Go! TypeRacer! Go! - the new olympic sport...

TypeRacer is a typing speed comparison site. It lets you race against peers who are online either as a registered user or a guest. It presents you with gibberish of some text which you need to type, using the right single quotes and capitalizing the I's. If your preferred method of typing is a Word document with automatic spelling correction, you are in for a tough time. But hey, I managed it, so it may not be so difficult after all. Here is a screengrab from one of my races



I also typed quotes from the Matrix and the Namesake by Mira Nair, in other races, so it'll be interesting to see what other literary treasure is hidden when racing again, wink wink. If you do sign up, invite me, and we'll have a race.

taking newspapers to the next level...

I came across this blog today which takes newspaper ads and articles to the next level... posting scans that range from the obvious

to bragging

to hilarious

to life saving


More at Criggo

Best pecimen for a Turing Test

The Daily WTF is a website dedicated to giving a daily dose of what not to do in the IT field and life, in general... and though most of the posts are intriguing, this one simply takes the cake... A conversation between a HR lady at a company and a newly hired guy who was self employed before...

HR Lady: Can I have the phone number of the consulting company where you worked for the past 6 years?
New Hire Guy: I was self employed. I am the owner and sole employee of the consulting company and I would be happy to answer any questions you have.
HR Lady: No, I need to call to verify!
New Hire Guy: ...But you'll just be calling me.
HR Lady: I have to call — what's the number?
New Hire Guy: The number of the office is [my cell number].
(note: I'm standing 2 feet directly in front of her. She dials the phone and I answer.)
HR Lady: Hello — this is Paula from Initrode Global, calling in reference to Snoofle's employment.
New Hire Guy: (both into the cell phone and to her): I know, I'm standing right in front of you.
Her (into the phone): Could you please verify the dates of Snoofle's employment at VirtuDyne, Intelligenuity and Initech?
New Hire Guy: (reading from my résumé that is laying on her desk in front of her): VirtuDyne: a₁ to b₁, Intelligenuity: a₂ to b₂, and Initech: a₃ to b₃.
HR Lady: Great, thank you! *click*
New Hire Guy: (directly to her): ...Did you not notice that you were talking to me right here in front of you?
HR Lady: I know, but I have to call to check these things.

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eh dandanakka... eh danakunakka...

I am pretty sure you would have come across this Wikipedia entry for dappan kuthu but the current version has undergone significant revisions from what it used to be sometime (eons in internet time) ago... so I decided to dig in the history of the article and pulled up the How To which was there available in this edit...

The following steps may be taken as a basic dance pattern for beginners. Dappaankuthu is essentially freeform, and each dancer makes of it what he or she will.

1. Take one step with your foot.
2. If you just brought your left foot forward, point your left fist to the sky and your right fist directly ahead, otherwise do the opposite.
3. If you bring your left fist skyward, look straight ahead or slightly upwards, otherwise look down at your feet.
4. The above three steps must be done simultaneously.
5. Bob your torso up and down once.
6. Repeat with the other foot.
7. Maintain a pace of one step every second, with a bob equidistant between every two steps.

and just for the heck of it, couple of videos



and my all time favorite from 12B

Tuffers: truth was never this funny (NSFW)

I know the English have a sense of humour but never thought the truth spoken loud can be this funny... here is Phil Tuffnel, an England spin bowler from a bygone era ridiculing himself in a comedy show...



Via

A call center prank... this time a good one...

Being on the calling end of a telephone for the past 4 years, I have often wondered what it would be like to actually sit and answer calls all day long and trying to fix things by simply asking the user to unplug and plug back in whatever gadget they complain is not working... (there was a brief period in my life I was providing support for something but lets not talk about that time) This video here made sure I dont have to experience it personally... sit back and enjoy it for yourself...

A Moral Story

Got this through a forwarded email...

The best relation ever is between two eyes: "they blink together, move together, cry together, see together and sleep together", yet they never see each other directly. But when they do see a pretty girl, one will blink and the other will not.

Moral of the story: A girl can break any kinds of relationships....

Wink wink...

Flying high...

Found this cool flash game at lufthansa's site (linky).. comment me if you beat my score...

Procrastination

I'll do this tomorrow! Bye!!!

That was my first thought when I saw this interesting flowchart but then I will forget about it, and I thought about the other more important work I had to do and decided I can procrastinate this way too... :)



Via Swiss Miss via Accordian Guy

Boys...

Boys will be boys... while Sachin remains a gentleman... and a friend of mine blogged about it too...

Conclusion - I am not a full-time superhero

I saw a link to take a superhero personality test in a friend's website and gave it a shot... turns out

I am Superman


And here are the actual similarities with other superheroes...

Superman

75%

Spider-Man

70%

Green Lantern

70%

Hulk

70%

Robin

68%

The Flash

65%

Supergirl

58%

Wonder Woman

43%

Catwoman

35%

Batman

30%

Iron Man

30%

I am mild-mannered, good, strong and I love to help others.

Click here to take the Superhero Personality Test

The Buffalo-Brain cell analogy

I've heard this a few times and so would u too.. but this is one analogy that is worth mentioning anywhere.. have to build a temple for the guy (i'm pretty sure its a guy!!!) who came up with this..

u c my friend, a herd of buffalo can move only as fast as the slowest one and the slowest buffalo's are always at the back of the herd.. so when a hunter chases them, the slowest ones get killed first and the average speed of the herd increases.. that is why it gets increasingly harder to hunt and that is the process of evolution.. in a similar way, our brain cells also can function only as fast as the weakest cells..

alcohol kills brain cells and similar to the buffalo, the weakest cells die first and that, my friend, is why you always feel smarter after a few rounds!!!

now u know y i said its a guy :-D