I borrowed the first season’s dvds from a friend. The first three episodes that I watched were interesting. My attention was undivided. The story was being built up really well, with a diverse set of characters and a lot of characters unlike Dexter or Breaking Bad were the main characters are just a handful. I [...]
Archive for July, 2010
It was a cloudy evening. I walked into a coffee shop with my friend and while we were ordering coffee, something caused me to turn my head towards the entrance and there she was. The sun had come out and the sunlight flooded the coffee house’s entrance and she walked in wearing a business style [...]
Comet hits Neptune
Posted: July 21, 2010 in NatureTags: Herschel observatory, Neptune, PACS, Shoemaker Levy
Yes one hit Neptune about 200 years ago. This summary explains it all. Herschel space observatory has an instrument called PACS (Photodetector Array Camera and Spectrometer). It detected a high levels of carbon monoxide. Based on recordings when comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 hit Jupiter sixteen years ago, a higher level of carbon monoxide indicates a comet [...]
As usual either from reddit or digg I ended up on an article on IEEE’s site about Kevin Costner’s solution to the oil spin. Jokes on Kevin aside, his solution represents a serious investment of money. I am impressed. I am quite impressed with the thought that an actor decides to go invest money on [...]
Now we are at the vineyard ( First read this postt ). It was a small winery. There was a free tour for in 20 mins and $15 for tasting 6 wines. Not bad, we decided to do that. We got on the tour. The guide was explaining how grapes were grown and what care [...]
Maps and road signs were all that we used on our travel on Saturday. Friday night ended up with watching the movie Inception at 11.40pm. Hit the bed at 3.00am and up by 10.00am. Q drove the car. He needs his practise remember? The general heading was south with a possibility of hitting few beaches [...]
I came across this paper (draft version?) that talks about the concepts of privacy boundaries and the concept of privacy harm. It is an interesting paper. I will add a detailed opinion later.
Inception
Posted: July 18, 2010 in moviesTags: Christopher Nolan, Ellen Page, Inception movie review, Leonardo Dicaprio
Dreams. We have them. Why we do have them? I don’t know. There are theories, but they are just theories. Dreams are precious. They are very personal and have a very profound effect on a person. A dream can change a person. A dream can be a panacea. A dream can also be a virus [...]
I had canceled cable more than a month ago. Life is lot more calmer. Watching TV is now reduced to a few shows we watch either watch online (South Park, Daily show) or the ones we borrow from friends. We also save $75 per month. A roommate mentioned I would suffer from TV withdrawal as [...]
I have started to watch this series. It is a series about a chemistry teacher in a high school taking to cook Meth when he finds out he is going to die from lung cancer. He is very intelligent and hasn’t had much success in life. It is an interesting series. It is interesting because [...]
A colleague lent me this movie. The German version. The movie can creep you out badly. It is very violent without being violent. The violence is in how the characters speak and act. It is a movie that is well done. It is a movie about 2 guys who are serial killers. Their nonchalance in [...]
I did 40 mins of Arms and Shoulders DVD of P90x. Got to keep up the schedule. I have a difficult and strenuous hike at the end of month. This mountain has eluded me for more than a year. I picked the trail and B has confirmed that the trail is fairly dangerous one too [...]
The FIFA10 finals! I have been waiting for it. I set my Sunday aside to just watch the finals. I planned to be at my friend’s place who has a big LCD TV and have a big FOOTBALL FINALS PARTY! What happened instead, was a far cry from my Utopian finals party! Instead it turned [...]
Today is the birthday of a friend. He died few months ago. B wanted to remember him by getting his favorite food, Fish O Fillet from McDonalds. He would play Fillet O Fillet commercial over and over again at work, driving folks nuts!We went to the local McD for lunch. When I entered, the smell [...]
What do you do when you are at a beach on 4th of July and have no beach umbrella and have a normal umbrella and no rope. You would probably just run into the water, have a swim and care little about the umbrella. But, but if you did care about the umbrella, you can [...]
I walked into Q’s, room. He was sitting there with his Prada glasses on. I was like huh? What the fuck are you doing sitting in your room wearing those glasses. He grins and says ” I am happy! “. His weirdness level just went up by 10 points. Update: The real reason of course [...]
I watched the Argentina vs Germany football match. To say I was crushed is kind of an understatement! Cries of frustration and disappointment filled my apartment. It is one thing to lose and it is another thing to get your ass kicked royally in a 0-4 defeat. The Germans were just way too aggressive and [...]
