Sunday, December 28, 2008
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
I’ve just finished hearing this book by Malcolm Gladwell. I say ‘hearing’ because I managed to get hold of the audio book. After sitting through seven hours (1 hour per chapter) of Malcolm Gladwell’s narration, here are the things that I found interesting and useful.
- 10,000 Hours. That’s the minimum time required to achieve mastery of pretty much anything.
- Talent will not get you to the top. It will get you in through the door. You still have to work insanely hard to make something useful out of your talent.
- Outliers, or those that achieve far more success than normal, work much much harder than normal people. They are driven. They are able to work that hard because they are driven.
- Just working hard however is not enough. To be wildly successful, you must be in the right place, at the right time. You must get good opportunities.
- Where you come from makes affects chances of your success. Your culture, your family, the work that your parents do, all of this is directly correlated to your success.
- Hoffstede’s Cultural Dimensions: The result of a 20 year long study by a Dutch researcher. Classifies people of different countries based on 4 dimensions, thereby describing their behavior.
Sunday, December 7, 2008
The End : Or shall I say, The Beginning?
After slogging through the weekend and using the services of WinAmp and two marvellous plug-in's : LoopMaster and Pacemaker, I have managed to decode the first few lines of this, very favourite of songs.
It remains to be verified by the Master. But it sounds really close. In any case, if it is wrong, I'll make corrections here.
My bet is that the song is in D-Major and the pitch is D, 3rd String, 7th Fret.
The song itself is in D Major.
The song goes like this:
[Notation: small letters mean flat notes. Underscores imply lower octave. / imples slide]
(4th String open) , S , N_/S P_ || X 2
S , N_ S S/R R/g/R S , S S S/N_/S S
P_ N_ S R G m G/m/G R
Sunday, November 30, 2008
The Mumbai 26/11 Siege
Yea, it was a siege.
Thankfully, it's over now.
What do I think about it? I heard/read that the terrorists had three aims in mind when they did this attack:
What's the best way to stick it to these guys, their minders and whoever else is linked to this?
I'm too scared to join the army. I'll accept that. So, what else can I do? Here's what I'm planning to do.
Work a little extra. I know it sounds ridiculous, but think about it. If a third of our population in the service industry picks up the pace, pushes productivity, turns out even greater profits, this attack's aim is nullified. Terrorists will realize there's no point trying stunts of the sort they did, because India only comes back the next day and works even harder. Makes better products, writes more code, handles more clients.
Vote. Enough said about this one. Get off your ass, quit complaining and vote.
Crass as this might sound, Have Fun! Go out, meet with friends, catch a movie, visit a mall. Go on a vacation!
Don't change your habits. That is exactly what terrorists want. They want you to be terrorized. And nothing will sadden them more than to see that people really seem to bother much and carry on living. Greatest example I saw of this attitude was a gentleman who had brought his 2 year old kid outside Taj on Saturday evening. A TV anchor asked him if he felt safe to come to this place, this scene of carnage. With this child.
He gave a huge wide grin and said - "I'm not scared at all."
Take that terrorists!
Stop pointing fingers at Muslims in general. While it is true the terrorists were Muslims, it is also true that the reason they pretended to be "Deccan Mujahideen" is so we in India can kill each other and undo the enormous progress we've made in 60 years of Independence.
My visit to two Arab countries earlier this year (Jordan and Egypt) opened my eyes already and now, I believe more than ever, that a handful of rotten apples are indeed bringing an entire religion down. I can only imagine how hard it must be for a moderate, liberal, educated Muslim right now. Shamed and suspected for no fault of theirs.
I'll leave you with two pieces of writing.
Suketu Mehta, wrote this, in New York Times.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/29/opinion/29mehta.html?em
But the best answer to the terrorists is to dream bigger, make even more money, and visit Mumbai more than ever.
Thankfully, it's over now.
What do I think about it? I heard/read that the terrorists had three aims in mind when they did this attack:
- Harm India's economy by making it seem like a dangerous place to do business in.
- Harm India's Tourism Industry, by striking fear in foreign and domestic tourist, right at the start of the season.
- Foment ill will between Hindu's and Muslims thereby de-stabilizing the economy.
What's the best way to stick it to these guys, their minders and whoever else is linked to this?
I'm too scared to join the army. I'll accept that. So, what else can I do? Here's what I'm planning to do.
Work a little extra. I know it sounds ridiculous, but think about it. If a third of our population in the service industry picks up the pace, pushes productivity, turns out even greater profits, this attack's aim is nullified. Terrorists will realize there's no point trying stunts of the sort they did, because India only comes back the next day and works even harder. Makes better products, writes more code, handles more clients.
Vote. Enough said about this one. Get off your ass, quit complaining and vote.
Crass as this might sound, Have Fun! Go out, meet with friends, catch a movie, visit a mall. Go on a vacation!
Don't change your habits. That is exactly what terrorists want. They want you to be terrorized. And nothing will sadden them more than to see that people really seem to bother much and carry on living. Greatest example I saw of this attitude was a gentleman who had brought his 2 year old kid outside Taj on Saturday evening. A TV anchor asked him if he felt safe to come to this place, this scene of carnage. With this child.
He gave a huge wide grin and said - "I'm not scared at all."
Take that terrorists!
Stop pointing fingers at Muslims in general. While it is true the terrorists were Muslims, it is also true that the reason they pretended to be "Deccan Mujahideen" is so we in India can kill each other and undo the enormous progress we've made in 60 years of Independence.
My visit to two Arab countries earlier this year (Jordan and Egypt) opened my eyes already and now, I believe more than ever, that a handful of rotten apples are indeed bringing an entire religion down. I can only imagine how hard it must be for a moderate, liberal, educated Muslim right now. Shamed and suspected for no fault of theirs.
I'll leave you with two pieces of writing.
Suketu Mehta, wrote this, in New York Times.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/
But the best answer to the terrorists is to dream bigger, make even more money, and visit Mumbai more than ever.
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high;
Where knowledge is free;
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow
domestic walls;
Where words come out from the depth of truth;
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection;
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the
dreary desert sand of dead habit;
Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever-widening thought
and action--
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.
