signifies a usually brief state of excitement and mental confusion often accompanied by hallucinations. It involves sudden and severe mental or neurological changes. All the views expressed here have to be read keeping in view this state of me.
So, the next book that I could get both my eyes and hands on
to was the “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to
Living a Good Life” by Mark Manson. What a catchy title! As it so happened this
time too when I picked up the book, I said to myself that I will not be writing
any book review. However, I will rate the reasons in the review as to why I decided
to write this review and share with the everyone.
Before I begin with the review, let me start by saying that
this is the first time I had a book written by Mark Manson in my hands. He is a
well known personality.
This is a forward that i got and it got me hooked completely.
PS: I have not made this i donot claim ownership. All rights rest with the maker. I hope that i am not violating any copyright rules. If there is a copyright violation please let me know and i will remove it.
How many of us have seen dedicated gaming heavens in India? I can wager that the number would be less than handful. Why? Hmm…primarily because there isn’t one gaming heaven in India that can be compared to the ones present at western countries. All that we have here in India are those old, obsolete machines adjacent to food courts in almost every other mall. But, even they manage to be attractive and are a money minter for mall authorities.
Now comes the good news. All this will soon fade away and be a thing of the past. I was surfing online and came across this article at the gamingindians.com, which talks about this new gaming zone that has come up at Chennai. It is called “Blur”. This largely untapped segment of World class gaming zones is tapped by “Sathyam Cinemas” which has launched “Blur – India’s finest Gaming Zone”. Blur is a massive gaming lounge spread out over 15,000 square feet at the Sathyam Complex in Chennai.
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Blur’s Hardware of Choice:
Any guesses?
Blur offers almost every conceived Hardware platform…Meant Only for Gaming Connoisseurs.
It has everything from PS3s to XBox 360s to Nintendo Wiis to PS2s to PCs to Sony PSPs to Nintendo DSs to Arcades to fully loaded PCs…Do you want more???
Other options at Blur (as if we’ll need it):
Here’s more.
They have a funky looking Blur café where you can satiate your taste buds.
The great guys at Blur are thinking of adding the following options:
# Bowling Alley: The two lane bowling alley is stated to open in the second week of November.
# Retail Store: Merchandise, Games and Hardware including Wii.
# PSPs to game with while waiting for your food at the Blur cafe
# Online Gaming
# Gaming Tournaments, game launches, gaming parties and industry interactions.
# Interact with other gamers on the Blur website
This is a lot of options. What do u say??
Blur’s Offerings:
Xbox 360
Forza 2 Top spin 2 Halo 3 PGR3 Yuvraj Cricket 07 Burnout Paradise NFS Prostreet NBA street Gears of war Smackdown vs Raw 2008 Call of duty 3 Grid Euro 2008 Fifa 2008 Saints Row 2 Stuntman Ignition FIFA 09 FABLE II DEAD SPACE BURN OUT REVENGE Midnight Club Loas Angeles
Playstation 3
Metal gear solid 4 Fifa street 3 Nba street Fifa 09 F1 Championship UEFA Euro 2008 Motorstorm Burnout paradise Saints Row 2 PGA Tour 08 The orange box Grand tourismo Resistance: fall of man The simpsons game The godfather Uncharted Drakes Fortune Heavenly Sword Devil May Cry 4
Nintendo Wii
Resident evil Guitar hero Super smash brawls Super mario galaxy Smooth moves Monster trux arenas Mario strikers WII sports WII play Top spin 3 Mario kart
PC
Grid Command & Conquer: Kanes Wrath Call Of Duty 2 Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Call of Duty 5 (should be installed by Friday) Company Of Heroes Crysis Crysis : Warhead Pirates Hitman Blood Money Command & Conquer: Tiberium Wars FIFA 08 NFS Most Wanted Black Edition EA Sports Cricket 07 FIFA 09
I was searching for my next Casio watch and while going through the pros and cons of the various series including the one Protek that i had bought in 2013 and few others, I fell head over heels in love with the Gulf Master G530. That is when my search for reviews on the same started and I was initially surprised and later on appalled to see that there were barely any reviews that were specific to India and Indian conditions of harsh summers/winters. So here is my review of the watch for everyone who is a G-Shock fan and who are looking for a hands on user review.
