i live by myself
with emptiness
unsung feelings
un-happened moments
murmuring darkness
i ponder in silence
numbness in thoughts
unspoken words
entangling breath
suffocating mind
i sleep in turmoil
with crumpled dreams
shrinking solitudes
suffocating desires
filling the blanks
Monday, April 20, 2009
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Saturday, April 11, 2009
INDIA: Peter Bil'ak
On the way back to Europe, we had dinner at Indigo, Mumbai’s fine fusion of European and Indian cuisine. Just ten minutes later we were taking a taxi to the airport, and instead of the usual Mumbai marine drive, the driver took the Dharavi route because of the congested traffic. Minutes after leaving Colaba, the cosmopolitan mix of cultures, we are sucked into Asia’s largest slums. We stare out of the window and have difficulties digesting our dinner. Nothing could create a bigger contrast to the sophisticated atmosphere of the restaurant, where elegantly dressed Indians mix with European expats and tourists. From just outside the car we were offered an extremely disturbing look at the other reality of today’s India, alarming poverty and overpopulation. We had seen poor suburbs of Mumbai before, but the hour long drive through the slums was overpowering. The driver sped up, trying to spare us the sight, almost hitting the kids living in the tiny makeshift houses built on the road. The ride combined with the troubling scenery made me feel physically unwell. All the impressions of India came together, the new opportunities, the fast growing economy, the reality of the slums, the kindness of people, the eagerness to improve, and the resignation to fate. India is a country where all these contrasts coexist and if you see only one part it simply means that you ignored the others.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Design+Sustainability: Microsoft Sustainability
The future will be eco-friendly and extremely technological, that’s what Microsoft is promissing in its new video, Microsoft Sustainability, a collaboration between Seattle’s Oh Hello and the company.
The video is a glimpse of their future projects, like the one they presented at the end of 2007 called Surface which doesn’t relay on the use of a keyboard or a mouse for interaction, rather using its 30 inch screen for connectivity. To connect the computer with a cellphone, for example, you just have to put it on top of the screen.
More than just touchscreen, augmented reality and millions of technologies will be developed to make life easier, so that until 2019 the world will be much more eco-friendly.
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