Archives for October 2007
Paul Potts: Nessun Dorma
I was looking for Pavarotti’s Nessun Dorma and stumbled upon this. I thought surely this guy is going to be some sort of joke …
You have just got to check it out for yourself.
OLED TV
Previously I wrote about how computers need to have displays that can be rolled up or folded before they can begin to displace books and newspapers. That day may come sooner than we think.
According to this article in the Economist, Sony has started selling organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TV sets. OLEDs manage to combine the […]
Shattered Window
Yesterday evening as I was driving home from work a stone hit my side window and completely shattered it. The stone came from a guy cutting the grass by the roadside.
I would like to focus on the bright side: first, imagine what would have happened if the window had been open, and the stone were […]
There is only Now
Someone sent me the following text message. It seemed a shame to delete it so I’m reproducing it here.
Are you worried? Do you have many what if thoughts? You are identified with your mind, which is projecting itself in an imaginary future situation and creating fear. There is no way you can cope with such […]
Managing Expectations for a Happy Life
Sometimes life sucks. And there are lots of things in life over which we have no control whatsoever. But by proper management of expectations the world can immediately become a better place.
The reason we become disappointed is because things don’t turn out as expected. So if we expect bad things to happen, we’ll be happy […]