The clock strikes 8 and pandemonium reigns. The objective — to get to the college bus on time, well sometime close to ‘on time’.

A tradition that started in the 1500s when people who stubbornly refused to accept the Gregorian calendar were ridiculed for being “fools” seems to have gradually lost its sheen.

March 17 saw the launch of another app for the iOS. Pixelate 2.0 runs on the iPhone, the iPad and the iPod Touch and is touted to be another step towards the future.

Visiting my alma mater last week, I caught up with a junior running down the long college corridor, clutching a stack of papers requiring signatures. It brought back a sense of déjà vu.

A week has already passed and the New Year wishes are still being exchanged. Time spins and weaves its magic unfolding new trends and fashions purging the old. This New Year the next best thing consists of five letters — S.K.Y.P.E.

Three years ago when Orkut was still the in-thing, there was a quiet buzz about belonging to a more exclusive network. Not everyone knew about it and even lesser were invited.

There is a scene in the movie Deathly Hallows where ‘He Who Must Not Be Named’ corners Harry and asks him, “Why do you live?” To which Harry replies, “Because I have something worth living for!”

This cricket season has been longing for action for some time now. Two test matches between India and New Zealand have already been played and both ending in a draw leaves the Bangalore test match to be the decider. Even on the fifth day of the Hyderabad match, my father was hopeful that if India got New Zealand all out before

Michael Jackson became the richest dead celebrity last week. The legend who’s days ended as he grappled with debt and depression earned more than $250 million last year. And this is not tallying up the proceeds from the sales of the documentary This is It and the projected profits from the highly-anticipated release of Michael — a collection of previously unheard tracks!