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Src: Screen Capture from thelinguists.com Did you know that half the languages in the world are dying? Two linguists have set about documenting the same in film, for the Sundance film festival. Being a linguist myself (MA in Applied Linguistics, Continue Reading

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An ode to Blue, South Uist, Outer Hebrides, ScotlandOriginally uploaded by McF_photo This is a beautiful shot, taken by my professional photographer friend Mike Mc Farlane. I of course remember a lot of Wordsworth, when I come across the word Hebrides.And now I have a picture to go with the words..HOW richly glows the water's breast Before us, tinged with evening hues, While, facing thus the crimson west, The boat her silent course pursues! And see how dark the backward stream! A little moment past so smiling! And still, perhaps, with faithless gleam, Some other loiterers beguiling. Continue Reading

I thought I had seen it all on the net.  I came across this site promoting a  different concept.  The website is not live yet, but is in alpha and soliciting beta testers via e-mails.  Of course I signed up, how could I not be a part of the process?SRC: a screen capture from  the website http://www.ourmemoryof.com/On a different note not related to the above, this concept got me thinking.  From a marketing point, this is one way of gauging interest. Develop a website, with a certain product pitch or a concept,with a tag "launching shortly" .  Make sure you have a form for collecting e-mails.  If you think you have enough interest, actually start the site or service, otherwise, you have a database of interested people, and you can pitch your next idea.  I really don't know what the legalities of such a move might be, or if people have successfully done the same, without losing credibility.  But I think its a good approach.  What do you think? Would love to hear more from my readers on this.. Continue Reading

Picture Courtesy:My newest contact in flickr, Stuck In CustomsI stumbled onto this photo this morning.  The haunting  quality of this photo struck a chord in me for more reasons than just looking at it.  you see, two years ago, I had a dream about this place.  I for some reason, remember it very vivdly, but didnt know where or what it was.  Today, as I pressed the "Stumble it" button in my browser, I was quite taken aback when I saw this photo.Resources: Temple plansWikiwiki-2Information Continue Reading

Most wordpress themes (nearly all of them) display comments in an ascending order. That is the first comment is on top and the latest at the bottom of the page. If you are anything like me and want to dig into the latest comment right away, you would prefer a reverse ordering of comments. This is a preferred approach in popular blogs, as otherwise you have to literally scroll down zillions of comments, to finally reach the latest..

While achieving this in PHP is childs play, accessing a couple of functions in WP took some hunt and peck approach. I finally managed to locate the important functions that would get us the desired look.

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A local Hindu organisation in Chennai has lodged a police complaint against actress Shriya, who starred opposite Rajnikanth [Images] in the Tamil blockbuster, Sivaji-The Boss, objecting to the outfit (in the picture) worn by her during the 175th day celebration of the film.In a complaint, the Hindu Makkal Katchi (HMK) alleged that Shriya's outfit had 'offended Hindu culture,' police said. If there was one phrase about India that I would ban, it would be the use of "offended Hindu culture". A close second would be the phrase "it was all there in the Vedas" It is always amusing to note that the target is always some rich glamorous actress who can pay them off. Its at times like this, that my aversion for organized groups hits an all time high. What Hindu culture? Are these guys brave enough to ban all movies having superstar Rajni where the heroines are depicted in skimpy costumes that are contrary to Hindu culture? You would see the organization members actually drooling and queuing up. They would even defend the movie saying that the costumes are as close to temple sculptures [Read near naked] as possible ... Continue Reading