The Karate Kid

Watch Karate Kid only if
- You are a Jackie Chan fan and will watch even his worst movies
- You want to see capitalism at its best. Pay money (Producer) to have your son play the lead role.
Utterly disappointed to say the least

Knowing an opportunity when you see one

As I was driving around Pune today, I saw a Elephant and its mahut ambling along the side of the road.



It made a pit stop outside Big Cinemas Gold Adlabs in Kalyani Nagar. People and kids around were excited and giving the elephant stuff to eat. I noticed a bannana seller doing a brisk business on his Bannana Cart



I didn't pay too much attention to the crowd and scrambled to get my tickets for a future show. After confirming number of people coming for the show, the customary line to pick up the tickets etc I set off for home. That is when I noticed the elephant ambling along Koregaon Park with the bannana seller in tow. After all, who can resist the urge to feed the adorable pachyderm?

Disclaimer:

Didn't get to actually take pictures at that time. So linked them from elsewhere.

Source:
http://www.life.com/image/83051430

http://thumb1.visualizeus.com/thumbs/09/10/04/banana,id,mag,india,kela,man,mumbai,rural,street,vendor,wallah-e28eeb770b6da240e4a87f9bf8344e28_m.jpg

Iron Man 2

Went for Iron Man 2 today. The reasons I would recommend it to someone else

1) Scarlett Johansson


2) You enjoy vicarious excitement

Lot of action. Not much of a story line. Tony Stark's life being what we would all probably give an arm and leg for are about all the movie has to offer.

Disappointed

Google Buzz - Thumbs down

I agree with a lot of Priya's comments in this post. Mainly the amount of time that I could spend doing more productive stuff.

So I decided to go ahead and delete my Buzz account as described in this post at life hacker. (Updated to remove the link since it is no longer available)

The worst part of this is that it deleted all the people who I used to follow in Google Reader. Sucks big time.

Google Buzz

Why is it that Google Buzz seems like Google Wave in a new Avatar? Feels like after all the hype about wave, not too many people ended up using it. Buzz might be an attempt to get people more familiar with all the features of Google Wave.

Haven't seen it yet?

http://www.google.com/buzz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi50KlsCBio

When do we draw the line?

Between Twitter and work I have been neglecting my blog. So when I came across this, I just had to post.

While I admire Intel sticking to its stand and not being intimidated by protests, I feel both are taking extreme views. The middle ground is simple. Intel: When scheduling work, understand the sentiment and budget for it. Employees: If your other colleagues are working, when you are observing the Sabbath, it only makes sense that you work when they are on holiday (like Sunday)

Go PC

It has been a long time since I blogged. But this recent headline got my attention.

VIPs removed from X category security. More removals in the coming days. In a follow up to my previous post this is a great development for India. Let us respect these brave men and women rather than making them some ornaments of display. Let us have them working to protect the tax payers from 26/11 like incidents rather than being a status symbol for over blown egos.

Go Chidambaram!!!