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July 25th, 2008
I want to believe
Under the large shadow of The Dark Knight, another movie inspired from one of my favorite TV shows of all time releases today. Strangely as the TV series ran through the early 90s, the supporting character gained a more popular following than the protagonist. Never mind, you kids wouldn’t remember.
Patrix | 
Asides, Movies, Television | 
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July 22nd, 2008
The Dark Knight voted best movie ever (at IMDB)
The Dark Knight has been roundly appreciated by critics and audiences. I loved the movie too and given Heath Ledger’s amazing swan song performance probably overshadowed everyone else’s. The movie has zoomed to the top of the IMDB’s Top 250 movies with a rating of 9.5 disrupting The Godfather’s long reign. The Dark Knight is [...]
Patrix | Asides, Movies | 9 Comments »
July 21st, 2008
The Iraq/Pakistan Border
What is the best way to avoid threats from Iran? Pretend it doesn’t exist. Just like McCain does when he talks about the Iraq/Pakistan border. Or is he just having another Miss Teen North Carolina moment? This from a guy who claims oodles of foreign policy experience as reason enough to vote for him. FSM [...]
Patrix | Asides, Current Affairs, United States | 1 Comment »
July 16th, 2008
Write with Style
Kurt Vonnegut offers tips to write with style. Luckily for us Indians, point#5 is in our favor but again that’s no excuse to insert Hinglish phrases in every sentence. Understand, no?
Patrix | Asides, Society Culture | No Comments »
July 16th, 2008
Much Ado Over Crackers
Cracker Pots! And you thought only Islam holds the torch for religious fundamentalism and intimidation of those who refuse to believe in their bullshit.
Patrix | Asides, Religion | 21 Comments »
July 15th, 2008
Save Trees
One of the most compelling ad I’ve seen in a while - Save Trees. Trees save.
Patrix | Ads, Asides, Images and Photography | No Comments »
July 7th, 2008
No More Mao
China has dropped the image of Chairman Mao Zedong from its new currency possibly signaling an end of Communist economic policies; political freedom still remains a dream though.
Patrix | Asides, Images and Photography | No Comments »
July 6th, 2008
Homo Sapiens
If the aliens landed and wanted to see some typical homo sapiens, I’m afraid they are going to be disappointed because we seem to have a whole lot of variety. Amazing portraits.
Patrix | Asides, Images and Photography | No Comments »
July 3rd, 2008
ThirdPath Parenting
ThirdPath parenting. My wife insisted that I read this (emailed it to me, starred it in my Gmail, and asked me every night if I had read it which I finally did today) so I feel compelled to pay it forward. I insist you read it too; especially so if you are married.
Patrix | Asides, Society Culture | 4 Comments »
June 23rd, 2008
Best Indian Websites 2008
Best Indian websites of 2008 as ranked by PC World India. Strangely no blogs category where I assume good designs exist too.
Patrix | Asides, Design, India | 3 Comments »
June 21st, 2008
Barack Obama - a Hindu?
Now that Obama has left the Trinity Church and is ‘in the market’ for a new worshiping place, Stephen Colbert recommends not a new church but a new religion - Hinduism.
Patrix | Asides, Religion | No Comments »
June 19th, 2008
Revive the Old Bar in Firefox 3.0
Use the old bar add-on in Firefox 3.0 if you don’t like the cluttered results you get as you begin typing in the address bar. It still searches for the words you begin typing in both the URL and the page title but displays them in one line as in the previous version of Firefox.
Patrix | Asides, World Wide Web | 4 Comments »
June 18th, 2008
Hindu Explosions?
How can anyone remotely support Balu T and his wacko ideology after sprouting such nonsense? I agree with Gaurav that if the Thackeray family is the first to volunteer, I’m all for it. We can stop once we run through all the Thackerays. Thankfully, the RSS (not the feeds, re) opposes any such nonsensical talk.
Patrix | Asides | 2 Comments »
June 18th, 2008
Barack Obama’s Campaign Email
A simple passive website won’t do. A template of an email that the Obama campaign should seriously consider sending out to counter the Republican smear machine.
Patrix | Asides, Politicking | No Comments »
June 18th, 2008
Comcast’s 10 million Pixel Video Wall
This 10 million pixel video wall at the new Comcast Center in Philadelphia is mindblowing. I’m sure the experience in real life must be overwhelming. Don’t miss the embedded videos especially the second one.
Patrix | Asides, Technology, Videos | No Comments »
June 17th, 2008
Bumper Stickers and Road Rage?
Apparently, the owners of this car or this one are prone to higher incidences of road rage according to this research. So stay away from those cars toting the stickers especially the ‘Spread World Peace’ ones like I stay from that car in College Station that literally covered from top to bottom with Star of [...]
Patrix | Asides, Observations | 2 Comments »
June 17th, 2008
Hollywood Movies Getting Longer
While Bollywood movies are getting shorter and even going to the extent of dropping its trademark song-n-dance routine, Hollywood movies are getting longer.
Patrix | Asides, Movies | 2 Comments »
June 17th, 2008
Olympics 2016 Logos
With the Beijing Olympics nearing, the race for the 2016 edition is just warming up. The finalist cities of Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro, and Tokyo all have interesting logos or at least much better than horrible London 2012 logo which is even worse than the logos of other applicant cities like Doha and Prague. [...]
Patrix | Asides, Sports | No Comments »
Movies I've Watched...
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2008-09-02 21:00
Explores the brother-sister relationship brought together during their father's last days.
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2008-09-01 21:00
Poignant but slow narrative of an orphaned girl living with her aunt in rural Maharashtra.
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2008-08-09 23:00
Stunning and engaging narration. Raw violence and personal struggles of ordinary guys in a tough neighborhood.
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2008-08-05 20:00
Underwhelming. Johansson is miscast but continues her run of being the 'other woman'.
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