Great EH!!! :-)
The Invisible man - Get Invisible In Google Talk With Google Talk Labs Edition
Well, google has released a some what different version to Gtalk called the Gtalk labs edition.
So what are you peeps waiting for?? Click the link here to download it.
Zoozoo: The new brand 'endorser' for Vodafone
No, they aren't animated characters. They are human beings who were made to wear body suits. "The design of the characters is such that one gets fooled into thinking it is animation," shrugs Rao, which was indeed the very illusion that had to be created. "In a sense, it is 'live' animation!" he quips, referring to the fact that it was all shot live.
Prakash Varma, ad filmmaker, Nirvana Films, has directed the commercials, and reveals that the Zoozoos were a big challenge to create. The practical aspects of how they will move, talk, gesticulate and emote were very important. Essentially, costume design and artwork were crucial elements.
"It took me three weeks of pre-production to understand how it will work," says Varma. There were two fabrics that were considered for the body suits, and one was rejected for it had too many wrinkles and was shiny. The wrinkles would have shown when the characters moved, thereby shattering the illusion of animation. "So we chose the more practical, thicker fabric," Varma explains.
The production team divided the outfit into two parts: the body and the head. The body part of the outfit was stuffed with foam in some places, while the head was attached separately. To make it look bigger than a human head, a harder material called Perspex was used, which in turn was stuffed with foam (with scope for ventilation).
If one wishes to understand the size of this head, here's a fact: a human head would typically reach up to the mouth level of this giant Zoozoo head. "We kept the hands and legs thin, which is why we cast women - and occasionally children - wearing the costumes," says Varma. The thin limbs, contrasted with big bellies and a bulbous head, all add to the illusion that these creatures are 'smaller' than humans. Sets were created to suit the size of the Zoozoos.
Cinematically, this 'size' was a trick: the creatures look smaller than they actually are on screen, to portray a different world of sorts. For this, the speed of shooting was altered: Nirvana shot it in a high-speed format to make them look the size that they do.
Furthermore, simple sets/backdrops were created and spray painted with neutral Greys - a colour of choice so that attention isn't diverted from the main characters. For a supposedly 'outdoor' shot, even the shadow of a Zoozoo was kept 'live' and not done in post production: it was painted in a darker shade of grey on the ground. An even lighting was maintained throughout.
There was virtually no post production work done.
The films were shot by Nirvana in
Nagpal adds here that the production cost had to be minimal for unveiling such a large number of commercials. "Otherwise, our production costs would exceed media spends," he quips.
The Trusted Second hand Sale
Hi friends..
All might have heard of people starting online ventures..
Some failing while others making fortunes out of it. Inspired from those successful lot I have thought of catching the big fish too. In coordination with two other friends of mine, we have decided to set up this web site facilitating sale of second hand goods among ourself.
The details goes as..
- A place for buying/selling almost anything: Electronic goods, books, computer accessories, household goods, etc.
- The difference here would be that the people allowed to participate would our friends, and friends of friends, forming a network of trusted people, from whom buying second hand/used goods , would be a safe proposition.
- Each person would be connected to everyone, either directly or indirectly, bringing some form of accountability, in case of dissatisfaction of the good sold.
- I'm sure we all have stuff lying around, which we never thought we cud sell, but maybe useful to someone. We could sell it to our direct friends, but with this network, we could target people we didnt know as well.
- Ex: My father has a Reliance Net-Card which he wont be using anymore, coz he's going for a wireless Broadband card. He never thought of selling the old card till i told him. Now imagine how wud i look for someone interested? A perfectly funtional device will be lying waste unless i find someone to buy it.
- Addionally, we would have forums recommending stuff to our friends as well.
But we are still experimental on the idea. I mean we are still not sure if this can make a mark. So we have put up this small survey asking people as to how they feel about it. The link is
http://tinyurl.com/pad-survey
So it would be very appreciable if you guys could please take this survey and provide your useful feedback.
