Web Detector

Google is racist ?!

2009-09-05T01:24:00.001-04:00

Thanks to Ms.Dadvar

100+ Portraits of Iconic People of All Time

2009-09-04T10:17:00.003-04:00

a great collection of portraits of the most iconic people throughout history.
source:http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/

Download Your Facebook Photo Albums With a Click

2009-09-03T22:45:00.001-04:00

There are a couple of reasons why you may want to download your Facebook Photo albums (or that of your friends) to the desktop:

For viewing pictures even while you are offline.
For sharing photo albums with family members who aren’t very active on social sites. Just download a local copy of your Facebook albums and send them as email attachments or burn a DVD.
You have decided to close your Facebook account and therefore need a quick mechanism to move all your existing Facebook albums to another photo sharing website (like Flickr).
For offline backup.

To download any of your Facebook photo albums with ease, all you need is Fotobounce - it’s a free Windows-only utility that would help you manage photos in your Facebook and Flickr accounts right from the desktop.

You can download old photos, upload new ones to the web or simply view your existing photo albums as a slideshow without downloading them locally.

Fotobounce also includes built-in face recognition (similar to what you have in Google’s Picasa Albums) so you can quickly tag photos on the desktop and these people tags will be preserved even when the photos are uploaded on to Facebook.

2009-04-05T17:08:00.001-04:00

A woman in Paris holds condoms with a picture of Pope Benedict XVI. This condoms were released to mock the pope after he rejected condoms as a weapon against AIDS during his African trip.
Via Telegraph.co.uk

2009-04-03T16:24:00.000-04:00

Goofs For:" Slumdog Millionaire"

2009-03-30T11:19:00.002-04:00

Audio/visual unsynchronized: In the scene where Javed is partying with his friends and Latika is held captive, the audio playing in the background is from the movie 'Don', whereas the visual shown on TV is from the movie 'Yuva'.
Anachronisms: Although the events of the movie are set in the summer of 2006, the cricket match being played at Javed's house between India and South Africa was played in 2007.

Continuity: When Salim and Jamal find Latika in the dance studio she is seen without and then with a nose ring.
Anachronisms: The scene where Jamal tries to steal food, hanging upside down on the train shows a window which had removable bars (it's like a fire escape). These kind of bars were not installed until after the 2002 Gujarat riots.
Anachronisms: The trains on which Jamal and Salim escape and live for many days have compartments painted in blue color. The blue color compartments came into existence at a later date. The compartments were painted Red back then.
Anachronisms: In the scene where Salim and Jamal are working the crowds at the Taj Mahal, Jamal has a new $10 bill in his hand. It would be impossible to have a new bill in 2002 when they were issued in 2006.
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: While driving the car after escaping from Javed and going towards meeting Jamal, the scar appears on right side of Latika's face although it is on left side of her face before the scene when Salim slips her hair and in rest of the movie. However, Latika's face is seen in the rear view mirror of the car; therefore, the scar on her left cheek appears to be on the right cheek.
Revealing mistakes: When older Jamal punches older Salim, you can hear Dev Patel's British accent come out when he was yelling at him.
Factual errors: The cricket match shown between India and South Africa was played in the Belfast, whereas the commentator says that its being played in the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Continuity: While in the police station Jamal drinks down a glass of Chai and sets it on the table in front of him. In the following shot the glass is full again.
Factual errors: When Jamal explains the answer for "truth alone triumphs" question, Jamal asks the inspector for the price of Pani Puri, but the video shown is that of Dahi Puri.
Continuity: When Jamal is asked by Latika to leave the mansion and forget about her, he accidentally pulls up one side of his collar when taking off his apron. However, in the next shot, his collar is down again. When he actually leaves the mansion his collar is up once again.
Factual errors: When the policeman handcuffs Jamal to the chair he uses handcuffs that click shut. In India, Darby handcuffs are used.
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: The young Salim and Jamal are shown to attend a primary municipality school in Mumbai. These schools do not have The Three Musketeers in syllabus. However, this could have been a school that was built in the slums by an external organization such as a charity.
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: Both Jamal and Salim speak fluent English when they're teenagers. The movie was originally supposed to all be in English, yet the actors that played young Jamal and young Salim had some trouble with speaking English. Director Danny Boyle asked producers to have the beginning in Hindi, and colored the subtitles to make them more appealing. From the storyline, Jamal and Salim probably learned from tourists.
Anachronisms: The movie shows news reports from Live India, a television channel. The plot says that is 2006, but Live India was launched in 2007. It was previously called Janmat.
Anachronisms: At the end of the last song and dance sequence on the railway platform, hoardings for shows on NDTV Imagine (and entertainment TV channel) are prominent. NDTV Imagine launched in 2008 and the promotion could not have began in 2006 - the year where the story of the film happens in.
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: In one scene, when teenage Salim and Jamal are at the Taj Mahal, there is an external shot where a passing guard looks at the camera and says, "Stop filming. Stop filming." This was included purposely by director Danny Boyle for the sake of realism.

