Republic Day Sale

Its 40-50% on almost every shopping mall. Here's a trend that I've been observing through the last 6 months. Sale seems to have become a permanent fixture at all the malls every 2-3 months.

Joanne wants to shake his hand and get a smile from the kiddie mannequin !

She was yanking the mannequin's hand and pulling it forward to get a reaction. It almost fell of its ball-n-socket.

Flash Mob

Flash Mob at Ohio State University

Other Flash Mob on Google Search Results. Its entertaining to watch the dance direction and co-ordination. Works well if you watch the dance from top view and actually are caught surprised.

A mob breaking into a dance during a monotonous daily rut really makes your day.
Another Flash Mob that was interesting from Persistent Systems 2012 Pulse Event (previous company).

Intially I'd used Flash Mob at the Pulse Event 2012 as the main video view, the more I see such events, I've noticed that the video capture & editing makes a great difference to a well choreographed mob. Switched to Ohio State Univ's version from 2010 which was a bit interesting & enjoyable. There are more such on google, so take your pick !!

Any flash mobs you liked recently ? 

Happy New Year 2013

Surfer riding a tube.  See the image set here.

Have fun surfing through 2013 ... 

Happy New Year !!

Credits : Image copyrights owned by corbisimages.com

Woman of the Year

Are we citizens of a failed nation?

Credits : Outlook India Cover for January 14, 2013

Goa Trip 2012

Goa Travel Tweets

Attribution Required !

As a serious writer for the past few months, I've been dealing with a very common issue.

How do I use content - articles or images off the internet with proper attribution ?

In fact its a given, that its safe to use content under an open license for mixing with your content.

I still remember an instance when I used an image url from philip greenspun's site without proper attribution and resulted in a weird image loading up after several days. This was a program driven content filter that possibly checked for certain details before sending a standard un-called image.

Ever since that incident, I ensure proper attribution for images are included without offending anyone. I typically include a "References or Credits" section at the bottom of the article to attribute the original content properly.

You may not be the best writer or photographer and may want to re-use some available community content under an open license like Creative Commons. But what does it mean when it says attribution-required !

Make sure you understand what attribution-required content sites imply.

Reference :
Attribution Required - StackOverflow
Quoting, Referencing, Citing & Not Copyright Violating
Howto Formally Cite a blog

Addicted !

I've been telling Jenny recently that I've become addicted to blogging. I keep processing a lot of events with the perspective of a blogger. Some times it bugs Jenny !!

What can I share with others ?

• Famous captions, funny one-liners, Understated pics.

• Anything meaningful and informative that can help others.

• Stuff I can write-up in order to be used later.

• Maybe thoughts that my family & friends can appreciate. 

The only explanation that I have at this moment is that writing is addictive or blogging is ?

I'm hardly bothered by the audience that reads the content. It just helps me write better if I know its getting published on the web.

The one motivation that I have is the simple post from 2007 on Howto apply for an International Drivers Permit in Pune.

The article was written in a fit to help other drivers and since one did not exist with complete information on how to get it done yourself.

The helplessness I felt at the hands of the Driving school folks can only be emphasized by writing a good article.

Here's to assert the need for everyday bloggers who can help pass-on valuable know-how !!