Thanks a ton!!
All might have heard of people starting online ventures..
Some failing while others making fortunes out of it. Inspired from those successful lot I have thought of catching the big fish too. In coordination with two other friends of mine, we have decided to set up this web site facilitating sale of second hand goods among ourself.
The details goes as..
- A place for buying/selling almost anything: Electronic goods, books, computer accessories, household goods, etc.
- The difference here would be that the people allowed to participate would our friends, and friends of friends, forming a network of trusted people, from whom buying second hand/used goods , would be a safe proposition.
- Each person would be connected to everyone, either directly or indirectly, bringing some form of accountability, in case of dissatisfaction of the good sold.
- I'm sure we all have stuff lying around, which we never thought we cud sell, but maybe useful to someone. We could sell it to our direct friends, but with this network, we could target people we didnt know as well.
- Ex: My father has a Reliance Net-Card which he wont be using anymore, coz he's going for a wireless Broadband card. He never thought of selling the old card till i told him. Now imagine how wud i look for someone interested? A perfectly funtional device will be lying waste unless i find someone to buy it.
- Addionally, we would have forums recommending stuff to our friends as well.
But we are still experimental on the idea. I mean we are still not sure if this can make a mark. So we have put up this small survey asking people as to how they feel about it. The link is
http://tinyurl.com/pad-survey
So it would be very appreciable if you guys could please take this survey and provide your useful feedback.
Thanks a ton!!
The Pirates at stake!!
The Pirate Bay, a popular Sweden-based peer-to-peer file sharing network, went on trial in Stockholm. The suit was filed by companies such as Warner Bros., MGM, Columbia Pictures, 20th Century Fox Films, Sony BMG, and several others asking for more than $12 million in damages against four men linked to The Pirate Bay, Peter Sunde, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Fredrik Neij, and Carl Lundstrom. The companies claim the $12 million is the sum of revenue lost due to The Pirate Bay’s file sharing system, which allows Internet users all over the world to download movies, music, games, and other forms of popular media for free.
The Pirate Bay claims that since no copyrighted information is stored on its servers, it is not responsible for what material its users exchange. The lawyer for the defense, Per Samuelsson, has said that, “File-sharing services can be used both legally and illegally,” so his clients should not be held directly responsible. The prosecution claims that by financing and administrating the site, the four men facilitated in property right infringement. The case is being billed as a landmark copyright test case by many.
The trial is expected to last for several weeks. The accused could face up to two years in jail if convicted.
Many of us might have used P2P to download stuff sometime later...The real question that stands up is that are these guys really the culprit??I mean, it is up to the people to understand what is illegal and vice versa!Till people do not understand this simple thing, piracy won't stop and shall exist in one form or the other...
oracle Flaskback transactions--- Rollback after commit
If you want to get the older data even after commit in Oracle you can use flashback transaction queries. This can be used by DBAs. By mistake if you have commited incorrectly you can get the previous data.
This will be usefull in your daily activity . Anyways be carefull before commiting any transaction. This is just an workaround for worst scenario.
change background of a folder in Windows XP
Step 1- Open up notepad, the native text editor in Windows. Type in the exact line below:
[{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}]
Note: The above line contains only zeroes and not the alphabet O.
Specify the picture to use: Now, in the next line we will specify the picture that we want to use as the background for the folder. We will do this by typing the following line:
iconarea_image=C:\My Pictures\picture.bmp
Let me elaborate the above-mentioned process. The image to be used as the folder background is specified through iconarea_image. So you can type in the exact path to any image of your liking after the "=" sign as shown above.
Step 2- Now we will save the contents in a file called desktop.ini in the folder that we are customizing (in this case the folder is C:\myfolder). From the File>Save option save the file as desktop.ini and put the file name in double quotes as shown in the picture below to maintain the .ini extension
Step 3- Now we will have to give the folder system attribute. This can be done very easily through the command prompt. Open up the command prompt through Start>All programs>Accessories>command prompt. Type the following and press enter (remember we are using myfolder as an example, so the path name may vary accordingly for you) :
Attrib +s "C:\myfolder"
Additionally you can hide the desktop.ini file.
