Time-lapse footage of US Airways Flight 1549 submerged in the icy waters of the Hudson River

Time-lapse footage of US Airways Flight 1549 submerged in the icy waters of the Hudson River, awaiting the barges and cranes that would eventually lift it up and take it away.



Posted on Kontain.com [Time-lapse Footage of Flight 1549] from David Martin on Vimeo.

Basics of American football(National Football League - NFL)

I have always been a Sports buff since i was a kid. I follow most sports Cricket , Soccer(EPL & Spanish la liga regularly), Football(American), Tennis, Table Tennis, NBA, NHL, NASCAR, F1....you name it. But, i must say that there is no sport like Football(American) in terms of excitement, planning, strategy, physical strength and conditioning, co-ordination, etc. That is why football is THE #1 sport in US, even though there are only 16 regular season games plus a maximum of 4 playoff games in a season. Football is America's timepass on Sundays from Sept to Jan. Teams needs to do so much of preparation and strategy for them to be able to play a game every week (60 minutes playing time).

For someone who happens to watch football on TV without knowing the rules of the game, the action wouldn't make any sense at all. They will see players in a pile very often and wonder what the hell they are trying to do. New York Giants won Super Bowl 42 last weekend and as a hardcore New York Giants fan since i started watching football in 2004, i thought it is perhaps a good time to point to a few links to help novices understand "Basics of American football".

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/american_football/3192002.stm

http://www.nfl.com/rulebook/beginnersguidetofootball

http://football.about.com/cs/football101/a/bl_football101.htm

http://www.giants.com/index2.html

Staples Cancelled My Black Friday Order

Staples Cancelled My Black Friday Order.........
I didn't get my TomTom One GPS, Epson R280 Photo printer and Kodak DVD+R 50 pack blank media.....

If you are also affected by Staple's system glitch, please comment.



More details can be found at this blog...

Staples Cancelled My Black Friday Order

1000 Islands Slideshow

Niagara falls Slideshow

Niagara falls

Spent a day down in Niagara, was awestruck at the size of the falls. Got a view of them from the water, on the Maid of the Mist boat ride and also from cave of the winds tour. Passengers on the falls-seeing Maid of the Mist boats, are all kitted out in blue raincoats while visitors to the walkways of the Cave of the Winds are all in yellow.

We first joined the blue raincoat brigade. Tourists on the deck of the Maid of the Mist get wetter the closer the boat reaches to the Horseshoe Falls. There’s a cold wind blowing. My wife and I loved the Maid of the Mist trip especially the point where it takes you to the center Of the Horseshoe shaped falls and the water seems to be falling all around. It is a lifetime experience. Loved the feel of the chilled water and the mist all around ..and the boat which wobbled with the waves.


Later we joined the yellow raincoat brigade which takes you down by elevator to the base of the American Falls and then follows a wooden walkway from lookout deck to hurricane deck. It culminates in the Hurricane Deck where you stand virtually under the falls. Its more ridiculous to stand under a 180 ft high waterfall in a yellow raincoat. Every second hundred gallons of water arrives on your head at 75 mph on the Hurricane Deck

A simple new way to embed Google Maps

It has been an year since i updated my blog.

Here is a simple new way to embed Google Maps. Here you can see my neighborhood. Click here for details


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My ski video in Indiana - Taken on 1 Jan, 2006

Hey,

Check out my ski video of my skiing experience in Indiana on 1 Jan, 2006