-- Rabindranath Tagore
Wall-E : The Review
It’s not often that a movie review starts with a look at the credits of a movie. However, such is the artistry and attention to detail in WALL-E, that I have to mention this upfront.
This is a plea to you, if you haven’t seen WALL-E. Don’t miss the credits. The artwork is dazzling, to say the least. It covers various styles, from raw pencil sketches to Van Gogh style pointillism. If you already saw WALL-E, go back and see the credits. They’re worth it.
What about the rest of the movie, whose credits are so noteworthy? The rest is brilliant. This is the story of the last robot on Planet Earth. Humans, continuing their wasteful ways have brought upon so great a pollution, that they have been forced to leave the planet. They have left behind skyscrapers of trash, and an army of cleanup robots, or WALL-E’s.
When the movie starts, just one of these are left functioning. I was tempted to use ‘alive’ instead of ‘functioning’ there. So human-like is WALL-E in his ways.
In a tip of a hat to all those engineers in Silicon Valley, WALL-E’s character is extremely similar to that of an Engineer.
We see how WALL-E follows a daily routine of drudgery, has OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder), leading to the neat lining up of his ‘treads’ when he returns ‘home’. He’s also a collector, of Zippo’s, among other things. He has in iPod and is a Noah of sorts, cataloging the artifacts of the age gone by. He is also desperately lonely. His only friend is a cockroach who rides on his ‘back’ when he is cleaning up the waste wastelands and making little cubes of trash and lining them up.
On one such day of drudgery, WALL-E finds a sapling, in an otherwise barren landscape of what looks like New York City. He takes it back home.
Soon after, his humdrum routine is severely disturbed by the arrival of EVA. Although it is never explicitly pointed out, Eva is ‘female’. Such is the enormous skill of the people who made this movie. This is the kind of subtlety that we hope to see in Bollywood more often. Fortunately, we have already directors of the caliber of Ram Gopal Varma, who demonstrated the power of the Language of Film in the movie – Sarkar. Hopefully, more such directors will come along.
Eva is obviously looking for something, and it is apparent she has come from the ‘future’. She is far more sophisticated (she packs a weapons system on her forearm, WALL-E only has claws), and far shinier. Like a gadget from Apple, no less. The similarity is not a coincidence because Jonathan Ive, Apple’s Vice President of Design, designer of such icons as the original iMac, the iPod, the Powerbook etc spent a few days at Pixar designing and/or providing inputs about what Eva should look like.
It then turns out Eva had been sent to find signs of life on Earth, and when she see’s the sapling in WALL-E’s den, she becomes a static container and goes into Hibernation, much to the dismay of WALL-E, who has already started to behave like a star struck lover.
WALL-E then follows Eva into Axiom, which is a huge space ship where humans have taken refuge, waiting for Earth to detoxify.
The humans of the future are presented in poor light. They’re fat, have baby feet and cannot walk anymore. Neither do they talk to each other, or take care of their kids. In a salute to movies like THX-118, humans exist purely to consume. They are also incredibly stupid, and it is clear that it is their robots that keep them alive.
After this, there’s the obvious appearance of the villain, a couple of chases, and a happy ending.
However, I have to mention a couple of things, because they were so magnificent.
The villain is a look alike of Arthur C Clarke’s HAL 9000. That evil red eye, malignantly staring, and controlling the ship as well as its captain. This of course, is not the end to the salute to Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C Clarke. When the captain stands up for the first time, we hear Thus Spake Zarathusastra which we heard in the exceptional opening scene of 2001: A Space Odyssey, when the apes first stand up.
The other thing, which I’m beginning to notice is all Pixar movies, is the reference to the Misfits, The Pirates. Ratatouille had a dialogue where the female chef actually says – “We’re not workers, we’re artists, pirates!”
There’s some element of that in Cars, with the bizarre bunch of cars, road rollers etc that finally help McQueen to glory.
And we see that here too. In a strictly controlled society of robots, the one’s that finally help Eva and WALL-E are the ones from the Robot Mental Asylum. The crazy one's, The Misfits.
A subtle message from Apple, reminding us to Think Different!
All in all, watch this for exceptional animation, a great story, tremendous attention to detail and clean, wholesome entertainment. Highly recommended, for both young and old.
This is a plea to you, if you haven’t seen WALL-E. Don’t miss the credits. The artwork is dazzling, to say the least. It covers various styles, from raw pencil sketches to Van Gogh style pointillism. If you already saw WALL-E, go back and see the credits. They’re worth it.
What about the rest of the movie, whose credits are so noteworthy? The rest is brilliant. This is the story of the last robot on Planet Earth. Humans, continuing their wasteful ways have brought upon so great a pollution, that they have been forced to leave the planet. They have left behind skyscrapers of trash, and an army of cleanup robots, or WALL-E’s.
When the movie starts, just one of these are left functioning. I was tempted to use ‘alive’ instead of ‘functioning’ there. So human-like is WALL-E in his ways.
In a tip of a hat to all those engineers in Silicon Valley, WALL-E’s character is extremely similar to that of an Engineer.
We see how WALL-E follows a daily routine of drudgery, has OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder), leading to the neat lining up of his ‘treads’ when he returns ‘home’. He’s also a collector, of Zippo’s, among other things. He has in iPod and is a Noah of sorts, cataloging the artifacts of the age gone by. He is also desperately lonely. His only friend is a cockroach who rides on his ‘back’ when he is cleaning up the waste wastelands and making little cubes of trash and lining them up.
On one such day of drudgery, WALL-E finds a sapling, in an otherwise barren landscape of what looks like New York City. He takes it back home.
Soon after, his humdrum routine is severely disturbed by the arrival of EVA. Although it is never explicitly pointed out, Eva is ‘female’. Such is the enormous skill of the people who made this movie. This is the kind of subtlety that we hope to see in Bollywood more often. Fortunately, we have already directors of the caliber of Ram Gopal Varma, who demonstrated the power of the Language of Film in the movie – Sarkar. Hopefully, more such directors will come along.
Eva is obviously looking for something, and it is apparent she has come from the ‘future’. She is far more sophisticated (she packs a weapons system on her forearm, WALL-E only has claws), and far shinier. Like a gadget from Apple, no less. The similarity is not a coincidence because Jonathan Ive, Apple’s Vice President of Design, designer of such icons as the original iMac, the iPod, the Powerbook etc spent a few days at Pixar designing and/or providing inputs about what Eva should look like.
