Stop Motion Acceptance Speech
Just wanted to share this interesting video by Wes Anderson, where his acceptance speech is in stop motion animation form like the film he won a lifetime achievement award for — Fantastic Mr. Fox:
Cool, isn’t it? Love the realistic touch at the end where he starts exiting the stage in the wrong direction and is pointed in the right one by the lady rabbit usher.
HNY 2010!
Happy New Year to all of you out there who visit my blog or subscribe to its feed. I just made the switch to theme ‘Titan’. It’s going to take a while getting used to, but the new year deserved a new beginning (at least visually).
My personal highlight for the year 2009 was discovering Dubai.
Have a superb 2010, people! {:)
Food, Inc.
A new documentary in the US called, ‘Food, Inc.‘ about how a handful of large corporations control food production in America and make a killing in the process (pun intended) seems to have caught the on-line world’s fancy with Twitter spheres abuzz (you can follow me here).
As I don’t expect to find it at Indian multiplexes any time soon, if you’ve seen the film, do tell us what you think of it. In the meantime, you can view it’s trailer here (via YouTube). The film looks like something I would definitely be interested in.
Dog in Store Window
Here’s a funny sight from the shopping centre at Dubai Festival City that also houses Ikea:
Spotted the goofy orange dog during my Dubai 1 trip earlier this year, in September.
Have you seen anything like this that tickles your ribs? Leave a link or two through the comments box, if you have.
Changes to this Blog: 3 of 3
The final change to this blog for the year 2009 has to do with its look and feel. So far, I’ve used a Wordpress theme called ‘monochrome’ and it’s served me well till now but I think it’s time to spruce the blog up a little. Something to welcome the year 2010 with, maybe.
So I did some hunting around for the kind of theme I wanted and though not completely satisfied, I’ve decided to use one called ‘Titan‘ till the time I can design my own theme (hopefully around this same time next year).
Titan theme preview.
And so, on December 31, 2009, as the clock strikes 12 midnight (IST), you will get to see a new look to go with this blog’s new name and URL.
Merry Christmas to everyone who is celebrating it!
Now here’s a video that will give couples about to get married, something to consider while planning their wedding:
If you can’t view the video above, check it out here on YouTube.
Funny Blog: FU, Penguin
Close on the heels of MLIA, comes ‘FU, Penguin‘, a blog where the author tell’s “cute animals what’s what”. It’s just as funny as MLIA if you have the time to spare. Check out the post titled ‘Dissatisfied ferrets resort to Jewish guilt‘ as seen below. It will kill you from aching sides.
Changes to this Blog: 2 of 3
Change number 2 to this blog is a major one, likely to affect access to future journal entries for visitors to my website and those who read posts via feed readers, so please take note.
Effective tomorrow, December 20, 2009 at 12:30 Hrs GMT:
1. The URL to my blog, No Signal, will change to http://www.parasg.com/nosignal/ so please update your bookmarks accordingly.
2. The feed address too will change to http://feeds.feedburner.com/NoSignalByParasG so please edit your feed reader settings to reflect the same.
Thank you for your patience during this period of change! I promise there will be no more changes to the blog name, URL or feed address after this.
Less than a fortnight ago, I finally got the green signal to go live with the website for Dr. Rathi’s Cosmetic Dental Clinic after weeks of testing. This is what the home page looks like:
Home Page for Dr. Rathi's Cosmetic Dental Clinic
Click here to check it out along with the rest of the website and tell me what you think.
And if you happen to be in Surat (one of the larger cities of Gujarat, India) and need help with dental problems, go visit Dr. Vimal Rathi at any of his two clinics. He’s known to be very gentle, skilled and affordable.
Oh, and if you’re wondering how much it would cost to have a website like theirs designed by yours truly, you can expect to pay about Rs. 15,000.00 (approximately USD 321.00). Yes, I couldn’t retire completely after all.
Miss World 2009: Miss Gibraltar???
Did any of you watch the Miss World 2009 pageant last night? The results were so disappointing!
If anyone deserved to win the crown, it was either Miss Canada, Lena Ma, with her brilliant soprano voice or Miss South Africa, Tatum Keshwar, with her exotic heritage (she is part Black, part White and part Indian) and striking looks. Also, the only intelligent answers to the final questions posed to the semi finalists came from these two. Miss Gibraltar didn’t even seem to fully understand her question! I don’t know how they picked her. She doesn’t have the beauty or the brains to be a Miss World.
I’m still glad to have watched the contest on TV last night or I’d never have come across Tatum, who I’m completely smitten by. Everything about her is unconventional: her name, her heritage, her exotic looks, even her superb height (she’s 5′11″!). Just the way I like it.
The first time I saw her, I couldn’t tell whether she was Black or White (RIP, Michael Jackson) till the camera zoomed in on her. I was convinced that she had a bit of both races in her. Then, when she answered her final round question, I knew she had Indian roots too. It was something about the way she spoke. If I was unsure of what I wanted in a woman before discovering her, now I’m doubtless that a mixed lineage is a pre-requisite and not a bonus.
I’m going to have to plan a trip to South Africa soon. Anyone know where Tatum’s parents live in Durban? I’m curious to learn more about her racial heritage.