I said there will be a post on Robots. I lied.

Car lessons began a few days ago after a week's delay and I finally get to drive around town at 60 Kmph. 4 days into the lessons and I can already drive smoothly without any apprehension about breaking the gear by changing it without pressing the clutch. By now, I have cruised around (in the Learning Car, ofcourse; without the Learner's License, ofcourse) India Gate, Shanti Path, Vasant Vihar, Saket, etc. Let's just say that actually driving a car on road is way off than driving it on a PSP. On a PSP you don't have to worry about getting deported after snuffing up someone. When I asked my driver-teacher about it ("What would happen if I rammed someone's car while learning?"), he distractedly assured me by saying, "Satija will take care of it". Anyway, on the whole it has been a memorable experience and lets hope my father allows me to drive the family cars (1 Indigo, 2 Esteems) soon.

In other news, I bought a Nokia N70 and it was worth every penny spent. For the un-initiated, what makes this mobile really articulate is its twin cameras (one on front, other on the back). Although the front camera isn't very clear still it is useful while taking pictures of yourself; and Nokia programmers have rightly named the behind camera as the "main" camera. Apart from the cameras, the mobile is useful in other ways as well (Yahoo Go!, Mobile Blogging, for instance). The picture and video quality is excellent, and I really mean it: It is excellent. I recently recorded a better part of the Ecuador vs. Costa Rica match (from TV to Mobile) and while watching it on the mobile, it seemed like I was watching it on a camcorder. Perhaps this makes the mobile's worth of Rs. 18,000.

- AG.