Cadbury's in India aren't the only ones having maggot problems in their chocolate.
Literary technique: Wikipedia has a good list of various literary devices employed by authors. I will read this all when I have more time.
SIRC Guide to flirting: "What Social Science can tell you about flirting and how to do it."
Rs 2.2-cr deal for teen NRI author: An Indian-American girl (why is ET calling her an "NRI"? Mr. Rajghatta, you ought to know better) has got a $500,000 advance for a book on getting drunk and getting wild. Fascinating. (The "NRI" mistake is being repeated by several papers. Oh, it's a PTI piece.)
Google AdSense introduces new ad formats, including big images, skyscrapers, and Flash ads, thus making them the same as everyone else.
Moments Before the Execution: How a beheading is carried out in Saudi Arabia. Not safe for lunch.
Indian to be Arnie's judge-rnator: First of all, can we please stop calling people born in USA "Indians"? And secondly, when will the ToI stop with the groan-inducing puns? "Judge-rnator"? Find a new copy editor!
Sardesai's Broadcast News plans multiple channels in India: Yes, Rajdeep Sardesai & Co. have saved some money by not hiring anyone to pick a decent name. Instead they're calling their channel "Broadcast News". The article also quotes him as saying, "Although I do not know how successful we would be, but certainly we will give our best shot." I doubt Sardesai said, "we would be..." That just has to be bad writing by the journo, and Indians confuse "will" and "would" often.
The good news: They finally found another pope - Joseph Ratzinger. The bad news: The bloke is already 78 years old, so they may have to hold another round of elections pretty soon. You go, Pope Benedict. Be sure to preach the evils of those damn homosexuals and of using condoms. We don't get enough 19th century education these days.
Wow, a lot of people seem to have had bad experiences with ICICI Bank. I don't have an account with them, but I do own some shares in the bank. I think I'll sell them soon. They hate the bank over on MouthShut.com too.
This is what happens when you buy legal Microsoft software that requires "activation". Perhaps geeks should stick with the pirated versions that don't need any activating.
Holy crap, check this out! Toshiba is going to produce a 4 GB hard drive that's under an inch long.
Visit ExoticMeats.Com, where you can buy wonderful meats like Venison, Elk, Ostrich, Alligator, Rattlesnake and Kangaroo. Yummmeee!
Pandemic-causing 'Asian flu' accidentally released. Oh great, a deadly flu virus was just sent to testing labs around the world by accident. Let's hope this doesn't get out into the wild.
I have a tabloid-like angle on the Saurav Ganguly suspension. I think this whole "slow over" issue is Ganguly's way of taking a break without making himself look bad. He didn't want to leave on his own and probably thought he'd get away with a 2 or 3 match suspension. One match with a slow over rate I can understand, but two consecutive matches? Muhahahaha!
SCIgen - An Automatic CS Paper Generator generates research papers for Computer Science students. Ha!
Toilets in trains to absorb collision impact: Gosh, the Lucknow desk of SoI needs writing lessons. Reading that first paragraph makes you think that this is being done to prevent shock from trains colliding with each other. And the copy desk needs help too - "breaks" instead of "brakes"? Apart from that, look, they're going to install a fire protection system. Well, better a couple of decades late than never.
Earthquake strikes near Sumatra: Man, Indonesia just can't catch a break from Allah. This is the third one in 4 months.
All you wanted to know about CPI-M: If anyone has a spare bomb to drop, I know just the place for it. ;)
Don't miss the hottest topic in the Indian blogosphere today: which deodorant to buy, happening on Kiruba's site. The comment count is shooting up! Only the LiveJournal community can match this type of action. *hugs*
Indian pilots to match skills against F-16s: Whaddya know, another intelligence-gathering exercise by the Americans where the yanks will intentionally roll over and play dead/dumb to get a better idea of the Su-30 and other aircraft. I predict an Indian win, and much misplaced breast-beating by the media thereafter.
For those lusting after my food pics from Singapore, I am happy to announce that they are now online. Go forth and drool, my friends!