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July 13, 2005

The Harry Hurry !!

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I’m not in this race for I haven’t read a single Harry Potter as of date. I have watched the movies but somehow I missed on reading Harry Potter series and The Lord of the Rings. Having a Barnes and Noble just across the street, and such enthusiasm picking -up, I’m becoming curious. I’m planning to stay until friday midnight in Barnes and Noble to enjoy the release party of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

Will catch some crazy emotions during the release through my mobile camera. The picture above was shot using the mobile cam, so excuse the quality. BTW, I might buy the book too.
July 13, 2005

Quickies

We’re Not Afraid, a website created by London web designer Alfie Dennan, is creating waves. The website, in structure of a blog, has pictures of people from London and notes that displays, we are not afraid. Via BBC.

Users are being urged to enter a number in their phone’s memory under the heading ICE – In Case of Emergency. Via BBC.

Odeo is open to public, now. I stongly guess that this quick move is to balance the competition from Apple’s iTunes. Try it out.

Free SkypeOut Days. Yesterday was one of them and I got 10 skypeout minutes, free. BTW, I’m skyping, for the last couple of months @ guruwho. Catch me there.

Gillmour Gang’s podcast on Gnomedex ’05 was interesting. Gave good insight into the adoption of RSS by Microsoft for Longhorn. Must listen.

A decade of Amazon; a best-seller of it’s own. Also, Amazon’s Hall of Fame. Meanwhile, this is the time you should be reading this. Tell me if you understood the link.
July 12, 2005

Lilliputian Reviews

Arindum Ariyaamalum – Hugely inspired from Mani Ratnam Flicks. Arya shines. Heroine couldn’t act. Yet again, Yuvan delivers. If only the climax wasn’t cliched…good watch.

Rear Window – A Photographer, a broken leg, a rear window and a homicide. Hitchcockian thriller. Engrossing.

The Ring – Urban Legend. Happens in Seattle. Good Screenplay, reminds me of a Stephen King book.

Rituparno Ghosh’s Raincoat is hanging on the stand. Yet to see !!
July 12, 2005

Sunday Samayal

“Etho oru sunday, naamalum lungiya madichhu kattikittu, samachiduvom. Athu Nallavum vandudum. Athukaaga…” says Arjun in Muthalvan. That’s exactly what I did yesterday.

Armed with lungi/kathrikka and tons of ‘experience’, I logged into the kitchen with the idea of cooking some exotic meals. A few hours later….. I was running for a glass of water, hot spicy saambar.
July 10, 2005

iTunes incorporates Podcasts

The newest version of iTunes has a section for Podcasts. iTunes 4.9 was released a week ago and within two days more than a million customers subscribed to the Podcasts content. While this may sound a welcoming break for iTunes users, start-ups like Odeo might have stiff competition. Odeo essentially does the same thing of accumulating a common place for Podcasts. It also allows Podcasts to be created and published. While iTunes allows you to publish, it doesn’t feature Podcast creation software.

With Apple joining the Podcast fray, not only will Podcasts gain attention, new & fresh podcasts will come to light. The online/print media wouldn’t want to miss the happenings of Podcast movement like what they did for blogging, in early days. Every second article on the technology forum of mainstream online media is on Podcasting. Just be aware of the media hype created here.

The Harry Hurry !!

Quickies

Lilliputian Reviews

Sunday Samayal

iTunes incorporates Podcasts