Factual errors: At the end of the movie when Javed is with his bunch of girls and asks them to dance to the song 'Aaj Ki Raat' which is from the movie 'Don - The Chase Begins', the television actually shows the song 'Fanaa' from the movie 'Yuva'.
Factual errors: The movie is clearly made for a Western audience, because the Indian number system (which would be used in an Indian show) would write 10 million as 1,00,00,000 not as 10,000,000. It would be called "1 crore." The term 10 million would not be used.
Revealing mistakes: You also hear Dev Patel's British accent when he tells the host (Anil Kapoor) in the bathroom that he will "not be a million-ahe."

Anachronisms: In the scene where Salim and Jamal are working the crowds at the Taj Mahal, Jamal has a new $10 bill in his hand. It would be impossible to have a new bill in 2002 when they were issued in 2006.

Via imdb

VOTE EARTH YOUR LIGHT SWITCH IS YOUR VOTE

2009-03-28T13:45:00.002-04:00

This year, the world's first global election is taking place, an election between earth and global warming. It's not about what country you are from, but what planet you are from. Your light switch is your vote. We need one billion votes for earth, because our planet is worth saving. Vote Earth by simply switching off your lights for one hour and join the world for Earth Hour. Saturday march 28th, 8:30-9:30pm.

Check Your Eye Ability

2009-03-02T10:37:00.003-05:00

The Truth About Facebook

2009-02-23T20:04:00.000-05:00

Iran: the friendliest people in the world

2009-02-23T19:50:00.004-05:00

Beaming smiles, gel and a joke about lavatory brushes and weapons of mass destruction - Iran overturns all expectations...

this is a nice story from timesonline journalist about his travel to beautiful Iran.

2009-02-12T15:49:00.004-05:00

2009-02-06T17:24:00.003-05:00

PEOPLE TRACKER: New Google Aplication Can Monitor User Location

2009-02-04T10:22:00.002-05:00

The new software to be released Wednesday will enable people with mobile phones and other wireless devices to automatically share their whereabouts with family and friends.

The feature, dubbed "Latitude," expands upon a tool introduced in 2007 to allow mobile phone users to check their own location on a Google map with the press of a button.

"This adds a social flavor to Google maps and makes it more fun," said Steve Lee, a Google product manager.

It could also raise privacy concerns, but Google is doing its best to avoid a backlash by requiring each user to manually turn on the tracking software and making it easy to turn off or limit access to the service.

See Full Story Via FOXNews

2009-01-28T12:10:00.001-05:00

2009-01-25T01:12:00.000-05:00

A Poem

2009-01-22T23:52:00.001-05:00

This poem was nominated poem of 2005.
Written by an African kid, amazing thought :
"When I born, I Black, When I grow up, I Black,

When I go in Sun, I Black, When I scared, I Black,

When I sick, I Black, And when I die, I still black...

And you White fellow,

When you born, you pink, When you grow up, you White,

When you go in Sun, you Red, When you cold, you blue,

When you scared, you yellow, When you sick, you Green,

And when you die, you Gray...

And you call me colored???.. ......."
Thank to Mr.Khademzadeh

nominees for the 2009 Academy Awards were announced:Benjamin Button leads Oscar field

2009-01-22T11:28:00.002-05:00

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button has emerged as the frontrunner for this year's Oscars with 13 nominations.

Slumdog Millionaire, from Britain's Danny Boyle, was close behind with 10 nominations, including best film.

The Dark Knight and Milk received eight nominations, with the late Heath Ledger receiving a best supporting actor nod.

