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Websites We Visit: How They Look Like 10 Years Ago

2010-07-16T14:16:00.003+05:30

Most of us probably got our Internet connection somewhere 10 years back. It was also around that time we seen the sudden boom on Internet, thanks to Marc Andreessen and Netscape Communicator. Now that we are almost at the end of 2008, we thought it’s pretty interesting to look back at how some of the trend setters and the most trafficked websites were like 10 years back.
Here are some of the top-tier brands of the tech industries and their websites have stayed on the Internet for more than a decade. Let’s take a look at how these websites look like 10 years ago, comparing with that it is now. Full list after jump.

Amazon

Clear-cut navigation is very important for any e-commerce site and we believe Amazon handles this pretty well. The site has not been changing over the pass decade in terms of the amount of content they put forward on the first page. The most obvious change over the pass ten years in Amazon is perhaps swapping the horizontal tab navigation to a left sidebar drop down and bringing their search box to the top.

Amazon 1998

Amazon 2008

Apple

We always like how folks at Apple design their website. They’ve always been the trend setter and their designed inspired a lot of the Web 2.0 design out there. That said, have you seen how their website looks like 10 years ago?

Apple 1998

Apple 2008

Google

Google was still in beta ten years ago. These guys believed in simplicity and there’s no exception whether it’s 1998 or 2008.

Google 1998

Google 2008

Hotmail

Most of us start playing with e-mailing on a free account when we were introduced to the Internet, and when it comes to free email Hotmail is amongst the hottest. Here’s how the web interface looks like before Microsoft decided to turn call it the Windows Live Hotmail.

Hotmail 1998

Hotmail 2008

Microsoft

Microsoft had done tremendous changes to their web frontend over the pass ten years. The old one lacks of graphics and the current definetely has a very strong corporate look.

Microsoft 1998

Microsoft 2008

PCWorld

Ten years ago, PCWorld was using a 3-column display. You can imagine the site to be really congested, considering the fact that most of us (if you already started surfing) were still on monitor resolution 800×600 and below. But over the pass decade, the site has been much more better. Content arrangement is neat, well-organized and the red header with white background definetely make the entire display looks clean.

PCWorld 1998

PCWorld 2008

Sun Microsystems

Sun Microsystems in 1998 totally recalled us how a typical Geocities and Tripod free template were like.

Sun Microsystems 1998

Sun Microsystems 2008

Time

Time maintained their 3-column display over the pass ten years. Only difference is, they’ve managed to make it way cleaner and neater, even though contents on the website is like 5x more.

Time 1998

Time 2008

Wired Magazine

Wired ten years ago was too text-based and we think the left navigation looks odd with titles in red background and listings in light green. It’s hard to imagine the website to be what they are now, because it totally rocks.

Wired 1998

Wired 2008

Yahoo!

Comparing to what we’ve seen ten years ago and now, Yahoo had undergone quite a significant change in terms of their business model and that totally reflects their web front end. The search-engine based company used to be very ’search engine focused’ but it’s looks more like a information portal now.

Yahoo 1998

Yahoo 2008

20 Cool and Creative Motorcycle Helmet Designs.

2010-06-24T10:27:00.000+05:30

You can enthrall people by performing tricks on your bike or just by simply wearing these helmets.

Transformers Helmet: This one changes your voice to sound like Optimus Prime.

Robot Helmet: This helmet comes from the 11-minute long feature film Electroma.

Valentino Rossi Helmet: Seven-time world champion Valentino Rossi's helmet.

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41 Cool and Creative Planters.

2010-06-08T11:40:00.001+05:30

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Plant Growing PC Concepts: "The main idea of this project is to design a CPU that is more concerned about "green thinking' and 'life style' by having a decorative piece."

Mansion Planter: Creation of designer Nobuhiro Sato, this unique planter resembles a realistic small-scale mansion; its incredibly detailed, complete with windows, balconies, handrails and stairs.

Eggling Planter: A real plant comes out of this one.

Upside-Down Tomato Garden: With this one the tomatoes grow downward from the top and it can hold up to 4 tomato plants at one time.

