I managed to get through to my site this morning, so I updated with the recent news posts.  On 30th, I have a practical exam in Visual Basic and Visual C++.  So today and tomorrow, I will be studying for that.

I got to watch two new demos of my latest Doom II level Congestion Control.  First, Magikal did a maxdemo of the level in 6:11.  You can get the demo at his site.  And I also got a Skill 1 demo from my friend Ganeshan, who by the way has a new article about The Lord of the Rings on his site.

Speaking of demos, I know I promised to upload my Commentary demos some days back.   I'll do that now.  I only need to access my FTP to do that and since that's working properly, the demos will be up in a while.  They will be on my WADs Page.

Yesterday on Sony TV, I watched Lagaan: Once upon a time in India.  It was this year's Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film from India, and for good reason too!  I think it's one of the best movies I've ever seen.  The final hour of the movie, with the cricket match, was especially terrific - although there is no doubt what the outcome will be, it was still gripping.  The advantage of watching it on TV yesterday was that it was a very good print - clear picture, excellent sound.  The only problem was that they had so many advertisements during the movie, they interrupted it every 15-20 minutes or so!  As a result, the 3 hour 45 minute movie ran nearly for 5 hours, from 7 PM to midnight.  And I actually watched the last two and a half hours AFTER midnight (recorded the movie), so I slept at 2:30 AM.  But it was definitely worth it!  The Sony TV people also showed trivia about the movie at the beginning of almost every break, which was really interesting (for example, it seems the initial cut of the movie ran 5 and a half hours, and was later edited to it's current time).