We have developed a robust appetite for Korean films and, by God, we’re gorging on them. The other day, in a first, we watched an entire Korean movie on the iPad, streaming it off Netflix. Since it was late night, we used our iPhone headset. The overall picture quality via WiFi streaming was divine on […]
What do Indian newspapers like Times of India, Indian Express, Deccan Chronicle, Business Standard, Economic Times, India West, Udayavani, IBNLive, NDTV and Network18 (last three are TV channels) have in common. Over the last few months, all these media publications have put out iPad versions of their content. We love our iPad and are addicted […]
(** Attn U.S. Readers: The Yellow Sea is currently playing at select theaters in NYC, NJ, Skokie (IL), Cupertino (CA) and Los Angeles) ******************************* Yellow Sea Cast & Crew Director – Na Hong-jin Story/Screenplay – Na Hong-jin Actors – Jung-woo Ha, Yun-seok Kim ******************************* Given our insatiable lust for Korean crime films, it was preordained […]
In the free Wikipedia age, are there people who’d care to pay for the Encyclopedia Britannica? Although the jury is still out on that question, we’re inclined to believe that the answer is No given the masses’ disinclination to pay for online content. But that doesn’t mean the folks at Encyclopaedia Britannica are easily conceding […]
As a young 64-year-old poor nation with 500-million half-starving souls, India has many concerns, diverse constituencies to address. But none more pressing or of more importance than the following: 10. Long wait for some cars. Diesel versions of the Swift hatchback and Dzire sedan from Maruti, Fortuner and Innova from Toyota, XUV500 from Mahindra, Jazz […]
The ever merciful Allah smiled upon us today with some good news. We just returned from a trip to NYC and turned on our PC. Boy, what should we see? Yippee, 26 Paki soldiers killed! 😉 Apparently, a NATO air-strike deep into Pakistan territory killed 26 Pakistani soldiers oops Paki pigs at a couple of […]