Monthly Archives: May 2008

Copy-Ads – Frito Lay goes the Bud way!!!

The Indian ad space seems to have lost its originality. With one after another, ads copied blatantly from global advertising campaings. The Indian advertising firms, who had campaigns like the Amul Butter ads, the Fevicol ad series seem to have lost their original touch. First it was the IPL ad that had an uncanny resemblance… Read More »

How to start a blog : A beginner’s guide

It has happened several times that people come up to me and ask, so how do we start our blog? Is it easy? Well, it is easy. And if an empty head like me can do it, so can you! So here are three simple steps that will get your blog going: Step #1: Know… Read More »

Codemasters – The official F1 game makers!

Gaming enthusiasts who are into playing racing games have been satisfied for several years by Electronic Arts(EA) Need for Speed series. But for those who admire F1 racing, EA also had a brief series of F1 racing simulation games. Back in my college days, I got the chance to play the EA F1 2000, and… Read More »

YouTube – Now in India

A few years back, YouTube took the online world by storm by offering a unique video sharing service that was previously unheard of. It did not take very long for YouTube to become a culture in itself, much like the social networking sites that mushroomed all around it. And yet the novelty of watching videos… Read More »

The Hunt for Red October

In my case, the Red October is not a nuke powered sub. I am searching for a JD761 series laptop battery to power my Dell Inspiron battery. I had purchased my laptop when I was in the US last year, and one year later its battery died. Now I am faced with the near impossible… Read More »