ABBA: We will never re-form

ABBA says they will never re-form [http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/05/abba.reut/index.html]. I grew up listening to ABBA, Boney M, Bee Gee’s among others. Not so much of Elvis and Beatles till a bit later. The latest ABBA compilation to hit the…

The Twilight Zone

I remember staying up late those nights, a couple of years back, to watch The Twilight Zone [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twilight_Zone], a television anthology series. Some of the series episodes were way head of their time, some I couldn’t even comprehend, some were way obscure…

Da Vinci’s 10 Best Ideas

Leonardo Da Vinci’s 10 Best Ideas [http://www.livescience.com/history/davinci_bestideas_top10.html]. Da Vinci helped revolutionize science. And sometimes he just dreamed up fanciful concepts.…

Skype 2

The all new Skype 2.0 [http://www.skype.com/products/skype/windows/] (currently in beta) features free video calling. I wonder how’s the video compression state, specially in a cross-platform (Windows, *nix, Mac) scenario. It would be an interesting tool to try out and review.…

'Final scene of Iqbal still moves me'

‘Final scene of Iqbal still moves me’ [http://www.rediff.com/movies/2005/nov/29nagesh.htm] says Nagesh Kukunoor, the director of the film. I agree with it all the more [https://www.nilkanth.com/archives/2005/09/06/iqbal/].…