Recognise these? Of course you would! These are two of the most famous and popular logos ever! And its a blind guess that they belong to Intel, the world's biggest chipmaker.
After 37 years, Intel has now released its latest logo, the 'Intel 2006' logo and it thoroughly sucks!! The logo looks like it belongs to a third rate company, which has been experimenting with MS Paint! The font and colour look drab and the calligraphicallly styled circle, around the name, is one of the most cliched design ideas. For a logo set to gobble up a significant portion of all marketing media , it has neither style nor class. With millions of dollars on hand, it is disheartening to see such a feeble effort from Intel.
This was the best joke that i heard this Christmas...
Person 1: What did Santa gift you this time around?
Person 2: Sigh...Absolutely nothing!
Person 3: Hehehe..While descending down your roof, he would have been greeted with the shock of an electric chimney!..After all, who would want their ass to be electrocuted!
This is not a movie review but instead a representation of my excitement after watching this MONSTROSITY of a movie!
People are now investigating into the title of Jackson's previous movie "The Return of the King" for secret messages and connotations ...Perhaps, he was hinting at the 'King' (Kong) himself!
The often misunderstood love scenes between the lead character and the ape are not of the romantic variety but more of a deep emotional bonding. She is extremely attached to the monster because of its unexpected compassion towards her, and that's about it. I mean, dont people love their pets and share their own emotions with them? Observing all the hoopla surrounding the issue, I was expecting a smooching scene between the beauty and the beast!! Mannn...that would have been quite a scene!!
Those scenes where Naomi Watts sleeps nestled in the cozy hands of the creature are all a simple and beautiful portrayal of human emotions.
The biggest surprise is that there are very few dialogues in the entire movie! Quite understandably so. What can humans possibly talk with beasts?! Also, inclusion of dialogues would have hindered the flow of the mindblowing action sequences!
On the whole, this movie is nothing short of a masterpiece etched by the hands of a genius! It is an amazing achievement in film-making and elevates the quality of graphics and animation to the next level! At times, Kong looks more like a real, living, breathing and combating animal than a construction of computer pixels! And thanks to Andy Serkis, he is by far the best actor in the movie too!
Whew....It was a tiring few weeks with a few scary exams lined up one after the other, making for a terrifying time! Now that its all over, I can finally heave a sigh of relief!
What these exams can do to one's psyche is equivalent to asking a person to stand at the edge of a cliff and instruct him/her to climb down without any aid, unsure of when that one fatal mistake can cost their life! While some would choose to refer to an exam as an 'uphill climb', i would rather call it a 'downhill stagger'! One inifinitesimally insignificant miscalculation could spell doom!
But one thing that i keep realising time and again is that studying for an exam is about the only time that i enforce any sort of control over myself and deliberately try to 'focus'!....Discipline sure is a tough act!
The year was 1998. I was in my 10th standard. I was staring at the bright board which held the bold name of the orthopaedist. It was a new addition to our neighbourhood but wasn't just another run-of-the-mill private clinic. It had well-carpeted floors, an air-conditioned lounge with luxurious sofa sets,a music system playing peppy songs in the background, and a rather stylish receptionist.
I slowly limped into this clinic, eager to know what else was different with this modern avatar of our country's ageing private clinics.After a loooong wait, the doctor finally arrived, with a fully clad designer suit! When my turn arrived, I went in to show him my bloated ankle which was the result of a basketball match.
The doctor went about his duty just like any other would do. But at times, he would curiously stare at some parts of the ankle, giving an dumb expression. After the regular x-ray, he proclaimed that it was indeed a hairline fracture. And then, all of a sudden, he turned towards his PC, opened a document in MS Word and took a printout of all the pre-defined medicines! Voila! There they were, all stored conveniently in Word documents, thereby reducing the doc's burden of remembering them!
A few days and a few crepe bandages later, it was time for another appointment. The doctor,after closely examining my foot suddenly shouted out in triumph "BEAUTIFUL...BEAUTIFUL...IT WORKED! IT WORKED!" over and over again! I was flabbergasted!! Was the doctor so unsure of his own treatment?? Had he taken a chance with my ankle? Was i an experimental guinea pig in the hands of a Dr.Jekyll??
A few years down the lane I heard that a particular doctor had been caught in a sex-tape scandal filming young people in the 'act', lured through the internet. When I heard the name of this doc, the nameboard outside my orthopaedist's clinic flashed across my mind. And then suddenly, there was clarity! Both the names were that of the very same doctor...DOCTOR PRAKASH!!!
It had been a few years since I had seen him. In the meanwhile he had shifted base to a different area of Chennai and had started with his operations! From what I had seen as a neighbour, he had a good wife(who also was a doctor) and a cute kid and belonged to a very good family. And at the end of it all, I'm happy that I never got a taste of being a porn-star!! :D
"What walks down stairs, alone or in pairs, And makes a slinkity sound? A spring, a spring, a marvelous thing, Everyone knows it’s Slinky… It's Slinky, it's Slinky, for fun it's a wonderful toy It's Slinky, it's Slinky, it's fun for a girl and a boy"
"The Walking Spring Toy"
"It walks, bounces and springs"
...and so went advertising jingles for the springly toy called 'Slinky'.
I was first introduced to a Slinky when my aunt brought a brand new one from the UK, a long time ago. Apparently, I was a kid and didn't fancy the toy too much from its initial appearance. I mean, of what use was a twisted piece of cheap metal to a kid who would rather have beautifully-moulded action hero figures as companions!
But only when I was exposed to its potential wonders did I get sucked into the wonderful world of a Slinky! The Slinky has a personality of its own, what with the curvaceous and rather seductive movement and the ability to mould into different shapes of varying dimensions during every stage of its movement. It was always admired for its ability to spring-down staircases with ease!
The slinky teaches numerous lessons for life! One notices that it exhibits the flexibility and mouldability that the human mind is supposed to possess to crawl out of tough and sticky situations! Its movement is as free and dynamic as the human mind ought to be in order to achieve greatness! It also taught me to compete for possession against my sister! :)
Unfortunately, the slinkies that are available nowadays are made from inferior plastics or low grade metals, unlike the original American metal that was used. This alters its characteristics to such an extent that it loses its inherited charm and magnificence!
The first time that i ever did this was when I was in my 12th standard. This is that time in one's life when there's an insatiable need for money! Especially if the "one" keeps bunking school on and off! ;)
So I always used to secretly wish that there was some source of income for me, about which my parents would never know. And when i was presented with one of those opportunities, I accepted it gleefully! I went to the designated place, finished my job and got paid for it too. But once it was done, a terrible sense of guilt enveloped me and clawed deep into my consciousness.
That was when I pledged that I would never ever donate blood again for anything other than complete unconditionality! And the pledge has been kept up until now, by donating blood once in every 6 months!
For a logo set to gobble up a significant portion of all marketing media , it has neither style nor class. With millions of dollars on hand, it is disheartening to see such a feeble effort from Intel.
For a logo set to gobble up a significant portion of all marketing media , it has neither style nor class. With millions of dollars on hand, it is disheartening to see such a feeble effort from Intel.
