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June 10, 2004

Coffee day, makes my day !!

I’ve been an obsessive compulsive coffee lover throughout. I am one among the many south indians tamils who are addicted to the filter coffee culture. So what happens ? Invariably, I spend more time to decide on the coffee mix. So everytime we need to get filter coffee powder from shop, I give more instructions to that shopwala than to my hair dresser or my costume designer(lol..read tailor).

This evening when I gave the Coffee Day shopwala more complex formulas than e=mc² for my filter coffee powder, he was amused by my interest in coffee. Told not many people were interested in coffee powder preparation. With 400 gms of Plantation ‘A’ and 100 gms of Plantation ‘B’ supreme(??), the coffee smelled best, only to me. He was apprehensive with that degree of mix and said he would like to know if at all it tasted good. Waved a bye so oddly.

But now as I drink the same coffee, the coffee tastes great and I am forced to give me a pat myself for the coffee lover in me. Very Pompous post this is. Right ?
June 9, 2004

What makes NEWS?

Guest Blog 13 – Anand C

I’ve wondered how news is prioritized and given preference and how they choose what is repeated again and again on 24-hour news channels. (Case in point: The same weekend that Britney Spears went through her “one-day” wedding in Las Vegas, NASA’s Rover landed had its historic Mars landing. It’s anybody’s guess as to which of the two got all the ink).

One of my friends (a professional in the print industry) seems to know why. According to him, the pocket guide to determine what is news consists of two high-level guidelines:

1. Someone died.
2. Someone got rich.

Evidently, degrees of separation from these two guidelines determines how much “human interest” a story has. Sounds morbid but true…

UPDATE: The NEWS being advertised as a ‘show’ is more scary. What happens when bad news is being delivered about a company that is sponsoring that segment? Also, news anchors create brands around themselves for being trustworthy. Now, who does the audience trust and more importantly, hold accountable – the TV network or the announcer? -a.
June 7, 2004

Madras Blogger Meet 2004 – Pictures

Pictures of Madras Blogger Meet 2004 with Thumbnails (Based on Popular Request).

P.S: My domain’s bandwidth has doubled since yesterday. From 300+ MB in 7 days, it went on to 650 MB in just one day. With only 6GB bandwidth for a month allowed by bloghosts for my domain, I might probably move the pics to my Lazy Geek Photoblog. Will update this post then.
June 6, 2004

Jaggubhai Opens Up

This week’s kumudam features a full fledged interview with Rajinikanth a.k.a Jaggubhai. It’s been quite a while since Rajini had interviews with just a single weekly/daily.

In this interview Rajini, clealy puts forth his opinions about the recent elections, the loosers, the winners, his friends and his enemies. Quite a relief for me personally that he stands by his word that it is destiny to show if he will enter politics. I hope his antaratma doesn’t lead him there. Also it’s interesting to note that he accepts that he is caught amidst the ‘Image’ Web of Kollywood and he cannot act offshoot movies. So he plans to get himself sidelined from movies. Not a welcome news for Rajini fans like me.

Also featuring is the hot news for the media that he has kicked off. Aishwarya Rai will probably be *ing with him in Jaggubhai. He adds that the heroine role in Jaggubhai isn’t just a barbie but more stronger and powerful than the Padyappa Neelambari (acted fantastically by Ramya Krishnan). So as Aishwarya’s hollywood movie gets postponed, she would most probably pair him.

As the election results have turned opposite to what Rajini thought, at this juncture, this interview will be looked upon one that will restore his image in the public. But it doesn’t look the same now. Rajini talks with more conviction and clarity than the not-so-clear interviews he gave during the election time. Read more in Kumudam. You would need a free userid/pwd .
June 5, 2004

Madras Blogger Meet – Tomorrow

Chennai/Madras Blogger meet is happening again. From journalists to movie makers(mdeii), from thinkers(kingsley, nee thaan ma) to forgetters(amnesia anna), from geeks(hee hee…thats me) to spies(that rediff jornalist) all would be present. Be there.

The last meet, called as, Gumbal, Sundal and a lil bit of Bloggal happened just after Pongal during January 2004. This one is a mid-term version.

Alright, Alright, I know you know all this news. This blog post is just a pointer to the meet site if you are looking for. Madras Blogger Meet 2004 -Reloaded.

Coffee day, makes my day !!

What makes NEWS?

Madras Blogger Meet 2004 – Pictures

Jaggubhai Opens Up

Madras Blogger Meet – Tomorrow