2.0

Ever since there was Web 2.0, I don’t know if it revolutionized the Internet very much, but the suffix 2.0 has caused a huge stir in the vocabulary of common geek man (Common Geek is one who lusts for that 1TB USB external hard drive for $99 through techbargains.com).

Here is what has happened so far:

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Geek Husband: Honey, Dosa is so boring. It is simple and plain like the old text only Internet.

Wife: Ok, Let me get creative.

Geek Husband: Wow! I love this tomato Dosa, Wow Spicy Dosa and Masala dosa, Double Wow! This is so good, this is so latest, this is so Dosa 2.0!

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Wife: (In a Hot tone) Honey, what we are going to experience tonight is going to be like never before, It is going to be so 2.0

Geek Husband: (Reddish and Profusely sweating and stammering) ehhhh…errr… really …2.0?

Wife: What! Did you forget? We are going out for Ice skating tonight? I told you … Don’t you remember!

Geek Husband: Ohhh! that … Skating 2.0! I thought … never mind! (Wiping the sweat)

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… In a early 2000′s Yahoo chat room …

mduveeran: Yo all, Cricket is so boring don’t you think! Hate the one whole day games and completely reject 5 days!

rdrav2000: Get off mduveeran, You know nothing about cricket and its technicals.

lmodi2008: a/s/l please?

sach2001:  Hmm, agree with you rdrav2000. lmodi2008, boooriinnnggg! ask any other question.

mduveeran: ahhhhhhh, I am yelling. I will Pee and come back and Yell! No one is listening to my Idea, Cricket 2.0!

lmodi2008: Hmm, I will Pee and Yell. Hmm, I Pee Yell. hmm, IPL. Got it guys, Cricket 2.0. May be we should play 20 overs a side game.

rdrav2000: Ha ha ha, In your dreams lmodi2008!

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The above dialogues are completely Imaginary 2.0 and has nothing to do with any real life character 2.0.

RCB-CSK-F1

I was not a big fan of IPL. In fact I used to call IPL as I Pee Yell. I had let go of first 2 seasons of IPL as I was in a different place with no live access. But now that I am in Bangalore, It is hard to let this go by without noticing. The whole nation has drowned itself in this and it has pulled me in this whirlpool (not the washing machine, and I am not endorsing it here!).

In spite of that, I remain a Loyal F1 fan. I sat back to watch the Bahrain GP instead of the IPL match, last sunday. Interestingly, the new F1 format had pregnant cars (loaded with fuel, to go the entire race) and was pretty boring. One race wouldn’t determine anything, but if this is how it is going to be, then this F1 season is going to be terrible. I miss Kimi and the race when he fought Alonso till the last but one lap, when his suspension gave up, the race when he passed Fisi in the final lap to clinch the No. 1 spot, the season when he fought Lewis Hamilton. This paragraph will be a “Blah …Blah…” for Non-F1 folks, but the F1 season is just incomplete without the Iceman.

The point is, the IPL T20 matches are offering similar, if not the same excitement in some matches. Loads of runs, Nail biting finishes, Unpredictable victories makes IPL as attractive as those tight F1 races, but I will never agree that they are same.

So now that I am watching IPL, I have decided I need to support some team to make it lively. There are positives with every IPL team and so for the sake of the game, I would be happy to see any team playing great cricket to win the game. But to keep it fun, I am supporting RCB, since Bangalore is my workplace and I am also supporting CSK, as Tamil Nadu is my Home place. After a great couple of matches yesterday, it felt great to support RCB and CSK for the win.

The only problem is going to be when RCB and CSK face each other. Who do I support? It is like the Climax of “Tamil Padam” when Shiva faces the villian “D”. Kadamaiyaa? Paasama? (Duty? Or Love?). Heart says Love, Mind says Duty. But I guess, I will be happy either way.

The photo displayed above has nothing to do with the post. It is exactly like how the things written on the IPL player’s T-shirts and Gears has nothing to do with the Game or the player. Just click on it and enjoy the photo stream of Bannerghata National Park, Wildlife Grand Safari.