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Facebook does a fine job of most things. But this is hilarious. I know it’s just a suggestion and based on common users between the two groups. But something about the text in that sentence is not right… Of course, I’m referring to the Madhuri Dixit page recommendation based on the fact that “Many who like Pu La Deshpande like this”. Yes, I like PL, but I don’t want to be a fan of MD. The Office and Seinfeld, on the other hand, seem like a good fit! . . . → Read More: Matching Marathis! As mentioned previously, I have recently moved home and office. And it wasn’t a pleasant experience. What took the cake, however, is the misinformation from Tikona Digital Networks and the subsequent lack of customer service. Without getting into details (believe me, I can!), let me just say that stay away from these guys. I was committed a “Wi-Bro” connection for the 20 computers at office. So a tech guy came over on Saturday and installed it. On Monday, when we installed their dialler on all the machines, they wouldn’t log on. Inquiries with the rather helpless customer care revealed that the router can only connect to 5 machines at a time. Well. Then the usual routine of me calling up all and sundry I had been in touch with happened. A total of 4 hours was spent talking on the phone. As the situation stands right now, there is still no resolution. Only . . . → Read More: Oh, woe. Um, ok. So can you please copy all your money and send it over, please? Thanks. . . . → Read More: Copying is not theft. Facebook definitely does some daft stuff. Actually, it’s not so much Facebook’s fault as the app developers. Who in God’s name is going to confirm this: Facebook Apps — the stupidest? If you are really my friend, you will confirm this after I’m gone. Now there’s two good wishes in that! . . . → Read More: Please confirm date of death I know what that headline sounds like. But I don’t mean to get snobbish. However, after reading Rajesh’s post about the need to divide personal and private presences online, I couldn’t agree more. Of course, I am not implying that I have as visible a public persona as Rajesh’s. I am mainly referring to the reasons behind doing something like this. Friend requests on Facebook, LinkedIn, Orkut (which I visit about once a month now) and other such sites are starting to go the SPAM way. With about two new request at least every day, I would have felt happy had some long lost friends found me or a good business opportunity arisen. But as Rajesh points out, there is a place and a time for everything. Thanks to the Internet, time doesn’t matter, but place still does. Continue reading Personal versus private
 Dev Patel and Anil Kapoor in a still from Slumdog Millionaire So everyone, their uncle and his dog have had something to say about Slumdog Millionaire (SM). And not without reason. It is by far the most globally acclaimed Indian-subject film in a long time. And I say Indian subject since contrary to others’ views, I do not believe that SM is an Indian film at all. However, I do believe that with the amount of Indians involved, it is not unusual to feel the excessive affinity that we are currently experiencing. I haven’t seen the movie yet. I will rush to the preview show tomorrow night if I can get the tickets. But I have been watching some rushes and trailers and I cannot understand what the brouhaha is all about. Especially this dude — some Nirpal Dhaliwal (hu?) — who seems to insist that no Indian could have made a film like SM. Obviously he hasn’t seen Salaam Bombay or the likes as Gaurav rightly points out. What’s he on? And who’s he? Continue reading Slumdog Millionaire — mandatory post!
Right. So after much looking around, I have settled on my choice for the online photo repository for my photos. It was a close battle between Flickr and Picasa with of course the option of hosting all the work here itself. But the hosting would have been too costly. And Flickr is getting a little too snobbish (only 3 sets still?). So Picasa it is. And the clincher was the recently launched Picasa for Mac Desktop Application. The syncing between the desktop and online spaces is brilliantly seamless. And it syncs. So any edits also get updates. Plus, I can create albums from the desktop app itself and embed photos (like the one here). To be fair, Flickr Uploadr also allowed these, but then it was much slower and not nearly as elaborate at Picasa for Mac. Add to this the fact that most people I know have a Google ID handy more than a . . . → Read More: Picasa: My online photo storage solution ITExaminer.com covered the trends in 2008 in the online world. And they asked yours truly. How nice of them! . . . → Read More: They asked… I’m not sure if “Page Not Found” is something to work on. But then again, these guys make it worth the while! Oh, and who knew this about Sean Connery! . . . → Read More: 404: An art Er, no. Not that guy! A brand new site. That asks only that. Heh! Check out You Charades. Awesome time-killer. And definitely better than random videos on YouTube. Wait no… I’m not sure about that yet. For the record, I got one right. Give it a shot! I’m not responsible for any addictions arising from this! Hat tip: Meetu via Facebook. Technorati Tags: online entertainment, video, web charades, youcharades . . . → Read More: Pehchan Kaun! |
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