Kitchen Garden: "Have fresh aromatic herblets in your kitchen. Just cut them when you need some. They can grow vertically."

Tiles Planter: Green Pockets an innovative idea by designer Maruja Fuentes to grow your indoor plants. Sure to add greenery to the interior space and definitely improving the looks.

Manga Books Planters: Tokyo-based artist Koshi Kawachi cultivated vegetables such as radish sprouts in an interesting way using Manga books that can be found everywhere.

Ceramic and Park Planters:

Car Planter: This one comes from Hotel Domus, Maranello.

Office Partition & Foot Rest: "It has an exclusive area to place the plants whilst acting as a divider between work-desks. An automatic watering system takes care of the watering."

A Growing Book: This unique planter makes book reading more interactive. "You get to water and take care of your plants everyday as you see the book, which brings about a different and unique experience."

Pram Planter: Created using a vintage baby pram.

Stiletto Heels Planters: High heels get a second life as planters.

Roman Colosseum Planter: "This artistically detailed sculpture can also be used as a table centerpiece on your patio or porch."

Can Planters: An interesting way to bring a little low-maintenance life to your home office.

MacPlanter:

Interior Planter by Arwin Caljouw:

Lamp Planter: "This is a ceramic piece attached to the desk lamp arm, it gives us an idea for creative reuse of the real thing."

Pet Plant: Creation of Junyi Heo, "it allows you to see your plant's "emotions" - whether it needs water, is too hot, and other conditions."

Home Farming: It's a self-contained farm for growing plants and raising fish.

Light Bulb Planter: "It's been in there about 10 months now, and it's still not overgrown the bulb."

Outdoor Planter: "The wall was built with 12 cinder blocks and we used Liquid nails to hold them together".

Rock Face Planters: Made from durable rock textured polyresin, these come in a set of two, one large and one small.

Ecohabitare: Industrial designers D Adamo and R Casela created 'Ecohabitare' , a vertical garden. This portable vertical garden can fit in a wall just 3 meters long.

Ekokook: "It's a kitchen system that makes use of all your waste, all of it."

Factory Planter: The geometrical planter is the creation of designer Chiaki.

Sky Planter: It allows you to grow plants upside down inside your room and it comes from New Zealand. It conserves water, uses up to 80% less water than conventional planters. And also it saves space and time too; all you need to do is to water your plants once a month.

Expanding Planter: Designed by Francois Clerc, it's a perfect solution to the needs of urban gardeners with limited space for storing plants in the off-season.

Indoor Vegetable Furniture: 'The Bean Screen is a room divider that grows beans.'

Urb Garden: It allows people who do not have space for traditional horizontal garden to have greenery.

Sound Garden Speakerse: These speakers generate their own electricity using the water added to them plus you will be able to enjoy great music at the same time.

Handcrafted Ceramic Planter: It's a multi-plant ceramic container supporting a variety of herbs and flowers and can be used both indoors and outdoors.

Keyboard Planter:

Outdoor Living Wall Planter: A creative way to naturally decorate a blank wall.

Indoor Living Wall Planters: The tray on the bottom collects all excess water.

Solar Powered Planter: Depending on the sunlight the planter will glow for 2 to 8.

Electrolux Planter: Its handy for those who like greenery but would have hard time finding a place for their plants.

Off The Wall Mini Planter: Creation of London design team Thelermont Hupton, these decorate your plain walls with greenery.

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Animal Camouflage

2010-05-25T16:28:00.002+05:30

We have seen impressive camouflage works of some of the finest artists, but what we have here today is something unique. These animals have mastered the art of camouflage or rather it's a gift to them from Mother Nature to protect themselves and to survive. These animals are very impressive in their own way and yet we (humans) with all the technology and knowledge at our disposal haven't been able to surpass them in camouflage. You don't agree with us? Then have a look at this collection and decide for self.

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12 Cool and Creative Sofa Designs

2010-05-23T11:46:00.006+05:30

Montanara: Designed by Gaetano Pesce, this sofa creates a beautiful illusion of waterfalls and mountains scene right in your living room.

