> No matter how good you are, don’t ever let them see you coming. That’s the gaffe my friend. You gotta keep yourself small. Innocuous. Be the little guy. This quote from “The Devil’s Advocate [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118971/]” has stuck with me for a…
The other evening, we watched “Ghajini [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1166100/]“, a much anticipated (or should I say hyped) Hindi film. Said to be based on the cult classic, “Memento [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0209144/]“, unfortunately it wasn’t even close to what I was expecting of an…
Update (9 Jan 2009): TiltShiftMaker [http://tiltshiftmaker.com/] gives your photos that delightful tilt-shift look (via Boing Boing [http://www.boingboing.net/2009/01/08/web-site-to-tiltshif.html]). After some playing around, I think that the manual effect in Photoshop or Gimp gives better results. Couple of weeks back, I saw…
A happy person is one who enjoys the scenery on a detour. Are you, enjoying, the scenery? Watch out for the Rabbit in your Headlights [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_In_Your_Headlights].…
> Once Einstein was on his way to deliver a speech to university students. His faithful chauffeur not only drove his car, but was always present amongst the audience during all his speeches. Einstein had delivered this particular speech so many times that his chauffeur had actually memorized it. On…
People get in their own way. So says a group of researchers, who also highlight [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121450609076407973.html?mod=hps_us_inside_today] the value of not overthinking a decision. The brain, they have found, appears to make up its ‘mind’ 10 seconds before we even…
What does it mean to be human? However vast this question might sound, the answers are infinite. This infinite nature of thoughts is the basis of humanity. Can science illuminate the answers? A panel of scientists share their answers [http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/06/what-does-it-me.html] in a…
The past few weeks have been utterly busy, but the road get’s a bit easier when you are passionate about what you are doing. If you don’t enjoy what you are doing (your profession for that matter), you’ll never stimulate your passion to its limit-less state, and…