Useless Stuff

Every now and then, you get something totally unexpected on youtube which you just have to keep a note of somewhere.  Below video is a wonderful example of such serendipity. I was looking at a “Think Different” video where someone had taken the famous images and put in a rather familiar background music which I recognized as being from the movie “Amelie”.  Looking through the comments I found out the name and a quick search revealed this video.  Not only is the music timeless here as it is anywhere else, but it seems to keep up with the visuals so well, you could swear it was meant for it. Long story short, great usage of the music in this short video!    

There are ads and there are ads.  I remember seeing the “Think Different” ads for the first time a lifetime ago in Time magazine.  Getting the international (US) version of Time in Bangladesh back in the early 1990s was certainly no easy matter and it was a privilege I treasured.  Not really because I loved to read the news but because I loved to go over the amazing advertisements……..  What can I say there was no internet, no cell phones, no PSPs or whatever, so entertainment options were a lot more limited.   The Think Different ads, were actually different in that you did not see the product in many of them – simply pictures of the famous people.  It was innovative and it was the text which really blew me away.  Even after all these years, the lines of the ad are certain to move you.  It is as memorable today as it was then, and will remain so forever as the theme is universal and time will not diminish the impact of it.  Credit to Apple and the ad agency for coming up with a theme

As is the case every year, another year is gone and seems to have disappeared even faster than the previous year.  Often we think where did the time go, and what did I actually do?  Well thanks to the magic of digital photographs, we have a way to document some of the happier times of the year. So here we go, some of my favorite pictures from each month of the year.  January, 2010   Baba’s birthday – January 5   February, 2010 24th February, 2010 – Great sight of a vehicle less Airport Road   Best time for a walk around the neighbourhood   Great trip to Bhutan in February.  Plenty of sights such as this one on offer.  One of my favorite shots, I like to call this Pepper version 2.0       Not too shabby a pic – even if i do say so myself…..       March 2010   12th March, 2010 - Visiting Chennai, found this place coming back from the World Heritage Monument, Mahabalipuram, this was so much better!  Great place to roam around and see beautiful sights. And no