Rants and Raves

Yamaha RD 350 Race Videos

2012-07-04T09:37:00.001-07:00

Another one of Anthony (DAM MOTORS) nice rides during the Bombay Drag race.
The yellow bike is a full blown Yamaha RD 350 , she sounds sweet and run nice and fast.

She is the record holder in India with a 12.4 Seconds timing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=sabl1Gc9dHs

Yamaha RD 350 Race Video

2011-10-18T04:19:00.000-07:00

I found some good footage of Yamaha RD 350 racing on a track. Video looks like from the 80's but is good fun and is a semi professional race at Donnigton park in the U.K

HTML 5 enabling your web application See the Technical Stuff tab. Step by Step approach. Avoiding common pitfalls

2011-07-20T23:53:00.000-07:00

Landing a job in dubai

2011-05-19T00:08:00.000-07:00

while i was doing some reading on how to land a job in dubai , i came across this article. I suggest you read it completely, shows a conversation between a Hiring manager and a potential employee over email.
Really worth a good laugh
Click Here to read in full

F1 fans in India

2011-05-17T00:50:00.000-07:00

At least this guy was not wearing a Yamaha track suit. What a jack ass, this is one hilarious photo. What do you guys think? If any of the RD 350 fans saw this, they would laugh their hearts out.

Asian Cup 2011 India vs australia updates

2011-01-10T07:21:00.000-08:00

This was india appearance at the asian cup after a gap of 27 years and their first match was against australia. The final score was 4 - 0 in favor of australia. Australia dominated the match totally and had possession of around 70 % to india 30 %.
I saw this game live on TV and i did not feel that india played badly. We were playing a world cup team and we did match them to some extent.
Some of the indian players played well like chettri, Steven Dias, subrata pal and abhishek yadav.
Subrata pal had the game of his life and pulled of some amazing saves, without him the score would have been more. Abhishek and Rennedy singh came on the second half and they did make a lot of difference in the game.
India were more attacking in the second half and Rennedy singh and Chettri missed good opportunities to score.
In my opinion on a good day we would have scored two goals. I felt that the players were sometimes scared to dribble and move up the field.
I think the next opponents will be more difficult as in south korea but i am sure abhishek and chettri will give korea a lot of scares.
At the least the return of bhutia in the final game will be a bolster to the morale and help us to bring some respectibility.

Yamaha RD 350

2010-12-14T00:58:00.000-08:00

I found a couple of old Advertisements from the RD 350 when they were being sold in india. The bikes still have a cult following in india and is still the fastest bike in this country. The prices are really unbelievable and some are at a 70% higher markup than compared to when the bike was originally launched in india in the late 80's.

This first Ad below was very controversial for its time. Considering the real conservative nature of most Indians, but this AD was really the one that made it big.

This is the second one, pretty plain rd 350 yamaha advertisement

And the last one is a TV advertisement

Great offers and deals at PUMA

2010-12-09T03:28:00.000-08:00

Some good at Puma too, just click through to PUMA below. Very good offers on now for 60 days
PUMA Launches BodyTrain

PUMA - Free Shipping on orders over $50

Voltaic II Running Shoes

Merry Christmas :)

Some nice deals at Sears, puma

2010-12-09T01:22:00.001-08:00

Christmas is the time when shopping can sometimes become a pain. There are some good deals going on at sears.
Sears deals for christmas

Some good deals at Puma too
PUMA Launches BodyTrain

PUMA - Free Shipping on orders over $50

Voltaic II Running Shoes

Merry Christmas :)

MC Donald employee enjoy KFC

2010-12-06T19:13:00.001-08:00

Brand loyalty is an all time high at least thats what me thinks and to think when your competetitors come shopping at your shop.
This scene shot out right at bangalore when MC Donald employees are seen buying huge amounts of KFC buckets :)

India win 10th gold

2010-11-25T04:04:00.000-08:00

Wow what a day it has been for india today in the asian games 2010. This time the medal comes from boxing, Vikas krishnan has taken the victory by five points to four.
I am simply amazed by the results that have come in today. Simply wow, it seems like vikas had a very defensive approach and took the points by simply hitting and dodging. Vikas Krishnan gets the gold in the men's 60 kg boxing bout. Here is the breakup of the points scored, at the end of the first round it was 1 - 1.
Our Tenth Gold

india win 9th gold

2010-11-25T03:21:00.000-08:00

Wow what a time the athletics contingent from India is having.
I got reports that India won its 9th gold in the Mens 400 m hurdles, Clearly the coach is doing something right, GANAPATHIPLACKAL ABRAHAM Joseph does it this time and hey it was a good timing too. He clocked his seasons best of 49.96 and was way ahead of his rivals, though by just a nose length :)
Go India, further details can be found here India 9th gold in the Asian games

Gold number eight

2010-11-25T02:59:00.000-08:00

India win their eight gold of the asiad 2010 in china.
This time the gold came in the 400M hurdles.
AKKUNJI Ashwini Chidananda , never heard of her before but i guess the media is going to go visiting to see the place where she was born :) , which is good news atleast it is not the usual cricketers bestowed with the media presence and advertising riches.
Yahh for India. She clocked 56.15 her personal best.

