October 2009
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Oct 29th
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Rory Sutherland: Life lessons from an ad man About this talk Advertising adds value to a product by changing our perception, rather than the product itself. Rory Sutherland makes the daring assertion that a change in perceived value can be just as satisfying as what we consider “real” value — and his conclusion has interesting consequences for how we look at life. About Rory Sutherland ...
Oct 27th
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TED: Ideas worth spreading →
I’ve been listening to TEDTalks these past few days and, by golly, such a fine collection of terrific topics being talked about by engaging speakers I’ve never seen before. I will embed some of the talks I really like on this blog in the future and I hope you enjoy them. Rory Sutherland: Life lessons from an ad man Michael Shermer on strange beliefs
Oct 27th
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Apple, you have a customer for life
My Mac just saved my friggin’ butt! I worship it now. I was cursing it just a while ago and I love it now. I want to kiss it; I want to profess my love to it. Maybe take it to a candlelit dinner or something! I am not exaggerating and I’ve not gone loony. Here’s what happened: I had painstakingly typed out a long essay on my Mac. I had two TextEdit windows open - one had the...
Oct 26th
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Oct 26th
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Oct 22nd
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Movie Review | All the Best: Fun Begins
There’s a reason why I try to stay away from Bollywood movies—99% of them suck. And All the Best: Fun Begins is an excellent example of another shitty Bollywood movie. It’s a shame what passes for a “masaala” flick in India these days—lots of corny, clichéd, deadbeat, unoriginal, and completely predictable jokes thrown in with some big-name actors who cannot act to save their lives and dumbass...
Oct 21st
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New Macs to be available in India in a fortnight
I’ve just received word from Apple PR that the newly updated iMac, MacBook, and Mac Mini (along with the Magic Mouse and new Apple Remote) will be available in India within two weeks from today. That, coupled with the affordable pricing of these new models (and a whole host of other smaller changes I’ve noticed in recent months), is starting to make me wonder that Apple may be taking India a...
Oct 20th
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marco: Dan Meth’s latest video is great: Google Street View Guys A new College Humor cartoon! Ever wonder what it’s like for the dudes who have to drive those Google camera cars around? I think it’s a little something like this… The creative background, explained in this follow-up, is very well done. What a hilarious video! Highly recommended.
Oct 20th
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Apple Cinema Display more expensive than iMac
marco: A curious sidenote on Apple’s impressive updates today: The 27” iMac’s base configuration is $1699. It has a 2560x1440 resolution and can be used as a standalone monitor from another computer. It’s a new LED-backlit IPS panel likely to have an excellent color gamut, contrast ratio, and pixel response time. The 30” Cinema Display is $1799. It has a 2560x1600 resolution. It’s an older...
Oct 20th
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Oct 18th
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“Ian Wright, an Android user, says he’s not bitter about early adopting instead...”
– Milind Alvares
Oct 15th
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Twitter Blog: Hello, Bharti Airtel →
Twitter has partnered with Airtel to bring SMS support for the service to “every city, every village, every remote taluk and even the smallest panchayat” in India at standard rates (ridiculously cheap outgoing and free incoming). What’s more, India is only the fifth country that Twitter has brought this service to yet, which is something you don’t normally see in the tech world (take a hint,...
Oct 14th
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preshit: How America provided tech support to India “We [Americans] provided tech support for you [Indians]? So, wait, you have an active space program and we’re the guys you call when there’s a problem? Oh my God, we’re India!” Bleeding hilarious!
Oct 12th
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Gruber: I’m Right and You’re Wrong and There’s...
goobimama: John Gruber, the ever patriotic American has this to say about Obama’s Nobel victory: To any American who isn’t happy about our president having won the Nobel Peace Prize: There is something wrong with you. Thankfully, Kyle Baxter put him in his place: Don’t you just love how simple that is? Forget black and white, Gruber’s made it even more clear: there’s just something wrong with...
Oct 11th
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Oct 7th
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“I grew up in a college town, and one Halloween our doorbell rang and we opened...”
– np312 on Are we too old to trick or treat? (via Merlin, A Whole Lotta Nothing) (via marco)
Oct 4th
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Photography Prohibited
I uploaded this picture to Facebook a while ago and captioned it, “Photography prohibited on Delhi Metro. I shot this picture just as a show of defiance.” Today, I received a comment on it that said, “This is what I would call the Indian bit in Aayush.” (Actual quote edited for the sake of readability.) It was, of course, said in jest and was meant to satirically point out that I have very...
Oct 2nd
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