Swimming Pool Sofa: Concept sofa design created for an advertisement campaign for Piscine Castiglione, a swimming pool design firm.

SofaBOX: A creative and unusual sofa design by Hofgartner from Winterthur, Switzerland

Lips Shaped Sofa: The iconic Bocca sofa designed in 1970's in the shape of a mouth which Salvador Dalí designed with Oscar Tusquets.

Sitscape Sofa: "The "Sitscape" is a seating zone with a length of six meters. The form transforms the usual use of a couch. The design is based on specific seating positions and smooth transformations between them.

Roma Sofa: A cool sofa created in the shape of the famous Roman Coliseum seems a perfect fit for your living room.

Behind The Wall Sofa: Designed by Jordi Canudas, it's a two-sided piece of furniture; functional both as a wall dividing the room in half and as a sofa.

Do Lo Res Sofa: A unique sofa that mixes and merges the worlds of art, design and technology. Its composed of several soft, square-based cube or rectangular shaped units of various heights. The units are arranged in rows to form the shape of the sofa, and fixed to a platform by steel pins.

Scrubbing Brush Sofa: At first glance it looks more of a scrubbing brush turned upside down. But each of these comfortable bristles is designed to give you a relaxing massage.

Tiger/Cow Sofa: Creative creations of Rodolfo Rocchetti of "Tappezzeria Rocchetti", a master upholsterer from Rome.

Steel Sofa: 'Europa' creation of English steel artist Ron Arad is 218 cm long, made of a chrome-nickel-steel sheet that is only 1 mm in thickness.

Cute Babies

2010-01-08T01:31:00.006+05:30

TypoGraphy

2009-11-09T15:58:00.009+05:30

Typography (Etymology: typos—type, graphos—written) is the art and technique of arranging type, type design, and modifying type glyphs. Type glyphs are created and modified using a variety of illustration techniques. The arrangement of type involves the selection of typefaces, point size, line length, leading (line spacing), adjusting the spaces between groups of letters (tracking) and adjusting the space between pairs of letters (kerning). read more..

2008 -- The Year in Photos

2009-07-20T07:24:00.003+05:30

July 9, 2008 Some fish really suck: Here, Balloon lumpfish (Eumicrotremus pacificus) cling to a balloon at the Epson Shinagawa Aqua Stadium in Tokyo. Ventral sucker disks allow the deep-sea fish to cling to rocks.

June 6, 2008 Tear gas canisters rain down on demonstrators in the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah, protesting Israel's erection of a separation barrier.

June 4, 2008 Sometimes those free ringside VIP seats offer more than you were hoping for. Here, former Madrid mayor Jose Maria Alvarez del Manzano (second from left) and some friends get a close up look at what being on the wrong side of the bull can really mean.

June 3, 2008 A miner extracts sulphur from the Kawah Ijen volcanic crater in East Java. The sulphur is put to use in sugar refineries and in cosmetics, medicines and explosives.

May 8, 2008 A boy in Indonesia prepares to siphon off fuel from a container. At the time, oil prices were reaching record highs.

May 2, 2008 An Iraqi boy looks on skeptically as he is dwarfed by a US soldier in Baghdad.

Go Green

2009-05-30T09:03:00.001+05:30

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White Gumba

2009-05-17T00:30:00.003+05:30

Beautiful Snaps From Amitabha Gumba

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Rato Machhindara Nath

2009-05-04T14:05:00.001+05:30

Nice Thoughts

2009-03-04T06:36:00.003+05:30

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When Nature Calls, Nature Inspired Websites

2009-02-28T08:13:00.012+05:30

The environment has seen some serious media attention in the past year or so, celebrities trying to save the environment, and super retail companies offering environmentally safe bags instead of plastic. The environment has had a great impact on us recently, and it’s not shy to the web.

When would you have ever thought that, you could feel so refreshed and peaceful while looking at a computer screen, surrounded by the mounds of papers on your desk. Web designers are using nature to inspire their web projects, this trend/theme seems to give the user pure joy and happiness.

