Archive for December, 2007
Goodbye Stranger, Its Been Nice
In all probability, this is the last post in my blog for 2007. I had written a somewhat senti post a year ago about how friends are moving on, while I still seem to be running hard just to stay in the same place. This is a personal post of sorts, and if you aren't really keen on reading it, you've been warned. (My own 'cute' Caveat [...]
Outsourcing Santa
While watching a plethora of arbit and nauseatingly gooey Christmas specials on TV, I was suddenly struck by my usual hourly flash of inspiration. Mouthing curses at fundaes that encompassed the 'joy of Christmas' and the 'festive spirit' and 'seasons greetings' and all that nonsense, I decided instead to log on to the net, and while [...]
The Prodigal Customer (a.k.a Hair Yesterday, Gone Today)
(Warning: Long post, but I had a lot of fun writing this!)The tremors vibrating through his entire body became more and more evident the closer he came to his final destination. It had been a whopping four hundred and eighty one days since his last visit, and he was well aware of the fact that the day of reckoning had finally arrived.An arbit [...]
I am a Rock
This is another post about music, solitude and my ipod. So if you think you've read enough and more about it already, it is high time you closed this window and moved on to take care of any other relevant business. Hasta luego. However, if you are still with me so far, good for you. My ipod seems to be clarivoyant, so far as being able to [...]
Live Free or Die Hard
Die Hard 4.0 was among the millions of movies that I missed out on watching in the theatres due to a significant lack of enthusiasm or company (though the former is significantly more to blame than the latter), and with each passing week, the list seems to just grow and keep piling on. Now Die Hard 4.0 is not a classic or a masterpiece in any [...]
Congestion Charges
While reading this article on Churumuri, I came across a concept of congestion charge, which refers to money paid by private vehicles in order to enter the central and western areas of London. A hefty payment of ?8 per vehicle per day is probably enough to dissuade private vehicle owners from entering the areas within the city that can get [...]
Window of The World
In true Chinese style of making copies of everything famous and then exploiting these ersatz creations to the max, they have managed to create a theme park in Shenzhen, titled Window of the World. The Window of the World has all sorts of copies of major landmarks and of famous places and monuments, such as Mt.Rushmore, the Capitol building, a [...]
Caller Blocking Service
Vodafone has recently introduced a call-blocking service, which I have been intrigued about for the simple reason that I think it is flawed in every which way possible. I discovered this call blocking stuff due to the huge hoardings that have been put up all over Bangalore, though I am not sure of TV ads have also made their way just [...]
