A new hope

The United States has elected Barack Obama to be the next president of the country. Obviously a historic election but the way that his campaign was run, the strong turnout, the margin of the win and the promises held in his election manifesto give me great hope for the future of America.

Congratulations Mr. Obama, I look forward to all that you have promised.

Indian rocket takes off for moon

Congrats to the ISRO on successfully launching the first Indian lunar mission!



I never get bored from watching rocket and shuttle launches :)

Boxee is da bomb!

If you have a digital media collection - photos, music, videos - and would like to watch it on your TV then you owe it to yourself to try Boxee. Boxee is based on the tried-and-tested XBMC but it's the best version of XBMC I've seen yet.

The latest version even lets you watch videos from Hulu, CBS, Comedy Central.

Watch this.


quick intro to boxee from boxee on Vimeo.

If you need an invite, hit me up!

Dude, it's been 10 years..

..since The Big Lebowski was first released.

The BBC asks if it was a cultural milestone. I don't know about that, I only saw it two years ago, but I'm pretty certain it's a cult hit on DVD.

Looking forward to "Burn after reading" on DVD.

Pictures from India @ Big Picture

The Big Picture is one of the most interesting blogs that I follow. The most recent posting profiles India. Head on over and take a look!

Japan has 21-st century bicycle parking

Check it out, totally rad!



It would be nice to have something like this for BART! Actually, any secure bike storage would be welcome, forget the robotic wizardry.

Google intros Chrome

So, this is verrrryy interesting - after being a robust partner of Mozilla/Firefox for so many years, Google has decided to launch their own browser - Google Chrome (link should be up soon). If that didn't surprise you in itself, apparently Chrome is going to be based on Webkit, the same engine used by Apple's Safari! Like I said, verrrryy interesting indeed.



This can only be bad news for Mozilla, since they make most of their money from their relationship with Google, who now competes with them!

On the other hand, I think this is great news for web users as Google's investment should serve to hasten advancement of browser and web standards.

Windows only for now, Mac and Linux versions should be forthcoming.

UPDATE: If you're technically inclined, this cool toon tells you a lot more about what Google is trying to do and what's different.