Saturday, April 19, 2008
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Monday, April 14, 2008
IPL T20 Match Schedule
Day / Dt | Time | DN | Team | Team | Ground |
Apr-08 | |||||
Fri 18 | 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT | DN | BRC | KKR | Chinnaswamy, Bangalore |
Sat 19 | 15:00 local, 09:30 GMT | D | KXP | CSK | Mohali |
Sat 19 | 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT | DN | DD | RR | Kotla, Delhi |
Sun 20 | 15:00 local, 09:30 GMT | D | MI | BRC | Wankhede, Mumbai |
Sun 20 | 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT | DN | KKR | DC | Eden, Kolkata |
Mon 21 | 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT | DN | RR | KXI | Mansingh, Jaipur |
Tue 22 | 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT | DN | DC | DD | RG Stadium, Hyderabad |
Wed 23 | 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT | DN | CSK | MI | Chepauk, Chennai |
Thu 24 | 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT | DN | DC | RR | RG Stadium, Hyderabad |
Fri 25 | 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT | DN | KXP | MI | Mohali |
Sat 26 | 15:00 local, 09:30 GMT | D | BRC | RR | Chinnaswamy, Bangalore |
Sat 26 | 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT | DN | CSK | KKR | Chepauk, Chennai |
Sun 27 | 15:00 local, 09:30 GMT | D | MI | DC | DY Patil Academy, Mumbai |
Sun 27 | 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT | DN | KXP | DD | Mohali |
Mon 28 | 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT | DN | BRC | CSK | Chinnaswamy, Bangalore |
Tue 29 | 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT | DN | KKR | MI | Eden, Kolkata |
Wed 30 | 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT | DN | DD | BRC | Kotla, Delhi |
May-08 | |||||
Thu 1 | 15:00 local, 09:30 GMT | D | DC | KXP | RG Stadium, Hyderabad |
Thu 1 | 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT | DN | RR | KKR | Mansingh, Jaipur |
Fri 2 | 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT | DN | CSK | DD | Chepauk, Chennai |
Sat 3 | 15:00 local, 09:30 GMT | D | DC | BRC | RG Stadium, Hyderabad |
Sat 3 | 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT | DN | KXP | KKR | Mohali |
Sun 4 | 15:00 local, 09:30 GMT | D | MI | DD | DY Patil Academy, Mumbai |
Sun 4 | 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT | DN | RR | CSK | Mansingh, Jaipur |
Mon 5 | 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT | DN | BRC | KXP | Chinnaswamy, Bangalore |
Tue 6 | 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT | DN | CSK | DC | Chepauk, Chennai |
Wed 7 | 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT | DN | MI | RR | DY Patil Academy, Mumbai |
Thu 8 | 15:00 local, 09:30 GMT | D | DD | CSK | Kotla, Delhi |
Thu 8 | 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT | DN | KKR | BRC | Eden, Kolkata |
Fri 9 | 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT | DN | RR | DC | Mansingh, Jaipur |
Sat 10 | 15:00 local, 09:30 GMT | D | BRC | MI | Chinnaswamy, Bangalore |
Sat 10 | 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT | DN | CSK | KXP | Chepauk, Chennai |
Sun 11 | 15:00 local, 09:30 GMT | D | DC | KKR | RG Stadium, Hyderabad |
Sun 11 | 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT | DN | RR | DD | Mansingh, Jaipur |
Mon 12 | 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT | DN | KXP | BRC | Mohali |
Tue 13 | 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT | DN | KKR | DD | Eden, Kolkata |
Wed 14 | 15:00 local, 09:30 GMT | D | MI | CSK | DY Patil Academy, Mumbai |
Wed 14 | 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT | DN | KXP | RR | Mohali |
Thu 15 | 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT | DN | DD | DC | Kotla, Delhi |
Fri 16 | 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT | DN | MI | KKR | DY Patil Academy, Mumbai |
Sat 17 | 15:00 local, 09:30 GMT | D | DD | KXP | Kotla, Delhi |
Sat 17 | 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT | DN | RR | BRC | Mansingh, Jaipur |
Sun 18 | 15:00 local, 09:30 GMT | D | DC | MI | RG Stadium, Hyderabad |
Sun 18 | 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT | DN | KKR | CSK | Eden, Kolkata |
Mon 19 | 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT | DN | BRC | DD | Chinnaswamy, Bangalore |
Tue 20 | 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT | DN | KKR | RR | Eden, Kolkata |
Wed 21 | 15:00 local, 09:30 GMT | D | MI | KXP | DY Patil Academy, Mumbai |
Wed 21 | 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT | DN | CSK | BRC | Chepauk, Chennai |
Thu 22 | 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT | DN | DD | KKR | Kotla, Delhi |
Fri 23 | 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT | DN | KXP | DC | Mohali |
Sat 24 | 15:00 local, 09:30 GMT | D | DD | MI | Kotla, Delhi |
Sat 24 | 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT | DN | CSK | RR | Chepauk, Chennai |
Sun 25 | 15:00 local, 09:30 GMT | D | BRC | DC | Chinnaswamy, Bangalore |
Sun 25 | 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT | DN | KKR | KXP | Eden, Kolkata |
Mon 26 | 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT | DN | RR | MI | Mansingh, Jaipur |
Tue 27 | 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT | DN | DC | CSK | RG Stadium, Hyderabad |
1st Semi-Final | |||||
Fri 30 | 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT | DN | TBC | TBC | Wankhede, Mumbai |
2nd Semi-Final | |||||
Sat 31 | 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT | DN | TBC | TBC | Wankhede, Mumbai |
Jun-08 | Final Match | ||||
Sun 1 | 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT | DN | TBC | TBC | Wankhede, Mumbai |
What do the abbreviations mean?
