Month: July 2009

  • Charlie Foxtrot – Who is that?

    Charlie Foxtrot is not the name of a person (actually it may well be), but my “word of the day” today. Charlie Foxtrot, according to Wiktionary.com is a noun of military origin, meaning: clusterfuck, as expressed in the NATO phonetic alphabet. [Usage] That project has become a huge Charlie Foxtrot; who’s in charge over there?”

  • NASA Space Shuttle Landing Successful

    Space Shuttle Endeavour landed successfully this morning at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 10:48 am Eastern. Watch out for the post-landing news conference set for approximately 1 pm Eastern. It will be broadcast live on NASA Television. There will be a crews news conference later in the day. According to the information on…

  • Princeton Review's Best 371 Colleges

    The Princeton Review (TPR), one of the top test preparation institutes in the US has released its much awaited “Best 371 Colleges” book, containing rankings of top US universities based on a wide range of factors. According to TPR’s website, the rankings have been prepared based on a survey of “over 122,000 students and ..…

  • JK Wedding Entrance Dance is Really Good

    This video has gone viral over the internet. At the time of writing this post, the video (embedded below) has been watched almost 2.3 million times and has got 16,618 comments in five days of its existence. Take a look.

  • What is Omar Bhatti's South Asian Link

    Omar Bhatti (also spelt Omer Bhatti on some sites) the 25 year old aspiring rapper from Norway is in the news these days because of his links with Michael Jackson, who passed away last month. Bhatti is being billed as Michael Jackson’s biological son, a love child, although it is not yet clear how. Bhatti…

  • Gmail Experts, Submit Your Video to Google

    This post, along with all other posts belonging to computer and internet related content, have been moved to my new blog CompuSutra. Click below to read this post at the new location: Gmail Experts, Submit Your Video to Google

  • Erin Andrews Video Still Top Search

    I can’t believe “Erin Andrews Video Peep” is still on the top of Google Trends in the US. Its hotness is still “volcanic” on Google-Trends hotness range. It has been moving up and down between first and fourth positions over last three days, and I think it is disgusting. How can so many people be…

  • Solar Eclipse Live

    Today’s solar eclipse won’t be visible in North America, because it is night here at the time of the solar eclipse. I have been watching solar eclipse live from India on NDTV. NDTV also streams online. Click here to watch.

  • From Hogwarts to Brown University

    According to this interview published in Pastemagazine.com, Emma Watson, the popular heroine of the Harry Potter series of movies says she is headed to Brown University this fall. From one “hallowed” school to another, Emma claims she has excellent grades and has already been “provisionally accepted” to this Ivy League University where she will be…