Perfect 10

Here is a list of people who achieved perfection in the games they played. These are not any miniscule achievement. These were played when the individuals represented their country, when the media had made them superheroes, expectations were sky high. They never disappointed anyone and etched their names in the books of history. The accomplishment reflects not just the talent they had but also their mental strength, their grit and their passion.

1. Jim Laker - 10/53 at Old Trafford
2. Geoff Hurst - 1966 World Cup Final Hat-trick
3. Torvill & Dean - 1984 Winter Olympics 9 perfect sixes
4. Anil Kumble - 10 wickets against Pakistan
5. Mark Spitz - 7 gold medals in 1972 Olympics
6. Frankie Dettori - Winner of all 7 races on Sep 28, 1996
7. Steffi Graf - 1988 Golden grandslam
8. Jesse Owens - 4 gold medals in 1936 Olympics
9. Nadia Comeneci - Perfect 10 in 1976 Olympics
10. Jonny Wilkinson - Golden left boot in 2003 Rugby World Cup

Here is the source.

15 yrs of internet ...

OMG.. its been 15 years since internet has entered the world...
what a phenomenol growth it has seen in these 15 years, it has been a part of everybody's life...
one cannot imagine a life without browsin the net... its a one stop solution for nethin under the sun.. well beyond too...

on the 15th anniversary here's a list of top 15 sites on the net ... courtesy guardian

1. eBay.com
Founded: Pierre Omidyar, 1995, US
Users: 168m
What is it? Auction and shopping site

2. wikipedia.com
Founded: Jimmy Wales, 2001, US
Users: 912,000 visits per day
What is it? Online encyclopaedia

3. napster.com
Founded: Shawn Fanning, 1999, US
Users: 500,000 paying subscribers
What is it? File sharing site

4. youtube.com
Founded: Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim, 2005, US
Users: 100m clips watched a day
What is it? Video sharing site

5. blogger.com
Founded: Evan Williams, 1999, US
Users: 18.5m unique visitors
What is it? Weblog publishing system

6. friendsreunited.com
Founded: Steve and Julie Pankhurst, 1999, UK
Users: 15m
What is it? School reunion site

7. drudgereport.com
Founded: Matt Drudge, 1994, US
Users: 8-10m page views per day
What is it? News site

8. myspace.com
Founded: Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe, 2003, US
Users: 100m
What is it? Social networking site

9. amazon.com
Founded: Jeff Bezos, 1994, US
Users: More than 35m customers in over 250 countries
What is it? Online retailer, primarily of books, CDs and DVDs

10. slashdot.org
Founded: Rob Malda, 1997, US
Users: 5.5m per month
What is it? Technology news website and internet forum

11. salon.com
Founded: David Talbot, 1995, US
Users: Between 2.5 and 3.5m unique visitors per month
What is it? Online magazine and media company

12. craigslist.org
Founded: Craig Newmark, 1995, US
Users: 4bn page views per month
What is it? A centralised network of online urban communities, featuring free
classified advertisements and forums

13. google.com
Founded: Larry Page and Sergey Brin, 1998, US
Users: A billion search requests per day
What is it? Search engine and media corporation

14. yahoo.com
Founded: David Filo and JerryYang, 1994, US
Users: 400m
What is it? Internet portal and media corporation

15. easyjet.com
Founded: Stelios
Haji-Ioannou, 1995, UK
Users: 30m passengers last year
What is it?: Budget airline


Its a very interestin article.It talks about how gutenberg revolutionised the thinkin of the common man and draws parallel from this to Tim Berners Lee's invention of the WWW.