Feeling: depressed Listening to: Rust in Peace…Polaris – Megadeth Image via Wikipedia (This was meant for posting on the 10th of July. Somehow I never got around to posting it till today) Sitting at the windows seat of an aeroplane after years has been a fun experience since I normally choose the aisle seat or fly in the [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Thoughts'
Don’t you wish…
December 16th, 2009 2 Comments
Feeling: contemplative Listening to: Bill Withers – Ain’t No SunshineThat some songs were longer than they are? That they would not end and keep going on and on? And no, looped repeat is not what I am talking about!
Quick Trip
August 10th, 2009 Comments Off
Image via Wikipedia Just returned from a quick trip to Hong Kong and China (Visited Xi’An, Guangzhou and Shenzhen). Very hectic and busy trip. Did not get too much time for sightseeing or shopping but for half a day in HK. China is a very nice country with pretty good infrastructure but very clean [...]
Tags: China · guangzhou · Hong Kong · shenzhen · Society and Culture · trip · xi'an
id Software Sold
June 25th, 2009 Comments Off
Feeling: contentid Software, the legendary makers of Doom, Wolfestein 3D (Wolf 3D), Quake has been sold to Zenimax Media, owners of Bethesda Softworks, creators of games like Oblivion, Elder Scrolls IV. Image via Wikipedia id Software holds a special place in my heart for the countless hours of entertainment they gave me through Wolf, Doom and [...]
Tags: Doom · First-person shooter · Id Software · Quake · wolf 3d
Success = Monopoly = Antitrust? Why the MS antitrust case is just wrong
June 22nd, 2009 5 Comments
I came across an interesting article which articulates much of my own thoughts on the entire Microsoft Internet Explorer antitrust saga. The article on a blog JCXP which I came across for the first time. The blog seems to be by MS fanboys supporters is calling for a boycott of Opera Soft, makers of the [...]
Tags: anti-trust · IE · internet explorer · ipod · itunes · law · legal · microsoft · monopoly · opera · windows
My Thoughts on Opera Unite
June 22nd, 2009 2 Comments
Coming a bit late but I wanted to jot down my thoughts on Opera Unite. My first thought, it is an awesome concept with the potential to change the way the Internet is used and also a huge boon for the us users, but in a different manner than envisaged by the Unite team. But [...]
Tags: darknet · data · dht · information · opera · p2p · sharing · unite · web_server
This and That – Relatively speaking
March 20th, 2009 Comments Off
Feeling: sleepy Listening to: Emily Wells – In the Barrel of a GunSo I’ve been busy. Old news what! Past few weeks have run away like seconds. Two trips – Jaipur for a wedding and Pondicherry for a holiday. More trips likely this year with one definite. Want to try and go to Goa at least once this [...]
Tags: birthday · bm · emily-wells · jaipur · Life · Music · pondicherry · relativity · time · trip · wedding · Work