BRC - Bangalore Royal Challengers
KXP - Kings XI Punjab
CSK - Chennai Super Kings
KKR - Kolkata Knight Riders
DC - Deccan Chargers
MI - Mumbai Indians
DD - Delhi Daredevils
RR - Rajasthan Royals
D - Day Match
DN - Day & Night Match
Labels: IPL, Match Fixtures, Match Schedules, self, T20
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Some funny Easter Eggs / Tips - Part 3
What you see is not what you get in these games.
"Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas": Trash Maps: Travel to Angel Pine in the Badlands to crack open this egg. Across the street from the Clucken Bell stands three trash cans, two of which have their lids off. Knock either one of those two cans over and peek inside with a weapon that zooms, like a sniper rifle. Several maps of Vice City will appear before your eyes.
"Guitar Hero 3": Judy Nails — Judy Is a Punk: Judy Nails is a character in this game. Her attire shows that she’s a punk, but did you know that This is a reference to the popular song by The Ramones called "Judy Is a Punk"?
"Halo 3": Da Vinci Structure: You’ll find this egg on the Covenant level. Float to the ledge near the invisible barrier, then walk up it. Jump off the edge of the cliff, and the sky will turn orange. You will then be at the part where you have to fight the two scarabs, except that there won’t be any. You should be just outside of the map. Continue on until a mysterious structure appears. Look at the back of it, and you’lI see that it’s covered in blue letters on a grid-like, multicolored background.
"Frontlines: Fuel of War": Tanks: In the level where you first get to drive the tanks, you hear a marine yell, "We can pick up chicks in it." In "Red Vss Blue," a machinima based on Halo, Tucker comments about picking up chicks in a tank.
"Fatal Frame 3": The Tormented "Flowers for Algernon" Reference: When the dream starts during the first night playing as Miku, the Tattoo Priestess appears behind you and says: "I don't want to see, anymore." This is a reference to a poem from the book, "Flowers for Algernon," which is about a mentally challenged janitor who volunteers to take part in an experimental intelligence-enhancing treatment.
"Quake 4": Quake 2 Starting Location: In the first mission, the first rooms you enter show a human launch pod that looks like the one in the beginning of Quake 2.
"World of Warcraft": List of Pop-Culture References: There are tons of video-game and pop-culture references in World of Warcraft. They range from Donkey Kong to "Austin Powers: to ThunderCats. In the Eastern Plaguelands, for instance, an NPC by the name of Tirion Fordring gets out his hammer and says, "Say hello to my little friend,” a quote from 1983 film "Scarface."
"Powerslide": Picture of Two Powerslide Creators: You’ll get a glimpse of the game’s creators by selecting Mineshafted track, Skeeto car and Crayz. Play the race until you get to the radioactive toxic-waste dump. Take a turn and go to in, making your way around the boxes that display radiation signals until you get to a crack in the wall. Drive through the crack, and you will see two almost fully green men with their mouths open.
"Sim City 4": Tax Twenty Trick: A little dirty government work will help you out in this egg. Load any incorporated city with a reasonable population, raise all the taxes to 20, and leave them at that for a game year or two. Then, drop all taxes to zero. As a result, your city should thrive for a while.
"Ratchet and Clank": Hidden Feature: On Blackwater City, go to the alien girl that lets you go to the Hoverboard race. Keep doing backflips and front flips, and a part of her anatomy will grow bigger.
"Chuzzle Deluxe": Sneezing Chuzzle: Keep clicking on a Chuzzle of your choice to make it laugh. If you keep clicking, it will sneeze, and if you click long enough, it will sneeze so hard that all its fur falls off and grows back. Do the same thing to a big Chuzzle, and instead of sneezing, it'll belch.
"3D Pinball for Windows": Control the Pinball with Your Mouse: When game starts, type in "hidden test" without the quotes. Letters show various things: “H” shows the high-score table, with an entry of 1 billion for you to put your name next to; “M” shows the amount of system memory; ”R” increases your rank in the game; and “Y” shows the game frame rate in the title. You can also click and drag the ball around, and if you manage to keep the ball in the hyperspace bonus, you can score major points.
"Pokémon Emerald Version": Pokémon Cloning Glitch: Go talk to the LINK MULTI BATTLE ROOM lady and select two Pokémon. The woman will now say "Before entering BATTLE ROOM, your progress must be saved. Is that OK?". Say yes. Now you will notice a small time gap. Your Pokémon has been cloned successfully!
