IT Masala

A Tech Curry with a Pinch of Indian Spice

27th May 2008

Happy Birthday WordPress

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WORDPRESS ! 

On Tuesday, May 27th, WordPress turned 5 years old. Wordpress team is having a party in San Francisco. You can get the full details and RSVP on Upcoming.org or on Facebook.

And I was surprised to see a new Wordpress's screenshot on safari or firefox browser on MAC (probably.. the screenshot seemed so)

Thank you Wordpress team for such a nice opensource blogging platform ! Long Live Wordpress !

27th May 2008

Google’s Largest Developer Gathering in San Francisco

While going through Orkut apps, we happened to look at this event notification. Google is going to host Google's largest developer  event.As said on the site,Its a two day event which covers in depth on how to develop application with Google and Open technologies.Its at San Francisco on May 28-89.

Sessions consists of talks on OpenSocial, Google App Engine, Android, Google Maps API, Google Web Toolkit and more ..presented by Google's leading developers like David Glazer, Alex Martelli, Steve Souders, Dion Almaer, Mark Lucovsky, Guido van Rossum, Jeff Dean, Chris DiBona, Josh Bloch.

Registration is $50 fo students/teachers !

[ Sign up ] [ Google I/O

2nd May 2008

Watch IPL Cricket Live on Sopcast for FREE !

Watch IPL Cricket live at the below given url's. This is a free streaming, no need to download much and not much fuss..

What you need to watch ?

- Sopcast Plugin (Web player)

- Internet Explorer Browser. (unfortunately dosen't work with Firefox)

Links to watch Live IPL Streaming :

http://free-sopcast-cricket.blogspot.com - CBN


http://ipl-on-sopcast.blogspot.com (CBN)

Note : Unfortunately, the official IPL website dosen't work at all. ( http://www.iplt20.com )

Some useful links below.. njoy ! 

[ IPL Match Schedule ] [ Free IPL T-shirts ] [ IPL Cricket Forum ]

13th May 2007

Mother’s Day 2007-sites show off their logos

I always loook at different sites of what they offer on such events.. here are some logos shown off by some of the famous sites !

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yahoo_mom_day_07.jpg  Yahoo had a lively logo with animated flash ..

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Happy Mother’s Day Mom!!!

7th May 2007

Look At World’s Best Presentation Contest Winners

Slideshare.net announced the winners of the World's Best Presentation Contest today:

Contest Winners! (chosen by the judges)
People's Choice Winners
Honorable Mentions (chosen by the judges)

I Am The Media

I Am The Media

from: alainthys

4th May 2007

Student Gets Suspended from School for creating a CounterStrike Map of his School

counterstrike_texas_student.jpgGaming is not a crime, people make different maps for their play. But here its more than that. The student was suspended for playing a game..isn't it ridiculous??

Things went seriously wrong for Texas teenager when he got suspended from Clements High School for playing Counter Strike in his home computer, on a level which closely resembled his high school.

The whole story came into light a day after Virginia Tech Shooting when a parent called the Clements High School to inform that their child was playing a video game which involved killing and took place inside an animated map of Clements High School. School authorities then found a website which had that map for download, but unfortunately the creator of the map was a student at their school.

Law enforcement authorities were informed and they questioned the teenager. According to the police, the teenager never intended to cause any violence or to kill someone. His locker and computer were searched, but they found nothing illegal.

 

22nd April 2007

Earth Day-April 22,2007 - A Call For Action

Today we celebrate Earth Day . It's Not Easy Buying Green.Eco-friendly electronics products are increasing in number, but consumers have to work to find them.

Dell's Plant a Tree For Me program lets you make a small donation to two environmental organizations while buying a notebook or desktop PC. Retailers like Radio Shack and Best Buy have electronics-recycling programs for disposing of unwanted cell phones, batteries, and other products. (The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has compiled a list of recycling programs.) But when it comes to buying a product that's less toxic to the environment, knowing what your options are isn't easy.

Count Down Your Carbon is a site where you analyze energy consumptions like Change Your Light Bulbs, Plant Trees ,Buy Energy Star Appliances,Conserve Energy,Use Hot Water Efficiently,Buy Clean Energy,Drive Less—Drive Smart,Eat Green,Reduce Waste—Support Recycling,Offet Your Emissions. So what more you could other than knowing the energy consumptions and saving..

