05 May, 2008

Ayman al-Zawahiri Answers Your Questions

Andy Borowitz is in top form. (Via Joby Joseph.)

Posted by Amit Varma in Miscellaneous at 4:17 PM

01 May, 2008

Do not play a customer’s CD

You run the risk of a bow chica bow bow. 

Posted by Yazad Jal in Oddball at 11:49 PM

29 April, 2008

Tattoos for bloggers

Very funny pics. Photoshopped, of course. Part 1. Part 2.

Posted by Yazad Jal in Blogs | Oddball at 7:01 AM

17 April, 2008

Midnight Climax

Codename for seamy taxpayer-financed CIA operations from the 1950s and 1960s!

Posted by Sanjeev Naik in Miscellaneous at 9:27 AM

12 April, 2008

The Bad Memory Century

David Brooks writes about ‘The Great Forgetting’.

Posted by Amit Varma in Miscellaneous at 11:13 AM

07 April, 2008

No sex please

Just selling condoms—with a free demonstration!

Posted by Yazad Jal in The good life | The visual arts at 1:32 AM

06 April, 2008

Does size matter?

Trophy sizes from the worlds of sports, entertainment, and politics.

Posted by Sanjeev Naik in Miscellaneous at 8:12 PM

For the book lovers

Bookshelves galore!

Posted by Sanjeev Naik in Miscellaneous at 7:56 PM

05 April, 2008

Get duped on April 1st?

Seems “the experience can stir self-reflection like few others!”

Posted by Sanjeev Naik in Miscellaneous at 5:19 AM

Moo!

Do Hamburgers Cause Crime? - via the Freakanomics blog.

Posted by Sanjeev Naik in Economics at 5:15 AM

Yo! Got an idea?

$400 yo-yo’s! Some big boys like some expensive toys! 

Posted by Sanjeev Naik in Business at 5:02 AM

03 April, 2008

Cricket lessons

New York is the only public school system in the US to offer competitive cricket. After today, the Indian team could do with some lessons.

Posted by Sanjeev Naik in Sports at 6:16 PM

India’s public sector and suffering

From the Economist on Indian babus: Public employees also suffer less stress than their private-sector counterparts, which is one reason why the user of their services suffers more.

Posted by Yazad Jal in Politics at 10:02 AM

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao…

... wins the Tournament of Books.

Posted by Amit Varma in Arts and entertainment at 4:29 AM

30 March, 2008

Writing on sex

A “finite set of possibilities.”

Posted by Sanjeev Naik in Arts and entertainment at 7:56 PM

It’s not you, it’s your books

An Essay about Love & Literary Tastes

Posted by Sanjeev Naik in Arts and entertainment at 7:35 PM

29 March, 2008

From behind a screen of aural smoke

The oldest recorded human voice (followed by a fit of giggles!)

Posted by Sanjeev Naik in Arts and entertainment at 6:19 AM

A lasting relationship

Even as Sarkozy courts Britain, the British are in love with Bruni’s style.

Posted by Sanjeev Naik in Politics at 4:45 AM

28 March, 2008

How to write a song

Measure for Measure, a new songwriting blog over at the NY Times, promises enlightenment.

Posted by Amit Varma in Arts and entertainment | Blogs at 4:45 AM

27 March, 2008

Got time to waste?

Everything2 is a collection of user-submitted writings about, well, pretty much everything. 

Posted by Sanjeev Naik in Blogs at 4:21 PM

Not so hot

.. but compared to Heaven’s Gate, Paris Hilton’s movie is ”a rank amateur.” Not her amateur movie (no links, sorry!), but her latest release.

Posted by Sanjeev Naik in Arts and entertainment at 3:14 AM

23 March, 2008

417 Google-Videos

The internet is the university from which I never graduate.

Posted by Sanjeev Naik in Blogs at 5:46 PM

Last Supper(s)

Not Da Vinci’s masterpiece but some of these are funny all the same.

Posted by Sanjeev Naik in Arts and entertainment at 5:42 PM

The Mayflower

Common theme connecting Spitzer, FDR, and JFK. Not the ship. The hotel.

Posted by Sanjeev Naik in Politics at 3:48 AM

A world champion Indian ..

..is indignant that he gets “No respect”! All bow to the man with the world’s longest ear hair! (Be forewarned: Links to pictures. Eeew!)

Posted by Sanjeev Naik in Oddball at 3:12 AM

Why a lion should be in the wild

Not in a photoshoot! 

Posted by Sanjeev Naik in Miscellaneous at 12:46 AM

I may not be a cat person

But I love the Cat’s Eye Nebula. Has aged well, hasn’t it? :)

Posted by Sanjeev Naik in Science and technology at 12:29 AM

22 March, 2008

The writer’s life

Maybe Theroux was not vindictive. Maybe he was being nice?

Posted by Sanjeev Naik in Arts and entertainment at 4:05 AM

21 March, 2008

Anatomy of a masterpiece

An exhibition of centuries old Chinese art at the Met. (Related article.)

Posted by Sanjeev Naik in Arts and entertainment at 7:07 AM

20 March, 2008

Underwater gems

It’s a beautiful world. (- via). Also see the Spanish Dancer in the Red Sea.

Posted by Sanjeev Naik in Miscellaneous at 7:00 PM