Chance Bliss

Last picture taken in Hyderabad en route to the airport. Pretty depressing.

A few more pics from India. My stay there was great, but that kind of long distance traveling really take a toll. From my hotel back to my front door took almost 30 hours. I only slept about 6 of those 30.

These are from the older part of the city, Charminar, where I bought bangles and some other pieces of jewelry for my wife and daughter. Fortunately I had help from some co-workers in the Hyderabad office on the bargaining end of things. I just pick out what I wanted and they haggled for 15 minutes or so.

Taj Krishna in Hyderabad. The traffic looks deceivingly calm here, but don’t let it fool you. It’s pretty insane driving. Almost every car a dent in it.

Looks like Microsoft took a page from Lucky Charms. Desperate or brilliant? It did make my mouse finger itchy. I almost downloaded IE 8 then sanity took over.

http://www.microsoft.com/australia/ie8/competition/

..not a website at all. Don’t tell me how creative, cutting edge or tech savvy you are. Show me.

(via Michael McWatters)

I think this one is on Sony PS3. You are well-endowed girls who battle with pies, bumping butts and twisting on some kind of platforms. Oh and of course you buy outfits.  And I thought Dead or Alive Beach Volley was over the top.

Doesn’t look that fun, but is very hypnotic.

The Japanese definitely have much more “interesting” games on WiiWare than the US. In this one, you are basically a super buff, muscle guy who chases after someone who stole your hugh container of protein powder.  You must strike the right pose as you crash through walls.

Is all of Japan on mushrooms? I give them an A+ for thinking outside the box on this one.

VP: There is a reason why advertisers do not target user-generated content. They do not want their ads being placed next to naked women. With casual gaming and chess videos, they know what they get. Unless you have nude chess games…and in that case, I need to learn how to play.

(via Overheard in the Office)