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PEOPLE ARE AWESOME

2012-01-19T12:40:00.001+05:30

Toyota Fun-Vii concept car is like a “smartphone on 4 wheels”

2011-12-05T10:27:00.002+05:30

Toyota unveiled a high-tech concept car Monday ahead of Japan's semi-annual auto show. Company president Akio Toyoda called the Fun-Vii a "smartphone on four wheels."

People are awesome 2011

2011-11-09T18:29:00.000+05:30

For all the Girlfriends out there; 25 ways to tie your scarf

2011-11-09T10:41:00.001+05:30

Best of just for laughs - 2011

2011-10-29T21:01:00.000+05:30

Microsoft unveils amazing new vision of the future video

2011-10-28T11:55:00.000+05:30

Nokia Maps 3D: Making Of

2011-10-26T17:24:00.000+05:30

It's almost like being there. You might be wondering how we manged to get such a high level of detail. It certainly isn't easy, but it's easy to explain.

Throwable Panoramic Ball Camera

2011-10-26T17:18:00.001+05:30

Spherical Flying Machine Developed by Japan Ministry Of Defense

2011-10-26T10:47:00.001+05:30

How Google's Self-Driving Car Works

2011-10-21T10:33:00.000+05:30

How Google's Self-Driving Car Works (visualizations, how it detects pedestrians and traffic lights, traffic behaviors) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXylqtEQ0tk

New Gmail Preview

2011-10-21T10:26:00.001+05:30

Frozen Planet Trailer - "A World Beyond Imagination"

2011-10-05T10:34:00.000+05:30

Years in the making and narrated by David Attenborough this brand new series reveals a world as alien to most of us as the surface of the moon. These are places of breathtaking beauty and survival against all the odds, lonely lands that feed our imagination and whose wonders we may be witnessing for the last time.

Creative: Watermelon skin carving

2011-09-21T12:10:00.000+05:30

World's Greatest Drag Race!

2011-09-13T10:50:00.001+05:30

With an empty airstrip and eleven of the best drivers cars in the world, on the world's greatest drag race.

Onam Wishes To All

2011-09-07T15:08:00.002+05:30

ഓണാശംസകള്‍

Rules of Onam Pookkalam Design Competition

2011-08-29T16:13:00.005+05:30

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Rules of Pookkalam: The rules of the will change as per the nature of organization conducting the competition, as some organization may allow displaying sponsor names where as others may not allow it. However, there are some common rules to be followed in these competitions.

Materials: Teams can use only fresh flowers and leaves to make the Pookalam. They should not use the sawdust, shredded coconut, and artificial colors. If requested by the judges, they should show and prove the materials used in it. Colors of the flowers should not enhance by using the artificial colors. If any team is using any of the above practices, it will lead to disqualification of their team.

Big flowers:
Teams should use sepals of flowers only. They should not use the whole flowers. Even if you are creating the same flower itself, you must separate the sepals and keep it back. Sepals of the flowers may cut in to the small pieces. Using whole flowers, instead of sepals to make it will lead to disqualification of the team.

Place: They should make it on the place provided by the organizers. Making it on a paper or on a pre-drawn board will lead to immediate disqualification. However, teams can use a pre-drawn paper or drawings, and transfer the drawings to the place provided by organizers.

Discipline: A team should be disqualified, if any of the team members intentionally disturb or mess up the area allotted to other teams,

Traditional Decorations: Teams can keep Nirapara (Indian style measuring cup), Nilavilakku (in style lamp) and/or any other traditional materials to increase the appearance and traditional value of it. However, they must keep these things according to the traditional way and at the correct corner. They may lose points if you keep Nirapara and Nilavilakku in the wrong side of it.

Theme: The theme can be an art with Indian cultural value, or kalam itself. The theme can carry negative points (instead of positive points), to discourage them from using themes which is not suitable for the occasion. This will encourage the artist to select broad and diversified themes without worrying for points. Theme can also reflect the nature of the organization or the area of interest they are involved in. (If you restrict the theme to Kerala, all themes will be of Kathakali, Mohinyattam (Kerala Cultural dances) and Vallam Kali (Kerala boat race), which will take away the beauty and diversity of it)

Artistic value: Consider this point is for the artist who has designed it.

Nowadays many pookkalams concentrate more on the design part and in the process the ten rings are avoided. The pookkalams mainly concentrate on the various cultural aspects of Kerala and on the Onam myth.

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LG's Scanner Mouse

2011-08-26T18:25:00.000+05:30

3D printing: The world's first printed plane

2011-08-03T19:42:00.002+05:30

Engineers at the University of Southampton have developed an unmanned air vehicle (UAV) whose entire structure has been printed, potentially changing the economics of aircraft design.

All of the parts in the plane, including the moving parts, were made on a 3D printer.

During the process a computer reads a 3-D description file to create layer upon layer of the material until the final product is completed.

The parts were are also all designed to 'snap fit' together which eliminated the need to use any fasteners on the plane.

The new technology has the potential to revolutionize the economics of air craft design as traditional methods require months to develop while the SULSA project took only weeks.

The Fibonacci Sequence

2011-07-22T10:39:00.000+05:30

a sequence of numbers in which each number equals the sum of the two preceding numbers

The Google+ project: A quick look

2011-06-30T18:32:00.000+05:30

Google announces Search by Image and Voice Search for desktop

2011-06-15T12:38:00.001+05:30

The Difference between the United Kingdom, Great Britain and England Explained - Video

2011-05-25T10:55:00.000+05:30

MANSOUR BAHRAMI - Tennis' Greatest Entertainer

2011-05-20T19:44:00.000+05:30

Canon Pixma Ad - Slow motion paint drops in vibrating water

2011-05-19T16:46:00.001+05:30

Making of Canon Pixma Ad

What is Bitcoin?

2011-05-16T17:24:00.003+05:30

Bitcoin P2P Currency: The Most Dangerous Project We've Ever Seen

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Introducing the Chromebook

2011-05-12T12:47:00.000+05:30

Google has announced the launch of Google Chrome browser-based notebooks or Chromebooks in the US and six other European countries from June 15. Chromebooks do not have any inbuilt memory. They rely totally on the web for storage.8-second boot time, the ability for users to customize any Chromebook they use by authenticating it with their Google account and seamless automatic updates.

The Samsung Chromebook features a 12.1" screen, a dual-core Intel processor, HD webcam and sports a battery life of 8.5 hours of continuous usage. It can be connected to the Internet using Wi-Fi and 3G. The Acer Chromebook sports an 11.6" screen, an Intel Atom dual-core processor, HD webcam and 6 hours of battery life.

There was no announcement on their availability in India.

Google I/O 2011: Keynote Day 2

TRex 600 Helicopter - Amazing Tricks

2011-05-11T12:52:00.000+05:30

Amazing video of a talented person flying a remote control helicopter showing off what they can do in the hands of the right person.

Thought of You - by Ryan Woodward

2011-05-11T11:03:00.002+05:30

http://ryanwoodwardart.com

Samsung Smart TV now in India

2011-04-26T20:01:00.003+05:30

n an effort to further expand its product portfolio, Samsung on Wednesday launched next generation television-the smart TV, along with upgraded versions of its smartphones, tablet PCs, cameras, refrigerators and ACs.

