Wimbledon '09

The third grand slam of the year began today @ London. I would like one of these 3 lovely ladies to lift the trophy this time ;)

I know it is a bit of a stretch, but still........ Go Cirstea!! Go Sharapova!! Go Ivanovic!! and yeah, go Sania too :D (she survived the first round!)

Facebook usernames

Facebook announced on its blog today that it would introduce Usernames @ midnight on Saturday. The link to my facebook profile currently is http://www.facebook.com/people/Madhan-Sivakumar/715745522 The claimed reason for the introduction of these Usernames is to remove these numbers from your URL (makes my profile http://www.facebook.com/madhans for example) so that is is easier to type, share or search. Some people claim that this will make you more googleable. Huh....?? Googling for your full name already returns your facebook profile page! So, why are they introducing this now? One major reason 'might' be their recently acquired "twitter envy". All communications on Twitter are based on user names. For eg. to reply to a person you just have to tweet "@ message". My twitter page is at http://twitter.com/madhans. We should expect more changes from Facebook centered around these user names as they try to fight Twitter's rising popularity. So, grab those good user names while they last ;)

Twikini

I have been experimenting with some twitter apps for my Windows Mobile and came across twikini around a month ago. Today, twikini v1.0 was released. You can download it from here. I love the interface (especially the scrolling part as I hate scrolling on some Windows Mobile apps (designed for stylus use??)). You can configure the refresh interval, update your location automatically using GPS, upload pics to twitpic and tweet the songs you are listening to. Give it a try and follow me on twitter (madhans).

Summer Blockbusters are here!!

It's the beginning of Summer 2009... beginning of a good season of Hollywood blockbusters.. last Summer was pretty good starting with The Dark Knight. I have a big list of movies that I want to watch in the theater this summer.

• X-Men Origins Wolverine - 5/1 (Done!)
• Star Trek - 5/8 (Done!)
• Angels and Demons - 5/15 (Done!)
• Terminator Salvation (Christian Bale) - 5/22 (Done!)
• Up (Pixar) - 5/29 (Done!)
• Transformer 2 - 6/24 (Done!)
• Public Enemies (Christian Bale & Johny Depp) - 7/1
• Harry Potter 6 - 7/17
• Inglorious Basterds (Quentin Tarentino's) - 8/21

This is more like a personal note and some recommendations for you guys.. I'll keep updating this blog... Have a great summer!!

Rihanna's unfaithful in tamil - courtesy Vijay Antony

I've been listening to Suryan FM for the past few days - thanks to Loka. I listened to this tamil song (2nd video) being played on the radio. First, I thought it was some ad/promo. Then I realized that it was a song from a movie (Kaadhalil Vizhundhen). Deva's tradition still lives on in the tamil music world.... Remove around 60 sec from the beginning of the first video and you get the second video...

Unfaithful has always been one of my favorite songs, but to listen to this version just makes me puke. When will we get another Ilayaraja or Rahman again? Is anyone at least trying to be original?