Seafood at D'ocean, best Seafood in Jakarta.** Sent from a mobile device...
August 27, 2010
August 26, 2010
Crowdsourcing SubTitle Translation
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I have started doing some voluntary subtitle translations (into Bangla) in different video websites like Universal subtitles and Witness. Here is one such example (choose Bengali as subtitle):
( {'video_url': u'http://videos.mozilla.org/firefox/3.5/switch/switch.ogv'})
Earlier I did a number of subtitling for Dotsub. And ain't translation f...
August 25, 2010
Top 19 Free Photo Sites For Bloggers
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Here is a list of top 19 royalty free and Creative Commons Licensed photo sites which is very useful for bloggers.
MorgueFile
Flickr Creative Commons Service
Stock.Xchang
Image Base
Open Photo
FreeFoto
EveryStockPhoto
FreePhotosBank
Image After
Studio 25
Free Stock Photos
PD Photo
Free Images
Stock Vault
Free Digital Photos
Free Range Stock
Unprofound
Photo Rogue
Free Pixe...
August 19, 2010
Husband Day Care Center
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A question for readers. What can this place actually be?
Image via Anusha Seth, taken somewhere in Mumbai, Ind...
August 13, 2010
Dengu Map Helps Fighting Dengu
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"More than 2.5 billion people around the world are at risk of contracting dengue, and 50 to 100 million people get sick from it every year. Dengue is present in more than 100 countries, and dengue is on the rise in many parts of the world. In Jakarta I know two person who contracted Dengu in recent weeks.
Dengue thrives in both cities and rural areas of the tropics and subtropics and is caused by a virus that is transmitted by mosquitoes....
Quote Of The Day
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The man of power is ruined by power, the man of money by money, the submissive man by subservience, the pleasure seeker by pleasure. - Herman Hesse (1877-1962, German-born Swiss Novelist, Po...
August 10, 2010
At International Sports Club of Indonesia in Ciputat
Its a hot day and the kids are enjoying dipping in the pool at a school event at the edge of Jakar...
August 09, 2010
Nuclear Detonations Across The World
Today is the 65th anniversary of Nagasaki bomb blast. There has been 2053 nuclear detonations in the world from 1945 to 1998 and only two were act of war (Hiroshima & Nagasaki). Consider what the impact of the two detonations had over the rest of the world and the world would be destroyed if say one fifth of all those bombs detonated were used to kill each other.
Here is an animated map by Japanese artist Isao Hashimoto showing the test sites...
August 08, 2010
The Great Aussie Rickshaw Ride
Let me introduce to you a great project from Australia. From the website of the Great Aussie Rickshaw Ride [GARR]:
Spanning ten weeks and five states and territories, the Great Aussie Rickshaw Ride will launch some 400 Aussie rickshaw wallahs on a 2000-kilometer quest to raise awareness about global poverty.
The message is simple: alleviating global poverty is achievable through people powered change. It happens when people like you, people who...
August 07, 2010
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari Faced Shoe In Birmingham
Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari has recently been criticized for showing apathy towards the recent disaster and troubles in his country and shying away for a tour in Europe.
Reports are coming that an elderly man had thrown his both shoes at him today as he attended a 1000 people strong political rally in Birmingham.
Mr. Zardari was addressing the Pakistan People’s Party’s convention in Birmingham when the shoes were thrown and landed just...
August 06, 2010
Hiroshima & Nagasaki In Pictures
Today, August 6th, marks the 65th anniversary of the American bombing of Hiroshima. Monday is the 65th anniversary of Nagasaki. To commemorate those dates, LIFE.com has created a gallery of never-seen pictures by LIFE photographers Alfred Eisenstaedt, Bernard Hoffman, and J.R. Eyerman -- all three of whom were there, on the ground, very shortly after both cities were destroyed.
Image credit: Bernard Hoffman/TIME & LIFE Pictures, used with permission
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Bangladesh: Visitors Share Their Thoughts On Grameen Ventures
Grameen Bank Office in Dhaka. Image by Flickr user Rainer Ebert. CC BY-SA
Since its launch in 1976 as a research project in rural Bangladesh, the Grameen Bank has walked a long way to become what it is now, a microfinance organization and community development bank with affiliated ventures in many countries of the world. More than three decades later and boosted by many awards including the Nobel Peace Prize (jointly with its founder Dr. Muhammad...
August 05, 2010
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August 01, 2010
Coffee: Stimulating Your Sense Of Well-Being
"A cup of coffee commits one to forty years of friendship." - Turkish proverbEver got confused with the variety of the coffees? I was when I saw Blue Mountain on the menu. I really had no idea what it was and I couldn't tell the difference till I read about the varieties.
Coffee beans by Flickr user datenhamster.org. Used under a CC license BY-NC-ND
Coffee comes from blending roasted coffee beans with water and/or milk. These beans are seeds of...
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