A smart TV is essentially an interactive TV, which is an integrated multimed ia device offering video on demand, web browsing and internet applications along with broadcast content. "We are offering the best technology in all our products," said J S Shin, president Samsung Electronics Southwest Asia.

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First IPL Match in Kochi. Some moments stilled.

2011-04-14T11:47:00.005+05:30

KTK vs RCB: Royal Challengers beat Kochi Tuskers

Full Match Highlights - Kochi Tuskers Kerala vs Royal Challengers Bangalore played on Apr-09-2011 at Nehru Stadium, Kochi

Watch it on Youtube

11 things to know about Anna Hazare and Jan Lok Pal Bill

2011-04-08T18:03:00.004+05:30

Got it as Email. Sharing it :)

1. Who is Anna Hazare?
An retired army man. Fought 1965 Indo-Pak War

2. What's so special about him?

He built a village Ralegaon Siddhi in Ahamad Nagar district, Maharashtra

3. So what?

This village is a self-sustained model village. Energy is produced in the village itself from solar power, biofuel and wind mills.

In 1975, it used to be a poverty clad village. Now it is one of the richest village in India. It has become a model for self-sustained, eco-friendly & harmonic village.

4. Ok,...?

This person, Anna Hazare was awarded Padma Bhushan and is a known figure for his social activities.

5. Really, what is he fighting for?

He is supporting a cause, the amendment of a law to curb corruption in India.

6. How that can be possible?

He is advocating for a Bil, The Jan Lokpal Bill (The Citizen Ombudsman Bill), that will form an autonomous authority who will make politicians (ministers), beurocrats (IAS/IPS) accountable for their deeds.

7. It's an entirely new thing right..?

In 1972, the bill was proposed by then Law minister Mr. Shanti Bhushan. Since then it has been neglected by the politicians and some are trying to change the bill to suit thier theft (corruption).

8. Oh.. He is going on a hunger strike for that whole thing of passing a Bill ! How can that be possible in such a short span of time?

The first thing he is asking for is: the government should come forward and announce that the bill is going to be passed.

Next, they make a joint committee to DRAFT the JAN LOKPAL BILL. 50% goverment participation and 50% public participation. Because you cant trust the government entirely for making such a bill which does not suit them.

9. Fine, What will happen when this bill is passed?

A LokPal will be appointed at the centre. He will have an autonomous charge, say like the Election Commission of India. In each and every state, Lokayukta will be appointed. The job is to bring all alleged party to trial in case of corruptions within 1 year. Within 2 years, the guilty will be punished. Not like, Bofors scam or Bhopal Gas Tragedy case, that has been going for last 25 years without any result.

10. Is he alone? Whoelse is there in the fight with Anna Hazare?

Baba Ramdev, retired IPS Kiran Bedi, RTI activist Arvind Kejriwal and many more.

Filmstars like Aamir Khan r also supporting his cause.

11. Ok, got it. What can I do?

At least we can spread the message. How?

Putting status message, links, video, changing profile pics.

At least we can support Anna Hazare and the cause for uprooting corruption from India.

At least we can hope that his Hunger Strike does not go in vain.

At least we can pray for his good health.

My happy surprise and Kochi IPL Launch

2011-04-07T12:41:00.010+05:30

Surprised to see the wallpaper featured in my blog shown behind the Kochi IPL official Launching

Download More Wallpapers
Kochi Tuskers Kerala Desktop Wallpapers
Kochi Tuskers Kerala Mobile wallpapers

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Kochi Tuskers Kerala - Promotional Video

Kindly, share this valuable information wherever possible

2011-04-06T11:50:00.005+05:30

NB: This information came as Email. I don't know all the information provided is actual or not. I hope it's true. Make sure before you following this informations

Let it reach the 110 Crores Indians and the remaining if any.
Kindly, share this valuable information wherever possible.

1. If you see children Begging anywhere in INDIA , please contact:
"RED SOCIETY" at 9940217816. They will help the children for their studies.

2. Where you can search for any BLOOD GROUP, you will get thousand's of donor address. www.friendstosupport.org

3. Engineering Students can register in www.campuscouncil.com to attend Off Campus for 40 Companies.

4. Free Education and Free hostel for Handicapped/Physically Challenged children.
Contact:- 9842062501 & 9894067506.

5. If anyone met with fire accident or people born with problems in their ear, nose and mouth can get free PLASTIC SURGERY done by Kodaikanal PASAM Hospital . From 23rd March to 4th April by German Doctors.
Everything is free. Contact : 045420-240668,245732
"Helping Hands are Better than Praying Lips"

6. If you find any important documents like Driving license, Ration card, Passport, Bank Pass Book, etc., missed by someone, simply put them into any near by Post Boxes. They will automatically reach the owner and Fine will be collected from them.

7. By the next 10 months, our earth will become 4 degrees hotter than what it is now. Our Himalayan glaciers are melting at rapid rate. So let all of us lend our hands to fight GLOBAL WARMING.
-Plant more Trees.
-Don't waste Water & Electricity.
-Don't use or burn Plastics

8. It costs 38 Trillion dollars to create OXYGEN for 6 months for all Human beings on earth.
"TREES DO IT FOR FREE"
"Respect them and Save them"

9. Special phone number for Eye bank and Eye donation: 04428281919 and 04428271616 (Sankara Nethralaya Eye Bank). For More information about how to donate eyes plz visit these sites. http://ruraleye.org/

10. Heart Surgery free of cost for children (0-10 yr) Sri Valli Baba InstituteBanglore. 10.
Contact : 9916737471

11. Medicine for Blood Cancer!!!!
'Imitinef Mercilet' is a medicine which cures blood cancer. Its available free of cost at "Adyar Cancer Institute in Chennai". Create Awareness. It might help someone.
Cancer Institute in Adyar, Chennai
Category: Cancer
Address:
East Canal Bank Road , Gandhi Nagar
Adyar
Chennai -600020
Landmark: Near Michael School
Phone: 044-24910754 044-24910754 , 044-24911526 044-24911526 , 044-22350241 044-22350241

12. Please CHECK WASTAGE OF FOOD
If you have a function/party at your home in India and food gets wasted, don't hesitate to call 1098 (only in India ) - Its not a Joke, This is the number of Child helpline.
They will come and collect the food. Please circulate this message which can help feed many children.
AND LETS TRY TO HELP INDIA BE A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE IN
Please Save Our Mother Nature for
"OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS"

Please don't delete this without forwarding.
Let it reach the 110 Crores Indians and the remaining if any.

"Spend at least as much time researching a stock as you would choosing a refrigerator" - Peter Lynch

“JAI HIND”

Cricket World Cup 2015 Logo

2011-04-04T19:24:00.004+05:30

ICC unveils logo for 2015 World Cup
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has commenced preparations for the 2015 World Cup by unveiling the next World Cup logo.

The unveiling of the logo is as part of a symbolic handover from the successful 2011 hosts to their successors who will host the next World Cup after four years. Australia and New Zealand will together be hosting the next World Cup.

Haroon Lorgat, the ICC chief executive has described the logo as "a dynamic logo which captures the cultural influences in the host countries."

