The more I run from it, the more I’m tempted. Yeah, I’m referring to the TCS IPO. When the whole corporate crowd and the media is around that, why would I be looking around without nothing. But stocks are certainly not my area of my interest/passion. A colleague, through email, keeps sending a running commentary of the TCS stock prices every half hour. I could do nothing but delete it, after reading. Tempted.

In the evening, as I neared my bike in the parking lot, the clouds gathered together to rain. Its Chennai dudes, it wouldn’t rain. Wait, thats not the point. The point is, my splendor’s handlebar had a dozen papers inserted onto it. TCS IPO Applications. So now, in the night, after spending a couple of sweet hours reading through the tiny letters in the apps from end to end, I’m still puzzled whether to buy or not to buy. Please don’t help me. I don’t want to be tempted in.

Follwing the note on Kribs blog, I am also experimenting with Google Ads. Check out Google’s Adsense for more idea on these content based ads that they deliver dynamically to the web pages. Give it a shot if you have a domained blog/website.

I’ve adjusted the color of the ad content so that it isn’t obtrusive to the readers. Pass on any suggestions if you have.

Manushya Puthiran‘s Uyirmmai publishers are celebrating their first anniversary hence they are putting up a function in the Book Point Hall, Opp to Spencer Plaza on Saturday(31st July 2004).

Uyirmmai publishers were a hit during the Chennai Book Fair 2004 and also during 2003 because of re-releasing Writer Sujatha‘s books like Eppozhuthum Penn, Nila Nizhal, Srirangathu Kathaigal and Thiraikkathai Ezhuthuvathu Eppadi. Apart from Sujatha’s book they have also re-released books of other writers, my favourite being Enn Peyar Ramaseshan by Athavan.

This function will be star studded. For a change, not the kollywood stars. The stars from the world of books. The lists includes the Writer’s Writer Ashokamithran, Sujatha, Vanna Nilavan, Indra Parthasarathy, Jayamohan and others. The invite at thinnai says that Sujatha will click-open Uyirmmai.com and Indra Parthasarathy will release the 12th issue of Uyirmmai.

I am planning to check-in and get Up-Close & Personal with my idols like Sujatha and Ashokamithran. Anyone interested, do let me know and we can join together. Thanks to chenthil for the pointer.

A group of people will be tapping their keyboards, while the democrats hold their convention in Boston. This group of people represent a movement that is slowly, steadily picking up as an alternative source of news. They are bloggers.

Now that the world of blogging has accepted blogging as a new protocol of information on the net, a handful of bloggers are being acknowledged and given credentials for blogging the Democratic Convention in Boston.

These accredited bloggers with blog along with other 15,000 journalists from the conventional news sources, who will report news on the convention.

Meet the Bloggers who are making news with blogging. Also, here is the full list of bloggers who will be blogging the convention. This would be an important milestone for bloggers. We can be sure that such other conventions also will appreciate the blogging network. Way to go, bloggies !!

It’s awesome to get little surprises when you least expect them…listening to an NPR interview with Matt Damon, and watching Catch-22 with the Director’s commentary qualify as two of that kind.

A large part of Matt Damon’s interview focussed on the little things behind the Good Will Hunting screenplay (and how he got one of his few ‘A’s at Harvard writing a play which led to GWH…). Piece of trivia - the one scene which stayed in the film (when it was adapted from the play) was the one in which Hunting describes the impressionist, color-by-numbers painting in his psychologist’s office.

Catch-22′s director commentary features Steven Soderbergh. What’s funny is that he has nothing to do with the film, but makes up for the technical stupidity of the director, Mike Nichols. Classic moment – Mike forgets the technical name for the introductory shot in the film, one worth watching… (and Steven Sob reminds him – a “time-lapse” shot).

Steven’s days are being counted too – Ocean’s 11, 12…13 (now that Bruce Willis has signed up)… and still counting!