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Rogers Masters: Top 8 in quarters

The top 8 players in Rogers Masters cup 2009. Interestingly neither Federer nor Nadal could make it to the Semis. 1. Roger Federer (Quarterfinals) - Switzerland 2. Rafael Nadal (Quarterfinals) - Spain 3. Andy Murray (Champion) - The United Kingdom 4. Novak Djokovic (Quarterfinals) - Serbia 5. Andy Roddick (Semifinals) - The United States 6. Juan Martín del Potro (Final) - Argentina 7. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Semifinals) - France 8. Nikolay Davydenko (Quarterfinals) - Russia Kovil Pillai P.

JavaScript: Custom setTimeout function to take arguments

Problem: window.setTimeout method doesn't give easy way to pass object type argument to the timeout method. And it may cause memory leak too. To avoid this, I have written a simple script which does the same thing. var PKTimer = new function() { this.timeoutCnt = 1; } PKTimer.setTimeout = function(callFn, thisObj, argArr, timeWait) { if(argArr === null) { return setTimeout(callFn,timeWait); } var uniqueId = 'pkt' + PKTimer.timeoutCnt++; PKTimer[uniqueId] = [callFn, thisObj, argArr]; return setTimeout("PKTimer.timeoutAction('" + uniqueId + "')", timeWait); } PKTimer.timeoutAction = function(timeOutId) { var callInfo = PKTimer[timeOutId]; if(!callInfo) { return; } var callFn = callInfo[0]; var thisObj = callInfo[1]; var callArg = callInfo[2]; if(!(callFn instanceof Function)) { callFn = thisObj[callFn]; } callFn.apply(this

Search The Search

Funny, but I did (Aug 17, 2009 11:30 IST). I searched the "Search" in Google, Yahoo and Bing. The results are really unexpected, especially the one from Google and Bing. Bing Top 3: search.yahoo.com www.dogpile.com www.google.co.uk Google Top 3: www.bing.com search.yahoo.com www.google.com Yahoo Top 3: www.google.com www.google.com www.bing.com Bing Google Yahoo Kovil Pillai P.

Kamal's Golden Jubilee year

Ammavum neyae appavum neyae - This was on Aug 12, 1959 - celebrating the golden jubilee of this is the 'Ulaga Nayagan' Kamal Haasan. Velu Nayagan of Nayagan , Chappani from 16 Vayathinile , Apoorva Sagodharargal Appu , Vazhvey Maayam Raja , Krishnaswamy of Mahanadhi , Aalavandhan Nandu , Thenali, Indian, Avvai Shanmugi ... each character says about Kamal's commitment to his work. It is not difficult for anyone to do have done so much, if they could stay for this long in the industry. But I don't think anyone would have done this with such a dedication and willingness to learn every bit of whole cinema like Kamal. I am sure he will end up in a place where you will have no one else to compare with him. Though I don't prefer watching movies second time, there are exceptions like Manohara, Panneer Pushpangal, Batsha, Minnale . And this ANBE SIVAM ! Though it was the extraordinary performance by Madhavan which made the movie so pleasant, I like the movie very mu

Cool ones

Say no to drugs, they just don't listen. A friend in need is a pest indeed. Marriage is one of the chief causes of divorce. Work is fine if it doesn't take too much of your time. When everything comes in your way you're in the wrong lane. The light at the end of the tunnel may be an incoming train. Born free, taxed to death. Everyone has a photographic memory, some just don't have film. Life is unsure; always eat your dessert first. Smile, it makes people wonder what you are thinking. If you keep your feet firmly on the ground, you'll have trouble putting on your pants. It's not hard to meet expenses, they are everywhere. I love being a writer... what I can't stand is the paperwork. A printer consists of 3 main parts: the case, the jammed paper tray and the blinking red light. The guy who invented the first wheel was an idiot. The guy who invented the other three, he was the genius. The trouble with being punctual is that no one is there to a