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Source:Krish Asok's very interesting blogCaution! You need to know your indian mythology really well.. What cracked me up absolutely was the entry "Click here to listen to Yudhisthra's podcast 'Aswatthama is dead' " Continue Reading

Pic Courtesy: http://greatandhra.comHow TRUE! Continue Reading

Great artwork, lovely song.. Continue Reading

The underlying principal of a good business is always based on a sound product. [Otherwise what can you sell?] But when I was reading this article, the extent to which the phone companies have become "Mafia" is pretty apparent. It obviously took another Moghul like Steve Jobs, and a in your face "ha ha" product like the i-phone to put back the power to products. But as important as the iPhone has been to the fortunes of Apple and ATT, its real impact is on the structure of the $11 billion-a-year US mobile phone industry. For decades, wireless carriers have treated manufacturers like serfs, using access to their networks as leverage to dictate what phones will get made, how much they will cost, and what features will be available on them. Handsets were viewed largely as cheap, disposable lures, massively subsidized to snare subscribers and lock them into using the carriers' proprietary services. But the iPhone upsets that balance of power. Carriers are learning that the right phone — even a pricey one — can win customers and bring in revenue. Now, in the pursuit of an Apple-like contract, every manufacturer is racing to create a phone that consumers will love, instead of one ... Continue Reading

Finally the new almost stable WP 2.5 is ready. After a few days of testing, it shall be out to general public. I have obviously signed up as a tester, and shall keep you readers posted on the development! I'm so excited. Matt has promised the sun moon earth [not the entire solar system though!] in this release. As per the announcement, we can expect better UI, re-organization for better functionality, and a better post organizer. Continue Reading

I was blown away by this site, and the lovely lovely design work of Maurico Guimaraes, an artist, digital illustrator, animator and flash developer from Brazil. Do visit his website, and experience the site. Its nice, and his creative work, just blew my mind away.The site is bilingual, and is available in English and Portuguese. Continue Reading

Yesterday, as per usual, i attempted a poster without sketches. So I started with a noisy background, added a layer of vines, bevelled the same, drew a lady's profile using my wacom tablet, and found something lacking. So i added another layer of bluerays [no pun intended!]. Continue Reading

Its a very nicely put video, of life at Manipal. Thanks to my friend, Ashfaque, for pointing me to it. Continue Reading