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Puffer Fish: my first you tube video upload!

My cute little puffer fish became my first you tube video upload. I used my iphone's trial video recorder software to make a 30 sec clip, and uploaded it directly from the iphone to youtube.

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Congress led UPA wins trust vote, but who cares!

Another farce of trust vote just got over. Congress and the ruling UPA coalition won the trust vote with a count of 275 votes to 256 votes to opposition. But does it really mattered who won to us common Indian people? Indian politics has become so dirty and shabby that one would have been happier if both the sides were thrown away from forming the governement.

In the ruling coalition, if you have people like Mulayam Singh yadav, Amar Singh (both of whom incidentally were very much opposed to the congress just a few months back, but suddenly came running to the doorsteps of the Gandhis on once call), Congress and the whole wild bunch of tainted ministers and criminals, on the other hand you have Mayawati (who has numerous cases against her, whose worth grew from a simple village girl to that of 55 crore or something), BJP and another bunch of tainted ministers and criminals, Indian people are left with very little of a choice.

Who cares who won the trust vote today, it's us Indians who really lost it. Everyone knows the horse trading that went through, the amount of black money that was exchanged, the huge amount of money we pay in taxes wasted, but then who cares. We Indians love to elect such people in every election and this is why nothing is going to ever change in India. These politicians will keep playing their dirty games and making money, and we Indians will keep dancing to their bloody tunes.

Rubik's cube simplest solution!

(Taken from http://peter.stillhq.com/jasmine/rubikscubesolution.html and http://www.tj9991.com/rubiksguide/)

