About six months ago, I had this sudden urge to learn a new computer language. Over the years I have learned more than half a dozen languages and used them to solve various kinds of problems. I can grasp the fundamentals of a language pretty quickly – mostly owing to some level of abstraction and … [Read more…]
It so happened that a few months ago I was showing my friend the Tomb Raider game that was released last year (TR9). I kept on playing even after he left and in a few days I had completed the game (again). This time I was playing with a controller instead of the usual keyboard … [Read more…]
Making music is one thing and getting it out is a whole different beast. After a two year long ordeal of finalising the album, conformity comes into play. For those who wish to sample the album, it is embedded in the sidebar. Getting the video to MTV A long time ago, I had written a … [Read more…]
A few months ago, I had written a blurb about a book called “Stupid Guy Goes to India”. I had thoroughly enjoyed it. I have observed that I like books, shows and documentary that gives me an outsider’s view of my country (kind of like TheSurfingViolinist’s India adventures). This post is about its sequel – … [Read more…]
In this interview at Edinburgh book festival 2013, Neil Gaiman shares a lot of history regarding his venture into American Comics, anecdotes of times with DC and his thought process while creating Sandman.
Attack on Titan is now airing on Cartoon Network Adult Swim in US. As a result, the series has been dubbed. I must admit that this dub is very much above average (considering the poor quality rushed dub of most series). I agree that dubs are important. They are windows to many prospective anime fans. … [Read more…]
This album took about three years of on and off hard labour – often in bursts. After each bursts, it was so tiring that I had to go on self imposed exiles to recuperate. I had this sheet up on my walls for about two years now. The Cursed Recording Process It was my idea … [Read more…]
This was a real problem, as in “What the hell is going on?” kind of problem. I was mixing a song for our forthcoming album. The source tracks were pristine, barring the usual noise from amp that we all have heard a zillion times in all classic records. Reaper, my DAW of choice, and Yamaha … [Read more…]
This was in August 2010. I had just finished buying all the Tintin albums. Procurement was a dreadfully slow process, bottlenecked by the small stipend that I was getting from my University. Back then I posted this on Facebook and wrote – “All 24 official books of Tintin laid out on two pieces of plywood … [Read more…]
Cal Newport on his Study Hacks blog highlighted why he doesn’t prefer joining Facebook. His rant can be read here and here. He even gives an advice as to why one should quit Facebook. I agree with most of the things he has outlined. I spend less time browsing through unsolicited junk. A deviation in … [Read more…]
