If only they accept that commercial contracts just get you fame, and not game, they wouldn’t have gone down the way they did. I usually don’t watch cricket, nor am I interested in it, but the way India played yesterday is worthy of few remarks. The result of the game was no different than what people expected looking at the Indian innings. For the second time in two World Cups, India - so proud of its batting - had been bowled out in its opening game by a lowly-rated team.
On the other side, our favorite competitors, Pakistan have been bruised out of the worldcup when they lost to Ireland. So for all those who made plans to watch India play Pakistan in the next round will have to do away with watching some other teams compete.
My favourite desktop manager for Linux, Gnome has jumped to 2.18. Improvements to Tomboy, Seahorse and Gnome Power Manager. I have used these apps for a long time, and certainly recommend them for any user switching to Linux. Managing OpenPGP and SSH Keys using Seahorse couldn’t be easier, and Gnome Power Manager seriously needed some bump. I haven’t tried the new document manager myself, but the new document manager supports multiple instances of the same document at the same time. This is something useful if you are editing a document and referring to its original state.
Starbucks may not have entered Indian coffee industry yet, but another coffee tycoon Lavazza did by buying 100% stake in Barista. A popular coffee joint since its very beginning, Barista indeed served everything good except what it was expected to - Coffee. I have had countless breakfast, lunch and snacks at various Barista outlets all across Delhi and North India, but could not get a single cup of well made cappuccino. Keeping my tastes and disgust with Barista coffee aside, the outlet chain was probably the first one to teach the masses difference between cappuccino and latte. The chain served excellent sandwiches especially the chicken tikka ones and quite decent panini. Nonetheless, I knew Lavazza was making a move after seeing a faint red logo on Barista menu labelled as ‘premium’ coffees. So with a big shout to Starbucks, I hope there is some more international coffee brand presence in India. Probably Starbucks can buy out Café Coffee day and start off.