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Rip-offs
Why is the national news portal - http://www.ddinews.gov.in/ - a blatant rip-off of the BBC news site design? -
Harold and Kumar
I was reading an article the other day that compared Pineapple Express (Seth Rogen, James Franco) to Harold and Kumar. Please don't insult Harold and Kumar with such comparisons - as far as stoner movies go, they are right there at the top. -
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7667499.stm
It's no wonder why I don't touch escalator handrails, or a whole bunch of other things. -
The die is cast
After two half-marathons ( one of which you know, and the other which I was too lazy to write about), I had decided to run a full 42 km marathon. Because of my move to the US and a busy work schedule, I could not do it during my first year ( Read more... ) -
Band-aids
The USA is the first country where I found band-aids available in different colours to match different skin tones. Heh. -
Credit card
If your credit card was stolen, and you reported it to the issuing bank within 24 hours, do you have any liability insurance?
Before you answer the question, check with your bank's website.
The bank expects you to pay any fraudulent charge up to the point that you inform the bank. Any charge that appears after you report to the bank (i.e., after they ( Read more... ) -
An informal poll
Which fingers do you use most often for alt-tabbing?
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Man saved from croc shot in error
Excerpt from the article:
Two shots
Crocodile attacks and shootings are rare in Australia.
To suffer both at once is - to say the least - unfortunate.
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It arrived!
Not sure if any of you saw my post on the C&H Complete Collection sale. Anyway, I ordered mine even before posting that.
The shipment arrived today. Right now my grin is wider than Hobbes'. Best part? I had some 66 bucks in my Amazon gift certificate account, so in effect I paid $1.69 for my collection! -
Fifth
I had never seen The Fifth Element until today. For some very strange reason, I thought for a long time that the movie was crap. Consequently, I had not read any of its reviews nor checked out user comments on IMDb.
And today I saw it. 10 years after the movie was released. And you know what? It kicks ass! Nobody but Bruce Willis as Korben Dallas.
On ( Read more... )