Twelve teams may contest the 2015 World Cup as the ICC is considering a compromise between the 14 teams of 2011 and a tight 10-team model currently on the table for the tournament's next edition.

The ICC's executive council is meeting in Mumbai on Monday and on the agenda is the format for the next World Cup, to be hosted by Australia and New Zealand, following the rousing success of this year's edition, which was won by India.

Sebastian Thrun: Google's driverless car

2011-04-01T17:31:00.000+05:30

Sebastian Thrun: Google's driverless car
Sebastian Thrun helped build Google's amazing driverless car, powered by a very personal quest to save lives and reduce traffic accidents. Jawdropping video shows the DARPA Challenge-winning car motoring through busy city traffic with no one behind the wheel, and dramatic test drive footage from TED2011 demonstrates how fast the thing can really go.

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Watch it to believe it - Hiroshima Atom Bomb Impact

2011-03-31T17:55:00.000+05:30

Hiroshima bomb impact documentary movie made.

Simply Amazing, How Cocaine is made in the Amazon. BBC Documentary

2011-03-25T11:01:00.000+05:30

Kochi Tuskers Kerala Mobile Wallpapers

2011-03-20T12:02:00.012+05:30

iPhone 4 Wallpapers (640x96) - Kochi IPL Mobile Wallpaper
Please let me know your Mobile Model and specify the Number(1-13)which you like on comment section. I will create it for you.
Click on each pic for real size

How to find the Windows XP 25-digit product key in the registry?

2011-03-18T15:18:00.003+05:30

Click "Start" and click on the program labeled "Run." Type "regedit" into the search box and press the "Enter" key. This will open the registry editor.

Expand the keys labeled "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE," "Software," "Microsoft," "Windows NT" and "Current Version," one after the other. Look for a folder labeled "DigitalProductID" and double-click on it. This will show you an encoded version of the product key. You will need to decode it.

Locate the 15 sets of numbers containing the number 1. Follow the link in the bottom.(Decrypt) Enter the 15 sets of numbers into the decrypt box on the Web page, and click on "Decrypt Code." This will show you your 25-digit Windows XP product key.

Tool to Decrypt

How to: Full Description

TATA Pixel zero turn drive

2011-03-17T19:17:00.000+05:30

A Day Made of Glass...Future is Visible Here

2011-03-16T15:54:00.001+05:30

Awesome stuff - Marble machine chronicle

2011-03-15T20:23:00.000+05:30

Kochi Tuskers Kerala - Official Facebook, Twitter and Website

2011-03-14T18:15:00.005+05:30

Website: www.kochituskerskerala.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/KochiTuskersKTK
Facebook: www.facebook.com/OfficialKochiIPL

Kochi Tuskers Kerala Wallpapers

2011-03-14T11:58:00.016+05:30

Kochi IPL Team Wallpapers 2011 - Click on Each Pic for larger View, and Download
Terrific, Aggressive, Champions!

Kochi ipl wallpapers free download

Kochi IPL team gets new name, Kochi Tuskers Kerala

2011-03-13T08:47:00.010+05:30

The Kochi IPL Team which will be making its maiden foray in the Indian Premier League this season will henceforth be known as Kochi Tuskers Kerala.

The official name of the team was approved by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the IPL governing council according to Kerala Cricketing Association (KCA) sources. NB:Logo shown here is originally Designed by the Official Kochi IPL Team. I Just redrawn it. © Copyright to Kochi Tuskers Kerala

An online voting was conducted by the Kochi IPL franchisee on their official website to find a name acceptable to the cricket lovers of Kerala. The franchisee were awaiting approval from the BCCI and the IPL governing council to rename the team which was priviously named as 'Indi Commandos'.

The first match of the team will be against Royal Challengers Bangalore on April 9th. Four other matches of the team will also be played at Kochi.

Official Facebook

Official Twitter

Official Website

Demo Site (Not sure is this Official or not!)

Demo of the recently released Adobe Wallaby - converts Flash files into HTML5

2011-03-09T12:05:00.001+05:30

Kochi Tigers or Kerala Tigers will be the new kochi IPL name:I predict

2011-03-08T19:47:00.009+05:30

My prediction of new Kochi IPL Team name after the polling.

It will be Kerala Tigers or Kochi Tigers (My Guess)

2nd chance is for Kerala Commandos or Kochi Commandos.

I think there is no chance for other names.

Any way lets wait and see till the results published officially on Facebook tomorrow.

Anyway it's just not a prediction. I have done a study on Available Domains, Domain Age, Facebook Fan Pages, Twitter accounts on these possible names.

Kochi Titans
Kochi Commandos
Kochi Tigers
Kochi Tuskers
Kochi Heroes
Kochi United

Kerala Titans
Kerala Commandos
Kerala Tigers
Kerala Tuskers
Kerala Heroes
Kerala United

Thus made my conclusion ;)

And Watch Out for these domains tomorrow

www.keralastigers.com
www.tigerskochi.com
www.kochistigers.com

And u know once these sites redirected to the www.kochiteam.com. Now it's not. I have mentioned it earlier post

See the Domain registrant! Even though it's private registration, the agency is same for all domains and they booked these domains on the second Auction day - January 9, 2011.

Anyway wait and see :)Just for fun :)

Sunitha Krishnan's fight against sex slavery

2011-03-07T11:09:00.000+05:30

Sunitha Krishnan has dedicated her life to rescuing women and children from sex slavery, a multimilion-dollar global market. In this courageous talk, she tells three powerful stories, as well as her own, and calls for a more humane approach to helping these young victims rebuild their lives.

Inside A Google Auto-Driving Car

2011-03-04T15:52:00.002+05:30

Anyone driving the twists of Highway 1 between San Francisco and Los Angeles recently may have glimpsed a Toyota Prius with a curious funnel-like cylinder on the roof. Harder to notice was that the person at the wheel was not actually driving.

The car is a project of Google, which has been working in secret but in plain view on vehicles that can drive themselves, using artificial-intelligence software that can sense anything near the car and mimic the decisions made by a human driver.

With someone behind the wheel to take control if something goes awry and a technician in the passenger seat to monitor the navigation system, seven test cars have driven 1,000 miles without human intervention and more than 140,000 miles with only occasional human control. One even drove itself down Lombard Street in San Francisco, one of the steepest and curviest streets in the nation. The only accident, engineers said, was when one Google car was rear-ended while stopped at a traffic light.

Autonomous cars are years from mass production, but technologists who have long dreamed of them believe that they can transform society as profoundly as the Internet has.

Robot drivers react faster than humans, have 360-degree perception and do not get distracted, sleepy or intoxicated, the engineers argue. They speak in terms of lives saved and injuries avoided — more than 37,000 people died in car accidents in the United States in 2008. The engineers say the technology could double the capacity of roads by allowing cars to drive more safely while closer together. Because the robot cars would eventually be less likely to crash, they could be built lighter, reducing fuel consumption. But of course, to be truly safer, the cars must be far more reliable than, say, today’s personal computers, which crash on occasion and are frequently infected.

