Srinivas Padma: Personal Musings on Life, Growth, and Connections

The hottest thing on the Internet is not social networking websites like Facebook and Twitter, but Flickr-the popular photo-sharing portal - and the proof is: it has topped TIME's list of the best 50 websites this year. One of the noticeable trends in this year's list, which was released this week, was on-demand video services, like YouTube, Vimeo and US services Hulu and Netflix. However, the top two in the list were related to photographs, with California Coastline following Flickr at the second spot. Third in the list was bookmark website Delicious, while community weblog Metafilter stood at the fourth place. Popurls, the mashup of the web's most visited social news sites and portals, grabbed the fifth spot in the list. Twitter ranked sixth and Facebook came 31st in the list, while YouTube and Hulu came at 12th and 14th place in the list. TIME's list of 50 Best Websites of 2009 is: 1. Flickr - Photo Sharing 2. California Coastline - Coastal Records Project 3. Delic

The 22-year-old former builder spends most of his time entertaining tourists by acrobatically climbing Chitradurga Fort, Karnataka . He fearlessly and effortlessly goes up 300-feet-high walls without a safety harness and hundreds of eyes watching from down below. Young mister Rai says he developed his climbing skills by watching monkeys climb trees and trying to reproduce stunts from his favorite films. He hopes he’ll soon be recognized as the world’s greatest climber. The real Spiderman says he has never wore safety equipment and has never had one accident. He believes his ability to see footholds others can’t is proof he was born to climb. He practices every day and does Yoga to maintain his flexibility. A big fan of French climber Alain Robert , Jyothi Rai hopes to achieve his success and one day open a school for climbers. Be sure to watch the video at the bottom, it’s really something!

1. Our body is capable of producing aspirin Eating fruits and vegetables may help the human body make its own aspirin. Findings from the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry indicate that study participants who received benzoic acid, a natural substance in fruits and vegetables, could make their own salicylic acid, the key component that gives aspirin its anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving properties. ( Source ) 2. Taking a nap at work is good for your boss A 20-minute nap can improve your overall alertness, boost your mood, and increase productivity. William Anthony, co-author of The Art of Napping at Work (Larson Publications, 1999), says the post-nap boost can last for several hours. In addition, your heart may reap benefits from napping. In a six-year study of Greek adults, researchers found that that men who took naps at least three times a week had a 37 percent lower risk of heart-related death. ( Source ) 3. Ejaculation may cause men to sneeze Some men experience

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Ok...here..you can really get to see the angst in the youth of today! haha...subtly put.. A Hyderabad based MNC was destroyed by its employees. sigh... the tornado (the employees :P ) devastated lives ...and...ahem the walls in the office as well. If you're in troubles waters, can't say it to your boss..then join the "TORNADO" gang. Lets buckle up guys! Hint: people can take reference from this video if they want to break their office walls... :P

What is swine flu? Like people, pigs can get influenza (flu), but swine flu viruses aren't the same as human flu viruses. Swine flu doesn't often infect people, and the rare human cases that have occurred in the past have mainly affected people who had direct contact with pigs. But the current "swine flu" outbreak is different. It's caused by a new swine flu virus that has changed in ways that allow it to spread from person to person -- and it's happening among people who haven't had any contact with pigs. That makes it a human flu virus. In an effort to avoid confusion, the CDC is calling the virus "novel influenza A (H1N1) virus" to distinguish it both from flu viruses that infect mainly pigs and from the seasonal influenza A H1N1 viruses that have been in circulation for many years. How does swine flu spread? Is it airborne? The new swine flu virus apparently spreads just like regular flu. You could pick up germs directly from droplets from th

LOS ANGELES – Michael Jackson, the sensationally gifted child star who rose to become the "King of Pop" and the biggest celebrity in the world only to fall from his throne in a freakish series of scandals, died Thursday. He was 50. Jackson died at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. Ed Winter, the assistant chief coroner for Los Angeles County, confirmed his office had been notified of the death and would handle the investigation. The circumstances of Jackson's death were not immediately clear. Jackson was not breathing when Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics responded to a call at his Los Angeles home about 12:30 p.m., Capt. Steve Ruda told the Los Angeles Times. The paramedics performed CPR and took him to the hospital, Ruda told the newspaper. Jackson's death brought a tragic end to a long, bizarre, sometimes farcical decline from his peak in the 1980s, when he was popular music's premier all-around performer, a uniter of black and white music who shattered