Our old Toshiba laptop recently gave up the ghost. So after much research we narrowed the replacement choice to the $730 Asus UL80Vt-A1 14.1-inch laptop and the $290 Gateway LT2113u 10.1-inch netbook. Since we’re cheapo desis, we finally plumped for the Windows XP-based Gateway netbook (1GB RAM, 160GB hard-drive and the Intel N450 processor). Cheaper […]
You bet we did. 😉 After an odious meal at an Indian restaurant in Long Island the other day, we were in such a foul temper that we stopped at the Ganesh Temple in Flushing, New York for some benediction. Oh no, not divine benediction for the soul but for a palliative for our miserable […]
(Primarily for our U.S. readers, who tend to tend to drive a lot more than Indian readers and are given to buying Coffee at rest areas and convenience stores). After more than a decade of sticking around with our old, seen-better-days travel mug we decided to kiss it goodbye and buy a new one. After […]
By SI Blog reader Racer44 (Parts 1 to 3) (For SI readers Boopalanj and Shadowfax_Arbit who first mentioned this tour de force) Note to SI Readers: I have used the word “Sozha” which I have verified with scholars as being the phonetically correct spelling, as opposed to “Chola”. Caveat: Before delving into the review of […]
How naive we were. We thought Anil Ambani’s Big Cinemas’ Movie City theater on Oak Tree Road in Edison, NJ would improve after the renovation. Shows how little we know. The theater is still a dump and richly deserves the MovieShitty curse. Here’s what we’ve seen at MovieShitty, post-renovation: * Pee all over the toilet […]
(Via iPhone) If you see a reduction in number of blog posts on SI or a delay in processing your comments, blame it on the dirty swines at Sapthagiri restaurant in Jersey City in New Jersey. Dirty plates, dirty coffee glasses. Sick f*cks. If we fall sick, you know who is responsible. Folks, if you […]