Is this the way the greatest show on earth be remembered?

Even the best of the best have the worst of the worst moments!!!

Behind Zizou's Moment of Madness (Time)

Federer, the zen master on grass..

On the day before the men's final Roger Federer, with all due disrespect, was asked if he was scared of the swashbuckling Rafael Nadal.

Does he get in your face? This mighty muscles bit, does he intimidate you?

"No," Federer, a seven-time Grand Slam champion and the world's No. 1-ranked player, said. "I see 10 percent of what he does. I turn around quickly."
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Late on Saturday night, Robert and Lynette Federer were dining in Wimbledon Village at the Indian restaurant Rajdoot. Two stories above the raucous pub crowds, they shared a bottle of Shiraz.

Animated tennis conversation dominated the small room. But when one diner loudly observed that, following Sunday's Wimbledon final Federer would be 1-7 against Rafael Nadal, Mr. Federer coughed loudly and glared. After an awkward silence, the ambient buzz continued.

After paying the check, Mr. Federer stopped by the table and asked genially, "You don't think Roger will win? You might be surprised."

Well, I was not surprised after seeing the match.

Back Dorm Boys - Da da da

Google Earth Cool Places

Google Earth Cool Places - famous buildings, beautiful places, weird land formations

Most Optimistic Country in the World

India top AC Nielsen's Global Consumer Confidence index with a score of 127.
The global average was 92.


Forbes Magazine's Rich List last year placed India eighth in terms of the number of billionaires. The number of millionaires trebles every three years. Today, street peddlers pack cellphones.

The Times of India's Washington-based foreign editor, Chitanand Rajghatta, in a piece on the Indian diaspora, notes that there are around 20 to 30 million Indian nationals living in some 180 countries, "give or take a million or two who are in various transit lounges".

more...'The Most Optimistic Country in the World' (source: TCS Daily)

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(By Joel Pett, Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader, for USA TODAY)

Cell phones ringing #1 annoyance at work

30% of employees said cellphones ringing at work was
their biggest annoyance at work...




More companies tell workers to silence cellphones

Musicovery : webRadio

Very cool music site with relationships..Musicovery : webRadio

GOD as DJ

How to learn difficult subjects quickly..

Step 1: Bombard yourself with information
Step 2: Identify the key concepts and make them yours
Step 3: Only memorize what absolutely has to be memorized
Step 4: Get some feedback on your understanding
Step 5: Bombard yourself with some more information, but from another source
Step 6: Get some real-world feedback

...saw this really interesting article from paulstips.com
 

Yoga -- what is it worth?

Heard over NPR today --

Americans spend almost three billion dollars a year on yoga classes

WOW!!

 

Alarm clock for habitual snoozers

Mr Hastie, 23 - who designed a prototype as part of his degree course in design, manufacture and engineering management - was inspired by his own experience of repeatedly pressing the snooze button on his alarm as many as 20 times rather than getting up. He said: "Alarm clocks are good at waking you - what they are not good at is actually getting you out of bed.

The wall-mounted alarm clock can be switched off only when its user climbs out of bed, stands directly in front and repeats, by pressing coloured buttons, a sequence generated randomly each morning. If the user fails to repeat the sequence swiftly, the alarm will continue to blare until the task is completed correctly.

Research into "sleep inertia" has discovered the pre-frontal cortex - the area of the brain which is responsible for problem-solving, emotion and complex thought - is among those that take longer to operate properly after sleep.

Alarm clock that won't give up

Switch

The worst waste of time is doing something that doesn't make you happy

Laughter..

"Laughter is needed for you to exist. Otherwise, you will commit suicide.

"Now try to understand the mechanism of laughter and how it happens. If I tell a joke, why do you laugh? What makes you laugh. What happens? What is the inner mechanism? If I tell a joke expectation is created. You start expecting. Your mind starts searching for what the end will be. And you cannot conceive the end.

"A joke moves in two dimensions. First it moves in a logical dimension. You can conceive it. If the joke goes on logically to the very end, it will cease to be a joke; there will be no laughter. So suddenly the joke takes a turn and becomes so illogical that you cannot conceive it. And when the joke takes a turn and the result becomes illogical; then the expectation, the tension that was created in you, suddenly explodes. You relax. Laughter comes out.



Osho

US view or World view ?...

Movie: Keeping the Faith

Saw Edward Norton's directorial debut, Keeping the Faith
...found it very interesting especially with the angle of sorta trianglar love story invloving Catholic priest (Edward Norton) and a Jewish rabbi (Ben Stiller)

Historical Sounds in MP3 Format

An interesting selection of 20th century recordings of mostly U.S. politicians and activists as well as some war criminals, Malcom X, Gandhi and others. All in downloadable mp3 format.

The Free Information Society - Historical Sounds in MP3 Format

Frenchman says, "I think," while an American says, "I do."

Read this interesting view of Americans v/s French from the Marketing guru Clotaire Rapaille...

You say that a Frenchman says, "I think," while an American says, "I do." How do you reconcile this immediate gratification impulsiveness with the famous American industriousness?

For an American, if you think too much something is wrong with you. Yet there is this ability to do things, and that's because we learn by making mistakes. I did a lot of research about quality, comparing Americans with the Japanese. Americans don't want to do it right the first time the way the Japanese do. I don't mean consciously, but if I do it right the first time, then what do I do next? What do I learn? In this attitude, there is a lot of wisdom.

When it comes to hard work, in America there is an element that's like obsession. We are obsessed with proving ourselves. We work so hard because you have to make it, to prove who you are. We are in permanent search of identity. That's very American. It's why you have all these self-help books and all the people helping you to discover who you are. You can only discover who you are if you try. And you have to try and try and try and never give up. Always more.

"In America, seduction is dishonest" (from Salon)

Amazing AD from Honda

Amazing AD from Honda -- it sure looks like a lot of creative effort went in...

Honda (UK) - Civic

3D Painted Rooms

Here is some interesting ways to paint your home ;)

3D Painted Rooms