There is a new add-on from Mozilla for the Firefox browser called Ubiquity. I haven’t used it yet, but the demo looks quite impressive and Ubiquity could become the mother of all add-ons. More details can be found at Mozilla Labs » Blog Archive » Introducing Ubiquity.
Being a fan of horror movies, I snapped the Omen pentology boxset while it was going very cheap at HMV. And it was not a bad decision. I was sure of the original movie to be a five star movie, expected at least one of the following three to be good, and definitely wanted to see the 2006 version as it was the remake. No major surprises but the latest one is a fine example of how remakes should be. It is almost frame to frame remake with subtle improvisations at the right places and no undue use of technology as many remakes have.
Can somebody please gift one boxset to RGV (does anybody remember his Aag?)
Finally, I managed a family photo-shoot, more than two months after Advaita’s arrival. I have been playing with an external flash I bought recently (will write a separate post about it soon). And I must say bouncing flash makes a huge difference to the photos (I am no big fan of direct flash and the unnatural way in which it lights subjects - but bouncing flash is altogether different).
Like many good things in life, THE news came as a wonderful surprise. I am sure I was not alone - too stunned to believe. The first event for the Indian team that I saw was boxer Dinesh Kumar going down to an Algerian and though I was happy about a 19 year old Indian making to the Olympics, I was worried about the medal prospects. But today’s news was just amazing. Hearty congratulations to Abhinav Bindra and thanks to him for giving us this moment to enjoy. He is one of the two Indian bloggers (other being Rajyavardhan Rathore) from Olympics participants and you can leave him a congratulatory message on his blog.
But spare a thought for another Indian shooter Gagan Narang, who was 9th in the qualifiers in the same event with just a point behind Abhinav, who was 4th. So ranks 5th to 9th, all were just a point behind the 4th. The results are available here. That just shows how tough the competition is out there and you can understand why Abhinav said that it is important to support the athletes even when they lose. Hopefully, Gagan can still come up with some great results as he has two more events to participate in.
For now, I am so pleased that a barrier has been broken.