Many years have passed, but I can still vividly recall the excitement I felt when my father bought us our first computer, it was an Apple Macintosh; cream in colour, size of a small microwave, with a built-in monitor, and a mouse. There was nothing seemingly complicated about it, you could learn to use it just by following your intuition. Read more »
My dear readers, I am writing to you from New Jersey, and usually, I write about my reaction to things Bangladeshi. However, once in a great while, I will take on a local issue in the hopes that you there on the other side of the world can understand a little of what’s going on here. This week, I may venture into New York City to the Occupy Wall Street Protest. Read more »
A slender sword of steel is ready to hit the kneeling figure in white. The kneeler’s neck remains exposed. The man in a flowing white robe, dishdasha and a red-checked head cloth lowers the blade to hit the condemned’s neck; the victim’s body sways forward, snaps up, and collapses to the right. A physician sews the head back to the body and within five minutes, the body gets removed and the only one in the ‘Chop Chop’ square is the janitor cleaning the granite. Rest are all gone and the rest is history. Read more »
No one realised the confluence of technology, entertainment and design in digital products and transformed them into objects of desire more than Steve Jobs. The co-founder of Apple, who passed away at 56 from pancreatic cancer, will be remembered for his seminal contributions to technology with such products and entities Read more »
Here is the memory that came up when I heard Steve Jobs was dead, the image that’s probably stuck in my mind, the cover to the mental photo album that will inevitably be retrieved whenever someone talks about him. Read more »
One of the top beauty parlours of Bangladesh, Persona is in the spotlight and a spot of bother too. There has been an allegation that CCTV cameras were recording how the beautiful ladies of Dhaka were making themselves more beautiful in the spa. Read more »
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