Commercial shoot out

I was sifting through top 100 videos by VideoSift when I came across this XBOX 360 commercial shootout. Hilarious. I have not been able to stop laughing.

Via: VideoSift

Yahoo! has all the Answers.

Well almost all the answers. I just picked from LiveSide that Yahoo Answers has the unquestionable lead in market share in QnA domain. It has 96.10% of market share.

Windows Live QnA came in at No. 3 but way behind from Yahoo.

 

LeeAnn has some more analysis based on Hitwise data on Yahoo! Answer

Office 2007 tops on PC World most innovative product of the year

I completely agree.  Office 2007 is one of the most innovative and useful products from Microsoft. It is a class part and I believe on other application in its genre can match with it. 

It was designed based on a lot of feedback from the users and I am sure people are loving it.

Wii takes the 4th spot whereas the Playstation 3 captures 4^2 (16th) spot

via blognewschannel

An 80 year old man treks Grand Canyon 100 times in a year

A man celebrated his 80th birthday by crossing the GC rim to rim – yes that is right – 100+ times.   

Man treks Grand Canyon 100 times in ’06

Dec. 20: One man is celebrating his 80th birthday by crossing the Grand Canyon 106 times. KSL-TV’s John Hollenhorst has his amazing story.

 

We barely did a part of it once – half way to the river bed. 

 

Via Saurabh

All of our ages put together will probably be this single guy’s age(well that’s an exaggeration :-)).  And we were in a bad shape the whole week after that. None-the-less it was an unforgettable experience

Hats off to this guy! A great way to celebrate indeed!

Miel and Microsoft

I just picked from Nathan’s blog that Miel will be joining Microsoft. I am really excited about this and hope that all the cool Live products and other Microsoft products will get some good representation since the press does not seeming to be doing that well.

Here is a picture(advertisement) from Miel’s blog which I really like.

 

 

 

 

 

 via Nathan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reliance India call reduces rates to India

 Reliance India Call is giving a cool offer, in response to Airtel’s new 7.9 cent  service.

    

Here is the summary.
* 7.3 cents if you are calling 93 mobile, land line & FWP numbers
* 7.9 cents for other cellular networks in India
* Your next two recharges will double the talk time. Yes I recharged the max($50) amount and my balance doubled 🙂
* Postpaid customers get 50% discount on monthly bill.

This offer is valid till January 31, 2006.

Disclaimer: The information on this page may be incorrect or out of date.

Print and order holiday photos using Vista Online Print Wizard for India

With Windows Vista you can order your photo prints and have them delivered anywhere in India from within the desktop

Partnership with Itasveer to enable a photo printing service from within the Windows Gallery. You will get 10 free prints once you signup.

This service is live and available to all users who have their Vista location set to India

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Credit: Pradeep Parappil

Wind fuels cargo ship

A germany based firm called SkySails have managed to turn

             

wind into profit CNET reports. Its a simple yet amazing step towards cutting fuel costs. More importantly it is good for the environment also.  Smaller ships/boats have historically used sails but never, I believe, for cargo ships.

Share and view soapbox videos in Windows Live Messenger

 

LiveSide reported that Windows Live messenger now integrates with Soapbox. You can IM a video to a friend on messenger. I tried this and worked really well and I thought it was really cool.

Technorati tags: Windows, Live, Messenger, MSN, Soapbox, Video, IM, Sharing

Soapbox explains how to share a video on IM their space

520 – Floating on water

Technorati tags: 520 Seattle Floating

This number is a very important to me. Because I take this highway everyday. A part of this highway is the Evergreen floating point bridge over Lake Washington. The bridge is extremely close to water and I always wondered why it is the way it is.

Earlier today I was driving to work with Ramya and after a long wait in the traffic we finally got on to the bridge. It was extremely windy and the waves were, well, pretty dramatic.  My car was shaking a lot and we were both feeling a bit queasy. It was almost like driving a car with a flat tire. But the traffic was moving along and so did I. Right about when we were in the middle of the bridge, I changed my lane amidst all the shaking and right at that time there was a huge splash on the windshield. It was the waves crashing against the bridge.

It was a pretty unexpected experience. After getting at my desk the first thing I did was searched for "520 floating bridge". I was amazed by I found. Here are some facts

* It is indeed a floating bridge. It does not have pillars and the bridge deck is supported on pontoons!!! The bridge swings in high wind conditions which was causing the car to shake!

* It is the longest floating bridge! – 7,578 feet (2,310 meters)

520 Bridge

* The bridge was designed for 65,000 vehicles to pass over its span each day. Currently about 115,000 vehicles rely on the bridge!

It is scary and humbling now that I know the facts. And I thought it atleast deserved a blog entry.