Archive for May, 2008

Sex and the City

When I lived in California, I didn’t have cable. So I didn’t follow and actually couldn’t watch Sex and the City. Then one day, my friend Amy introduced me to the show. I was instantly hooked. I went and bought the DVDs of all the prior seasons and watched them back-to-back. We’d often get together […]

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New York’s message: have a rich life

Paul Graham’s article about cities focuses on Cambridge, Silicon Valley and New York. Each city, according to Graham, sends a message:
Cambridge says “you should be smarter” - it is the city of intellect, the city of ideas.
Silicon Valley says “you should be more powerful” - it is the city of startups.
New York says “you should […]

Aww(ful) Indy…

One word captures Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - terrible. No, I am not going to couch it. It was really that bad.
I wanted to like it. I really did. On the day it released, I bought my tickets and went for the 11PM show. All I wanted was Indy - […]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Aww(ful) Indy…”, url: “http://tatvam.com/blog/2008/05/26/awwful-indy/” });

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Opera - in a theater near you

Watching an opera at The Met is an incredible experience. But not everyone lives in New York. This past year was the second season where people could watch the operas, live, in theaters.
The Met’s transmissions of eight live performances to movie theaters reached 908,000 people, more than the total number who attended performances at the […]

The first female president

This article in the NY Times makes a bunch of interesting points -
That woman will come from the South, or west of the Mississippi. She will be a Democrat who has won in a red state, or a Republican who has emerged from the private sector to run for governor. She will have executive experience, […]

Piracy PSA

This is the best Privacy PSA evah. Maybe you have to have watched Superbad to find it funny though…

<a href=”http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/3522ad043c” mce_href=”http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/3522ad043c”>”Piracy PSA” with Christopher Mintz-Plasse</a> on <a href=”http://www.funnyordie.com/” mce_href=”http://www.funnyordie.com/”>FunnyOrDie.com</a>
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What is up with eBay employees?

Every time I post on Craigslist for a part-time position for Web work (coding, design, etc.) I get a ton of replies from CURRENT eBay employees who all say they can work up to 20 hours a week on moonlighting freelance. One person we hired for a facebook application was absolutely horrendous - but […]

RSS fun

I’m trying some RSS importing tricks. So my blog and my feed may be a bit… temperamental for a few days. Please bear with me through this tinkering.

Goldfrapp’s Happiness Video

This is a very, very cool video. Kudos to director Dougal Wilson.

This video seems like it is one single take. But it isn’t.
How many cuts can you find?
And if you like the song, here are the lyrics -
Join our group and you will find
Harmony and peace of mind
Make it better
We’re here to welcome you
We’re all […]

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Great Urban Race

Then came a crucial moment: the second scavenger-hunt clue was to either 1) get a $500 bill from Monopoly, or 2) get a picture of ten people within arms-reach of an ad for Grand Theft Auto IV. Chris knew of a toy store about a half-block off our path; I rushed in and was […]