Social Networking Consultant at UNEP

When we hear Social Networking, we, most of the time, think of Facebook. And then Hi5, Orkut, MySpace. These sites are often not desired by the employer, for their employees may substitute facebook for work. Well it's time that people understand the power of social networking. Kudos to UNEP, for they have announced for the post of "Social Networking Consultant". Html view at Reliefweb.

Google Wave

Google Wave is certainly over-hyped as of now - many of my friends who just started were quite disappointed. The video was no doubt awesome and breath-taking. I also felt that it's easy to get lost in the wave. Just for the purpose of awareness only, I presented Google-wave to all the staff at my organization.

Google Wave Intro

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Jainepal and The London Dreams

If you've been to Jainepal Cinema Hall recently, you would notice that your ticket is scanned for barcode. The funny thing is ticket counter is right next to the entry point, where your ticket is being scanned and hopefully the information are being logged in to some system. Is it that the Jainepal Management is verifying that those who bought the tickets actually get to the hall or that the staff themselves are doing something fishy - not keeping proper records of the tickets sold. Or is it that the management is cutting down the price on the ticket cost - you would notice that a small 4 by 3" paper replaces the former flashy, little thick tickets. But the former contains the ads too. Also the ticket contains this warning "Restriction of Permission by Management" for doing what - they forgot to mention.

You must be wondering why I am writing this. The reason being I watched the worst movie to date - London Dreams. Even a quarter star would be a praise to the movie. I wonder why some directors or whatever underestimate and at the same time overestimate the audiences. The movie tries to tell you to the bits and pieces - that's ok but again they leave such a big incomprehensible hole that is nowhere to the verge of reality. There are dialogs at points who makes you crouch, shut your ears - especially that drama in the Wembley Statium infront of 90,000 people. It's a total waste of time, money and your energy. I was yawning most of the time. It's a test of patience - atleast for me.

Chicken Ala Carte

The most powerful heartbreaking video I have seen so far. There are and will be people who criticize such videos - for they can't do anything but just make themselves feel bad. But still I feel that everyone should see it.

Of the 3,600 films submitted to the 56th Berlin International Film Festival, this video won the Green Unplugged Film Fest People's Choice Award.

This film is about the hunger and poverty brought about by Globalization. There are 10,000 people dying everyday due to hunger and malnutrition. This short film shows a forgotten portion of the society. The people who live on the refuse of men to survive. What is inspiring is the hope and spirituality that never left this people.

F-Bomb in Arnold's veto

Once you see it, you can't unsee it. If you give up, just do the search. Don't ask me - search for what. $#%&@

Facebook for the deceased

Facebook for the deceased sounds good for the dead - how about ghosts, who should be allowed to login and update status like "I just made him fainted", "wait... someone's freaking".

Barry Collins writes "We suspect it's only a matter of hours before someone is wrongly killed off on the social-networking site". I think many will share his views.

The pitfall of layout

Doesn't it look like happy fours got arrested for stealing cash and goods? The print "The Kathmandu Post"  was nailed in our office board tagged "The pitfall of layout". Indeed!!

Pirates: Who be this Google?

Well if you don't know how pirates talk or better communicate in paper, then Google Pirate is for you.
Well Me Likes "open sack o' loot in a new browserrr window"

Tribute to Geocities and my experiment

It was interesting to see xkcd's design changed to give tribute to fading Geocities. "Geocities" is the 14th most popular search item in google trends (US) too. Will the hits to this page be affected? Lets sit and watch.

Nobel Economics Prize for first-year grad student. Spoof?

There are few facebook status updates on first year grad student winning nobel prize - mentioned on Greg Mankiw blog - a professor at Harvard University. The funny thing is no other leading news sites mentioned about it nor does the nobelprize.org. Why would Greg Mankiw disclose name before nobelprize.org. I would except to see that as a headline in bbc.co.uk and cnn.com and nobelprize.org, not some blogs. But Greg Mankiw blog. Hard not to believe and yet his blog read "Pfuffnick's Nobel Economics Prize triumph hailed by many". Many anonymous bloggers?

"Quintus Pfuffnick" - the student who supposedly won nobel economics prize - also does sound very alien, with 219 results in google. Nobelprize.org is yet to announce the winner. But already lots of discussion going on "Quintus Pfuffnick".

Wow, that's surprising. This guy will make a couple of senior economists very jealous.

It's satirical. It's absurd, but uses the same language used to justify Obama's peace prize.

This is what i got out of the Award being given to Obama.

Maybe its other countries showing their approval for Obama, which is important.

But hardly a good reason for giving a Nobel Peace Prize.

Was Quintus Pfuffnick also nominated for the award two weeks after enrolling?

Probably, especially considering that his admissions essay was a major factor in his selection!

I love the reference to the essay in the grad school application which, in Obama's case, is missing from all records

His grad school application? I'm pretty sure that Obama had a grad school application.

I'm not ridiculing Obama. I'm ridiculing the Nobel Prize committee.

Ok now - atleast apologise

Isn't it hard to keep away from bad news when you are surrounded by nothing but bad news. Sometimes you are penalized for not keeping up with the bad news; that happened to me when I realized that people are flocking in queue at petrol pump and my fuel meter warned for refill. The fact being Terai remained closed since god knows when. And yesterday Kathmandu valley was closed because Maoists believed that their cadre Rajendra Phuyal was killed by UML Youth Wing - Youth Force. And now there's another news that Mr Phuyal death was caused by consumption of pesticide, Metacid. For a moment i felt like laughing. And I see nothing but stupidity. Similarly yesterday I was watching Avenvues News where some Maoist guy appeared on the screen and shouted "We [maoists] are not doing anything [closing down the valley], it's Kathmandu dwellers who are uprising against such atrocities by closing down the valley". Now you tell, what should be our reaction. Atleast I was expecting some apologies though their action will never be forgiven - torching the motorbike of doctor, vandalizing the media vehicles.