Recently I came across the Great Bong’s review of the latest Bond movie (Casino Royale). A good review, I must say. And the movie IS brilliant, in some aspects, especially in capturing the true Casino Royale spirit. Read it here: The Bond Walks Again. But I am surprised, of the 45 comments (at the last count…) and [...]

A round of gin and tonic for everyone, then! 1. quirk (kwûrk) pronunciation (n.) 1. A peculiarity of behavior; an idiosyncrasy: “Every man had his own quirks and twists” (Harriet Beecher Stowe). 2. An unpredictable or unaccountable act or event; a vagary: a quirk of fate. 3. A sudden sharp turn or twist. 4. An equivocation; a quibble. 5. Architecture. A [...]

Dina Mehta and other Indian Bloggers are reporting the apparent clampdown of the Indian Government on 12 ‘radical’ websites. Notable among these being Blogger – the popular blog provider for India. Yes, you read the last one right. Blogger can no longer be accessed through certain Indian ISPs. The Indian Govt. has painstakingly put together a [...]

The blogosphere is nothing but the online equivalent of a human society.Chris Garrett, over at Performancing notes: Remember todays A-Lister could be tomorrows “remember him?”, and they all started out somewhere. The audience you are ignoring could be tomorrows A-List. If you define your A-list according to Technorati Top 100 or equivalent, then yes, it could be [...]

The rich get richer and the poor get poorer…All humans are born equal. but we just have to admit the fact that some men are more equal than the others. The society was, is and always will be divided into classes based on the financial status. Money is the deciding factor. Some people will always [...]

A vulnerability was recently discovered in the Windows WMF format which could lead to your system being compromised. Security analyst Ilfak Guilfanov has reated a patch for the this vulnerability. You can read more about the vulnerability on Ilfak’s site or download the patch. The patch provided by him is on an AS-IS basis and unofficial. [...]