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Fast and Furious

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Urban Wonders of the Modern World

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A Mysterious Tree

2009-02-07T20:52:00.002+05:30

Photoshop Photo Effects

2009-01-29T07:24:00.004+05:30

Some of My Work

2009-01-21T07:08:00.003+05:30

Snaps taken by me on the trip to Butwal, Palpa 'n' Lumbini [2]

2009-01-18T14:41:00.002+05:30

Women as Explained By Engineers

2009-01-15T06:31:00.002+05:30

Snaps taken by me on the trip to Butwal, Palpa 'n' Lumbini

2009-01-07T20:59:00.004+05:30

Interesting Book Shelf

2009-01-02T21:11:00.002+05:30

Sports - Funny Sports

2008-12-28T18:21:00.004+05:30

An orang-utan raises his arm after knocking out his fellow primate in a kickboxing match in Bangkok. Many of the apes in such events are imported illegally.

Runners do push-ups before the fifth annual Santa Speedo Run in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. Several hundred runners in bathing suits participated in the event which raises money for charity.

Namibian Manfred Geinub plays a shot on a roadside desert golf track in Walvis Bay, Namibia. The nine-hole course dubbed the 'West Side Club' has no greens, tees, water or grass.

An athlete runs through flames as he competes in the Tough Guy Event in Preston, England, a biannual charity race designed to test physical and mental endurance on an obstacle course known as the Killing Fields.
Workers dry the court in Arthur Ashe Stadium at the 2003 U.S. Open in Flushing Meadow, New York, after three days of delays due to rain.

9 - Movie OverView & Trailer

2008-12-26T23:17:00.003+05:30

Director: Shane Acker

Writers: Shane Acker (writer) | Pamela Pettler (writer)

Release Date: 9 September 2009 (USA)

Genre: Animation | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | War

9 takes place in a world parallel to our own, in which the very legacy of humanity is threatened. A group of sapient rag dolls, living a post-apocalyptic existence find one of their own, 9 (Elijah Wood), who displays leadership qualities that may help them to survive.

The conflicted, but resilient group includes 1 (Christopher Plummer), a domineering war veteran; 2 (Martin Landau), an aged inventor; 5 (John C. Reilly), a stalwart mechanic; 6 (Crispin Glover), a visionary and artist; and 7 (Jennifer Connelly), a brave warrior.

There are at least several malevolent creatures up against this group; namely, the cat-skulled creature from the short film, a split-headed flying being that resembles both a bat and a manta ray in wing shape, and an insectoid creature with jointed legs and a pod-like body.

Strange and unusual

2008-12-23T08:06:00.002+05:30

Some Interesting 'n Funny Furniture

2008-12-15T21:58:00.008+05:30

GIP Trip to Dolalghat - On the way

2008-12-12T23:19:00.005+05:30

1995 Ferrari Motorcycle

2008-12-08T21:59:00.003+05:30

Brilliant Wallpapers for photoshop 'n' photo lovers

2008-11-25T21:14:00.012+05:30

Interesting and funny advertisements

2008-11-20T19:34:00.006+05:30

Exclusive Wallpaper of 'WALL-E' movie

2008-11-16T09:16:00.005+05:30

WHEN I WAS YOUNG‏

2008-11-12T07:21:00.003+05:30

Cool Photoshop art : really cOOl

2008-11-08T20:32:00.005+05:30

Quantum of Solace Teaser Trailer

2008-11-06T19:22:00.001+05:30

Quantum of Solace Teaser Trailer

Life in color : Blue

2008-10-31T08:19:00.002+05:30

Beautiful views from Chobar

2008-10-30T08:50:00.002+05:30

OLD Kathmandu, Nepal's Rarely Found Picture after 1900 BS Photo Collection

2008-10-22T07:51:00.004+05:30

Sachin Tendulkar Fact File

2008-10-18T08:13:00.004+05:30

February 1988: Sachin Tendulkar, 14, and Vinod Kambli, 16 compile a 664-run unbroken partnership for Shardashram Vidyamandir against St Xavier's at Azad Maidan. Kambli makes 349 not out, Tendulkar 326 not out.

