The total amount comes to 2,222INR/month. Only today the 1Mbps plan got activated. Look at the following picture to see my new 1Mbps in action, downloading MinGW at 128KBps Worth every penny (or paisa…whatever!!)

Great song. Even if you don’t necessarily agree with RichterScales‘ viewpoint, you need to admit it is funny. Click here to get the MP3 of this song.

One crazy online-ification of a common real world activity is the bunch of confession sites that have popped up in the recent years. These sites carry thousands and thousands of confessions (petty ones to the really sick ones, sometimes with lurid descriptions) by real people. The idea of providing an online space for public confession sounds like a good idea. But, the problem starts when you start reading others confessions, because 90% of them are related to carnal activities or activities that create an yuck feeling deep down in your stomach. The lurid descriptions can rival Playboy or Hustler anytime!

These sites offer the confessions categorized in to a neat list of containers. For example, look the left pane in one site:

How nice of the site owners to provide us with a “Top rated” and “Most read” lists I guess, the top rated list items are determined by the number of “I like it” clicks by the readers, but the question is why would anyone read another person’s confession and say “I like it“? Do they like the confession content or the fact that the other person was bold enough to come online and confess?? These sites just cater to the voyeuristic basic instinct in each one of us.

One other effective online idea is the cyber begging. I am not referring to those sites setup for collecting donations for some natural calamity or something, but these are for covering personal expenditures. Some interesting links:

• Yahoo directory has a section under “Societies and Culture” for E-Pan handling
• Tom Locke sent a snail mail to 100 companies asking for some freebies. Results are listed in his site.

According to Wired, this trend of e-pan handling is dwindling, which may be true. But, that’s what people said about spam too.

Bottomline: you don’t have to be an Einstein to make a quick buck in the internet!

You probably have already bumped in to the all-new Google Street View feature provided by Google Maps. This is one of the most amazing features I have seen, it allows you to view a real photo of any street (provided Google has a camera there), have a virtual walk through, zoom in and have a clear look at the sign boards and more, all in a glorious 360degree view!! Mind boggling. Currently it supports only San Francisco Bay Area, New York City, Las Vegas, Denver and Miami. Hopefully Google expands this to India soon (hmm, I know I am being too optimistic….may be we need to ask for an Amazon.in first!).

Another feature, still in beta, is Mapplets. These are technically small Google gadgets that can provide a specific functionality based on the Google Maps API. For example, Google currently has a mapplet for real estate search that pin points in the map the houses that match your search criteria.

When I checked this morning, I was pleasantly surprised by the number of sites built around Google Street View. These sites offer interesting links and placemarks that everyone needs to see in Google StreetView. I have listed some below:

• Urban Street Sightings : This Blog captures the best urban snapshots.
• Streetviewr: Lots of cool positions from Google Streetview.
• Laudontech Streetview: Contains lots of interesting people, places and sightings on Google Street View.
• Davidsterry Streetview Links: Streetview pictures are sorted by votes.
• Streetview Sightings: Another blog for streetview sightings.
• Crazy Street View : Crazy pictures from Google Street View.
• Streetview Spotting : Streetview locations arranged into categories.
• Streetview Fun : Another blog.
• Boing Boing also hosts some of the best streetview articles, pictures and videos

BTW, don’t forget to check out the top 15 Google Streetview sightings.

I loved the way the man behind the legend came through as a normal, fun loving person on screen. He was so expressive in this interview that you can’t help liking him, just a look in to that piercing eyes and the charisma he oozes on screen will make you his fan, I bet! I wish he had lived longer (or allowed to live longer!).

I was actually surprised by how casual (artificial?!) Bruce Lee spoke! With all those “you better believe it maannn” & “You better be careful, babee”, he sounded more like those rappers than an oriental fellow…I like his voice, goes very well with his image…BTW, did you know he didn’t like being called a “Super Star”

Click “Play” to watch the full video.