http://insanityworks.org/randomtangent Ninety degrees of randomness Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:37:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So, after much research and analysis I bought myself a Cowon S9 mp3 player which arrived in the mail yesterday: [Source: Trusted Reviews] Why a new MP3 Player? I’ve been wanting to buy myself a new MP3 player for a while now. The iriver E100 that I have is decent enough, but it ... http://insanityworks.org/randomtangent/2010/02/13/i-bought-myself-a-cowon-s9-mp3-player/ So earlier this month I was fortunate enough to see one of my favourite musicians, Moby, live in concert (with opening acts Kelli Scarr and Tim & Jean) at the Palace Theatre in Melbourne. This was probably the best concert I have ever attended. Yes, it was even ... http://insanityworks.org/randomtangent/2010/01/31/moby-live-in-melbourne/ I'm done with the first phase of my comprehensive data backup plan. In this phase I backed-up all of my data (about 180GB of it) and all of Nadia's data (about 60GB) to our network attached storage drive. That got completed last night. For those of you who missed it a few ... http://insanityworks.org/randomtangent/2010/01/21/data-backup-plan-phase-i-complete/ I heard just now that Asim Butt (1978-2010), my friend and classmate from LUMS, committed suicide on Friday. (I've been offline for the last couple of days.) I didn't know Asim as well as I would have liked to but...well, I had always assumed I'd meet up with him some time ... http://insanityworks.org/randomtangent/2010/01/17/rest-in-peace-asim-butt/ My favourite TED talk used to be ‘Benjamin Zander on Music and Passion’ (a.k.a. classical music with shining eyes). It is now Chimamanda Adichie taking about ‘The Danger of a Single Story’: You can find out more about Adichie on her Wikipedia page. ... http://insanityworks.org/randomtangent/2010/01/09/danger-of-a-single-story-ted-talks-africa-stories-from-pakistan/ TV.com’s Stefanie Lee recently published an article called ‘The 15 Most Influential Shows of the Decade’. It’s a good list – and the following shows are on it – but I recommend you read the article to see exactly why they’ve been selected (including where they came from ... http://insanityworks.org/randomtangent/2010/01/01/tv-coms-15-most-influential-shows-of-the-decade/ I’ve recently started following Michael Blamey’s Today in Melbourne photo blog and it’s really quite good. Since then I’ve gone and looked for other Melbourne photo blogs and here are the ones I found so far: Today in Melbourne [Michael Blamey] ... http://insanityworks.org/randomtangent/2009/12/31/melbourne-photo-blogs/ My blogging has been sporadic of late (I’ve been very busy at work) so here’s a quick catch-up on all the exciting things that have been happening in my life recently. This works quickest as a Q&A. Q: How’s life? A: It’s going well: ... http://insanityworks.org/randomtangent/2009/12/31/recent-life-recap/ I saw James Cameron’s ‘Avatar’ last week and I liked it. The Cinematic Experience I liked it because it was entertaining, immersive, and beautifully shot. I loved the 3-D effects and did, eventually, get used to wearing the 3-D glasses for that long a time (once I figured ... http://insanityworks.org/randomtangent/2009/12/31/my-thoughts-on-avatar/ There are very few songs that affect me deeply in an emotional (and almost physical) way. Saieen Zahoor and Noori performing a modern rendition of Bulleh Shah’s ‘Aik Alif’ at Coke Studio earlier this year is certainly one of them. This is my song of the year, if ... http://insanityworks.org/randomtangent/2009/12/30/song-of-the-year-aik-alif-by-saieen-zahoor-noori/