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Re: Just Dial: Best Indian local search engine

aryayush — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:36:19 -0000

I see. I’m damned sure that no one is paying them for inclusion in the database in Siliguri though.

Re: Apple, you have a customer for life

aryayush — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:49:59 -0000

That file was “Untitled”. As is, it was never saved. Spotlight cannot look into files that don’t exist.

Re: Movie Review | All the Best: Fun Begins

aryayush — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:27:54 -0000

You just answered your own question: my friends dragged me along. And yes, even I usually end up having to watch English movies either alone or with an unwilling partner or two.

The state of Bollywood and the Indian moviegoing audience is tragic.

Re: How to make the iPhone 3GS (and Apple itself) successful in India

aryayush — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:32:00 -0000

Thanks. I’m glad you liked it.

I do not even have a lot of time these days to write for Macworld with the same frequency I used to, let alone Smoking Apples. I do think of coming back sometimes but the website is doing very well on its own and I see no reason to intrude.

Re: Movie Review | All the Best: Fun Begins

aryayush — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:29:35 -0000

Why, it is a review of the movie, with a healthy does of hatred for Bollywood thrown in. I’m glad you enjoyed it.

Re: Movie Review | All the Best: Fun Begins

aryayush — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:14:04 -0000

Thank you. I, in turn, am glad that there are others like me as well and that I’m not the only one out there who really gets what good acting is all about. Every time someone tells me that Akshay Kumar is a good actor or that the comedy in a Bollywood movie is really excellent, I just want to close my eyes and disappear from the spot.

That’s not to say that Bollywood doesn’t produce good movies at all though; there are some very rare exceptions like Black, Chak De India, Lagaan, Swades, and a few others, but the sheer thought of having to sit through a hundred shitty movies to come across one that really captures your imagination and interest is a scary prospect, and one that makes you want to skip the drill altogether.

Re: My First Twitter Lists

rjleaman — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:08:30 -0000

Heh, wasn't going to mention that! ;)

Re: New Macs to be available in India in a fortnight

aryayush — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:19:22 -0000

I’ll be trying to get one of them shiny new MacBooks for my brother and an iMac for one of my cousin sisters. As for the mouse, as much as I like it, what I really wanted them to introduce was a standalone keyboard with a built-in Multi-touch trackpad. That would be the killer product for me.

Yes, they were pretty fast this time round (assuming they deliver on what they’ve said). It had nothing to do with me, however.

Re: Penned Thoughts

aryayush — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:53:05 -0000

To say that someone who reads and enjoys the Harry Potter series believes its fictional world to be true is extremely foolhardy. Trust me, the overwhelmingly vast majority of Harry Potter readers do realize that the entire thing is a creation of Joanne Kathleen Rowling’s mind and is entirely fictional in nature.

Not that it has anything to do with what the video above is about.

Re: Penned Thoughts

aryayush — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:51:19 -0000

What has this got to do with Harry Potter?

Re: Finer Things in Mac - Exposé no longer respects the relative sizes of windows

aryayush — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:39:39 -0000

Haha, yeah, that’s what they contain—pornography. Apparently it was so important to me that I wouldn’t even tuck it away just for the sake of one screenshot.

In all seriousness though, it’s just personal (or embarrassing) stuff that I’d like to keep to myself.

Re: http://blog.louisgray.com/2009/09/find-similar-people-and-interests-with.html

koltregaskes — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:22:08 -0000

Yes please kolint at gmail dot com.:-)

Re: Where’s our iPhone, Apple?

aryayush — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 06:56:55 -0000

I couldn’t agree more.

Re: Where’s our iPhone, Apple?

aryayush — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:20:23 -0000

But that shouldn’t prevent you from ranting and raving.

Re: Where’s our iPhone, Apple?

aryayush — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:19:41 -0000

Well, in that case, I’m putting my name on the dotted line as well.

Re: Dell UltraSharp 3008WFP

aryayush — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:19:36 -0000

Sent you a reply via e-mail.

Re: Johnny Chung Lee - Projects - Wii

SathyaBhat — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 08:05:11 -0000

That's awesome. Would love to know the progress on that!

Re: I don’t know why I did it, was I right in doing it?

SathyaBhat — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:53:31 -0000

Well here's the thing - I don't know what I would've done. Probably nothing. Guess something's better than nothing, huh ?

Re: There’s a Drobo in the house!

aryayush — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:25:49 -0000

I cannot think of a better way to live.

Re: Penned Thoughts

aryayush — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:24:58 -0000

Hah, who cares as long as we get to make fun of Windows!

Re: Just sent an e-mail to Apple

aryayush — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:24:24 -0000

Those things don’t do any good to anybody. The last thing any company gives a shit about is an online petition.

Re: The sorry state of instant banking

aryayush — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 04:17:03 -0000

I agree. I would love PayPal to be offered as a payment gateway on the few e-commerce websites we do have. eBay (the owner of PayPal) would be a good start.

Re: The sorry state of instant banking

aryayush — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:45:31 -0000

Exactly. I went to great lengths to try and get one with my name on it but they said it just wasn’t possible unless I lost the card. I just might drop it into a drain one of these days and then ask for a new one. Accidentally, of course.

Re: The sorry state of instant banking

aryayush — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:18:18 -0000

Yes, I did. It was a mistake and I’ve rectified it.

Re: The sorry state of instant banking

aryayush — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:17:36 -0000

I do not use anything run by the Government of India unless it is absolutely unavoidable.