That's it, done !! The folder will now display the picture of your choice in the background.
How to retrieve permanently deleted mail in outlook
1. Go to Run by clicking on Start and type in regedit.
2. Now go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, expand Software.
3. You will find Microsoft there. Expand Microsoft.
4. Expand exchange and then client.
5. You will find Options there. Right click on Options, choose New and click on D Word Value.
6. Now right click the new Dword Value and rename it to DumpsterAlwaysOn.
Note: This is case sensitive.
7. Right click on the DumpsterAlwaysOn and modify the Value data to 1 and click on OK.
When you type 1, this means the Recovery deleted Item is on. Also 0 to turn it off.
8. Now open Outlook and click on Tools.
9. Choose 'Recovery Deleted Items'.
EK GOLI...
Jungle mein ek sher tha Sher bahut harami tha, sexy tha..
wo Jungle ke kisi bhi janwar ko laga deta tha...
Paas ke Gaonwale log darr gaye,sochane lage agar sher aise hi sabko
lagata raha to saare sher hi paida ho jayenge ..
Ek bahut famous shikari the uska naam tha "Ek Goli Shikari"
because wo ek hi goli mein kisi ko bhi maar deta tha...
usko bulaaya gaya sher ke shikar ke liye...
sher ki to fat gayi na bhidu...
sher bhi hoshiyaar ho gaya ...
aakhir ek baar sher shikari ko dikh hi gaya ....
aur shikari ne fire kiya..... "DHAAYAA..."
Sher apani chalaki se bach gaya .... ab to shikari ke paas doosari goli
bhi nahi thi...
shikari ki fat gayi wo sochane laga aaj to sala maar hi dalega...
Lekin nahi sher hansne laga ... ha ha ha ha ha....
sher ne usko bulaaya " idhar aa bhenchod, idhar aa...
shikari gaya ...sher ne bola chal khol ke jhuk ja...
shikari ne waisa hi kiya ...
sher ne shikari ki acchhi tarah bajaayee...
aur shikari ko zinda chod diya...
shikari utha......ma ki,shikari ko bahut bura laga bhenchod sher ne gaand maari
,,,, isase acha to saala meri jaan hi le leta....
shikari ne socha isse to badala loonga hi....
6 mahine baad shikari bahut practice karke wapas aaya... jungle mein sher ko
dhoondhte hue...
sher ko pata laga ki ek goli shikari phir aa gaya hai... to wo bhi shyana ban
gaya .... phir ek din shikari ne sher ko gaaon ke paas hi pakad liya aur goli
chala di... "DHAAAY".....
lekin sher phir bach gaya ...
phir se sher ne saare gaaon walon ke samane shikari ki gaand maari....
shikari ko to laga ki ab khud kushi kar loon....
lekin phir usne socha ab to sher ne gaand maar hi li hai..
to ab to mai sher ko maar ke hi rahoonga...
phir shikari 1 saal baad aisi practic karke aaya ki agar wo aankh band karke bh
i goli maare to nishane pe lage....
phir sher hoshiyaar ho gaya ...
Shikari ne sher ko dekha jaate hue aur uske lund ko nishana bana kar
goli maari...
sher ko bhi usi samay moot aaya tha to usne taang utha di mootane ke liye,.. t
o sher phir bach gaya ...
phir shikari ne socha oh shit aaj bhi gaand maarega....
to sher ke bolane se pahele hi shikari ne kapade utaar diye aur jhuk
gayaa,... Sher hansa ha ha ha ha ha .....
Idhar aa madarchod idhar aa...
shikari dar dar ke gaya ...
sher ne kaha "abe bhosadi ke sach bataa... too yanha shikar karne aata hai ki
gaand marwaane??????????????"