It then turns out Eva had been sent to find signs of life on Earth, and when she see’s the sapling in WALL-E’s den, she becomes a static container and goes into Hibernation, much to the dismay of WALL-E, who has already started to behave like a star struck lover.
WALL-E then follows Eva into Axiom, which is a huge space ship where humans have taken refuge, waiting for Earth to detoxify.
The humans of the future are presented in poor light. They’re fat, have baby feet and cannot walk anymore. Neither do they talk to each other, or take care of their kids. In a salute to movies like THX-118, humans exist purely to consume. They are also incredibly stupid, and it is clear that it is their robots that keep them alive.
After this, there’s the obvious appearance of the villain, a couple of chases, and a happy ending.
However, I have to mention a couple of things, because they were so magnificent.
The villain is a look alike of Arthur C Clarke’s HAL 9000. That evil red eye, malignantly staring, and controlling the ship as well as its captain. This of course, is not the end to the salute to Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C Clarke. When the captain stands up for the first time, we hear Thus Spake Zarathusastra which we heard in the exceptional opening scene of 2001: A Space Odyssey, when the apes first stand up.
The other thing, which I’m beginning to notice is all Pixar movies, is the reference to the Misfits, The Pirates. Ratatouille had a dialogue where the female chef actually says – “We’re not workers, we’re artists, pirates!”
There’s some element of that in Cars, with the bizarre bunch of cars, road rollers etc that finally help McQueen to glory.
And we see that here too. In a strictly controlled society of robots, the one’s that finally help Eva and WALL-E are the ones from the Robot Mental Asylum. The crazy one's, The Misfits.
A subtle message from Apple, reminding us to Think Different!
All in all, watch this for exceptional animation, a great story, tremendous attention to detail and clean, wholesome entertainment. Highly recommended, for both young and old.
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Quantum of Solace - Review by Roger Ebert
I promise you, I did not read this before I wrote mine. But to have my thoughts match that of my Guru, is wonderful.
Full review here - http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081111/REVIEWS/811129989
Notable parts...
Full review here - http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081111/REVIEWS/811129989
Notable parts...
Please understand: James Bond is not an action hero! He is too good for that. He is an attitude.
The chase, with Bond under constant machinegun fire, is so quickly cut and so obviously composed of incomprehensible CGI that we're essentially looking at bright colors bouncing off each other, intercut with Bond at the wheel and POV shots of approaching monster trucks.
Dominic Greene lacks a headquarters on the moon, or on the floor of the sea. He operates out of an ordinary shipping warehouse with loading docks. His evil transport is provided by fork lifts and pickup trucks.
Quantum of Solace - The Review
WARNING : Spoilers Ahead!
I should have seen it coming. Since when did Bond dispense of sleek Beretta's and Walther PPK's and pick up a machine gun?
After all, you cannot carry a machine gun in your pant pocket and not have a visible bulge. And such a bulge would be naturally unlikely, even for a ladies man such as Agent 007 who has a long history of overused tools.
I think, the people who made this movie wanted to give the feeling this was an Action Movie and not just a Bond Movie. Hence the silhouette with the machine gun.
This is also the feeling you will get when you sit through the opening moments of the film. We had heard of rumors, trivia and commentary on the famed car chase scene that had destroyed many a Aston Martin.
So how is the car chase scene then?
It's a blur.
Yes, that's the summary. I'm sure you are better endowed with a faster than 30 frames a second vision system so you can actually follow the deft moves that happen here. As for poor old me, I couldn't. I later found after asking my friends, that they too had the same problem.
So my question to the makers is this? Why make an opening sequence that no one can follow and one that only gives a general impression of slick action?
But I'll tell you the truth. Such was my faith in the renewed Bond franchise, with new Bond Daniel Craig as leading man, that I forgave this opening scene. I felt rushed when the scene ended, and perhaps that was what the director wanted to do.
But the next action sequence? What of that? Bond chasing down a man who has attempted to gun down 'M' and in effect released Mr. White?
Again, a blur!
And what of the mix in of the horse race going on in parallel? I just read that one of the first movies that director Marc Forster saw was the Francis Ford Copolla masterpiece - Apocalypse Now. There's a similar scene there. Of a man killing another, with an axe. And yet, that killing is interspersed with a scene where a bull is being butchered in a rather primitive way by tribals, with what else, an axe. The effect produced is incredible.
[If you haven't seen Apocalypse Now please drop everything else and see it NOW! Yea, it's that good!]
But I digress. So this amateurish rip off from the great master Copolla doesn't work. The rip off from Bourne Ultimatum of rapid editing and cuts doesn't work. Because of the age old problem that movie goers pose to directors. The age old problem called - 'I've seen this already. What's new in your movie?'.
So by the time you are fifteen minutes into the movie, you are feeling like you've on a merry-go-round for the time and you are all dizzy and confused. Again, if this is indeed an effect the director wanted to create, kudos to him. It worked!
And yet, such is the faith in the Bond formula, you hope there'll be something that will come and be nice to watch.
After this of course you realise that plot is boring. Did I say boring? Yes, I did. I will not bore you with what happens further on. But suffice to say, it is such a one dimensional, linear plot that I was surprised. I'd expect much more from Paul Haggis (Crash, Casino Royale, Letters From Iwo Jima). Bollywood pot boilers even at the level of Jimmy have better plots than this. And that's saying a lot for Jimmy.
So there's not much in the plot department. The villian, who has to be over-the-top since this is a Bond movie is anything but. No metal teeth, no tears of blood, no pliers for hands. Again boring.
And there are no gadgets either! By which time you feel if you're in the right theatre? Is this a Bond movie at all or a Hong Kong rip off of the Bourne series? How did they get Daniel Craig to act for them? And to their credit I will say, Hong Kong directors would have made a better movie than this. Watch Mission Impossible : 2 and you'll know what I mean. Give me John Woo anyday!
The two finest scenes in this movie are at the Opera where Bond is evesdropping on the members of the Quantum syndicate. And where Bond's friend dies in his arms and after a moment of mourning, Bond tosses him into a trash can and carries off loose change from his pocket. These two are good, and here the credentials of person who directs Drama comes good.
