The Scary house owner at Oberon Mall must be a genius

June 7th, 2009 3 Comments »

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Those of you who might have visited it already are lucky. Those of you who haven’t yet – clever.

If you’re planning to visit this place soon, this post is going to be a spoiler, suspense killer.

First off, I want to congratulate the man who “formulated” this idea of scary house. My clever guess is that this is the same guy who owns the gaming station in the floor above. How did I guess it ? Read on…

The scary house is of course scary. But it might not be the scare tactics that you’d expect at a multiplex/amusement park. Its the same thing as going “ayyo” when someone jumps in front of you around the corner of your house. But a scare is a scare right ?

There is no animatronics / electronic devices / sound effects what so ever that you have heard of in Disney Land or some amusement park. The whole show is run by four-five chaps who plays the ticket guy, scare monsters, sound effects guy and all that. There is a dwarf too, who’s defenitely going to scare you. (Tip: He sits at different places on different days to keep the random thing going. So don’t expect him at the same place twice.)

In fact, the owner of this “Scary house” (as I told you earlier) could be the same guy who owns the game station near by. The reason is that, while he started the game station, with all the gaming devices, he had to pay the highest bill and to counter it, he started the scary house with no lights on. Clever guy.

That’s why I think he’s a genius. He saves on electricity, no production cost,and a marginal maintenance cost. Wonderful idea.

So if you want to get scared, head to the scary house. If you don’t want to, and thinks this kinda stuff is silly, try setting up a home-scary house right in your home, may be when the power-cuts are on. Would be a better scare.




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So where do you start after an economic breakdown ? GM has an answer

June 4th, 2009 1 Comment »

Loved this video, and can’t agree more.

Angels and Demons Review – It tries but fails to thrill you

June 1st, 2009 1 Comment »

angels-demons Last weekend I watched Angels and Demons (at Sreedhar Cochin), not because it was penned by Dan Brown, not because it was the (technical) sequel to Da Vinci Code or not because it had run in to controversies, but because if I missed this, then my curiosity won’t let me be. So I gave it a go. But honestly the movie fails to thrill you like Da Vinci Code, it tries much but in vain. I haven’t read the book prior to watching the movie, for those of you who did, you wouldn’t expect much from this flick as its all down on paper. I must say I was lucky not to have read the book or else, I would’ve let myself go whatever remained of suspense and juice in the movie.

I don’t want to dare go into the story, but one thing I missed in the movie was the dark side and the villains. They were so flimsy, though there is a beautiful element of surprise towards the end. My wife easily guessed the suspense from the look of it right from the first half she said, but I couldn’t. So much for the good part. Rest everything about the story is plane boring, not enough controversies, not enough suspense and no thrill.

Wanted to ask the director this Q. What was he thinking about the car chases ? Every time the Vatican police and Tom Hanks jumps in to those SUV’s (Dodge I suppose) and speed through the streets, there is a blaring music, upbeat stuff which I liked very much.. but you didn’t have to repeat it all the time. And a college professor speeding through the streets in an SUV is far from charming unlike a James Bond or FandF. Need I mention that there was none chasing them !

On the whole, the movie is a plain one. No thrilling stuff except the “kahani mein twist” part. But you don’t want to miss this one, or you’ll feel ashamed later.

Shashi Tharoor – Ahead of the rest, not with the right pack though

May 22nd, 2009 3 Comments »

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Looks like it that Dr. Shashi Tharoor’s efforts, and the hopes of all the people who voted him especially the ‘one lakh’ who helped him win is going to get extrapolated from tomorrow as Dr. Tharoor is a “special” candidate in more than one way, and the fact that he’s not becoming a minister now.

- He is the only candidate (and now MP) who Tweets. (http://www.twitter.com/shashitharoor)

- He is the only politician to have “come down” the ladder from UN Under Secretary post to an “elected” MP status, following his passion.

- He is the only young politician from Kerala who have been (unnecessarily) ridiculed over his attire/slang/mannerisms.

A lot of hopes and prayers are with the man while he sets foot in the Parliament. But his recent exclusion from the cabinet and the numb replies from the official circles on him not becoming a minister has poured water over fire.

