The Importance of Being Idle Arnav's Armchair Analysis

Music Mondays

I. Hate. Mondays. I’m sure I’m not the only one. To make them slightly better, I’ve decided to write about and recommend a song that I like every Monday. They might not be for everyone, but even if they make even one person’s Monday slightly better, I’ve achieved what I set out to achieve. The first one in the series is up....


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Things of the Year, 2014 Edition

As 2014 comes to a close, I wanted to look back at all the various things that have been released this year and make a list of my “Things of the Year.” I hope you agree with at least some of these choices! App of the Year (iOS) - Overcast I've been listening to podcasts for around 4 years now. During this period, I've used quite a few (three) podcast apps as my primary app. I started off by using the podcast app/solution that Apple shipped (initially the tab in the Music app and then the standalone Podcasts app...


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An Illustrated History of Mac OS X

Even though I jumped in only during the Snow Leopard days, this makes me slightly nostalgic. It's a really well thought out illustration, something that everyone should see. (Also, it's a fantastic marketing tactic. Bravo, Git Tower!)...


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Watch Chronicles 2: Sistem51 Replaces the Pebble

In a previous post, I detailed how the Pebble greatly impacted my life. As someone with compulsive shopping habits, I decided to shake things up a little bit and it made for an extremely strange experience. When Swatch announced the Sistem51 at Baselworld 2013, there was a lot of buzz surrounding it. I was perfectly happy with my Pebble and didn’t pay much attention to it. All this changed when my news-catchers picked up some mentions of the Sistem51 around the time it was announced that it would go on sale in the US. I read a TechCrunch review...


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