Avatar 3D - case filed?

Rumours galore that a case has been filed against James Cameron's Avatar in Chennai High court, by veteran South Indian actor Nasser. Our imaginary news crew hounded the actor's place to know more about this issue, and guess what we found? It wasn't just a rumour! "Is it because of the name?", we asked. Nasser had released a movie under a similar name, "Avathaaram" in 1995 with himself as the lead. "Name? Are you kidding me? This is a god damn remake and I wasn't even credited, leave alone paid!", he said. One of our reporters who saw the movie today told him there was not even one matching scene. "That is their masterstroke, but I saw through it!", he said. Looking at our bewildered faces, he explained, "They changed every scene in the movie just to stop me from filing a case. Heck, they even changed the music, but ho ho ho, they don't know what's coming at them." Our follow up question, "Does that not make it a ...er... different movie?" went unanswered.

There is another issue related to Avatar in Chennai High Court. Our Special reporter Sreevatsan reports that James Cameron is trying to create a religious divide through this movie and a case has been filed in this regard. "If you look at Jake closely, you will notice a 'naamam' on his forehead.originating from his nose", he explains."Jake is actually an Iyengar, probably with original name Jayakrishna Sudhindra Iyengar. James Cameron shortened it to Jake to get worldwide acceptance". While the South Indian Iyengars association are happy with the portrayal of a world changer as an Iyengar, secularists are angry with this. "We will all boycott the movie to show our protest in addition to filing this case.", a person who did not want to be named told us.

Avatar is a 3D movie released worldwide by James Cameron and Jon Landau. While our editorial team found it was a decent entertainer with nothing out of the ordinary (3D, was it? What was the difference apart from falling flakes and some plants closer to you than in 2D?), we find it surprising that people in Chennai have slapped two cases against the movie in such a short time. Is this becoming a trend? We asked one of the imaginary lawyers at the Chennai High Court. "You see people need cases to survive in this industry, just like you need clients in your IT. What's service industry if you have nothing to do? Competition boss, Competition." "Why shouldn't lawyers follow IT in other areas, like freeing up defect backlogs for instance? There are so many cases pending in the courts for years!", we asked. "What do we do if the case closes? You guys keep extending your dates with the client. Why shouldn't we?" Since the lawyers were bent only on comparing themselves to IT field rather than answering our queries, we decided not to proceed on that front.

More news on this info will find its way to this blog as and when we create ...oops... get to know it.

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(Message from the team: Extra k to differentiate ourselves from Faking news and for no other particular reason. We even fake fake, tee hee. (No reaction) Te he. (Still no reaction) He?)


Note: Everything mentioned in this post is totally fictitious. I know there are so many references to real life persons, but try taking things in a lighter sense plz. Not my intention to hurt anyone.

My top seven Timepass games on the internet - 2009 :)

This is a strange list. This will not include your Call of Duty, nor will it be about FIFA 09. This list is about the games I got introduced to and played in 2009 on the internet.

Note: The list does not include Farmville simply because I didn't use that app.

7. Stick cricket at stickcricket.com
The flash game just got better. Not sure how long the site has been in existence, but I loved the feel of stick cricket / stick tennis and enjoyed every minute of it this year. Very avid fans can register on the site and unlock some exclusive features. It didn't impress me enough to do that, though.

There are several modes of play on the site. The biggest timepass is the world domination which includes twenty over slog to beat sixteen teams from Bermuda to India. Next to that, we have the T2 tournament, where you strive to meet 2-over targets to lift the cup. We have this site at Position 7.

6. Kings of chaos ( kingsofchaos.com )
This is by far one of the coolest MMORPG games on the internet. Most people cannot understand how you can play a game with only textboxes and buttons on the screen. All I can say is, try it out. Humans, Dwarves, Elves, Orcs or the Undead...which one will you be?

5. Gravity Master 
Law of Gravity couldn't be taught in a better way. Learnt more about shapes, lines and physics in general from this game. Completed this game in a little over two hours but played this about ten times this year and referred this to all my friends.

Say hello to scientific gaming! :)

4. Mafia wars
This facebook/myspace app was the advanced version of kings of chaos. Winner of 2009 Webby awards, this game, along with Farmville/Yoville/Poker, has firmly established Zynga as a leader / pioneer in the industry of sorts.

Well, I was addicted enough to this to reach Level 158 in this. Got bored of it finally in December and it's just there now. I don't play this anymore.

3. Galacticos Football on Facebook
I've been on this for twelve days now and I think this is enough of a genius to get to number three. This game answers all my longterm queries on how to create a simple yet effective Football Manager game. It will get boring in a matter of days though, but till then, kick on.

Questions arise on how Maxi Rodriguez could possibly be called the worst Striker and on some other decisions taken by the dev team, but heck, who cares?

2. Chesscube (chesscube.com)

Probably the best site to play chess online. Nothing more, nothing less. The Checkmate post will tell you how much I'm loving it! A facebook app is also coming up. Things are getting a lot more interesting in 2010.

