http://maxwellshammer.com Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:59:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Surely the word ‘Mendis’ will strike fear among the players in the Indian dressing room and I, for one, wouldn’t want to be in their shoes now. The team has no clue to his ‘carrom’ ball release and succumbed to his bowling yet again. Indians put up a below par ... http://maxwellshammer.com/2008/08/mendis-continues-to-torment-indians/ With allegations of murder on Pakistan President General Pervez Musharaff, he has stepped down as the Pakistani president. He said that no charge sheet against him can be proved and is baseless but is stepping down as he does not want to ruin the democracy in Pakistan. He also said ... http://maxwellshammer.com/2008/08/mush-steps-down/ After the debacle of Kuselan, Theatre owners have demanded their money back from the distributors Pyramid Saimira. Rajini has responded by assuring that he will be giving back 10 crores to the distributors n the theatre owners who has incured the loss. Previously this happened to Baba in 2003 when ... http://maxwellshammer.com/2008/08/rajini-pays-back-to-theatre-owners/ Phelps scored yet another gold, taking his total tally of gold medals to 8, in the Beijing olympics 4×100 m relay and broke Mark spitz’s 36 year old record. Asked how he felt by breaking the record, he said “Records are meant to be broken, no matter how large it ... http://maxwellshammer.com/2008/08/phelps-numero-uno/ August 16th, 2008 is a memorable day for Jamaica. The Beijing Olympics found a gold medal  winner in 100 m final, and Jamaica can safely claim that a Jamaican named Usain Bolt is the fastest living homo sapien in this planet. As the name suggests, he ran like a lightning ... http://maxwellshammer.com/2008/08/usain-thunder-bolt-fastest-homo-sapien/ Eclipse has always fascinated me. Nope, I am not talking about IBM’s Eclipse IDE. Its Solar and Lunar eclipse. Quick tip: During a Solar eclipse, we have a New moon and during a Lunar eclipse, we have a Full moon. Now then, my question is, If moon isn’t a natural satellite ... http://maxwellshammer.com/2008/08/partial-lunar-eclipse-today/ When Batman begins was released way back in 2005, I wasn’t interested in watching the movie. Reason 1, Quite frankly, I never liked batman. I always thought ‘The guy is so loaded with weaponry and still he can jump, fly and do all the superhuman-ish stuff? FTW!’. Reason 2, I ... http://maxwellshammer.com/2008/07/batman-begins-for-me-now/ I saw it coming and I felt it bigtime. I sat before my computer for long hours after a long time to solve a freaking problem. The problem statement is very simple. Install eclipse, use its update feature to download Websphere Community edition plugin and run your fugging JSP page. ... http://maxwellshammer.com/2008/07/man-conquers-machine-again/ Football is always a simple game. No confusions, fuss, rules etc. Simple tactic. Guide the ball with your foot, score a goal by outwitting the opposition. That was the case with the second semifinal match. Spain simply pounded the Russians 3-0 to make it to the final. However, Germany couldn’t ... http://maxwellshammer.com/2008/06/euro-2008-semifinals-matches/ Shocker # 1 - England - Failing to qualify for Euro 2008 Shocker # 2 - Italy - Humbled by Netherlands 3-0 (What happened to Gigi Buffon?!) Shocker # 3 - France - Les Bleus beaten black and blue Shocker # 4 - Portugal - Making exit after not so good beginning Shocker # ... http://maxwellshammer.com/2008/06/euro-2008-shockers/