Courtesy: National Remote Sensing Agency, Dept. of Space, Govt. of India


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All of the above images :
Courtesy: National Remote Sensing Agency, Dept. of Space, Govt. of India

More satellite pictures from DigitalGlobe

http://digitalglobe.com/tsunami_gallery.html
http://digitalglobe.com/sample_imagery.shtml
http://digitalglobe.com/press/images_media.shtml

Courtesy : DigitalGlobe http://digitalglobe.com/