Irudayam

Nokia Battery Advisory

arul — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 08:56:00 +0000

“Nokia today issued a product advisory for the Nokia-branded BL-5C battery manufactured by Matsushita Battery Industrial Co., Ltd. of Japan between December 2005 and November 2006. This product advisory does not apply to any other Nokia-branded battery.”

Click link for details and looks like I have one of those in my handset.Dang it!

Flip flop to win votes

arul — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 07:41:00 +0000

Malaysia’s staT e of ambiguity

AIDS Awareness campaign logo gone very wrong.

arul — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 06:39:00 +0000

Sure is a weird picture for an AIDS Awareness campaign don’t you think?Guys in advertising like Ell, take note!BTW,I am about to start a campaign called “Where is ~~Suresh M~~ & Ellison Fernandez” Note: Since Suresh has recently been spotted with a lot of “bling” I had to omit his name.

I still can’t get over TP’s story about the 40 Indian “Forklift”.

Flickr Toys

arul — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 03:47:00 +0000

Flickr Toys make your images a little more fun. For example adding caption to this pic of a cow “addicted” to cardboard boxes I took in India.

Have a penis or two

arul — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:56:00 +0000

Beijing’s Penis Emporium

True dad confessions

arul — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 09:37:00 +0000

Ok,I stumbled upon this site by chance and will admit that it was hard to turn away.Discretion,some confessions are rather kinky and I think this are from some pranksters.Click image for the jump y’all.Talking about Fatherhood,in my opinion I would vote Terence as the father of the year while i think from what Terence tells me,Chris is a up and coming challenger.BTW,at the site,check out true mom confessions as well.

“Our two year old daughter rarely goes to bed before 9:30. My wife spends the whole day entertaining her (going to the zoo), and comes home tired. I come home from work, and playtime continues. Daughter finally goes to bed, and so too my wife. So, I don’t get to spend any adult time with her (not necessarily sex–just a conversation).”

10 telephone blunders that could hurt your image

arul — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 16:09:00 +0000

Click header for the jump and we all have been guilty of these blunders in one way or another. My personal experience of such a blunder was when someone I knew answered my call and then proceeded to tell me that he can’t talk because he was watching a movie in the cinema.Not sure if you catch my drift here.
Then again, the guys who do continue speaking on the phone in a cinema are truly “incredible”.Another would be…how shall I put this without sounding really rude………not everyone can speak Chinese..I tell this even though I can because it’s really annoying when one assumes you can….how about English or Malay then ask if the person can speak in the language you are more comfortable.

Ten Things Your IT Department Won’t Tell You – WSJ.com

arul — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 02:28:00 +0000

Click header y’all!

Our Faith

arul — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 06:52:00 +0000

This is Faith Li-Ann Irudayam,just 8 hours old and in my opinion,she has more of her mama’s looks for now and if Luke is anything to go by and like all babies,they will continue to transform.We call her Faye and she’s an angel (for now at least) compared to her brother when he was a baby(pic).There’s a very long story to her name and I will share later when I have more time.We thank everyone for your prayers and wishes.

Marley & Me

arul — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:43:00 +0000

I wanted to re-cultivate the reading habit I had back in the days and seeing this New York Times Bestseller at the local bookstore seemed the perfect time to kick start it.Dog lovers in particular will enjoy this more and the book does bring back a lot of fond memories of my dogs.I am carefully planing how I can convince the Mrs that it’s about time we get a dog for Luke soon and I am positive he’d be thrilled ….just like his Papa.
Below is a review of Marley & me from Slate magazine:
What Grogan has divined from his particular experience is a universal (and comforting) observation. Dogs can do all sorts of rotten things, but it is impossible to stay mad at a dog for very long, and getting angry at one succeeds only in making the owner feel bad. (Every time Grogan snaps at Marley, the dog stares at him uncomprehendingly and that’s the end of it.) Grogan, in fact, seems to be seeking atonement for the book’s cover line. For every one of Marley’s bad acts, he spends an equal number of pages describing his fundamental decency—his tender way with infants, his watchfulness around strangers, even his heroism when his master is thrown to the ground during a lightning storm (this really happens). Thus, the world’s worst dog is also the world’s best dog—a paradox that will make perfect sense to dog-owners.

