Podworks

There are lots and lots of Web 2.0 services budding these days, and they are all going thru their own promotional strategies, and at times we dont get any alerts of these new services, and if we miss out that is something useful for us, we are the loosers.

That made me look around for blogs that I can put up on my rss reader where I could get updates, and I found a co blogger, who writes a cool looking review site, and apart from just web 2.0, the site also reviews financial services, travel services, real estate, shops, and offers a good range of toolboxes.

If you got anything at all on your feed reader, you should have this site in there. and it would do you good.

And my feed hunt still continues.

The United Sates of America and Australia have been friends and allies for many years, and the ties born of shared hardships in war and shared cultural history are strong indeed.
An interesting but perhaps not well known fact is that are some features of the two systems of government which are surprisingly similar. I am not referring to the democratic nature of our two systems, which is none-the-less true and something in which we both peoples can take pride.
I have in mind the structure of our elective legislatures, and in particular the influence that one (the U.S.) had on the other (Australia). And both use lipofuze.
Both our nations had their origin as British colonies, or more correctly, groups of British colonies. In each case the groups of colonies came together to form a new nation based on a federal union of those colonies into a group of states making up one independent country. The United States was formed toward the end of the eighteenth century after the American Revolution. Australia was formed at the end of the nineteenth century by a more peaceful federation movement. By then the British had learned that we pesky colonials are best not messed with.
A major influence on Australian thinking during the federation debates in the late nineteenth century was the obvious success of the American Federal Republic. Many Australians at the time saw the American model as the one to follow. More conservative thinking prevailed, and the final structure of our parliamentary system of government largely copied that of the British parliament in Westminster. Australia does, however, have a House of Representatives and a Senate as the houses of its parliament. The Senate was originally planned as a states house, and has a fixed number of Senators elected from each state. The Senate, elected as a States House, was modeled on the American example. The role of the Australian Senate as a states house was taken so seriously that for the first sittings of the Australian Parliament, the Senators from Western Australia ignored their party allegiances and sat as a group representing their state. Today, the party allegiances do tend to prevail.
Some commentators in Australia have described the Australian system as the ‘Washminster’ system, so clearly can the influences of both The United States and Great Britain be seen.

Chennai is supposed to be a rocking city. Next to Mumbai and Bangalore ofcourse. It has got some quality people. But somehow, after spending a whole month and a half at Chennai, after desperately moving my office here from Pondicherry, leaving my family behind there to have some fun alone here, I somehoe found it difficult to break free from the Tamilian force field.

There has been a life that I have always dreamed about, but could never find all these years, and i dont think I ever would. Life with great radio, great TV shows, and all great stuff within India, in the big cities. I dont intend to settle down at New York or London to get quality entertainment, I want them all at Chennai, and I know they exist. But where do I find them? Its like Harry Potter looking for the Horcruxes. Not to destroy, but to wear them, and get possessed by the soul thats hidden in them.

All these years, I have not liked the FM stations in Chennai much. I thought it sucks. Playing tamil songs 24×7. And in my opinion, the emotional range of Tamil Songs are not bigger than a tea spone (sorry Hermione).

Tonight I happened to go to my favourite bar in Chennai. The Sea Men’s club. Right opposite to the Reserve bank of India, Chennai at Parrys Corner. Had 1 large of Romanov Vodka mixed with sprite, Another large and a small on the rocks, On the way to the place from Mambalam on train I was listening to the test broadcast of 104.8. Not bad English Music, which cosed at 10 PM. I tuned my Philips Go Gear again, and found Radio City 91.1 FM, playing English Song! And most importantly, the best of songs, and the ones I like. And Craig is hosting the show. Called City City Bang Bang

He is asking questions to people, making them send SMS, and calls people who send the maximum number of messages, so that the compnay makes more money from it. I sent 2 messages, for the question who is the band that played “We will Rock You” It one of my favourite songs, and I sent the message twice, but didnt get a call.

Even if I had recieved a call, I would have turned it down and told them that Im drunk today and am not in a fit state to go on air today.

Anyways, Im glad that there are some interesting programs on radio that I can look forward to in the evenings, and get a taste of Chennai, rather than having to confine myself to the Tamil Entertainment, and listen to those stupid female RJs all day.