The Google research program using artificial intelligence to revolutionize the automobile is proof that the company’s ambitions reach beyond the search engine business. The program is also a departure from the mainstream of innovation in Silicon Valley, which has veered toward social networks and Hollywood-style digital media.

During a half-hour drive beginning on Google’s campus 35 miles south of San Francisco last Wednesday, a Prius equipped with a variety of sensors and following a route programmed into the GPS navigation system nimbly accelerated in the entrance lane and merged into fast-moving traffic on Highway 101, the freeway through Silicon Valley.

It drove at the speed limit, which it knew because the limit for every road is included in its database, and left the freeway several exits later. The device atop the car produced a detailed map of the environment.

The car then drove in city traffic through Mountain View, stopping for lights and stop signs, as well as making announcements like “approaching a crosswalk” (to warn the human at the wheel) or “turn ahead” in a pleasant female voice. This same pleasant voice would, engineers said, alert the driver if a master control system detected anything amiss with the various sensors.

The car can be programmed for different driving personalities — from cautious, in which it is more likely to yield to another car, to aggressive, where it is more likely to go first.

Christopher Urmson, a Carnegie Mellon University robotics scientist, was behind the wheel but not using it. To gain control of the car he has to do one of three things: hit a red button near his right hand, touch the brake or turn the steering wheel. He did so twice, once when a bicyclist ran a red light and again when a car in front stopped and began to back into a parking space. But the car seemed likely to have prevented an accident itself.

When he returned to automated “cruise” mode, the car gave a little “whir” meant to evoke going into warp drive on “Star Trek,” and Dr. Urmson was able to rest his hands by his sides or gesticulate when talking to a passenger in the back seat. He said the cars did attract attention, but people seem to think they are just the next generation of the Street View cars that Google uses to take photographs and collect data for its maps.

The project is the brainchild of Sebastian Thrun, the 43-year-old director of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, a Google engineer and the co-inventor of the Street View mapping service.

In 2005, he led a team of Stanford students and faculty members in designing the Stanley robot car, winning the second Grand Challenge of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, a $2 million Pentagon prize for driving autonomously over 132 miles in the desert.

Besides the team of 15 engineers working on the current project, Google hired more than a dozen people, each with a spotless driving record, to sit in the driver’s seat, paying $15 an hour or more. Google is using six Priuses and an Audi TT in the project.

The Google researchers said the company did not yet have a clear plan to create a business from the experiments. Dr. Thrun is known as a passionate promoter of the potential to use robotic vehicles to make highways safer and lower the nation’s energy costs. It is a commitment shared by Larry Page, Google’s co-founder, according to several people familiar with the project.

Source

iPad 2 Announcement + Review

2011-03-03T10:01:00.001+05:30

iPad 2 Guided Tour

T-SHIRT WAR!! - Cool Video

2011-03-02T15:48:00.001+05:30

Kerala Commandos - Least expected!

2011-02-24T20:37:00.005+05:30

Well, we all know the Logo and Name of Kochi IPL team is fixed. Now the news sources said that there is no hope for logo or name change. (Official Facebook and twitter accounts of the team hinting that)

Personally I would like to request to the Kochi IPL Team Management, at least give Kerala or Kochi as First name. i.e "Kerala Commandos"

If You don't see the Original Official Logo here it is...

Microsoft shows the latest in Natural User Interfaces (NUI)

2011-02-24T18:33:00.000+05:30

Microsoft demonstrates latest Natural User Interface (NUI) advances

Who are You? Left Brain vs Right Brain

2011-02-24T18:16:00.003+05:30

Click on the pic for larger version and read - just for fun!

Img Source:http://i.imgur.com/B4MwD.jpg

Kochi IPL team will be changing their name Indi Commandos

2011-02-21T12:06:00.004+05:30

Update! - 7th March, 2011
The Official Poll for Kochi IPl Team Name will be available at the official Website from 10Am - 10 AM (7th March 2011 to 8th March 2011 - 24 Hours)

Vote here

http://www.kochiteam.com/votenow.php

With its fans giving a big thumbs-down to the Kochi IPL team's new name — Indi Commandos Kerala — the franchise owners now appear keen to change the name.

It's been heard that Kochi IPL Team planning change the name "Indi Commandos".

According to sources, the name will change once they have signed up all the sponsorship, especially the title sponsor.#Rumor

Amazing Water Trick! How to Suspend Water Without a Cup!

2011-02-18T19:23:00.001+05:30

Three Men vs. Fifteen Hungry Lions

2011-02-18T19:13:00.001+05:30

Kindhearts Please...

2011-02-17T12:24:00.001+05:30

Indi Commandos Kerala - Wallpapers

2011-02-16T19:51:00.004+05:30

The Kochi IPL franchise named its team 'Indi Commandos' on Wednesday in an official announcement on their Facebook page.

Kochi IPL team logo and name unveiled it's Indi Commandos

2011-02-16T16:47:00.006+05:30

The Kochi IPL franchise named its team 'Indi Commandos' on Wednesday in an official announcement on their Facebook page.
"We hereby announce the official name for your beloved Kochi IPL team!" read the post announcing the name on Facebook.

"We are now 'INDI COMMANDOS'!!! Check our team logo!" it said. The Kochi franchise is the last of the IPL teams to get a name.

The team also posted their reasoning behind naming of the team. "The 'INDI' stands for an independent Indian cricket team that will go ahead to win a billion hearts. 'COMMANDOS' stands for an elite fighting squad, renown for attacking with speed, stealth and deadly power."

Official twitter
http://twitter.com/IndiCommandos

Official Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/Indi-Commandos

Official Website
IndiCommandos.com

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Hands-On

2011-02-14T17:52:00.001+05:30

Official Kochi IPL Team name - Kerala Tigers?

2011-02-12T16:17:00.007+05:30

The official name of Kochi IPL team seems to be fixed. Because there are two domain names www.keralastigers.com and www.tigerskochi.com now pointed (At the time of this post writing) to www.kochiteam.com (Which is the official home page of kochi team for the time being)

NB: The image shown in this post is not the actual official Logo.

Disclaimer: The TIGER in this logo is not designed by me. ©Copyright istockphoto

Characteristics of Tigers
Tigers are the largest cat, with a wide range of sizes, depending on subspecies, anywhere from 300 to 700 pounds. The body is heavily muscled, and the teeth and claws are the biggest of any cat. The tiger has black stripes on a rufous or orange background(related to our jersey color), with some white on belly and face.

Tigers are ambush predators, and have been known to kill even elephants on rare occasions.Tigers are essentially solitary and territorial animals. A tiger may have a territory of 60–100 square kilometers. (That Means a tiger don't co-operate with even other tigers with in his territory).

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Touch Free user interface - control devices using simple hand gestures

2011-02-04T17:05:00.000+05:30

Groundbreaking Touch Free user interface allows users to enjoy an entirely new user experience, enabling to easily and intuitively control portable devices using simple hand gestures.

Pune IPL Team Logo Lauch Ceremony Video. When Will be Kochi's

2011-02-02T12:16:00.003+05:30

The Pune IPL franchise has announced its team will be called the Sahara Pune Warriors. The team name and logo were unveiled by Subrata Roy, chairman of the Sahara group(on 24th april 2010)

When can we Expect our Kochi IPL Logo Lauch Ceremony?

