If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed or email alerts. Thanks for visiting!I had distanced iPatrix from Apple earlier this year long before even the iPhone was announced. But this video brought to you via the good folks at Mad TV [via Abi] does a much better job:
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July 7th, 2007
Apple’s Latest iProduct
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July 2nd, 2007
Google vs. Sicko
Michael Moore’s latest documentary Sicko released this past weekend and although I have yet to see it, the reviews have been highly appreciative and even go to the extent of calling it his best work yet. Even Fox News praised Moore’s maturity as a filmmaker. That is why I was extremely surprised to see Google [...]
Patrix | Business, Health, Movies, The world is ill, Weblogs, World Wide Web | 3 Comments »
June 29th, 2007
iPhone Hype
Why does everything announced by Apple have to be surrounded with so much hype? I’m talking about the iPhone which went on sale few minutes ago. Nope, I’m not live-blogging from the line outside the store. Although the reviews have been quite flattering for the phone, the exorbitant cost and compatibility with only AT&T-Cingular plans [...]
Patrix | Business, United States | 5 Comments »
June 29th, 2007
P2P robs corn farmers?
The MPAA and RIAA stop-piracy-or- train is getting increasingly ridiculous. Earlier, in order to stop piracy of movies, MPAA has viewed its primary customers as criminals looking upon them as suspects. The only thing that remains is being strip-searched. I am sure given how any violation of privacy or civil liberties is currently allowed by [...]
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June 21st, 2007
AGLOCO Viewbar released
If you remember couple of months back I had mentioned AGLOCO - a networking community that had the tagline of getting paid for surfing the Internet. Well, of course no one yet is a surfing millionaire (not counting the real surfers, of course) and that was primarily because the Viewbar wasn’t released. The Viewbar is [...]
Patrix | Business, Technology, World Wide Web | 4 Comments »
May 23rd, 2007
Your Feeds will be burned by Google
Google takes a step closer to establishing a monopoly over web services. They have acquired Feedburner, the ultimate in feed management for $100 million. Although Feedburner has less than half a million publishers that use its services to redirect feeds, Google has plenty to gain from their subscriber counts and Feedburner Advertisment Network that monetizes [...]
Patrix | Business, Technology, Weblogs, World Wide Web | 4 Comments »
May 22nd, 2007
Not letting a customer go empty-handed
We often hear of and read stories of horrible customer service at supermarkets. I had one such minor experience at Ikea recently when they refused to accept my bank card. So for a change, I had an unique and pleasant experience at Albertsons’ this weekend. Ash had planned to whip up some homemade Chinese grub [...]
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May 2nd, 2007
Digg gets buried by its own users
Digg literally got a taste of its own medicine yesterday. The users that generate (or rather link to) content for Digg openly revolted against the website causing it at one point to collapse. It all started when a user posted a story to an 32-character encryption crack code used to circumvent the DRM restrictions of [...]
Patrix | Business, Technology, World Wide Web | 4 Comments »
April 30th, 2007
How to recover the high production cost for Spiderman 3?
Sony is pulling out all stops to market its lucrative Spiderman franchise. Take a look at the various merchandise already on offer before the release of Spiderman 3.
Patrix | Business, Movies | 7 Comments »
April 18th, 2007
Inner workings of Google Blogsearch
Many factors like influence of blogrolls, links through email and chat, RSS readers, etc. are included in ranking blogs by Google as elaborated in its patent application.
Patrix | Business, Technology, Weblogs, World Wide Web | 2 Comments »
April 16th, 2007
Is Google killing off innovation in startups?
Dodgeball developers quit Google in style citing Google’s lack of interest in developing their product. Is Google simply on an acquiring spree with no interest of letting products innovate further?
Patrix | Business, Technology, World Wide Web | 3 Comments »
April 15th, 2007
Can H1-B and F1 visa holders earn money online?
Making money online through blogs for H1-B and F1 visa holders might be a problem due to restrictions on their visa. Comments welcome.
Patrix | Business, Law, United States, Weblogs | 14 Comments »
April 14th, 2007
Google buys DoubleClick for $3.1 billion
Google outbid Microsoft to acquire Doubleclick, an online advertisement firm for $3.1 billion. It is seen as a way to expand into the advertisement industry.
Patrix | Ads, Business, World Wide Web | 5 Comments »
April 8th, 2007
Google enters Real Estate Search Market
The real estate market isn’t usually the target of most web companies. Sure, we have had online services like Zillow that let you look up property valuations laid out on maps and Criagslist has a healthy listing of property listings. Effectively, these services try and cut out the middle man who usually makes a lot [...]
Patrix | Business, United States | 6 Comments »
March 22nd, 2007
How to save a ton of money on your car insurance
Nope, not by switching to Geico. In fact, I switched away from Geico long time back. The secret is in getting renter’s insurance for your apartment. I’m sure, it would also work if you get a home insurance. We recently switched from Progressive to AllState and in fact, we weren’t even shopping for a quote. [...]
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March 8th, 2007
Get Free Coffee at Starbucks
Starbucks across the country will be giving away a free 12 oz or “tall” cup of coffee next Thursday, March 15th, from 10am to noon [via.]
Of course, there is no such thing as free coffee (as in free lunch.) Your cost will be standing in long lines to get a measly cup of coffee so [...]
Patrix | Business, Food Drink | 4 Comments »
February 26th, 2007
The End of Studio 60
Intelligent television unfortunately doesn’t have a market in today’s reality-crazed age. A reasonably intelligent show that doesn’t require you to dial in to kick some ass off the show and ‘end his dreams’ or that gives you free cash for making random guesses or that doesn’t require you to suspend your disbelief (24 and Heroes) [...]
Patrix | Business, Television | 10 Comments »
February 17th, 2007
Does this mirror make me look fat?
We have the slim or thin fad where any woman above 120 lbs is viewed with “couldn’t you have said no to that dessert?” look. The fashion rampway in Paris was the widely publicized culprit but we always believed that we aren’t like those models who anyway wear what ‘ordinary women’ would never wear. But [...]
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February 11th, 2007
A Lemonade Stand - not worth it?
Paris Spence-Lang, a 7th grade student and all of 12 years old writes a financial advice blog. Yup! you heard that right, he offers monetary advice to kids his age and covers topics like negotiating allowance and focusing on more efficient ways to earn money.
He was profiled by the Vancouver Sun newspaper today. One of [...]
Patrix | Business | 12 Comments »
February 4th, 2007
Super Bowl XLI Ads - The Budweiser Collection
Does beer make you smart? Heck, it does. It made Bud weiser. Budweiser traditionally has the best of the crop of Super Bowl Ads. This year was no different. They usually have a mix of humor and ’senti’ ads. This year, one ad even featured an accent training seminar filled with desis, Chinese, and East [...]
Patrix | Ads, Business, Recommended, Sports | 3 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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