Simpsons Movie Rocks

arul — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 01:29:00 +0000

I had to catch The Simpsons Movie and was not going to miss the chance to watch one of my all time favourite show in all it’s 2D glory on the big screen.The verdict…it was EXCELLENT!I know many would think that it’s not wise to pay cash for something you watch on TV but believe me it was worth the $7.50 and a little more.It’s full of laughs and am not going to spoil it for you although I can’t get that “Spider Pig” tune out of my head now.This is a DVD set keeper I tell ya and I googled it, the character Spider-Ham did exist.

Divx DVD newbie

arul — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 02:34:00 +0000

I had to learn a thing or two from Terence regarding getting my Divx DVD player to work with the files I had and I had to learn quick as I had to keep churning out them Baby Einstein ,Sesame Street & other cartoon DVDs for a 2 year old who wants to do 3 things at the same time.Having a DVD with multiple files sure does help rather than ejecting out the disc every 30 minutes.
While,people with more money (a’hem like some people I know) have a player that plays multiple format or have a portable media player like the one Chris mentioned before , I opted for a cheap Pioneer player.That meant that I had to ensure my files had the codecs it required .I use CodecInstaller to check those files and FYI,it needs Microsoft .NET Framework to work which you can download from M$ site.For converting the files I use DivxConverter but if you want to to do it on the cheap , DivxMachine does a great job and you can do it right from the Windows right click context menu.
Anyway,do share if there are other tools out there and can anyone tell me if there’s a DVD player out there that plays anything I throw at it.I mean every single type of media file out there!

googlehacks

arul — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 10:10:00 +0000

I posted previously on the power of Google indexing service like G2p.org.Now, you can have a tool that will do that for you right from your desktop.Click header and screenshot of how you can leech the goodies automatically.

Caning for ‘China doll’

arul — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 07:11:00 +0000

Caning for ‘China doll’
Spotted this in the Star paper.Seriously folks, is this right?I think,if anyone should get the cane it should be the 72 year old man.

Maxthon Browser

arul — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 01:12:00 +0000

They have just relesed the latest version and personally I like the built in RSS reader.Firefox is my default browser but if you want an alternative to IE , Maxthon will display pages just like in IE and have tons of goodies as well.

How to make Windows XP last for the next seven years

arul — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 01:51:00 +0000

ComputerWorld shows you how you can stick to XP for just a little longer with some tweaks and utilities similar to Vista.Click header for the jump y’all.

8 One Liners That Stick

arul — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 02:20:00 +0000

Jacob,Jacob Das.
I’ve heard some great things about you.
I’m looking forward to that.
Leave your name and phone, speaking slowly enough for me to write it down.
I’m not sure about that but I think we can do this.
I think we have something in common.
Let’s strike while the iron is hot!
Let me see if I understand where you’re coming from.

Spotted on lifehack.org , click header for the jump.

101 Greatest Simpsons Quotes

arul — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 02:08:00 +0000

#17.Homer: I’m normally not a praying man, but if you’re up there, please save me, Superman.

Deathly Hallows SPOILERS

arul — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:49:00 +0000

So, 20M doesn’t stop the book from finding it way to piratebay.org and anyway, before you click the header,be warned that it’s strictly for those like me who just want to know the end without flipping a page.Sorry Harry, I am too “young” to be thrilled by the books or your movies because I’d see fighting robots and Homer Simpson drool over a donut any day.
Talking about Transformers, I enjoyed the movie for the robots but like all Michael Bay movies, the Hacker babe and car mechanic babe characters were far fetched.Also, I think SoundWave didn’t cut it because it would be a little ridiculous to see him still rocking a cassette player maybe?
Back to Harry again, read the text above….as Bono sings,”every poet is a thief”…

Nathaniel Tan’s arrest on BoingBoing

arul — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:39:00 +0000

Boing Boing carries a story on Nathaniel Tan’s arrest and don’t we all know that Boing Boing is one of those top sites on Technorati and with this 2007 will be forever remembered certainly NOT for Visit Malaysia 2007.Link>