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Inspirational videos.

Everything else 15 February 2012 0 Comments

I love the format of these 2 words. They infuse text and voice. So it’s like a double whammy. Both are very famous and probably shared over a 1000 times. But this is the first time I came across the textifographical type of work.   Bruce Lee, Be Like Water. Ira Glass, Put in volumes [...]

Unplugging for 30 minutes a day.

Everything else 13 February 2012 0 Comments

Half of my friends know and the other half will find out that I am an internet junkie. Someone once called me a mellowed down real life guy but a predator overwhelming online. He was kidding. And was high. Or both. Either way, one of the things I get very itchy about is flaky net [...]

Instagramming

Everything else 8 February 2012 0 Comments

Instagram is a fantastic service. It lets you take a photo, add some filters and share it. That’s it. This is exactly the sort of thing Steve Jobs would have approved of. Do one thing but do it the best.  I have been using their services for quite some time. What I used to do [...]

Facebook IPO The interesting reads.

Everything else 2 February 2012 0 Comments

Everyone’s buzzing about the IPO. I thought here were some interesting links to read on the issue. Artist gets $ 200 million  David Choe, the artist that painted murals will now get $ 200 million for his effort to beautify the Facebook walls. Cleverly he chose stock options over dollars after completing his painting. Sarah [...]

3 things you need to be a full time blogger

Everything else 1 February 2012 1 Comment

Here’s good advice to myself on wanting to become a full time writer/professional blogger. Shawn Blanc, one of the writers of Read and Trust Org was interviewed on his blogging practice and the decision to go into it full time. Here’s his advice. You need three things. Consistency, Diversity and Passion. Stephen: As one of [...]

I don’t know, but I will learn.

Everything else 1 February 2012 0 Comments

Do you know how to do a 100 things? I didn’t. When I started working in photography as Chase’s assistant, I was a blank slate. I like to think I still am. Many of these skills have become obsolete. Others did not even exist when I started. Knowing how to do everything is not the [...]

Spotting fake Indian Rupees

Everything else 20 January 2012 0 Comments

  I always wondered how this was done when I saw the guys hold the note to light. I knew about tip 1, I just verified trying the others. 1.     The notes that have Mahatma Gandhi on their front, also have a watermark of Mr. Gandhi on the left side, in the white space. 2.     [...]

Making of Game of Thrones Season 2

Everything else 20 January 2012 1 Comment

This is just so cool. Definitely one of the best series along with Sherlock and House MD. I raced through the books and have reached the last one. I like the way Sherlock takes a twist on different things compared to the book. They have made minor tweaks that achieve a major effect. The Game [...]

Rolling in the deep covers

Everything else 20 January 2012 0 Comments

This is one of the best songs I heard in 2011. I have it on infinite loop or in every play list I have. This is a compilation of the best songs around the world (all tributes) put together. The guys are just hilarious (and some are quite bad) but some of them are amazingly [...]

A look at e-Sports behind the scenes

Everything else 13 January 2012 0 Comments

  eSports =Electronic Sports. A cause I believe in for the last 7 years of my life is now undergoing a ground swell. Many months back, on Kickstarter, a cause was started to record the behind the scenes event for Starcraft 2. A look at the community shaping up and the direction forward. It involved [...]