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I am leaving to India for vacation t'rrow. I'll be back after New year. Until then, "HAPPY HOLIDAYS" and Wish U all a very HAPPY & PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR!!!

See you all after a BREAK!

A9 maps with BlockView images

When my friend Sesh told me about the A9 maps, I just thought, "Well, how different can it be?". I realized I was so wrong when I visited the site. This beta version provides users with not only the driving directions but also images with the street level information. The website lists the following features:

• See street-level images of the addresses they enter.
• Virtually walk up and down the street to see different photo angles of restaurants, offices, shops, public parks and landmarks.
• Virtually jump to the opposite side of the street.
• Click anywhere on the map to see images of places nearby.
• Zoom in and out and see an overlay of all streets for which A9.com currently has BlockView images.
• Create driving directions, and then click on points along the way (intersections, street corners, etc.) to see how they look in the real world.
• Click on a point in the map to get the corresponding address.

Right now, it only has a few major cities covered. But I am sure "Amazon" has big plans with this cool tool. For starters, just enter "233 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL" and U'll land right in front of the famous "Sears Towers". Kewl, ain't it?

Harry Potter delivers and “Shivaji” gets rolling

I’m back after a loooong silence. Have been a little busy with some important things. Anyways, I watched the much awaited Potter movie, “Harry Potter and the Goblet of fire” last week. It was a well made movie but as always did not do enough justice to the book. Well, I should agree that it is impossible to concise a book with about 700 pages into a 2.5 hrs movie keeping intact its flavor. But the director has rushed through the script in such a hurry that people who have not read the book will have a tough time making sense of what’s going on. But for people from the HP world, though a few details here and there have been changed, this movie is the BEST when compared to the other 3 released so far. To mention the credits, few scenes like the Yule Ball, the first task with the Dragon, the rise of Voldermort, etc are very well made. All in all, a worthwhile watch for the fans!

The wait is over…Thalaivar’s “Shivaji” finally gets rolling. The pooja held on a very small scale put an end to all the speculation about when the film will start. Notable absentee from the crew was ARR. I hope Shankar does not shoot this movie for long as he does his other films. I am eagerly waiting for “The Boss” to grace the silver screens soon.