August 31 03
A nice account of flying in one of the new ‘budget’ airlines operating in south india. It’s almost like a good old train journey!
August 27 03
Bollywood’s Tarantino! Ram Gopal Varma makes it to Salon! Impressive research on RGV and his philosophy of movies. I’ve always been an admirer of RGV. Some of his movies are highly flawed, but his courage to turn the concept of movies in Bollywood on its head and create his kind of movies. Good or bad, [...]
August 27 03
This commentary at Salon answers one of my long standing questions!
August 25 03
Googled yet again! Okay guys, playtime! This time, google has incorporated a calculator into it’s search engine so that if you enter an expression into the search field, it evaluates it for you. Now guys, you do not have to enter things the way you do it into your scientific calculator – in true google [...]
August 21 03
It’s a crazy, crazy world… It’s mardi gras time for viruses and worms this week. No sooner had the Blaster worm infected millions of computers that someone wrote a counter worm named Nachi. Nachi works almost exactly like Blaster with similar effects, but like a determined foe, it attempts to download the patch for the [...]
August 16 03
It was a long day at work and I had skipped breakfast. The vending machine would be my salvation, the holder of unspeakable treasures (or so I felt as my stomach slowly took control of my brain in a foodless coup) I hunted out a dollar note (my last) and made my way to the [...]
August 14 03
[On the net: Create a 3D Display using cellophane!] >
August 12 03
What India Means To Me by Ambassador Robert D. Blackwill A Luncheon Speech Sponsored By The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Taj Mahal Hotel New Delhi, India [excerpts - Thanks to Avinash for this one. This is long, but interesting. The amazing part is that Blackwill has seen more of India in [...]