"Morrowind": M'Aiq the Liar: M'Aiq the Liar may seem evasive, but try talking to him once more after your initial introduction, and he’ll reveal secrets such as how to become a lich, where to find dragons and where to find nude characters or liches — unless, of course, he’s lying.
"Morrowind": M'Aiq the Liar: M'Aiq the Liar may seem evasive, but try talking to him once more after your initial introduction, and he’ll reveal secrets such as how to become a lich, where to find dragons and where to find nude characters or liches — unless, of course, he’s lying.
"Mechwarrior 2": Enzo: Choose Trails of Grievance in the opening screen and go to the Star Formation Edit screen. Change your name to Enzo, then go back and choose the "mech" that you want to use. In addition to the normal choices, you will also be able to use the Elemental, Tarantula and BattleMaster.
"Super DX Ball Deluxe": Super DX Ball Egg: Double-click the ball rolling around at the start of the game, and you will unlock the classic DX Ball boards. Then, go to Power-Ups and search where it says Mega Mall. Double- click the image, and you will unlock the Mega Ball Boards.
"Doom 3": Hunter Magazines: Every so often during Doom 3, you will see magazines. On some of these magazines is a picture of a character from Quake III Arena.
"Halo 2": Bloody Dog Head: To find this egg, go to the multiplayer map Zanzibar. Go to the beach and look at the signs on the edge of the water, which should say "No Swimming." Then, turn off your Xbox, take out Halo 2 and change your clock where everything is 7. Restart the game and go to Zanzibar. Look at the "No Swimming" sign, and there will be a missing picture with a bloody dog's head on it. It says "Are you finding Ling Ling's head?"
"The Sims 2": Boolprop, the Ultimate Cheat: Type Ctrl+Shift+C, then type "boolProp testingCheatsEnabled true" in the box that comes up and you’ll be able to do lots of interesting things.
"Max Payne 2": "Late Goodbye" References: Here the song "Late Goodbye" in Part 1, Chapter 4. Track down Ed the janitor for a certain pass code, and hang around to hear him sing along to the music in his headphones. In Part 1, Chapter 7, you come across bands of killers masquerading as cleaners in the high-rise apartment building. In the fourth apartment you enter, descend the stairs to the first level. As you descend the stairs, one of the cleaners starts to bang away on the piano to the song. In the same part of the game at Mona's Place in the Fun House, she is in the shower singing "Late Goodbye.”
"Cossacks: European Wars": Hidden Map Maker: At the main menu of Cossacks-European Wars, hold down the Ctrl button and press Intro. A small box that says "Loading" will appear in the middle of the screen, and then a map creator will load. But the map creator is in Russian, so you’ll need to go to an online translator to decode it.
"Icewind Dale II": Lowtax Reference: In the graveyard area, the gravestone on the far left reads: "Kyanka. Writer of Humorous Stories. d. 1302." This is an illusion to Rich “Lowtax” Kyanka, the man behind the humor site Something Awful.
"Aladdin": Hidden Mickey: On level two of this downloadable game, go past the snake to a clothesline. You'll se a pair of shorts and a blanket, with Mickey Mouse between them.
"Red Alert": Cryptic Messages Hidden by Psx Manual Designers: Open up the case, extract the manual and look at the dot-dash code at the bottom of most of the pages. This is Morse code, which may have to do with the alternate game play based around the ants missions in some versions.
"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles": Pumpkin Head: Change your computers date to Oct. 31 before entering the game. Then, enter a new single-player game in Story mode and choose a character to play as (Leo, Ralph, Mike or Don). Start the game, and your character's head will now be a giant jack-o'-lantern. This also works when setting the date to Dec. 25, except the head wears a Santa hat.
"Tomb Raider": Hidden Sound Bites: Use a PlayStation CD player to access songs from the game. Go to tracks 99 through 130, and there will be some seriously silly sound bytes from the game’s creators.
"Ducks": Hidden Photo: Type "ASKYAFFLE" on the main menu to turn on the level-skip key. In level 29, blow up the underside of the overhanging earth on the right of the level. Walk the green ducky under to the right, and he should go through a door that was previously hidden in the earth, revealing a quote and a photo of some people from the credits.
"Marathon": Credits: The last level includes a place with three teleporters. Stand, but step into, one of them and push the Action key. The back side of the teleporter will open, leading you to the "secret Bungie terminal."
"Prince of Persia": Fun Stuff for Prince of Persia: If you type "prince megahit" at the start of the game, you can change features like filtering out nonanimated objects and increasing or decreasing your time.
"Snood": Happy New Year!: Set the clock on your computer to Jan. 2, 2002. This will "register" the game, and you can use the aimer, mulligans and, best of all, play unlimited games. When the clock strikes midnight, you’re back to the trial version.
"Dark Castle": Interesting Treat in Main Hall: Go to the Date And Time function under the control panel, and set the date to any Friday the 13th. When you start up the game, you’ll see the added effect in the main hall.