Before I begin my review let me share the basic details about the watch. The GULFMASTER, G-SHOCK Series is designed and engineered with the maritime adventurer in mind. GULFMASTER includes the first G-SHOCK models to incorporate both Triple
Sensor Version 3 and Smart Access in the same watch. In addition to
barometric pressure, altitude, bearing, and temperature readings, these
new models also feature Tide Graph and Moon Age capabilities to help
keep you in close touch with your natural environment. Sudden extreme
changes in barometric pressure are alerted using a dial hand, LCD
display, and alarm. Double LED lighting illuminates the LCD, and also
adds a face light at 6 o’clock to keep information bright and easy to
read even in total darkness. The designs of these watches have been modeled after the look of shipboard instruments to create an attractive marine look.
The model number for the Indian watch is GWN-1000B-1. MRP: ₹ 32,995 (incl. of all taxes)
Indian Product Code：G530
Size of case : 44.9×55.8×16.2mm Total weight : 101g
Case / bezel material: Resin / Stainless steel Resin Band Shock Resistant Mineral Glass 200-meter water resistance
The author, Suraj Kothiyal, hails from Dehradun with his family roots belonging to the Himalya region. He has done his schooling from Dehradun. He has done his mechanical engineering and his MBA in marketing from Maharashtra. The blurb and sample chapters can be found here -https://amzn.to/2AuZmEb. You can also have a look at the book trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVzrBuJzt2I
This book is inspired by a popular folklore in Bali that talks of a
Hindu saint namely, Maharishi Markandeya, who came to Bali from India
and introduced Hinduism on the scenic island.
Moving on with the review:
When i first heard of this book, the first thought that I had in my mind was "What!! Another book on Indian Mythology". I must say when I picked this up for a read I was of the opinion that this book may just bore me with things that I already know or donot want to know more about.
Radhika Vyas Sharma is the author of Parikrama. Radhika’s writing credits include The Santa Clara Review, The San Francisco Chronicle, The San Jose Mercury News, The SoMa Literary Review, The Times of India, The Economic Times, India Currents, Khabar, Rediff-India Abroad, Little India, In the Fray.com, KQED FM’s Forum, Perspectives and Pacific Time, Curled Up With a Good Book.com among others. Currently at work on a novel, Radhika has volunteered for several nonprofits in the San Francisco Bay area over the past decade. Radhika and her family reside in the San Francisco Bay Area. (source: http://www.radhikavsharma.com/index.php/about-us)
As of this moment my Samsung S8 plus is downloading a whooping 600MB update. I checked yesterday and didnot see this update on the phone (OTA). Could this be Android 7.1.1? Keeping fingers crossed for a Indian Independence Day surprise by Samsung India!!!
I am glad to announce to all Samsung A9 Pro users in India that there is an approximately 147MB large update that is rolling out to all the qualified handsets. Yes, this update can be downloaded Over the Air (OTA).
I am as of writing this blog updating the handset. I will update this blog with further updates on how this will go and the change log. The Samsung pushed changed log said performance improvements.
Let us see what it is. Fingers crossed for Nougat.
By the way, I am not associated with either AMD or Acer India. This is my independent, unbiased review.
Why I started with a review of this laptop and the initial few things that prompted me to write this review are:
1) Incorrect Specifications on the product page at Amazon India
2) Lack of the details of this model on Acer website
3) Incredible performance of this laptop (especially at this pricepoint)
The sales package contains the following:
1) Aspire E5-553-T4PT Notebook with Lithium Ion Battery
2) AC Adapter
3) No OS CD (Why Acer could you not have provided a restore OS CD)
4) No Laptop Bag (I dont crave for it as it is anyways at a very economical pricepoint)
This laptop carries the model no - E5-553-T4PT & Part Number: NX.GESSI.003.
Processor - AMD APU Quad Core A10 9600P (this is a 7th Gen AMD processor, just launched in mid 2016) RAM - 4 GB DDR4 RAM (yes yes its a DDR4 RAM! Yaay) OS - 64 bit Windows 10 Operating System (yes legit OS) HDD - 1 TB HDD (its a 5400 rpm laptop drive) Optical Drive - Optical drive 8x DVD R/W (provides extra bay to replace the same with an additional HDD) Graphics - AMD integrated graphics - Radeon R5 Graphics Display - 15.6 inch Display 1366x768 WXGA resolution (Yes it is nothing to write home about, but still looks good) USB Type C port - Yes it is there (i have not seen any laptop at this price point provide this port) Price - Approximately INR 25000/- (cant think of all the features provided by any brand at this price in India) Warranty - On registering on Acer India website got an offer to upgrade the existing carry in warranty to the following:
1) New warranty upgrade to Accidental Damage Protection (ADP)
2) Free upgrade to 2nd and 3rd year warranty
All the above at INR 900/- inclusive of all taxes, extra payment by me (this is mind blowing. Anything like this for HP/Dell/Lenovo would have easily costed me INR 5000/- to 10,000/-.
