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10 Tips to get a good wedding photographer In Chicago

2009-11-18T13:06:00.001+05:30

Chicago Wedding Photographer – 10 Tips on How to Evaluate Your Options

Author: Groshan Fabiola

When searching for the perfect wedding photographer for your special day, especially if you are getting married in a big city like Chicago, the many choices you have can be overwhelming. How do you find the right one?

The most important thing you can do is set up a face-to-face appointment so that you can personally meet your candidate. When searching for a Chicago wedding photographer, it is likely you will come across many big companies. If you are not clear and specific about your request to meet the actual photographer who will be behind the camera at your wedding, these giants may have you speak with a sales representative or album designer instead. If you are looking for a more personal experience, you should direct your attention to the smaller studios. However, make sure the studio has been in business for at least a few years: you don’t want a new studio to fail and close in the current economy after you have them booked for your wedding, leaving you high and dry on your big day, or even after your wedding.

Once you’ve double-checked that you are meeting with your actual photographer, make sure you ask him or her to show you a portfolio of their work. Evaluating the pictures the photographer has under the belt is the best way to make sure he or she has experience and a style that matches your own. But don’t stop after looking at five or six of the best images, check all the shots from at least three full weddings the photographer has worked. You want your Chicago wedding photographer to show skill at taking beautiful photos throughout your big day from start to finish, not one that just lucked out with a few great shots. A photographer with true talent will be able to capture the life and beauty of even a mundane moment. Look for good photos under varied lighting, a variety of interesting angles, and an eye for detail.

Another good idea is to ask to see albums of your Chicago wedding photographer’s most recent weddings. You don’t want a photographer showing you photos from years ago, with nothing current in his or her portfolio. An experienced photographer’s portfolio should also include shots from all four seasons, so you can look at the photos he or she has taken during the specific month of your wedding. You can bring some photos you like and show the photographers, but it’s really up to you to evaluate his or her style to make sure it matches your vision.

After looking through the candidate photographer’s portfolio, you should have picked up some good ideas on different types of flowers, arrangements, shoot locations, and even hair styles you may want to incorporate into your own wedding.

Many brides today actually hire two photographers: one to focus on the storytelling and interaction between the bride and groom, and the other to focus on the photojournalism that encompasses spontaneous moments, exchanges and little details that will give your album a more personal touch. Emotions happen in split seconds, and two cameras will give you more points of view and the best coverage to really tell the story. However, if your budget only allows for one photographer, he or she should be able to flow between the two roles, efficiently shooting some posed photos and unobtrusively capturing the natural moments. Whatever you decide, make sure the Chicago wedding photographer you choose has back-up equipment and a back-up photographer who could shoot your wedding in case of an emergency.

Make sure the studio you decide to work with can provide you with digital negatives of your photos. Find out if they just shoot and burn the photos, or if they take the time to go through them over a several days and apply special features to enhance the quality of the photos. Instead of leaving the images plain, a good photographer will look for the potential behind the straight shot. Some sample techniques your Chicago wedding photographer should be familiar with include creating a vintage look and applying various filters to stylize your images in the likes of the latest Twilight or 300 movies. Make sure the studio you choose can provide finished albums in the style you want. Some examples include coffee table books, magazine style, or the always popular traditional method books.

Before ending the meeting, ask for referrals. With so many weddings happening in the windy city every year, your Chicago wedding photographer should have no problem giving you a list.

After you’ve met your photographer and spoken with a few past customers, tune into your intuition and consider your feelings. Do you think he or she is the right person for the job? Picking your Chicago wedding photographer is almost like picking your wedding dress. There has to be a good balance between the value of the product and its cost. Imagine you find a gorgeous designer dress on Michigan Avenue for $15K, but reluctantly pass it up because you don’t want to scrimp and save for the first few years of your marriage just to pay it off. Yet none of the budget-priced dresses you’ve seen have seemed special enough for you to wear on the happiest day of your life. Finally, you discover a dress reminiscent of the designer one in a small boutique and catch your breath. Not only will it make you feel beautiful, but your future husband will be able to put up with the cost!

Speaking of your husband-to-be, he was with you when you met the photographer, right? Your Chicago wedding photographer will be with you throughout the entire day, and you want to make sure that both your and your fiancé’s personalities and styles mesh well with the person’s who is documenting the big event.

Remember, on your wedding day you want to stay true to the moments and above all have fun throughout the event. But you are also creating new, irreplaceable memories that will outlast the one day and stay with you for a lifetime. You are going to share your wedding album with your children and look back at it fondly years later, reminiscing about the day you and your husband’s life together officially began. Make sure you find a wedding photographer who understands the value and significance of immortalizing these memories, and approaches his task with heart and passion.

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CareersCatalyst : For Graduate jobs & Internships

2009-10-06T15:06:00.003+05:30

Are you in need of a Graduate job?. Or are you the one who is looking for some interesting internship work to utilize this summer time?. If your answer is 'yes' for any one of the questions above, then you should check out CareersCatalyst.

As the name itself suggests, the opportunities at the site have the potential to act as a catalyst to your career. Be it a job or an internship, the site has all the ingredients to attend to your needs and give your career a kick-start!.

I,myself, am looking for a Google graduate job or an Google internship as it is my dream company and submitted my application at this cool site.So, why wait a minute?.Just go straight to check it out!!.

A gitl with two vaginas: Story and photo

2009-08-25T17:56:00.003+05:30

Not all are born with great features. Some are even born with abnormal features.You should have seen babies born with joined heads,some with 2 heads and some with 6 or more fingers on a hand.

But did you ever come across a girl with 2 vaginas?.Probably not.

Lauren Williams, a 28 year old girl had this abnormal problem. She didn't know about her problem until she met a doctor about her problems. Her problems include uncomfortable sex positions, prolonged period days and else. She was shocked to know about the revelations that she had 2 vaginas. But not after she got a treatment to have a single vagina.

She was operated on and she's now enjoying life as anybody else. Here's a photo of Lauren Williams in a happy mood.

Claudia Ciesla (with photo):The new love girl of Salman Khan

2009-05-21T12:20:00.003+05:30

Claudia Ciesla is the new and fresh face of popularity in the Bollywood.The absltely sexy and curvy german model has been in the news recently for various reasons.

The most important and famous of them all is her link-up with Bollywood macho man Salman Khan. Whoever had an affair with Salman Khan have become very popular.So, after Somy Ali and Katrina Kaif, it’s the turn of this sexy German model Claudia Ciesla.

Reportedly, Salman Khan met this gorgeous model in a party and fell to her in first sight.He also promised to give her a role in his upcoming film.

Like every other glam girl, she also had a down part.Claudia has once posed nude for Playboy and those photos together with some other fake ones are doing their rounds on the internet.

Here is a photo of sexy Claudia Ciesla:

Who is Fake IPL player?: Watch the video

2009-05-21T10:53:00.001+05:30

The Fake IPL player who has revealed some shocking insider news of Kolkata Knight Riders team very frequently has revealed his identity.

This revelation which brought curtains down on the famous search "Who is the fake IPL player (FIP)" on all search engines.This happened on wednesday, the day Kolkata Knight Riders played their last game of IPL-2.On a post on The Fake IPL player blog, the "anonymous-till-now" blogger posted a self-shot video of him.This four-minute video titled 'FIP RIP' only showed the personality in darkness, that is, you can't recognize the person.

You can watch the video at http://fakeiplplayer.blogspot.com/2009/05/fip-rip.html

freida pinto calendar photos

2009-05-15T13:06:00.000+05:30

Frieda Pinto, the awesome looking actress who has won star dome after her famous role in the Oscar winning film “Slumdog Millionaire” is in news again for the wrong reasons.

Many not so good photos of the actress from the past are circulating on the internet. Photos of her posing for Maxim calender in 2006 and some other private pictures with Dev Patel are doing the rounds on the internet.

Sachin Tendulkar's Madame tussauds Wax statue tendulkar's

2009-04-14T04:12:00.004+05:30

Madame Tussads Wax Musuem is a famous and prestigious tourist spot in London.Personalities around the World feel it to be a great honour to have their wax statue at Madame Tussads Wax Museum.Popular celebrities and sportsmen have their wax statues here.

Adding to the long list of legends is our Little Master and The Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar.His wax statue for the Musuem has been in the making since February this year and has finally come to an end.The Little Genius's wax statue was unveiled here in Mumbai on 13th of April.

