How to deal with a telemarketer
For many of us unsolicited marketing calls is a big nuisance. There is really not much you can do to prevent these calls. However as the following video shows sometimes it is the telemarketer who is at the receiving end. Highly recommended for anyone planning to join call centre work! It is the funniest prank call I have heard 
Tom Mabe is telemarketer’s nightmare
It is hard to stop laughing …
Chicken a la Carte – A short film on hunger
This is a short film which won the people’s choice awards on the theme food, taste and hunger. Directed by Ferdinand Dimadura, this film reminds me that there are still a lot of people in the world for whom food is still a luxury. The film also reminds us that over 25,000 people die every day due to hunger.
Nick Vujicic on struggles in life – inspirational video
In the following video Nick Vujicic demonstrates why you should never give up when faced with challenges in life. Nick was born with no arms and no legs. He is a well known motivational speaker and spreads the message of hope & love around world.
Journey of the human race – a visual guide
Bradshaw foundation has created an interesting flash video depicting journey of the human race. It looks at the way human population has spread from its early origins (150K years ago) to 6000 BC.
It is interesting to note that civilization in India is pretty old dating back to 80,000 years. But it was almost completely wiped of by the eruption of Mt. Toba around 74,000 years ago (probably reducing the population to as low as 10,000!!)
Yes, this may not be 100% accurate, but is backed up with the data we have so far.
Jugglery by Peter Irish
Ever wondered what happens when somebody has a lot of “free time”? If you don’t, check out the following video. In this, Peter Irish presents some amazing jugglery!
Now you know why he is known as the “Master Juggler!”.
Ahmadinejad at Columbia University Q&A session video
Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was invited by Columbia University for a Q&A session recently. Check out the videos of this session below.
Ahmadinejad may not be a very nice person, but he sure is intelligent. He even raises some valid points during the Q&A (on capital punishment and nuclear weapons) and did a small blunder in proclaiming that there are no gays in Iran!
Misuse of power – Tasered for asking a question
Andrew Meyer, a student tried to ask John Kerry a set of uncomfortable questions in a Florida University lecture. For his behavior, he was tasered with an eletric stun gun by the police. Check out the following video,
It seems that Police is increasingly using Taser gun as a toy. Devices such as this should only be used while dealing with a violent criminal, not when somebody asks a question! If you check the video, you can see that Andrew could have been taken out of the hall without using any taser gun. I am not saying what Andrew did was right. But clearly tasering should have been the last option, not the first!
Proof: beauty and brains won’t go together – Miss Teen 2007
Check out this funny video below. In this, Miss South Carolina 2007 is answering the simple question – “Recent polls have shown a fifth of Americans can?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t locate the US on a world map. Why do you think this is?”
This clearly proves that beauty and brains won’t go together I am still wondering where Iraq came into all this!
Never fall for the ad girl!
This shows what makeup and photoshop can achieve in the advertising industry. It is also a lesson in why you shouldn’t fall for the ad girl
No wonder our perception of beauty is distorted! This is called dove evolution.
Somebody decided to respond with Slob evolution! Enjoy!
Michael Moore’s Sicko – A must see movie
I happened to watch the Michael moore video “Sicko” which somebody had put up on Google Videos(It is now deleted). “Sicko” is Michael Moore at his best and you should never miss it (especially if you are an american).
Sicko is a documentary by Michael moore, which looks at american healthcare system. It is an open secret that american healthcare system is very expensive. So if you don’t have health insurance you are screwed. Moore uses the documentary medium to forcefully expose this fact and he has done an excellent job!
I am in India and I do have some experience of british healthcare system (NHS). Both are free and there are lot negative points about these systems. But when you compare them with the american system, they look very good! In India, you have a choice between government/private and charity hospitals and to me that is very important.
So why is this interesting to me if I am in India? Well, the problem is that we tend to copy many things from America. Also healthcare companies are getting powerful by day in India. Coupled with corruption, this may lead to a healthcare mafia worse than the american one.
Healthcare is fundamentally something which belongs to the government similar to police and fire department. Privatising it partially is ok, but full privatisation is a sure recipe for disaster.
Check out the following trailer of Sicko. Sicko is slated for release on 29th June 2007.
SiCKO is a comedy about 45 million people with no health care in the richest country on Earth.
Osho on the versatility of the word f_ck
Check out the following hilarious video in which Osho explores the various aspects of the word “f_ck”. You may not give a “f_ck” about his movement, but this video is worth your time!
“one of the most interesting words in English is the word “f_ck”. It is a magical word…”
Why Google is the best? – The killer workplace!
This year fortune magazine had ranked Google as the best place to work for. It is no wonder that they are able to bulldoze the entire opposition including Yahoo and Microsoft when it comes to innovation!
Do you know that Google gets over 3000 job applications per day? Check out the following video to know more about the Google workplace and why they are number one!
The real Garfield?
Well, this cat sure looks lazy and fat
4 benefits of using Gmail
Google guys explain Gmail benefits using puppets
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBbmiQhuAhU
Vidipedia – The video wiki
Vidipedia is a video encyclopedia that anyone can edit. It is similar to Wikipedia and hosts only videos. But it is hard to see how it can replace Youtube or Google videos. But I think Vidipedia can be a great site if it is able to properly categorize and organize videos. It should also be able to filter out the junk videos all too common in Youtube.
Uploading a video or editing a page requires registration. Also the site is in the early stage and there are only a handful of videos available under each category. Just like youtube, vidipedia allows for embedding videos outside the site.
Check out this interesting video about Web 2.0 see on Vidipedia,