Terminology When describing the solution for the 2nd and 3rd layers, standard cube notation will be used. Here's what you need to know to read it: F = front face B = back face R = right face L = left face U = up face D = down face In addition to a letter, each move may be accompanied by an apostrophe or the number two: A letter by itself means turn that face 90 degrees clockwise (eg. F). A letter followed by an apostrophe means turn that face 90 degrees anti-clockwise (eg. F'). A letter followed by the number 2 means turn that face 180 degrees (direction is irrelevant), (eg. F2). So R U' L2 is shorthand for "turn the right face 90 degrees clockwise, then turn the up face 90 degrees anti-clockwise, then turn the left face 180 degrees". When thinking whether to turn clockwise/anti-clockwise, imagine that you are looking directly at the particular face you are turning. The First Layer Step 1 The blue/red/white corner is sitting in the bottom layer (the blue part is facing the bottom so we can't see it in this picture). Turn the blue face 90 degrees anti-clockwise. Step 2 Now your cube should look like this. Move the D face 90 degrees anti-clockwise to line up the blue/white edge with the blue/white/red corner. Step 3 Now that the blue/white edge and the blue/white/red corner have been lined up, re-form the white cross by turning the blue face 90 degrees clockwise. Step 4 Now the blue/white/red corner is in its correct place. Here are some tips for inserting the top layer corners: Start with a first layer corner that is sitting in the last layer. If there are multiple first layer corners in the last layer (there usually will be), start with one that does not have the white part of the corner on the face opposite the white face. Or, if you were using a different colour for the cross ('colour X'), start with a corner that does not have the 'colour X' part of the corner on the face opposite the 'colour X' face. When working with a first layer corner piece that is in the first layer (but in the wrong first layer corner position), you will need to get it out of the first layer into the last layer, then insert it into the correct first layer corner position. The same principle applies if a first layer corner piece is in the correct first layer corner position but needs to be flipped around. You need to get it out of the first layer (ie. into the last layer), and then re-insert it into the first layer the correct way around. This is what the first layer should look like when finished. The Middle Layer The middle layer consists of one stage: Insert the 4 middle layer edges (each edge is inserted individually). You only need to learn one algorithm (plus the mirror algorithm) for the second layer. There are many more algs, but let's just learn the essential one first. First, locate a middle layer edge that is currently sitting in the last layer. I'm going to use the blue/red edge for this example. This blue edge cubie in the last layer is the blue/red edge cubie. In this picture, U=white, L=red and F=blue. We can't see the other three faces, but obviously the R face is the one opposite the L face, the D face is opposite the U face and the B face is opposite the F face. Now, position the blue/red edge piece so that the colour on the side of the cube (blue in this case) lines up with it's centre. Now perform the following algorithm: D L D' L' D' F' D F If the blue/red edge piece was flipped the other way so that the blue was on the bottom rather than the red, you would position the cubie under the red centre and perform the following alg: D' F' D F D L D' L'. This is the mirror of the previous algorithm. The axis of symmetry lies diagonally across the white face, and along the line which divides the blue face and the red face. The Last Layer The last layer ("LL") is done in 4 steps: Orient the edges (2 algs) - i.e. form a cross on the D face. Permute the corners (1 alg) - i.e. get the corners in the correct position in 3D space (don't worry if they still need to be rotated). Orient the corners (1 alg + mirror alg) - i.e. flip the corners. Permute the edges (1 alg) - i.e. swap the edges around. The cube should now be solved! :) All last layer algorithms are performed with the cross (i.e. the first layer - white side in this example) on the bottom. Orienting the LL Edges Once you have completed the first two layers ("F2L"), hold the cube so that the white side is on the bottom. The white side will be on the bottom for the remainder of the solution. This means that the white side is the D side for all last layer algorithms. On my cube, white is opposite yellow, therefore yellow is the U face for all last layer algorithms on my cube. Note that your cube may have a different colour opposite white (e.g. blue). Now have a look at your last layer, and in particular, look at the last layer face - there are 4 possible patterns of LL edges that you may see. State 1 State 2 State 3 State 4 Unlike with the initial cross (where all the edges must match up with the white centre and with the centres on the middle layer), here all you need to worry about is getting all the last layer edges matching up with the last layer centre. It doesn't matter if the other colour on the LL edge piece does not match up with the colour on the middle layer centre. Also, ignore the LL corners too. It doesn't matter what they are doing at the moment. Now, let's consider each of these LL edge states separately. State 1 All the edges are already oriented correctly. Move on to permuting the corners. State 2 We are going to re-orient our faces for this algorithm. The face you are looking directly at in this picture is now the U face (it was the D face for when you were doing the second layer edges). Perform the following algorithm: F U R U' R' F' State 3 As with State 2, the face you are looking directly at in this picture is now the U face. Perform the following algorithm: F R U R' U' F' State 4 State 4 is really a combination of States 2 and 3, so all you need to do is perform the algorithm for either State 2 or State 3. Once you've done this, you'll see that your LL edges now look like State 2 or State 3, so just perform the appropriate algorithm and you will have a cross on the LL. Orienting the LL Corners There are 8 possible orientation states for the LL corners. One is where all 4 corners are correctly oriented. The other 7 look like this. State 1 State 2 State 3 State 4 State 5 State 6 State 7 State 1. Twisting three corners anti-clockwise R' U' R U' R' U2 R U2 State 2. Twisting three corners clockwise R U R' U R U2 R' U2 To see an animated version of this algorithm, look at Lars Petrus' Sune algorithm. States 3-7 Once you know the algorithms for States 1 and 2, you can solve any LL orientation State. The remaining States can be oriented using a maximum of 2 algorithms. You will need to do one of the following (i) the State 1 algorithm twice, (ii) the State 2 algorithm twice, (iii) the State 1 algorithm, then the State 2 algorithm, or (iv) the State 2 algorithm, then the State 1 algorithm. In a previous edition of this solution, I had said that I'm not going to tell you exactly how to combine the State 1 and State 2 algorithms to solve States 3-7. My reason for this was because it is important that you try to understand how the State 1 and the State 2 algorithms work, and that once you do understand them you will be able to work out how to use them to solve all the States. I still believe this, however, I received emails from a few people who were having trouble with States 3-7, so I decided to write some extra tips. Permuting the LL Corners The two possible states are: two adjacent LL corners need to be swapped; or two diagonal LL corners need to be swapped. These are the only two possible states. If you cannot identify one of these two states with your LL corners then one or more of the following must be true: You have not finished the F2L. Someone has ripped out a corner of your cube and put it in the wrong way. Someone has ripped off some of your stickers and put them back in the wrong place. You are not looking hard enough. ;) Swapping adjacent corners Hold the cube with the white side on the bottom, and the two corners to be swapped are in the front right top and the back right top positions. Perform the following algorithm: L U' R' U L' U' R U2. Swapping diagonal corners Swapping diagonal corners can be done by executing the adjacent corner swap algorithm twice. Perform it once to swap any two LL corners. Re-examine you cube and you'll see that now there are just two LL corners that need to be swapped. Position it correctly for the final LL adjacent corner swap and perform the LL adjacent corner swap algorithm. Permuting the Edges The following are the two algorithms you need to know for moving three edges clockwise and counter clockwise.       (R2' U)(R U R' U')(R' U')(R' U R')       (R U')(R U)(R U)(R U')(R' U' R2)   Nutshell : Step 1. Complete one side for any colour Step 2. Go for te middle line colour allignment using D L D' L' D' F' D F or D' F' D F D L D' L' Step 3. Arrange the center pieces of the layer opposite the completed layer using F U R U' R' F' or F R U R' U' F' Step 4. Arange the corners of this layer using R' U' R U' R' U2 R U2 or R U R' U R U2 R' U2 Step 5. If the corners in the last layer need to be aligned, use L U' R' U L' U' R U2 Step 6. Surely just the center pieces now need to be arranged in last layer using R2' U R U R' U' R' U' R' U R' or R U' R U R U R U' R' U' R2