With this, Sachin becomes the first Indian sportstar to have a wax statue at Madame Tussads.Overall,he is the 10th Indian to have his wax statue installed at Madame Tussads.Other Indians who have their wax statues at Madame Tussads are Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, P.V.Narasimha Rao,Salman Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.

The wax figure shows Tendulkar looking towards the skies, his bat raised in one hand and helmet in the other.

On unveiling his statue,Sachin was delighted that the statue bears very close resemblance to him.

It will be available for public viewing from 24th April, the day Sachin celebrates his 36th birthday.

Here are few pictures of the Sachin's wax statue.....

Katrina Kaif acting in Blue film :photos included.

2009-04-12T09:42:00.003+05:30

Katrina Kaif acting in Blue film.

Well, if the words allowed you to think of something raunchy and obscene, sorry. It's not the kind of Adult movie you might think of.

It's only a film that is titled "Blue". The beautiful and sexy actress has accepted to do an item song in the "Blue" film for a whopping remuneration of 1.5 crore.

Well, that is the kind of fee one pays to hire an actress that sleeps in the young hearts. Everyone is waiting to see her performance in "Blue" film.

Here are some of the hot photos of Katrina Kaif possibly from the "Blue" film all in blue...

Ten rupees indian coin photo details

2009-04-11T07:10:00.003+05:30

Good news for coin collectors and curious on-lookers.Reserve Bank of India(RBI) has decided to release coins of ten rupees monetary value to the market.

This coin when released would be the highest currency in circulation (in coins),five rupee coin bing the next highest.This ten tupee coin is a bimetallic one and has unique look compared to other coins.The design of this coin is prepared by National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad.

Here is a photo of the new 10 rupee coin of India:

This bimetallic coin is made of Nickel-Bronze on the outer side and with Ferrous steel on the inner.The coin weighs about 8 grams with 28mm diameter.The coins are expected to hit the market soon.

hayabusa gsx 1300 rr bike pictures

2009-04-08T04:08:00.001+05:30

Suziki Hayabusa bikes are hot.They are favorite posession of any youngster.They have stunning looks with speed and performane being their plus points.

Here are a few pictures of stunning Hayabusa GSX 1300 RR bike :

Hrithik Roshan Susanne split rumours true??

2009-04-07T19:19:00.004+05:30

Rumours are rising in volume that the hot pair of Hrithik Roshan and Susanne is about to split.These rumours have surfaced following the shift of Susanne to her parents house with their kids.

When asked Hrithik Roshan about the splitsville news, he responded,"I am here sitting with Susanne in her mom's house after dining with the entire family. We have both shifted here for a week with the kids because of termite problems. We are renovating sections of our floor."

Well, what to believe??.
I personally beleive that these are just those rumours always surrounding Bollywood stars.The childhood friends should have great understanding between them and all these split news are false.

Jennifer Aniston pregnant Life style magazine rumor

2009-03-08T00:52:00.004+05:30

There are fresh rumors surfacing that Jennifer Aniston is pregnant.

According to Life and Style magazine,the actress is expecting her first child with John Mayer.Life and Style magazine has quoted that the pair is "over the moon" probably because of Aniston's preganancy.

It's quite ironic that there were similar rumors in November 2008 and January 2009 about her pregnancy.Her fans and followers are quite anxious whether they became third time lucky.As of now,there aren't any confirmations or denials from Aniston's camp.

The news came out after the pretty actress met some Dr.Kerr about fertility matters.

Here is the picture of the front cover of the Life and Style magazine showing Jennifer Aniston:

Elisabeth Hasselbeck Pregnant with third child !!.

2009-01-30T00:51:00.020+05:30

Elisabeth Hasselbeck is pregnant for the third time.The 31 year old lady famous as a co-host of The View has revealed the breaking news during the show.

This baby would be the third one with her husband Tim Hasselbeck,a former baseball player and a present ESPN football analyst.

The good - looking couple are already proud parents of daughter Grace and son Taylor Thomas who are 3 and 1 year old respectively.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck is expecting the baby this August.

Leelee Sobieski nude pictures in Finding Bliss

2008-12-31T02:32:00.001+05:30

This should be great news for all the admirers of Leelee Sobieski.

The beautiful actress is going to reveal her body in her next film,Finding Bliss.The beautiful actress plays a porn star in the movie,which is a rollout comedy on the adult industry.The actress should have done this movie with the idea of reviving her falling career.

In a recent interview,she speaks out- "I just finished a movie called Finding Bliss. It's a comedy about the adult industry. We all have nude scenes in the movie including me. It was completely necessary for the story. But sometimes we'd all sit around and be like, did we just film that? Are we going to regret this in a week? We were joking around about it a lot. But when you trust the director and know they have a vision and have a comfort in the dynamic and why you're doing it, then you're willing to take that risk!".

The nude pictures of naked leelee sobieski can be viewed here

Jennifer Hudson's nephew found dead ??

2008-10-28T01:27:00.001+05:30

Hours of tension surrounded the missing of Jennifer Hudson's nephew,Julian King.But now,her nephew is feared dead.

According to the police,they found a dead body of a boy in a 1994 White Chevy Suburban car on Chicago’s West Side.The place was just 14 miles away from the crime scene where Jennifer Hudson's Mother and Brother were shot dead brutally.

Police are fearing that the body could be that of Jennifer Hudson's nephew,Julian King,as there were some similarities between the boy and the body based on which the police set a search for her nephew.

Aged 7,the boy was reportedly taken away by the murderer on Friday after shooting Jennifer Hudson's Mother Darnell and Brother Jason to death.

Amanda Carraway playboy nude pictures

2008-10-22T21:07:00.000+05:30

Amanda Carraway - Wife of the Arizona NFL player Monty Beisel,has been in news for her nude picture posings for Playboy.

Amanda Carraway is a Miss Kansas Teen USA and a former Miss Kansas USA. The playboy pictures of Amanda Carraway will be seen in the next month's edition of Playboy.

She suddenly shot into fame with her nude posing for Playboy and gave her avid footballer-husband a tag like "Cool footballer with a really hot wife!!".

So,watch out for her photos in the November's edition of Playboy.

News:Gale Harold injured in motorcycle accident

2008-10-16T02:00:00.002+05:30

Gale Harold,the “Desperate Housewives” actor who plays Teri Hatcher’s boyfriend has been hospitalized being seriously injured in a motorcycle accident that took place yesterday.

Reportedly,it is said that he had fractured his shoulder.His condition is still unknown as any announcement is due from the authorities.The actor,38, is being treated at Intensive Care Unit of USC Medical Center.

James Doherty :Dead for 15 minutes but comes "alive"

2008-10-12T21:49:00.002+05:30

Britain’s Tennis ace,young James Doherty won over his life battle.In a miraclulous turn-around,the young tennis player aged 13 came back to life after remaining dead for 15 minutes.

He suffered a massive heart attack during a game playing at the Hazelwood Tennis Academy in Enfield, North London, on September 8.

Medical experts are surprised by the unusual happening as the chances of coming alive after heart-stopping for 10 minutes are absolutely rare.

Angelina Jolie's breastfeeding pictures in November issue of W Magazine

2008-10-11T01:36:00.004+05:30

Angelina Jolie who recently gave birth to twins Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline has been photographed by her partner and father of twins-Brad Pitt breast-feeding one of the new borns.

These breast-feeding photos,some of the 21 photos captured by Brad Pitt are to be featured in the next month’s(November) issue of W Magazine.

With the initial pictures of the twins fetching $14 Million from People magazine and Hello! ,there’s curiosity among the people about the amount W magazine could have paid for the deal.But there aren't any official numbers so far.

Gosublogger's 2nd Entrecard contest

2008-09-30T17:15:00.002+05:30

GosuBlogger is holding a wonderful contest with the following prizes:

2000 Entrecredits + Review on GosuBlogger + Domain name + Celebrity e-mail
1500Entrecredits + Link on GosuBlogger + Link on Template Footer + Celebrity e-mail
1000 Entrecredits + Link on Template Footer + Celebrity e-mail

To be a part of the contest,register yourself by the following methods:

Write about the contest
Subscribe to the site's feed via email
Post a comment on the contest post

The contest's gonna end when the particiaptors count reaches 30 so be there at the earliest.
The contest post is here

Glitch 1st anniversary contest:Win a domain or advertising

2008-09-29T10:47:00.002+05:30

Mobile eBooks Etc,on the occasion of 1st anniversary is holding a blog contest.The blogger who also blogs at Glitchline faced all the hardships he lost his cool page rank while shifting to personal domain.Though the blog enjoys a PR3,it's not a better sight for a site that had a PR5 earlier.

