Delhidreams’ Weekly Digest: Vol. 4, 13/02/11

CREATIVITY
Google "Art Project" Brings Great Paintings and Museums to You
"Google is rolling out a new tool called "Art Project," which gives you access to more than 1,000 works of art appearing in 17 great museums across the world."
You can also create your own museum, own the artworks of your dreams. Read the full post here: http://ht.ly/3ORdW


Short Film "AASAI"
"Selvam, a little boy who works in a grocery shop is fond of Telephones. His aspiration was to speak in Telephone to his mother who is at Tirunelveli (district in Tamil nadu) that too from his hard earned money. Near b y STD booth lady helps him to find out how much money is needed for Selvam to speak to his mother for five minutes. Selvam practices what all he wishes to speak to his mother within that five minutes by speaking with himself. Selvam speaks to his mother or not?"
Watch the movie here: http://ht.ly/3Od0k Don't worry, its only 11 minutes! You'll like it :)


Brilliant thriller of a short story featured in Tehelka
"Is he fresh? aka Kaula hai? http://ht.ly/3PfKD


HEALTH
India can achieve zero transmission of polio in 2 yrs: Gates
"India could see zero transmission of the crippling polio virus in the next two years, according to business magnate turned philanthropist Bill Gates."
Read the full report here: http://ht.ly/3OK8y


Every year, 3000 die due to air pollution in Delhi
http://www.hindustantimes.com/3-000-people-die-in-Delhi-prematurely-because-of-exposure-to-air-pollution/Article1-660897.aspx
I'm sure all big cities face this problem!


Infertility in women rising due to lifestyle disorders
http://www.themedguru.com/20110211/newsfeature/infertility-women-rising-due-lifestyle-disorders-86143626.html


CRICKET
When Sachin played under Imran!
http://ht.ly/3SXte


'I'm no celebrity' 
http://ht.ly/3UFP9
Harsha Bhogle's interview


MISCELLANEOUS
The road to the past
On a trip from Bangalore to Ooty, Kestur Vasuki discovers tradition, art and a lot of life. Nice, pretense free, travel article, and that is why am asking you to read it here:
http://ht.ly/3OFGQ


Fashion simplified for you!
This girl has started a blog on fashion, and I like it very much. Do check this recent post: 5 myths about the fashion industry here: http://ht.ly/3SeSd


340 Free Movies Online!!!
http://t.co/oXOaBIm
Now this is called stumbling upon a treasure!


Each person is inundated with 174 newspapers' worth of information EVERY DAY via television, emails and post
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1355892/Each-person-inundated-174-newspapers-worth-information-EVERY-DAY.html
Now I know where my day goes!!!


ENVIRONMENT
The Real Price of Fashion
PLEASE DO WATCH THIS VIDEO ONCE: http://ht.ly/3OG7o and share with all those around you.


ADVERTISING
Now this is called product placement!
http://adsoftheworld.com/media/dm/diesel_kneej
Sheer brilliance :) loved the idea, and the guts of the agency!


"Advertising Pick-Up Lines"
http://ht.ly/3T74M
The Best Thing I Discovered These past few days!


The new MacDonald's ad – how it is promoting stereotypes!
http://blog.livemint.com/livelounge/let-kids-be-kids/
And I completely agree with the writer's views!

Delhidreams’ Weekly Digest: Vol. 2 15/01/11

NG Photo Gallery: How to Take Camera Phone Pictures

Brilliant tips for all of us mobile phone camera pros: http://ht.ly/3AVLI

Gas - Microscopic (Ambient Electronic Space)

MUST WATCH!!! Brilliant! amazing, puts our universe sized egos into a much-needed perspective!!!  http://ht.ly/3Cldu :)

A Light in India

By DAVID BORNSTEIN NEW YORK TIMES

A small company's innovative system is turning rice husks into electricity and illuminating India's poorest state: http://ht.ly/3Co4R

What the company illustrates is a different way to think about innovation — one that is suitable for global problems that stem from poor people’s lack of access to energy, water, housing and education. In many cases, success in these challenges hinges less on big new ideas than on collections of small old ideas well integrated and executed. “What’s replicable isn’t the distribution of electricity,” says Pandey. “It’s the whole process of how to take an old technology and apply it to local constraints. How to create a system out of the materials and labor that are readily available.”

Justice, System and Jessica

A good blog post on the now ‘ever relevant’ topic in urban India, No One Killed Jessica. Do read here: http://ht.ly/3CoXE and share your feedback.

