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‘09 German Grand Prix – Sunday Race – Mark Webber wins his maiden Grand Prix

Chittaranjan — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:39:57 +0000

Red Bull’s Mark Webber scored his first ever Grand Prix victory at the Nurburgring in the German Grand Prix in a race that was expected to be weather-effected but was dry throughout. Sebastian Vettel finished in 2nd place to hand Red Bull their second consecutive 1-2 finish. Felipe Massa scored Ferrari’s first podium place of [...]

New WordPress Smileys Vs. Older Ones

Chittaranjan — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:59:22 +0000

See how the Newer Wordpress Smileys stack up against their predecessors. And then there's word that WP is "discussing" new code and, maybe, new smileys.

‘09 German Grand Prix – Saturday Qualifying – Mark Webber on Pole Position

Chittaranjan — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:26:38 +0000

Mark Webber grabs his maider career pole position at Nurburgring for the German Grand Prix. Can he translate that into a maiden Grand Prix victory?

(New?) WordPress Smileys!

Chittaranjan — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:18:54 +0000

Is it just me or have WordPress Smileys have “upgraded” over the past few days? I noticed some brightened up smileys as I was browising through the My Comments section…and at the back-of-the-mind thought something was wrong! Took me a sec to realize what that was In any case, seriou bloggers don’t tend [...]

Movie Review: Terminator Salvation

Chittaranjan — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:07:09 +0000

Q: How do you (almost) ruin a movie franchise whose need of the hour was to break away from the hangover of the Star Actor who has been its face for the past three instalments? A: You include a bad CGI version of the actor in one of the fight sequences! That’s what McG has resorted [...]

Unconnected II

Chittaranjan — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:49:25 +0000

Its wierd how when someone’s building something, that can play a major part in breaking something totally unrelated (Heck! Come to think of it, that’ sounds a lot like Software Engineering…build some, break something else ) Anyways, the building I was referring to was the construction work going on at the head of the [...]

What I’ve been upto…

Chittaranjan — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:28:36 +0000

I wonder if there’s an easier way to post a twitter status message directly onto the blogpost, preserving the formatting et al? Posted in Blogging, Daily Rants, Life, Musings, Random Tagged: Dental Dilemma, Mandibular Third Molar, Molar, Oral Hygiene, Personal, Third Molar, Tooth Extraction, Wisdom Tooth

Google Squared – Searches in Grids

Chittaranjan — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:08:26 +0000

Seems Google is taking the fight to Bing! Or maybe not! Given that this was announced more than a month ago… Google’s new new search ‘tool’ (or call it toy) – Google Squared went live in the Google Labs yesterday and at first sight, seems a nifty way to categorize information. To quote their own [...]

Movie Review: Angels & Demons

Chittaranjan — Sat, 30 May 2009 17:11:31 +0000

After what seems like ages (but was 2 weeks exactly) the much-awaited Angels & Demons hits the screens in India; only single screens though, no multiplexes…though how Prasadz counts as a single-screen-theatre beats me! Anyways, the movie’s kinda worth the wait and is a thrill-a-minute roller coaster ride. Well, not exactly thrill-a-minute since there are [...]

…and its Barcelona!

Chittaranjan — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:01:54 +0000

FC Barcelona are the winners of the 2009 UEFA Champions League. They beat holders Manchester United 2-0 to win their third Champions League trophy and cap a memorable year in which they won the La Liga as well as the Copa del Rey. The two goals were scored by Samuel Eto’o (10th minute) and Lionel [...]