Sunday, August 08, 2004

Last Post here

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Variety is the spice of life .. or so they say. Which is why I am moving to a new blog at livejournal (lj for short).

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Abhinav |

Wednesday, July 28, 2004

Twisted

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Currently reading a book of short stories, twisted by Jeffrey Deaver. It contains quite a few stories, all with an eponymous ending. Most of them have to do with crimes related to extra marital affairs - which makes one wonder how much energy people spend in cheating, getting cheated upon in turn, and then getting caught avenging themselves! Like one of my friends was mentioning today, Shaadi ka laddoo - Khayee to pachhtaye, Na khaaye to bhi pacchtaye (Mail me if you want a translation into English).

During the weekend, completed The Last Juror by John Grisham. This is, by far the most mediocre of his books whch have read, one which just kept rambling like an overused chewing gum, devoid of any action. In fact, it would not be wrong to say that the book was boring,e specially from an author who has penned classics like Partner, The Runaway Jury, Rainmaker, The Firm..to name a few.

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Abhinav |

Saturday, July 24, 2004

Weekend movies

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On a nice Friday evening (or, to be more precise, Saturday Morning), I utilized my time in watching two great movies.

The first one, titled The Usual Suspects is about a bunch of gangsters who are forced together in a police lineup, and go on from there. The movie, which started out with sequences that left not an iota of doubt as to where the bollywood flick kaante was inspired from, made me shed all my hypnagogic tendencies and delve deep into the gripping drama. With spectacular performances by Kevin Spacy et. al., teamed with excellent screenplay and a gripping storyline, this is undoubtedly a must watch movie. In fact, the plot is such that it will need more than a single time to realize what actually happens.

The second movie for the night turned out to be another gem. The Shawshank Redemption written by the legendary Stephen King (of the x-files fame). This is a story about a guy who is charged with the murder of his wife and her lover, and his life in prison, where his unconventional attitude in the stark face of atrocities enable him to achieve his desires. This film takes one through a range of emotions from hope to despair, and the suspense is broken only in the fag end of the movie.

All in all, two great movies which should be on the must-watch list of everyone.

Btw, yes, the time for this post is in IST ;)

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Abhinav |

Tuesday, July 20, 2004

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Visit this site for a heart-rending story.

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Abhinav |

Saturday, July 17, 2004

Pulp Fiction

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Watched the Quentin Tarantino Classic Pulp Fiction.

Having seen Kill Bill earlier, there was a strong sense of deja-vu as far as the screenplay was concerned. Feelings of action and suspense were omnipotenet, right till the last scene. Bruce Willis, Uma Thurman, John Travolta, Samuel Jackson - all veterans of hollywood, packed quite a punch.

All in all, a good entertainer. Wonder where I could get the soundtrack from?

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Abhinav |

Friday, July 16, 2004

Perl Tip: Replace across multiple files

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Say you want to replace xxx with yyy across multiple files

perl -pi -e 's/xxx/yyy/g' files

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Abhinav |

Tuesday, July 13, 2004

Great work from MS guys ;)

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Listen to this spoof of American Pie.

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Abhinav |