After having bought myself a Flickr PRO Account a couple of weeks ago, I decided to upload my 365 Day Project to Flickr so that I can share it with the Flickr community. You can view all the photos in a set here and view a slide-show of the photos here. And you can now keep updated with the photo of the day by subscribing to this exclusive RSS Feed which will notify you when a photo is uploaded onto the set on Flickr.

I came across this highly amusing image of why you shouldnt piss off a engineer, take a look at it yourself here.

Another very witty article I read was about the 8 different types of annoying people you’ll find in Starbucks. I found the list to be quite accurate, read the article here to see if it reminds you of a trip to Starbucks.

People just come up with all sorts of crazy but innovative ideas these days. This list of the most awesome business card designs I have ever seen, reinforces that statement.

Viral marketing is the latest thing for all companies these days, Levis has done quite a good marketing campaign for its jeans with this strange and funny video of guys jumping into jeans.

For all those ardent web designers out there, here is a compilation of useful resources for both experienced and amateur web developers.

If you have vertigo, this photo is probably not for you. Its a photograph of the view from the top of what is currently the world’s tallest structure, the Burj Dubai.

Barack Obama seems to gaining more and more popular support day by day, and his increase in security proves it. Click here to view some amazing photographs of Barack Obama’s Security.

Luigi Colani has designed some of the most extravagant and ridiculous designs which have to be seen to believed. Take a look at them here.

And for the funniest story of the week, officials at Japan’s Narita airport have lost 142gms of cannabis after having placed it in a random passenger’s bag to test their security dogs. As fate may have it, the dogs were not able to sniff out the drugs and the officer has forgotten which bag he put it in.

And thats all for now folks!

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Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve had meetings for the various clubs and societies at University and I was duly elected President of the Gliding Club, President of the Photography Society and Vice President of the Politics Society for the next academic year. I’m quite thrilled by these posts which I have undertaken and I shall do my best to ensure that I help all the societies equally.

I successfully spent the International Shutdown Day without using the computer all the day. I had to take photos of sports for most of the day so it was bit easier to refrain from using the computer since I had something to keep myself occupied with. I did feel the urge to use it in the night after I’d finished all my work but I managed to keep myself under control. And I hadn’t really missed many happenings on the internet as I saw on the next day.

Thanks to a friend, I finally got the chance to play the most coveted game of the year, Grand Theft Auto IV. I played the game on a Xbox 360 but I didn’t really care which I console I played it on as long as I got to play it. My first impressions of the game was the highly improved graphics from the previous games and the physics. Enough cant be said about the new physics engine which is very realistic and gives a whole new feel to the game. We also played the Multiplayer for sometime which was great, we had a bit of a lag but otherwise had a new and exciting experience. I tried to do a mission and I almost completed it when I got killed at the very end. I just cant get used to the dual joystick use in consoles since I prefer PC gaming. Regardless, if you’re going to get only one game this year, make sure it is GTA IV. You can watch a very good 10 minute video review of the game here.

I’ve made some changes to my wishlist, I’ve now amended it to include items that I actually want as opposed to things that would simply be nice to own. Take a look at the updated Wishlist here.

After many months of thinking, I bought myself a Flickr PRO Account yesterday. It offers unlimited upload of photos along with several other incredible features at a very reasonable price of approximately $2 a month. I shall be embedding the Flickr Gallery into the site soon. You can take a look at my Flickr Stream here.

We’ve got exams from next Monday and honestly, I have hardly studied anything. I really hope I get things done soon.

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I’ve uploaded all the HPS videos which were on this site to YouTube so that you can view the videos without having to download them to your computer. The videos will continue to remain on this site so that those of you who wish to download them can still do so.

In addition to the existing videos, I have added a new video titled ‘Eagles Forever’ which I had originally planned to be screened at our graduation ceremony. However, that ceremony never happened and I was never able to show the video to my classmates. I had given a few of my friends a copy of the video but hadnt released it ‘officially’ only because I had not completed it. I still havent completed it and it probably will take awhile before I complete and therefore, I decided to release it today.

The video is a montage of some of the best memories at school. For some of you, it may only be a video but for some of us, it is much more than a video. It is the record of an experience that has gone by us. An experience which many of us will never forget. An experience which will continue to be one of the best. And this video was made to exist as a witness to that fabulous experience.

Anyways, enough chit chat, I shall link you to the video now. You can download the video here and watch the video on YouTube here. Feel free to give any positive or negative feedback.

EAGLES FOREVER!

