Author: Balanarayan NT

  • Google Reader and a barrage of updates

    My friends say I am an internet addict, but I would like to call myself a Google reader addict. Though I spend a lot of time on twitter, friendfeed and yes in the bathroom taking long baths, reader is what keeps me occupied through the day. So in the past two days I started noticing…

  • How do we prevent such a situation?

    Yesterday I saw this story about Lori Drew who was recently acquitted off her crimes by US federal judge. Remember Lori Drew? The woman who impersonated a boy’s profile on MySpace and drove a girl (Megan Taylor Meier) to suicide? What I found interesting was the argument put forward by her attorney. Dean Steward argued…

  • COMIC> If a riot breaks out…

    What is the context? The riots in China today, which was followed by Chinese govt’s decision to block the Internet.

  • If you’re happy and gay, clap your hands

    (pic credit: Nishant Ratnakar) I don’t have much to say, just happy that Indian babus have started thinking a little broadmindedly and made it homosexuality legal. Hopefully, they will be a little broadminded with regards to ‘issues’ like religion, caste etc too. Just happy that the taboos are falling, one by one.

  • Movies, suggested watching/Jun 28

    I have been watching a lot of movies lately, so I thought I would start this ‘Suggested watching’ thread. Two movies at a time, no review, just a name and a link to IMDB page of the movie. So for this week: 1> Death at a Funeral (I heard they are making a crappy Bollywood…