Why am I called chupchap? Because my name in reality is quite long to remember for normal human beings. Now please don’t wrack your brains guessing it, it’s N T Balanarayan - Balu for short (You definitely don’t want to know full form of NT) Feeds from my google reader and gaming blog are aggregated hereTumblr (3.0; @chupchap)http://chupchap.tumblr.com/<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/9gbcHXrhTQI/">6 Reasons Why Twitter Japan’s Subscription Model Might Work (In Japan)</a>: <p><a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Picture-1.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://cache0.techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Picture-1-630x314.png" alt="Picture 1" title="Picture 1" width="630" height="314"/></a></p> <p>We reported <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/27/twitter-japan-paid-premium-accounts/" target="_blank">today</a> that <a href="http://www.garage.co.jp/en/" target="_blank">Digital Garage</a>, Twitter’s partner in Japan, is ready to roll out a new, Japan-only way to monetize the service. The way it’ll work is pretty simple: Japanese…</p>http://chupchap.tumblr.com/post/259941424http://chupchap.tumblr.com/post/259941424Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:20:14 +0530<a href="http://mooching-around.blogspot.com/2009/11/who-decides.html">Who decides?</a>: <p>So at the <a href="http://www.mid-day.com/news/2009/nov/271109-26-11-mumbai-terror-attacks-Leopold-Cafe-MiD-DAY.htm" target="_blank">Mumbai Stands United</a> event at Café Leopold on Thursday, I am told that the protesting Sainik’s words to the management were, “This is how you celebrate martyrs? Shame on you.”<br/><br/>I was…</p>http://chupchap.tumblr.com/post/259832084http://chupchap.tumblr.com/post/259832084Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:20:29 +0530<a href="http://blog.foolsmountain.com/2009/11/26/shanghai-style-pajamas-in-the-great-outdoors/">Shanghai Style: Pajamas in the Great Outdoors</a>: <p><img src="http://blog.foolsmountain.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/ALeqM5jKlBR1h2ELzrgE4Aa38g6fOX8MHQ-216x300.jpg" alt="ALeqM5jKlBR1h2ELzrgE4Aa38g6fOX8MHQ" width="216" height="300" align="left"/>It seems the long held social custom of Shanghainese to walk down the street in their pajamas is causing some discomfort to the organizers of the Shanghai World Expo scheduled for next year…</p>http://chupchap.tumblr.com/post/259624195http://chupchap.tumblr.com/post/259624195Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:25:54 +0530<a href="http://www.lbhat.com/personal/indibloggies-vote-for-me-and-get-rid-of-pimples/">Indibloggies: Vote for me and get rid of pimples</a>: <p><div style="float:right;margin-left:10px"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lbhat.com%2Fpersonal%2Findibloggies-vote-for-me-and-get-rid-of-pimples%2F" target="_blank"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lbhat.com%2Fpersonal%2Findibloggies-vote-for-me-and-get-rid-of-pimples%2F" height="61" width="51" title="Indibloggies: Vote for me and get rid of pimples" alt=" Indibloggies: Vote for me and get rid of pimples"/></a></div> <p style="text-align:justify">As you are probably aware, the voting for <a href="http://www.indibloggies.org/nominations-2008" target="_blank">The Indibloggies Awards</a> are on. This <a href="http://www.lbhat.com/personal/bhatnaturally-part-of-best-business-blog-nominations/" target="_blank">blog has been nominated</a> under the ‘Best Business Blog’ category. The nominations in the other…</p></p>http://chupchap.tumblr.com/post/259624199http://chupchap.tumblr.com/post/259624199Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:25:54 +0530<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pluggd/~3/weFJq9Od9u4/">PC sales in India – 24% Growth Recorded</a>: <p>PC sales has shown signs of <a href="http://www.pluggd.in/the-indian-pc-market-witnesses-growth-in-q2-297/" target="_blank">recovery in Q2 2009</a> and July-Sep quarter has reflected the consumption growth.