Blog post leads to Killer's capture

Horrifying but interesting story how an e-journal entry helped the cops catch the ruthless killer of two sisters..

This is scary; someone got murdered but blogged shortly before, revealing the killer’s identity. Read the full story at the New York Daily News. [Via Waxy.]

[Courtesy: http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2005-05-25-html#n51]

Stealth Bomber spotted on Google Maps :)

German Spiegel points to a stealth bomber uncovered on Google Maps. Spiegel writes, “As you know it’s prohibited to get close to military bases, let alone photograph them. Usually satellite images which are made public online are retouched to blur scenerey which might compromise security. At least that’s what you assume in times of terror. However, the googling tourist stumbles upon a stealth bomber on a military airport in California. Apparently, someone forgot to paint over this one.”

[Courtesy: Google Blogscoped]

Karachi Blog

I found some interesting websites with Karachi information and pictures. This one seems to be interesting tho with pictures/news etc.

11 steps to a better brain

http://www.newscientist.com/channel/being-human/mg18625011.900

"While becoming a nun might be an extreme way to avoid senility, there are lots of other tricks, techniques and habits, as well as changes to your lifestyle, diet and behaviour that can help you flex your grey matter and get the best out of your brain cells." From the article:
"First, go to the top of the class by eating breakfast. The brain is best fuelled by a steady supply of glucose, and many studies have shown that skipping breakfast reduces people's performance at school and at work. "

[Courtesy: /..org]

(some of us really need this :P)

Next Big thing to hit the theaters

THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

saw the trailer... awsome!! really...

Yoda quotes

Yoda quotes and other interesting ones

my favorites:

"Do or do not; there is no try"

"Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger; anger leads to hate; hate leads to suffering. I sense much fear in you." —Yoda speaking to Anakin at the Jedi Council

"Death is a natural part of life. Rejoice for those around you who transform into The Force. Mourn them, do not. Miss them, do not. Attachment leads to jealousy. The shadow of greed, that is. Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose." -- Yoda

and the most pathetic:

"Around the survivors, a perimeter create." —Yoda

Some nice info on the series

I like the similarities section there. Also the Major themes and Influences section.

Star Wars portal on Wikiportal

Cool piece of software i think. Of course the official site is most comprehensive

My Favorite: R2

... also known as R2-D2 (Artoo-Detoo).

probably coz he is the geek type among all the characters.

Flickr

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

Time to return the favor

She has always been telling you things...
She told you to brush your teeth before going to bed
She told you to clean up before you sit to watch the match
She told you to what to wear whether you like it or not

Now its time to say things to her... !

Things like...

"Thank You"

Thank you for keeping my pair o' socks straight
Thank you for reminding us to pack everything important when we had to
Well, in fact, Thank you just for the pizza we sooo love :)

Today's date

Has anyone noticed anything extraordinary about
today's date?

05/05/05

or in binary

101/101/101

Ok, that's a bit nerdy, but the point is this is a
cool date, and you should do something equally cool
today.

;)

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message; however many electrons were horribly inconvenienced.

"If things could blog"

Found these couple of posts on an interesting subject: "If things could blog". Reminds me of the series of essays we used to write as kids on "Story of a One Rupee Note", or "Story of a chair" etc. Nice idea but not interesting enough work :)

If Things Could Blog, Part 1: The TV
http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2005-04-30-n78.html

If Things Could Blog, Part 2: The Elevator
http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2005-04-30-n10.html

Finally.... Social Circus!

At last Ali Azmat has managed to get his solo album out of the door.... I've been listening to it for the past few days and it definitely sounds different from the Junoon (in case some of u are wondering).... in one word.... definitely "creative"...

Ali Azmat has let his vocal cords loose here and gone completely crazy.... really he probably the best vocalist around as far as molesting the voice box is concerned... altho i think he has over-done the synth stuff (drum machine etc.)

Some of the songs are pretty good.. with my favorite being "Mein" .... although i feel he has changed it a little bit since the last time i heard it... and yeah i liked the last one better... coz he has probably changed the lines and slowed it down a bit.. but still its nice ;)

Most of the songs have variety to offer.. at the very least... and i like him mentioning Salman Ahmad and Brian O Connell in the acknowledgments on his (bizzare) cover...

You can listen to clips from the album from his very own website www.aliazmat.com or listen to complete songs from one of the many music sites like muziq.net.

[For noobs: Ali Azmat is the lead singer of Junoon]