India challenges Google Maps.

BestBuy gets overwhelmed with online orders!

Never seen this!

Holiday Whopping Shopping

Are you a..

Bargain shopper n.
the desi who masters the art of buying stuff after comparing 190 online stores and 17 brick-and-mortar stores, usu. electronics at ridiculously cheap prices and being proud about it

Well, I am one. Why pay the full price when you can get the same stuff for lesser? I am for it. In the every sense and nonsense of the word.

Its Thanksgiving and shopping time! Time for weird shopping habits. Been there, done that.

It was last thanksgiving when we were outside Best Buy, from 11 PM waiting for the store to open at 6 AM. And guess what, we were not the first in line. Our group were second. Sleazing cold, we tried to feel at home on the platform (literally) with our comforters, and taking turns to enjoy the luxury of being inside the car. And at 5:30 AM there were like 1500 people outside the store. And we did walk out with all the good stuff. Couple of desktops, a few laptops and the like.

This year I am going to stick to shopping online. And not bust into the store with the mob. At least I'll try. So heres some neat sites that can get your stuff for cheaper. Ever seen that "Coupon code" textbox that makes us think "why don't these morons send me some codes along with those stupid spam mails". These sites exist for the social cause of leaking such cool codes!

These guys are awesome!
http://www.fatwallet.com/
http://www.currentcodes.com/
http://www.pinchingyourpennies.com/
http://www.couponcabin.com/

Dog'ku vandha vaazhvu.

Bumped (literrally) into this mobile pet salon! US la dogku vandha vazhvu!

Its amazing how royally pets are treated in the US. They share the car, they share the bed, now they could get a shower and soaped on-a-call.

This dude is hilarious as hell.

Some people are uncanny. You got to read this.

I wanna hold your hand... NOT!

He crafts an amusing screenplay from a one line story / fact / news.
Funny guy.

BBC Tamil.

Recently I discovered that BBC had BBC Tamil News Online. The quality of Tamil was very impressive. I learnt a new tech word in Tamil - 'font' went by 'ezhuththuru'.

Awesome effort, kudos!

Chennai is quick to adapt to technologies of tomorrow.

Of late, Chennai, my home city has been making strides in incubating companies investing in R&D in technologies that will shape tomorrow.

Recently bumped into this article, where a Nanotechnology Initative is being sponsored by SRM Group in Chennai.

Not long before, the Chief Miniter of Tamil Nadu proposed the creation of a mini-Japan township where Japanese corporations will be encouraged to setup technology and operations in India.

Rediff reported in September 05 that a new IT firm sprung in the city every 3 days!

Infy acquired 129 acres in Mahindra city (Maraimalai Nagar)

Wipro gets 85 acres in Sholinganallur

The Chennai IT/Technology arena is certainly changing rapidly. Are we competing with Bangalore yet? Rock, Chennai, rock!

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If only life was so easy!!!

Get up now: Dorky clocky

Another invention out of the MIT labs!.

Kinda stoopid, kinda clever. Kinda cool, kinda hot!
Kinda boon, kinda curse.

This alarm clock buzzes in the morning. You better get up. If you snooze it, it loses it. The internal motor of this wierd looking creature triggers random direction and distance functions and keeps rolling until it hides in some random corner - while annoying you with a "Get out of bed" voice. So you have to actually move your ___ to look for this creature around the room while the peace and luxury of sleep swiftly bids adieu.

So you lose sleep. You pay for it. This invention is coming soon to your neighbouring stores. For 30$.

For more, www.clocky.net. Was featured in Discovery Channel a while ago, very interesting.

Creativity is everything!

I think thats the mantra for success. For everything. Creativity is everything. I like Philips' tag line "Lets make this better".

I cannot imagine a world where no one dared to think outside the box. Where things were the way they were. Every day.

Hmmm, too many I's now. Me was impressed by this website - a creative marketing strategy - to generate marketing strategies.

Brainreactions.com - Innovation Generation as CEO Anand Chhapar calls it - uses top college students to brainstorm innovative new solutions and intellectual property for companies. Its a very interesting and simple concept. Makes me wonder why no one ever thought about it. Theres always a first time.

Brainreactions talk to their clients to identify what they call the "Problem Statement" and then refine it and present it to a bunch of top college 'idea generators' to brainstorm and come up with creative solutions/ideas. Their business model is well crafted into this two-min elevator pitch.

Its no surprise that Anand was named by Businessweek as one the 'Top 25 Entrepreneurs Under 25'.

Think outside the box!
Think outside the box!
Think outside the box!