Pictures from Vaisakhi in Montreal 2009

by balqan

Vaisakhi is an ancient harvest festival in the Punjab region, which also marks beginning of a new solar year, and new harvest season. In Sikhism, it is one of the most significant holidays in the Sikh calendar, commemorating the establishment of the Khalsa (the baptism at the Sikhs).
In Montreal because of the weather it is [...]


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Web design trends, why should we follow them

by balqan

Personally when it comes to clothing, I never felt the urge to follow the latest trends and to be fashion oriented. I rather prefer to dress up in clothes that express my personality, or mood, rather to follow blindly one or another designer. I’m sure most of the people are thinking more or less like [...]


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Swineflue taking over Facebook

by casualb

I could not help today, but to sketch this up in Photoshop.


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Google interest based ads video

by Anonymus

Here is how Google is explaining their interest based ads:


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The latest Google venture, the Google Ventures

by casualb

Got a great idea that would change the world or at least will have a great impact on technology? Great! You don’t have the money to make it happen? Not a problem!
Yesterday, Google has announced on their blog a new venture capital found, the Google Ventures:
At its core, Google Ventures is charged with finding and [...]


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CSS table layout, should we use it or not?

by balqan

I stumbled upon a quite interesting book, EVERYTHING YOU KNOW ABOUT CSS IS WRONG!, by Rachel Andrew and Kevin Yank. They are suggesting a “new” approach to doing website layouts, by returning to the good old table method, but this time using CSS, instead of HTML tables.
It’s a very interesting technique and I’m sure [...]


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Konnakol, the art of vocal percussion

by casualb

Konnakol (also spelled konokol) (Tamil: கொன்னக்கோல்) is the Carnatic music – South Indian classical – performance art of vocal percussion. It is also a comprehensive language of rhythm which allows the composition, performance or communication of rhythms in any style or tradition of music from anywhere in the world. When performed by great masters such [...]


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Roy Paci U Mercatu – Video and Lyrics

by Anonymus

Avvicinatevi,avvicitanevi…si avvicinatevi
Ai iuto allu mercato a cattari nu puddiciro,ma u puddiciro ,u puddiciru fa ci ci ri ci quando lo chiamo nn vole venì (no,no,no,no,no)
Ai iuto allu mercato a cattari na iaddina,ma la iaddina, ma u puddiciro,u puddiciru fa ci ci ri ci quando lo chiamo nn vole venì
Ai iuto allu mercato a cattari nu [...]


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