December 1988: At 15, scores an unbeaten century against Gujarat at the Wankhede Stadium to become the youngest Indian to make a hundred on first-class debut.

December 1989: Picked for the Pakistan series where he scores 57 on the last day of the last Test in Sialkot.

August 1990: At 17 years and 112 days, becomes the then second-youngest centurion in Test history. He hit 119 not out against England at Old Trafford.

February 1992: Hits a brilliant 114 at WACA as India is reduced at one stage to 159 for eight. Terms it his favourite Test knock.

April 1992: Becomes the first overseas signing for English county Yorkshire.

November 1992: At 19 years and 217 days, becomes the youngest player to reach 1000 Test runs, during his 111 out of India's 227 against South Africa in Johannesburg.

February 1993: Scores his first Test century at home - 165 vs England in Madras, now Chennai.

November 1993: Bowls India to the Hero Cup final as he bowls the last over against South Africa in the semi-final with the Proteas needing six to win.

March 1994: Opens in an ODI for the first time - against New Zealand. Goes on to make 82, off 49 balls.

October, 1995: Signs a five-year contract worth Rs 31.5 crore with WorldTel - becomes the richest cricketer in the world.

February-March 1996: Scores 523 runs at 87.16 in the World Cup -scores two centuries and three half-centuries.

August 1996: Is named captain of the Indian team, at age 23.

January 1998: Is sacked from captaincy after a 15-month tenure during which India won three out of 17 Tests.

February-March 1998: Gets his maiden first-class double-hundred and two hundreds and a fifty in three Tests against Australia. India win the home-series 2-1.

April 1998: Scores two blazing, back-to-back hundreds against Australia at Sharjah to help India reach the final of the Coca-Cola Cup and then win it.

July 1999: Is reappointed captain - without his consent - after India, under Mohammad Azharuddin, fail to reach the semifinals of the World Cup in England.

March 2001: Scores a century in a famous decider against Australia as India win the series 2-1, denying Australia the "final frontier".

March 2001: Becomes the first player to score 10,000 runs in one-day cricket in the course of his 139 against Australia in Indore.

November 2001: Is cautioned and fined by match referee Mike Denness for trying to "change the condition of the ball" during the Port Elizabeth Test.

December 2001: England's Ashley Giles ties him down with his over-the-stump tactics in the Bangalore Test and is stumped for the first time in his Test career.

August 2002: Overtakes Don Bradman's tally of 29 Test centuries.

September 2002: Becomes the youngest cricketer ever to play 100 Tests. Apart from three Tests due to injury, he has not missed any since his debut, and has played 84 on the trot.

February-March 2003: Scores 673 runs at 61.18 in the World Cup, taking India to within a win of the world crown. Even though Australia are the champions, he is named the Man of the Series.

January 2004: Scores a century without a cover-drive, goes on to get an unbeaten 241 in Sydney. Australia manage to hold on for a draw, and the series ends 1-1.

March 2004: Scores an unbeaten 194 against Pakistan in the Multan Test.

August 2004: Tennis elbow surfaces, during the Videocon Cup in Holland. Misses the Champions Trophy in England, and then the first two home Tests against Australia.

March 2005: Becomes the fifth man to score 10000 Test runs in course of his 52 against Pakistan in Kolkata.

May 2005: Undergoes surgery for the tennis elbow, misses a triangular in Sri Lanka, a tour to Zimbabwe, and the Super Series in Australia.

October 2005: Makes a roaring return to international cricket, with a 93 off 96 balls against Sri Lanka in Nagpur, in India's 350 for 6.

December 2005: Scores 109 against Sri Lanka in Delhi to become the highest centurion in Test cricket, overtaking Sunil Gavaskar's 34.

March 2006: Takes 33 minutes to score 1 run in Mumbai against England. Crowd boos him off after he is dismissed.

