Flightplan hits as well as misses

Filed in Uncategorized, October 22, 2005, 4:41 pm by

TweetFlightplan manages to keep the suspense 2/3rds of the way and manages to keep you at the edge of your seat. Jodie Foster, as the mother looking for her child, absorbs you into her role as always. I thought the last part of the movie was pretty good as well. Priya Raju did not like […]

Drinking the Kool Aid

Filed in General Interest, October 20, 2005, 10:28 pm by

TweetEver wonder how this phrase came about?  Apparently, it is drawn from the “Jonestown Massacre” where people drank flavor-aid laced with potassium cyanide at the behest of the leader of the group Jim Jones. Flavor-aid was later replaced by the more familiar kool aid giving rise to the famous phrase. This and some more fascinating […]

Visible and Invisible India

Filed in General Interest, October 19, 2005, 11:00 pm by

TweetAn eye-opening post by Madhukar. A must read. (Via Scian Melt #11 by Soumya of Shallow Thoughts. Her compilation includes links to other interesting posts as well). 

Why Men Don’t Listen and Women Can’t Read Maps

Filed in Uncategorized, October 18, 2005, 5:00 am by

The book “Why Men Don’t Listen and Women Can’t Read Maps” by Allan

and Barbara Pease makes for a good …

iPod/iTunes Video download needs Bittorrent support

Filed in Uncategorized, October 17, 2005, 1:00 am by

iPod Video has been released. David Pogue of NYTimes appreciates the iPod Video business model. But Richard Siklos of NYTimes..