Archive for September, 2007

Comic books – .cbz and .cbr files – CDisplay

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

Files with a “.cbr” extension are basically a compressed set of JPG, PNG, or GIF images.
You can open them with the freeware program CDisplay (a comic book reader software).
Available here: http://www.geocities.com/davidayton/CDisplay.html
You can open .cbr files with WinRar (they are just .rar files with the file extension changed)
And .cbz [...]

India decides to lift tsunami alert- Tsunami alert was sounded in Andaman & Nicobar – Marina beach wears deserted look

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

India decides to lift tsunami alert
Tsunami alert was sounded in Andaman & Nicobar -  Marina beach wears deserted look
The Marina beach in Chennai, one of the longest in the world, wore a deserted look this evening as police asked people who came there to leave, following the tsunami alert issued by the Centre.
Though [...]

Voyagers celebrate 30 years in space – the Golden Record awaits intelligent life forms

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

The Voyager 1  spacecraft is a 733-kilogram robotic space probe of the outer solar system September 5, 1977, and currently operational. It visited Jupiter and Saturn and was the first probe to provide detailed images of the moons of these planets.
The US space agency’s (Nasa) venerable Voyager mission is celebrating its 30th anniversary.
Its [...]

I Am Shakespeare The Bard of Avon – ghost writers author playwright dramatist’s novels ?

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

Who is Shakespeare – The Bard of Avon ?
Did ghost writers author this playwright-dramatist’s books ? England’s national poet and the “Bard of Avon” (or simply “The Bard”) belonging to Stratford on Avon.
Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon. At the age of 18 he married Anne Hathaway, who bore him three children: Susanna, and [...]

Air Guitar World Championships 2007 and 2006 – Ochi “Dainoji” Yosuke

Monday, September 10th, 2007