Meryl Streep scored a 15th Oscar nomination for her role in the film Doubt, alongside Kate Winslet for best actress in Stephen Daldry's The Reader.

Benjamin Button and Slumdog Millionaire were joined by Milk, The Reader and Frost/Nixon as contenders for the coveted best picture prize.

Only two previous films - Titanic (1997) and All About Eve (1950) - have received more than 13 nominations. Both films were shortlisted in 14 categories.

The awards, to be hosted by actor Hugh Jackman, will be announced on 22 February at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles.
List of Nominees

Via BBC

Deep freeze makes Quebec feel like High Arctic

2009-01-20T01:10:00.001-05:00

Quebecers are experiencing temperatures colder than those at the North Pole on Wednesday, according to meteorologists who are tracking a dome of frigid air that has settled over the province.

The coldest spot in the province Wednesday morning was La Grande-4 Hydro-Québec generating station east of James Bay, which registered a temperature of –45 C.

"The coldest dome over Canada right now is over northern Quebec," said Pascal Yakovakis, meteorologist with Radio-Canada.

"We can say the meteorological North Pole has moved over Quebec. It's actually colder in northern Quebec than the North Pole."

The average winter temperature for the North Pole is –34 C.

Via CBC

I Believe That We Can Change Our Mind

2009-01-17T00:46:00.000-05:00

2009-01-11T15:12:00.000-05:00

The Top 10 Everything of 2008

2009-01-09T20:49:00.004-05:00

A meta-list of Top 10 lists. From a groundbreaking American President to a historic economic collapse - with everything from the Olympics to Puppycam in between - here's TIME's comprehensive look at the year that was.

Scarlett Johansson Harper’s Bazaar February 2009 (Cover Photo & Interview)

2009-01-08T13:18:00.003-05:00

Scarlett Johansson graces the February 2009 cover of Harper’s Bazaar as she prepares for the theatrical release of her new comedy, He’s Just Not That Into You, opening next month.

Read along as ScarJo opens up about her secret September wedding to actor Ryan Reynolds and their “down-to-earth” engagement.

Scarlett on Ryan’s Marriage Proposal: “I wasn’t surprised that it was happening, but anyone being presented with a beautiful diamond ring, as a girl, you just squeal with delight.”

“You say you can’t believe it, but of course you really can. I think all proposals are romantic. It was very down-to-earth and genuine. There was no crazy skywriting or anything like that, just nice words, and it was very sweet…”

Scarlett on Her Secret Wedding Ceremony: “It was a private [wedding], which is what I really wanted. I’ve never been the girl who thought of the big dress, the big ceremony. I’m more low-key than that. Most people want photographers at their wedding and for us it was how do we leave them out?”

Scarlett on Married Life: “I feel like everything is really normal, it’s calm and natural, like the way it should be…..I have no perspective on it because it’s been such a short time.”

“I would never try to profess some knowledge that I discovered. I’m happy and it feels very regular, which is good.”

Read The Rest Of Scarlett’s Interview With Harper’s Bazaar

Thanks to Mr.Behdad

Microsoft's Ballmer touts 'best version of Windows ever'

2009-01-08T12:56:00.003-05:00

LAS VEGAS, Nevada (CNN) -- Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer kicked off the 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show on Wednesday with an impassioned endorsement of PCs and a sneak peek at the company's future Windows 7 operating system.
As expected, Ballmer announced that Microsoft is releasing a beta version of Windows 7, which will be available for download beginning Friday. The news suggests the world's largest software maker may be giving up efforts to rehabilitate its often-maligned Vista operating system, which was released worldwide in January 2007.

"We are on track to deliver the best version of Windows ever," Ballmer told an audience of several thousand tech professionals and journalists inside a cavernous ballroom at the Venetian hotel. "We're working hard to get it right and get it ready."

Without mentioning the security and compatibility issues that have dogged Vista, Ballmer promised that Windows 7 will make PCs faster and easier to use. He didn't offer a timetable for its official release, although Windows Vista went on sale more than two years after it was issued in beta form.

Early reviews of Windows 7, which was leaked to the Internet in beta form in late December, have been positive.
Read The Full News in CNN

It Is a Scandal

2009-01-01T23:44:00.001-05:00

Amazing Cube

2009-01-01T12:40:00.001-05:00

The transformation of two stellated rhombic dodecahedrons from a cube.