In a view to help another blogger get a self domain at the earliest,the contest has the following prizes:

1st prize - a domain name (convertible to cash)
2nd price - 125×125 banner ad at Mobile eBooks for 1 month
3rd price - 125×125 banner ad at glitchline for 1 month
4th prize - text link ad at Mobile eBooks for 1 month
5th prize - text link ad at glitchline for 1 month

The entry methods are:
1. Blog about the contest indicating the prizes and link to the post, along with links to Mobile eBooks Etc and to glitchline = 6 points(Only Do follow links)
2. Blog your reaction on any post you find relevant on your blog with a link to that post from mobile eBooks and glitchline = 4 points (minimum 100 words)
3. Comment on any of blog posts on Mobile eBooks and glitchline = 1 point

So that's quite simple for a contest and the winners to be announced on 1st October.Here's the contest post.

Messaoud's september blog contest:Win cash or advertising

2008-09-29T09:57:00.000+05:30

Messaoud.info,a blog about making money online is organizing a blog contest where you can win cash or advertising depending on your luck.

The prizes involved are:

1st Prize : $10 sent via PayPal
2nd Prize : 125×125 banner advertizing on messaoud.info for 1 month
3rd Prize : text link advertizing on messaoud.info for 1 month

You can be a part of the drawing by entering the contest by any or all of the following entry methods:

Subscribe to the blog's RSS feed through email for 10 entries

Blog about the contest and notify about it through a comment for 5 entries

Comment on other blogs,relevant to the posts and talk about the contest in a non spammy way for 1 entry

Refer your friends to the contest for 1 entry each

The contest ends on 30th September and winners are drawn through random.org.So,head over there soon and test your luck...

Good luck :)

Heather Locklear arrested and released

2008-09-29T02:56:00.003+05:30

Heather Locklear was arrested on Saturday on suspicion that she was driving under the influence of drugs.The arrest took place in Santa Barbara County.

The news came as a shock to many as the beautiful 47 year old actress came back from a 4-week rehabilitation program in July to get rid of anxiety and depression.

A Highway patrol officer took the action on complaint of "erratic driving" from an unknown peddler.She was later released from custody after tests for alcohol and drugs.

Kate Perry Pics pictures

2008-08-22T03:05:00.003+05:30

Here are some of the beautiful pics of Kate Perry,the singer and song-writer.

Blogmethemoney.com blog contest : win prizes worth 2500+ $ !!.

2008-07-05T05:52:00.003+05:30

Blogmethmoney.com is holding a wonderful contest with the following prizes:

Memberships, Products, Services & Consultations

INconstantIN at "tips and tricks for bloggers" is giving away 1 free Domain for a year. worth at aprox $10 monetary value.
Andreas at Xavier Media is giving away 5, 1 year VIP memberships to createbanner.com worth $175 monetary value.
Rockfuse at ROCKFUSE: Helping Blogger Stand-out! is giving away 2, 30 min consultations via live IM for 2 bloggers. Possible topics to be consulted range but could be social media, SEO, blog design and monetization.
Ashwin Kandoi at Own Words and Dictionary Is giving away 10 Free Words on http://www.india-dictionary.com worth $10 monetary value as well 1 word worth $10 on the same site. Making a total monetary value of $30.
Hub-Site.com is the fastest growing community-built resource for blogs, ebooks, ezines, forums, websites and wikis. Submit to Hub-Site.com now for free. Hub-Site is giving away 5, Highlighted listings on Hub-Site.com for the months of July & August (This means
they'll be in larger, bold print at the top of the results page for the appropriate
category for their site/product) That is 5 winners for the 2 months. As well, 5 Highlighted listings on Hub-Site.com for the month of September (This means
they'll be in larger, bold print at the top of the results page for the appropriate
category for their site/product). Monetary value for these is listed at aprox $25 per winner. As well Hub-Site is giving away a Digg and Shout out for 5 articles of your choice to his Digg Network (600+ people). 2 lucky winners will win this.
Karl L. Gechlik at Get your geek on with is giving away 1 free Technical Support Session worth a monetary value of $75.
Simon at Free 125 Cards - Create your own banner is giving away 1 month of advertising on free125cards.com plus 1 professionally designed 125x125 ad. Each having a value of $25.
Young Entrepreneur Blog is giving away 1,000 copies of an Ebook ( Valued at $1000) and 2, 1 hour consultations. Monetary value of $150. His generous offering makes every entrant in this contest a winner up to the first 1000 people!

Paypal Money

Million Dollar Portfolio put up $25 via paypal, of hard earned money for one lucky winner.

125 x 125 Advert Placements (Average monetary value $25)

INconstantIN at tips and tricks for bloggers is giving away 1 free advert placement for a month.
Duckeldanny's Money Blog is giving away 2 advert placements each for a month. That is 2, 125 x 125 ads for 1 month.
Free Money Maker at kasakk.blogspot.com is giving away 1 free advert placement for a month.
Richard at Earn extra pocket money from the internet put up a 1 month advert for one lucky winner. 1 125 x 125 advert.
Million Dollar Portfolio Contributed a 1 month advert placement. 125 x 125
Ashwin Kandoi at http://www.nashikcity.in gives away 1 free month of advertising via 125 x 125.
Toast & Egg & Me contributed 1 free month of advertising space. 125 x 125
David Jackson at Where technology and humanity meets gives away 1 free month of advertising. 125 x 125.
Hub-Site.com is the fastest growing community-built resource for blogs, ebooks, ezines, forums, websites and wikis. Submit to Hub-Site.com now for free. Hub-Site offers up 125x125 advertising space on the front page of hub-site.com for the months of July, August. 2 Lucky winners will be showcased for both months. And for September 2 lucky winners will be granted 1 months of advertising space.
Collin LaHay's Website Marketing Strategies offers 1, 30 day 125 x125 advertising space.
USA Gadgets Offers 125 x 125 advertising space for 1 month.
Youtube Most Viewed Video Offers 125 x 125 advertising space for 1 month.
Marty at Money Maker Times offers up 1 month of free advertising space. money making and saving information.
Blog Me The Money at Blog Traffic Tips offers 2, 125 x 125 free advert placements for 1 month each.

Ruslana Korshunova,the young model died in a probable suicide

2008-06-29T20:19:00.005+05:30

Ruslana Korshunova,a supermodel known for long her long her and her sexy,stunning looks died probably in a suicide attempt.

The stunning model who has beautiful looking green eyes ,died today when she fall from her 9th floor apartment flat.

Ruslana Korshunova was named "The next big thing" by Vogue magazine and was finding her path to huge fame and success.Her death news is a shock to the fashion world!.

The model is just 20 and could have turned 21 this July 2nd !!.

Junkieyard.com weekly contest :Win prizes worth 59$

2008-06-29T18:05:00.003+05:30

With many blogs springing up in the blogosphere,only the best and the toughest survive.And to survive you just need to put strategies into blogging.These strategies include blogging on hot topics,holding contests,trying for free publicity etc.,.One of the few newbies I see on the blogosphere who gave much importance to strategies of blogging was that of Junkieyard.

I saw him hold a unique kind of contest,publicize about it,build links to his blog etc., and all of this seemed to have paid-off in bringing a blog of what it is today.If you are new to blogging and want to learn about bringing your blog up-smart and fast,then I you should definitely take a look at what Junkieyard has done.

Coming to the contest details,it is one of a kind of a contest,where winners are drawn every week.Again this is a good way to keep the blog fresh and also build fresh links.This hardly happens with blog contests that run for months.The prizes are exciting too....

For the last week of the month June,Junkieyard has come up with a contest with the following prizes:

1st prize:
A 125×125 advertising banner for a month & 1,000 EntreCard credits.

2nd prize:
A blogroll link for a month & 500 EntreCard credits.

3rd prize:
300 EntreCard credits.

Bonus prize:
20 EntreCard credits for the first 10 to join the contest and comment on the contest post.

To enter the contest,you just need to blog about the contest with two links-one to the homepage(http://www.junkieyard.com ) and other to the contest post(http://www.junkieyard.com/latestcontest.php ).You can also add a banner to your blog to increase your chances of winning.The winner will be selected either by the quality of the blog posts or by Random.org.
Check out more details,get the code for the banner ad at the contest post.

Make sure to give a hit at this contest as this ends on 30th June.

Good Luck :)

Blogger Noob's Market Leverage contest:Win great prizes !!.

