Pitch black. No, that’s not right. It wasn’t pitch black. There was a pattern. A glittering, shimmering pattern hanging in the darkness, spreading out in every direction, enveloping every inch of vision. A pattern of minute, flickering blue dots, of brighter balls of fire, and swirling smoky spirals of the same stuff. There was some …
Month: July 2006
What’s a Rule?
Here's a picture I came up with in Photoshop. I'm not trying to fool you here into believing I'm much of an expert at these. All I did was pick up the net and the football (separately) from the internet, put them together with some text, and apply some effects here and there. But I have …
Tell me something…
I stared at the busy crossing. There was a red light, and the line of cars was whining to get going. The afternoon sun was beating down on the city and the traffic policeman who stood on the stand was visibly tired and in a bad mood. I stood on the pavement with her and …
Reboot
Critical security error. The system will reboot in approximately the following time. Please save all work in progress and log off. For more information, click this message. Alan Ashbird stared dumbfounded at the computer screen, watching the tiny counter count down slowly and inevitably to 00:00, followed by the shutdown sequence. After thirty seconds, …
Government Blocks Blog Domains
Yes. The honorable Government of India has blocked access to a number of leading blog hosting domains, including the vastly popular Blogspot. The reason? It wanted to block sites related to terrorist activities. Now connect that with Blogspot, and you could get a seat in the Parliament for yourself. We, the people of India, are …
One Life 