“Television”, or in its current avatar “netflix” and “youtube” or whatever new fad exists these days, is really the modern day opium and alcohol. David Foster Wallace understood this. So did Don DeLillo. I have only recently started noticing this pernicious qua . . . Read more

I have been reading Stephen Fry’s Making History and it got me thinking about history and my hate-love relationship with it. Growing up, there was a hierarchy of subjects at school. Maths, “science 1&rd . . . Read more

I used to love watching Ted Talks, but of late I think the institution has very much lost its way and its originality and has become overly preachy and full of generic platitudes. It is great then to come across a Ted talk that I feel happy to share. . . . Read more

I haven’t used any Microsoft product since I came to the US. I fleetingly toyed with the idea of using Windows 10 but having seen the glory days of Windows 98 I just could not tolerate this monstrosity. I stumbled upon . . . Read more

"I know what I'm about son." Ron Swanson is the simply the best Swanson. I watch all kinds of comedy and I lo . . . Read more

The running high is like having a prolonged orgasm. I have a love-hate relationship with running. At the core of it, it is an extremely repetitive act, you’re doing one thing and one thing only, but then it is this simplicity of action that puts you in a trance. If you’re like . . . Read more

When I was making this blog I fidgeted around a lot with the style, trying to make it look pretty but I just couldn’t get it right. Until I realized that what makes a lot of websites pretty are the blank spaces. This is, in fact, true for almost all art forms. All good movies have th . . . Read more

I’ve recently been spending a lot of time thinking about what I want to do with my life. Turns out this is a really hard question. The biggest difficulty is probably trying to understand what it means to do something with your life. Right now I’m coming back from a dan . . . Read more

I came home today from the gym all sweaty and smelly and quite content. As I threw my bags on the bed and settled down, I had a great urge to open up my laptop and check something online. Lately I’ve been becoming increasing aware of this internet addiction that seems more and more unavoida . . . Read more

I love words. I found this . . . Read more