Here is the official link India 8th gold
It looks like we will finish with at least 15 gold. Now that is nice :)

Gold number 7

2010-11-22T22:39:00.000-08:00

Somdev devvarman has won India its 7th gold at this Asian after thrashing the number one seed Istomin Denis 6 - 1 and 6 - 2 in the Men's single.
The true successor of Leander paes has arrived.
Wow what a performance.
Link to official Asian games site, read more here

india win 4 - 1 vs singapore

2010-11-11T05:17:00.000-08:00

India did the impossible by beating Singapore by a score of 4-1 in the Asian games. Singapore are ranked much higher, whohoo this is really good news, all i could dig up were the goal scorers. I dont have much information will post up as soon as i find out more. But as usual Indian media channels are not even bothered to cover this? I hope later in the day India play well against Iraq, this is the senior team playing Iraq in Dubai. All the best.
The scorers in order
India:
1-0 Sheikh Jewel Raja (13')
2-0 Balwant Singh (64')
3-0 Milan Singh (68')
4-0 M Maithani (76')
Singapore: Luo (85')

here is the link to official Asian scores and resultsAsian games football results games site

red waterfall in the antarctic

2010-11-10T00:34:00.000-08:00

When the glaciers are bleeding red into the ocean, wow never heard of this before and it is fascinating. Signs of the revelations slowly coming true? I had heard of the red rain that happened in kerala a few years back, but the indian media did not cover that story, this one is equally baffling but there seems to be an explanation for it.
Read through to the story Red waterfall

Zombo anyone

2010-11-10T00:08:00.000-08:00

This is a very funny site. apparently what you can do on this web site is limitless and endless fun. Yeah right you be the judge of this one. Zombo

Amazing Amazon products

2010-11-08T22:29:00.000-08:00

While is was searching for some useful stuff on amazon i came across this amazing product. This is called the Parent Child Testing Product, wow to think of it,
this product can solve all the paternity suits in the world and the absolute tool for world peace.
Check this Product review in Amazon
You should read the comments below from users, most of the peeve is about not getting a 25 pack testing suite :)

The second one is a boon for countries wanting to process their own uranium, i know you can buy almost anything from amazon but this is the cake. It is at very affordable price range, i am sure the Iranian president is buying in bulk. See this How to buy Uranium in amazon

Gareth Bale bigger than Beckham

2010-11-03T08:08:00.000-07:00

Wow what a performance again from gareth bale of Tottenham. He once again made inter milan look like a school team. Time and again maicon from brazil was made to look like a kid. What explosive pace and speed from gareth bale.
Especially the third goal by tottenham was all mr bale work.
I think all european clubs are now going to go after him in the transfer window.
I guess one left winger replaces a legend from wales. Mr giggs you have a new partner in crime.

Software and naming conventions

2010-11-03T01:46:00.001-07:00

Here is what happens when you obsess about your woman co-worker. This is totally from a software perspective. Here read this link and the comments below :) Coding standards
And yes they are Pascal cased at least.

How to land a software job

2010-11-03T01:41:00.000-07:00

This is one of the most hilarious stories i have ever heard. Sometime some people get lucky and work hard to stay where they are, but some just ride their luck too long.
I also happen to work with a colleague who was atrocious and did not know the abc of said technology. When i started digging around it seems that the guy wasn't even interviewed by the team who hired him.
Here read this story, it is an eye opener Secretary interviews

Yamaha RD 350 videos fast and blazing runs

2010-09-24T00:39:00.000-07:00

Some nice videos of The legend Yamaha 350, the first one is a RDDreams Machine doing 149 KMPH

This one is a classic AD by Yamaha for their R1 Series

Yamaha RD 350 Drag race

2010-09-22T03:38:00.000-07:00

How champions are formed and how old ones are beaten, the RD 350 in the video is ample proof of it, new boys from DAM racing in bangalore handing legend baban khan a good spanking.
This is also the new national record in india for bikes in the 350 CC category. Anthony is riding the bike and it is blazing fast and not to mention scary too. Also the legend was handed a bad beating, his is the bike trying to catch Anthony. Baban, Nissar sorry your time is up.

Do you play football like this

2010-09-06T06:48:00.000-07:00

Very funny video, check out the defender and how irritated he gets when he seems this stunt, Please dont try this at your local football ground.

Video after the jump

How is india football , soccer doing

2010-08-26T00:19:00.000-07:00

So the Indian team currently training in Portugal from the past 3 months has had a good outing so far, in all i think they lost 2 matches of the 9 scheduled.
Sunil chettri getting on the score board is definitely good news along with NP pradeep, i still remember his rocket strike for India in the Nehru Cup in 2007 against Syria. Here is the link to that fantastic goal Video of the Goal
I don't know the quality of the Portuguese opponents so far , have they been playing first string teams or are they of a second string opponents? The media hasn't been covering this at all, it is a shame on you guys.
So the results so far , at least from what i know.
India vs Desportivo Monsanto 6 -2
India vs Sertanense FC 3 -2
India vs Uniao Desportiva da Serra 3 - 1
India vs Mafra 0 - 1
India vs Atletico 1 - 0

I am a big fan of Bob houghton and his coaching style. The AIFF the governing body rejected the coaches plan of not playing against against Namibia, Gambia and Turkmenistan as part of the national team’s preparation for the Asian Cup in January. I think in hindsight maybe the coach feels the opposition wont send their best teams and that is why he felt that playing UAE club teams would be much better.
I do tend to agree with the coach here. I think the AIFF is a bunch of fools, i also read that they wanted to play some matches in orissa? i dont understand why wont they play in the big metros where people will come to support the team at least this way we will get more and more fan base to support our team.
Only time will tell.