I just powered on my computer and the display was somehow switched to a mode that my monitor (my TV) did not support. Now, I did not have a second monitor so that I could go and change the resolution there. I rebooted to no avail. I couldn't even get to the Windows "safe mode" menu ( Read more... )

In this city, it often rains. Geography demands it. For beyond the islands scattered west roll endless miles of ocean, while northeast at the city's back jut jagged mountain peaks. With the slate-gray skies of autumn come the cyclone westerlies, raging winds and boiling clouds that sweep in from the sea. In waves these bloated clouds tear open on ( Read more... )

Sometimes the feedback to the cricket commentary on the BBC website is priceless ( Read more... )

I just remembered these crazy soft drinks that I had a long long time ago in a land far far away.

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Why do "immigrant" authors have to write about "loss and alienation" all the time? Even when the actual immigrants were their parents? Although, sometimes their experiences can be funny. For example, I heard this bit on an NPR story

Everyone ( Read more... )

I recently read Netherland - a novel by Jospeh O'Neill. It is a great read and, at the same time, hard to categorize because it touches so many themes. One review (I think in New York Times) starts off comparing it to 9/11 novels; in another review it's described as "an Indian novel that happens to be written by an Irishman".  It is the story of a ( Read more... )

Frieda Pinto (Latika from Slumdog Millionaire) was on The Tonight Show (with Jay Leno) last night.  She seemed to be a little nervous but carried it off quite well. She was talkative, funny and looked great. Definitely not the car crash that Aishwarya Rai was on Letterman.

On the Big Bang Theory show yesterday, Sheldon likens Ashwarya Rai to a poor ( Read more... )

Tuesday morning. I had to be at work by 8:30. I get out in the morning and it is dark and foggy as hell. And I am in a hurry. So while getting out of the parking lot I scratch my car against the pole. I note the damage, curse a little and try to get to work on time. I drive through the dark and foggy morning, drop my friend and eventually I make it ( Read more... )

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Kos, GreeceI took the airline shuttle from Kos Airport to get to Kos Town intending to take a taxi from the town to my hotel. I almost got down at the wrong stop were it not for a fellow passenger. He told me where to get down, walked along with me to the town center from where I could take a taxi. Along the way he told me he was visiting his ( Read more... )