The year is almost complete. In a matter of hours, we will step into a new decade and I will look back at the past ten years with a mix of emotions.
(more…)Tag: technology
Stepstones to Nowhere
When the great minds of my times proclaimed “its time for us to colonize other planets”, the question raging in my mind was “why are we not there yet“? But now considering how “truly advanced” we’re, the only thing that I am pondering about is “how are we still here… and surviving?“
(more…)Review: The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
Based on one of my favorite childhood comic books, comes one of the best ever animation motion pictures of this year. The Adventures of Tintin (2011) does a fine job in keeping the audience entertained while compromising a bit on the original story line.
Technology – Where Do We Stand?
‘I love gadgets’ Yes I really do. In fact, this ‘new found’ love made me start a community by the same name in orkut (publicity 😉 ). But sometimes, I really find myself in the wrong place as far as electronics go.
I happened to make a call to a shop, selling all consumer electronic items, to enquire about the pricing of a flat screen TV (out of curiosity of course 🙂 ).
“Do you have any flat screen TV? How much is the cost?”
“We don’t procure them sir, nobody in this place (you can take it as Chennai) will get it!”
(more…)Pointless Ponderings
The world is a dot. That’s right, you heard me. It is a dot. How big a dot? Well probably as big (or as small) as this one – .
In all probability even smaller. There is no guessing how much.
When the world comes to a dot what are we? We are naught! Yup nothing more than nothingness, just a mere dot’s distance from fading away. Fading away into oblivion, waiting to be nothing more than anything and no more than nothing.
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