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Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
What was Apple thinking ?
Recently i was checking out the Apple website as i was looking to upgrade the software on my iPod Touch, actually i wanted to read the terms and conditions. And this is how the page shows
See something weird? Read the line carefully, "iPhone 2.1 Software Update for iPod touch".
WTH, why should iPod software be named as "iPhone 2.1 Software"? Mr. Jobs I know a lot of the people around are dumb and need the "iPhone" label just to buy products. But some are not that dumb and understand Shakespeare when he said "Whats in a Name". So can we please not use such fake/stupid names.
Somehow I am getting a growing feeling each day I spend with Apple products, In my head their price tag is outweighing their quality. My iPod touch has crashed thrice in last two months. I accept the fact that it is jailbroken and so I inserted a lot of instability but I am not impressed even with the basic software that comes with the hardware. It is definitely not as sturdy as Mr. Jobs claims it to be.
Somehow I am glad I havent bought a Macbook and a iPhone yet, both of them were high priority till some time back, not anymore though.
Shantanu Mishra
See something weird? Read the line carefully, "iPhone 2.1 Software Update for iPod touch".
WTH, why should iPod software be named as "iPhone 2.1 Software"? Mr. Jobs I know a lot of the people around are dumb and need the "iPhone" label just to buy products. But some are not that dumb and understand Shakespeare when he said "Whats in a Name". So can we please not use such fake/stupid names.
Somehow I am getting a growing feeling each day I spend with Apple products, In my head their price tag is outweighing their quality. My iPod touch has crashed thrice in last two months. I accept the fact that it is jailbroken and so I inserted a lot of instability but I am not impressed even with the basic software that comes with the hardware. It is definitely not as sturdy as Mr. Jobs claims it to be.
Somehow I am glad I havent bought a Macbook and a iPhone yet, both of them were high priority till some time back, not anymore though.
Shantanu Mishra
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Art, does it mean the same anymore ?
The whole world is crazy about Jaane tu ya Jaane Na. A few days back one of my friends pinged me on IM and without even performing the formalities of Hi, How are you? he/she asked me "have you seen Jaane tu ya Jaane Na". So i said "NO, I have not", and as god as my witness i regret that honest answer to this day, he/she went on and on about the movie for at least fifteen more minutes. Almost the same thing happened with every single desi person I have on my IM friends list.
Seeing the enthusiasm of so many people i thought I myself should give the movie a try. So i went to the usual online movie portal and decided to have a dinner date with this movie. The result, i could not bear the torture of such an ill-constructed movie past 50 minutes. I dont know what is the correct word to use here so i am writing the ones which i think collectively express my opinion about the movie, (disappointed, sad, discouraged, let down etc etc).
I questioned myself on the different aspects of movie making with respect to this film and here are my questions and answers,
Acting - Even my hypothetical dog could have acted better. Actors do not even look good.
Story - Probably the production house was too short of finances to pay an actual story writer to write one.
Technical Details - There were none that are worth talking about.
Entertainment - No humor, no thrill, no action, no horror, no reality, no virtuality, no comic-ness, no seriousness, very very average music composition, less than average lyrics for songs.
I had this notion in my mind that movie making is a form of art and various artists particiapte in the process to contribute their skills to the whole process. But clearly someone is misunderstading the concept. And i get a feeling its not ME who is on the wrong side of the line. Well so what, millions of crappy movies are made around the world every year. The part that is astonishing, saddening, thought-provoking, a lot and i mean a lot of people like this crap.
And i dont give a F**K that so many people like it, the movie always was, still is and always will remain a piece of crap.
Ciao
Seeing the enthusiasm of so many people i thought I myself should give the movie a try. So i went to the usual online movie portal and decided to have a dinner date with this movie. The result, i could not bear the torture of such an ill-constructed movie past 50 minutes. I dont know what is the correct word to use here so i am writing the ones which i think collectively express my opinion about the movie, (disappointed, sad, discouraged, let down etc etc).
I questioned myself on the different aspects of movie making with respect to this film and here are my questions and answers,
Acting - Even my hypothetical dog could have acted better. Actors do not even look good.
Story - Probably the production house was too short of finances to pay an actual story writer to write one.
Technical Details - There were none that are worth talking about.
