lucis

Its been over a month and a half since my last post. My excuse? I was vacationing in India, and though I had access to the internet, and also had lots to write about, I was just too busy and never really felt like it…

But now I am back in the icy cold Chicago, and there is lots to share.

• The one year anniversary for the blog has come and gone (12/3). Happy b’day lucis!
• Veer Zaara is one of the worst movies ever made. Terrible music, predictable and super boring story, ordinary acting, and extra-extra long. That said, Yash Chopra could have given it a really awesome ending by making a small change, but he preferred a more traditional hindi movie ending. I wont reveal this alternate ending that I have in mind, but think on the lines of The Usual Suspects, and Primal Fear. Even if he had given the slightest hint of the alternate ending, the movie might have been worth the time. Come to think of it, maybe there was something to suggest this end, and I was too stupid to see it. Or, maybe it was subtle enough to make some people (like me) conscious of it, but not apparent enough to disturb the vast majority of hindi movie watching population. Okay, now I am trying to read too deeply between the lines. The movie was a total waste of time.
• The Philips DVP642 is a DivX-certified DVD player. Yes, it plays practically anything you throw at it, that includes MPEG4 encoded files on all kinds of media.
• The traffic situation in New Delhi is probably as bad as it was two years ago. Someone needs to tell them that flyovers at all intersections merely transfer the points of congestion, and dont really create more space for cars to run on. A double-decker Ring road, and Outer Ring road is probably what is needed (other than better public transport, ofcourse)!
• Dell is at it again. This time they were stupid enough to list a $1400 worth Canon zoom lens (the 100-400mm L IS) for under $200. Needless to say, this news spread like wild fire at various online forums, and thousands of orders were placed. With confirmation mails sent out already, Dell is still in the process of deciding how to handle the situation. If they honour this price mistake, it would be an order of magnitude bigger than any price blunder they have done before. Lets hope for the best.

Lot more to come, so stay tuned!