http://www.browngeek.com sri varadarajan on stuff Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:01:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Over the last few weeks, four mysterious "water bubbles" started to appear on my iPhone's screen. They looked like dead-pixels, but slightly bigger. Since they did not hinder the performance of the touch screen, I largely ignored them. Then, a few days ago, one side of the iPhone's headphones stopped ... http://www.browngeek.com/2008/07/another-apple-a-day/ The best 20 minutes I have spent in a long time. Watched "The Story of Stuff". http://www.storyofstuff.com/ Buying "stuff" will never be the same again. http://www.browngeek.com/2008/05/the-story-of-stuff/ I completely cancelled all television as you know today. I switched to the television of tomorrow. TV, on demand. 100%. http://www.browngeek.com/2008/04/free-at-last/ Way back in September 2006, I tried the My Heritage's The Celebrity in Me face recognition program. You upload a close-up photo of your face and it runs some algos to figure out who you look like. I was disappointed to see that I did not know who the top ... http://www.browngeek.com/2008/03/obama-looks-like-me/ I love Apple products. But today I hate one product - the iPhone Developer program. I applied for a beta developer certificate and I receive this email - Thank you for expressing interest in the iPhone Developer Program. We have received your enrollment request. As this time, the iPhone Developer ... http://www.browngeek.com/2008/03/apple-love-hate-relationship/ 08Feb2008: Analysis: Obama has advantage in head-to-head with McCain In the CNN poll, Obama leads McCain by 8 points, 52 percent to 44 percent. That's outside the margin of error, meaning that Obama has the lead. And in the Time poll, Obama leads McCain by 7 points, 48 percent to 41 ... http://www.browngeek.com/2008/02/not-so-subliminial/ A few months ago, I was toying with the idea of getting a PS3. Not for its great gaming prowess - my short gaming life was over a while ago (I played the Halo Series, and nothing else) - but for its Blu-Ray player. The PS3 is the best ... http://www.browngeek.com/2008/01/hd-format-wars-who-cares/ Wish you all a productive and successful 2008. Enjoy! http://www.browngeek.com/2008/01/2008/ Elephants on Acid: ...if they were going to give an elephant LSD they'd better not give it too little... The Masked Tickler: ... he donned a 30-centimetre by 40-centimetre cardboard mask, while as a further precaution maintaining a "smileless, sober expression" behind it. Then he tickled his son in a predetermined pattern... Check these ... http://www.browngeek.com/2007/12/dr-bizarre/ When I think of wine-tasting, Napa and Sonoma are the first places that come to mind. While they are beautiful and have some of my favorite wineries, the drive there is upwards of 100 minutes. That makes the wine-tasting a full day trip. I didn't really mind that until I ... http://www.browngeek.com/2007/11/to-wineries-in-30-minutes/