My Little Log Book

All those of you who have been following the IPl regularly - hope you haven't missed out on the fake IPL player's blog! Its worth reading, believe me. The "fake IPL player" apparently belongs to the Kolkata Knight Riders and gives juicy insider reports of the KKR and IPL happenings straight from South Africa. Sample what he has to say about yesterday's meeting between Bangalore and Kolkata. "It's almost like a battle for the bottom of the barrell. Both of us have tried every rule in the book to ensure that we finish last." and more - "Entering the meeting room I got a really funny feeling. Boy George, Bhookha Naan, Phoren Babas and the entire coaching staff (which now probably is larger than the playing staff) was seated and looking at us as we entered. Somewhat like the 70s films when the worker's union went in to negotiate with the management." He talks of a mutiny in the KKR team and how with just 11 players left no one else can be s...

WHO has raised the swine flu alert to pandemic level 5. Keep up with the swine flu updates at the WHO website. So far 148 people have been reported affected with the virus worldwide with 8 deaths (7 Mexico, 1 USA) Keep up with the virus status here. Swine Flu Updates from WHO

April 22nd is Earth Day. The Day when environment hogs the limelight, the day where all the right forums express the correct environmental concerns. When the vox populi through various media expresses its anguish over the ozone layer, the dwindling rivers, rising sea lines, carbon dioxide, toxic wastes, environmental changes, melting arctics and Himalayas, rising hometown temperature, acid rains. School students make posters and learn how far the and how fast the Mother Earth is headed towards self-destruction. This building up of the concern was the main reason Earth Day was conceived by Senator Gaylord Nelson, Founder of Earth Day. To get the people and politician involved and more proactive in conserving the planet. However we laymen cannot really shape the oil policies or halt the erosion of the ozone layers or the Arctic caps other than by expressing concern. What we can do, what we need to do and what we should teach our children to do are still a lot. Here’s a small list starti...

My son is ten years. He wants a cell phone - now. Should I give him one? Of late, my son has been pestering me to get him a cell phone. He first wanted the one I use and said I had better change to a new slick model. Since that was way too funny, he dropped the idea. Now he wants the slightly older Nokia Model I keep as a stand – by. His arguments interspersed with undeniable logic literally leave me gasping, with horror and shock. Horror, at his determination to wheedle a phone out of me at any cost - and shock, that he has grown up so much! Sample his logic. He needs a phone because he might get lost. The city has recently had a spate of kidnappings. To make him more aware I made him read the articles in newspapers and gave him a long lesson of safe behavior. He goes to a tutorial and basketball after school hours a few days a week. He goes chaperoned of course. But he tells me if the Driver shows up late, he can ring me up immediately and inform me. If his Basketball gets cancelled,...

Susan Boyle did a little jig, told about her household with her cat Pebbles and said she was 47 years. One could see no one took her seriously - that is till she opened her mouth to sing (I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables). One could easily see the sniggers make way to disbelief and applause. Last heard of - Simon Cowell's production label was signing a deal with her! And that is definitely not the last the Music World is going to hear of her. The video's embedding has been disabled. Here is the youtube link to watch Susan Boyle sing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY

Take this simple test of the Conficker Eye Chart by the Conficker Working Group to find out if your PC is infected with the Conficker worm. The Conficker virus is revealing more of its nefarious purposes as the financial angle and the real intention of the Online Piracy group is getting more disclosed on a daily basis. The latest news is Conficker is installing a rogue anti virus in infected computers. The "scareware" identifies threats that it offers to remove for $49.95! Read more on the threat here.

Watch this Sound Of Music Video. This video has gone viral on the web! This Sound Music Video is taking the net by storm. On first view this looks like a group of travelers breaking into an impromptu dance at a station on the popular Sound of Music song Do-Re-Mi. Apparently its a Dutch TV talent hunt clip shot at the Antwerp station and is staged, not an impromptu event. However the video's popularity establishes the fact that Sound of Music and Maria Von Trapp haven't lost any appeal and there are a lot of closet Sound of Music fans!

Watch this video of a Polar Bear attacking a woman at a Berlin Zoo! The woman swam the moat around the bear enclosure (to pat the Bear or what!) and was attacked by one of the four huge furry bears in the enclosure. The woman apparently wanted to meet (and shake hands probably) with Knut - the World's most famous Polar Bear! Here are the pictures, video and full story of the Polar Bear attack. Thankfully, the woman is still alive...