Entertainment - No humor, no thrill, no action, no horror, no reality, no virtuality, no comic-ness, no seriousness, very very average music composition, less than average lyrics for songs.
I had this notion in my mind that movie making is a form of art and various artists particiapte in the process to contribute their skills to the whole process. But clearly someone is misunderstading the concept. And i get a feeling its not ME who is on the wrong side of the line. Well so what, millions of crappy movies are made around the world every year. The part that is astonishing, saddening, thought-provoking, a lot and i mean a lot of people like this crap.
And i dont give a F**K that so many people like it, the movie always was, still is and always will remain a piece of crap.
Ciao
Monday, July 7, 2008
I Missed It !!! :(
The Wimbledon final match between Federer and Nadal is being claimed as one of the best sporting events ever and I missed it [:(]. To top the irony i was sleeping, sleeping, sleeping. This is absolute blasphemy for a boy of my age.
The only way to make up for the loss is to see a final match live sitting on the seats of theeee "Center Court".
I hope I do that someday.
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The only way to make up for the loss is to see a final match live sitting on the seats of theeee "Center Court".
I hope I do that someday.
Ciao
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Head Fake
I just learned this term (Head Fake) from a video.
The video
It is from Randy Pausch. Its a little long but a must watch for everybody, so go ahead and enjoy it whenever you have a hour and half to spare.
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The video
It is from Randy Pausch. Its a little long but a must watch for everybody, so go ahead and enjoy it whenever you have a hour and half to spare.
Ciao
Friday, May 23, 2008
Is beauty worth all the trouble ?
Hellos
My Motorola A780 was almost 2 years old and i thought it was time to bid farewell and retire the oldie and buy myself something new. My latest acquisition is a NOKIA 8600 Luna mobile phone. The phone is an absolute beauty and is by far the most expensive phone I have ever bought.
As much as I am impressed with its looks, i tend to think was it worth all the money i spent on it? It costs as much as an IPhone and doesnt even has one third of its features. I always wanted a small sleek phone and so Apple's chick was never in the race but the beauty of this phone has come at a very high premium. Maybe thats what is always true about beauty, it always comes at a high premium, so i am still left with a question inside me, Is beauty really worth all the effort?
Ciao
My Motorola A780 was almost 2 years old and i thought it was time to bid farewell and retire the oldie and buy myself something new. My latest acquisition is a NOKIA 8600 Luna mobile phone. The phone is an absolute beauty and is by far the most expensive phone I have ever bought.
As much as I am impressed with its looks, i tend to think was it worth all the money i spent on it? It costs as much as an IPhone and doesnt even has one third of its features. I always wanted a small sleek phone and so Apple's chick was never in the race but the beauty of this phone has come at a very high premium. Maybe thats what is always true about beauty, it always comes at a high premium, so i am still left with a question inside me, Is beauty really worth all the effort?
Ciao
Is beauty worth all the trouble ?
Hellos
My Motorola A780 was almost 2 years old and i thought it was time to bid farewell and retire the oldie and buy myself something new. My latest acquisition is a NOKIA 8600 Luna mobile phone. The phone is an absolute beauty and is by far the most expensive phone I have ever bought.
As much as I am impressed with its looks, i tend to think was it worth all the money i spent on it? It costs as much as an IPhone and doesnt even has one third of its features. I always wanted a small sleek phone and so Apple's chick was never in the race but the beauty of this phone has come at a very high premium. Maybe thats what is always true about beauty, it always comes at a high premium, so i am still left with a question inside me, Is beauty really worth all the effort?
Ciao
My Motorola A780 was almost 2 years old and i thought it was time to bid farewell and retire the oldie and buy myself something new. My latest acquisition is a NOKIA 8600 Luna mobile phone. The phone is an absolute beauty and is by far the most expensive phone I have ever bought.
As much as I am impressed with its looks, i tend to think was it worth all the money i spent on it? It costs as much as an IPhone and doesnt even has one third of its features. I always wanted a small sleek phone and so Apple's chick was never in the race but the beauty of this phone has come at a very high premium. Maybe thats what is always true about beauty, it always comes at a high premium, so i am still left with a question inside me, Is beauty really worth all the effort?
Ciao
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