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I finished Half Life 2: Episode Two yesterday. Another epic game by Valve. The story was great, gameplay was great, visuals were excellent, sound was mindblowing, I have absolutely no complaints about this game except for the fact that it was too short. I really feel like playing more of Half Life, so I guess I’ll start playing Half Life 2 again or Episode One.

On a sadder note, Indonesia’s former dictator, General Suharto, passed away on Sunday January 27th, aged 86. This may not mean much to you, but it has a sublime effect on me, knowing that I lived in Indonesia during his reign. May his soul rest in peace.

Sometimes, I think that I should get rid of my spectacles and go for contact lens but then this image changed that impression. A reason for all us specs wearers to continue wearing them.

Ever wanted to know what it feels like to pilot the world’s largest commercial airliner? Now you can with this panoramic view of the cockpit of the Airbus A380.

Yesterday was the 50th anniversary of one of the most popular toys around the world, Lego. I cant tell you how much I used to play with this as a kid, it’s good to know that it survived for so many years and hope it will continue to do so for the following generations. Google also commemorated this event with a special logo.

And coming to the local news, a Bugatti Veyron was given a parking ticket in downtown Manchester and a crowd supposedly cheered while a parking warden wrote him the ticket.

In the Tech section, an insider source has revealed information that the 80GB PS3 model will be discontinued, paving way for a 120/160GB model, which will come along with Dualshock 3.

Another exciting yet not very useful tool for webmasters is this service which finds out other websites which are hosted on the same server as yours by performing a reverse IP domain check. I tried it myself and found out that discount-oriental-area-rugs.com, papayacoconut.com and meaningfuljewelry.com are hosted on the same server as mine. Give it a try yourself here.

Update : I’ve done some minor updates to the ‘About me‘ page and added new photos to the ‘Me‘ gallery, check them out here!

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Its been exactly two years since I posted my first ‘Hello World‘ on this blog. Two years. Its been so long but it feels like it was just yesterday. I can honestly that my blog has progressed a lot in the past couple of years and has indirectly affected my life to quite an extent.

My first anniversary was less exciting when compared to this one, maybe because my life was more or less the same that time.

And in the past year, my internet addiction has decreased by a lot, which is a good thing. Earlier, I used to have the urge to sit in front of the PC and do nothing useful. I used to waste a lot of precious time, simply refreshing and going to random websites. But in the course of the past year, I’ve learnt that that the internet is nothing spectacular. I’d rather sit and ponder in real life, instead of spending time of the internet. I’ve also learnt that internet is just an useful means of fulfilling your needs, but not an end in itself.

If someone had tried explain the above, to me before, I would’ve looked at them with disgust saying that they don’t understand the importance of the internet. But infact, I would’ve been the ignorant one, not understanding the importance of life. Even today, I have several friends who are in the situation I was a year ago. I sincerely hope that the truth dawns upon them too. You cannot explain someone about it, but the person has to go through the experience personally to realize it.

You should note that I’m not abusing the internet in any way. Its been highly useful for me in several aspects of life, made me meet new people and taught me many important things and it will continue to do so, until it dies.  It is an important resource of information, yes. I’m not opposing that, but simply that one should minimize the time spent on the internet unless it is essential. I’m sure a lot of people who read this post are going to deem it as utter bullshit, but in the course of time, they will (hopefully) come face to face with reality.

Life has certainly changed over the past 2 years, and this blog has been a witness to all that gradual change. It will continue to be a virtual record of my life and the experiences that I will have. I would like to thank my family and all my friends for having influenced my life in someway or the other and made this blog more interesting to read. Thanks.

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I didn’t even realize that it was 2008 last night because I was too busy watching a classic Kamal Hassan movie, ‘Thevar Magan‘. Only once the movie got over, I looked at the clock and realized I had already spent more than an hour in the new year, and it felt like the same ol’ 2007.

I don’t understand why people make such a big fuss about the whole new year concept. Its just another day in your boring life. It doesn’t not make it more exciting, except for the movies on TV. I think its just a huge marketing ploy just to increase sales of all the goods, and cheat the people by giving discounts along with 5012 Terms and Conditions. And New Years Parties, what a rip-off! An outrageous amount of money just to watch random people get drunk and fill your lungs with smoke. I can honestly say that I had a better time yesterday watching the movie at home than I would’ve had if I went out.

2007 had its own positive and negative aspects but when overall, it seems like a pretty good year. It had the formula for a near perfect year, with its own ups and downs, miseries and joys, jokes and insults and I just hope that 2008 turns to be atleast as good as 2007, if not better.