To me, this man carries with him quite a bunch of hopes and aspirations, mine and many likes in Kerala. He talks, walks and thinks like a man who can bring in the difference. He is capable of it, even though the sceptics might brand him an inexperienced one.

Just wondering if he would reciprocate what Trivandrum did for him. Not that it was a favour, but there are expectations, huge expectations..would he be able to sieve his way through the mess ? Or would his intellect dim amidst the rush ? Either way, its hard time for him. So here’s wishing him good luck.

Would Twitter Tastecasting work in India ?

May 18th, 2009 Leave your comment »

TasteCasting is a growing team of socially networked, and social media savvy people that establishments invite to attend a complimentary tasting. In exchange the TasteCasting team broadcasts to their collective network of friends, followers, and linked connections using Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Youtube, WordPress, Flickr, and more. The cameras, Flip video, camcorders, smartphones and more tell a complete story about the establishments menu, the taste, smell, the recipes, ingredients, the specials, the history and the overall experience.

So, will tastecasting work in India ? Of course, yes if only companies and establishments identify the power of Twitter, and come up with fresh ideas.

Check out the video here, where a pizza shop in Colorado did a tastecaste where popular Tweeters were given free pizza to taste it and wel..tweet about it.

Having a bad time, hoping for the best

May 17th, 2009 3 Comments »

Some bad new from my side. Today my car collided with another one near Cochin North, while trying to save an old lady crossing, I had to sudden-brake and the two cars collided back to back. Minor damages to both parties. The lady is saved but the car in front of me was hit. The case is filed with Police now, and is awaiting hearing on Monday. I don’t have all my vehicle documents ready now, so I may be running into some trouble soon. Heck..I may even have to bribe someone. Anyways, hoping that I get out without much bruises. Bad things are best told short. Will keep you posted.

A small tweet for a man, but a big fail whale for the mankind

May 12th, 2009 Leave your comment »

Just got a news bit which said-

NASA astronaut Mike Massimino fired off one final tweet this morning before boarding the space shuttle Atlantis to prepare for today’s 2 p.m. launch. Massimino, who is a mission specialist on a shuttle flight, has promised to Twitter while he’s in the outer space.

That’s a great piece of news, I’d say. I mean, one that will cement Twitter as the ‘thing’ we’re all “in”.

Wondering what Massimino would Tweet from the outer space ?

A small tweet for man, but a big fail whale for the mankind  ?

Back from BarCamp Kerala and a quick vacation

May 9th, 2009 Leave your comment »

Well, I was away for a while, for one week to be honest. Last week, on the third of May, I was at the BarCamp Kerala, which was at the TechnoPark premises, and soon after went on a one week long quick vacation at my wife’s native.

Kerala BarCamp was fun. Met a bunch of enthusiastic, really interesting guys there. It was nice to see the spirits up and lots of activity among the crowd. Here are some pics from the event.

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From what it looks like, Kerala is steadily growing up to more events, more opportunities and a lot of buzz and the youth here plays a crucial role in it. Geeks here have already embraced the idea of BarCamps and BlogCamps which though slowly, have become a standard. Commendable efforts by minds like Kenney Jacob and Anand.

Here’s three cheers to the geeks and BarCampers in Kerala !

And yea, on the way back from BarCamp Kerala, my car got a flat tyre and we fixed it in less than 5 minutes. That’s some serious “crowd sourcing” yea ?
Thanks to Juwal Bose, Eldhose P Mathew, Albin and Binoy Xavier – seen in the photo below.

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Did the Bachhans really mean it ?

May 1st, 2009 2 Comments »

Today morning, opened the newspaper to see this photo on the front page.

The Bachhan family striking a pose after voting. But…Mr. Bachhan why the middle finger ? lol

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Am sure they’ve had fun doing that to the media…probably one of the luxuries of being the Bachchan family.

Good bye IPL

April 19th, 2009 2 Comments »

ipl It was a mistake they were forced to make. If I were in Mr. Modi’s shoes, I’d be heart broken, to see an IPL opening match played to half empty stands.

The problem is that IPL have had its USPs ripped off. No bollywood, no magic, no songs, no locals, no girls, no fun, no entertainment.

Its no more an IPL.

So long IPL.. Here’s my Tweet to you.

#ipl #fail