I will end with my parting shot on product placement. We see Sony Ericsson, Ford etc. being endorsed. In fact we also see, in probably the most direct manner, the endorsement of a hotel in Haiti, which I'm sure has more visitors after the film. Shame on you Marc Forster ;-)
But even product placement is bad. After seeing hundreds of Hydrogen Fuel Cells blow up to create a ghastly inferno, how many people in their right mind would prefer to drive a Ford Hydrogen powered car? ;-)
थोड़ा तोह दिमाग लगाओ भाई
I should have seen it coming. Since when did Bond dispense of sleek Beretta's and Walther PPK's and pick up a machine gun?
After all, you cannot carry a machine gun in your pant pocket and not have a visible bulge. And such a bulge would be naturally unlikely, even for a ladies man such as Agent 007 who has a long history of overused tools.
I think, the people who made this movie wanted to give the feeling this was an Action Movie and not just a Bond Movie. Hence the silhouette with the machine gun.
This is also the feeling you will get when you sit through the opening moments of the film. We had heard of rumors, trivia and commentary on the famed car chase scene that had destroyed many a Aston Martin.
So how is the car chase scene then?
It's a blur.
Yes, that's the summary. I'm sure you are better endowed with a faster than 30 frames a second vision system so you can actually follow the deft moves that happen here. As for poor old me, I couldn't. I later found after asking my friends, that they too had the same problem.
So my question to the makers is this? Why make an opening sequence that no one can follow and one that only gives a general impression of slick action?
But I'll tell you the truth. Such was my faith in the renewed Bond franchise, with new Bond Daniel Craig as leading man, that I forgave this opening scene. I felt rushed when the scene ended, and perhaps that was what the director wanted to do.
But the next action sequence? What of that? Bond chasing down a man who has attempted to gun down 'M' and in effect released Mr. White?
Again, a blur!
And what of the mix in of the horse race going on in parallel? I just read that one of the first movies that director Marc Forster saw was the Francis Ford Copolla masterpiece - Apocalypse Now. There's a similar scene there. Of a man killing another, with an axe. And yet, that killing is interspersed with a scene where a bull is being butchered in a rather primitive way by tribals, with what else, an axe. The effect produced is incredible.
[If you haven't seen Apocalypse Now please drop everything else and see it NOW! Yea, it's that good!]
But I digress. So this amateurish rip off from the great master Copolla doesn't work. The rip off from Bourne Ultimatum of rapid editing and cuts doesn't work. Because of the age old problem that movie goers pose to directors. The age old problem called - 'I've seen this already. What's new in your movie?'.
So by the time you are fifteen minutes into the movie, you are feeling like you've on a merry-go-round for the time and you are all dizzy and confused. Again, if this is indeed an effect the director wanted to create, kudos to him. It worked!
And yet, such is the faith in the Bond formula, you hope there'll be something that will come and be nice to watch.
After this of course you realise that plot is boring. Did I say boring? Yes, I did. I will not bore you with what happens further on. But suffice to say, it is such a one dimensional, linear plot that I was surprised. I'd expect much more from Paul Haggis (Crash, Casino Royale, Letters From Iwo Jima). Bollywood pot boilers even at the level of Jimmy have better plots than this. And that's saying a lot for Jimmy.
So there's not much in the plot department. The villian, who has to be over-the-top since this is a Bond movie is anything but. No metal teeth, no tears of blood, no pliers for hands. Again boring.
And there are no gadgets either! By which time you feel if you're in the right theatre? Is this a Bond movie at all or a Hong Kong rip off of the Bourne series? How did they get Daniel Craig to act for them? And to their credit I will say, Hong Kong directors would have made a better movie than this. Watch Mission Impossible : 2 and you'll know what I mean. Give me John Woo anyday!
The two finest scenes in this movie are at the Opera where Bond is evesdropping on the members of the Quantum syndicate. And where Bond's friend dies in his arms and after a moment of mourning, Bond tosses him into a trash can and carries off loose change from his pocket. These two are good, and here the credentials of person who directs Drama comes good.
I will end with my parting shot on product placement. We see Sony Ericsson, Ford etc. being endorsed. In fact we also see, in probably the most direct manner, the endorsement of a hotel in Haiti, which I'm sure has more visitors after the film. Shame on you Marc Forster ;-)
But even product placement is bad. After seeing hundreds of Hydrogen Fuel Cells blow up to create a ghastly inferno, how many people in their right mind would prefer to drive a Ford Hydrogen powered car? ;-)
थोड़ा तोह दिमाग लगाओ भाई
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Refactor Your Wetware
New book from the Author's of Pragmatic Programmer.
Thanks to Mani for mentioning this in a recent chat I had with him.
You can read the first two chapters for free.
http://www.pragprog.com/titles/ahptl/pragmatic-thinking-and-learning
Thanks to Mani for mentioning this in a recent chat I had with him.
You can read the first two chapters for free.
http://www.pragprog.com/titles/ahptl/pragmatic-thinking-and-learning
Victor Wooten
Sumanth (Our Master of Music) pointed us to this video of a bass guitar genius.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Wooten
Here are some lovely thoughts on music from him.
People familiar with Indian Classical music will nod their heads when they hear this. Also reminded me of the opening scene of Bruce Lee's classic Enter The Dragon.
Look around 7:20 for pearls of wisdom from the Boss.
By the way, Victor Wooten has written a book, and you can read a couple of pages of it here - http://www.vixboox.com/The_Music_Lesson-Groove7.htm
Pretty interesting concepts there.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Wooten
Here are some lovely thoughts on music from him.
the bass makes no music ... you do
This philosophy seems closely related to another fundamental truth about Wooten's stated approach to and experience of bass and music in general, which is that music is a language. According to Wooten, when speaking or listening we don't focus on the mouth as it is forming words; similarly, when a musician is playing or performing the focus shouldn't be on the instrument.
People familiar with Indian Classical music will nod their heads when they hear this. Also reminded me of the opening scene of Bruce Lee's classic Enter The Dragon.
Look around 7:20 for pearls of wisdom from the Boss.
By the way, Victor Wooten has written a book, and you can read a couple of pages of it here - http://www.vixboox.com/The_Music_Lesson-Groove7.htm
Pretty interesting concepts there.
