The Year So Far

2012 has been an eventful year indeed. 

Numerous breakthroughs, mind blowing discoveries and unfortunate farewells. 

God Damn Particle 

This has been the most inspiring scientific breakthrough this year by CERN. The Higgs Boson particle has been one of the best discoveries this year which opens up a foray of scientific research opportunities. Humans will now be able to explain the Big Bang which led to the formation of this universe amidst which our Earth joyfully rests.

Though this particle is known as Higgs Boson or the God particle, it was originally known as the Goddamn particle for this tiny elusive particle exists for a really minutest possible division of time. Hence, the name. 

Federer - An Era continues

Wimbledon 2012

The Swiss champ levels his record with that of Sampras with his seven Wimbledon titles, 17th career Grand Slams and current ranking No.1. He’s one of the strong contenders who’s going to win the Olympic singles gold this year at London.

Mary Poppins

London 2012

Now, coming to London

It hosts the Olympics for the third time. The opening ceremony couldn’t match the Beijing Olympics 2008 but a decent one indeed. Danny Boyle’s work, lines from the renowned Shakespeare’s Tempest, Daniel Craig and Her Majesty’s 007 act, Voldemort’s evil act, classic Mary Poppins and the wonderful display of fireworks made it a pretty good one. 

Indian Food 

Some time in July this year, South Indian delicacy Masala Dosa 

makes it to the list of the “10 Foods to try before you die” 

compiled by Huffington Post.  

Tech Bytes

Google's Android Operating system which is running on millions of mobile devices world wide treats users with its latest release "Jelly Bean 4.1". Apple fans needn't be disappointed for "Mountain Lion" operating system is a big treat by itself. With hundreds of new features, this iOS - like operating system will take on the heated competition from its rival Microsoft's Windows 8 release in the coming month. 

Social networking giant Facebook acquired the free photo sharing app  Instagram in April this year. It also joined the league of technology startups which went public with its initial IPO in May 2012. 

Digital Wars!!!

It was the age of Orkut back then...Followed by Facebook...Now it's Google+

Welcome to this Digital age...

Its just been a matter of a decade or so that social networking has risen to a new platform.Orkut which was one such network gradually lost it's users to its rival Facebook. Now its a whole new social networking fever thanks to Google+.

The link below shows the Facebook statistics:
http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics


Will Google+ manage to get hold of the 500 million Facebook users???
 All we need to do is Wait n Watch!

Here's a video I found giving you a sneakpeak into the Google+ Project:

Hello Virtual World!!!

I remember the excitement whenever a postcard or a letter addressed to me or anyone in my family used to arrive. The feeling is heavenly when it is from someone you personally know. Fighting with siblings to open it first, it was a pleasure.

Nostalgic are those beautiful days. Today, I wonder if people even remember how a letter looks like. In the near future, children will learn about the art of letter writing probably in their history classes. Such is the influence of electronic media in our lives today.

Today the world of social networking rules the world. I'm not against these networking sites at all. In fact, I'm a part of this phenomenon. Yeah, I said phenomenon because it's revolutionized our thought process, social life and our language to a great extent. It's "coz" now instead of because, "ttyl" instead of talk to you later...I'm sure half of you out there feel its natural!

May be...What was considered outrageous might be a need in the coming days. What you consider weird might be natural in the near future. It has led to a new definition of words. An array of new meanings. Slang is making it's way into the Oxford dictionaries. Words such as OMG, LOL, G2G, TTYL, BFF have been made an official part of the English lexicon. Just imagine, if rules are bent in games like Scrabble, then we could use acronyms like TTYL!!! Bizarre!!!

Everything is changing in this world. Individuals are consumed by networking giants like Facebook and Twitter. Comments, likes, tags, scraps (remember Orkut...Facebook nearly destroyed it), tweets have become an indispensable part of one's life. Traditional photos, slam books, handwritten letters are losing their sheen to their electronic counterparts. It's not just youngsters but individuals of all ages are shedding the old ways of communication. It's the age of digital communication. I can't help but be a part of it. On the contrary, I won't give up all the traditional old means too...Even today I look forward to a letter but the way I handle the excitement is different. If I would have been reluctant to change, I wouldn't have been blogging today!!!

I welcome change. Change is on the go. But, traditional letters and scrapbooks are still dear to my heart. I cherish those days but enjoy the technology bug that's ruling the world.