The Great Ganesha

If you’re Indian and were at a reasonable age in the ’80s (4 years and up) then it’s most likely that you remember the 1982 Asian Games that were held in Delhi. You probably even remember the mascot - an elephant named Appu.
Well, the other day, I was having a coffee at Ritual Coffee Roasters [...]

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John Roberts made the cover of Time this week, in an article that asks about the relevancy of the Supreme Court today. But that’s not what I’m writing about. Is it me, or does John Roberts look like Greg Kinnear? Dammit, every time I look at Roberts, I think it’s Kinnear!
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Sci Fi Tech - the Sci Fi channel’s official blog, has an interview with a very special member of the Geek Squad. The Geek Squad are those brand-manager-manufactured geeks who pretend to know everything about technology in the Best Buy ads and help you resolve your email problems.
So, in order to vamp up their image [...]

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Picture Source: Manhattan Elsewhere

The wife pointed me to overstated.net, a blog by a Bay Area software engineer. I realize how exciting that sounds, but there’s more. The guy has listed, for every SF neighbourhood (left), a counterpart in NYC (right). For instance:

Financial District
Midtown

North Beach
Little Italy

Union Square
Soho

Soma
Tribeca

Haight Ashbury
East Village

Castro
West Village

Mission
Williamsburg

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This is just a selection, and I’m [...]

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Now, I’m the last person to talk politics, and especially Indian politics, other than the occasional snide remark. And maybe it’s because I have abysmally low expectations from Indian politicians, but I have to say that I found this interview quite engaging. Mukherjee says nothing substantive or specific, talking only in general terms but what [...]

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Let’s face it. All of us desis grew up reading Archie comics. And I’ve blogged about it before.

I was definitely an addict. I would look forward to going to the “library” (which, in 80s Bombay were basically privately run places where you could borrow books for cash) and picking up a stack of Archies. The [...]

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I blogged about Tintin earlier, when someone from Moldova dropped by the blog. Moldova was once a part of Moldavia, on which Herg? based the fictitious nation of Syldavia (from The Calculus Affair, amongst others).
This time, it’s less a case of life meeting comic-book art, than a case of virtual life meeting comic- book art. [...]

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The people at Improv Everywhere describe themselves as causing “scenes of chaos and joy in public places” by executing “over 60 missions involving hundreds of undercover agents.”
Their last mission: Raising awareness of The Redhead Experience. Redheads, they say, make up less than 1% of the world population and “Agent McCarthy” suggested,
“What would it be like [...]

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If you’re single, and have an iPhone, then there’s hope for you. You can go on an iDate. What’s that, you ask? It’s speed-dating with a techno-twist. You mingle over drinks, you speed-date and then, in an election-booth like enclosed area, you elect your President-to-be at the after-party (and this party definitely surpasses the [...]

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‘Nuff said.
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