Minute Repeater
Aimlessly browsing through Rediff.com I came across a slide show of the world's most expensive watches. And a feature that they all had was Minute Repeater. Naturally curious, I went and looked this up in the Wiki and this is what I found.
Here are two examples -
A repeater is a complication in a mechanical watch or clock that audibly chimes the hours and often minutes at the press of a button. There are many types of repeater, from the simple repeater which merely strikes the number of hours, to the minute repeater which chimes the time down to the minute, using separate tones for hours, quarter hours, and minutes. They originated before widespread artificial illumination, to allow the time to be determined in the dark,[1] and were also used by the visually impaired.
Here are two examples -
Friday, October 31, 2008
Aakaash Bhora
Another salud to Dadi Baba...
[Major Scale]
|| S S , , S S , , ||
|| S S N(lower) R ||
|| M M M M P / M ||
|| M M M M R , P ||
|| P P M2 P M2 P D ||
|| P S R R G ||
|| M P M G R P M2 P D ||
|| P R S , , S , , ||
[Major Scale]
|| S S , , S S , , ||
|| S S N(lower) R ||
|| M M M M P / M ||
|| M M M M R , P ||
|| P P M2 P M2 P D ||
|| P S R R G ||
|| M P M G R P M2 P D ||
|| P R S , , S , , ||
Omkara Title Track
S R G G G / M , , G S S
S R G G , G / M G , S S
G S , , S S
R , , S S
S R R P , M G R S
S , , S S
R , , S S
Of course, [Major Scale] :-)
S R G G , G / M G , S S
G S , , S S
R , , S S
S R R P , M G R S
S , , S S
R , , S S
Of course, [Major Scale] :-)
Choo Kar Mere Mann Ko
The 2nd line is probably wrong... :-(
[Major Scale]
G G R S N(lower) R
N(lower) S R R G M P S
P P P M G M D
N N N N N D N S(high) S(high)
[Major Scale]
G G R S N(lower) R
N(lower) S R R G M P S
P P P M G M D
N N N N N D N S(high) S(high)
Ekla Cholo
This time, a salud to the Great Dadi Baba of Bengal.
|| S R S N(lower) N(lower) S R P M G ||
|| R S R M G R S ||
|| M , P P P , M , P P P , M , P N D P M G R ||
|| S R S N(lower) N(lower) S R P M G ||
|| S R S N(lower) N(lower) S R P M G ||
|| R S R M G R S ||
|| M , P P P , M , P P P , M , P N D P M G R ||
|| S R S N(lower) N(lower) S R P M G ||
Aaj Ki Aanondo
Another decode, another salud to Satyajit Ray!
This one from Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne.
|| S R P , M G R ||
|| S R S , S N(lower) S ||
|| S N(lower) S R ||
|| S N(lower) S R ||
|| S N(lower) S G , ||
|| S N(lower) P(lower) R ||
This one from Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne.
|| S R P , M G R ||
|| S R S , S N(lower) S ||
|| S N(lower) S R ||
|| S N(lower) S R ||
|| S N(lower) S G , ||
|| S N(lower) P(lower) R ||
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Censorship of Media
I recently watched Indiana Jones : The Temple of Doom and then read that it had been banned for "racist portrayal of Indians and overt imperialistic tendencies".
No wonder, given the kind of weird things shown in the movie. The Monkey Brain Pudding was just a little too much Mr.Spielberg!
I think the government or the agencies that are in charge of judging content have an unenviable task. If we are talking about an elected body/government in a democratic setup, this body faces a dichotomy.
On the one hand, they do not wish to go in the way of the Firemen in Fahrenheit 451 (or the Ministry of Truth, in Nineteen Eighty Four) and burn or obfuscate anything that is even mildly 'uncomfortable' to the state.
On the other hand, they cannot embrace absolute freedom of expression because, especially governments are responsible for the well being of all their citizens, be they men or women, be they of different races, ethnic groups.
In the ideal setup, these agencies, according to me, should err on the side of being liberal rather than being too totalitarian. This will often mean dealing with difficult situations when media/content offends certain sections, but in the larger interest of maintaining a free and open society, I would always argue for this path.
In general, the concept of media control can be divided into two parts. Control of media/content for minors and control of content or media for adults.
Where media for minors is concerned, I would advocate the already excellent rating system that is in place today. Impressionable young minds should certainly not be subjected to violence and other disturbing imagery. Although, this too is a form of control, I would argue for it because the content is not being made permanently inaccessible. The minors in question are simply asked to defer the usage of content until a more appropriate age.
The more complicated issue is control of content for adults. Here, as I have argued already, I would prefer a liberal approach. In fact I would go so far as to recommend that the government or the agencies in charge of media control take a much more collaborative approach to this issue and engage the society in a dialogue instead of making unilateral decisions on issues.
If the producer of the media is found to have created content with an honest intention, he/she should be allowed to present it to the public and then a dialogue should be allowed. A dialogue such as this would benefit both parties. The creator can explain the rationale for his content and also, if the content is offensive to certain people, understand what is at the root of this disagreement.
Such an approach is far better than blanket bans on media. China has been blamed for censoring parts of the Internet and banning several movies on Tibet (Seven Years in Tibet, Kundun) because the concept of a free Tibet is considered unacceptable in that country. This is exactly the kind of bans that I would argue against. Media, be it print, cinema or audio has the power to transform people's thoughts. It would be unfortunate if media would be fettered in chains rather than being allowed to fly about freely and enrich minds.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Michael Phelps Ka Kachha
Is Michael Phelps the greatest Olympian? Or is his Speedo LZR undie the fastest undie to ever dip into a swimming pool?
Found this article quite informative on the topic, especially the conclusion, which is quite hillarious.
Found this article quite informative on the topic, especially the conclusion, which is quite hillarious.
Perhaps they could go back to competing nude as they did at the original games. It would make the swimming and track events more interesting but, on the other hand, the weightlifting would be positively terrifying. Maybe that’s not such a good idea after all.Read the rest here.
Photos of French Nuclear Test
These are four scanned pictures of hardcopies of the French nuclear test codenamed Licorne, which was fired on July 3rd, 1970 . The French army had those pictures taken on site.
