Wiill Wii Rock?

No typo there. Nintendo Revolution has been renamed as "Wii" (pronounced "we", to make it simple to remember for non-English speaking players and others too. Also it is supposed to create a sense of Nintendo fan-community, as in "we"). I have mentioned this at least a couple of times in the past and it still remains the only next generation console that I will wait in rains for 6+hrs.

I sincerely believe that this is going to be a big hit amongst the gamer community. EA announced that their Madden is not going to be a simple port for Wii but the gamer experience would be different considering the abilities of the new controller.

Check out this article:
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6148455.html

"Players will hike the ball by mimicking a quarterback receiving the ball from the center, and then pass it to a receiver by making a throwing gesture with the free-hand controller. The faster the passing motion, the more of a bullet pass it becomes (in previous Madden editions, bullet passes were made by holding the passing button down longer)."


If you are wondering about the jokes on "Wii", they are all taken.

The best I read on slashdot was: "Apparently it doesn't have 802.11 since Wii is what you get if you have No F-in Wifi."

What Happened Here?

As correctly guessed by my friends, I had kept two cans in the fridge so that I could drink chilled coke while watching a movie. I used one of them. After the movie I slept off and woke up at 4:00 am to watch India-SL ODI. Then I came down to make some tea (winter+cricket+hot tea) and get some waffles to go with them. This is what I saw (multiply this by 5 as I could not capture all angles.)


I spent the next 40 minutes cleaning the mess (36 actually, first 4 minutes I was trying to figure out wtf happened.) The best part was how everybody (mom, dad and wife) repeated the same statement as soon as I told them about this.

"Oh! We were just discussing last night how your BIL forgot to take the can out and it exploded." Apparently, I had run off to the basement when they were talking about this.





Only someone who has done this sort of thing will know what happened here. I will post the story and a follow-up picture tomorrow. You can click on the picture to see the details.

Another Before and After

This time it is for our Tulips.






Backyard Before.










Backyard After











Mailbox Before











Mailbox After.













A Singleton.

Latest Movies

Only thing is I am too bored to create link to these movies today.

1. Ice Age: The Meltdown

Funny at times. Usual complaint (first part was better). A piecewise continuous story. Worth a matinee ticket. Will buy DVD to complete the collection.

2. In America

Borrowed from the local library. Simple story but excellent performances by the two girls. Packs a powerful punch.

3. Cinderella

Watched it finally. The Disney 2-D animation. Had not watched it so far wondering how different it could be. A smooth movie that will give you a nice dose of laughter too.
Borrow from library if you can.

4. Iqbal

A sleek movie. Typical low budget. Relies heavily on good performances and direction and editing. A simple story well told.

5. Filmfare awards '06 and Zee Cine Awards '06

I know not a movie, but we watched these. I have seen like 3 bollywood award shows in last six years and two of them were in last two days. So some comments-

o Karan Johar is pretty good at compering a show.
o Madhuri Dixit still is the best dancer.
o Aishwarya Rai should stick to paper ads where she does not need to talk/laugh/act.
o They should stop showing Rekha's expressions at the slightest mention of Amitabh's name.
o Black won way too many awards. I do not feel like watching the movie now as I got an overdose of Sanjay Leela Bhansali.
o Preity Zinta has a horrible memory. She had to call one name, that of Mauritius' PM but looked at her palm twice while saying his name and it was not a full form of VVS Laxman.
o Whoever that kid in Black is, Ayesha something, single handedly stereotyped all NRI kids by thanking everybody by their first name including Amitabh Bachchan.

And if you can access google video,

Why I do not want to ride a motorcycle (at least till I forget this)

Main Rou Yaa Hasoon....

Supposedly nation is in disarray over Salman getting sentenced for 5 years of RI.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1671691,001100030009.htm


A housewife: "So many people commit such heinous crimes in broad daylight, but go scot-free. Why only Salman has to go through the trauma?"

Great! Let's not punish anybody since it is practically impossible to punish every single criminal. The same housewife would have been very angry when Manu Sharma went scot-free a few weeks ago. She probably issued statement on the lines of "In our country rich can get away with murder. Only poor get punished." Now when rich are getting punished, we have problems with that also.

My favourite bit from the story is from a 14 year old girl: "If Nehru can write from jail, why can't Salman act from there?"

14 year old are not dumb, except this one. The reporter is dumb to interview her, editor is dumb to publish it and I probably am the biggest of all to read and write about it.

Random links of the day

Some random links for inspiration, entertainment etc.

1. Salute the spirit of this boy!
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1513/look_mom_no_hands/

2. Why Sonia Gandhi feels at home in India? (This is a funny flash presentation on Italy.)
http://tcc.itc.it/people/rocchi/fun/europe.html

3. Stickcricket!

Another simple but cool flash game. Wait till you get the 4s and 6s right!!

http://www.stickcricket.com

Reservation Increased

http://www.financialexpress.com/latest_full_story.php?content_id=122853

Center's solution for less general category students: Increase the seats!

Brilliant. Who cares about the quality of education anyway? They should open an IIT and an IIM in every city. More seats less problems, right?

I think the Indian government was getting bored as there was no violent protest for sometime now. And I do not understand why institutions that are unaided by the govt. have to implement all these reservation rules.

Would you have preferred a logically thinking dictator over such democratic politicians? Isn't it sad that such thoughts regularly cross your minds?

Flintoff

I think he is one of the most exciting players today.

Here is one from Freddie.. Enjoy!

Freddie Flintoff Sledging

Try watching it in Internet Explorer if you are unable to watch it from Firefox.