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October 7, 2005

Two Sides of a Story

If this side of the story is like this, from India’s National Newspaper dt Sat Oct 1, 2005 –

The photographs of young men and women drinking and couples kissing were published to reveal the `immoral’ goings-on at the party. The odd thing was that no one in these pictures was “scantily clad” (as alleged by the police) but the affair exposed the hypocrisy of a tabloid and tabloidising section of the press that regularly publishes `scantily clad’ and suggestive pin-ups of film actresses as a circulation booster.

the other side also has its own qualms, from The People’s Paper dt Oct 15, 2005 –

The moral jury stepped out in Chennai last week to pronounce that five star hotels are ‘holy’ places where police cannot enter. The jury was appalled at the mention of the word ‘obscenity’ and, pray, what bar licence? The conservatives in the city breathed fire, the jury was not concerned. For them, the rest could go to hell. The Chennai Police, they said, had no right to suspend the hotel’s licence.

But in Chennai, it’s not a big deal to find an escort these days. Just hang around the pubs and the discotheques. If not, there are classifieds to fall back on. One ad reads thus: “If you are an independent escort and willing to provide a full service, please contact me.”

Mylapore might be continents away from Malibu but Chennai’s hit the fast lane. To where, is a question the moral jury should decide as it careens between police stations and discos.

By now way this is to compare the quality of newspapers. Just extreme samples from an entire gamut of perspectives. To which extreme of this spectrum you belong, is a priceless question to your value system ?
October 7, 2005

நேத்துக்கூட தூக்கத்தில, பார்த்தேன் அந்த பூங்குயில,

நேத்துக்கூட தூக்கத்தில, பார்த்தேன் அந்த பூங்குயில,
ஊத்துகுளி முத்தெடுத்து சேர்த்து வெச்ச மாலை போல
வேர்த்துக்கொட்டி கண் முழிச்சி பார்த்தா,
அவ ஓடிப்போன உச்சிமலைக்காத்தா
சொப்பனத்தில் இப்படித்தான் எப்பவுமே வந்து நிப்பா
சொல்லப்போனா பேரழகி சொக்கத்தங்கம் போலிருப்பா
வெத்துக்குச்சி இல்லாமலே காதல் தீய பத்தவைப்பா !!

a.k.a

Nethukooda Thookkathila, Paathen Andha Poonguyila,
Oothukuli Mutheduthu Saerthu Vecha Maala Pola
Vetthukkotti Kan Muzhicchi Paathaa,
Ava Odippona Ucchimala Kaatthaa
Soppanathil Ippadithaan Eppavumey Vandhu Nipaa
Sollaponaa Paerazhagi Sokkathangam Polirupaa
Vathikucchi Illamaley Kaadhal Theeya Pattha Veppaa !!
October 6, 2005
October 4, 2005

Moved Type 3.2

Over the weekend, I quietly upgraded the Movable Type 2.6 to it’s newest version, Movable Type 3.2. The idea of moving to blogger is on hold due to the great blogger paradox. The blogger paradox is that it allows posts to be exported out of it’s site but doesn’t have an option to import blog posts from other services. Why wouldn’t google grab a coder from movable type and see if he can code their system to get this import thingy working.

Anyway, the new MT 3.2 has a nice professional interface with lots of useful features and impressive plugins. I am sure this would safeguard my blog from the attacks/abuses like the one happened last week. The only thing missing here is a new template. I am offlate falling in love with the minimalist stylesheet and am customizing it for my own liking. As a test, I tried to customize the minimalist into a good template at the guestblog. This is same as what I did to the blogger template at lazygeekdotblogspotdotcom . Have created few banners with Kamal, Super Star, Surya, Maddy and Aayitha Ezhuthu. Do tell me if you hated it.

P.S – Need a good suggestion to tweak the PHP for getting random banners on the blog everytime its refreshed. I tried to use the mt_rand() of PHP and it never worked for me.

Update [05th Oct] – Updated the Guest Blog with the random images script. Thanks a ton to Saravanan for writing the entire script of random images. Works like a cutie. Keep refreshing and see the images change randomly. Do tell me if it looks cool.
October 4, 2005

Save My A*s

And what a useful service this is, you are going to think. Just in case you are busy coding your last part of unix script or regression testing the broken links in your .NET code or even seriously sighting the girl opposite to your house, never mind. When you are busy indulging in one of these things, like Madhvan to Reema Sen in Minnale, Save My A*S service would keep sending flowers to your girl friend(s ??) and will bill you after its been done. If only she or they were to notice this uniformity in sending flowers never mind, SMA would still save you A by sending surprise flowers that would make them feel what a lovable boy friend ya husband you are.

From Save My A*S site [via] –

Why do I need this?

If you’re a successful professional whose career demands the bulk of your time, you know the situation. You want her to be happy, but work keeps you so busy… and maybe you’re just not as good at being romantic as you’d like to be. Imagine how she’d feel if you sent her flowers on a regular basis. Sign up for this service once, and we’ll take care of the rest.

How does it work?

You provide us with your billing info and her delivery address. We’ll periodically send her flowers every 4-6 weeks, and bill you for each delivery individually (not prepaid). . We’ll notify you before each order, and you can edit them in advance if you’d like. We’ll schedule flowers for all the obligatory dates she expects (you’ll never miss an important date again!) and we’ll score you major points by making deliveries she doesn’t expect. You will be amazed at what impact sending flowers for no apparent reason has.

I am not sure if Save My A*S would save your wallet but it would certainly save thousands of As a year. If you are one those MadanaKamarajan’s use SMA to SYA.

Two Sides of a Story

நேத்துக்கூட தூக்கத்தில, பார்த்தேன் அந்த பூங்குயில,

Moved Type 3.2

Save My A*s