(Taken from http://peter.stillhq.com/jasmine/rubikscubesolution.html and http://www.tj9991.com/rubiksguide/)

Jaane tu ya Jaane na review

Well, jaane tu ya Jaane na why, but this movie rocks, at least for the time that you are watching it. Only when the movie gets over, and you are back home or probably the next day morning while having tea, you understand that there was nothing new in the movie, no storyline, the theme was very predictable and you have seen it all a thousand times before in other movies.

But frankly speaking, all that's besides the point. The bottom line is the movie is a must watch, if not for the story, then for the performances. The friend circle of the lead actors makes the picture lively and fun to watch. All of them have been well cast and play their part to the best. The flash back story telling thing has never been such fun to watch before. The lead actor Imran Khan as Jai Singh Rathore is extremely impressive and his dialogue delivery and expressions are perfect to suit the movie demands. His dancing skills are limited as can be viewed in steps for the song "Pappu can't dance, saala" but then who cares as long as he acts well. Genelia D'Souza as Aditi also gives a stellar performance and it is actually she who keeps you hooked onto the movie. Her voice is just lovely and facial expressions cute. You really do know what's going to happen next as the story line is predictable, but the way it comes out on screen, makes you feel good about it.

The storyline is pretty straight. Boy and girl are good friends and not good lovers, until the boy gets a girlfriend and the girl gets a boyfriend, and then the realization dawns that "pyaar dosti hai, rahul!" . We have seen it all in so many movies like dil to pagal hai, kooch kooch hota hai, and several more, but the way the movie unfolds, it's still good enough to watch.

It's probably the first movie where I liked the duo of Sohail and Arbaaz khan, their on-screen time, although very limited, adds to the fun factor and Ratna Pathak with Naseeruddin Shah give another good performance. The director has to be credited for bringing the best out of each actor and making the repeated formula line of "pyaar dosti hai, rahul" an enjoyable experience to watch. A R Rahman's music and back ground score is just another of the reasons as to why you need to watch this movie at least once .

Numa Numa Cult

The numa numa sensation started in Nov'2004. It was originally a flash animation video created by me, Gary Brolsma and was submitted to a online website called Newgrounds.com on December 2004. Moving forward two years later to September of 2006, the original Numa Numa Dance video has hit over 13 million views on Newgrounds.com alone, not to mention the other countless number of websites that it is now hosted on. It's been featured in multiple newspapers, television, radio, ABC Good Morning America, NBC, MSNBC, CBS, and even VH1's Best Week Ever.

The phrase Numa Numa is from a refrain of "Dragostea din tei" a song written by the Moldovian pop band, O-zone. The refrain, "nu mă, nu mă iei", can be approximately translated from Romanian as "you don't, you don't take me [with you]." As mentioned above, the Numa Numa phenomenon was first popularized by Gary Brolsma's release of Numa Numa Dance onto Newgrounds.com on December 6, 2004.[2] The video shows a kid (Gary Brolsma) in headphones lipsyncing to the audio of the original O-zone track whilst moving his head, shoulders and arms and gesturing to the music in an animated, yet earnest manner. A viewer would assume that the man was sitting at his computer filming himself with a webcam, which thus provides a tightly restricted frame of action giving the video and its genre a visually distinct character.



"New Numa" or "Numa Numa 2" is the sequel to the "Numa Numa Dance". The second video was recorded and produced by Gary Voelker and Andrew Lee of Seattle-based Experience Studios.



On November 14, 2007, Gary Brolsma posted his latest video, Numa Three - Crazy loop. It showed Brolsma lip-syncing to one of Dan Bălan's latest songs, Crazy Loop.

I did enjoy the numa numa guy's first video, but his recent one's are a disappointment. But still, as long as numa numa is there to be seen, who cares about the other videos. And apart from himself getting hugely rich and popular, I have heard that the numa numa guy is sponsoring a numa numa contest to the tune of $45,000. Amazing, isn't it!