Nokia N90 Review

Gizmodo’s review verdict on the Nokia N90 [http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/cellphones/nokia-n90-review-verdict-its-hawt-122653.php] is that it’s hot! As I wrote about mobile movies [https://www.nilkanth.com/archives/2005/08/04/mobile-movies/] a few days back, N90 is the first mobile phone to record video at…

Kajrare

“All the ‘shayari’ in the song Kajrare kajrare is taken from the messages written at the back of trucks” shares Gulzar, further on us not loving our Independence [http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1462200,00110003.htm] … “Humlog sirf independence nibha rahe hain … We celebrate progress only an on individual…

Turbulence des fluides, La

Yesterday night I saw this beautiful French-Canadian movie titled “Turbulence des fluides, La (2002) [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0292720/]” (aka Chaos and Desire). Its about a French-Canadian scientist living in Tokyo who visits her hometown in Quebec to study the strange tidal behaviour, which she suspects might even lead…

Hmmm

A short film called Hmmm [http://www.cobrabeer.com/cobravision/gallery_august.htm] by David Bryant, shed’s light on some dreamy yet food-for-thought kind of questions: Do fish get thirsty? If we evolved from apes, why are they still apes? Why are wrong numbers never busy? Why can’t…

Mobile Movies

Lately, I’ve been very interested in the visual-quality and utility of mobile-cams (besides the crappy MMS spy stuff doing rounds). After reading about an article the other day on the advent of SMS novels [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1189429.cms], it hit me whether the tech-savvy have already…

BollyCat

BollyCat [http://www.bollycat.com/] is a catalog of plagiarism and forgotten inspirations in the Indian movie industry.…

Paheli

Well it’s a Saturday, the weekend is here, and I’m catching up on some uni assignments and an office project (for which I’ll be working onsite for a few hours on Sunday as well). Now that I’m feeling a little better after a period of stress…