2008-06-18T18:53:00.005+05:30

Blogger Noob who has been teaching people how to blog and make money from it has teamed up with Market Leverage to give out some cool prizes.As a part of it's strategy to spread it's presence virally,Market Leverage has been contacting some big bloggers in the blogosphere to give their readers some great prizes.

BloggerNoob.com is one great blog among those Market Leverage has selected.Now let us take a look at the prizes:

4 GB iPod Nano, 2 GB USB pen, Flip video camera and a $50 American Express Card.

Entry methods:

1.Just comment on the contest post by saying something funny.....it can be something related to the blog or some thing else.
2.Post a link to the contest post.

The contest ends on June 19th when he will be drawing FOUR WINNERS at random.

So,be there and try your luck at the contest!!.Good Luck... :)

Volk Defense Give-Away

2008-06-15T11:24:00.003+05:30

It's his first contest and has put it up in style....it's the first ever Volk Defense contest.

The prizes:

-2x Norton Internet Security 2008 (w/ Valid 1 Year Subscription Key) ($120 Value)

-2x Norton Antibot (w/ Valid 1 Year Subscription Key) ($60 Value)

-1x AVG Internet Security (w/ Valid 1 year Subscription Key) ($55 Value)

-$50 Via Paypal (4 Winners) ($200 Value)

-5 Winners Personal 1-Year Proxy Hosting (0-o-o.com/YOURNAME)

-2x 1 Year Domain Registration (Name.com)

-2x 125x125 Banner Design

Entry methods:

Participate On Volk Defense [1 ticket per comment/3 limit a day ]

Participate On The Forums (1-10 Tickets/Day)

Write About It ( 10 tickets )

Stumble/Digg/Propel ( 3 tickets )

So do join the contest at the Volk Defense contest page...the deadline is June 15th.

Update: The contest is over and I have won a 1-year Proxy Hosting !!.Thanks Volk Defense

Sweethacks celebrates 1st anniversary with a 1300$ contest

2008-06-13T20:16:00.006+05:30

UPDATE:The contest is over
Sweethacks run by Abdalla Ahmed, a Chemical Engineering Student at the University of Aston , Birmingham,is a cool site I came across recently.The blog is up to bring to our eyes-The latest in Technology also including the news on the latest gadgets....!!

I write to post to tell you about an awesome contest he has put up to mark the first anniversary of the site.The prizes of the contest amount to $1300 approximately(includes cash and advertising spots)....

Make sure to check out the prizes at the contest page

How to enter:

Getting entries can't get easier than this:
You just need to comment on the contest page:1 entry
Subscribe to the site's RSS feed through email:1 entry
Blog about the contest:2 entries

And the deadline for the contest is June 13th,so head over to Sweethacks soon and add your entries.

Good luck!!.

UPDATE:The contest is over

Bloggin-ads 2 Mac Book Air and 1000$ giveaway

2008-06-11T04:15:00.009+05:30

UPDATE: The contest is over !.

Mike & Michelle at Bloggin-ads.com have come up with an awesome contest that can blow away any blogger's mind.Their blog does a lot of blog reviews and this contest is to give a kick start to their new strategy!!.

The Prizes:

2 x MacBook Air (a value of $1,799 each)
1.6Ghz Intel Core Duo
2GB Ram
80GB Internal Drive
13.3″ Display
Built-In WiFi and Bluetooth
10 winners x $100 (a value of $1,000)

Entry Methods:

Subscribe to the feed through email:just go to the site ,enter your email and confirm:1 ticket
Become a friend of Mike on Stumbleupon at blogginads.stumbleupon.com:1 ticket
Tell Mike about a error on his site here:1 ticket
Stumble/digg/Propel the contest post :1 ticket each
Hold the contest banner on your site(you can find the banners on the contest page):5 tickets
Comment on the blog:1 ticket/comment and maximum of 5 tickets a day
Write about the blog contest on your blog with anchor text "blog reviews":10 tickets
Just write about the contest without any anchor test:5 tickets
Participate in their forums,Entreforums and bloggin-ads forum:maximum of 10 tickets/day each

A big thank you to them for this wonderful blog contest,which left my eyes watering for the Mac Book Air!.

Be there and try your luck !.Don't forget to tell me if you win..The contest ends at 23:59:59 PST(i.e.,GMT -700) on 15th June !!.

UPDATE: The contest is over !.

Nadal wins French Open 08 :Stats and Photos

2008-06-08T21:27:00.012+05:30

Nadal once again refuses Roger Federer the chance of making a career slam by winning the French Open 2008.Nadal wins French Open for the fourth successive time sharing the record with the great Bjorn Borg as the second person to win four French Opens consecutively.Bjorn Borg has won the titles from 78-81.

The win also sees him join Federer, Bjorn Borg and Pete Sampras as the only players to have won at least four consecutive titles at a Grand Slam in the Open Era.

Not only is Nadal one of three players to have won four or more Roland Garros titles since 1925, but he also joins Ilie Nastase (1973) and Bjorn Borg (1978, 1980) as just the third player in the Open Era to win the Roland Garros title without dropping a set, and the fifth player to do so at any Grand Slam in the Open Era.

That's makes a heap of broken records...

Nadal has defeated Federer thrice for the last three years to deny him the title in the finals of the tournament.In 2005,Nadal defeated Federer in a semifinal.

The "King of Clay" has completely outplayed Federer beating him 6-1,6-3,6-0 in straight sets and completing the match in just 108 minutes.Nadal never gave Federer any chance to win and come back to the match!!.

Now again pops up the question-"Can Federer ever win French Open when Nadal is playing?".Well the answer should be a simple "Impossible!!".

Here are the match stats:

	Federer (SUI)		Nadal (ESP)

1st Serve %		53 of 77 = 69 %		50 of 67 = 75 %

Aces		2		0

Unforced Errors		35		7

Winning % on 1st Serve		26 of 53 = 49 %		35 of 50 = 70 %

Winning % on 2nd Serve		5 of 24 = 21 %		11 of 17 = 65 %

Winners (Including Service)		31		46

Receiving Points Won		21 of 67 = 31 %		46 of 77 = 60 %

Break Point Conversions		1 of 4 = 25 %		8 of 17 = 47 %

Net Approaches		18 of 42 = 43 %		2 of 6 = 33 %

Total Points Won		52		92

Fastest Serve		208 KMH		194 KMH

Average 1st Serve Speed		192 KMH		173 KMH

Average 2nd Serve Speed		160 KMH		150 KMH

Here are some photos of the French open 2008 final:

Ana Ivanovic Pictures :The No.1 in Tennis

2008-06-07T22:38:00.004+05:30

Ana Ivanovic once again stormed into news by winning her first Grand slam -The French Open.The hot Serbian who is known for her beauty and passion for Tennis beat Russian Dinara Safina 6-4,6-3 in the French Open final,thus ending Safina's hopes of taking another miraculous win!!!.

With the win,Ivanovic would replace Maria Sharapova as the number one in Women's rankings.She is also the first Serbain to do so..

Here are some of the hot pictures of Ana Ivanovic:

Lynda Carter-the "wonder woman" finds dead body

2008-06-07T22:33:00.002+05:30

Lynda Carter,popularly called "Wonder Woman" after the character she portrayed in the 1970 television series,discovered a dead body of a woman while she was rowing in the Potomac River.

The famous actress immediately alerted the local fishermen who called the police.Police suspect the death to be suicidal.

When contacted,Carter said "I didn't do anything special,I did what anybody would have done."!!.

Huh..she is indeed a wonder woman!!!.

Upstartblogger:Mac Book Air and iPhones giveaway!!.

2008-06-06T21:31:00.007+05:30

Ashley Morgan of upstartblogger has a hot contest running on his blog-A giveaway of 5 iPhones and a Mac Book Air.Yes you heard it right!.It's one of the biggest giveaways I have ever participated in.

This blog post has been made in order to mention my participation in the contest...:)

The last few days have been quite productive in finding new bloggers.While some of them are quite okay,others such as Ashley are just great!.He runs quite many number of contests,that I was confused in which one to particpate..:)

This blog run by Ashley is a blog you should never miss if you are looking to build and maintain a successful blog!!!.

He's had a great post for new bloggers with the title: 25 steps to launching your blog and making $100+/month in 30 days.

Make sure you read the blog if you are blogger and if you are a newbie start with the post above.You should have got my idea by now...it's a must read blog!!!.

