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The picture was made with the Canon 5D mark II and a 400mm-lens. It consists of 1.665 full format pictures with 21.4 megapixel, which was recorded by a photo-robot in 172 minutes. The converting of 102 GB raw data by a computer with a main memory cache of 48 GB and 16 processors took 94 hours. With a resolution of 297,500 x 87,500 pixels (26 gigapixel) the picture is the largest in the world.   http://www.paris-26-gigapixels.com/index-en.html

THE BUZZARD: If you put a buzzard in a pen that is 6 feet by 8 feet and is entirely open at the top, the bird, in spite of its ability to fly, will be an absolute prisoner. The reason is That a buzzard always begins a flight from the ground with a Run of 10 to 12 feet. Without space to run, as is its habit, It will not even attempt to fly, but will remain a prisoner for life in a small jail with no top. THE BAT: The ordinary bat that flies around at night, a remarkable nimble creature in the air, cannot take off from a level place. If it is placed on the floor or flat ground, all it can do is shuffle about helplessly and, no doubt, painfully, until it reaches some slight elevation from which it can throw itself into the air. Then, at once, it takes off like a flash. THE BUMBLEBEE: A bumblebee, if dropped into an open tumbler, will be there until it dies, unless it is taken out. It never sees the means of escape at the top,...

He's packing his bags -- again. December 2012, when he turns 75, is the third scheduled retirement for Ratan Tata. The Tata Group has been at this inflection point twice earlier, and stepped back both times. In 2002, when Tata was to retire at 65, the Tata Sons board promptly redesignated him non-executive chairman, which meant he could continue for another five years. Three years later, the board upped the retirement age of non-executive directors to 75. The message is clear: Ratan Tata is indispensable. And it's not just the board that feels that way. There were loud cries of support from shareholders at the Tata Steel AGM in August, held soon after the announcement that Tata Sons had created a panel to find Tata's successor. "We can't lose our ratan (jewel)," said one shareholder, while others asked him to stay on as chairman emeritus. Whether or not he acknowledges it openly, Tata must be feeling vindicated by this public recognition of his wor...

Google Maps 5 for Android comes with two features that make Google's mapping software a lot more useful. Google now uses vector graphics instead of map tiles and it caches some of your most frequently used maps so that they are available offline. Vector-based maps allowed Google to add a lot of cool gestures:   Tilting: Drag down with two fingers to tilt the map. Tilt while zoomed in on one of the 100+ cities around the world with 3D buildings to see a skyline spring to life. Rotating: Twist with two fingers to rotate the map. After tilting to see 3D buildings, rotate around them to gain a new perspective from any direction. Smooth zooming: Slide two fingers together or apart, and see the map and labels continuously scale to any zoom level, stopping when your fingers stop. Compass mode: Center the map on your location, and then tap the compass button in the top right corner. The map will flip into 3D mode and start rotating to match your perspective, w...

It's a mobile platform... Froyo (following Google's adorable alphabetized dessert naming convention) is the latest iteration of Android, Google's mobile operating system. Simple enough! If you bought an Android phone recently, Froyo's what it will eventually be running.   ...with a slightly different look... Aside from the nice touch of being greeted by an Android icon at start-up, Froyo users can also expect a new homescreen widget. There are some other minor aesthetic changes, and transitions and animations seem a bit smoother, but the user experience isn't all that different from using 2.1 on a Nexus One.   ...that supports USB tethering and acts as a portable hotspot... Another piece of news we'd heard but are ecstatic to see confirmed: Froyo lets you turn your phone into a hotspot—including for your Wi-Fi iPad, if you're so inclined. (Or any other Wi-Fi device.) It's still not confirmed if every Android carrier will support tethering (...

Just go around the globe through Youtube. A list of various famous locations around the globe for you to watch   http://www.jcdurand.ca/Monde/Tour.html

Tees Maar Khan Director            Farah Khan Cast                  Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Raghu Ram, Akshaye Khanna, Arya Babbar, Sachin Khedekar, Murli Sharma, Apara Mehta, Sanjay Dutt, Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor Year                 2010 Genre               Comedy I have always been a Farah Khan fan.    I loved Main Hoon Na and Om Shanti Om.    The latter in fact is still one of my all time favourites – strictly from a perspective of providing wholesome entertainment. What I like about Farah is that she doesn’t make any bones about each one of her movies being “different”. She is quite cut and dry. So, when Tees Maar Khan was announced a while back, I was quite excited despite the controversy t...

