Friday, April 23, 2004
Couple of cool techie things to report, so I'll give a quick update and then leave you with some cool stories. Firstly, I'll be on TV again tomorrow morning, and rest assured I'll be linking the movie file here so you can check it out. Secondly, major MAJOR thanks to my Auntie Jasmin and Uncle Mahesh for their birthday present (cash money bling bling), and to Leo for giving me an iTunes Gift Certificate! I'm rather excited by the iTunes coupon because now I can finally participate in that much-balleyhooed legal music download arena (stores like iTunes are restricted to US credit card holders -- which Leo is... but not me, naturally). Now my problem is what to buy. Every time I see something interesting I just think it might be better to, you know, get it for free. What should I buy? What would YOU buy? Put your suggestions in the comments section... and I'll update the site with whatever I've bought.
The other cool thing is that Google (via Blogger) invited me into the Gmail beta test! Awesome! Can't wait to kick the tires and see what's so new and different about it. Incidentally, when I tried to sign up my username as "ravi@gmail.com", it informed me that my username had to be 6-30 characters long... and then suggested the following names (in order):
ravi.hiranand
hiranand
rhiranand
ravister
Spot the odd one out there. Incidentally, I picked the first name.
Two great links for you. The first is from the BBC, which finally highlights just how stupid all those studies streaming out that claim certain foods are better or worse for you or cause lower rates of something or another in a story here. Their examples include pizza reducing the risk of mouth and colon cancer and curry preventing colon cancer. Every week I swear there's something new in the press claiming that Food X prevents Illness Y and thus is now a good thing. Hell, that story says BEER is good for you (helps lower cholesterol). Bottom line: It's all nonsense. Yes, some foods do help in some way or another. But some also do more harm than good. As much as I love pizza (and I do, it's on the menu for dinner tomorrow night...) the side-effects surely outweigh the benefits.
The second link MUST be seen to be believed. Seriously. You have to click this and see it. It is totally, 100% legitimate -- CNN Tokyo actually did a story on it earlier in the year. It's a Japanese Naval Recruitment ad. And yes, those sailors are shaking their hips, dancing and singing SEAMAN SHIP FOR LOVE.
Remember to put your iTunes recommendations in the comments section!
Posted at 5:30 AM