</p> <p>Overall sales in the quarter witnessed an increase of 24% (as compared to last quarter)</p> <ul></ul>http://chupchap.tumblr.com/post/259546152http://chupchap.tumblr.com/post/259546152Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:49:10 +0530<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHNd_6RR_T0&feature=youtube_gdata">Serious Sam HD Final Trailer PC</a>: <p><div style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-size:12px;width:555px"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr> <td width="140" valign="top" rowspan="2"><div style="border:1px solid #999999;margin:0px 10px 5px 0px"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHNd_6RR_T0&feature=youtube_gdata" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/VHNd_6RR_T0/default.jpg"/></a></div></td> <td width="256" valign="top"> <div style="font-size:12px;font-weight:bold"> <a style="font-size:15px;font-weight:bold" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHNd_6RR_T0&feature=youtube_gdata" target="_blank">Serious Sam HD Final Trailer PC</a> <br/> </div> <div style="font-size:12px;margin:3px 0px"><span>Serious Sam, the same effing game is now coming out in HD for PC. Did I say awesome! =) </span></div> </td> <td style="font-size:11px;line-height:1.4em;padding-left:20px;padding-top:1px" width="146" valign="top"> <div> <span style="color:#666666;font-size:11px">From:</span> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=gamebashing" target="_blank">gamebashing</a> </div> <div> <span style="color:#666666;font-size:11px">Views:</span> 0</div> <div style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:left"><img style="border:0px none;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:middle;font-size:11px" align="top" alt=""/></div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div></p>http://chupchap.tumblr.com/post/259546156http://chupchap.tumblr.com/post/259546156Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:49:10 +0530<a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/dell_releases_customized_version_of_chrome_os.php">Dell Releases Customized Version of Chrome OS</a>: <p>Dell has just released a customized version of Chromium OS, the open source code behind Google’s new operating system called Chrome, in a build designed specifically for Dell …</p>http://chupchap.tumblr.com/post/259546148http://chupchap.tumblr.com/post/259546148Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:49:09 +0530<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Inquisitr/~3/nJWq28G15xE/">FIFA Proves That World Soccer Is A Joke Again: Chile World Cup Expulsion Likely</a>: <p><img src="http://images.inquisitr.com/wp-content/2009/11/chile-soccer.jpg" alt="chile soccer" title="chile soccer" width="358" height="350"/></p> <p>Proving that world Soccer is an ongoing joke, FIFA (the International Federation of Association Football) is threatening that Chile will face World Cup Expulsion over a minor league issue in…</p>http://chupchap.tumblr.com/post/259483977http://chupchap.tumblr.com/post/259483977Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:21:43 +0530<a href="http://blog.livemint.com/luxury-cult/2009/11/26/2611-is-thanksgiving-day/">26/11 is Thanksgiving Day</a>: <p>It may just be a calendar coincidence, but I think in a weird sort of way it is apt. I don’t know about you, but the one thing I took out of that horrible day a year ago is that life itself is a…</p>http://chupchap.tumblr.com/post/259483971http://chupchap.tumblr.com/post/259483971Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:21:43 +0530<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Inquisitr/~3/v7mQWWJbWxE/">First Modern Warfare 2 downloadable content due in spring 2010</a>: <p style="text-align:center"><img title="call-of-duty-4-modern-warfare-2" src="http://images.inquisitr.com/wp-content/2009/11/call-of-duty-4-modern-warfare-2.jpg" alt="call-of-duty-4-modern-warfare-2" width="486" height="272"/></p> <p>Given the game’s record-smashing sales figures, <em>Modern Warfare 2</em> downloadable content is a gold mine just waiting to make Activision and Infinity Ward nauseatingly rich. So surprise! –…</p>http://chupchap.tumblr.com/post/259483976http://chupchap.tumblr.com/post/259483976Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:21:43 +0530<a href="http://www.27bslash6.com/p2p.html">"It's like twitter. Except we charge people to use it."