Here's the rest - http://www.flickr.com/photos/7969902@N07/sets/72157600253743362/
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Feluda Music Decode
Ok, please don't make me unhappy and ask who is Feluda.
See this quietly, before you read on - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feluda
Now, given my recent decoding bug, I tried to decode the extremely familiar background score of Feluda movies.
Here's the result:
Major Scale
S S N(lower) S R
G G M G R
S S N(lower) S P(lower)
P(lower) S N(lower) S
Howzzat?
To refer, check out this video.
Go to 6:38 and hear out the tune.
Satyajit Ray ko mera salaam :) I'm such a big Feluda Fan boy :) And it feels quite awesome to be able to play some of the score. Loads of nostalgia. I've been reading Feluda and watching Feluda films since I was a kid.
See this quietly, before you read on - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feluda
Now, given my recent decoding bug, I tried to decode the extremely familiar background score of Feluda movies.
Here's the result:
Major Scale
S S N(lower) S R
G G M G R
S S N(lower) S P(lower)
P(lower) S N(lower) S
Howzzat?
To refer, check out this video.
Go to 6:38 and hear out the tune.
Satyajit Ray ko mera salaam :) I'm such a big Feluda Fan boy :) And it feels quite awesome to be able to play some of the score. Loads of nostalgia. I've been reading Feluda and watching Feluda films since I was a kid.
Hum Honge Kaamyaab
हम होंगे कामयाब
Major Scale
S R G G M G R [x 2]
S R G G M P D , N , D P
D N S(high) S(high) N D P
D D P M G
S R G G S G R , R G R S
This is a momentous moment. Even bigger than this - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abhinav_Bindra
:)
Why? Because after 2+ years, I'm able to Decode!!! Yipee!!
For the musically challenged, 'decode' is the holy grail for people interested in Lead Guitaring. It means you can listen to a tune/song/melody and then pick out the notes and play them yourself.
Of course there are levels of decoding, just as there are layers on an onion. I'm at the peel now, to give you an analogy. I can pick simble songs like the one above. But even so, the feeling is quite wonderful.
I've submitted the decode to my master and when he gets back I'll know how close/far I was. But in general people are able to understand that this is Hum Honge Kamyaab!
Major Scale
S R G G M G R [x 2]
S R G G M P D , N , D P
D N S(high) S(high) N D P
D D P M G
S R G G S G R , R G R S
This is a momentous moment. Even bigger than this - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abhinav_Bindra
:)
Why? Because after 2+ years, I'm able to Decode!!! Yipee!!
For the musically challenged, 'decode' is the holy grail for people interested in Lead Guitaring. It means you can listen to a tune/song/melody and then pick out the notes and play them yourself.
Of course there are levels of decoding, just as there are layers on an onion. I'm at the peel now, to give you an analogy. I can pick simble songs like the one above. But even so, the feeling is quite wonderful.
I've submitted the decode to my master and when he gets back I'll know how close/far I was. But in general people are able to understand that this is Hum Honge Kamyaab!
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Lotus Notes Fundaes
Gmail Type Threads
Open email and click Show thread.See Gmail style thread for mail
Mail Recipient Options
Type a name and hit enter to see all options in new memo
Advanced Mail Options
Use Actions - Delivery actions for changing delivery options like prevent-copy, mood stamp
etc
Sections in a memo
Select text in memo, Create - Section. Right click on section for section properties
Freeze Notes
If notes hangs Ctrl - Pause
Vacation Response
Tools - Out Of Office for vacation response
Email Classfication
Tools - Preference - Message Marking - distinguish mails from senders
Tools - Preference - Message Marking - Receipients
To see who else got this email and therefore it's priority
Templates
New Memo - Tools - Preferences - Save as Stationary to create templates
To use, go to Tools - New memo using stationary
Password
To change notes password, File - Security - User Security Change Password
Web Browser Configuration
File - Mobile - Edit Location - Internet Browser
To configure a browser with Notes. Choose browser from drop down
Workspace
Workspace's are like a Desktop with bookmarks to databases
Create a new workspace page by going to Workspace and use Create Workspace Page
You can drag and drop databases into pages.
Migration
C:\notes\data\desktop6.ndk to migrate Notes to another machine
Replica's Stacking In Workspace Page
In Workspace page, right click and uncheck Stack Replication to see all entities separately
Replication General Funda
Replication can be initiated on either Local or Server copy, since it is simply a Sync
Default way to open Local copy of mail
File - Mobile - Edit Location - Mail - Mail file location
Select Local from drop down
Also change Mail Addressing to Local AND Server to allow selection of address from Local and Server Address Books
Irritating nag message about ID file
Put your id file in notes\data to avoid selecting id file again and again
Mark as Read
When mail preview is disabled, press insert key to mark mail as read
Follow Up and reminder settings on email
Use Follow Up - Add or Edit Follow Up - to set reminders on tasks that require follow up.
You can set popups or mail notification with schedules.
Archiving
Archive deletes mail from Server and stores on HDD
To create archive - Actions - Archive - Settings - Create
The name of the .nsf should be (preferably) the same as
criteria name.
Right click on a database and select database - properties
Go to tab marked "i"
and check the size of disk space and utilization %
Apply %age on disk space to come to an exact figure of MB's
used.
Actions - Tools - Reactivate Sending after opening Server
copy, when your mail box is capped and sending is blocked.
Encrypt Archive Criteria
Right click on Archive database, Database - Properties
- Encryption Settings - Encrypt using Medium encryption if not already done.
Next, compacting can be done from "i" tab.
Address Book
Select an email, Tools - Add sender to Address Book
Create Groups by going to Address book and using Create group
Create group automatically, select an email, go to Actions - Add Recepients to Group
Calender
Use Calender & To Do - Scheduling to schedule when you're free and then go to AutoProcess to configure auto meeting invite responses
Open email and click Show thread.See Gmail style thread for mail
Mail Recipient Options
Type a name and hit enter to see all options in new memo
Advanced Mail Options
Use Actions - Delivery actions for changing delivery options like prevent-copy, mood stamp
etc
Sections in a memo
Select text in memo, Create - Section. Right click on section for section properties
Freeze Notes
If notes hangs Ctrl - Pause
Vacation Response
Tools - Out Of Office for vacation response
Email Classfication
Tools - Preference - Message Marking - distinguish mails from senders
Tools - Preference - Message Marking - Receipients
To see who else got this email and therefore it's priority
Templates
New Memo - Tools - Preferences - Save as Stationary to create templates
To use, go to Tools - New memo using stationary
Password
To change notes password, File - Security - User Security Change Password
Web Browser Configuration
File - Mobile - Edit Location - Internet Browser
To configure a browser with Notes. Choose browser from drop down
Workspace
Workspace's are like a Desktop with bookmarks to databases
Create a new workspace page by going to Workspace and use Create Workspace Page
You can drag and drop databases into pages.
