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February 23, 2006

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That’s the ratio of a valid comment to a spam comment, this blog receives. I think the spammers are just nuts. Despite the ‘no follow’ parameter set on every blog comment, I’ve have no clue why spammers are still busting this blog. Nothing happens to their comments. I simply delete them. Are they sadistic enough to waste time in churning comments and be happy that I’m wasting time in deleting comments? I don’t think so. Would be great if some mainstream media does an underground story on them.

They say Word Press has excellent spam control stuff. Prabhu suggested this long time back. Now I’m not interested to move to Word Press because I don’t want to do the same mistake I did a couple of years back in moving from Blogger to Movable Type. Though MT offers more than excellent blogging features, their spam control hasn’t met the needs completely.

Also, I’m tad upset with Google for not being aggressive with Blogger. Even the blogger blog, Buzz, sucks big time. Couple of years back, they used to have wonderful editorials on Blogger. Now they have come to a near stop. Did Google do a mistake of buying Blogger? Would Blogger be better-off without Google? Instead of being bothered by these stuff, I only wish they buck up and finish the known issues & feature requests. At least let the world know what they are up to.
February 22, 2006

Sujatha says…

[Source – Sujatha’s Column in Kumudam ]

The last time he said that was in Vikatan. I had duly noted it on the blog, even then. Here’s the blogpost, Aathalinal Kaathal Seithen. Luckily you don’t need a UID/Pass to read the old column. FYI, this is a classical Sujatha style column.

Though I couldn’t buy his argument from the perspective of a society, his science seems to convince me.
February 22, 2006

The Informal Bill

Bill Gates talks to Channel 9, the Microsoft Video Blog. Unlike the usual interviews where formal keynotes and strategies are discussed, this one is a welcome break.

Gates is very informal in this seventeen minute clip. Though essentially played in Channel 9 as a curtain raiser to Mix 06, there are some interesting questions asked and answered.
February 22, 2006

Jeeva, R B Chaudary’s son,

Jeeva, R B Chaudary’s son, seems to be a natural actor. Couple of days back, I watched his first flick Aasai Aasaiyai and some parts of his latest flick , Dishoom. He is completely cool about his on-screen presence which I think most of our new generation heroes fail badly. Either they have to keeping moving on screen or they have to do something to hide their nervousness. Jeeva seems very very cool and his dialogue delivery is so natural that Vijay / Ajith / Simbhu can rightaway take join a two hour training session with him. And yeah, he is pretty tall and also capable of some good kollywood’s gyrating dances.

Contrary to the public opinion, I disliked his characterization and his performance in Ram. And the movie sucked so badly that I wished it was never taken in the first place. If only he could sign-up for the ‘right movies’ unlike Ram, I’m sure he is going to hang around for some more time to come.
February 22, 2006

Was listening to an old

Was listening to an old favorite, Minsaaram Enn Meethu Paaikindrathey from Vidhyasagar’s Run. Absolutely elegant music with amazing use of percussions. The rushing tempo is also maintained throughout the song.

Harish Raghavendra was at his very best. Sadhana Sargam has been my favorite ever since her hindi debut except that her Tamil sucks. Azhagan becomes Alagan and so on. But then, I only wish she could get the pronounciation straight. Astounding voice. I think the guy who shouts Kaadhal Seeyae(continously) and the humming before the first saranam is the one listed as Jack Smely. What a team effort.

This was a personal favorite for a group of friends and we would listen to it all the time while driving. Forgot it somewhere down the line but enjoyed it thoroughly today.

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Sujatha says…

The Informal Bill

Jeeva, R B Chaudary’s son,

Was listening to an old