Bidding starts for IPL teams

Published in January 23rd, 2008

Posted by Aditya Kulkarni in interestingidea

This is an interesting story here. The ICC is opening up bidding for owing IPL teams for the T20 tournaments. Vijay Mallya is probably going to own the Bangalore team, and it seems Shahrukh Khan has bid to own 3 teams! Ambanis & other corporate groups are also bidding for the teams. Interesting story to [...]

How to be an Evil Overlord!

Published in January 23rd, 2008

Posted by Aditya Kulkarni in funnystuff, supercool

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Check out this hilarious post about ‘How to be an Evil Overlord”. Hilarious!
Being an Evil Overlord seems to be a good career choice. It pays well, there are all sorts of perks and you can set your own hours. However every Evil Overlord I’ve read about in books or seen in movies invariably [...]

Dibert Widget: Free Dilbert Comic!

Published in January 22nd, 2008

Posted by Aditya Kulkarni in gadgets, interestingidea, supercool

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Hey everyone, check out this new Dilbert Widget. You can see the latest dilbert comic strip in FULL COLOR, and even see all the archives! Pretty cool. You can put this widget anywhere - On your blog, on your web page or on facebook. Too Cool!

Cartoon Physics!

Published in January 22nd, 2008

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Wikipedia is the greatest thing ever. Cartoons are the next best thing. What happens when you mix the two? Cartoon Physics, of course! Check out this Wikipedia article on this topic. Hilarious!

Active Volcano found under Antarctica!

Published in January 22nd, 2008

Posted by Aditya Kulkarni in conspiracytheory, interestingidea

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Scientists have apparently discovered an Active Volcano underneath Antarctica’s massive glaciers. Scientists saw that the Volcano may already be pumping out heat, contributing to the accelerating melting of the ice sheets.
And if this Volcano goes boom, then it’s going to be real trouble for the planet. I’d highly recommend everyone to visit Lakswadeep, Mauritius, Maldives [...]

Zimbabwe money has expiry dates!

Published in January 22nd, 2008

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As the situation in Zimbabwe worsens, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe is trying all kinds of stunts to make ends meet. After trying to impose price controls, take over factories and begging for foreign exchange has failed to control the 12000% inflation, the bank is now issuing notes with an expiry date [...]

The Law of Unintended Consequences

Published in January 21st, 2008

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The law of unintended consequences is my favorite law. There are so many examples of this where someone enacted a law trying to do one thing, and the effect of it is totally different. In this week’s column, the Freakonomics guys have an article explaining this very well!
There’s another story of how the European royalty [...]

Nokia N95 understands the “Flip” command!

Published in January 21st, 2008

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I just stumbled on this great app today for the Nokia N95 (and a few other) phone. Let’s say you’re in a meeting and the phone rings. Instead of going through all kinds of buttons to silence/disconnect the phone, you just turn it over. Yes. That’s it. You turn it over, and the phone detects [...]

Dolphins create Bubble Rings!

Published in January 21st, 2008

Posted by Aditya Kulkarni in funnystuff, supercool, video

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Have you seen this video? It’s a rage on the internet. Check out the Dolphin blowing air-rings. Too Cool!

Dolphin Play Bubble Rings - Click here for another funny movie.
I’m pretty sure that the dolphins are the ones really running this world, and we’re just their pets, but don’t know it.