BSNL offers 3G data plans for Apple iPad

2011-01-31T11:01:00.002+05:30

Finally, the technology giant Apple Inc launched their prestigious gadget iPad in India after nine months of international launch. Apple iPad's official launch in Indian market has given a boom to tablet market which was currently controlled by Samsumsung Galaxy Tab and other Android running Chinese tablets.

Apple has partnered with state run service provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) to provide iPad to Indians at an attractive price. BSNL announced that it will launch a micro-SIM card for the iPad. And more over, BSNL also announced 3G data plans for iPad which is lower than their open market rates.

BSNL iPad 3G Data Plans:

Rs 99 - Unlimited - 1 day (pre-paid)
Rs 599 - 6 GB - 30 days (pre-paid)
RS 999 - Unlimited - 30 days (pre-paid)
Unlimited usage with Rs 999 fixed monthly charge + Rs 100 activation charge (post-paid)

India gets Apple iPad: Specs, Review & Price

Apple iPad Price in India:

Apple iPad 16GB WiFi - Rs 27,990
Apple iPad 32GB WiFi - Rs 32,900
Apple iPad 64GB WiFi - Rs 37,900
Apple iPad 16GB WiFi + 3G - Rs 34,900
Apple iPad 32GB WiFi + 3G - Rs 39,900
Apple iPad 64GB WiFi + 3G - Rs 44,900

Private service providers, Airtel and Vodafone also announced the launch micro-SIM card for the iPad. But it's not clear that how Indians accept Apple iPad when rest of the world waiting for iPad 2 with more exciting features and advanced specifications.

This is China's show case to the world - - - are the musicians sitting on invisible chairs?

2011-01-27T19:10:00.001+05:30

Tony Melendez played the guitar and sang. He has no hands.

2011-01-27T17:59:00.002+05:30

Don't miss this video

Tony Melendez played the guitar and sang. He has no hands.After listening to him, the Pope kissed him.

iPad Game for Cats

2011-01-27T16:03:00.000+05:30

Kerala Tuskers - Kochi IPL Concept Logo

2011-01-26T16:46:00.005+05:30

Kerala Tuskers
I get the feeling that Kochi team will not use Kochi/Cochin as first name. It will be Kerala. What u guys predicting?

Official Kochi IPL to reveal name, logo and jersey in February 2011

2011-01-18T14:35:00.002+05:30

The Kochi IPL franchise Tuesday announced that the name, logo and the jersey of its team will be revealed next month.

The announcement came after coach Geoff Lawson earlier said he would like to name the team as Kochi Tigers.

'Nothing has been decided so far and what he said is his liking. We will give two more weeks for our fans to suggest a suitable name and then we will decide. All such things will be announced here itself in early February,' said co-owner Vivek Venugopal.

Both Lawson and Venugopal arrived in the city for the selection trials to make up the remaining team after the franchise bagged 10 foreign cricketers at the auction in Bangalore.

Fourtythree cricketers from the state have been called for selection trials that have begun and Venugopal said that three Keralites would be selected in the team.

Venugopal also added that they are happy with roping in 10 foreign players.

'Look, we are looking ahead for a period of three years and hence it may not be possible for all the 10 foreign players to travel with the team for all the three years because of their country requirements. So we have done the right selection.'

Meanwhile, it has also been decided to hold the seven home matches of the team at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the only cricketing venue that has staged international matches in the recent past.

Lawson added that it is possible that former Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene could captain the side.

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Kochi Chekavars - Concept Logo and Name for Kochi IPL Team

2011-01-17T07:23:00.006+05:30

KERALA CHEKAVARS The deadly gladiators on Hunt! howzat guys?

TheChekava/Chekavar/Chekavan/Chevakan/Chon :-The deadly gladiators who lived in the ancient times of South India (now this part is spread over to "Sri Lanka", "Kerala", and some parts of "Thamil Nadu") are believed to be the founding fathers , the excellent developers and the dedicated practitioners of the martial art of "Kalarippayattu" with all its systematized and weaponry methods even thousands of years before the arrival of "Aryans & Chathurvarnya" to South India.

These people had strict rules about honor and combat and they lived with their Sword, as a part of doing their "Karma";their traditional holy labour of implementing "Dharma" by giving their blood and sacrifycing themselves in the "Ankam" to decide the final Justice for these Regions.

Spectacular Sci-Fi Short: Ben Craig's Modern Times

2011-01-14T10:36:00.000+05:30

Modern Times is a science-fiction short film directed by Ben Craig. He acquired his skills through watching commercial shoots. He shot the live-action parts of this short film in just one weekend and then spent two months in post-production.

Kochi Fighters (Kalaripayattu): another Concept logo for Kochi IPL Team

2011-01-14T09:16:00.006+05:30

Kalaripayattu (Malayalam: കളരിപ്പയറ്റ്) is an Indian martial art from the southern state of Kerala. One of the oldest fighting systems in existence.

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Origins
Oral folklore ascribes the creation of kalari payat to the Hindu gods almost 3000 years ago. Phillip Zarrilli, a professor at the University of Exeter and one of the few Western authorities on kalari payat, estimates that the art dates back to at least the 12th century CE. The historian Elamkulam Kunjan Pillai attributes the birth of kalari payat to an extended period of warfare between the Cheras and the Cholas in the 11th century CE. The art was disseminated through the kalari, which served as active centres of learning before the modern educational system was introduced. Still in existence, these institutions were schools where students could assemble together and acquire knowledge on various subjects ranging from mathematics, language, astronomy and various theatrical arts. Martial arts were taught in the payattu kalari, meaning fight school.

Kalari payat became more developed during the 9th century and was practiced by a section of the Nair community, warrior clan of Kerala, to defend the state and the king. In the 11th and 12th century, Kerala was divided into small principalities that fought one-to-one wars among themselves. These duels or ankam were fought by Chekavar on an ankathattu, a temporary platform, four to six feet high. The right and duty to practice martial arts in the service of a district ruler was most associated with Nairs and Ezhavas. The Lohar of north Kerala were Buddhist warriors who practiced kalaripayat.

The writings of early colonial historians like Varthema, Logan and Whiteway shows that kalari payat was widely popular and well established with almost all people in Kerala transcending gender, caste and communal lines. It is said to have eventually become as prevalent as reading and writing. Among some noble families, young girls also received preliminary training up until the onset of menses. It is also known from the vadakkan pattukal ballads that at least a few women of noted Chekavar continued to practise and achieved a high degree of expertise. The most famous of them was Unniarcha of Keralan folklore, a master with the urumi or flexible sword.

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Kochi IPL Team Official Facebook, Twitter and Website

2011-01-13T11:42:00.003+05:30

Website: www.kochiteam.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/IPLKochiTeam
Facebook: www.facebook.com/OfficialKochiIPL

Updated on February 17, 2011

Official twitter
http://twitter.com/IndiCommandos

Official Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/Indi-Commandos

Official Website
IndiCommandos.com

Kochi IPL Team Jersey Colour Variations (Concept)

2011-01-12T21:02:00.004+05:30

Flexible AMOLED Screen. We really do live in the future!

