Posted in products, technology, tagged apple, computers, esquire, mac, pc on March 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
If you are a die-hard Apple fan, I would be too happy to piss on your parade. No, not because I envy you, but because I have reasons other than merely emotional. I have five hard reasons why PCs stand up to iMacs.
But first off: I’m no Mac user. Or an iPod or iPhone owner. [...]
Posted in Books, Internet, tagged english literature, esquire on March 30, 2008 | No Comments »
Esquire has always been my favourite read for over a decade now. I had only one grouse. It was always so expensive that I had to beg and borrow at the only library in the city that stocked the magazine down the years. What made my worrylines even more prominent was that I would always [...]
Posted in Internet, tagged emails, hoaxes, Internet, scams on March 29, 2008 | No Comments »
Okay, first things first. If you have an e-mail account, then you must be familiar with emails like Bill Gates sharing his fortune, Microsoft’s lottery promotion, someone in Nigeria requesting you to be a partner to transfer massive amount of money to his account and many more. How many of you have ever believed these [...]
Posted in helplines, tagged children, elders, harassed husbands, helplines, NGOs, non-government organisations, wives, women on March 27, 2008 | No Comments »
The city lends a helping hand when you need it most. And this stretches to just about every entity in the city. There are counselling centres for alcohol and drug addicts, helplines for runaway children, battered women and even harassed husbands. They lend a patient ear to every socio-economic group and offer solutions to all [...]
Posted in General, tagged Asha Kiran, Bangalore, harassed husbands, harassment, techies on March 27, 2008 | No Comments »
After the recent incident of a Bangalore techie killing himself and his wife over perceived infidelity, and his perceived threat of being harassed by his wife, there are scores of people asking me if there is a way to avoid this. Well, there is such a thing in Bangalore like the Harassed Husbands Association. In [...]
Posted in Food, tagged Edible, Food, UK on March 26, 2008 | No Comments »
If you are what you eat, then shouldn’t you be gobbling something fierce? Like a scorpion, crocodile, or reindeer? Thanks to Edible, you can. The UK-based specialty store is stocked with obscure delicacies from all over the world.
Read more at DAILY CANDY.
Posted in General, Internet, tagged cookery, couch potatoes, Internet, movies, Music, PDF, publishing, TV, typing, websites on March 23, 2008 | No Comments »
Here are a few cool websites that I came across just this morning. There were many, but these won my heart more than the others. They are utilitarian. And that’s what is cool about them.
Happy surfing!
COUCH POTATOES
Are you a TV enthusiast? Watching TV online has become very tangible these days yet searching for the [...]
Posted in General, blogging, technology, tagged blogging, digital photography, tech 100, tech 5.0, technology on March 22, 2008 | No Comments »
It’s amazing! In just three days, my new technology and digital photography blog Tech 5.0 is going great guns. Though the number of visitors aren’t much, what excites me is the amount of time spent by each visitor. It’s averaging at 30 minutes per person. Which is 30 times better than this blog which scores [...]
Posted in Books, General, Travel, tagged Travel, writers on March 22, 2008 | No Comments »
Here is a forward from the South Asian Journalists Association. One publishing house is seeking travel writers in India. Here are their specifics. Make the most of it if you fit the bill. Good luck!
THE ANNOUNCEMENT
Avalon Travel Publishing is seeking two professional writers to author the Moon Delhi, Agra, & Rajasthan guidebook and the Moon [...]
Posted in Bollywood, cricket, tagged Bollywood, celebrities, cricket, fashion, magic, modelling on March 21, 2008 | No Comments »
Here are some more luminaries who stood out during the course of my journalistic career spanning a little more than 12 years.
Karan Johar, filmmaker: This was at the launch of his film, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham. I asked him when he cried for the very first time in a cinema hall. “When Gregory Peck and [...]
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