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Monthly Archives: May 2006

Unacceptable: Hardware region locking on Mac

Tuesday, May 9, 2006

I’ve always hated the whole idea of region-locked DVDs. To play DVDs on your computer then requires getting a region-free drive, hacking your DVD drive’s firmware, or using region-unlocking software. Thankfully, I’ve always been able to get around this problem, mostly by using programs like VLC which normally play your DVD regardless of region. However, [...]

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Gyan from Mission Impossible III

Sunday, May 7, 2006

A bullet fired from a handgun acts as the perfect countermeasure to a modern guided missile that’s coming after a helicopter. It is possible to inject a time-bomb the size of a bullet right in the middle of someone’s brain and leave absolutely no physical trace on the person. Within a few seconds. An electric [...]

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Why is photography an art?

Sunday, May 7, 2006

Someone recently asked me this question. Here is a good answer, in about a thousand words.

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On development in India

Thursday, May 4, 2006

The Hindu today carries an extremely articulate interview with Arundhati Roy, which begins by talking about the Narmada Dam issue, but ultimately addresses the larger scope of the costly “developmental” strategies being employed in India. Q: Given the relentlessness of the onslaught of globalisation, would you say your views paint you into a small corner? [...]

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It’s time to switch

Tuesday, May 2, 2006

No, for once this isn’t about the Mac. Firefox supporters have submitted about 280 (and counting) ads for the web browser, and most of them are really, really cool. Better than many of the ads we see on television, all of it free. Just shows what a dedicated open source community can do. More Firefox [...]

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