March 2006: Goes to England for a surgery on his right shoulder - Misses the one-dayers against England and the tour to West Indies.

September 2006: Makes a stunning comeback, with 141 off 148 balls against West Indies in a DLF Cup ODI in Kuala Lumpur.

May 2007: Is "rested" for the first time in his career, for the three-ODI series in Bangladesh. Scores two centuries in the two following Tests.

August 2007: With 228 runs at 38.00, makes a significant contribution to his first Test-series win outside the subcontinent, as India beat England 1-0 to win the Pataudi Trophy.

January 2008: Scores an unbeaten 154 at the SCG, his first century in more than two years and 19 Tests, against opposition other than Bangladesh.

March 2008: Scores his first ODI century in Australia, in first of the CB Series final. India go on to win the CB series 2-0.

October 2008: Surpasses Brian Lara's record as the highest Test scorer as he reaches 15 in the second Test against Australia at Mohali.

Rare Photos of Celebrities

2008-10-14T06:55:00.004+05:30

Britney Spears

Bruce Wills

Drew Barrimore

Leonardo

Michael & Ralf Schumacher

Michael Jackson

Tom Cruise

Tom Hanks

Van Damme

Nature

2008-10-13T08:39:00.001+05:30

Kite Session on Dashai Holiday 2065

2008-10-07T10:30:00.004+05:30

Happy Vijaya Dashami 2065

2008-09-30T08:04:00.001+05:30

Funny Bag Designs

2008-09-27T21:09:00.003+05:30

Birds Beautiful birds

2008-09-26T20:44:00.004+05:30

Beautiful Birds

Beauty of Motion Blur

2008-09-18T09:32:00.001+05:30

My Country My Pride

2008-09-18T09:32:00.000+05:30

Beautiful Places of Nepal

R't uHungry then this will make U Hungry....

2008-09-14T15:21:00.000+05:30

ICC Awards 2008 - Winners

2008-09-13T08:07:00.000+05:30

Nasser Hussain is seen hosting the LG ICC Awards in Dubai

Women's Cricketer of the Year – Charlotte Edwards (Eng)

Twenty20 International Performance of the Year – Yuvraj Singh (Ind)

Emerging Player of the Year – Ajantha Mendis (SL)

Umpire of the Year Award – Simon Taufel

Captain of the Year 2008 - Ricky Ponting (AUS)

Spirit of Cricket Award – Sri Lanka

Test Player of the Year Award – Dale Steyn (SA)

Check out these babies

2008-09-11T09:17:00.000+05:30

Funny Funny Funny Ha Ha Hahaha

2008-09-09T10:00:00.000+05:30

Rain Photography

2008-09-08T08:11:00.000+05:30

Beautiful Examples Of Rain Photography

Funny moments in cricket

2008-09-07T07:59:00.000+05:30

Funny moments in cricket

Honda DN-01

2008-09-02T21:14:00.000+05:30

The Honda DN-01 is a large, automatic sports cruiser equipped with Honda's own infinitely variable hydraulic mechanical "HFT" transmission with the worlds first lockup mechanism that offers superior throttle response. The transmission is coupled to a 680cm3 water-cooled, 4-stroke V-type, 2-cylinder engine.

Pics Provide by : Sanjoj [Raghu Bhai]

Tea Break At Lunch Break

2008-09-01T21:55:00.000+05:30

Tea Break At Lunch Break

:) Nature's & Other Pictures By Me (:

2008-08-31T20:55:00.000+05:30

Nature's & Other Pictures By Me

Eva Mendes

2008-08-29T21:01:00.000+05:30

Eva Mendes

Birthday: March 5, 1974

Born in: Miami, Florida
Raised in: Los Angeles (Silver Lake-Echo Park area)
High School: Glendale (Hoover)

Currently Resides: Los Angeles

Siblings: Eva is the youngest of four children
(2 sisters, 1 brother)

Kool 'n' Klean Wallper 4r Ur Desktop

2008-08-27T23:36:00.000+05:30

Kool 'n' Klean Wallper 4r Ur Desktop

Yamaha's YZF - R15

2008-08-26T08:09:00.000+05:30

Much awaited Yamaha's YZF - R15, a 150 cc sports bike is finally out on roads. The bike, Super Sports Yamaha R15 is expected to set all new standards in design and performance in bike Industry.

