The Great Story Presenters

In the middle of 80’s when my parents got us VCR it was like a big thing. I used to watch movies non-stop, all kinds of movies from the shallow 80’s pop types, to western to old black and white classics. I could watch movies for like 10 hours non stop. Quality was never an issue, quantity was, since it was summer and I had lots of people who influenced the type of movie we watched I had to imminently suffer an overdose. I felt I have become a magnetic duct tape and all those meaningless shots meanders looplessly over me.

That was the 80’s growing up in the 90s it changed with so many vivid influences I formed this hidden tendency to filter and got picky . In my appreciations I became more demanding and less forgiving. With Turner Classic Movies I started exploring cinematic art. Introduction to classic Hollywood school would only make things worse. My grasp of English language was ordinary yet I could make connections with progression on screen. So cinema was just not an entertainment, it was a necessity however it could not dictate my fantasy and imagination but it formed a nice window into the unknown.

For me certain individuals and their form of story telling leaves me inspired. A Director is like a conductor in orchestra, he ensure that big puzzles are falling in the right places and between a start and an end there is a journey. After watching so many movies I don’t expect to hear stories, I think there’s only so many stories you can read or see. I expect a point is to be communicated across. Directos achieve it in different manner. Some are good at telling a simple story, some are good at presenting a picture, some are known for their ability to make us travel without moving. Here, I look back at some people who have done that for me.

English Premier League Is On

The new English Premier League season has started with Man U looking in top form. They took on one of the weaker side but stil nothing less than an emphatic victory would have satisfied people like me. I still think Liverpool will do well over the course of the season by being more consistent. However with players like Michael Carrick and if Sir Alex manages to get Owen Hargeaves from Bayern Munich, Man U will certainly have an excellent chance to to sit like in the table below at the end of the season.

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Today I Am Paranoid

I am really paranoid today. I haven’t been able to post anything new because I have been busy fixing out a problem. When I make a post it appears in font Lucida Grande those who don’t have this font installed on your computer you see it in Verdana. The problem is on the main page this font appears in point 9, however we you click the permalink of the post the size of this font increases to point 10. For a perfectionist like me it’s been causing great pain and my sense of aesthetic gets disturbed. I have done all I could but still haven’t figured it out why it’s happening. Apparently it’s occurring only in Mozilla family browser.

By the time I hear from wordpess if anybody knows why it’s happening please be kind to let me know.

This Is iPod Killer, Don’t Laugh Microsoft Thinks So

Picture From Gizmodo

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Which One Do You Prefer?

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First is Firefox 2 Second is Current Firefox 1.5

Well does it really matter!! The reason we love Firefox is we can use whichever one we like. But the new theme has it’s merit. The tab bar has more consistency with the whole theme. I think the gloss effect across the board needs to be enhanced or else it may appear very dim, esp on Laptops. The last change I can think of is making the highlighted tab 2 shades brighter for the same reason. Overall UI is a bit more intuitive and tighter and I am sure it’s far from finishined.

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Google Listens!

Just days after I put up my crybaby post about Google getting slow they have updated all the products I mentioned. Now, you my loyal readers now you know how much seriously I am taken on these God-damn Tubes.

On it’s first anniversary the new and updated GTalk lets you do fantastic things such as transfer files. The UI must be designed by a database guy who is not interested at all on how things appear as long as they work. I used to do the same, but for multi billion dollar company isn’t it a bit emabarassing to make such fundamental mistakes or we are being already taken for granted?

Blogger again has just fine tuned some nuts and bolts, though I am not going to jump too much into it’s review as it’s believed some of new features will be rolled out very soon. So far, judging by current new features I won’t leave WordPress even if they double my AdSense amount. However it should be a relief that atleast the Beta-Blogger is now on the same lap as WP

I am pleased with Writely. Sign up and you will know why I am so keenly waiting for it. I haven’t tested the complex Wordprocessor formatting but so far it looks solid. Thank You Google as there is no-lag-time-in-you-typing-and-it- appearing on screen.

