Tuesday 26 February 2008

Blink, blink, blink!


I had a little dolly
That went
Blink, blink, and blink

She had chubby cheeks
Two blue, blue eyes
When I shook her a little
She went
Blink, blink, and blink,

She had a small cute chain
On her back behind her mane,
When I pulled that cute chain
She said
“Blink, blink, and blink”.

Monday 18 February 2008

The movie for children will be in the VFX medium, using computer-generated special effects.

The VFX medium uses computer-generated effects that give movies a fantasy-like feel. The best example of a VFX movie is Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park, where computers made the dragons fly.

And Shah Rukh said he was planning the movie under his home banner, Red Chillies Productions. The new venture - to be directed by Anubhav Sinha - had a budget of $25 million (almost Rs.1 billion), making it the most expensive Bollywood movie to date.

It will be a movie featuring a lot of children who wish for bad things, but get a shocking reality check when they come true.

"We are dedicating the next eight or nine months to taking the best technicians from around the world and asking them to help us make the best VFX film India has ever made. It will be madcap, over the top. I want it to be as beautiful as Spider-Man in terms of effects," Shah Rukh Khan told Variety.

Visual effects (or 'VFX' for short) is the term given in which images or film frames are created and manipulated for film and video. Visual effects usually involve the integration of live-action footage with computer generated imagery or other elements (such as pyrotechnics or model work) in order to create environments or scenarios which look realistic, but would be dangerous, costly, or simply impossible to capture on film.

They have become increasingly common in big-budget films, and have also recently become accessible to the amateur filmmaker with the introduction of affordable animation and compositing software.

Thursday 14 February 2008

Warren Buffet, the second richest man who has donated $31 billion to charity.

Warren Buffett was only six years old, when he purchased 6-packs of Coca Cola from his grandfather's grocery store for twenty five cents and resold each of the bottles for a nickel, pocketing a five cent profit. While other children his age were playing hopscotch and jacks, Warren was making money. Five years later, Buffett took his step into the world of high finance.

At eleven years old, he purchased three shares of Cities Service Preferred at $38 per share for both himself and his older sister, Doris. Shortly after buying the stock, it fell to just over $27 per share. A frightened but resilient Warren held his shares until they rebounded to $40. He promptly sold them - a mistake he would soon come to regret. Cities Service shot up to $200. The experience taught him one of the basic lessons of investing: Patience is a virtue.

He bought a small farm aged 14 with savings from delivering newspapers.

He still lives in the same small 3-bedroom house in mid-town Omaha that he bought after he got married 50 years ago. He says that he has everything he needs in that house. His house does not have a wall or a fence.

He drives his own car everywhere and does not have a driver or security people around him.

He never travels by private jet, although he owns the world's largest private jet company.

He does not socialize with the high society crowd. His pass time after he gets home is to make himself some pop corn and watch TV.

Warren Buffet does not carry a cell phone, nor has a computer on his desk.

His advice to young people:

'Stay away from credit cards and invest in yourself and Remember :

A. Money doesn't create man; it is the man who created money.

B. Live your life as simple as you are.

C. Don't do what others say, just listen to them, but do what you feel good.

D. Don't go for a brand name; just wear those things in which you feel comfortable.

E. Don't waste your money on unnecessary things; just spend on those who really are in need.

F. After all it's your life so why give the chance to others to rule your life.'

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