Void in mobile computing.

I consider Nokia and Microsoft teaming as beginning of the end for Nokia and also for a good mobile computing front. Nokia should have gone the meego way. They still havent announced the end of meego. But I wonder if meego would gain any more force, considering they are already lagging behind in the effort.

What is even more scary is that I am loosing out of options in the mobile computing front!

I certainly dont want to give money to arrogant apple for their overpriced and crippled devices.
I dont want to fall into the traps of google owning me, by getting into Android.
Blackberry has not impressed me enough for personal mobile computing.
I have many reasons for not accepting Windows mobile platform at the moment.
Symbian has become a joke now.

Meego was my only option to look forward. And that is also under threat due to Microsoft-Nokia partnership. I still love my Maemo powered N900. I just wish something good comes up before that needs a replacement.

On a side note, Intel has been losing out on many fronts, as mobile procs overtook PC procs. The new love from Apple using intel chips wasnt enough. Microsoft added to their injury by announcing mainstream support for mips platform in their future OS. Also there are many people like me who love AMD procs for their cost efficiency on PC.

Now is the time for intel to jump into Mobile bandwagon with a killer processor and a Meego.
Intel are you listening ?

rajesh

Man(nar) Madhan(agopal) Ambu(jakshi)

I liked it.
Warning: Spoilers present below...

Lot of kamalhassan stuff, if you have seen his movies, the way i see those. Cant believe thats Ramesh Aravind ! Madhavan's characterization was made unnatural towards the end. Not good. Urvashi dint get a chance to show her timing in comedy. Sangeetha does her job in "the matrimony was bad, but the alimony is good". May be Sangeetha and Urvashi's role should've been exchanged. Trish looks fresh. Usha Utup is a surprise. Kids do it well. Kamal could do this role in his sleep. Some typical crazymohan dialogues and aal maarattam climax. If you are not that types, you will feel the drag.

Songs are ok. People wowing Neelavanam song havent seen coldplay scientist. The controversial poetry was removed, but one can make out where it fits.

Europe is beautiful. Evoked memories of my trip to Venice.

Some entries like the opening fight or the bull taming you see in the posters can be excused because there are no other forceful masala. The driver character was unnecessary as if srilankan tamil had to be brought in. A typical film would have brought ex-hubby of priya in the climax.

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I really liked the scene where Mannar forgives Ambu. But there weren't enough justification on why he would love her. It was like indha vayasaanavana paathu Trisha vey ok sollitta, Madhavanum venam nu sollittan, french kaariyum poita, idha vitta padathula vera character illa, appo ivalaye love pannalam. Similarly why would Madhan love Deepa, just because...
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Ending wasn't convincing at all. Definitely not expected from K.S.Ravikumar, Kamalhassan, crazy mohan.

Dialogues on truth and honesty are good. But unlike Anbe sivam where though kamal and madhavan disagreed, their characterization were justified, thats not the case here.

This is nowhere near the top list of kamal-crazy combination. But I liked it, except for the end.

past, present and the extensions...

The music in my car stereo resumed after I hung up the call that I was attending in a solar powered bluetooth speakerphone.

I was driving my father back from a place where he performed his yearly rites to his deceased father.

We were listening to some song through FM, transmitted from my mobile phone which downloaded it to a microSD card smaller than my nail, through wifi on my 1Mbps broadband.

He was mentioning how my grandfather would not have accepted some of the things about the ritual that day, on which he had no option today.

The dot in my mobile updating sincerely with the help of 5 of those GPS satellites, as we moved through the map it was downloading through a slow GPRS connection.

He then reiterated what he already told me several times, "I have seen both worlds - a life without any device that needs electricity and the world I see today. I dont think there was ever a human lifeperiod or there will ever be one with such a massive change to human life."

Impressed by the touch interface, as he took my phone it changed its orientation from landscape to portrait, while he continued, "My contemporaries have witnessed it all. We are the luckiest."

I argue with him whenever he says something superlatively, "Oh they havent witnessed a live lifelike 3D holographic video of a person or a car you fly without a driver".

He was getting closer to what Charles Duell dint say, "That would not be as much amazing the first time as it did flying an aeroplane or a remote controlled toy car or seeing you live on a webcam from USA. They are only extensions of what we see today".

What say you?

what a buy !

PMC Sierra buys adaptec RAID (thats pretty much everything) for $34M.
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9FK4TL81.htm

What a price !!
Adaptec would have got a few more dollars if they bid themselves on ebay !

Not many people know how much AMI sold its RAID to LSI several years ago ;)

Rest in Peace - MJ

I dont like my blog to look like an obituary column, but I will take one more exception for you, MJ.
Its sad to see how money killed you. But I hope you will get the much needed peace now.


I just listened to "who is it?", one of my fav tracks.

RIP - MC

Michael Crichton is no more. For all the intellectual nourishment he provided, I thought I would take a moment to pay him a little respect.

I have a great admiration for his expertise on varied subjects and his story telling skills. I am amazed at his capabilities to present complex things in simple terms. Many times I have felt our opinions match, but I couldnt possibly put them in words convincingly. (Nor do I have an audience for such thoughts!). Be it a virtual thought world, non-linearity or how media and politics can play with belief and truth, he will remain in my memories and will be missed.

I cherish the moments spent with your writings; Thanks MC.

rajesh

Satyanā Prayogo athvā Ātmakathā

This play-Harishchandra- captured my heart. I could never be tired of seeing it. But how often should I be permitted to go? It haunted me and I must have acted Harishchandra to myself times without number. 'Why should not all be truthful like Harishchandra?' was the question I asked myself day and night. To follow truth and to go through all the ordeals Harishchandra went through was the one ideal it inspired in me. I literally believed in the story of Harishchandra. The thought of it all often made me weep. My commonsense tells me today that Harishchandra could not have been a historical character.
-M.K.Gandhi in his autobiography.

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¿ pǝʇɐʇoɹ ǝɹɐ sllɐq ǝʎǝ ʎɯ ǝlqıssod ǝq ʇı plnoɔ ˙ʇɥƃıɹ ƃuıpuɐʇs ʇou ɯɐ ı ɹo ʇɥƃıɐɹʇs ʇou sı ɹoʇıuoɯ ʎɯ ɹǝɥʇıǝ ˙uʍop ǝpısdn sʞool plɹoʍ ǝloɥʍ ǝɥʇ ˙ʍou ǝlıɥʍ ɐ uǝǝq sʇı

iamalive

Happy π day to you !

Mar 14 is celebrated as Pi Day (at 1:59AM) by Pi enthusiasts around the world. The beauty of pi cannot be expressed in words, but only in equations.

I dont find rationality in celebrating days like "mother's day", "father's day", "onnu vitta brother's day", etc. But I am 'irrationally' inclined towards celebrating Pi day, for my love towards the number is 'real' and 'transcendental'.

Pi is just inevitable. Its divine even for atheist scientists. There cannot be an advanced civilisation in the world that doesnt know about pi (or its factors). Its cosmic and yet down to earth. It is perfect, yet random. Its so addictive to explore until you would feel you know everything about it and yet doesnt know about it! Be it a continued fraction or a generating function, its so symmetric. Yet so unpredictable in base 10. It just exists as an absolute beauty.

You are just there,
existing everywhere,
concealed to those who arent aware.
I can go round and around,
but i cannot miss you.
My sweetie pi.

Happy Pi day to all.

Edit:
Some pi music for your ears here