Netbooks (small form-factor, lower-priced, less powerful laptops) took a beating in the second quarter. When the folks at market researcher ABI Research tallied the numbers, they found media tablet shipments in the second quarter reached 13.6 million units, compared to just 7.3 million for netbooks. In Q1, netbooks were ahead with 8.4 million units compared […]
We rented the 2010 Canadian movie Good Neighbors after reading the blurb about a serial killer on the loose and three nervous young people in an apartment. Well, our fertile, febrile imagination conjured up scary visions of a thriller, a whodunit and a fierce-looking serial killer scaring the bejesus out of the gals he’s raping […]
The first reviews of the iPhone 4S are out. And predictably enough, the reviewers can’t stop gushing about Apple’s newest phone. New York Times: This phone comes dangerously close to displacing a $200 point-and-shoot digital camera. ….It’s even more amazing how Siri’s responses can actually form a conversation. Once, I tried saying, “Make an appointment […]
Hell, we’re desperate to stop writing those dreadful Incredible India stories. But those countless Shaitans in India just won’t let us put a period to these only-in-India stories. Here’s a bunch of Incredible India stories that should make every Indian hang its head in shame. * The other day a poor Dalit (an untouchable, according […]
Élise (to her brother): You’re all alone here? What do you do all day? Pierre: Watch other people live. Wonder who they are, where they go? They become heroes in my little stories. As we were desultorily flipping through the drama section on Amazon Prime Video streaming a few hours back, the 2008 French movie […]
After several years of living in America, we most definitely knew our adopted land was a nation of many crazies, whackos, fruitcakes and screwballs. How else can you explain the popularity of Glenn Beck, Fox News, Cheerleading, Eric Cantor, Baseball, Sarah Palin, Tattoos and the Superbowl. Come on, which sane person sports a tattoo or […]