Machine, ie. the bike has technology percolated from R1. This new bike YZF - R15 has many firsts to its credit including first liquid cooled engine, 4 valve fuel injected engine etc. The YZF R15 is powered by 149.8cc Fuel Injected liquid cooled engine producing 17bhp with maximum torque of 15 Nm at 7500rpm; which makes it like the most powerful bike under 200cc range. Yamaha YZF R-15 boasts 6 speed gearbox with optimized gear shift ratio so expect a smoother ride.

Water Tank Video [23rd Aug, 2008]

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Water Tank Video [23rd Aug, 2008]

Trip to Water Tank - Saturday 23rd August, 2008

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Trip to Water Tank - Saturday 23rd August, 2008

Finally we r there Water Tank- oooooooooooooooo....

Nis giving pose for his HI5 photo......

New laughing Buddha (Navaraj) cool na......

Run Nischal run someone is taking ur mobile run!!!!

Ya Kha aga gaya ham u hi sath chalta chalta (Hari)

Some snaps taken by me..........

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Some snaps taken by me..........

Three Top Digital Photography Tips from BetterPhoto Instructors

2008-06-22T13:09:00.000+05:30

1. AVOID CONTRASTY SITUATIONS

Extremes in contrast are a problem for both film and digital photography, but it is especially a problem when shooting digital. When the highlights and shadows are too extreme, the detail in both areas are in jeopardy of being lost. Even you try to "average" the exposure, a compromise between the light and dark areas, the shadows tend to go black and the highlights are washed out.

With digital photography, even a subtle difference in contrast can mean the complete loss in detail in the highlights. A light area on the bridge of the nose, for example, that would show detail in a negative can easily be blown out on a chip.

Therefore, try your best to avoid contrasty situations. Patchy lighting is a classic example of what to avoid, but I've seen portraits done on overcast days (it was a bright overcast) that show a loss of detail in skin tone because the contrast was just a little too much for digital cameras to handle. Note: Jim Zuckerman teaches many more digital photography tips in several BetterPhoto courses: Mastering Light; Making Money with Your Photography; Eight Steps to More Dramatic Photography; Creative Techniques in Photoshop; Fundamentals of Photography, and many more.

2. REDUCING YOUR FLASH OUTPUT

If you have problems with the flash on your compact digital camera being too strong, here's a solution. First, if you can program your flash to output less (by setting it to -1, or -2, etc.) do that. But if you find that it's still putting out too much light, hold your index finger partly over the flash head when it makes the picture.

It would seem illogical, but flash output is so powerful that this actually does the trick. Not only has this been very successful in knocking down the light output for me, it has also warmed up the light of the flash. The light of the flash going through your finger will be softer, more subdued, and much warmer.

Note: Brenda Tharp teaches BetterPhoto interactive courses online at BetterPhoto, including: Creating Visual Impact; Beyond the Postcard; and Mastering Macro Photography.

3. REMEMBER YOUR CAMERA SETTINGS

It's easy to change white balance, ISO, etc., in your camera settings, all within the same photography session. But it's not always so easy to remember to change those settings back - especially while in the heat of the excitement! We take care of this problem with a piece of colored gaffer tape, which we move into an area that can be seen easily as a reminder that we have made a change to the original settings.

This is critically important when using exposure compensation. After returning your setting(s) back to normal, then we place the tape in a spot where it does not get much attention. This tape can be reused in this manner many times and will still adhere well and does not leave any residue.

Ha ha ha !

2008-06-15T13:00:00.000+05:30

Euro 2008's First Hat-Trick

2008-06-11T11:42:00.000+05:30

Spain hat-trick hero David Villa has paid tribute to strike partner Fernando Torres following Tuesday's 4-1 drubbing of Russia.