The much awaited Kamal Hassan starrer "Manmadhan Ambu" has finally hit the screens and the viewers are mighty pleased with the outcome. The movie is written by Kamal Hassan and directed by K S Ravikumar. The actor-director combination after their successful ventures earlier has embarked on this project which is produced by Udayanithi Stalin of Red Giant Movies. The movie is completely set in Europe and the story revolves around the three characters in Major R Mannar (Kamal Hassan), Madhanagopal (Madhavan) and Ambujakshi (Trisha). The movie begins with a disturbed Ambu flying to Europe for a holiday as her engagement with Madhan is on the rocks as Madhan gets too possessive on her. Major Mannar follows Ambu to Europe as the spy acting on behalf of Madhan. Ambu does not travel alone but with her close friend Deepa (Sangeetha) who is a divorcee with 2 kids. Things go smoothly till Deepa's kids find out that there is something fishy about Major. When he successfully clears th...

Well Done Abba Director            Shyam Benegal Cast                  Boman Irani, Minisha Lamba, Samir Dattani, Ila Arun, Ravi Kishan, Sonali Kulkarni, Rajit Kapoor, Ravi Jhankal, Yashpal Sharma, Rajendra Gupta, Salim Ghouse, Satish Sharma, Lalit Tiwari, Rahul Singh Year                 2009 Genre               Comedy When Shyam Benegal released Welcome to Sajjanpur, most scorned @ the concept and all but wrote him off.   But as they say, form is temporary and class is permanent.   With Well Done Abba (WDA) Shyam Benegal proves once again that he was, is and will be one of the best directors India has ever had and can expect to have – this time with a not so intense but very pointed take on the corruption fo...

Bheja Fry Director            Sagar Bellary Cast                  Rajat Kapoor, Sarika, Vinay Pathak, Milind Soman, Ranvir Shorey, Bhairavi Goswami, Tom Alter, Ikhlaque Khan Year                 2007 Genre               Comedy Yet another advantage of visiting your friends abroad.   You get them DVDs that they have always wanted to have and more so with friends down under coz they don’t get most of our Desi Titles and even if they do, it is horrendously expensive.   The best part is that they have probably not watched an all out hilarious movie like Bheja Fry and a maniac like me was only looking for the next available excuse to watch it.   So on a not so warm evening around 8 kms away from a place called...

Charlie St. Cloud Director            Burr Steers Cast                  Zac Efron, Charlie Tahan, Amanda Prew, Augustus Prew, Donal Logue, Kim Bassinger, Ray Liotta, Year                 2010 Genre               Drama The in-flight schedule screamed out, “Zac Efron as never been seen before”.   It went on to describe how this was Efron’s first attempt @ a serious sort of a movie and not the usual Chick Flick & Musical stuff that we are used to seeing from him.   Now I am no Zac Efron fan but I must admit that I was quite intrigued with the strong write up.   Most importantly, I have, in the recent past, seen other chocolate boy heroes of the likes of Joseph Gordon Levitt (Inception, 500 Days of Summer...

TIMELESS - without a beginning or end, eternal, everlasting. Only a few movies earn the tag " CLASSICS " & only a handful of those films become " TIMELESS CLASSICS ".These films even after decades will still bring about the same nostalgic sensation with the latter generation, such is the impact of these well crafted masterpieces. At the same time movies will always be movies irrespective of the language they are made, the feelings, pain, sufferings get etched out so well that language is never seen as a barrier. As the saying goes "MUSIC & MOVIES TRANSCEND ALL BARRIERS". PLOT : " The film tells the parallel love stories of a mother and daughter. " Kwak Jae-yong & Alejandro Amenábar are my favorite directors , their films serve as an inspiration for me & many alike throughout the world. And this korean film " The Classic " directed by Kwak Jae-yong is my all time favorite movie, having seen so many movies ...

Director            Joseph Kosinski Cast                  Jeff Bridges, Garret Hedlund, Bruce Boxleitner, Olivia Wilde, James Frain, Beau Garrett, Michael Sheen, Anis Cheurfa Year                 2010 Genre               Action 6 months ago, I saw the trailer of Tron Legacy and was mighty intrigued to say the least. As the months went by, I kept seeing the trailer over and over again and was quite exasperated with the goddam never ending wait. Finally, a couple of weeks back, the release date was announced as 17th December 2010 - coincidentally the same date, Avatar was released last year - coincidence I am sure. But Walt Disney recreates magic once again!!! The wait was well worth it I say. Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges) i...