Pranjal.in :: Random Musings

Chandrayaan Moon Video

Pranjal — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:02:47 +0000

Video of the moon flyby by Chandrayaan - The Indian unmanned moon mission

Yes we can!

Pranjal — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:15:35 +0000

Awesome web commercial

Pranjal — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:03:26 +0000

Watch it for yourself at http://www.youtube.com/experiencewii

Obama and Biden?

Pranjal — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:24:33 +0000

Did Obama really think through this decision? Here is a man who has said on the record that Obama is not ready for Presidency and yet he is his running mate? And what about this - Obama - Biden sounds like Osama Bin Laden!!

What’s wrong with this ad?

Pranjal — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:03:13 +0000

The government seems to think it is indecent, vulgar and repulsive. Judge for yourself!

iPhone 3G in India now!

Pranjal — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:00:12 +0000

The iPhone 3G is finally in India now. I received a SMS this morning from Vodafone. Prices are - hold your breath - a whopping 31K for 8GB and some 36K for the 16GB model.This is excluding any plans. You have to pay 10K to pre-book and register. Only people who had pre-registered are entitled to buy on the launch date - 21st August. So if you have the dough go and buy now.

Technology and how it can help solve crim

Pranjal — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:58:59 +0000

I know a lot of people including me are paranoid about continuous monitoring leading to an invasion of privacy. London is an extreme version of this. But here is a city which is using technology in the right way to solve and prevent crime. A very forward looking and good experiment by the City of Newark and the Mayor Cory Booker who is leading from the front.

Get me the error dish!

Pranjal — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:54:52 +0000

The perils of using a web based translator to translate your Chinese dishes to English! Ha ha ha!
All this makes me feel that China has still a long way to go before they catch up in English skills of the general Indian population. Even if you go to a small town restaurant in India the chances are the owner would know basic english words which is not in China the case judging by this example.

Qantas Emergency Landing video

Pranjal — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:28:59 +0000

Here is an amazing video of passengers from inside the Qantas plane that had a big gaping hole from an explosion. The passengers seem to be very calm and composed for an emergency landing.

Student discount on Macbook’s in India

Pranjal — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:32:47 +0000

Apple India is running a promo in which it is offering a 12% discount to students from approved institutions. This is a great offer to grab as the prices are as low as they can get!

I’m holding out for the Macbook revision before I take the leap. Stuck to my Dell for now