Diesel's SFW XXX Party Clip

This is old but this is good! Diesel rocks the advertising world with whatever it does. Check the safest xxx video to watch in workplace here: http://www.break.com/index/sfw-porn-clips.html

Smart, eco-friendly sanitation for all

The technology choice that China made for sanitation and wastewater management has led to not only blistering economic growth but also rapid urbanisation as it helped Beijing reduce GDP loss that poor sanitation brings.

Read the full report here: http://ht.ly/3Cpop

10 Amazing Uses For Toothpaste

Yeah you read it write ;) and here they are: http://preventdisease.com/news/11/010411_toothpaste_uses.shtml

Earth project aims to 'simulate everything'

“An international group of scientists is aiming to create a simulator that can replicate everything happening on Earth - from global weather patterns and the spread of diseases to international financial transactions or congestion on Milton Keynes' roads.”

Read more here: http://ht.ly/3CtC1

Movies, Music, Books and all that...

New blog I discovered by a twitter friend @rohwit I respect a lot for his knowledge of and zeal to share to good music with us. Do check http://almostareview.blogspot.com/

Delhidreams’ Weekly Digest: Vol. 1 08/01/11

Coke signs Sachin for Rs 20 cr; will feature in corporate ads
Ace batsman Sachin Tendulkar has finalised a three-year endorsement deal, estimated at around Rs 20 crore, with Coca-Cola India. PepsiCo had dropped Tendulkar about two-and-half years ago as part of its strategy to phase-out aging brand ambassadors.

Read the full report at: http://ht.ly/3zfaS

Injured Kallis out-thinks India

Jacques Kallis faced more adversity on the fourth day than he did in the first innings and came up trumps again, winning the mental battle against the Indians

Read the full report at: http://ht.ly/3zfev

England on the brink of series glory

England were three wickets away from an emphatic 3-1 series victory after more superlative all-round cricket left Australia in tatters on 7 for 213, still 151 runs short of making the visitors bat again.

Read the full story at: http://ht.ly/3zfh4

Fat World

A study shows species across the board putting on weight. Is there something in the environment contributing to it?

Read the full story at: http://ht.ly/3zpDs

No risk, no reward for South Africa

South Africa made sure they wouldn't lose this Test by not declaring in their second innings, but in the process might have missed out on winning it too

Read the full story at: http://ht.ly/3zMzB

England complete crushing Ashes victory

England ended 24 years of hurt in crushing style at the SCG as they secured an innings-and-83-run victory to take the Ashes series 3-1. The crowning moment came shortly before noon when Chris Tremlett found Michael Beer's inside edge to bowl him leg stump. It was the first time in their history that Australia have suffered three innings defeats in a series and left nobody in any doubt where the balance of power now lies.

Read more at: http://ht.ly/3zMGo

Yet another GoM!

January 07, 2011   7:08:44 PM

Soon a full-time Minister will be required to keep track of and coordinate with all such groups that have been set up to deal with the problem of corruption.

Read the full editorial at: http://goo.gl/9PFhl

Floppy disk art

Nick Gentry is a British artist who uses obsolete media formats, such as floppy disks, VHS tapes, polaroids and cassettes, to create his unique portraits.

He is also using his art to make a comment about waste culture, limited life cycles and identity in general. His works have been exhibited in the UK, USA and Europe, and his book, Obsolete, is available for sale. All proceeds will go to Oxfam, a global movement of people working with others to overcome poverty and suffering.



The complete post with visuals at: http://ht.ly/3AnXz 

Amazing Kinetic Typography Examples

Kinetic typography the technical name for "moving text" is an animation technique mixing motion and text.

It's a cool way to add motion to your words! Do check it at: http://goo.gl/60Pwc

When...

When did it become ok, fashionable even, to hate? When did tolerance and co-existence become "weakness"? When did pride in one's culture, faith, or language start being based on hatred for another faith, culture or language? 

Read the complete post at my friend N's blog here: http://goo.gl/WQlVH

Kawah Ijen by night

Photographer Olivier Grunewald has recently made several trips into the sulfur mine in the crater of the Kawah Ijen volcano in East Java, Indonesia, bringing with him equipment to capture surreal images lit by moonlight, torches, and the blue flames of burning molten sulfur. Covered last year in the Big Picture (in daylight), the miners of the 2,600 meter tall (8,660ft) Kawah Ijen volcano trek up to the crater, then down to the shore of a 200-meter-deep crater lake of sulfuric acid, where they retrieve heavy chunks of pure sulfur to carry back to a weighing station. Mr. Grunewald has been kind enough to share with us the following other-worldly photos of these men as they do their hazardous work under the light of the moon. (30 photos total)

See them all at: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/12/kawah_ijen_by_night.html