Mar 31, 2008
When someone beckons
Do you ever feel that there is something out there ? The moon does make it seem so sometimes. I get the goosebumps..
Mar 25, 2008
Minority Report with the Wii
Wii is the nintendo game console which is getting very popular. I wonder when it will be available in india :(
Anyways, stumbled across a video of how an ingenious person started a project to use the remote of the Wii and use it to figure out where his fingers are and use that as an interface to the computer , kinda like the way Tom Cruise uses in the film Minority Report. Check out the video.
You can check out Johnny Cheung's page at his homepage.
PS : if you are coming from the USA, can you get me the Wii ? :D
Anyways, stumbled across a video of how an ingenious person started a project to use the remote of the Wii and use it to figure out where his fingers are and use that as an interface to the computer , kinda like the way Tom Cruise uses in the film Minority Report. Check out the video.
You can check out Johnny Cheung's page at his homepage.
PS : if you are coming from the USA, can you get me the Wii ? :D
Mar 23, 2008
Mar 21, 2008
Ek Cup Chai
Chai, originally uploaded by vibhu.
I got my new camera last weekend, but haven't been able to use it much. Out of the box it comes with a 32MB card - what a joke ! The S5 IS has a 8MP resolution - so each file is almost 2MB in size. 16 pics is all you can take if you use that.
So, the first things done were to buy a 2GB SD card from sandisk, and 4 rechargeable batteries. Another day goes by while the batteries get charged.
No subject for the photographs. Fiddling with the features of the camera, drinking tea - when i think about trying the macro feature on the tea itself. The result is quite pleasing, though a bit grainy.
Mar 19, 2008
Mar 18, 2008
Apple is in India
Apple store is now in India !
I just saw the ad in the paper today, and checked out the website. You can check it out at :
The store has the relevant information about each model - damn expensive though :( ... and no info about the iPhone :(
Mar 10, 2008
Boo to Reliance
I have a reliance broadnet connection.
My advice to you - dont go for it. More often than not, its not working. For the last 2 days no net connection. Zilch. Everytime I call up customer care - they tell me it will be fixed as soon as possible. Its been 2+ days - and it is still not 'as soon as possible'.
Looking for alternate connection now at my place.
My advice to you - dont go for it. More often than not, its not working. For the last 2 days no net connection. Zilch. Everytime I call up customer care - they tell me it will be fixed as soon as possible. Its been 2+ days - and it is still not 'as soon as possible'.
Looking for alternate connection now at my place.
Mar 6, 2008
Brainstorm Ubuntu
Are you one of those linux guys/gals ? I am anyways , so blogging about it :D
Ubuntu is one of the slickest linux distributions out there. I used to be a Red Hat fan, but now moving over to using ubuntu. These folks have started a new site for inviting recommendations on what things should be getting fixed in linux. The site name is Ubuntu Brainstorm. What you waiting for ? Go and vote there !
Feb 20, 2008
Ikariam
I just joined a free online game called Ikariam. The best thing about it ? Its web based !
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which means - if you can browse, you can play this. I am actually logged in on linux !
Now, there are many online browser based games, and most of them follow the same philosophy - you expand your economy by gathering resources and researching technologies, build up a military and go and rule the world ! However, most of them are quite boring games - with simple html pages. Nice concept - ugly execution.
Ikariam on the other hand has finally done something about the way it looks. It shows you the world map, and you can zoom into your city wherein it shows the different city plots available to build up. Its kind of like Civilization, if you have played that game, but in a much more relaxed way - things takes minutes and hours instead of seconds to build. Check out the small tour that they have up , so you get an idea about the game.
If you have freetime, and you can access this website , create a login. My city is called Brahmapolis, and is at 21.44 loction in the Delta server map ! send me a message if you log in !
You can register for free by clicking here . Try to create account on Delta world.
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which means - if you can browse, you can play this. I am actually logged in on linux !
Now, there are many online browser based games, and most of them follow the same philosophy - you expand your economy by gathering resources and researching technologies, build up a military and go and rule the world ! However, most of them are quite boring games - with simple html pages. Nice concept - ugly execution.
Ikariam on the other hand has finally done something about the way it looks. It shows you the world map, and you can zoom into your city wherein it shows the different city plots available to build up. Its kind of like Civilization, if you have played that game, but in a much more relaxed way - things takes minutes and hours instead of seconds to build. Check out the small tour that they have up , so you get an idea about the game.
If you have freetime, and you can access this website , create a login. My city is called Brahmapolis, and is at 21.44 loction in the Delta server map ! send me a message if you log in !
You can register for free by clicking here . Try to create account on Delta world.
Feb 14, 2008
Google Doodle
This is a cool video of Denis Hwang drawing a Google Doodle. I wonder what is the system he is using for it ? It looks like a cool piece of software !
Feb 4, 2008
Broken Internet
Last week saw some frustrations in the office with the internet going for a toss. Initially I thought it was something wrong with our network, and just a week before I had raised the issue of the net being slow. However, by evening info trickled in about the fibre cut near egypt. The news channels picked up the info, but then quietly went silent with India losing miserably to Australia.
Today, digging up a bit found out an article on what happened, along with a fabulous map of the wired connections across the globe.
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