Maddi Jane

I had to share this with you guys. Maddi Jane is apparently 11 years old, and sings fantastically well. I stumbled on these videos while randomly browsing, and it immediately caught my ears. What a contrast to many other singing "stars" and their videos floating around on YouTube. See for yourself.

Maddi Jane - Price tag (cover)


Maddi Jane - Just the way you are (cover)


I thought this was something that is really different song to sing. Great job here:

Maddi Jane - Impossible (cover)


Now that's some talent! What do you think?

Doctors warn about Facebook use and teen depression

From the Rapid City Journal:

Follow this link for the story.

I guess, that will be another reason/explanation for why I quit "the legendary" Facebook. ;)

Peace!

iPhone 5 Rumors

With the next iPhone (maybe "iPhone 5") around the corner, there has been a huge uproar of rumors surrounding the design, features and other aspects of it. While some rumors can be seen as next to impossible to be real, most of them can be expected to be plausible. NowhereElse has the following interesting cartoon.(Click to view full size)

Team India and Reliance Netconnect both suck!

Photo: Dale Steyn took some tap in his first five overs, but came back to finish with 5 for 50 as India collapsed from 267 for 1 to 296 all out. © Getty Images.

Cricket teams India and England are the two most sloppiest sides in the Cricket World Cup 2011. These two sides are the most unpredictable, inconsistent and legitimately incapable of lifting the World Cup 2011. After India's defeat in the hands of South Africa tonight at Nagpur, I have lost hopes of the team winning the Cup. You cannot win the ICC World Cup unless you are consistent, and winning. India has, so far, a tie and a defeat against the other two probables for the quarter-finals in Group B- England and South Africa, respectively. India still has to play West Indies in the league games.

Coming back to the Ind-SA game tonight; I was extremely disappointed. India won the toss, batted first, and fell for 296 in less than 49 overs, after being 267/1 after 40 overs. Shame! After such a magnificent century from Sachin Tendulkar, was it not appropriate for the rest of the team to play decently to at least put up 330 on the board? India was definitely short of 20-30 runs in the end, and it was proved when SA reached the target in the 50th over. After the India's devastating batting powerplay, Dhoni had to say this: "You don't play for the crowd, you play for the country." My *ss! I have this feeling that cricket is one sport where the spectator, a.k.a. fan, a.k.a. patron is not respected. We have seen fans being lathi-charged and beaten at Bengaluru and Nagpur while purchasing tickets to watch their team India play. Television channels have the least respect for the game, I must say. They start playing commercials before the last bowl of the over is bowled, and after the first bowl of an over is bowled. Star Cricket and ESPN are in this league, too. What a shame! I think we must learn from the broadcasting and presenting ethics from the gameday telecasts of football games in the United States.

Bottom-line: My predictions for the World Cup 2011 are the following. India doesn't progress to the semi-final stage. Australia and Pakistan face-off in the finals.

And what's up with Reliance Netconnect? It sucks; big time! You get an astounding 230.4 Kbps speed when you pay for a 3.1 Mbps broadband connection. The connection to the www is very inconsistent, and I am losing my nerves trying to load a single web page. All this is piling up to my frustration right now.

Peace!

Supermoon may cause natural disasters next week

On March 19th 2011, the moon will make its closest approach to Earth in almost 20 years, possibly triggering earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and other disasters. The phenomenon, called lunar perigee or Supermoon, happens when the moon reaches its absolute closest point to Earth. On March 19, the natural satellite will be only 221,567 miles away from our planet.There were Supermoons in 1955, 1974, 1992 and 2005, and these years had their share of extreme weather conditions, too. Although there are scientific laws that say the moon affects the Earth, it's still ambiguous whether the lunar perigee and natural disasters is coincidence or not.British freelance weatherman John Kettley was quoted as saying "A moon can't cause a geological event like an earthquake, but it will cause a difference to the tide. If that combines with certain weather conditions, then that could cause a few problems for coastal areas." While hoping for a non-disastrous ‘moon giant’, point your eyes and camera lenses toward the night sky on 19th. If the sky is clear, you’re gonna get an exceptional celestial treat.

[From Yahoo! News India]

5 years of Coffee - Blog - Love - Hangout!

 "If I had a single flower for every time I think about you, I could walk forever in my garden." - Unknown.

Many thanks to all my readers, well-wishers, visitors, critics, friends, love, some people known, and some unknown, and above all, blogger for helping me keep my zeal, will and interest to keep writing alive. I write this as my blog completes five years of existence. Ever since my first post on February 5, 2006, there have been tremendous changes in the appearance and design of the blog. Things have changed over the years. You might even notice change in the writing patters and language. Well, all this is a good record of all the things in my life over the years, and is a good place to hangout on a chill winter afternoon, while having some hot cappuccino sitting near the window. For all first-timers out there, and aspiring bloggers, I would strongly recommend you to start blogging- start writing. You will experience it [blogging] in your own way, and that is what makes the whole blogging community vibrant. Coming back to my blog- I think it is celebration time as this blog has seen all my good, bad, happy and sad times, and has stood witness to all things, good and bad, that have happened over the last five years.

With that, here's Srujan signing off with the first blog of the sixth year. To Coffee - Blog - Love - Hangout! Cheers!