I’ve also done some updates to my wishlist, but these updates would seem insignificant to the common man since they are all about more and better lenses for my camera. If you are camera savvy, please do take a look here for some great lenses and if you are not camera savvy, still take a look here so that you know what to get me for my birthday.

Oh, and for the sake of obligation, I wish all of you a Happy 2008.

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I finally made the ‘Everyday Photographs‘ category today. I’ve uploaded photographs that I took when I went to town today. Make sure you take a look and leave some feedback.

And News, since I dont have anything else to fill this post with.

On Sept 10th 2001 The Pentagon Misplaced 2 Trillion Dollars

TIME Magazine’s 50 Top 10 Lists for 2007

New light gives off 24/7 light for 12 Years w/o electricity

16 Inspirational Portrait Photography Techniques

Indiana Jones 4 Poster Revealed!

101 Reasons Why Hugh Hefner is The Man

Mysterious mammal caught on film

“Very Good If You Need to Write on Paper” - A Pen Review

Scientists Discover How to Make Robots Bounce on Water

Amazing Art on Egg Shell

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I went to the Gliding Club on Saturday night for my first fully fledged English Christmas Dinner. I had a great time there, food was awesome and met lots of new people. I had a taste of how a traditional English dinner was done and it was a new and interesting experience. We spent the night there and sat around talking about completely random things until 4 in the morning. You can see the photos of the event at the Gliding Club website here. Some of the photos were taken by a friend and some were taken by me.

I’ve already started planning my trip back home since I’ll be back in about a week, and I’m really looking forward to getting back home, a) for my family and friends and more importantly, b) for the food.

Also, I’ve decided that uploading a single photograph everyday is not enough to showcase all my photos so I will most probably be creating a separate category called ‘Everyday Photos’ and create sub-categories for each day. At first I was thinking that I should probably utilize the already existing ‘Photography‘ category but then I thought I wouldn’t be bothered to add photographs everyday into individual categories and this would be simpler and easier. The category will have a sub-category for each day with good photographs. These photographs can be anything I take on that day, from my friends, to macros to landscapes. And of course, if there is a special event on a particular day, it will get its own separate category. I know it sounds a little confusing but I plan on creating the categories tonight so once it’s done, it should clear up all the confusion.

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I’ve finally got down to updating the gallery with the latest photographs from the University.

You can take a look at the university campus in the sub-category of ‘University of Essex‘ under the category of ‘People and Places‘. You can also take a look at the friends I’ve made here in the sub-category of ‘University of Essex‘ under the category of ‘With Friends‘. Around half of them were taken with my new camera.

I also bought the required books for my subjects and they weren’t cheap. We had our first class today and it was pretty good, we also had the last lecture for the week, and I think I should do some studying during the weekend. I still have to get settled down in terms of studies, so I think I should go through each subject one by one, and sort everything out to make sure I haven’t missed anything.

Thats it for now, make sure you browse through the newly posted photographs!

I have also updated the Wishlist page to keep up with my latest purchases and wishes.

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Inspired by several blogs and photographers, I decided to venture into the 365 Day Project, a project in which people vow to take atleast one photograph everyday. I’ve modified it slightly to fit my purpose since I already take an average of around 25 - 50 photographs everyday. My objective is to take one good photograph everyday. The subject can be anything from things I do, people I meet, places I go but the photograph should be good and expressive rather than just an average everyday picture. It sounds like an easy task right now and I hope it remains that way but usually, things that look simple have this bad habit of turning into a tough task.

I will be starting from today, the 9th of September 2007 on this gargantuan task and hopefully, will finish it by the 9th of September 2008. No specific reason for choosing this date, I just felt that its better to start today when I’m excited about it rather than postpone it to a nice date, only to lose interest.

I have created a new album in my gallery specifically for this purpose, I will updating this album daily with a new photograph and description. You can view this album here. I will probably be posting every weekly on the main page about the photographs. And along with these weekly posts, I will also be posting tips for taking better photographs.

I also invite everyone, photographer or not, to join me in this exciting venture as this will not only help you maintain a visual record of your life and activities but also help you improve your photography skills in the process. It might seem to be a huge commitment right now but once you get used to the practice, you will not want to stop. In the rare event that you do wish to stop, dont. At the end of 365 days, you will realise that it was worth the effort. Good luck to everyone who wishes to attempt this task!

Updates - I have uploaded the entire 365 Day Project on to Flickr and you can view all the photos in a set here. You can also view a slideshow of the photos here. And to keep updated with the project you can subscribe to this RSS Feed.

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