Music Subscription Services: Partial Album Catalogues
Sunday, March 11th, 2007 Posted in Music | No Comments »I do not quite understand at this point what could result in only a partial album to be available through a subscription service. Maybe since this is a Motion Picture Soundtrack comprising of different artists, each of the individual artists ...
Personalized Auto-Mix on URGE
Saturday, December 16th, 2006 Posted in Music | No Comments »So now URGE is trying to close the gap between it's service and Yahoo! Music Unlimited. I hope it is at least as sophisticated as Yahoo!
The sanctity of a complete album
Monday, December 11th, 2006 Posted in Gumption, Music, NewAge, Social | No Comments »Does having playlists of mp3s in random order mask the "full album" experience that we used to have a not so long time ago? Back in the tape days, I would have complete albums which I would play and get ...
Conversations at SI
Friday, December 8th, 2006 Posted in General, Music | No Comments »Him: What was your undergrad major? Me: Computer Engineering. Him: Wow!!! Me: How about you? Him: Psychology. Me: Wow!!! [We both are interested in Human Computer Interaction]
Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits - Alchemy Live!
Sunday, October 22nd, 2006 Posted in General, Music | No Comments »Alchemy version of Sultans of Swing seems to be one of the most beautiful songs ever! He had performed it again when he was in Mumbai - it was really amazing - but not quite like the Alchemy version.
Microsoft Zune - A new social experience?
Thursday, September 28th, 2006 Posted in Buy Me This, Gadgets, Technology | No Comments »So Microsoft has finally declared that the Zune will be priced at $249. They make a bold statement there on the press release: “On Nov. 14 we’re delivering not only a device, but a shared, social experience that will be shaped ...
Closure
Thursday, September 7th, 2006 Posted in General, Gumption, Technical, Windows | No Comments »So you quit your job in a good software company, move to a new country, start school again but it just doesn't feel complete until you do that one thing: Format+Clean+Reinstall Windows on your laptop.I finally got around to doing ...
Geocaching - Elephanta Caves (GCRVP9)
Tuesday, June 20th, 2006 Posted in Gumption | 6 Comments »I went to Elephanta Caves this weekend to look for a cache hidden there. After a ferry ride, a rattling train jourey & an hour of fighting flies and thorny bushes, I found the cache. You are supposed to add something ...
Sling the Media
Tuesday, May 9th, 2006 Posted in Bought | No Comments »Well, it's gadget & accessories time again. The latest acquisition being SlingMedia. It works extremely well, did have to do quite some "jhol" to make it work in India (It only supports NTSC, but India has PAL signals). I will leave ...
“No Oxygen? But Pro Trek” By Casio
Tuesday, February 14th, 2006 Posted in Bought | 1 Comment »Due to ubiquitous cellphones, data watches are currrently passè. Being a very big fan of the databank watches of casio when in school, I have possessed almost each and every model. One with 30 telephone numbers without a keypad right ...
Microsoft MCE 2005 Keyboard
Saturday, December 3rd, 2005 Posted in Buy Me This | No Comments »Please buy me this Microsoft Media Center 2005 Keyboard. I am building a MCE based system for home, this will prove to be extremely handy!
ThinkGeek :: R/C X-UFO
Friday, November 18th, 2005 Posted in Buy Me This | No Comments »ThinkGeek :: R/C X-UFO $179 only. Please buy me this!
iPod nano - Apple does it again
Thursday, September 8th, 2005 Posted in Buy Me This | No Comments »Apple always unleashes things with great shock value. This is amazing. A negligibly sized piece of plastic that stores over 4 GB of songs!? This is going to sell like anything. But I guess people will wait till Christmas to gift ...
A Good GPS device
Sunday, July 24th, 2005 Posted in General, Pre-Buy research, Privacy, Technology | No Comments »A GPS Device I really want a GPS device. I have a smartphone, so I want a bluetooth GPS receiver so I can use them together. Read a lot about them, SIRF chipset or XtracSIRT chipset. Finally liked the Fortuna Clip-On, ...
Mark Knopfler in Concert in my Hometown
Sunday, March 6th, 2005 Posted in Gumption, Music | 2 Comments »Sure I went for it ! ! ! ! More pics coming soon. Shot the whole concert. Almost the whole thing. The cd will be available soon somewhere!
HP ZT3000
Monday, January 24th, 2005 Posted in Bought, General, Gumption | No Comments »customised the review by Sanjeet Ganjam at http://www.notebookreview.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6104The HP ZT3000 Series Notebook can be categorized as either a desktop replacement notebook or a mid-range, thin and light model. Because it comes with an Intel Centrino Mobile processor rather than a ...
Lappy Bag
Saturday, January 22nd, 2005 Posted in Bought, General, Gumption, Mobile, Technical | 2 Comments »Wanted something small. something compact. and most importantly, something that could let me use the lappy without requiring me to remove the lappy from it. This bag is an exact fit for my lappyhas enough room for the adaptor, mouse ...
In search of a lappy baggy - In Progress
Tuesday, January 18th, 2005 Posted in General, Gumption, Pre-Buy research | No Comments »U2 + Hot Lemon Tea
Wednesday, January 12th, 2005 Posted in General, Gumption | No Comments »The album POP by U2 and Hot Lemon Tea, a sure way to wake yourself up in a drowsy post-lunch period.
Yes…it was a planet
Tuesday, January 11th, 2005 Posted in General, Gumption | No Comments »While star gazing recently, there was an extra bright spot which kept troubling me. I had quit star gazing around 8 years ago. So I just had an intuitive idea of the sky. Something abt the pattern observed seemed amiss. So ...
