Feeling: irritatedQuick last post before my hard disc is formatted and before I leave for my trip! As most of the movie going world knows by now, Slumdog Millionaire has won 8 oscars. That’s right, EIGHT. That is quite an achievement. For those living under a rock, it is about a poor Indian teen who lived [...]
Entries from February 24th, 2009
Slumdog Millionaire and India
February 24th, 2009 7 Comments
Tags: academy awards · AR Rahman · Gulzar · India · M. Night Shyamalan · Movie · oscars · rant · shekhar kapoor · slumdog millionaire · winner · winners
Of flayings and impalings and…
February 23rd, 2009 3 Comments
A virus from an infected flash drive infected my system. So I basically spent the last 4 days (including today) trying to clean out my system. Having run at the least about 6 different anti-spyware/malware/ware and 2 Anti Virus applications to scan my system, all of which show the system as clean, the system is [...]
Tags: computer · malware · os · pissed · spyware · virus · windows
Free Hugs for Valentine’s Day
February 18th, 2009 4 Comments
Feeling: accomplished Listening to: Green Day – HolidayRepublishing this here from my article in Desicritics.org to set the context for the next post.
Tags: bangalore · brigade road · campaign · culture · free hugs · mangalore · mg road · moral police · protest · pub · valentine's day · violence
A day without a cell phone
February 12th, 2009 4 Comments
Oh more than a day.. I went without my cell for a week. And it was quite a good experience. No calls to disturb, no spam, just free.. I want to repeat that sometime soon again.. Perhaps soon
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Opinions
February 5th, 2009 4 Comments
I was reading this excellent essay by Roger Ebert and found it a very good read. I really connected to the following words from that essay: It is not important to be “right” or “wrong.” It is important to know why you hold an opinion, understand how it emerged from the universe of all your [...]
Tags: critic · me · opinion · Roger Ebert
It’s been a while
February 1st, 2009 6 Comments
Feeling: AnticipativeSo… I’ve been off the blog for quite a while now. Travel, work and other stuff have kept me away along with a general sense of lethargy related to blogging. However, I’m trying to get rid of it, re-prioritize my activities and try and do stuff which I enjoy. Anyway, a belated happy new year. [...]
Tags: blog · camera · Canon EOS 40D · dslr · Life · new year
Books I started and never finished
February 1st, 2009 2 Comments
I don't know. Never got around to finishing it. It started getting deep into religion and philosophy and so I sort of tuned it out. That is one of the very few books that I've started and never finished. Another is Atlas Shrugged. BOring book. Could not get past 50 pages of the book. [...]
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