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The 5-Minute Games

Gaming. The one thing most people having access to a computer have done at some point in their lives. Sure, it might have been an old-school game on your Pentium 3 machine (Aladdin! Hercules?); or perhaps a soul-sucking (in a good way), addictive Grand Theft Auto title; or one of the N first-person shooter titles based on World War 2 (yes, Call of Duty – I’m looking at you). It used to be…

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Book Review: The Martian

Book Review: The Martian

“I’m pretty much fucked.” “That’s my considered opinion.” That’s how the book begins. He’s right. Getting stuck on a planet all by yourself is bad enough. And then there’s the complete lack of communication. And the fact that a rescue mission will not happen till another four years. Welcome to Mars! Reviewing this book is easy: You’ve got to read it! Take time off work, cancel Netflix for a…

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Book Review: An Action-packed Fantasy

THEY KILLED THE KING. THEY PINNED IT ON TWO MEN. THEY CHOSE POORLY. There’s no ancient evil to defeat or orphan destined for greatness, just unlikely heroes and classic adventure.

That is what the jacket text for the book ‘Theft of Swords’ said. Interesting, I thought. But like almost every person in the world with Internet access, I decided to check out the reviews on Amazon. And they’re good;…

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Book Review: Another Steve Jobs Biography?

Book Review: Another Steve Jobs Biography?

Yes, there is already an ‘official’ biography of Steve Jobs written by Walter Isaacson. So why do we need another one? The authors of the new biography claim that Isaacson’s biographyadded nothing new to the public’s knowledge, and that it did not delve deeply into the years between Steve Jobs’s dismissal and eventual return to Apple. They said this was a transformational period that allowed a…

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Finally, No More

Today is the day! My band Collage is releasing its second, self-produced single ‘No More’. Here it is!

It has been a wonderful journey so far. One that started in 2007 and continues, in spite of the thousands of miles between us band members. On the occasion of the release, I thought it would be fun to ‘interview’ my very talented bandmates. And thankfully, all of them obliged. So here goes!

Sp…

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A Wonderful Evening With Yanni

A Wonderful Evening With Yanni

In March, I happened to stumble upon the fact that Yanni was going to perform in San Diego. Yes, in proper San Diego; not in LA, not in Orange County or any other place nearby. Ticketmaster showed that the tickets would go on sale in a couple of days. Even though September was quite far away, I knew I was going to get tickets right away.

Yanni has touched a lot of people’s lives. And so there are…

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No Donut For You: A Remembrance Back in 2005-06, things were different. Birthdays were remembered; photo sharing happened at someone’s place with people crowding around a monitor; and friends generally didn’t say wonderful, flattering things to each other’s face.

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Review: Humanity at Times of War

Review: Humanity at Times of War

What I write about is not war but the courage of man. - Cornelius Ryan

Let me start off by saying this: I love history. Because not only is truth stranger than fiction, it is often more dramatic, unbelievable, shocking and entertaining as well.

Thanks to my father, I was hooked on to world politics and World War stories from an early age. But apart from exposure through movies and a few lessons…

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Game of Thrones: A Reader's Dilemma (No Spoilers)

Game of Thrones: A Reader’s Dilemma (No Spoilers)

A great season four of Game of Thrones has come to an end and this meme is relevant again.

But life has to go on; and allow the gaping hole left by this magnificent show’s absence to be filled by other magnificent, addictive shows, games and/or movies. Ahem … anyways, moving on.

Having read all five books of A Song of Ice and Fire (ASOIAF) series by George R. R. Martin last year, I thought this…

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Greatest Snow On Earth: Part 3

Greatest Snow On Earth: Part 3

Finally, after many delays, here’s the third and final part of my Utah trip back in December 2013. If you don’t know what I am talking about, here you go! Part three covers days four and five of the trip.

Thank you for the great support and encouragement I have received from many of you while writing :-)

Part 1 Part 2

Day 4 – 30th December, 2013

Our skiing lesson was scheduled from one till four…

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A Posthumous Gift from the King!

A Posthumous Gift from the King!

Alright, before you move on, just click ‘Play’ on the track below. At work? No headphones? That’s alright, I can wait.

Artists never die. They live on through their work. Work which is, in many cases, appreciated only after the artist’s demise. But Michael Jackson was special. The King of Pop released his first solo album at the age of…

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Greatest Snow On Earth: Part 2

Greatest Snow On Earth: Part 2

If you have read the first part, thank you very much (seriously, you people are the best!) and please carry on. If you haven’t, here you go!

Day three was a long day, taking up an entire part in the travelogue. I hope the pictures and panoramas will make the wall of text a little easier to digest :-)

Day 3 – 29th December, 2013

Moab, UT

I was awake by five. By six, it was breakfast time. Vikram…

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Greatest Snow On Earth: Part 1

The Greatest Snow On Earth: Part 1

On a Tuesday in November, I was at work when Vikram messaged me about a possible Utah trip at the end of the year. Since my ex-roommates from Rochester, NY were coming over for four days and leaving on Christmas, I was not too sure about the trip. But things worked out and we asserted our commitment by purchasing air tickets to Salt Lake City.

I had thought of writing a travelogue right after my…

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Miss America is a terrorist!

Miss America is an Arab and/or Muslim!

Miss America is…foreign!? Here’s a few people who weren’t quite sure if Nina Davuluri, the first ever Indian American Miss America, is a terrorist, or a Muslim or an Arab…

BUT SHE CERTAINLY DOESN’T HAVE WHITE SKIN!

AND...

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How Dropbox Tricks Us: An Illusion of Private Space

Most of us use the popular cloud storage service Dropbox. In fact, some of us love it so much that…

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A visual display of the data being uploaded every second.

Superb!

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How Torrents Work and More - A Simple Introduction

This post was published 4 years ago on my older blog. Re-posting it here. Most of the things…

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