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The color of terror

The color of terror

What color is terror?

I asked this question to a big group of 65, and almost all of them gave RED as the answer. Well, in one way they are right. They see the color red – the bloody aftermath of a terror attack.

All these selfish-capitalistic news channels are more than happy to publish hundreds of color photos stained with the blood of slain innocents. And this is also one of the reasons for everyone pointing to the color red. Technically, blood does not stay red for a long time when it parts with its owner. It turns brown when it starts to dry up. Correct me if ‘m wrong.

Google Friend Connect setup steps

Google Friend Connect – Socialize your site with four interesting gadgets!

When Yahoo acquired MyBlogLog last year, I was wondering if Google would acquire a similar company to add some cool Web 2.0-social networking gadgets to its portfolio. Finally, Google has come up with its newest socializing service called Google Friend Connect, that may enable a website to provide ‘social features’, and to increase its traffic (theoretically or practically!) by attracting more visitors.

The set up is fairly simple, and as a first step, we just need to sign-in using your Google ID, and click on ‘set up a new site’. The next step requires you to upload two html files to the root folder of your website, and obviously you have to use an FTP client like FileZilla or CuteFTP.

Once uploaded, the subsequent steps verify and take you to the ‘Member Gadgets’ page where you specify the dimensions, generate code and add the same to your website’s sidebar, or wherever you want that to be displayed.

Once done, the widget looks like this..

Stained glass art – Themed pic of the day

Art has been the centerpiece of all religions, old or new, on our planet. Ancient Indian civilizations, that collectively came to be known as the Hindus, were carving and painting on rocks for well over..

submerged cars - Chennai Rains

Mumbai attacks and Chennai Rains – Is the media doing justice to news coverage?

Since November 26 2008, all the news channels in India, including some of the foreign news channels, were constantly beaming news and updates on the senseless attack on Mumbai by the terrorists. Yes, it is of course a major news that has to be covered from all angles coupled with unbiased and clear reports. It also means that this is not the only NEWS happening in the world.

During the same time, a little over a thousand kilometers down south east, a devastating cyclone, code named Nisha, was lashing the eastern part of Tamil Nadu. To me, this is equally important an event to be covered along with the Mumbai attacks. Following are the pictures of ‘Chennai rains’ that I collected from some of the mails that I got..

coal - carbon capture and storage

Carbon capture and storage – Is the future green-hot for coal?

It is a universal truth that burning of coal is one of the major causes of global warming, acid rain and other toxins in the air. According to the Union of Concerned Scientists, about 3,700,000 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) is released into the atmosphere – by a typical coal plant in an year. It may sound oxymoronic if one talks about using coal and going green. Well, why not? Carbon Capture and Storage, or CCS in short, seems to be the technological answer to this oxymoron!? The US 2008 elections are red hot right now, and many who’ve voted for Obama or McCain are keeping their fingers crossed.

Hampi four-pillared structure

Intriguing Hampi – Themed pic of the day

Today’s theme – Architecture, society, travel

India today, in the eyes of foreigners, is the land of the poor, uneven roads, strewn with garbage, poor infrastructure, and so on.

If there is one place in India that could exemplify the grandeur of India in the ancient times, it should be Hampi. How India transcended from such glory to what it is now is a long story, which happened during the British rule, and currently out of scope for this blog post.

Take a look at the picture. What made the architects think of building such a lone structure perched atop a rock that looks like a boulder?

Inside Prague’s metro rail – Themed pic of the day

Today, I have been browsing through the pages of my photo album on Webshots, and found this casual photo. I clicked this photo while traveling by Prague’s beautiful and serenely calm metro rail system. I don’t know why I framed this pic from such a strange angle, but I was quick enough to press the shutter button without switching ON the flash – when people were getting ready to alight from the train.

Looking at the picture, ‘m still thinking as to why the train was not fully loaded. The EXIF information of the picture says that it was taken at 6:10 PM, and that ’twas a Friday! Gosh! Imagine the scene in a metro rail in India at 6:10 PM, and..