So I have been taking these acting workshops recently, and while it is mostly for fun and nothing serious, good things really do come out of it every now and then. Yesterday, during a ‘random discussion/conversation’ practice, one of the boys came out with an idea for a Shaving Pill. It is ever so simple, … Read more
I shall be giving a presentation at Science Oxford on the 3rd of February, 2011, on their PechaKucha night. http://www.scienceoxfordlive.com/whats-on-events/pechakucha-night The words PechaKucha stand for ‘chit-chat’ in Japanese, and it shall be a platform for various people of scientific backgrounds to come forward and present. As written on the website: Devised in Tokyo in February … Read more
I write about this because this was something I was looking for, and found that the internet did not have many answers. Having just bought a new phone, I found it a bit weird that I could not use internet from my PC on the device when connected via USB. It is an Android system, … Read more
I get a new phone in two weeks. I have a lot of friends who use the iPhone, and love it, and will die for it. While it is all good, so far, the Samsung Galaxy S is winning in my head. I am trying to find people to convince me otherwise. Will you sell … Read more
I say simplified. It may not be the case for every one. But I have just attended a lecture by Dr Tony Lewis or the Duckworth/Lewis Method, and through his graphs and curves, he has attempted to explain why, what, and how of the method seems to confuse players, commentators, and spectators alike. He begins … Read more
An article I wrote for http://corneredtigers.co.uk/. Can be found at http://corneredtigers.co.uk/pakistan-cricket-%E2%80%93-an-addiction/ Goose bumps. It gives goose bumps. Call me an idiot. A hopeless romantic! A fool! But it gives me goose bumps. Like many Pakistanis who were born in the 80s and grew up in the 90s, I grew up with cricket in my blood. … Read more
For this very title, I might just get a lot of attention. On the other hand, I might get clobbered by loads of Star Wars fans, telling me that I am absolutely wrong. Or as usual, most people will just ignore what I have written. But yeah, a few weeks back, I was watching Episode … Read more
Yesterday I went to the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. It is an amazing museum. I spent about two and a half hours there and I have barely done the basement and half of ground floor. There are two more floors to be done! But here is Mr Ashmole. I think he is a big fan … Read more
I came across this on xkcd.com recently. I think this is the ultimate geek chart. I already have printed this out on A3 !!! Click the picture for the link to the comic, where you can get a full sized version if you click on the image!
Wow… the fact that I have lived next to this place for almost 4 years now and not visited seems really odd to me now! So Bletchley Park, Britain’s best guarded secret as it was called back in the 1940s, was where the German Intelligence was deciphered during the second world war. The place exhibits … Read more