Way to win the prizes:Go to the page for information

Mac Book Air: http://www.upstartblogger.com/free-mac-book-air-and-five-free-iphones

1st iPhone:http://www.upstartblogger.com/free-iphone-number-one

2nd iPhone:http://www.upstartblogger.com/free-iphone-number-two

3 more iPhones:http://www.upstartblogger.com/final-three-free-iphones

Headover to upstartblogger soon to read the rules and enter the contest.SORRY the last date to enter the contest is 6th June(I have been a bit late to know about the contest,but there's still some time for you)..

Enjoy the beauty of Social Networking with CrushorFlush.com

2008-06-05T05:31:00.003+05:30

With raising concerns over social networking,new trends and practices are taking shape!.A similar practice of super safe social networking is that implemented by Crush Or Flush.com !!!.

The main advantage of using CrushorFlush would be privacy!.You can browse through others profiles and thereafter,you can crush or flush an individual!.Even when you have a mutual crush,your personal information is never leaked to others.Anonymous profiles are completely never to be seen on the site!.A person can maintain only one profile.

One of the coolest features of the networking site is it's chat !!.You can chat with your "crushes" after having a mutual crush with them.They never leak your personal details-including your phone number,real name and email address to any one.Through chat if you personally wanted to reveal your identity to your friends-it is welcome.

And most importantly,if there's a complaint of any harassment from a member,that fellow is permanently banned from the site!.

Happy networking!!!.

Santa Claus Canadian Postal Code: HoH oHo

2008-05-28T04:15:00.004+05:30

Children's favorite Santa Claus now has an official Canadian Postal Code as HoH oHo.

Canadian government has set up an official postal code and address for Santa Claus to route the thousands and thousands of letters sent to Santa Claus.This program kick started in 1983.And you should have already observed that the postal code was derived from "Ho Ho Ho".

So the full address of Santa is:
SANTA CLAUS
NORTH POLE H0H 0H0
CANADA

Molly Sims Diamond Bikini photo

2008-05-28T03:48:00.003+05:30

Actress and model,Molly Sims appeared wearing a diamond bikini worth $30 million on the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit in 2006.The bikini, designed by Susan Rosen is made up of over 150 carats of D flawless diamonds.

The picture shown is the publicity photograph released in February,2006.

Her increase in popularity is mainly linked to this swimsuit photo release,which became very popular during that time.Even today there are many teens that search for Molly Sims Diamond Bikini.
Later,she also appeared in the movie The Benchwarmers.

Alex Lyskawa died in a crash at Summit Point Raceaway

2008-05-27T05:39:00.004+05:30

Alex Lyskawa ,13 of Londonderry,NH died after being involved in a multi-bike accident at Summit Point Raceway.

This is a video made by KeeganJKP in memory of Alex Lyskawa:

Rob knox :The Harry Potter actor killed

2008-05-25T10:07:00.003+05:30

Robert Knox, 18, a British teenage actor playing a minor role in the upcoming "Harry Potter" film was stabbed to death.The shocking incident occured outside a bar in London on saturday!.

Rob Knox plays Ravenclaw student Marcus Belby in the upcoming film "Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince," the sixth installment of the popular series set.He completed his acting work for the movie which is set for release in November.

Warner Bros., the studio that is producing the film, felt sorry for the incident.

Rob Knox was reportedly stabbed after trying to save his 16-year-old brother, Jamie, from a man armed with two knives.

Crush or flush your contacts:Safe social networking

2008-05-18T14:33:00.004+05:30

It's hot summer over here with temperatures soaring well over 45 degrees.Due to this,we couldn't even go out during the day.This has been a problem for me for the past few days as I couldn't meet people,friends and could do nothing productive as well.As a result,the whole day time was getting wasted.

At this point of time,my friend introduced me to a new social networking site designed primarily for people looking forward to meet new people.The site is CrushorFlush.com .As the name itself,the site is quite attractive and innovative too....

More information:

Crush or Flush is a fun, safe, and easy way to meet people, chat, and stay in contact with friends using your cell phone or your computer
Open an account which is free and upload your face pic, add a description, and create some tags that describe who you are.Let them know if you are looking for a woman, a man (or both). That’s it, you’re profile is done and you can start Crushin’ and Flushin’ people.

You can browse people by gender, age, location, and interest (tags). If you find someone you like ‘crush’ them. If not, ‘flush’ them. Don’t worry… they’ll never know you flushed them so no hard feelings. If you Crush someone and they Crush you back… that’s called a Mutual Crush. You’ll both get a text message letting you know that you both like each other. You can then text chat without giving up any of your personal info. No one ever gets your real name, cell phone number, or e-mail address.

Safe way to meet people isn't it?

Win $10 weekly from Zeroandup.com

2008-05-17T02:35:00.002+05:30

Zero and Up is running a weekly contest and a lucky reader would win ten bucks, sent to your PayPal account. All you have to do is subscribe to his feed via email and that's it....You got your chance to win $10 every saturday!!!.

Eve Carson:UNC student body president shot dead

2008-03-07T06:26:00.003+05:30

Eve Carson,the student body president of the University of North Carolina was found shot dead,shocking many.

On Thursday,police identified a young woman found shot dead in a Chapel Hill, N.C., residential neighborhood as Carson, 22, of Athens, Ga. It still remains a mystery why she was in the area of her death!.

The university Chancellor James Moeser said "We have lost someone whom we cherish and love....We're all in a state of shock." in a depressed mood.

Carson was a Morehead-Cain scholar and a North Carolina Fellow, taking part in a four-year leadership development program for undergraduates.She majored in political science and biology, taught science at a Chapel Hill elementary school, studied abroad in Cuba, and spent summers volunteering in Ecuador, Egypt and Ghana as part of a school program.

In her position as student body president, she was a member of the university's Board of Trustees.

Thousands of students gathered on campus to mourn the death of Eve Marie Carson.

LISA LAVIE:Latest singing sensation

2007-10-06T03:52:00.000+05:30

This is the new most talked about name around the web today.

Yeah!.Lisa Lavie broke into fame with her music videos "Save your Breath" and "Angel" posted on Youtube.Fan clubs and communities have already erupted on her name.And why not,she's got the voice of an Angel.As of now,her videos were being viewed millions of times a day!.

Few days back,her first video "Save your Breath"was posted and this said there's a awesome singer in the making.After that,"Angel","Falling for you","Ordinary people" and "Everything is everything" were also posted,which are still being watched thousands of times a day.But we need to talk about"Angel"song,which has recieved some 1,107,641 times already.Trust me.This song is great(i've embedded it below)

It's great to see such talent breaking into the music world .Thanks to Youtube:).

PICS:

Create Your Own

The "Angel" song:

Check out more videos at Youtube

Hilary Duff mobile:LG C1300

2007-10-01T21:36:00.001+05:30

Good news for Hilary Duff's fans around the world.LG,cleverly using the popularity of Duff, released Hilary Duff mobile phone which is a LG C1300 mobile phone, a color screen flip phone with text messaging and downloadable ringtones and wallpapers.This phone comes pre-loaded with 3 unique Hilary Duff’s ringtones,and not only that you will get 7 exciting Hilary’s wallpapers, adding a customization kit to create 3 unique looks personally chosen by Hilary herself.

But the hard thing is that you need to pay $2 for any additional ringtones...

LG C1300 features:

* Color Screen
* Digital Talk Time: Up to 4 hrs
* Digital Standby Time: Up to 10 days
* Data: Games, Ringtones, Graphics, Text Messaging*, Mobile Instant Messaging*
* 255 alphanumeric phone book with multiple entries
* Alarm works when phone is off
* Calculator plus unit converter
* Calendar: Yes
* Custom Graphics: Yes
* Custom Ringtones: Yes
* Data-Capable: Yes
* Digital TTY/TDD: Yes
* Games: downloadable Java games
* Headset Jack (2.5 mm): Yes
* Multiple Languages: Yes
* Multiple Numbers per Name
* Text Messaging 2-Way: Yes plus instant messaging
* Vibrate: Yes

But let's see whether her diehard fans are really upto spend their dollars to get their LG phone........

Rahul Dravid resigns....

2007-09-14T13:57:00.000+05:30

Following the so close yet so far series loss to England,Team India captain Rahul Dravid resigns as the captain.

In a letter written to the Indian board, he has asked to be relieved of the captaincy before Australia's forthcoming tour of India, beginning later this month.

