Quake 4

Quake 4 screenshots are up at http://gamesdomain.yahoo.com/feature/57067/screenshot/57328

and http://gamesdomain.yahoo.com/feature/57067/screenshot/57327

Shooot!! Look at the level of detail in the second pic. After
getting used to Halo2 and the TV screen, these look [...]

Snow in UAE

Well I’ll be damned: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4135857.stm [...]

Aiding Tsunami Victims

MSNBC’s howto help guide:

http://www.msnbc.com/modules/interactive.asp?id=/d/ip/tsunami_aid_04/data.js&navid=6758618

News and resources from Yahoo:

http://news.yahoo.com/asiadisaster

Amazon’s One-click [...]

Why Googleblog doesn’t matter

A friend of mine sent me a link to the google blog and felt it was totally cool: http://www.google.com/googleblog/2004/12/polar-expression.html.

Is it just me or does anyone else think that the ‘googleblog’ is pathetic? I’ve seen nothing of note there in the 6 months of its existence and it’s filled with watered down PR statements that totally misses [...]

Memories of IITM

Rahul Pratap, an enthu junior, has put together an amazing video of life in Godavari Hostel (and by extension IITM).

Check it out at [...]

Capilano

The Capilano Suspension bridge near Vancouver, BC…

 

 

That was one shaky walk [...]

Halo2 stats

In case you haven’t tried it out yet, check out bungie’s Halo2 stats site.

http://www.bungie.net/Stats/PlayerGameList.aspx?player=u2g0d is a link to my stats – nothing to write home about, but you get [...]

Sites to find great deals

Always check the following sites for the best prices before you buy anything online…

http://dealhunting.com/ http://gotapex.com/ http://fatwallet.com/ * http://dealofday.com/ http://dailyedeals.com/ http://dealsontheweb.com/ http://dailysteals.squirrel-productions.com/ http://slickdeals.net/ http://save-u.com/ http://www.ableshopper.com/ http://www.digitaldeals.net/ http://www.dotdeals.com/ http://www.flamingoworld.com/ http://www.dealcatcher.com/ http://www.hotdealsweb.com/ http://www.techbargains.com/ http://www.bensbargains.net/ http://www.salescircular.com/nc.shtml http://bensbargains.net/index.shtml http://www.valueconsumer.com/ http://www.dealmein.net/ http://froogle.google.com(pronounced fru’gal) * http://dealnews.com/ http://www.pricewatch.com/*

Here’s a site the gets you the best deals from all the other deal sites: [...]

Personal site

My personal site just moved to http://umesh.members.winisp.net/ . Like most personal sites, It’s woefully out [...]

My new blog

My search for a better blog host continues.. Hopefully, this time I’ll have more enthu to keep writing stuff.

Here’s a link to my old blog: [...]