I hereby announce that the 2009 Aswin's award for the best 'free' online game goes to Chess Cube! But wait, there's still position one, no?

1. The Battle for Wesnoth from wesnoth.org
 The best thing about Linux is that most of the games on it are free! Battle for Wesnoth is one of the coolest turn based strategy games in recent gaming history. Playing it online with or against fellow humans is a dream-come-true for people like me. This is the best PC game that I played in 2009. Elven brethren, Dwarves of the mountains, Humans of Wesnoth, Orcs of everywhere and the Undead make turn based games a lot cooler than before. The last game I played in this genre that got any close was Pericles (a demo) that dates back to 1999, me thinks. If there's a downside to this game, well, it needs Linux and you have to install this game while the rest of the games in this list are all playable online. Hence, BoW does not get the award for this year, though it does rank at the very top in the poll conducted among 23 year old Software engineers.

The king of all free games

Whew, Here's 2010 and I wish I spend some more time without my PC / TP on weekends. :)

I am back

naan thuli thuliyaai meelgiren...
nee tholaidhooram sella sella...
un idhaya eerppu mella kuraiya,
naan meendum naanaagiren.


நான் துளித் துளியாய் மீள்கிறேன்...
நீ தொலைதூரம் செல்ல செல்ல...
உன் இதய ஈர்ப்பு மெல்ல குறைய,
நான் மீண்டும் நானாகிறேன்.


I am back.



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PS:
To those who don't understand Thamizh (Tamil, as you know it):

I am rejuvenating, drop by drop,
As you move farther from me,
As your gravitational pull on me slowly reduces,
I am turning into myself...again.

TNEA ADMISSIONS 2009

Hello people!

This is a small initiative from our side to rank the colleges in the
state to make it easier for students to pick theirs this year. We wish
all the TNEA rank holders all the best.

Ranking basis:

The rank of the last person who could get that course in that college
in the Open category. This is a more realistic pattern when we look at
what seats we may get this year rather than getting into a long
discussion on placements and faculty. People have done their research,
talked to people they know and looked up the infrastructure last year
to take their seats. All we need to do is use that data. All those
websites out there contain data. We give you information.

If you are worrying about what college to choose for your son,
daughter, nephew, niece, grand daughter, grandson, cousin or for
yourself, you are at the right place!

1. Electronics and Communication
2. Electrical and Electronics
3. Computerscience
4. Information Technology
5. Aeronautical
6. Electronics and Instrumentation
7. Mechanical
8. Civil
9. Automobile
10. Chemical

If you need any other specific info, do leave a comment and let us know...of course, we are working on updates.

Vamanan - Yedho seigirai lyrics

I couldn't find a flawless one on the internet. So, I decided to put it up for the benefit of all fans of the Youngest Raja! I hope I got it right. If any part of this is wrong, do let me know through the comments.

Awesome song!

Yedho Seigirai, ennai yedho seigiraai…
Ennai ennidam nee arimugam seigiraai…
Yedho Seigirai, ennai yedho seigiraai…
Ennai ennidam nee arimugam seigiraai…

Unnodu pesinaal ul-nenjil minnal thondrude…
Kanaadi paarkayil en kangal unnai kaatudhe..
Penne idhu kanava nejama unnai ketkindren!

Anbe… indha nimidam nenjukul inikiradhe..
Adadaa… indha nerukkam mayakamai irukiradhe..
Unnaal, indha ulagam yaavume pudhidaai therigiradhe..

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Penne endhan gadigaaram endhan pechai kekavillai,
Unnai kanda nodiyodu nindradhadi, odavillai !
Idhuvarai yaaridamum en manadhu sayavillai,
Enna oru mayam seidhaai, ennidathil naanumillai !

Enna idhu, Enna idhu, en nizhalai kaanavillai…
Undhan pinbu vandhadadi , innum adhu thirumbavillai.
Enge endru keten, un kaaladi kaatudhadi!

Anbe… indha nimidam nenjukul inikiradhe..
Adadaa… indha nerukkam mayakamai irukiradhe..
Unnaal, indha ulagam yaavume pudhidaai therigiradhe..

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Kadhal nenjam pesikolla vaarthai edum thevayillai
Manadhil ulla aasai solla mounam pola mozhi illai…
Idhuvarai en uyirai ipadi naan vaazhndadillai,
Putham pudhu thotramidhu, vereduvum thondravillai.

Netru varai vaanilayil endha oru matramillai,
Indru endhan vaasalodu kandukonden vaanavillai.
Orey oru naalil muzhu vaazhkai vaazhndene!

Anbe… indha nimidam nenjukul inikiradhe..
Adadaa… indha nerukkam mayakamai irukiradhe..
Unnaal, indha ulagam yaavume pudhidaai therigiradhe…

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Yedho Seigirai, ennai yedho seigiraai…
Ennai ennidam nee arimugam seigiraai…
Yedho Seigirai, ennai yedho seigiraai…
Ennai ennidam nee arimugam seigiraai…