Friday:
Release day for iPhone. People are waiting excitedly in queues outside stores and unlucky ones are refreshing engadget for the videos.
Learnt a lesson, not following a design pattern can leads to disaster. Problem that has been bugging since Monday is solved. Just had to look into When a Singleton not a singleton and things became clear.
Saturday:
iPhone released, videos out. Look superb and engadget confirms that all the features are at par with what was advertised. People have ripped apart the iPhone to found out what hardware it uses [not for the faint hearted]. iPhone’s Firmware is out on internet and people are trying to get into the system.
Massa taken the pole position at Magny-Cours. Ferrari is clearly ahead of the McLarens. Thanks to the rigorous testing and new aerodynamic package. Alosno had gearbox problem and would be starting 10 from the grid (probably). Only threat to Ferrari is Hamilton’s brilliance.
Valentino Rossi wins the Dutch GP. An excellent race, Rossi started from back and finally reached the top. Once again Rossi proved that to win a race you don’t need the fastest bike.
All the critics and news channels who were criticizing Sachin Tendulkar have taken a U turn and are praising his brilliance.
Sunday:
Match delayed due to rain and is shortened to 31 overs each side. South Africa is restricted to moderate total, excellent bowling by Zaheer, Ganguly and RP Singh. Chasing is not easy, Tendulkar falls cheaply and when it was looking as if the ‘one many army’ is going to fail once again in a final, Dravid and Yuvraj rescues from a difficult situation. Good to see Dravid’s aggression and Yuvraj back into the finisher role. Sachin was awarded Man of the series, but he shared it with Yuvi.
Iceman shows he is not out of the championship race and wins the race followed by Massa and Hamilton. Ferrari got a perfect setup now and hopefully it will continue throughout the season. McLaren’s strategy of 3 pit stops would have failed, but once again Hamilton came to the rescue. Alonso was aggressive but luck did not favor him. Wondering why all the aggression is there from McLaren team only, Kimi get back in the form.
Overall a great weekend for all sports/tech lovers. I realized that I did not cover Wimbledon and 20twenty. Only match I kept track of was Paes-Damm Vs Auckland-Huss. It was an interesting match and in the end paes lost the temper and had a discussion with referee. But most of the matches at Wimbledon were washed out.