2011-01-12T10:48:00.001+05:30

Bend the screen and even hit it with a hammer, and it still keeps on ticking flawlessly.

Kochi Team, Looking for uncapped players? Why not Usman Khawaja?

2011-01-11T17:13:00.001+05:30

Terrific Player. Worth Buying for Kochi IPL team

Ice Age 4 - First Look Teaser

2011-01-10T14:33:00.000+05:30

After three fantastic sequels, the makers of Ice Age are back with the fantastic fourth one - "Ice Age 4 The Continental Drift."

Awesome :)

Official Kochi IPl players (IPL auction 2011)

2011-01-10T01:08:00.008+05:30

All best for the Kochi IPL Team.

Mahela Jayawardhane
S.Sreesanth
Brendon Mccullum
VVS. Laxman
Pardhiv Patel
Steven Smith
Ramesh Powar
Ravindra Jadeja
Muttiah Muralidharan
R.P. Singh
Brad Hodge
Thisara Perera
R. Vinay Kumar
Stephen O’ Keefe
Owais Shah
M. Klinger
John Hastings

I personally Like to call them Demolition Men Kochi

Profile
For three seasons, Sreesanth was hardly anything more than an answer to a trivia question - who is the only Kerala bowler to have taken a Ranji Trophy hat-trick ? His rise, though, was rapid, and since he played for a weak side, unnoticed. Not too many bowlers get selected for the Duleep Trophy in their first season, like Sreesanth did in 2002-03 after snapping up 22 wickets in his first seven games. His progress was halted owing to a hamstring injury in the following year, but he returned stronger, with a more side-on action and increased pace, and a superb display in the Challenger Trophy, in 2005, propelled him to the national squad for the Sri Lanka series. In the last game of his impressive debut season, he snapped up 6 for 55 against England. Idiosyncratic, with an aggressive approach - to the stumps and the game - he can be expensive in one-dayers, but is also a wicket-taking bowler. He does it in Tests, too - in Antigua in June 2006 he fired out Ramnaresh Sarwan and Brian Lara (for 0) in successive overs, and then took five wickets in Jamaica and played a key role in bowling India to a historic triumph. The year was one of several highlights, including a haul of eight wickets against South Africa in Johannesburg, which helped India win their first Test in the country. However, things turned sour two years later in the inaugural IPL, when he was involved in a spat with Harbhajan Singh, who slapped him at the end of a match. Sreesanth signed with Warwickshire and enjoyed a satisfactory first season, but injuries and a steady decline in form kept him out of the national team. His problems with discipline are well documented; he was warned by the BCCI with suspension from domestic cricket if he violated the code of conduct. But his ability with the ball earned him a recall for the home Tests against Sri Lanka in November 2009. Via

At his sublime best, VVS Laxman is a sight for the gods. Wristy, willowy and sinuous, he can match - sometimes even better - Tendulkar for strokeplay. His on-side game is comparable to his idol Azharuddin's, yet he is decidedly more assured on the off side and has the rare gift of being able to hit the same ball to either side. The Australians, who have suffered more than most, paid the highest compliment after India's 2003-04 tour Down Under by admitting they did not know where to bowl to him. Laxman, a one-time medical student, finally showed signs of coming to terms with his considerable gifts in March 2001, as he tormented Steve Waugh's thought-to-be-invincible Australians with a majestic 281 to stand the Kolkata Test on its head. But even though he had another wonderful series against the Australians in 2003-04 with two centuries, one of them involving a back-from-the-dead, match-winning, 300-plus partnership with Kolkata ally Rahul Dravid at Adelaide, he hasn't quite managed the consistency that could have turned him into a batting great. Between dazzling and sometimes workmanlike hundreds, he has suffered the frustration of numerous twenties and thirties and has lost his place in the one-day side. Nothing, though, has deterred him from tormenting his favourite opponents with silken strokes and piles of runs: in the course of the double-hundred at Feroz Shah Kotla in 2008, he became the second Indian batsman after Tendulkar to score more than 2000 runs against the Australians. A couple of years later, batting with a runner due to back spasms, he conjured up a magical unbeaten 73 in a thrilling run-chase in Mohali. Via

Rudra Pratap Singh first made the headlines in the Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh in 2004, taking eight wickets at 24.75 apiece and bowling well in the slog overs at the end of the innings. Later that year he joined the conveyor belt of Indian left-arm seamers, taking 34 wickets in six Ranji Trophy games for Uttar Pradesh, the joint-highest for the summer. He made the national one-day squad at the end of 2005, and took two wickets in his second over of international cricket, against Zimbabwe at Harare in September. He took four wickets (and the match award) against Sri Lanka in his third game, and three more in his fourth, before a run of four wicketless matches cost him his place after the first match of the West Indies tour in May 2006. He also won a couple of Test caps, winning the match award on his debut for some persistent bowling on a shirtfront at Faisalabad, where Pakistan ran up 588. He drifted out of contention after that, but he is still young, and well respected in the Indian set-up, as Virender Sehwag confirmed: "RP is a very talented bowler - his specialty is that he can bring the ball into the right-handers and swing it both ways." He was recalled for the tours of Bangladesh and England in 2007. It was the start of his most prolific season, which included a five-wicket haul at Lord's, crucial strikes in the victorious ICC World Twenty20 and a four-wicket haul in Perth which shut Australia out of the match. However, his bowling lacked bite after the tour of Australia and went wicket-less in the home Tests against South Africa. Via

Small even for his tender age, when Parthiv Patel led his side onto the stage during the Wisden Indian Cricketer of the Century Awards in London in July 2002, some people assumed he was the team mascot. But within a month he had instead become Test cricket's youngest wicketkeeper - at 17 years, 153 days - when called up to replace the injured Ajay Ratra for the second Test at Trent Bridge. And he didn't do too badly either, scoring a gutsy, unbeaten 19 which helped stave off an Indian defeat. Parthivl's glovework has varied from the competent to the shoddy - he was splendid in the home series against West Indies in 2002-03, but then struggled to inspire confidence thereafter, especially when standing up to the spinners. His ability with the bat ensured that he got an extended run - he scored an aggressive 62 at Sydney in 2003-04, and then faced up to Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Sami with plenty of poise, scoring 69 as an opener. However, those batting performances weren't enough to gloss over increasingly sloppy work behind the stumps, and the selectors' patience finally ran out after the third Test of the home series against Australia, when he was replaced by Dinesh Karthik. Parthiv's form took a turn for the better in 2007, on a twin tour of Zimbabwe and Harare for India A, where he hit three hundreds and a half-century. In the first match of a series against South Africa A at home Parthiv opened up with a fourth century on the trot. via

An allrounder who bats left-hand and bowls orthodox spin, Ravindra Jadeja has been playing cricket since the age of ten. He scored 53 for West Zone on his first-class debut in the 2006-07 Duleep Trophy and has been an important member of the Under-19 set-up. He was part of the U-19 team that lost the final of the World Cup in 2006 to Pakistan but bowled a crucial spell of 2 for 25 to bowl India to victory in the final of the 2008 tournament in Malaysia. Jadeja was part of the Rajasthan Royals, the inaugural IPL champions. He caught the attention of the national selectors with his strong all-round showing in the 2008-09 Ranji Trophy - 42 wickets and 739 runs - and was promptly picked for the ODI series in Sri Lanka. Via

