Misc
Free domain names give away
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feeds. Thanks for reading… :)I am planning to give away 2 free .com domains for 2 of our readers. If you ask why? the simple answer is “Just to thank my readers “.
On September 15th I will be giving away the [...]
BigDog : The Most Advanced Quadruped Robot on Earth
BigDog is the alpha male of the Boston Dynamics family of robots. It is a quadruped robot that walks, runs, and climbs on rough terrain and carries heavy loads. BigDog is powered by a gasoline engine that drives a hydraulic actuation system. BigDog’s legs are articulated like an animal’s, and have compliant elements that [...]
cuil - some initial thoughts
cuil (pronounced cool) is a new search engine. So what’s special about it?
Cuil was started by a former Google employee along with her husband and few other Google alumni. It promises more relevant search results than Google. I decided to give it a try today and to be honest, I was not that much [...]
Who is your favourite super hero? [New poll]
All super heroes are special and they save the world from dangers. But some heroes do a better job than others. Who is your favourite super hero and why? Lets see who is the “real” super hero.
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Go Green!
Go Green : Do your bit to save mother earth
In your home
Turn off equipment like televisions and stereos when you are not using them.
Choose energy-efficient appliances and light bulbs.
Save water; some simple steps can go a long way in saving water. E.g.: you should always turn off the tap when [...]
BlogCamp Kerala
For the first time in India (May be in the world) BlogCamp is organised in a House Boat on 16th August. Kerala Tourism is the platinum sponsor for the first Blogcamp in Kerala.
Here is the ink to the official BlogCamp website and here is the list of attendees. The House boat can seat only 150 [...]
The first poem written for computers :-)
<>!*”#
^”`$$-
!*=@$_
%*<>~4
&[]../
|{,,SYSTEM HALTED
For you somewhat cybernetically challenged, it goes something like this (using the proper cyber-names):
Waka waka bang splat tick tick hash,
Caret quote back-tick dollar dollar dash,
Bang splat equal at dollar under-score,
Percent splat waka waka tilde number four,
Ampersand bracket bracket dot dot slash,
Vertical-bar curly-bracket comma comma CRASH
Source: http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~ddd/poem.htm
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Open a beer with a paper
Ok! for sometime lets stop all those tech tutorials and learn something useful Do you know how to open a beer bottle with a paper or a lighter or at least a belt buckle?? No??? This post is for you!
Eric wrote an interesting tutorial about opening beer bottles .. of course when [...]
crankup.net forum launched
I have started a new forum under www.crankup.net . You can go to the forum with the menu above or by visiting http://forum.crankup.net/
Come lets technology, Entertainment, Love, health etc etc
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Google Page rank update : 3 (3)
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Alien video to be revealed to media today!
A video that purportedly shows a living, breathing space alien will be shown to the news media Friday in Denver.
Read the rest of the story here . More infor here
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Award winning Telltalia advertisement
This is one of the best advertisement I have ever seen.
Imagine the world today if he could have communicated like this
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Interview with Bill Gates - 1986
I read this interesting article in http://programmersatwork.wordpress.com. Thought I would share with you
As chief executive officer of Microsoft, William H. (Bill) Gates is considered one of the driving forces behind today’s personal computing and office automation industry. Gates started his career in computer software at a young age. Both Gates and Microsoft co-founder, [...]
1001 movies you must see before you die
Here is the list!
1. A Trip to the Moon (1902)
2. The Great Train Robbery (1903)
3. The Birth of a Nation (1915)
4. Les Vampires (1915)
5. Intolerance (1916)
6. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919)
7. Broken Blossoms (1919)
8. Way Down East (1920)
9. Within Our Gates (1920)
10. The Phantom Carriage (1921)
11. Orphans of the Storm (1921)
12. The Smiling Madame [...]
Google Page rank update : 3
I stopped checking page rank for crankup long time back as my blog had only 1 whenever I checked. But after reading Google Page Rank Update. Life Rocks 2.0 is PR5 today I thought I will check once more and .. wow my PR has changed from 1 to 3.
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indiatimes shopping! cheating?
Today accidentally I came upon this page in Indiatimes shopping and was shocked to see the contents. (Clcick to enlarge)
The laptop shown in the page is Compaq presario v3225au model. I bought this laptop about 5 months back. And running Ubuntu and XP successfully. I was shocked to see the price. The page says
MRP : [...]
