What An Amazing Writer Agatha Christie Is

I read the book "Lord Edgeware Dies" by Agatha Christie. It is a whodunnit plot. Amazing as usual. 

Astrological Indications

Some interesting links on Astrology:

• Moon in various signs, more on moon
• Rahu And Ketu in various signs
• Jupiter in Ketu
• On Saturn.
• On Venus. Also this.

Additional reading:

• http://vbala99.blogspot.in/2010/09/death-of-actor-murali-and-effect-on.html
• http://vbala99.blogspot.in/2009/07/vedic-astrology.html

Chennai - Kolkata IPL Final Match

I heard today that the Super Kings - Knight Riders IPL cricket match was fixed. Is there any truth to this? 

"So the game changed after Hilfenhaus' no ball.... till then the CSK were on their way. And then suddenly KKR were on top and they won. Oh sure, I believe the match was not fixed... and I also believe in Santa Claus."

Business At Salamabad

A nice set of pictures of Salamabad here.

How To Export (Download) From Picasa Web Albums

I have been worried about my albums in Picasa. I don't like nor use Picasa client. And I have applied captions to the photos in my albums. I wanted to find a nice tool that would export my photos (say as a zip file).

For the last two days I googled and checked various tools, read what people had to say in some forums. 

I found some tools, couple of which tried to use but didn't succeed. Finally I opened an album and just saved the web page as a htm in my local drive. I opened the htm, all the photos were there including captions. I disconnected my internet, so that there was possibility of showing the photos/captions from picasa again. 

Guess what. I could see the captions and photos. I solved the problem.

There are 2 limitations:

• Videos aren't saved.
• You have to go to each album and save the page.

The Great Gatsby

A friend suggested this novel by F Scott Fitzgerald.

Jonathan Livingstone Seagull By Richard Bach

I found this book online and am read it again after a long time. 

Events

Couple of nice stories I came across:

• http://timesofindia.com/PDATOI/articleshow/13327136.cms. Reminded me of the movie Roja. Arvind Swamy and Pankaj Kapoor
• http://timesofindia.com/PDATOI/articleshow/13318677.cms about a  Polish pilot and a surgeon. I am so thrilled about the surgeon.

One Night Stand - Men More Likely

Well, here is one more research that indicates that men are more likely than women to have a one night stand.

it quotes a recent study, I wonder who conducted that study. If the finding was that men were more horny, perhaps I could digest that. But if the finding was that men were MORE likely than one night stands, the study could only have been done by people with high levels of sensitivity and relatively low IQ. (Hint: In each one night stand, how many men and women are involved).

Read my comment on that article here and the reply to that. Apparently some women indulge in it much more (5 or 10 times ) often than men with the result that while the total such one night stands is the same, the number of such occurrences per woman may be much more for women than for men and the number of men that indulge in it may be much more than women.

It's Euro Football Time Folks

A friend gave me this video of Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas in action. wowow. Euro cup schedule is here and here and a good one here.

Blah Blah Blah

A friend gave me this. I loved it.

From Around The World

This is an article about 

• Secrets of Delhi pickpockets.

Interesting Articles

I came across some articles in the last couple of days.

• On India and Pakistan
• About the life of a single divorced woman
• A man arrested for rape in Jaipur. The man promised to marry her but didn't. Cause for calling it rape.
• Stop selling if you want to sell.

Mirror Mirror In The Wall

There is a frequent use for a mirror that kindly says 'Yes, you are the loveliest". There is an occasional use for a mirror that honestly says 'No, you are NOT the loveliest"

We like to use the 2nd mirror when no one else is around.

Being Focused

A friend gave me this article about being focused. And how a lack of focus makes us fail.

Women Are Petty

I showed this link on Katrina Kaif to a friend and asked my friend to comment on Kaif's looks. My friend said she looks nice and that she (friend) hated Kaif because the latter was better looking than she herself. 

I am surprised. I am much more "broad"minded. I love women who are prettier than me. Women can be really petty.

And this link reminded me of the character Furhan in the movie 3 Idiots.

An Anand With Rajesh Khanna

I read this article. The author seemed to echo my own sentiments except for certain specifics (names of movies) that I would not remember.

Route To China From India

This is an article on the route from India to China.

Man And Woman Just Friends?

A friend gave me this article that explores friendship a man and a woman. Can it be platonic?

Facebook IPO Calculator

This is an article on IPO valuation.

And Warren Buffet thinks its too hyped.

As I had mentioned about the valuation for Skype and Flipkart.

Update on May 15, 2017: http://www.financialexpress.com/industry/the-complex-web-of-indias-e-commerce-simplified-the-sellers-the-buyers-and-the-cart/668785/ Nice article on Softbank's holdings in Alibaba, Flipkart, PayTM.

Additional reading: http://www.wired.com/business/2012/06/its-not-mega-yacht-time-yet-how-paper-billionaires-become-the-real-thing/

Eeek... What's Happening In India?

I came across this today. I am appalled. What next?

Sweet Lessons

This is a lovely article about Benjamin Franklin.

Stealing The Cradle

I have read so many stories of older men playing the fool with younger girls. This story is about a cradle of a different kind. Reminds me of Michael Crichton's Disclosure.

FacebookMatrimony.com

This is an article explaining why using Facebook is not a good idea.

Additional reading: Why Mills And Boon is good fun and http://thebanyantrees.com/?p=1766. And this one on Ravana and this one on traveling by bus. Nice reading.

Marriage And Divorce

A friend sent me this link. Nice reading.