Saw this near Pedder Road.
Entries from June 2007
Audi Q7
June 30th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Tags: Cars
Black Bentley
June 27th, 2007 · No Comments
Saw this beauty at the Mahalaxmi Racecourse in Bombay.
Tags: Cars
One click TV downloads
June 24th, 2007 · No Comments
I started talking to someone about using the internet to download TV shows and they at first were excited as I continued talking their eyes were glazed over as I rattled off things like - feed reader, RSS feeds, BitTorrent, dot torrent files, DivX, Xvid, etc… Then I realized maybe I should put together a [...]
Tags: Technology
iPhone’s disruptive interface
June 23rd, 2007 · No Comments
We are less than a week away from the iPhone being released into the wild and the suspense is building. However, since I’m in India there is no chance of getting the phone from my local Apple dealer. But, that just shows how big this launch is. I downloaded a 175mb file [...]
Tags: Technology
Indian broadband update
June 20th, 2007 · No Comments
Back in April, I commented about Indian telcom chief Dayanidhi Maran’s plan for 2007 to be the year of broadband. Here we are at the middle of the year and nothing positive yet, just negative news:
- Maran is out as telecom chief, some sort of power play within the DMK governement
- no new ISP’s [...]
Tags: Business · Technology
Moore’s newest movie - Sicko
June 17th, 2007 · No Comments
Michael Moore’s newest movie is called Sicko and will be released on June 29th. However, the movie is already on the BitTorrent network and I was able to download and watch it over the weekend. The movie is an expose into the American health care system and focuses it’s attention on people that HAVE health [...]
Tags: Media
Porsche showroom in Mumbai
June 10th, 2007 · 1 Comment
For the past several weeks I’ve noticed some work being done to a building near Kemps Corner. I figured it would be another lame clothing store but today I drove by and saw them putting up the signage for Porsche. The last letter “e” was put up first, I’ll take some pics next [...]
Tags: Cars
Apple’s Developer Conference
June 10th, 2007 · No Comments
This week is the highly anticipated Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. All eyes will be on getting juicy bits of information on 10.5 (aka Leopard) from Steve. I’m also betting there will be an update on the iPhone launch which is all systems go for June 29. The new MacBook Pro’s are [...]
Tags: Technology
Joost, Calix and India
June 10th, 2007 · No Comments
What do those three things have in common…Cisco Systems. It’s been a pretty busy two weeks with a lot of news involving ex-Cisco people. First up is Mike Volpi who is now the CEO of Joost, which is a way to watch TV over the internet. At Cisco, Volpi ran the multi-billion Routing [...]
Tags: Technology
Yes, DLF. Really?
June 8th, 2007 · No Comments
Equities markets around the world seem to be quite volatile as of late. The buzz this past week on Dalal Street is the monster IPO from construction kingpen - DLF (Delhi Land and Finance). I’ve heard some people say it will be the biggest IPO ever in India and then others saying it [...]