A statement from Niranjan Shah, secretary of the Indian board, said Dravid met Sharad Pawar, the board president in New Delhi yesterday. He "expressed his desire to step down as captain of the Indian team and requested that he should not be considered for the job from the upcoming Australia series." The statement said Dravid wanted to concentrate on his game.

As on my side,I found no reason why he should step down as the captain.It's true he hasn't played upto the expectations in the last 2 important games against England but what about that firing 92 he made off some 60 odd balls in the same series.May be he is feeling the pressure of the position too much.Except for his personal reasons no one finds fault in him...

Discussions apart,since he made his decision,he will not be named as the captain of the team but the question arises who can lead Team India now,with the stalwarts still in the side but refusing to captain te side..Is it going to be Dhoni?,Yuvraj or will it turn in a circle and be in the hands of Ganguly again?.Who knows?.Team India is having a tough time..it can't finalize a new coach and now with the captain dropping himself....it's time to take a cleaner look at the jobs to be done....

All the best India..Chak De !

John Singleton accidentally kills a pedestrian...

2007-08-26T05:54:00.000+05:30

FAmed Director John Singleton,39 who received two Academy Award nominations for his 1991 debut film "Boyz N the Hood",accidentally struck and killed a pedestrian.

The pedestrian Constance Russell, 57, of Los Angeles, died at a hospital a few hours after the accident .Russell was not using a crosswalk when she stepped in front of Singleton's car,according to the sources

After he was checked for intake of drugs,alcohol,Singleton was allowed to leave but since the victim is dead,the case has to get some more attention in terms of a case.
So there is still some other things for him to geta clean chit.

His directed films include "Rosewood," "Baby Boy," "Shaft" and "Four Brothers."

Listen to music to sleep better..

2007-08-18T06:37:00.000+05:30

Listening to music before going to bed can help you get a good sound sleep,according to a recent study.

The research was carried on mant elderly persons carrying sleep problems.During the study,they were given a choice to hear to music .The persons who went to bed after listening to music have reported better sleep at night and less disfunction during day time.Finally this turned out to be a technique that was easy to learn and lacked the side-effects of other treatments.

Listening to music caused physical changes that aided restful sleep, including a lower heart and respiratory rate, the researchers found.

Alternative:Making sure older people sleep less in the afternoon and get plenty of exposure to daylight can help them get a better night's sleep...but anyway listening to music is not a hectic job!.

Web development blog .......

2007-08-18T05:51:00.000+05:30

This is a short review on the hottest site bringing the latest news and developments on the web..in the 'fun' way!!:jon lee dot see eh.

The author of this cool site is Jon Lee,whose main objective of starting this site is to share with the readers his experiences as a web developer.Huh! That's a gr8 thing to hear!.

His online experiences and findings are greatly and cerefully placed on the site,as I have closely observed.But the 'fun' way is doubted.He's serious about it! and his experience as a publisher from a age of 12 is paying back.

It's been growing at a good pace and we all know what and how much it takes to be 27th most favourited blog on Technorati .So you will have to check out the blog if you are serious about blooging to fame...to be one beside Jon...:)

The screen shot of the site:

Check it out.

Aishwarya’s wax model unveiled at Time Square..

2007-08-16T06:24:00.000+05:30

Aishwarya rai(Bachchan),the global face of Indian film industry and former Miss World became the first Indian celebrity to have her wax model displayed at Madame Tussauds Museum in the historic Time Square in New York.

Within minutes of unveiling of her lifelike model dressed in intricately patterned red sari, her fans in New York began flocking the museum to admire the waxwork.

The unveiling of the model, borrowed by the Madame Tussauds from its parent museum in London will be on display for six weeks before being sent back.

Other Indian personalities immortalised at Madame Tussauds include Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan and Tamil superstar Rajnikanth, Mahatma Gandhi, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi.

With both father and wife making it to the Madame Tussauds,Abhishek should be a worried man..:)

Official Google Blog: Namaste India!

2007-08-16T05:46:00.000+05:30

Official Google Blog: Namaste India!

Nokia recalls faulty batteries:46 million of them !!.

2007-08-16T04:26:00.000+05:30

In what could be the biggest ever product recall in India,the giant mobile handset manufacturer Nokia has recalled 46 million batteries used in its models.It has offered to replace those Mtsushita-manufactured BL-5C batteries,manufactured during December 2005 and November 2006 and employed in many of it's models.

The recall follows complaints from the consumers that during charging some batteries get overheated due to a short circuit,causing the battery to expand and dislodge from it's place making the phone to switchoff.

What do you need to do?:
Go to Nokia.com.On the top of the site, in green there is a "More information concerning battery (BL-5C) replacement" link displayed(as shown in the screen shot below).

Click on it and read the instructions to know whether your battery is a BL-5C model and also to get the battery identification number which you can enter in a box and submit.Then you will be told whether your battery requires replacement or not.

Or,you can dial customer care(080-30303838) to find out whether your battery needs replacement.

While the chances your phone running on a defective battery are high,the company said that BL-5C batteries manufactured by Japan's Matsushita between that on eyear period need to be replaced.The others are fine.

In case it needs replacement, you need to fill up an online form and Nokia promises to replace the battery.It only takes courier time to get it replaced.You will get a empty packet with the new battery to return the defective one to the company.

Replacements a fashion?:
While repalcements and product recalls are common in US,Europe and Japan.It is the first time in India that a similar policy is followed
Very recently,Honda recalled 2000 cars and Fisher Price offered to replace some of the toys it imported from China.
Maybe this is one of the fresh tactics played by th giants to get themselves a good 'secure' name.......

Show your love through 1 Million Love Messages.......

2007-08-15T05:09:00.000+05:30

Do you love some one?.Are you trying the best ways to propose?.Do you need words of help to propose?.Then this is a really interesting story to read-The Tale of 1 Million Love Messages !!.

1 Million Love Messages is a place to show how much and how deep you are in love with your loving one.It’s a place where you can share what you feel for someone special in your life: your boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, wife, son, daughter, mother, father,relatives..…..anyone who's lovable.

This site is started by Mauro ,a guy from Portugal.First posts on the blog appear to be on 31/7/2006.So it has already completed it's first birthday.

His ultimate aim as he says is to publish 1 million love messages on this blog sent in by the readers from all around the globe.

As on today,298 love messages have been posted on the site,which means a target still far away.....

Screen shot of the site:

What you need to do:
To be part of the project and to have your love message posted, all you need to do is to mail your message to 1millionlovemessages@gmail.com with all the details you would like to get published.You can also send an image or a youtube link(including personal ones)to get them viewed along with the message.But be careful,they will all be public.

The Other Side:Instead of concentrating mainly on the initiative of spreading love,the owner is trying to make some money out of it. From inviting people to advertise on the site to selling shirts of 1million love messages,he's trying everything.He's even giving out links for "faming him ".

This is just the other side and still love has it's greater value in this beautiful world and let's make it popular.......

Spread it over:if you own a blog or a website display a badge(shown below) just to send in more lovers to the site....

Go to the website:www.1millionlovemessages.com

Facebook Profile appears in newspaper

2007-08-11T06:12:00.000+05:30

Social networking took new dimensions as people's profiles are being displayed in newspapers in Lebanon !.

After he started receiving too many friend requests ,he was puzzled.Later some of his friends notified him that his profile appeared in a Lebanese national newspaper,the prime reason for the increasing popularity of his profile!.

Later,he recollected that he posted some of the screenshots of his profile on the web and they eventually reached the top of Google image search.So the story editors should have found those pics while they typed in facebook in Google search,where the pics are displayed on the first page.....

Google's shocking everyone and is in news everywhere...........

Ramayan as an online game !.

2007-08-11T03:58:00.001+05:30

Ramayan,an Indian mythological epic and one of the greatest epics ever told can soon be played as a game,that too an online one.
Virgin comics together with Sony online entertainment(SOE)is letting the younger generation know and learn from the great indian epic,that has inspired millions of people through the ages ,through their favourite media-video games.

Sony online entertainment having bagged a multi-year, worldwide license agreement, will develop and publish a massively multiplayer online (MMO) game capable of supporting hundreds or thousands of players simultaneously.

Virgin Comics will serve as a creative consultant on the project.
It's really interesting to see how the universal themes like duty, honour, sacrifice and fraternity while also mining uniquely Indian ideas like karma (how action and consequence are linked) and the malleability of time itself,are going to be moulded. To bring all of these ideas into a game with SOE is fabulous.

WIMAX enabled phone from LG

2007-08-05T06:03:00.000+05:30

LG is once again in news as it announced the first of it's kind Wimax enabled mobile.LG therfore has been making it's presence felt in the mobile market releasing cool new phones.This is one of it's kind.