Skype 2.5 Impresses

Today VoIP is what text chat was in early 1990’s. Often in my teens I used wonder only if I could explain a bit further to my friend what I mean when I write that. Often words can be very cold while chatting even if you don’t mean it. Well love chatting and browsing for many of us that’s Internet and perhaps computer. Using software is like habit and our habits don’t change on day to day basis, however software do change on weekly basis. Computing technology is in it’s growth phase, the products that we have been using for past 10 years were in their first generation. We well in Love with MSN Messenger and I couldn’t thank Microsoft enough in 1997 for creating this product, but for me it’s time to move on cause I believe what I fell in love is no longer loving me. Things change with time so have I, in fact the whole world has and it’s time to say Goodbye and here is why.

Coming Soon

Testing Windows Blog Writer

The new windows live blog writer has recieved much attention in the bloggers fraternity and I am giving it a go. To be honest, the first impression is very positive and it feels like it is something that I can use, which doesn’t necessarily come with all windows family products, my fave being WLMesseneger.

The web preview feature is pretty excellent as it gives a sneak peak as to how your post will appear on the actual blog itself. I am using the web layout compose mode and as I am writing I am virtually seeing my entry being created, pretty neat hey!

Another impressive quality is the lightness this software has. If you don’t know what I mean trying opening up word document with couple of other software’s running.

I will write a full review very soon after I am finished with playing with this little tool.

Damn Tooobs Are Jammed

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Google Losing Steam?

Well if you look at the current stock market share prices, GOOG is standing tall and firm. However there hasn’t been much development since all sorts of betas were coming in the last Q of 2005. Let’s look at some of the key ones.

Google Office: The supposed online office hasn’t taken off yet, along with GDrive it was suppose to provide the uber online solution for writers and technical guys. But so far no development has been noted since writely take over.

Google Talk: It’s a beauty of a product, it has a feel of college assignment but really works well even in it’s primitive development stage. It’s almost 9 months old and no significant new feature has been added. It’s designed not be a bloatware but still it lack key features to be considered usable.

Picassa Web Album: OK so we can upload pictures but have the guys at Google seen Flickr? it’s more advanced superior and easy to use. The intuitive design and web 2.0 integration makes you feel at home from the moment you login.

Blogspot: Now thats my biggest disappointment. It’s getting clunky and feels ancient, there hasn’t been a sincere addition that can make it more usable since day one. Maybe perhaps not if you count AdSense integration.

For these applications are the most useful for common internet users. GOOG must focus back on these products, they hold the key in long run. Please don’t go the Microsoft road.

Essential Geek Criteria

You are a geek if you

• You have more than 5 feeds in your reader
• You have a blog
• A flickr account
• You root for Mac OS X even if you use Windows
• You have used Linux atleast once in your life time
• You have more than 8 extensions installed in your Firefox (if you don’t know what that is stop reading) or you root for Opera
• You think Canon cybershot is the best camera
• You have as many online friends as real life or maybe more
• You’re a leader of some internet community of your choice
• You don’t use Microsoft for chat

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Why Is YouTube More Popular Than Google Video?

YouTube, a video site created by three former PayPal employees in 2005, accounts for more than 60% of all videos watched online in the US. Google Video has a such a small share that it’s not worth mentioning (things will change a little now that Google Video is linked on Google.com). Why is that?

A Beautiful Chat Client

I got my hands across IMEEM and I am quite impressed with the way they have incorporated iChat theme in chat windows. I am sucker for style and looks so I am all drooling. I am sure you’ll like this as well. I think it’s B-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l

 

imeem chat.jpg, originally uploaded by ishkash23.

 

A Nice Little Edition In Gmail

I noticed a nice little change in my Gmail today, we have a new top bar which links to such utilties as calendar, spreadsheet, Orkut and Picassa Webalbum. It’s a nice addition as you can synch them with your gmail. Google has slown down a but, but seems like they are pacing for something rather special.

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