Google – oversmart?
Google shows search results from India even when the radio button for “the web” is selected. Either it should show the real results or when it tries to be “helpful” it should change the selected radio button…
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Recycled – for comfort
Saw this charpayee, in a dhaba on the Delhi Jaipur highway. The thing which makes it different is that traditionally ropes are used, while in this case stripped pieces of a conveyor belt has been used. The…
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Bullets And Butterflies
Needless to say one of the most moving documentaries I have seen. More about it here. You can view lots of other good movies there too.
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The paki perspective
In the future I’ll try to get such reports from both sides of the border, so that viewers can decide if they want to believe any media at all. update: It would be wrong to say this…
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jazz utsav
These guys are playing in delhi this sunday (30th nov) in the jazz utsav. I think I better get the tickets fast.
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Youtube redux
I had written how embeds are a window into other peoples pages in this post: “Embeds are Octopussy“. Some of the things which I had predicted are now online. This screenshot from a youtube embed says a…
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jimmy jimmy?
You might have heard Mithun’s disco dancer number called ‘jimmy jimmy’. Now hear these: An inspired version from M.I.A. The original son T’es Ok by ottawan, from which bappi lahiri copied the tune (though he got the…
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problem solving – designer and the developer
This is the second post where I ponder about design. Here I am thinking aloud my experiences with developers. You can read the first post here. A good developer is a very good problem solver. You give…
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