Read Sudhish’s review here.

My take? Nice story, but a bit overstretched. ‘Nuff said.

Ironically, Mozilla’s own page titled “It’s an attack” has been reported to be an attack site.

Mozilla - Reported Attack Site

Update: I stand corrected. Mozilla’s own page confirms it to be a test page for verifying that it’s Phishing and Malware protection is working correctly.

Verdict: A movie about friends who are on the way to see a cricket match, and get lost along the way. They wind up getting punched, kicked, beaten up and shot at. Good suspense, thrills, and cheesy comedy. Overall, a good movie, if a bit slow at times.

More, you say? Click on the link below. Be warned, spoilers follow.

FAQ
Q: Is Saroja a family movie?
A: I wouldn’t give it a G rating, but i don’t think it really deserves an R either. I’d probably rate this move as around a PG-13. But then again, I’m not a member of the censor board.

Q: How are the songs?
A: Quite good. Yuvan Shankar Raja has delivered yet again.

Q: Background music?
A: This is the really nice part of the movie. You have bits and pieces from other movies like the car scene music from Karagattakaaran, Athiredee from Sivaji: The Boss, etc. The music really serves to highlight some of the comedy in the movie.

Q: Is it a comedy flick?
A: I’d say it’s more of a suspense thriller with intermittent comedy. You have a character who acts like a complete idiot, in total ignorance of the situation. I feel the comedy could have been better; at least by improving the cheesy jokes.

Q: How believable is it?
A: Look at it this way; four friends, unarmed, go one-on-one against an armed gang of nearly twenty and come out victorious. A fair share of MacGyverisms, with the absence of the Swiss army knife and roll of duct tape.

Q: Anything else?
A: Yes! I wish I had a remote control to fast-forward the movie!!!

(via Balaji)

Dr. Pausch was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer in September of 2006, and in August 2007 was told that he had maybe 3 to 6 months left to live. I can immediately think of one of Rajnikanth’s dialogues from Sivaji - “Saagara naal therinji pochu na vaazhara naal naragham aayidum, santhosham thaanga mukiyam”. Most people would wallow in self pity on hearing such news, but not Dr. Pausch. The way he treated this information is close to stunning. He did not wallow in self-pity, but instead put his heart and soul into doing the things that he wanted to do.

Probably the most important lesson that I’ve got from his last lecture is this quote: “The brick walls are there for a reason: they are not there to keep you out, but to give you a chance to show how badly you want something”.

I was lucky enough to see and hear Dr. Pausch again during my commencement ceremony in May, where he delivered an inspirational speech to the class of 2008. One of his most insightful comments was “It is not the things that we do in life that we’ll regret, on our death bed; it is the things that we do not.”

Dr. Pausch, your work has inspired masses of people. Requiscat in Pace.

Basically, the public transportation infrastructure in most cities will make seasoned Chennai/Mumbai travelers cringe in horror. (Well, not really, but I’ve seen more frequent 29C buses in Chennai than a 500 bus out here in Pittsburgh). You really need to have a car to get anywhere important.

Having said that, I must still comment that Pittsburgh has one of the best bus networks across the US. Like the Mumbai trains, the buses here follow a rigid schedule (well, mostly). You can pick up a schedule free of cost from any bus, the University Center on the Carnegie Mellon campus also has a number of bus schedules of all buses that pass in the vicinity of the university. These schedules give daily timings, along with major stop points and a map of the route. You can also go online to the website of the Port Authority of Allegheny County and enter your starting location and destination intersections, and the website will automatically give you a few routes which you can follow, along with the timings.

• Custom Time - Allows you to send e-mail with timestamps in the past. Hmm… considering mail headers can be spoofed, not particularly unique.
• Wake Up Kit - Guaranteed to make you wake up on time. I think I prefer Clocky…
• Yogurt - Use as directed to find friends online. And all this time, I was thinking yogurt was something you ate…