It's all where the action is ...

What's most interesting about the two teams taking part in the WC finals tommorow is - guess what, four bowlers with the strangest of actions, 2 from each team (ah ..nows its a level play) playing in it. If the Lankans have Murli and Malinga then Aussies have Tait and Hogg(his is more natural -- though as hard to pick). If you look at the numbers for these bowlers, you would know why these two teams are in the finals.
Murli has always been hard to pick but more so with his now-effective Doosra, Hogg on the other hand has similar qualities and is very underrated. The slingers in Malinga and Tait give bite to both attacks which others teams lack. Pathans and Harbhajans, if you are listening, just bend the arm a wee bit so you could give it more tweak or zing.
On a more serious note, two teams, easily the best in the tournament so far competing in the final. Who would win ..Aussies and that too easily is my view although I would love to be proved wrong. Recipe for SL; bat first and get 260 plus, and we have the WC coming back to Asia (after failed attempts from Pak (1999) and India(2003)).

MAC and all that!

I have just been a proud owner of an Apple Macboook Pro (courtesy: SSN) and hasn't it been just awesome. I have wanted to get my hands on one for a while now and so far I have really enjoyed the test drive. I was apprehensive (and no more ..) on two counts. One, the support available for a Mac in comparison to a PC perhaps was not adequate for me and second, the price you pay for getting one. Within four days of using it, I have realized that first of my concerns is not one anymore. It has a wide support for a variety of applications and there is a growing Mac community on the web. The price, I would still think it is slightly high but then you get only what you for. It's well worth it for more reasons than one.

The Graphical User Interface that Apple provides with all its products (OS X here) is second to none. Its nice, clean and a lot easier to use. Once you have known the ropes, you find it so much easy to navigate around. It's built-in application set (read iPhoto, iTunes and all other i's) is feature rich and extremely useful in keeping things organised. Add to it, the unix shell support and you have a work-ready machine at hands. I have always thought it's much easier for code development if you have your own unix box rather than logging into a unix server. And with Macbook Pro, 2GB RAM and 120 MB HDD with Intel 2.33 GHZ processor, you really have what you need. The only downside being intel processor tends to make these warmer than the previous Power PC architecture. The packaging and the sleekness is just what you expect of an Apple product.

With whatver I have used so far, I have loved it and I can see myself being a REAL proud owner soon.

Worth a wait

Few words that are definately worth the wait ..(for my blog fans)

I toiled day n' night
Mixed blood and sweat
For I had learnt
Hardwork has no surrogate

To taste the success,
I waited with bated breath
As if it was my first date
With my soulmate

The story was on the wall
And it was yet another fall,
I began to blame my faith,
Until a voice inside said

"Give another go mate, its still not late
Open the gate and conquer your fate
Life's great things often do not come straight
Something which is great, is often worth the wait."