This is a must watch.. Lin-manuel Miranda performs in front of the Prez.
August 31, 2010
Presidential Rap
May 21, 2010
May 8, 2010
Movie Shot on SLR Camera
These are exciting times if you are a movie maker. You can make awesome looking movies even on SLR cameras these days. Here is a movie that was shot using Canon D7 camera. It is really mindblowing in terms of picture quality even when shooting at the night time. It has a nice depth of field which gives it the film look. You don’t need a lot of money to make professional looking movies if you know the craft of movie makiing.
Nocturne from Vincent Laforet on Vimeo.
March 6, 2010
Seasons of Life - A poem
This poem is written by my daughter and her friends. I really like it.
Seasons of Life
As time ticks by, the days progress
So crisp and fresh, the autumn breeze
Twirls around or sprints in gusts
Through the shifting trees
The leaves, the leaves, they once were lithe
Now they flutter to the ground
Brittle and stiff, the leaves have transformed
Without making a sound
The warm days of summer are past
Though autumn is also a scene of beauty
Yet because nothing lasts and everything changes
The days are edged with melancholy
As time ticks by, the days progress
One by one, the leaves fall down
The branches grow bare and the landscape clears out
Until white snow is all that can be found
February 24, 2010
Sachin Tendulkar Makes History
Today history was made in Cricket. Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendular became the world’s fisrt cricketer to score 200 hundred runs in a one day international when he made exactly 200 (not out) against South Africa at Gwalior in a 50 over match.
Tendulkar underlined his sensational class with a double century in Gwalior
This is is his 46th century (100 runs) in ODIs to go with his 47 centuries in test cricket. That is 93 in total. He has scored 10 of those 93 centuires in the last 12 months in just 34 innings! He scored a century in each of his last 4 test matches. Will he reach 100 centuries this year itself? May be not, but it is mind boggling to me that he seems to be playing his best in his 20th year of playing international cricket.
We all can learn a lot from him about dedication and single minded focus over a long period of time.
Cricketers around the world poured in with praise on this feat.
February 9, 2010
Lemonade Movie
Here is a documentary about following your dreams. It is a bit too long but watchable.
February 7, 2010
Google Super Bowl Ad
it is very unlike Google to buy Super Bowl Ads, but that’s exactly what they did today. The Ad is very Google like in creativity.
January 14, 2010
Travel Break
I am currently traveling for the next two weeks, so postings would be sporadic.
January 4, 2010
3 Idiots Movie
We watched the new Hindi release 3 Idiots this evening. This movie has gathered a lot of buzz and several of my friends recommended it. It was based on Chetan Bhagat’s novel ‘Five point someone - what not to do at IIT’. Since I went to school at IIT I could relate to some of the scenes and chareacters in the movie.
All in all it was an enjoyable movie with a nice story and good theme. But it did not blow me away. It was a bit too cheesy in some parts for my taste and 30 to 45 mins too long. It is bound to happen when the director also edits the movie. Directors tend to fall in love with the scenes they shoot so have a hard time cutting them out. The movie packed a bit too much Bollywood formula. The core story was good and different enough that it should have veered away from regular Bollywood shtick. I feel it had much more potential but underachieved.