meebo web IM

meebo [http://www.meebo.com/] is a web-based IM service supporting AOL, ICQ, MSN and Yahoo. e-Messenger [http://www.e-messenger.net/] also supports MSN, AOL and Yahoo. And there’s the official MSN Web Messenger [http://webmessenger.msn.com/] .…

MSNBC News Map

Mapping the news is a reality since I last blogged about it [https://www.nilkanth.com/archives/2005/08/09/mapnews/], but only this time its based on the MSN Virtual Earth [http://virtualearth.msn.com/] app rather than Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/] (or Google Earth). Checkout the…

Salaam Namaste

Last saturday, I went out with a couple of friends to watch the new bollywood movie “Salaam Namaste [http://www.yashrajfilms.com/]” at Hoyts Cinema in the city. The Indian-origin audience, mainly a large bunch of youngsters, was evident even outside the theatre, and later it was a packed house…

Life on Earth

How comets may have ‘seeded’ life on Earth [http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0908/p04s01-stss.html] – Some scientists have long held the notion that comets delivered many of the chemical building blocks of organic life. NASA’s Deep Impact mission to comet Tempel 1 has substantially strengthened their case.…

iPod nano

Now this one’s on my Christmas shopping list 😉 The new “pencil thin” iPod nano [http://www.apple.com/ipodnano/] (I guess it’s a replacement to the mini). The 1.5 ounces (42 grams) device will feature 500 song/2GB and 1,000 song/4GB capacities, 14 hours battery…

Iqbal

Last weekend, I watched the new hindi movie “Iqbal – The Rampur Express [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0453729/]” starring Shreyas Talpade (as Iqbal), Naseeruddin Shah, Girish Karnad, Shweta Prasad & Kapil Dev (in a special appearence). Directed by Nagesh Kukunoor [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0474398/], the movie was what…