Migration
C:\notes\data\desktop6.ndk to migrate Notes to another machine
Replica's Stacking In Workspace Page
In Workspace page, right click and uncheck Stack Replication to see all entities separately
Replication General Funda
Replication can be initiated on either Local or Server copy, since it is simply a Sync
Default way to open Local copy of mail
File - Mobile - Edit Location - Mail - Mail file location
Select Local from drop down
Also change Mail Addressing to Local AND Server to allow selection of address from Local and Server Address Books
Irritating nag message about ID file
Put your id file in notes\data to avoid selecting id file again and again
Mark as Read
When mail preview is disabled, press insert key to mark mail as read
Follow Up and reminder settings on email
Use Follow Up - Add or Edit Follow Up - to set reminders on tasks that require follow up.
You can set popups or mail notification with schedules.
Archiving
Archive deletes mail from Server and stores on HDD
To create archive - Actions - Archive - Settings - Create
The name of the .nsf should be (preferably) the same as
criteria name.
Right click on a database and select database - properties
Go to tab marked "i"
and check the size of disk space and utilization %
Apply %age on disk space to come to an exact figure of MB's
used.
Actions - Tools - Reactivate Sending after opening Server
copy, when your mail box is capped and sending is blocked.
Encrypt Archive Criteria
Right click on Archive database, Database - Properties
- Encryption Settings - Encrypt using Medium encryption if not already done.
Next, compacting can be done from "i" tab.
Address Book
Select an email, Tools - Add sender to Address Book
Create Groups by going to Address book and using Create group
Create group automatically, select an email, go to Actions - Add Recepients to Group
Calender
Use Calender & To Do - Scheduling to schedule when you're free and then go to AutoProcess to configure auto meeting invite responses
Monday, July 21, 2008
CherryPal - Cheap Cloud Computing
http://gizmodo.com/5027136/cherrypal-pc-offers-subscription+free-cloud-computing-that-runs-off-two-watts-of-power
Now that's what I'm talking about. Is this the future of computing? I wouldn't be surprised if Sun raises it's hands and says, Hey! We figured this out years and years ago, when we said, famously, The Network Is The Computer.
In fact it is awe inspiring how ahead of time Sun's vision was! Too bad they're not good at capitalizing on their ideas.
Now that's what I'm talking about. Is this the future of computing? I wouldn't be surprised if Sun raises it's hands and says, Hey! We figured this out years and years ago, when we said, famously, The Network Is The Computer.
In fact it is awe inspiring how ahead of time Sun's vision was! Too bad they're not good at capitalizing on their ideas.
Bizarre statement by VMWare exec - end of Windows!
http://blogs.computerworld.com/vmware_exec_says_windows_days_are_numbered
Does anyone buy this? I know Google sells 'Search Appliances'. But what would VMWare build as an appliance?
Does anyone buy this? I know Google sells 'Search Appliances'. But what would VMWare build as an appliance?
iPhone 3G - costlier than your kidney in India
Just read this (http://www.lbhat.com/?p=432). This is a nice blog BTW even if you're not an Apply Fan(atic). This guy is head of an ad agency where a friend of mine works. So loads of cool ads from all around the world, in pictures and videos. If you are wondering how to look busy this afternoon while actually doing absolutely nothing to enhance your company's bottomline, go and check the site out.
Anyways, the meat of the matter is, that the iPhone will be helluva lot more expensive than people think and so besides sons of babus, CM's and other bade-baap-ke-bigde-aulaad, movie stars and glitterazzi, there will be barely any normal people using this device in India.
Hope all these rich people know it's a touchscreen device and don't send their PA's to return the phone for not having any buttons. Sad state of affairs awaiting us this Diwali :(
Anyways, the meat of the matter is, that the iPhone will be helluva lot more expensive than people think and so besides sons of babus, CM's and other bade-baap-ke-bigde-aulaad, movie stars and glitterazzi, there will be barely any normal people using this device in India.
Hope all these rich people know it's a touchscreen device and don't send their PA's to return the phone for not having any buttons. Sad state of affairs awaiting us this Diwali :(
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Sarkar Raj
After that Mahabharat of a post on Dark Knight, I doubt if anyone will dare come here again. But I shall babel on.
I saw Sarkar Raj (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0490210/) this afternoon.
Couldn't resist commenting on it, now that I have a barrel to stand on and sermonize.
Well, I have to say, barring very few movies, I thought Sarkar was one of the best movies ever to come out of Bollywood. It was almost perfect. So this sequel was always going to be tough to pull off.
But why fear when Big B is here! That's probably what Ramu thought. And he thought right! There are (if I remember correctly) two monologues where Amitabh Bachchan takes over three minutes with face occupying the entire screen. With any other actor, these would be agonizing minutes that they would want to get through quickly. With any other director, these minutes would have been edited out of the movie. Not so here.
Amitabh Bachchan occupies those minutes and savours them. This is some pattern I'm beginning to pick, of great actors taking time.
So anyway, film's greatest let down was its villains. No Vishram Sawant, Raashid, no Selvar Mani, and no Babaji. Hussain Qazi is not menacing enough. Kanga is downright buffoonish. Vora is merely amusing. Rao Sa'ab is OK. With not so great villains, there's not much to do for our achha log. The plot is sub-prime.
And really, the third part has a very real chance of trumping Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag as the Mariana's Trench of Ramu's film career :) I mean Aish as the Sarkar-ki-Beti or Lady Sarkar? Come on! If Ramu can pull this off, it will mean this will trump Sarkar as his best film.
