Saturday, March 5, 2011
Trivia For The Day
Many who might have watched THE MUMMY trilogy might have heard the word "Hamunaptra" ..... The City Of the Dead is what the movie describes the City as in the movie..... Of course the City is a fictional city.... But hold it right there.... NO strangely Hamunaptra is a REAL city..... The City is a part of the Indus Valley civilization in Pakistan...... The name of the city means " The City of Dead" ..........
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Specials - The Harpeggi
Many people who have been gripped by the Oscar fever would have known that the Great Indian Composer A.R.Rahman has been nominated for two Oscars this year.... His song "If I Rise" featuring Dido and A.R.Rahman has been lauded by many for containing interesting sounds.... The Video of If i Rise features A.R.Rahman playing a loop over an almost unknown instrument and Dido singing.... Many told me it was a Finger Pad - a kind of music controller.... But when i came to know it was not a controller but an instrument i was intrigued at this never seen never heard before instrument.... The Harpeggi does not even have a Wikipedia Page so i thought i can put something about the Harpeggi here...... The Harpeggi belongs to a class of instruments called the Tapping instruments..... They are tapped with the fingers to produce sound.... The Harpeggi when tapped produces sounds electronically.... The most interesting part is that a Harpeggi is played like a Piano or a Keyboard but produces sounds like a Electric Guitar ...... The Harpeggi was invented by THE MARCODI MUSICAL COMPANY..... As a bonus i have pasted here the link of a video where the A.R.Rahman purchases a Harpeggi and tries to play with it....... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_6Jt1JyKZg
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Trivia For The Day
Not many people know that the popular Cola-drink Coca Cola contains caffeine.... Virtually most people do not know that it contains Cocaine..... "Whaaaat did u just tell Cocaine?", yes, yes Coca-Cola was originally a product intended for medicinal purposes thats why it contained Cocaine.... But the original recipe was changed to remove the Cocaine from the Soft-Drink... Even today Coca Cola contains Coca leaves without Cocaine in it...... Thats why the name COCA cola.....
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Trivia For The Day
Heineken , the World's Second Largest Beer company is headquartered in The Netherlands....
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Trivia For The Day
BrahMos - The Cruise missile developed by Russia and India is the fastest Cruise Missile in the World....
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Specials - JNNURM
JNNURM.... Might sound familiar to many..... But this word is encountered by most people in Chennai even in the whole of India.... JNNURM is a word featured on almost all buses in TN and Chennai in particular.... JNNURM is the short form of Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission.... It is a Central Govt grant under which funds are provided for Urban Development.... MTC (Metropolitan Transport Corporation) has a deal with JnNurm for buying Deluxe and A/C buses......
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Personality of The Day - Janus Kaminski
Janus Kaminski is a Hollywood Cinematographer famously known for being the cinematographer of most of Steven Spielberg's movies..... The critically acclaimed cinematographer has won TWO Academy Awards for Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan....... Some of his famous movies include...
- Schindler's List
- The Lost World
- Saving Private Ryan
- Minority Report
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of Crystal Skull
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