Monthly Archives December 2008

Targeted advertising

Def: targeted advertising ( tär’gĭted ăd’vər-tī’zĭng )
noun
1. Dominos calling early morning with a special offer on new years eve when you’re lying sick at home
2. Branding a cigarette brand targeted towards Mallu women as ‘Victoria Secrets‘ *
 
* g4p4 © 

Dude

For Hari.
My Sample conversations with him:
Sasidhar: Dude, what’s up?
Hari: nothing much dude. maybe dinner outside
Sasidhar: Where dude?
Hari: wherever Roshni wants to eat dude
Sasidhar: alrite dude, have fun
Hari: goodnight dude
Sasidhar: gnite dude

Cyclists awareness

Lovely awareness video I found a while ago. Buffer it up before hitting play *. Do watch till the end. 
 
* Disclaimer thanks to Internet speeds in India, especially after this last week.

Template change

Change is good. Change is sometimes evil.
Also, change is inevitable, the only exception being if it’s from an autowallah. ( from here )
Here are the changes:
- template overhaul
- Added archives
- Deleted all the categories. Will recycle through all old posts and assign new funky categories soon.
- Added some search (shouldn’t I have a Google [...]

On Demand Baby !

Don’t you love the internet?
I just watched a video on VH1, and loved it. About 2 mins later, I had the video buffered on Youtube, and I watched the video a dozen times before I went to sleep.
This is the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHzMLGH1Rfs

(Can’t embed by request by author)
I love the Internet.
On Demand baby! *
* Quote by Gapa

Well put

Tshirt prints

I’m going to get a few Tshirts printed, and one of the designs is the Tshirt in the sketch below.

If anyone would like to have this, let me know. I’ll get more prints
Oh, the sketch is from my comic strip/sketches website A Geek Story. Do check it out.

Sound advice

Bad clothing gifts are responsible for more relationship dramas than Shakespeare.
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Comics and Buddha

Today I sat and read comics for a couple of hours. Best two hours of my day !
It had been ages since I opened my comic stash.
And while we’re talking comics, I want to recommend Buddha by Osamu Tezuka.

Chennai-Mahabalipuram

Last weekend, I was in Chennai for Lakshmi PL’s marriage reception. While we were at it, we thought we it’d be a good idea to travel around Chennai, and ended up at Mahabalipuram.
Great place for a one day trip around Chennai. Old ruins, temples and a beach.
Some advice if you’re planning on going there:
- Rent [...]