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Smokey escaping from the island
Er, Iceland. Click the image for a larger version. The original image is from this story in the Independent. Here’s an original image from Lost to compare with. Can’t believe there hasn’t been more...
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Ubuntu 10.04
I’ve been using Ubuntu 10.04 for the last few days and I have to say, it’s very good and very deserving of the “LTS” moniker. No major issues like the ones I encountered with 9.04 so far. One minor...
View ArticleWhy Lost Matters
Slate: It’s easy to hate on Lost—the sometimes silly twists and turns, the millimeter-deep characters, the ever-increasing suspicion that the writers entered this tale with no exit strategy in mind....
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Remember, and Let Go: Thoughts on the Lost Finale
Lost finally ended on Monday morning UK time. What a ride. It left me satisfied in a way and unsatisfied and curious in others — very fitting for such a structurally mysterious show. My only complaint...
View ArticleApple’s App Store Subscription Plans
Apple’s rolled out a new subscriptions platform with their usual penchant for surprise, and apparently it caught a lot of people off-guard. Some are even, shall we say, riled. Briefly, Apple will...
View ArticleGocta Falls
Even in this age of satellites & GPS, our feet can still surprise us: In May 2005, Stefan Ziemendorff went for a hike in the Utcabamba valley. When he crossed into a blind ravine, though, he spied...
View ArticleAnd Then There Were Three
November 2009: “Nurturing a platform is hard work. Sure a Dell or an HP could go its own and create a platform. But it’d have to stand by and commit to its platform for the 5-7 years it takes for a...
View ArticleAttack of the Penny Dreadfuls
Indian writing in English was once dominated by the Salman Rushdies and Amitava Ghoshes, occasionally leavened by the simple pleasures of RK Narayan*. The writing was usually excellent (if sometimes...
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PC Crapware: Intel’s “Screen Rotation” feature
The software added by OEMs (promotional software, search toolbars, even drivers) tend to be some of the worst parts of the Windows PC experience, and it’s sad to see that even in 2011, the companies...
View ArticleResolution Matters
Bill Hill, creator of Cleartype: The 3rd Generation iPad has a display resolution of 264ppi. And still retains a ten-hour battery life (9 hours with wireless on). Make no mistake. That much resolution...
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