A stocky offspinner who is more than handy with the bat, Ramesh Powar has been a consistent performer in domestic cricket for the last four seasons, and was crucial to Mumbai's Ranji Trophy success in the 2002-03 season. His 20 wickets with his flighted stuff was useful enough, but even more crucial was the runs he contributed. He never batted higher than No. 7 - sometimes going in as low as No. 10 - but ended up with the second-highest aggregate for Mumbai in the tournament, scoring 418 runs at more than 46, with most of those runs coming when his team was in strife. His domestic exploits soon caught the selectors' notice, and he made to the Indian squad for the tour to Pakistan. Both his offspin and his batting stood the test in the couple of one-day internationals he played, but even more impressive was his combative attitude, as he bravely tossed the ball up on batting shirtfronts, and didn't bat an eyelid while striking some lusty blows against the pace of Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Sami. An ideal bits-and-pieces player, Powar returned to the one-day side early in 2006, now armed with a new delivery - a drifter - which helped him to 63 domestic wickets in 2005-06, after 54 the previous season. Again he impressed with both bat and ball, although some critics made disparaging remarks about his waistline, causing him to tempt fate: "I've never missed a game owing to fitness problems." Almost inevitably, he then twisted an ankle and missed the first two ODIs in the West Indies in June 2006. Via

Vinay Kumar is a bowler in the Venkatesh Prasad mould - relying more on outswingers, legcutters and accuracy, than on outright pace. After the retirement of former India players Dodda Ganesh and David Johnson, Vinay became a key member of the Karnataka pace attack. First picked for the Ranji side in 2004-05, he quickly established himself by taking more than 20 wickets in each of his first three seasons. He soon developed an inswinger as a variation to his stock ball, resulting in a superb 2007-08 season, in which he was the second-highest wicket-taker in the Ranji Trophy. That convinced the Royal Challengers Bangalore to give him a contract, and he has frequently filled their fifth bowler's slot. Via

Mahela Jayawardene - Possibly the Captain of Kochi IPL Team
A prolific, elegant and utterly classy batsman with a huge appetite for runs, and a calm yet authoritative captain - those are the qualities that best describe Mahela Jayawardene. His sheer quality as a batsman was never in doubt even when he just entered the international scene, but for Jayawardene the biggest challenge has been to justify all the early hype. With a combined Test and ODI tally in excess of 17,000 - and a captaincy stint that included a World Cup final appearance - it can safely be said that he has met that challenge more than adequately. Via

Brash, brutal and brilliant to watch, Brendon McCullum can bruise bowling attacks like few other men in international cricket. A wicketkeeper-batsman, McCullum has been used as an opener in the shorter formats and lower down in Tests, but whenever he arrives at the crease it's impossible to look away. He muscles balls over both sides of the field and was responsible for getting the IPL off to an electrifying start, lighting up the tournament's first match with 158 and showing what the format had to offer. Via

Steven Smith is the most promising Australian spinner since Shane Warne emerged - but he is more than that. He carries the extra advantage of being an outstanding batsman who could soon slot in to the top six for his country, whether he bowls or not. By the age of 21 he was in Australia's Test, one-day and Twenty20 teams, picked on promise and quickly showing the composure of a seasoned professional. There were words of caution about his early elevation, but there was no hiding the excitement about a player who gives the ball air, hits it hard, catches it at will and seems unbothered by pressure. Via

Perhaps no cricketer since Douglas Jardine has polarised opinion quite like Muttiah Muralitharan. For the believers, he's among the greatest to ever spin a ball. For the doubters, he's a charlatan undeserving of the game's greatest records, responsible for changes in the laws that they think have legitimised throwing. What was undeniable was his ability to turn the ball sharply on just about any surface, and bowl the sort of marathon spells that would have seen a lesser man retire after five seasons rather than 18. Whether Sri Lanka played at home, on pitches where he was often unplayable, or overseas, Murali was the go-to man for half a dozen captains. He seldom disappointed. Via

Brad Hodge will go down as one of the unluckiest nearly-men in Australian cricket. When he was dropped with an average of 58.42 only five matches into his Test career in 2005-06, he vowed to win back his place. He added only one Test, as a fill-in during a tour of the West Indies two years later, before his tally was permanently stalled at six matches in the baggy green. It was not an adequate reward for one of the most prolific run scorers in the modern era of Australia's domestic game. Via

An attacking batting allrounder, Thissara Perera began his career primarily as a bowler, opening the bowling for the Under-19s. He turned in noteworthy performances in the tri-nation tournament in Sri Lanka in July 2007 and in the youth Test against India in Colombo the following month. Those performances earned him a call-up to the U-19 squad for the World Cup in Malaysia in 2008. He received his maiden national call-up during Sri Lanka's tour of India in 2009 as an emergency replacement for Angelo Mathews. His aggressive batting in an ODI against India in Mirpur helped Sri Lanka pull off a win in a pressure situation. It quickly led to an IPL contract when he was bought by Chennai Super Kings for $50,000. His ambition is to remain associated with the game by taking up coaching. Via

A dramatic 2010 off-season ended in Stephen O'Keefe fielding for the Test team at Lord's and playing a Twenty20 international. O'Keefe, a left-arm orthodox spinner, had only played a handful of games for his state before he was picked for Australia A, benefiting from injuries to Jon Holland and Jason Krejza. After taking 7 for 35 and scoring 61 and 47 in a first-class affair against Sri Lanka A, he was soon flying to England to join the national team thanks to Nathan Hauritz's foot injury. He was surprised to play in the Twenty20 but made the most of the opportunity, finishing with 3 for 29 against Pakistan, and stayed with the squad for the Tests. Via

The best cricket move Michael Klinger ever made was switching from Victoria to South Australia for the 2008-09 season. Klinger was struggling with the Bushrangers but immediately sparked with the Redbacks and quickly became a batsman as consistent as Darren Lehmann or Greg Blewett, two former local favourites. The performances were so strong that after two summers in Adelaide he was appointed captain and was often mentioned for higher honours. Via

A tall allrounder who combines right-arm fast-medium bowling with strong lower-order batting, John Hastings enjoyed a breakthrough season in 2009-10. He was Victoria's leading wicket-taker in all three competitions, played in the final in all three formats, and not surprisingly was named the Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year. Most impressive was his Sheffield Shield collection of 446 runs at 37.16 and 36 wickets at 26.13, which confirmed him as a serious all-round talent for the Australian selectors to consider in the next few years. Via

After a see-saw career threatened to usher in early oblivion, Owais Shah finally got a chance at redemption in March 2006, making his Test debut against India in the final match at Mumbai. Following Michael Vaughan's return home due to injury early in the tour, Shah was drafted in as a replacement and made a composed and vital 88 in a memorable victory. A stylish and classical batsman who seemed to have the world at his feet as a teenager, he was compared in ability to the young Mark Ramprakash. Shah made his first-class debut in 1996, and at the end of the promising summer, Wisden praised his "abundant promise". His county cap followed, but back-to-back seasons with averages in the mid 20s ended with him being dropped by Middlesex in 2000. Via

The Official Kochi IPL team Website - kochiteam.com

2011-01-08T17:05:00.005+05:30

Kochi Cricket Private Ltd’s official website - with a fair representation of Kerala’s traditional specialties of nature, wildlife, art and culture

Here is the official Website of Kochi IPl Team

www.kochiteam.com

7 Billion, National Geographic Magazine

2010-12-31T16:30:00.000+05:30

Tintumon Rocks Malayalam Animation Comedy

2010-12-28T20:12:00.002+05:30

Merry Christmas to you ALL!

