Archive for March 2008

Laugh It Up

Mar 31st, 2008 | By | Category: Laugh it up

Tweet Three FASTEST means of Communication : 1. Tele-Phone 2. Tele-Vision 3. Tell to Woman Need a still FASTER mean – Tell her NOT to tell ANYONE.



Should the Indian film-makers be worried about getting an Oscar ?

Mar 26th, 2008 | By | Category: Editor Speak

Tweet Indian Film makers have been trying to win an Oscar for the several years. Every year, a great hue and cry is raised over the film that is nominated to the Oscars. Unfortunately, no Indian film has come even close to winning the much coveted award. we asked our readers if the Indian film […]



How do microphones work and why are there so many different types?

Mar 25th, 2008 | By | Category: Articles

Tweet Sound is an amazing thing. All of the different sounds that we hear are caused by minute pressure differences in the air around us. What's amazing about it is that the air transmits those pressure changes so well, and so accurately, over relatively long distances.



Lucky Draw Winner

Mar 24th, 2008 | By | Category: Editor Speak

Tweet Not long ago, a contest was held on the MAG to choose one lucky winner from the first few subscribers (via e-mail) to The MAG.  The winner has now been chosen and the site Random.org was used to draw the winner's name. And the winner of the first ever contest held on The MAG […]



Caption This – X

Mar 23rd, 2008 | By | Category: Caption This

Tweet The winner for Caption This – IX is Angesh. The Yak in the picture does seem like getting ready for a walk. It looks magnificent and beautiful, doesn't it? 



The World’s Fastest Computer

Mar 15th, 2008 | By | Category: Articles

Tweet To put things into perspective, let's start with the computer sitting on your desk, the computer you use on a day-to-day basis to browse the Internet, handle spreadsheets, create documents, etc. Most people have something like a Pentium computer running Windows, or a Macintosh. A computer like this can execute approximately 100 million instructions […]



Laugh It Up!

Mar 10th, 2008 | By | Category: Laugh it up

Tweet A man comes out of a shopping mall to find that one side of his parked car is rammed in. Seeing a note under the windshield, he reads it. Written on  the paper is: About a dozen people are watching me as I am writing this. They think I'm penning down my name, phone number, […]



The Milk Bottle

Mar 5th, 2008 | By | Category: Short Stories

Tweet Ramu was nervous that day.  His mornings had been hell since the morning his dad had asked him to deliver milk at house no. 13.  He had not thought much of it, just a stop on the way to school, but it had turned out to be much more than that. This morning, as […]



Caption This – IX

Mar 2nd, 2008 | By | Category: Caption This

Tweet   Sadly, we have no winner for Caption This – VIII (consequently the picture above goes without a Caption)! So, try harder this time, and may be you could provide the caption that wins…