Features of LG KC1:

This Windows Mobile runs on a 5.0 OS .

Has a 2.8 inch touch screen which can display 65K colors.

Has 2 megapixel camera .

Bluetooth with an A2DP profile.

Has an external memory card slot for microSD cards and comes equipped with 128 ROM and 64MB RAM.

No news about the release of the phone or the price of it is known!.

Nirguna Sorpresa:The Spanish version of the new Harry Potter series

2007-08-05T05:52:00.000+05:30

Harry Potter and the Deathly hallows has rocked the book market since it's release few days back.

Now it's time for you to read a fan translated Spanish version of the popular book-the last one in the series.

The unofficial Spanish language version can be obtained and or read on the blog by the name of Spanish Hallows on Blogger,which has each chapter translated and posted. Downloads are also available on Bit Torrent and several file hosting sites.

The official spanish version of the book is due to hit the stands later this year.

Another serious case of plagiarism !!!!!!!!.Can the wizard save himself this time??.

Play the Harry Potter game free of cost

2007-08-05T05:47:00.000+05:30

India's largest gaming portal, Zapak.com finally set it's eye on the popular Harry Potter series.It has introduced a new Harry Potter Zone within its own website, to offer fans with movie wallpapers and trailers. Potter fans may also play the Official Harry Potter Game "Dolores Umbridge's Cats" on zapak.com. Zapak representatives say the game is now available ‘free to play’ but they will soon introduce a downloadable game on the movie as well.

The Harry Potter casual game by Zapak allows players to use a magic wand to free the cats from Dolores Umbridge’s plate. Players are required to free all the cats to finish the game by finding targets and aiming at the plate with the glowing circle. Players may use their mouse to aim and click the left mouse button to increase power and shoot.

The game's theme is based on the new Harry potter movie, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," where Harry returns for his fifth year of study at Hogwarts to discover that much of the wizarding community has been led to believe that the story of the teenager's recent encounter with the evil Lord Voldemort is a lie, putting Harry's integrity in question.

Man Crashes into church and leaves the scene crying ''Steve Jobs".

2007-07-29T06:12:00.000+05:30

An un-identified driver,who is rich enough to have a laptop crashed his way into a Church and left the scene with the NZ police screaming"Steve Jobs".

Witnesses report that this guy jumped several red lights and missed several pedestrians on his way.

The clash with the church sounded like a bomb going off,causing the car's glass to crack.

As police attempted to extricate him from his motor, he "clutched his laptop computer and screamed the name of Apple's CEO Steve Jobs". A fireman later revealed that the man might be down with mental illness.

Britney Spears may lose her kids

2007-07-29T06:09:00.001+05:30

Britney Spears,one of the craziest celebrities of America is having real testing time.What comes as a shock to her is that her ex-hubbie wants his kids back from her!.

Singer,Kevin Federline doesn't trust Britney's way of raising children.

And if we look into the past,his idea nota bad one!. Recently she was noticed driving with her younger son, Jayden facing forward in his cars seat , which is prohibited by state guidelines.ALso Jayden was spotted playing with Britney cigarettes , which is certainly not good for the kid.

With a case being filed,it will be tough time once again for the largely popular pop-star.

Microsoft partners Digg to show ads on Digg.com

2007-07-29T06:07:00.000+05:30

In a official declaration on the digg.com's blog,Kevin Rose writes that they have signed on Microsoft as their new partner to sell and serve ads on Digg.

It’s a deal similar to the one Facebook signed with Microsoft last year.

Earlier,Digg used to serve adsense ads together with 3rd party ads.According to them,The introduction of a new ad serving Microsoft helps them to concentrate more on developing new features to serve their already high and first expanding user interface.

Moreover,Federated Media, which has been an awesome partner for the last year and a half, will continue working with Digg focusing on integrated sponsorships and custom programs like the Arc project in labs.

The hacked website is fine now !!

2007-07-17T13:35:00.000+05:30

Yesterday,it was one of the popular story on the front page of digg,with the Heading "My website was hacked".It was really and the hacker left a photo together with his email address !!.

The sufferrer posted his story on digg with the words "I found my website was hacked just now. He left his email, too. What should I do? ".When i make this post,the story has over 1516 diggs together with 333 comments.....and more interestingly,the website is ok right now,unlocked from the hands of the hacker.

Here is the screen shot of the website:

Go to the website

Original digg story

DiGG this story

Digg submition a problem !!

2007-07-16T11:59:00.000+05:30

Now...just now,i have tried to submit a story from ATPtennis.com which relates entry of Pete Sampras into the international hall 0f fame.But once i entered the url of the story and hit "CONTINUE" button..the page shows up as the screenshots as i show here..even the stories that digg thinks to be a original of my story doesn't show up even after the site got loaded !!!.

Screenshot 1

Screenshot 2

DiGG this story

Get a free PR4 or PR5 link to your website!!

2007-07-14T16:21:00.000+05:30

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Money found in toilets across Japan

2007-07-14T16:19:00.000+05:30

Envelopes containing 10,000 yen ($82) bills and well-wishing notes have been discovered in municipal toilets across Japan, media reports said, baffling civil servants and triggering a nationwide hunt.

Local media have estimated that over two million yen ($16,400) worth of bills were found at men's rooms in city halls in at least 15 prefectures (states) in recent weeks.

Each package of 10,000-yen bills, some wrapped in traditional Japanese washi paper, was accompanied by handwritten letters that read "Please make use of this money for your self-enrichment," and "One per person," according to reports.

Officials are baffled over the identity of the benefactor or any motives, the reports said. Packages turned over to police were to be kept for some time in case someone claimed them.

So...never leave toilets unchecked !!..:)

Computer virus turns 25 !!

2007-07-14T16:16:00.000+05:30

The computer virus turns 25 years old this year and in today's hyper-connected world, when everything's got a chip in it and is running software, stopping malware is basically an impossible task!.

The computer virus conception story begins in 1981, when a tech-savvy 9th grader named Richard Skrenta got an Apple II for Christmas. Over the following few months he began cooking up ways to trick his friends using the machine.

When his friends realized his tricky ways, they banned Skrenta from their machines. And that's when he had an epiphany: He could put his code on the school's computer, and rig it to copy itself onto floppy disks that students used on the system. Thus was born Elk Cloner, the world's first computer virus to spread in the wild. The virus didn't do much damage; it infected the Apple II's OS and copied itself to other floppies, and every so often would display a tittering message on the screen:

Elk Cloner: The program with a personality

It will get on all your disks
It will infiltrate your chips
Yes it's Cloner!

It will stick to you like glue
It will modify RAM too
Send in the Cloner!

Gradually more and more programs begun to infect computers world wide...and today we are in a situation to say "Happy birthday, computer virus. Many,many happy returns!".

God bless Virus!

10,000 year old baby mammoth (VIDEO)

2007-07-11T14:56:00.001+05:30

The remains of a baby mammoth which died 10,000 years ago in the ice age have been found in Siberia.........check it out !!

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iPlayboy for the iPhone

2007-06-29T13:05:00.001+05:30

Steve Jobs has delivered the hardware and now Hugh Hefner has delivered the software.

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Apple: Two iPhones per person

2007-06-29T11:46:00.001+05:30

Apple's not being stingy like AT&T... okay, maybe not as stingy. But according to a new announcement this morning, the company said that it will limit people's purchases of the iPhone to two per person on launch day, not just one. As expected, they are first come, first served.

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Steve Jobs - Free iPhones for Apple Employees

2007-06-29T11:25:00.001+05:30

According to ThinkSecret, Steve Jobs held a company-wide town hall today and announced that Apple employees will get free 8GB iPhones this July. This applies to all full-time Apple employees as well as part time employees who have been with Apple for more than 1 year...

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Recycling Floppy Disks

2007-06-29T11:22:00.001+05:30

The floppy disk was the medium of choice during the 80's and 90's, they are now relegated to landfill, and cost dollars to dispose of correctly. Don't throw them away, try these methods instead.

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Is the Sun from another galaxy?

2007-06-29T11:21:00.001+05:30

According to the Bad Astronomer, the answer is no. The story from a few days ago that we are part of another smaller galaxy is not true.

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Technorati link

2007-06-18T16:01:00.000+05:30

Technorati Profile

Some fabulous adsense tips

2007-06-16T16:14:00.001+05:30

Adsense is the best affiliate program which can earn you good money once you are successful in making use of it.