I would actually bet the third part will be a prequel. How hard is it to make Big B look 50 and show how Subhash Nagre became Sarkar?
I saw Sarkar Raj (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0490210/) this afternoon.
Couldn't resist commenting on it, now that I have a barrel to stand on and sermonize.
Well, I have to say, barring very few movies, I thought Sarkar was one of the best movies ever to come out of Bollywood. It was almost perfect. So this sequel was always going to be tough to pull off.
But why fear when Big B is here! That's probably what Ramu thought. And he thought right! There are (if I remember correctly) two monologues where Amitabh Bachchan takes over three minutes with face occupying the entire screen. With any other actor, these would be agonizing minutes that they would want to get through quickly. With any other director, these minutes would have been edited out of the movie. Not so here.
Amitabh Bachchan occupies those minutes and savours them. This is some pattern I'm beginning to pick, of great actors taking time.
So anyway, film's greatest let down was its villains. No Vishram Sawant, Raashid, no Selvar Mani, and no Babaji. Hussain Qazi is not menacing enough. Kanga is downright buffoonish. Vora is merely amusing. Rao Sa'ab is OK. With not so great villains, there's not much to do for our achha log. The plot is sub-prime.
And really, the third part has a very real chance of trumping Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag as the Mariana's Trench of Ramu's film career :) I mean Aish as the Sarkar-ki-Beti or Lady Sarkar? Come on! If Ramu can pull this off, it will mean this will trump Sarkar as his best film.
I would actually bet the third part will be a prequel. How hard is it to make Big B look 50 and show how Subhash Nagre became Sarkar?
Dark Knight Review @ Wired
The fine folks @ Wired have written up a review of Dark Knight.
I was glad to see that they too thought the movie dragged on for 15 minutes too many!
See here: http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/07/joker-jousts-mi.html
I was glad to see that they too thought the movie dragged on for 15 minutes too many!
See here: http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/07/joker-jousts-mi.html
Friday, July 18, 2008
Dark Knight, and also my first post
I was planning to start a blog (after all everyone and their uncle already has!) but didn't know how to start. Why start with a lame topic that no one will read? In any case, I doubt anyone will read this, but hey! this is at least interesting to me.
So, what do I think of Dark Knight (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0468569/)?
[WARNING: Spoliers Ahead!]
Let me let you on a secret here. I am a HUGE Batman fan. Have been ever since school. I religiously watched every episode of the animated series that used to come up on DD every Sunday evening. And I have always loved the darkness of the series.
Therefore, it is not surprising that I never saw a Batman film because they each treated the material like a comic book. Which of course I hated. The movies were full of droll humor and unnecessary characters (the gay Robin comes to mind).
Christopher Nolan (The Prestige, Memento, Batman Begins) brought a whiff of seriousness to the series with Batman Begins. With solid actors such as Michael Cane, Morgan Freeman, Liam Neeson, Christian Bale, Cillian Murphy and of course Gary Oldman and rock solid direction, Batman was serious movie material.
That whiff of seriousness now continues without going stale. Batman is back and he is kicking ass.
In the new version, Batman has to contend with wannabe vigilantes (40 something men, with paunches. I admit, I would be one of them if I could), The Joker (brilliantly played by Heath Ledger) and a new arch enemy, Two Face (Aaron Eckhart, who was quite charming in Thank You For Smoking).
Amazing chases, hi-tech gadgetry, Bruce Wayne schmoozing around with arm candy, a sinister villain. All this and more in the movie.
But what do I say? We have all seen Bourne Ultimatum. We have all seen The Matrix. We have seen Casino Royale. And some of us have seen Banlieue 13 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414852/).
Is the action remarkable? I have to point out two instances where it is. The kidnap of Lau in Hong Kong (wonderful!), and the scene where Batman 'trips' a 100 foot long trailer are good, but not great.
Is the acting remarkable? Heath Ledger is disturbing in the first half. Especially in his entry to the den of crime bosses. But he does loose some sting in the second half. Michael Cane has nothing to do at all. I hated Maggie Whatever-Her-Name is. Bring back Katie Holmes!
Morgan Freeman also doesn't have too much to do. Although his 1 minute talk with the guy who is planning to blow the whistle on Bruce Wayne's alter ego almost had me standing up and clapping.
Christian Bale continues to be good. Intense as Batman and bored and arrogant as Bruce Wayne.
So much for the acting :)
Now for the gadgetry. Batman trumps Iron Man. I mean come on. It's like comparing a Lexus to a Ferrari. Iron Man might have an aluminum suit, but does he have the Batpod? Boo to Iron Man.
So in the business where standards for an action movie are Bourne Ultimatum and standards for a gadgety super hero movie are Casino Royale or The Matrix what do you turn to, to make a film remarkable?
May I suggest that, that something is a plot and some good acting and dialogues. We've seen too many movies laden with effects, packed with gadgets that don't work.
But Dark Knight does. There's something going on, beyond Batman just showing off his goods. (Eh, maybe I should reword that, ye reader with a dirty mind?) Editing is wonderful. Batman steps out of shadows, and the scene with the kids playing in the car when the Batpod rips through a car was an example of this in my opinion.
I thought that this movie was 15 minutes too long in the end. With the Joker dangling from a sky scraper, it was time to down the shutters. Instead we are burdened with another scene where Two Face shows off what he can do. Mostly to setup the third installment of this series.
Overall, here's my summary:
Great
Editing, and Heath Ledger's first half performance as The Joker. But say what you want, Anthony Hopkins' Hannibal and Xavier Bardem's Suga' are far far more sinister.
The Sky Hook gadget stunt!
The kids in the car playing when Batpod rips through edit.
Morgan Freeman dialogue with whistle blower accountant prick.
Two Face's makeup. Kamal Hassan, please send your MaidaWaala makeup artist to see this. This is the standard of makeup audiences are getting.
Good
Stunts. The trailer trip. Acting - Christian Bale again shows off why he's the best Batman ever!
Dialogue in patches.
Bad
Maggie-Whatshername. Thank god she died! The psenti scene with the two steamers. Very bollywoodish. Shame on you Christopher Nolan. The ending scene with Gordon's family. Come on, finish the movie please!
Horrible
Nothing really. This is quite a good movie. Go see it now, if you haven't!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)