Gossip Girls is about the lives of a few priviledged teenagers living in New York City, and I have to say since I was expecting the usual high-school drama of one popular chic trying to destroy another, I was a bit surprised, although it is also that. The pain, hardship and parental pressure in the life of a not-so-average teenager has been showcased very skillfully, and it is all rather impressive. I'm hooked. Will say more after I finish watching the first season...

I'm glad I decided to check this show out... it's just plain amazing. David Duchovny is great as the struggling writer trying to win back his ex-girlfriend (Natascha McElhone) while trying to raise his daughter at the same time. Oh, and he's also a sex addict. I can't quite place this show just yet, I've honestly never seen one like this. The last time I was this eager for the next episode of any show was Entourage. Check out the first season, guys.

The Large Hadron Collider. 17 miles, 11 billion dollars, and I don't know how many years later. Theoretically this behemoth is supposed to simulate the instant after the big bang, find out more about the Higgs Boson, and explain things like how matter have mass and what not. First phase of testing just got completed, and the fun, smashing part starts in October, if we're still around to see it. Oh, and this thing can create black holes, though the scientists say there's nothing to worry about.

I mentioned in my previous post that Gamespot Wide wasn't displaying correctly with Adblock enabled in Firefox 3, and it seems I have solved the problem. It's crazy how often the simplest solution eludes you the longest, and you only find way after you've embarrassed yourself with all your crazy talk...

Anyway, just go to Adblock and check your downloaded filters. Yes, your downloaded filters. I just removed a filter called "Easyfilter+Easylist" or something and my adblock and Gamespot BOTH are working fine. I know, I know, it was stupid, but atleast I'm telling everyone about it. Make sure all your friends know...

Well, the new Facebook layout does suck; it's unmanageble, unfamiliar, and for some reason designers these days seem to think that putting stuff on a wider base page is a well-accepted defacto standard. Sheesh.

Anyhoo, I don't check Facebook that often anyway, and atleast I have the option of revertiing to my old layout, even though the "Try the new Facebook" crap on the top is annoyeeng. Gamespot Wide, and I'm talking about the home page especially, has too much text content to take in at one go. You have to constantly look up down and sideways to make sure you don't miss anything. And the new layout seems to have problems working with Adblock in Firefox, which I'm sure everyone is using by now. I just hope GS fixes this issue soon...