Ad Placement::

The heat-map (where visitors look more carefully) is like an F and placing the ads there will lead to a higher CTR.
For the top ad, use the google_ad_format “300×250″ and put it to the right of the left column navigation. Put a small paragraph of text above it so that the whole ad is wrapped in content. And make sure that ad is above the fold.
For the footer, use a horizontal text link ad, placed in the middle of the page like the bottom navigation many sites use. Use the 4 or 5 link unit that best fits the size. These give a lower CTR, but if you have tons of traffic, it is worth it.
Never use more than two ad blocks. The more have ads you have, the more room there is for cheap ads to appear.Skyscraper ads do not perform as well as 300×250 ads but are a good substitute on pages where the 300×250 ads can’t be used.

Ad Design::

Colors of the link of the ad should match the color of the navigation links.Dim the URL in the ad (under the text) as much as possible so the visitor has a hard time reading it and typing it into another browser window. The color will be overruled if it is too close to the background color.
The ad text should match the page text color.The background and border of the ad should be set to the same as the background, so they blend with the page colors.

Preventing Ad Blindness ::

You can use alternate colors for the links if it’s a forum, or a site that people come back often to prevent ad blindness.
The format to rotate 3 colors randomly for the links is:
google_color_link = [”0000CC”,”800000″,”005500″];
This will rotate the colors in the bracket randomly.

Targeting Ads ::

To target the right ads you can qualify specific areas of content for Google to use in its matching criteria: Content content content…
Don't worry Google will still show other ads if the amount of text is not enough.Make good use of and tags to get better targeted ads.
Don’t forget to think about a product when writing a page - and mention it - so Google has some idea of which ads to place there. Good things to mention are books, software or equipment that could be useful to the user. Mentioning items in relation to the content will only help everyone.(Not advisory is you blog for content rather than money)

Targeting an Audience::

Amusement and games give very low money for the clicks.So try to have posts with keywords having higher paying ads.One site may not make much money but several “not much” sites can equal a lot.Big keywords hurt much more when you lose them. 100 pages bringing 10 visitors are better than 1 page that brings 1000.You must have more than one site to make income online.

Never try to share your site with others

Attitude ::

Think good… don’t be influenced by complaining people. Just do the work and be free in a few years.Make a good helpful site: you’ll get there.The rest is a patience thing.Good luck.....:)

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Is fantasising wrong?

2007-01-25T12:57:00.000+05:30

If you fantasise about your favourite film star and felt ashamed about it,you need not worry about it,declare experts.Having a fantasy is perfectly normal and is not a matter to hide.
However probable or improbable the fantasy,the reason why it happens is also because the person is control of his imagination unlike in reality and doesn’t it to occur in real life.
Even most people feel that masturbation would make them ill.Bui the opposite was true.Among older people without a sexual partner this activity keeps the genital and urinary tracts in good form.In fact people who masturbate will have a better sexual life as they tend to understand their bodies better making it more responsive and hence know what they like most.People are carried away by age old ideas passed over to them which are unscientific and not based on facts.
Said by Dr June Machover Reinisch,director Emiritius,Kinsey Institute for sex ,gender and reproduction,speaking at international congress on lifespan sexuality education held at Hyderabad.she’s got a doctorate in psychology

Web black holes

2007-01-14T11:36:00.000+05:30

Reporters without boundaries(RSF) ,a human rights organization has been releasing ,yearly,the list of countries whose governments impose rules on browsing the web.

Belarus, Burma, China ,Cuba, Egypt, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Siria, Tunisia, Turkemenisthan , Uzbekisthan ,Vietnam have been listed in the new one. Nepal, Maldives and Libia which found their places in the list last year were out this time-owing to improved conditions.

Surprisingly, the results were based on a 24-hour voting system.

More information ...click here

Gone in 4 seconds

2007-01-14T11:34:00.000+05:30

Some one opens your website/weblog in a browser’s window,it takes some time for him/her to get a complete view of the site.But if it doesn’t upload in time, there are highest chances of losing your viewer just because your viewer’s impatience grows…..

To know more about how much time people wait for a site/blog to upload ,an American organization held a survey online.In this,a massive 75% wouldn’t wait longer than 4 seconds for the site to upload.They prefer to move away from a website ,if it takes any longer.But still remember-people stay at your site only if it is attractive enough.

So at this time.I would ask how my blog looks to u?.

ADSENSE AND BLOGGING

2007-01-11T15:17:00.000+05:30

Most of us use adsense on our blogs.After we make a new post,we generally click on the "view ur blog(in new window)" link and make up repairs or customize our blog...and sometimes end up clicking on our own ads(accidentally),only to be banned from making any money from adsense(read terms and conditions).

To avoid all of this mess,you can go to the website adblock to block the ads of your website and continue your work with the layout of your blog.

But I would not recommend this to my readers,which would decrease my already low adsense earnings

The Ashes 2006-2007.

2007-01-11T13:39:00.000+05:30

The most sensational cricket outing has come to a serious ending on 4th January,2007 with the Aussies getting the best of the England .The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper described the series as "the most anticipated Ashes series ever", and tickets were sold out within days of being available for all the games.But the worse is to follow...

Australia have whitewashed England by 5-0 win over them .This was only the second time in the history of Ashes that England were whitewashed. The feat had previously been achieved only by Warwick Armstrong's Australian team in 1920-21.

The results of the series were:
1 Brisbane The Gabba 23-27 November :Aus won by 277 runs
2 Adelaide Adelaide Oval 1-5 December :Aus won by 6 wickets
3 Perth WACA Ground 14-18 December :Aus won by 206 runs
4 Melbourne Melbourne Cricket Ground 26-30 December :Aus won by an innings and 99 runs
5 Sydney Sydney Cricket Ground 4 2-6 January :Aus won by 10 wickets.

The loss was difficult to accept for the English after capturing 2005 Ashes showing great character,winning it 2-1 after they were 1-0 down.The Ashes was with them for 16 months

This was the last series for legendary leg spinner Shane Warne and other distinguished cricketers like Damien Martin,Justine Langer .'The pigeon' also announced his retirement from test cricket...the world cup will be his last series.

Shane became the first cricketer to capture 700 test wickets by bowling out batsmen Cook on the first day of the 4th test at his home ground.He also picked up his 1000th victim on day 2 of the 5th test.Hatsoff to the great!!!!.He's been the key and the highlight for the series.

Highlights:Most runs:Ricky Ponting
Most wickets:Stuart Clark
Fastest 100:Adam Gilchrist(57 balls)

The next series will take place in England in their summer of 2009.

Cicarelli's video

2007-01-07T13:21:00.000+05:30

A video featuring Daniela Cicarelli,ex of footballer Ronaldo was removed from famous video sharing website YouTube following orders to Google to stop Brazilian viewers from accessing it.The video shows the super model and Brazilian banker,Renato Malzoni making out along a beach near the Spanish city of Cadiz,according to the sources.

Though Google tried it's best to block this video which's been apperaing from september,it reappears under different names and it's been difficult for them.

It's been tough time for Google following orders from court to identify Orkut( a social networking site) users spreading child pornography and passing hate speeches about countries,religions ....

Arkansas's diamond park

2007-01-02T20:05:00.000+05:30

Arkansas's diamond site, the Crater of Diamonds State Park, is the eighth largest diamond-bearing deposit in surface area in the world.Here visitors are allowed to search and keep the diamonds they find.
This site became an Arkansas state park in 1972, and since then, park visitors have unearthead thousands of diamonds here.Moreover,about 2 diamonds are found here every day.

And on 31st December,2006 Gary Dunlap found a 2.37 carat white diamondwhile he was searching under a tree at the world famous site.He named the diamond -The star of Thelma,after his wife.Reportedly, this was the fourth largest diamond found this year and approximately half a thousand diamonds were unearthed this year.

The first diamonds were unearthed in 1906 by John Huddleston, the farmer who at that time owned this land. Since then, over 75,000 diamonds have been unearthed here. Notable diamonds from the Crater of Diamonds include the 40.23-carat Uncle Sam, [the largest diamond ever unearthed in the United States], the 16.37-carat Amarillo Starlight,the 15.33-carat Star of Arkansas and the 3.03-carat Strawn-Wagner Diamond.

In this 37.5 acre land of hope(for the visitors)..most of the stones found were white,brown and yellow.
More information about the site can be had from the official websites below::
www.craterofdiamondsstatepark.com &www.arkansasstateparks.com.