A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other. A solemn consideration, when I enter a great city by night, that every one of those darkly clustered houses encloses its own secret; that every room in every one of them encloses its […]
Archive for January, 2011
An excerpt from A Tale of Two Cities
Posted: 10th January 2011 by aseem.ace in ThoughtsTags: book, busy, charles, cities, death, dickens, heart, human, light, secret, tale, two
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Dumbo-A review
Posted: 8th January 2011 by aseem.ace in Opinions, ReviewsTags: animated, animation, baby, big, children, circus, clown, disney, Dumbo, ears, elephant, fly, mouse, movie, musical, review, stork, talent, train, walt
Dumbo is an animated movie by Walt Disney from 1941.Considering the period the animation is seriously good (but then the classic Tom and Jerry are from the same period).It can be best classified as an animated musical. The movie opens with the storks bringing babies to all the expectant animals of the Circus. Mrs Jumbo […]
The Xperia Arc
Posted: 7th January 2011 by Aditya Mahajan in MobilesTags: Android, android 2.3, arc, sony, sony ericsson, xperia, xperia arc
This is the new Sony Xperia Arc phone which is slated for an India launch probably in March or April. I must say, personally I have not been so excited about an Xperia series phone but this one looks great and the specs are good too. It is running on Android 2.3 and is only […]
That’s a chic vacuum cleaner
Posted: 7th January 2011 by Aditya Mahajan in GadgetsTags: clean, cleaning, dyson, robot, slick, slim, vacuum cleaner
Now here is a vacuum cleaner that’s size zero. It does not give an impression of a vacuum cleaner in the first look (my first impression was that it looks like an advanced robotic walking stick), but the Dyson DC35 Digital Slim Vacuum ($300) is a great design with great functionality. It runs on a […]
Wavi Xtion gives PC Kinect-style controls
Posted: 6th January 2011 by Aditya Mahajan in GadgetsTags: asus, body, cnet, detection, gestures, kinect, microsoft, tracking
(Source: http://ces.cnet.com) Asus has teamed with Kinect hardware maker PrimeSense to develop a device that will let you operate your PC with gestures, in the same way Microsoft’s peripheral lets you control Xbox games by flailing around your living room like a nutjob. The Wavi Xtion system comprises two Wavi boxes (below) and an Xtion […]
3D is the talk of the day
Posted: 6th January 2011 by Aditya Mahajan in ReviewsTags: 3d, 3dvisionlive, ces, las vegas, nvidia, vegas, website
With the arrival and the buzz around 3D, be it televisions. mobile phones, cameras, movies and what not, the graphics chipmaker Nvidia, rolled out their site for showcasing 3D content called 3DVisionLive. On this site, people would be able to share their own 3D images and have a look at professionally done 3D videos and […]
A gadget all the housewives would love
Posted: 6th January 2011 by Aditya Mahajan in GadgetsTags: cleaning, help, housewife, irobot, robot, washing
We have heard a lot about vacuum cleaners, but what about the monotonous and boring wet-mopping of floor. What about the new iRobot Scooba 230 ($TBA) to handle all the dirty work for you. This is a 3.5-inch tall, 6.5-inch diameter helper and it uses a three-stage cleaning system to wash, scrub, and squeegee floors, […]