Apple has always played games with me. Here is a list: I bought the iB ook G3 (my first apple). 35 days after that, all iBooks were upgraded to G4. The iBook came with Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar). It soon got obsolete and Tiger came in. So i bought Mac OS X 10.3 (Tiger). Within a couple of months it was upgraded to Panther. Same thing happened with iLife. 2 upgrades in <2 years. Then I bought the all …

Update: Its actually probably in Malaysia or Indonesia. Comments Terence Monteiro (January 17, 2006): Hi, where was this performed? The language is Hindi for sure, but the cast may not be Indians. Anyway, interesting! None (March 06, 2006): hi there..is there any way you could email this video to me? or any place i could download it from please?my email address is rima@nyu.eduthank you so much! …

Every morning, the first thing I (and a lot of people) do is to check the news. Internet has made it easy to get the latest news whenever we want. News aggregator sites like news.google.com help by consolidating everything on one page. However, I am still in the look of “the perfect news site”. Google news has a good 2-column layout, but their news are “too automated”. Yahoo news has good content, …

Kaun Banega Crorepati 2 ads everywhere at Metro Park Station, New Jersey. Talk about India going Global (or globalization going to India..).

Its winter time, the time to wear warm clothes, time to turn on the heaters, time to wear shoes all day long, and time to get shocked every time you touch something metal. I digged some sites on the net to find out how to avoid getting shocked, and tried the various methods. Here are some practical things you can do: Touch the metal surface with other metal surface. For example, touch the car door …

Since a very long time, I wanted to get a phone that is actually just a phone. It should: Look like a phone (not a brick) Synchronize with the computer (Mac) without any special software Have bluetooth (if possible) NOT have a camera. You will find tons of phones with the above features for GSM (T-Mobile/Cingular), but there are none for Sprint. Sprint is very notorious in crippling the features …

Below is the list of a few good restaurants (in random order) alongwith their main highlight. The restaurant has to have good food, good service and good ambience according to their category. Shiva’s (Punjabi): Ambience Madras Cafe (South Indian): Fast Service Taaza Hut (Punjabi): Low Prices Spice Hut (Manglorean!): Chicken Biryani Passage to India Bakery (Weekend Buffet): Indian Sandwiches, …

October 27, 2005 on 12:20 am Nintendo/NES (called Samurai in India) just completed 20 years of its release. Its a moment of nostalgia for a lot of people who grew up with the beeping sounds of its games. One of the best things nintendo has done is to stick with more playability and fun factor of the games as compared to other consoles, which added a lot of flesh and blood and adult content. Even …

October 12, 2005 on 11:45 pm So today was a “And One More Thing” day by Steve Jobs. And they came out with video on iPod! I remember steve jobs telling last time that video ipod does not make any sense. The screen is too small. You cannot connect it to the TV. Content is not present yet. But they still came out with one. And as usual, I got super-excited. Felt something missing in life, and the …

So I am looking for a good ultracompact camera which does not suck. The main criteria is the pictures should be good without flash and camera to be compact. I am not really into printing the pictures, so a 3 MP camera does the job. Panasonic LumixThere was one camera that was always on my mind, the Panasonic Lumix DMC FX7. I wanted this camera because it has an Optical Image Stabilizer, which …