Bringing out the Vintage Effect in Photoshop!

With all those profile pictures in Facebook showing the different effects, doesn't your heart crave for a similar effect? Well, the vintage effect is the something which you can see prominently in old photographs. The darkening of the corners, the tarnishing- may not look good in every picture, but produces a really great effect in others. This is the very reason photographers artificially create this effect using Photoshop. Have a look at how to do it...

Rating those Burgers!

On a Delhi trip recently, I survived the whole day only on Burgers. Considering the fact that each of them were from different places, and that I have probably no other work right now, I decided to rate them.

The Century

When I started this blog back in April '11, Tendulkar had 99 hundreds. I wondered if I could reach the hundredth post before Tendulkar completed his hundredth hundred. And then, I wanted to complete my century before Didier Drogba completed his century of Premier League goals for Chelsea! I wasn't successful in either of them, but it has been a wonderful journey nonetheless!

Predicting Chelsea Player Ratings in FIFA 13

With FIFA 13 to be released worldwide a little less than 10 days from now, and Chelsea being the defending champions and the currently leading the league, I thought it is time to predict the player ratings EA might assign to the first team.

5 Point (Annoying) Someone

You think being in an IIT is something like paradise? Think again! Here are a few annoying habits that I have noticed in almost every other fellow IITian.

What went wrong in the Super Cup?

A 4-1 win for Athletico Madrid is something which probably no one would have predicted! After defeating Napoli, Barcelona and then Bayern Munich, Chelsea lifted the Champions League trophy against all odds in May... Surely, no one must have seen this coming! Here is what I think must have gone wrong.

'Cause Nothing Lasts Forever

Indigo announces the departure of its flight 6E 236 to Delhi. Passengers are requested to proceed to gate no 2A for boarding.

I was at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Airport in Kolkata. As I heard this, I thought about the last two months that I spent in Didi's Sonar Bangla, something she is so desperately trying to convert to the 'London of the East'.

The Volkswagen Ride

During the time of convocation, all the hotels are booked in R-Land. On the night of 3rd August, 2012, it was no exception. As the plan had been made just a day before the chapo, IMG could get a hotel only as near as All Seasons, which is four kilometers from the campus. That doesn't seem much in a metro like Delhi, but hello, this was Roorkee! Go outside the cantonment area and you get nothing but a highway.

Walter Lewin: The Physics Crackerjack!

The most dangerous demonstration in my opinion!

A tall, lanky figure, with an Albert Einstein like hairstyle, you would probably think he has been taken right out of a sci-fi horror movie. Especially after he starts his demonstrations, you would start questioning his sanity. At 76, he is a well known figure in cyber space for his video lectures. Possibly the only three courses which keep MIT Open Course Ware running, this guy is one who truly loves Physics.

What Christopher Nolan got wrong?

 
The first day, first show of the Dark Knight Rises on the last day of my vacation. As the credits rolled, the fully packed hall gave a standing ovation. As I watched, I wondered whether it deserved this. No wonder, it was a fantastic movie, exceeding my expectations in terms of action and entertainment, but there were certain errors which most people would fail to detect.

WARNING: THIS IS NOT A REVIEW AND CONTAINS SPOILERS. DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED THE MOVIE.