Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Tough Times

A comical depiction of company logo's to reflect the current economic crisis.

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Cooliris



If you happen to use sites with lots of pictures like Flickr, Picasa try this browser plugin Cooliris which gives a elastic view of the images. Scrolling through tons of images in sites like Flickr makes it a breeze and its a eye candy too. Its not just image site but works with lot of other sites like youtube, amazon listings where you might have to sort through lot of listings.

http://cooliris.com/

I have installed it for Firefox, I suppose it supports other browsers too, you have to check that out.


Venkat Reddy

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Indian Fiction

If reading fiction interests you, here are some fiction novels with a Indian backdrop which I can recommend.

Beneath a Marble Sky by John Shors
This historical fiction is set in 16th 17th century with rich descriptions of Mughal time period. The story is centered around the construction of Taj Mahal, though I have never seen it, reading the book made me enjoy more than I could seeing it in real.

The temple dancer: A novel of India by John Speed
This novel is also set in 17th century India, but its a blend of portuguse, Hindu and Mughal cultures. At the center of the story is Maya, a deva dasi who is promised as a gift to Grand Vizier of Bijapur by Portugese traders. Most of the story is a description of their adventurous journey from Goa to Bijapur. The other main character is a Portugese lady Lucinda who also accompanies the trip.

Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh
This is set in modern India, where in a US born Indian marine biologist travels to Sunderbans in search of Irrawaddy dolphins. She befriends a local fisherman and a Interpreter to help her find these dolphins. The descriptions of local life and Sunderbans were really absorbing.



Venkat Reddy