</a>: <p><blockquote>Shared by Akshat <br/> :D</blockquote> <strong>From:</strong> Simon Edhouse<br/><strong>Date:</strong> Monday 16 November 2009 2.19pm<br/><strong>To:</strong> David Thorne<br/><strong>Subject:</strong> Logo Design<br/><br/> Hello David,<br/><img src="http://www.27bslash6.com/images/clear.gif" alt="" border="0" height="5" width="20"/><br/>I would like to catch up as I am working on a really…</p>http://chupchap.tumblr.com/post/259483979http://chupchap.tumblr.com/post/259483979Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:21:43 +0530<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNextWeb/~3/nN9YpoRkED8/">Launching MailCounter: Tweetmeme for email</a>: <p><a href="http://thenextweb.com/incubator/files/2009/11/Screen-shot-2009-11-27-at-12.36.49.png" target="_blank"><img style="float:right;margin-left:8px;border:0px initial initial" title="Screen shot 2009-11-27 at 12.36.49" src="http://thenextweb.com/incubator/files/2009/11/Screen-shot-2009-11-27-at-12.36.49-300x241.png" alt="Screen shot 2009-11-27 at 12.36.49" width="300" height="241"/></a>A few weeks ago we were looking at the theme we are using here at The Next Web network and a way to make it easier for people to email content to each other. We already have the Facebook…</p>http://chupchap.tumblr.com/post/259483982http://chupchap.tumblr.com/post/259483982Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:21:43 +0530<a href="http://www.bindass.com/post/2611-one-year-on/">I was at Leopold! : Bindass.com</a>: <p><b><a href="http://twitter.com/jhayu" target="_blank">@jhayu </a></b> wrote:<br/><i>RT @Jineshnp: I was at Leopold! “I want the entire freakin parliament to read this!” <a href="http://j.mp/6plRBj" target="_blank">http://j.mp/6plRBj</a> #2611neverforget #oneyearon #mumbai</i> <br/><br/></p> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <span>I was at Leopold!</span> </div> <div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>http://chupchap.tumblr.com/post/259483987http://chupchap.tumblr.com/post/259483987Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:21:43 +0530<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/readwriteweb/~3/fNXxPZP8lrE/new_beta_version_of_firefox_36_enables_local_file.php">New Firefox 3.6 Beta Enables Local File Handling</a>: <p><img alt="firefox_half_logo_nov09.jpg" src="http://www.readwriteweb.com/images/firefox_half_logo_nov09.jpg"/>Earlier this morning, Mozilla <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/index.php/2009/11/26/firefox-3-6-beta-revision-4-now-available-for-download/" target="_blank">released </a>the <a href="http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html" target="_blank">fourth beta version of Firefox 3.6</a>. Besides over <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=ALL%20status1.9.2:beta4-fixed" target="_blank">140 bug fixes</a>, the new beta also introduces support for HTML5’s local file handling API. This…</p>http://chupchap.tumblr.com/post/259483968http://chupchap.tumblr.com/post/259483968Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:21:42 +0530<a href="http://india-aaagh.blogspot.com/2009/11/tgi-friday-wass-up.html">TGI Friday - Wass Up?</a>: <p><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OO7NiU-KLjY/Sw9QXOzSKsI/AAAAAAAAC_I/pyTGqUAmL3w/s1600/Hijra.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="display:block;margin:0px auto 10px;width:333px;height:400px;text-align:center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OO7NiU-KLjY/Sw9QXOzSKsI/AAAAAAAAC_I/pyTGqUAmL3w/s400/Hijra.jpg" border="0"/></a><br/>It takes a special talent to write the <em>Wass Up</em> feature. For those not in the know, <em>Wass Up</em> is the regular page three column which appears in the <em>Times of India’s</em> Bangalore Times…</p>http://chupchap.tumblr.com/post/259483970http://chupchap.tumblr.com/post/259483970Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:21:42 +0530<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pluggd/~3/ioE_tNl6aO0/">Indian government to setup centralized communication monitor system</a>: <p>Post 26/11, Government is planning to setup a centralized system to automatically monitor communications on mobiles, landline phones and Internet.</p> <p>A pilot project of the central monitoring system…</p>http://chupchap.tumblr.com/post/259428938http://chupchap.tumblr.com/post/259428938Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:55:31 +0530<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Brainstuck/~3/mvXLLf3Tmoo/">Post Processing</a>: <p><img src="http://www.brainstuck.