Watched Total Recall the other day, and was both surprised and amazed at how so many future films have been inspired by it. Here are a few I can think of :MATRIX:Two very obvious ones. The bug inside his head was much like the bug inside NEO, and when the doctor is trying to allegedly … Read more
By Sami Mughal Liquid damage is something that happens to mobile phones and other electronic devices. I have had first had experience of this, where I managed to drop my phone in a puddle and saw it loose its life. This occurred before I was in the ways of the world, and electronics. Since then, … Read more
By Sami Mughal So my laptop screen was playing silly buggers, and I had just acquired a new HTC ONE X, so I thought, lets play an experiment. I handed my laptop to a friend/colleague of mine who specializes in such, and decided to use the phone as a direct replacement for the phone. I gave … Read more
By Sami Mughal Tried doing this post already, but here is another attempt from a computer as the uploads from the mobile did not seem to get proper picture quality. The blame goes to the Blogger app for Android. Anyway, here are the some shots: HDR shot. Not HDR, but into the sun! Macro shot, … Read more
I am currently reading Shantaram, by Gregory David Roberts. The book is extremely popular here (Oxford and most of UK), and I noticed that it even featured in Rang De Basanti. However, just visiting its Amazon link, I came across a few negative reviews. This one, caught my eye, and I have to say, for … Read more
By Sami Mughal The technology in question at the moment is the Liquipel treatment of your phone or other technical device. Having a great interest in the process, and other such technologies, I have been searching the internet to find the answer to this question. There have been verbal claims in various videos that it … Read more
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If you use Adsense on your blog, you most probably do not agree with the kind of ads it puts up on your blog/website. If that is a problem, Adsense does give you an option to pick and choose between the kind of ads that show on your blog. On the Adsense dashboard, click on … Read more
Well apparently Google allows Affiliate ads, so I am just writing down an experimental post here, to see if it achieves anything.To help me along the way, I will post a wishlist of sorts… Of course you can feel free to buy me any of these items. – Nikon D7000– HTC One X– Asus Transformer Prime– Asus … Read more
Sometime back I mentioned a service called ‘Liquipel’ that were promising to coat your device with a new technology that makes your electronic device ‘water-proof’. As I have already mentioned, this was a big claim, and many tech gurus tested this claim. Some more footage has appeared in the popular show by Leo Laporte (https://plus.google.com/u/0/101261243957067319422/about) … Read more