2010-12-23T15:38:00.001+05:30

Best display of synchronized dancing I've ever seen!

2010-12-22T20:21:00.000+05:30

Experience Hallucination

2010-12-21T17:02:00.003+05:30

Follow the instructions but take care
Get ready to experience an hallucination.
1.- Click on the link below.
2.- Then click on "click me to get trippy".
3.- Look at the center of the screen for 30 seconds, and then...
4.- Look at your hand holding the mouse.

(It is no joke, it is called "cenesthetic hallucination")
Click on the Link Below

http://www.neave.com/strobe

Or

Look At there :)

The Right Brain vs Left Brain

2010-12-21T15:29:00.004+05:30

The Right Brain vs Left Brain test ... do you see the dancer turning clockwise or anti-clockwise?

If clockwise, then you use more of the right side of the brain and vice versa.

Most of us would see the dancer turning anti-clockwise though you can try to focus and change the direction; see if you can do it.
LEFT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses logic
detail oriented

facts rule
words and language
present and past
math and science
can comprehend
knowing
acknowledges
order/pattern perception
knows object name
reality based
forms strategies
practical
safe RIGHT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses feeling
"big picture" oriented
imagination rules
symbols and images

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End of sidebar. Return to start of sidebar.
present and future
philosophy & religion
can "get it" (i.e. meaning)
believes
appreciates
spatial perception
knows object function
fantasy based
presents possibilities
impetuous
risk taking

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Working at Google

2010-12-21T13:08:00.001+05:30

Google one of the best places to work in the world

To work in Google you can apply from the link below

http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/

Thieves Can Now Scan Your Wallets By Electronic Pick Pocketing

2010-12-20T11:37:00.000+05:30

Kochi Roaring Rajas - Kochi IPL Logo Concept No.5

2010-12-17T14:42:00.007+05:30

Logo Concept N0:5 - Kochi Roaring Rajas (KRR) Grrrrrrrr!
Remembers the Travancore-Kochi-Malabar kingdoms.

Logo Concept N0:4 - Kochi Ferocious Cobras

Logo Concept No:3 - Kochi Fiery Dragons

Logo Concept No:2 - Kochi Phoenix

Logo Concept No:1 - Kochi / Kerala Tuskers

What You think the Best Name for Kochi IPl Team? Poll

Google Nexus S - Main features in Video

2010-12-16T19:02:00.002+05:30

Refined look and feel

One-touch word selection and improved copy-paste

Google Maps on Nexus S

Voip/SIP

Multitask

Voice Actions

Animator vs Animation 3

2010-12-15T16:31:00.018+05:30

I reckon this is the best Internet Animation of All time. Enjoy Yourself. Don't Miss it! If you miss First Parts Don't forgot to See it from Part 1 & part 2

Please Wait...While the Movie Loads...

An animator faces his own animation in deadly combat. The battlefield? The Flash interface itself.A stick figure is created by an animator with the intent to torture. The stick figure drawn by the animator will be using everything he can find - the brush tool, the eraser tool - to get back at his tormentor. It's resourcefulness versus power. Who will win? You can find out yourself.

Don't you see the First 2 parts? See it here

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 3(Youtube)

Alan Becker, the talented Guy behind this...

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Looking for an affordable SUV from Toyota in India? Toyota Avanza in India soon

2010-12-13T19:26:00.004+05:30

Looking for an affordable SUV from Toyota in India? Here comes Toyota Avanza.

Toyota Avanza Launch Date

World's largest auto manufacturer, Toyota Motors planning to launch Toyota Avanza in the month of September or October 2011.

Toyota Avanza Price
Rs 6,00,000*Exshowroom Price In new delhi

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Talented!

2010-12-13T10:57:00.001+05:30

Take-offs and landings that happen over the course of 1 day and combined them into one short film

2010-12-13T10:53:00.000+05:30

GE Aviation designs engines, flight paths, and advanced aircraft systems. And we wanted to share the intricate choreography of flying in all its glory. So we captured all the take-offs and landings that happen over the course of one day and combined them into one short film. Watch, and see the hidden beauty of flight reveal itself.

Kochi Ferocious Cobras (KFC) - Another Concept for Kochi IPL Logo

2010-12-09T16:19:00.003+05:30

I don't know whether the team management already decided the name for Kochi IPl Team.
I can't resist to post my name ideas for our Kochi IPL Team

Logo Concept N0:4 - Kochi Ferocious Cobras

Logo Concept No:3

Logo Concept No:2

Logo Concept No:1

What You think the Best Name for Kochi IPl Team? Poll

Chrome Web Store - What is an extension?

2010-12-08T07:38:00.000+05:30

Extensions let you add new features to your browser. For example, an email notifier extension can show an email alert in your browser toolbar so you don't have to log in to your email in a separate window to check if you have new messages. There are also extensions that work silently in the background, such as an extension that automatically formats and displays web pages in your preferred style.

Google launches Nexus S phone

2010-12-07T11:59:00.003+05:30

Introducing Nexus S, the new Android phone from Google. A brilliant Contour Display, super speed, Gingerbread, and all the Google you can get.

Google has made its second bid for a slice of the mobile phone market, with the launch of its Nexus S phone.

The Samsung-built device comes less than 12 months after the launch of the firm's Nexus One, built by HTC, which failed to win over many consumers.

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The Nexus S will initially be launched in the UK and US, and will be available "from the end of the month".

My dream Kochi IPL team Players

2010-12-07T10:58:00.009+05:30

This is My Dream IPL team for Kochi. What's yours? Do comment the List :)

Well My first preference is my All time favourite Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (it's been heard that sachin will remain in Mumbai Indians for 9 crores). So left :(

Here is the list of players i wish to be in team. Curious to know you peoples wish list. Do comment.

1. Michael Clarke (captain)
2. Virender Sehwag
3. Chris Gayle
4. Robin Uthappa (w)
5. Kieron Pollard
6. Raiphi Vincent Gomez
7. Yusuf Pathan
8. Harbhajan Singh
9. Dale Steyn
10. S. Sreeshanth
11. Graeme Swann

Note: I know there is lots of talented players in kerala as well. Upcoming Kerala Star players will come definitely in this list. For the timebeing I don't know anyones name excluding Raiphi Vincent Gomez.
Reserve

Pragyan Ohja
Abhishek Nayar
Abdul Razzaq (Pak)

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The Official Poll for Kochi IPl Team Name will be available at the official Website from 10Am - 10 AM (7th March 2011 to 8th March 2011 - 24 Hours)

Vote here

http://www.kochiteam.com/votenow.php