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Post-Processing.png" alt="Post Processing, Photography, Images, Photoshopping, Flickr, Color Correction, Auto Levelling, Brightness Contrast Correction, comics, " title="Everything else in the photograph remains untouched..." width="351" height="450"/></p> <p><iframe src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~ah/f/hft4epo00devv4l80gj8gi8bss/468/60#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.brainstuck.com%2F2009%2F11%2F27%2Fpost-processing%2F" width="100%" height="60" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0"></iframe></p> <div> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Brainstuck?a=mvXLLf3Tmoo:uB-tuVEbD1o:D7DqB2pKExk" target="_blank"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Brainstuck?i=mvXLLf3Tmoo:uB-tuVEbD1o:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Brainstuck?a=mvXLLf3Tmoo:uB-tuVEbD1o:gIN9vFwOqvQ" target="_blank"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Brainstuck?i=mvXLLf3Tmoo:uB-tuVEbD1o:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Brainstuck?a=mvXLLf3Tmoo:uB-tuVEbD1o:V_sGLiPBpWU" target="_blank"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Brainstuck?i=mvXLLf3Tmoo:uB-tuVEbD1o:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Brainstuck?a=mvXLLf3Tmoo:uB-tuVEbD1o:F7zBnMyn0Lo" target="_blank"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Brainstuck?i=mvXLLf3Tmoo:uB-tuVEbD1o:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Brainstuck?a=mvXLLf3Tmoo:uB-tuVEbD1o:qj6IDK7rITs" target="_blank"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Brainstuck?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Brainstuck?a=mvXLLf3Tmoo:uB-tuVEbD1o:yIl2AUoC8zA" target="_blank"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Brainstuck?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/></a> </div> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Brainstuck/~4/mvXLLf3Tmoo" height="1" width="1"/>http://chupchap.tumblr.com/post/259428944http://chupchap.tumblr.com/post/259428944Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:55:31 +0530<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GeekAndPoke/~3/2P11KWbzcmQ/yet-another-140-chars-joke-sorry.html">Yet Another 140 Chars Joke (Sorry!)</a>: <blockquote>Shared by Priyanka <br/> sharing it only coz geek n poke mentions @roshnimo!! :)</blockquote> <div> <a style="display:inline" href="http://geekandpoke.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341d3df553ef012875dba7e1970c-pi" target="_blank"><img alt="Ya140c" title="Ya140c" src="http://geekandpoke.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341d3df553ef012875dba7e1970c-800wi" border="0"/></a> <br/> <p></p> <p></p> <p>Sorry (esp. to <a href="http://twitter.com/roshnimo/statuses/5995240333" target="_blank">@roshnimo</a>: you’re right they’re getting old) but I had to.</p> <p></p> <br/> </div> <div> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GeekAndPoke?a=2P11KWbzcmQ:8BCZ61CL94Q:yIl2AUoC8zA" target="_blank"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GeekAndPoke?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GeekAndPoke?a=2P11KWbzcmQ:8BCZ61CL94Q:V_sGLiPBpWU" target="_blank"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GeekAndPoke?i=2P11KWbzcmQ:8BCZ61CL94Q:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GeekAndPoke?a=2P11KWbzcmQ:8BCZ61CL94Q:qj6IDK7rITs" target="_blank"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GeekAndPoke?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/></a> </div>http://chupchap.tumblr.com/post/259428948http://chupchap.tumblr.com/post/259428948Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:55:31 +0530<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/6584160/Indus-Valleys-Bronze-Age-civilisation-had-first-sophisticated-financial-exchange-system.html">Indus Valley's Bronze Age civilisation 'had first sophisticated financial exchange system' - Telegraph</a>: <p>The Indus Valley’s Bronze Age civilisation may have developed the world’s first sophisticated system of wage labour, financial exchange and measurement, a Canadian mathematician has discovered.</p>http://chupchap.tumblr.com/post/259428947http://chupchap.tumblr.com/post/259428947Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:55:31 +0530<a href="http://notalwaysright.com/when-open-source-meets-closed-minds/3305">When Open Source Meets Closed Minds</a>: <p>(<em>Tech Support</em> | <em>California, USA</em>)</p> <p><b>Caller:</b> “I need to report a very serious computer crime! The local university is running an illegal computer system!”</p> <p><b>Me:</b> “Could you please repeat that?”</p> <p><b>…</b></p>http://chupchap.tumblr.com/post/259368968http://chupchap.tumblr.com/post/259368968Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:12:30 +0530