Men who pause, rock hard

There’s always been an insurgence of rock and alternative music in India – be it from the local bands in Bangalore, Calcutta, Pune or Delhi for that matter. One Delhi band that’s been quite active lately is – Menwhopause [http://www.menwhopause.com]. I blogged about them earlier [https://www.…

The world's thinnest and lightest laptop

When Intel asked designers to build a better laptop, its instructions were simple. The machine has to be fashionable, able to connect to all manner of wireless networks, and full of the latest, fastest computing capabilities. The result, code-named Intel mobile Metro notebook, is less than 0.7 inches thick…

The hardest logic puzzle ever

“Three gods A, B, and C are called, in some order, True, False, and Random. True always speaks truly, False always speaks falsely, but whether Random speaks truly or falsely is a completely random matter. Your task is to determine the identities of A, B, and C by asking three…

Nomadic Desolation

I’m an idealist. I don’t know where I’m going, but I’m on the way. > main ek fard hoon (I am an individual) ya ek ehsaas hoon (Or am I a feeling) mein ek jism hoon (I am a body) ya rooh ki pyaas hoon (Or…

Call on Me

To all my mates in Melbourne, Call on Me [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4214526222901414631&q=%22call+on+me%22] . I remember you guys! [Call on Me by Eric Prydz [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_on_Me_%28Eric_Prydz_song%29]]…

11' 09'' 01

While I was cleaning up my draft posts, a reference to a movie surfaced, which my friend Gautam recommended a couple of months back. The film – 11′ 09” 01 – September 11 [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0328802/] – is an omnibus collection of eleven short films inspired by the events of…

The Alien, the Caveman, and the Monkey

There’s a short claymation show called ‘Prometheus and Bob [http://www.nickelodeon.com.au/toonroom/kablam/prom.php]‘ (wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus_and_Bob]) on Nickelodeon that really amuses me. Prometheus is a smart alien that is trying to teach a dumb caveman, Bob. Bob is…