I’m looking forward to the new WordPress.com dashboard and the other features. I like what they’ve done with the comments section and other stuff. I took part in the design survey for the new WordPress and suggested a few features but they had a set of impressive ones lined up anyhow, so hope this will [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘General’
November 2, 2008
Kharaharapriya – Two Different Flavours
I have been experimenting with Kharaharapriya, owing to some new songs I found on Sangeethapriya. One of these recordings is here, another here. These experiments are rather more inspired than my older ones, probably because of the surfeit of Kharaharapriya I’ve listened to in the past few days.
I tried out an experiment and based on [...]
September 1, 2008
Nikon announces D-90 with movie mode
I guess this is every photographer’s dream – an SLR camera that can shoot video. Here’s the Nikon D90, which is in every sense a photographer’s dream, except for the frame rate, resolution, High ISO capability and a couple of other features like the APS-C sized sensor.
I currently use the entry-level D40 for all my [...]
August 20, 2008
Rediscovering Simhendramadhyamam
There has been no occasion when Simhendramadhyamam has not reminded me of my mother. The raga is altogether emotional, deep, grim and poignant and comes close to Sindhu Bhairavi in being effusive and mysterious, atmospheric. I am reminded, when I use so many adjectives for ragas, of a Frank Zappa quote, “Talking about music is [...]
August 19, 2008
The Fate of Journalism in India
I am back from a 2 week vacation in India. It was a very important and interesting vacation which I hope to introspect and write more about. One of the things I did but for traveling and reading was watching TV, which I hadn’t done in ages. And all I watched (for the most part) [...]
