Shahryar Rizvi’s blog
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Have a Happy 2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JPqD2mLyJg] I wish everyone a happy new year with a song I listen to when anticipating a new year. The modern world isn’t perfect. But we’ve been privelidged to experience an exciting era in history. I wouldn’t trade this era for another and I look forward to greater events and experiences to come.
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9 Major Stories Everyone Got Wrong This Year | Cracked.com
9 Major Stories Everyone Got Wrong This Year | Cracked.com.
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links for 2010-12-25
Photo Fakery? Did ELLE India Lightened Bollywood Star's Skin? ELLE magazine has been accused again of lightening the skin of the woman pictured on its cover, Aishwarya Rai. (tags: gender race media)
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links for 2010-12-24
Jaron Lanier –The Hazards of Nerd Supremacy (tags: politics internet culture) Socialists Tell Americans to Eat Their Veggies So here's my question for every politician who has ever riled up an audience with the notion that liberals will “force” people to eat their vegetables: Why is it okay to encourage people to buy junk food […]
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The Problem With… Coldplay’s Christmas Lights – Dallas Music – DC9 At Night
The Problem With… Coldplay’s Christmas Lights – Dallas Music – DC9 At Night.
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links for 2010-12-20
The Bipartisanship Racket – NYTimes.com Yet what’s most disturbing about No Labels is that its centrist, no doubt well-intentioned leaders seem utterly clueless about why Americans of all labels are angry: the realization that both parties are bought off by special interests who game the system and stack it against the rest of us. Indeed, […]
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links for 2010-12-19
Stewart: Aljazeera Pays More Attention to First Responders than Senate Republicans, US Networks | Informed Comment The Republican Party has since September 11, 2001, been absolutely insufferable in invoking those attacks at every possible moment for every possible reason, and in trying to portray themselves as better than other people precisely because they demagogue this […]
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TRON: Legacy Review
I saw TRON: Legacy Friday night. I saw it in 3D. I may try and see it again in IMAX. As a sci-fi nerd, I was attracted to the neon-and-vector visual design. The effects coupled with the design delivered astonishing scenes. I also enjoyed Daft Punk's soundtrack, a mix of orchestral and electronic genres — […]
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links for 2010-12-17
The Internet Problem: when an abundance of choice becomes an issue | Technology | guardian.co.uk My internet problem is the one so many of us struggle with: how do you choose when the constraints of geography, income and circumstance disappear? What goes in a playlist when all the music ever recorded is one click away? […]
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The Problem With… Bruno Mars’ “Grenade” – Dallas Music – DC9 At Night
The Problem With… Bruno Mars’ “Grenade” – Dallas Music – DC9 At Night. I’m thinking of doing a new Christmas song for next week.
Got any book recommendations?