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Wed, 01 May 2013 14:09:35 +0530

My homescreen.

The complete quips of Mad Men’s Roger Sterling

Wed, 01 May 2013 13:58:31 +0530

The complete quips of Mad Men’s Roger Sterling:

“I had drinks with Mohawk. I sat down with two of them, and I swear by the end there were three.” (S5, E3)

"Well, I learned a long time ago to not get all my satisfaction from this job."

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:26:19 +0530

“Well, I learned a long time ago to not get all my satisfaction from this job.”

- Joan, Mad Men

Now You See Me - Trailer. I want to know what’s going on...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:00:40 +0530

Now You See Me - Trailer.

I want to know what’s going on (desperately), so it works.

"When a man walks into a room, he brings his whole life with him. He has a million reasons for being..."

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:58:28 +0530

“When a man walks into a room, he brings his whole life with him. He has a million reasons for being anywhere. Just ask him. If you listen, he’ll tell you how he got there, how he forgot where he was going and then he woke up. If you listen, he’ll tell you about the time he thought he was an angel or dreamt of being perfect. And then he’ll smile with wisdom, content that he realised the world isn’t perfect. We’re flawed because we want so much more. We’re ruined because we get these things and wish for what we had.”

- Don Draper, Mad Men

I’ve started using VSCO cam’s iOS app and have really taken to...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:35:00 +0530

I’ve started using VSCO cam’s iOS app and have really taken to it.

The Legend of Chris Kyle

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:18:07 +0530

The Legend of Chris Kyle:

This article would make a great film, here’s a taste of it.

There’s a story about Chris Kyle: on a cold January morning in 2010, he pulled into a gas station somewhere along Highway 67, south of Dallas. He was driving his supercharged black Ford F350 outfitted with black rims and oversize knobby mudding tires. Kyle had replaced the Ford logo on the grill with a small chrome skull, similar to the Punisher emblem from the Marvel Comics series, and added a riot-ready aftermarket grill guard bearing the words ROAD ARMOR. He had just left the Navy and moved back to Texas.

Two guys approached him with pistols and demanded his money and the keys to his truck. With his hands in the air, he sized up which man seemed most confident with his gun.

Kyle knew what confidence with a gun looked like. He was the deadliest sniper in American history. He had at least 160 confirmed kills by the Pentagon’s count, but by his own count—and the accounts of his Navy SEAL teammates—the number was closer to twice that. In his four tours of duty in Iraq, Kyle earned two Silver Stars and five Bronze Stars with Valor. He survived six IED attacks, three gunshot wounds, two helicopter crashes, and more surgeries than he could remember. He was known among his SEAL brethren as The Legend and to his enemies as al-Shaitan, “the devil.”

He told the robbers that he just needed to reach back into the truck to get the keys. He turned around and reached under his winter coat instead, into his waistband. With his right hand, he grabbed his Colt 1911. He fired two shots under his left armpit, hitting the first man twice in the chest. Then he turned slightly and fired two more times, hitting the second man twice in the chest. Both men fell dead.

Kyle leaned on his truck and waited for the police.

When they arrived, they detained him while they ran his driver’s license. But instead of his name, address, and date of birth, what came up was a phone number at the Department of Defense. At the other end of the line was someone who explained that the police were in the presence of one of the most skilled fighters in U.S. military history. When they reviewed the surveillance footage, the officers found the incident had happened just as Kyle had described it. They were very understanding, and they didn’t want to drag a just-home, highly decorated veteran into a messy legal situation.

It’s worth reading all of it.

Facebook Home

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:58:00 +0530

Facebook Home:

Introducing Facebook Home, a family of apps that puts your friends at the heart of your phone.

A Place Beyond the Pines – tweets

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 15:36:41 +0530

At the movies, watching ‘A Place Beyond the Pines’. At the halfway point now, wishing it were more gripping.
— Vihan Shah (@VihanShah) April 13, 2013

So it was more of a Bradley Cooper ft. Ryan Gosling. But the second half more than made up for the lack in pace and interest in the first.
— Vihan Shah (@VihanShah) April 13, 2013

"Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’t edit your own soul according to..."

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 18:00:36 +0530

“Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’t edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.”

- Franz Kafka

Quentin Tarantino interviewed

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 15:58:00 +0530

Tarantino was interviewed thrice by Playboy magazine.

First in 1994, two years after his directorial debut, “Reservoir Dogs”; the second time in 2003 and the third after his latest directorial venture, “Django Unchained”.

The 1994 interview can be found here.

The 2003 interview can be found here.

The 2013 interview can be found here.

Read them in order, you’ll notice how he’s changed over the years.

Why student films often suck

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:00:34 +0530

Why student films often suck:

“The second most common reason I see for student films that turn out poorly is that the student’s reach exceeds their grasp. They try to tell stories that are too twisty, they use techniques that are too complex.”

Never has there been better advice for me.

What's this blog about anyway?

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:29:27 +0530

So I haven’t posted in some time, both on this blog and Seeking North.

It’s mostly because of the apprenticeship I’ve taken up at a film studio, but also because I haven’t been taking any photographs lately. And I know it’s not the way it should be, but it is.

I want to change that though. I want to have my camera on person wherever I go, I want to capture the things I see. Seeking North began with that idea, but became more of a portfolio website - and I hated that. So back to it’s roots.

This blog though should be a place where everything I love or find interesting on the web is posted.

Hopefully the things that interest me, interest others too.

Nicolas Winding Refn’s (of ‘Drive’ fame)...

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:03:00 +0530

Nicolas Winding Refn’s (of ‘Drive’ fame) latest, ‘Only God Forgives’ (*ing Ryan Gosling, Kristin Scott Thomas) gets it’s first trailer.

And it looks fantastic! Not much one can gather from it, besides the fact that it’s beautifully shot and sometimes that’s enough.

betype: Ira Glass Quote

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 11:13:56 +0530

betype:

Ira Glass Quote

"I dream for a living."

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:56:13 +0530

“I dream for a living.”

- Steven Spielberg

Photo

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:13:18 +0530

Excerpt from the blog of Seth Godin

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:54:55 +0530

“Fitting in more than anyone else” doesn’t work, even in high school. Seeking to be the most average, the most non-descript and the most inoffensive doesn’t lead to growth.

“More informed” wears out too. If you get more news, faster, via Twitter, say, you’re not going to have a significant advantage over someone who has just enoughnews. Understanding what every single person is saying about everything, all the time, leaves you little opportunity to actually make something.

Having more on your to-do list probably isn’t the best idea either.

Suit and Tie - Official Lyric Video.

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:27:48 +0530

Suit and Tie - Official Lyric Video.

Awesome People Hanging Out Together

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:16:13 +0530

Awesome People Hanging Out Together:

One of the best blogs on Tumblr right now.