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Copying is not theft.

Dec 16

AdityaHumour, Web Media copy, plagiarism, theft 1 Comment

Um, ok.

So can you please copy all your money and send it over, please?

Thanks.

Please confirm date of death

Jun 22

AdityaHumour, Web Media confirm death date, death date, facebook No Comments

Facebook definitely does some daft stuff. Actually, it’s not so much Facebook’s fault as the app developers. Who in God’s name is going to confirm this:

Facebook Apps -- the stupidest?

If you are really my friend, you will confirm this after I’m gone. Now there’s two good wishes in that!

Personal versus private

Jan 22

AdityaScribbler, Web Media facebook, friends, linkedin, online, personal, professional, social networking No Comments

I know what that headline sounds like. But I don’t mean to get snobbish. However, after reading Rajesh’s post about the need to divide personal and private presences online, I couldn’t agree more. Of course, I am not implying that I have as visible a public persona as Rajesh’s. I am mainly referring to the reasons behind doing something like this.

Friend requests on Facebook, LinkedIn, Orkut (which I visit about once a month now) and other such sites are starting to go the SPAM way. With about two new request at least every day, I would have felt happy had some long lost friends found me or a good business opportunity arisen. But as Rajesh points out, there is a place and a time for everything. Thanks to the Internet, time doesn’t matter, but place still does. More

Slumdog Millionaire — mandatory post!

Jan 21

AdityaEntertainment, Web Media A R Rahman, anil kapoor, danny boyle, guardian, movie, review, slumdog millionaire No Comments

Dev Patel and Anil Kapoor in a still from Slumdog Millionaire

So everyone, their uncle and his dog have had something to say about Slumdog Millionaire (SM). And not without reason. It is by far the most globally acclaimed Indian-subject film in a long time. And I say Indian subject since contrary to others’ views, I do not believe that SM is an Indian film at all. However, I do believe that with the amount of Indians involved, it is not unusual to feel the excessive affinity that we are currently experiencing.

I haven’t seen the movie yet. I will rush to the preview show tomorrow night if I can get the tickets. But I have been watching some rushes and trailers and I cannot understand what the brouhaha is all about. Especially this dude — some Nirpal Dhaliwal (hu?) — who seems to insist that no Indian could have made a film like SM. Obviously he hasn’t seen Salaam Bombay or the likes as Gaurav rightly points out. What’s he on? And who’s he?

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Picasa: My online photo storage solution

Jan 14

AdityaPhotography, Scribbler, Web Media Photography, picasa mac 13 Comments

 Right. So after much looking around, I have settled on my choice for the online photo repository for my photos. 

It was a close battle between Flickr and Picasa with of course the option of hosting all the work here itself. But the hosting would have been too costly. And Flickr is getting a little too snobbish (only 3 sets still?).

So Picasa it is. And the clincher was the recently launched Picasa for Mac Desktop Application.

The syncing between the desktop and online spaces is brilliantly seamless. And it syncs. So any edits also get updates. Plus, I can create albums from the desktop app itself and embed photos (like the one here). To be fair, Flickr Uploadr also allowed these, but then it was much slower and not nearly as elaborate at Picasa for Mac.

Add to this the fact that most people I know have a Google ID handy more than a Yahoo! one (tsk), it made more sense to have protected photos on a Google site.

So chalk one more for Google. And this is proof that all is indeed not well with Flickr.

They asked…

Dec 29

AdityaScribbler, Web Media 2008 internet trends, internet, itexaminer.com, online No Comments

ITExaminer.com covered the trends in 2008 in the online world. And they asked yours truly. How nice of them!

404: An art

Nov 18

AdityaHumour, Web Media 404, page error, page not found No Comments

I’m not sure if “Page Not Found” is something to work on. But then again, these guys make it worth the while! Oh, and who knew this about Sean Connery!

Pehchan Kaun!

Sep 25

AdityaEntertainment, Humour, Web Media online entertainment, video, web charades, youcharades No Comments

Er, no. Not that guy! A brand new site. That asks only that. Heh! Check out You Charades. Awesome time-killer. And definitely better than random videos on YouTube. Wait no… I’m not sure about that yet.

For the record, I got one right. Give it a shot! I’m not responsible for any addictions arising from this!

Hat tip: Meetu via Facebook.

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HAKK

Sep 20

AdityaEntertainment, Web Media cinema, hota asa kadhi kadhi, http://www.hakkthefilm.com/, India, joshi, marathi movies, prashant damle No Comments

Very happy to see Marathi cinema move to the next stage. A website for Hota Asa Kadhi Kadhi is the first I have seen for Marathi films. And I hope there are more to come.

Now I will catch the movie. Let’s hope it is good.

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Yay! Promotion coming up!

Jun 18

AdityaWeb Media fortune, job, orkut, promotion No Comments

For me according to Orkut’s fortune cookie!