A single line on the rarity of a perfect blossom, posted with a short Vimeo film of cherry blossom season in Tokyo. Seventeen words and no more.
Category: Diary
Another Random Thought
A thought first forming after the 2005 IISc attack and completed after Mumbai, set out as a single picture and put to readers for their view.
The Perfect Omlette
A three egg white omelette with chat masala, chilli flakes and olive oil, listed with its ingredients, a rough calorie count and a video tutorial.
“The Last Question” and why I am so intrigued by it
A summary of Isaac Asimov’s short story The Last Question, with the parallels he draws to the Matrix and to the Bhagavad Gita on mind and body.
The Tag Heuer Aquaracer Caliber S Regatta
The features of the Tag Heuer Aquaracer Calibre S Regatta after months of daily wear, covering its chronograph and regatta countdown functions.
Issac Asimov’s Science Fiction Series – Suggested Reading Order
Planning to read Issac Asimov’s science fiction series? Then read on and find out where to start.
Celestial Questions
The twenty questions the Dharmaraj puts to Yudhisthira at the lake in the Mahabharata, with the answers, left open for readers to reason over.
Contest Suggestion: Enter the Dragon!
Details of HP’s 31 Days of the Dragon contest for the HDX entertainment notebook, with the full prize specification and the list of participating sites.
Been a while
A short note breaking more than a year of silence on the blog, with a promise to write up 2007 later and backdate it so the record stays in order.
Absolutism or un-absolutism? My Views
Nothing is absolute except death, because human intelligence and the systems it builds are imperfect, from parallel universes in the Gita to Kashmir.
Paul Van Dyk: The god of trance
Vivek on Paul Van Dyk and trance music, the four albums he owns, the older ones he cannot get hold of in India, and Worldspace’s System channel.
I.Q. tests on Tickle
Vivek took an IQ test on Tickle.com for fun, scored 131 and was typed a Visual Mathematician. The site later sent him the analysis free of charge.