Download : home energy audits school energy audits

Google also celebrating Earth Day 2007 ..showing off their Earth Day logo..google_earthday07.gif

Let us all contribute in whatever way we can.. " Small contributions from you and me can make this World a better place " Smile

[ Earth Day Flag ] [ Earth Day ] [ Get Involved ] [ Earth Day @wikipedia ] [ Earthday.gov ]

19th April 2007

Participate in the Pac-Man World Championship Conducted by Microsoft & Namco Bandai

Who's the best Pac-Man player of all times? Certainly Billy Mitchell, who in 1999 played the world's first perfect game of Pac-Man,pac_man_champ.jpg eating every fruit, all four ghosts with every power pellet and beating all 256 levels of the game without losing a life.

Microsoft and Namco Bandai have announced the Xbox 360 Pac-Man World Championship (presented by Quiznos). The best-scoring players from seven regions around the world (as well as one particularly rabid Pac-fan) will be flown to New York City for a final showdown, with the eventual champion to be crowned by Pac-Man creator Toru Iwatani.

If you haven't been paying attention so far, here's a complete timeline, as provided by Microsoft:

  • Gamers who want to start practicing can download Pac-Man"(400 Microsoft Points) now from Xbox Live Arcade on the Xbox 360.
  • Starting April 25, 2007, at 12:01 a.m. GMT (April 24, 2007, at 5:01 p.m. PDT), gamers can visit http://www.xboxlivetournament.com to register and review full eligibility criteria, regulations and rules.
  • Also on April 25, 2007, at 12:01 a.m. GMT (April 24, 2007, at 5:01 p.m. PDT), the worldwide competition will officially kick off on Xbox Live Arcade.
  • Previous leaderboard scores for Pac-Man will be deleted to provide a clean and fair slate for all gamers participating in the Xbox 360 "Pac-Man" World Championship.
  • Concurrently, Pac-Man fans in the United States and Canada can also enter the Pac-Man FANatic contest and receive an invitation to compete in the finals in New York City. Starting April 25, 2007, they can visit http://www.xboxlivetournament.com for more information on how to submit a creative video that best illustrates their love for Pac-Man.
  • On May 9, 2007, at 11:59 p.m. GMT (4:59 p.m. PDT), the competition will officially cease and nine finalists from the identified regions, based on the top leaderboard scores,* will advance to the Xbox 360 Pac-Man World Championship.
  • Before June 1, 2007, the top nine finalists will be announced.
  • The nine finalists will also be joined in New York City by the winner of the Pac-Man FANatic contest, and compete for the Xbox 360 Pac-Man World Championship title on June 5, 2007, in New York City.
  •   All the Best !

    [ Xbox Live ]

    19th April 2007

    Win an iPod by Participating in PETA’s Dishoom Contest

    It’s petaDishoom’s first anniversary! For the past year, we’ve been your go-to source forpeta_ipod.jpg everything from advice about living a cruelty-free lifestyle to info about getting active for animals. We’ve also been your source for the latest breaking dhamaka on the hottest trends and the hottest animal-friendly musicians, like Shaan, Kailash Kher, Shibani Kashyap, Palash Sen, Nitin Malik and Vishal Dadlani.

    In honour of their anniversary and the awesome Indian singers who inspire PETA to challenge cruel, outdated attitudes about animals, they are giving all the dedicated “Dishoomers” a chance to win an iPod! Just fill out the form and you could be the lucky one to walk away with this awesome prize.

    Contest Ends :  31 May

    Demographics : (If you’re outside India, we’re sorry but this contest is not for you. Head over to peta2 for your chance to win other great goodies.)

    so get rockin’!

    [ PETA Contest ] [ PETA ] [ Volunteer @ PETA ]

    19th April 2007

    Your Photo On WIRED Magazine Cover Page

    Ever felt to have your picture on WIRED magazine cover page !! Now you can do it. This might be the cover page of maybe March 3000…its absolute fun ..!!

    This is nice fun , put in anything you want and make your own cover page .. This is what i made !.. Headlines on WIRED in the year 3000 !! 

     

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    njoy !

     

    Note : This is a nice way of free advertising ,  called viral advertising !.. This way all the three are benefited here. WIRED magazine , XMPie , XEROX. ( Free advertisement ….)..anyway for us its enjoyment..so Just dot it !

    To create your own Wired magazine cover click here:
    http://www.wired.com/promo/xerox