In Time

For a few to be immortal many must die.



The film is set in the future where genetic mutation allows people to stop aging and live forever, but there's a catch. Once a person is 25 years old they stop aging however they only get one more year to live. So they have to earn time to live longer. Hence time is the new currency, and the amount of time a person has available is displayed on their left hand. This time can be transferred and if one runs out of time a person dies instantly.

The world is divided into time zones based on the wealth (measured in time) possessed by people. The poor live in ghettos and work in factories and only managing to earn time to survive for a day or so. While the rich live in huge cities with centuries at their disposal with many bodyguards to protect them.

When Time is money, there's gonna be theft. There are gangs that steal money from people, a particular one called MinuteMen. Where there are thieves there's gonna be cops, they're called Timekeepers.

This movie is based in this complex time based world. The hero is a factory worker from the ghetto living with his 50 year old mother although she still looks 25. They're living on daily wages with loans to pay, rent etc. One day the hero saves the life of a wealthy 105 year old person from MinuteMen who isn't happy living forever and gives his century long time to our hero and times himself out (commits suicide). That evening his mother is unable to take the bus to get home as there is a hike in the fare and gets timed out just as she meets her son. The hero is completely helpless with a century of time at his disposal but unable to save his mother. He then sets out to Greenwich to disrupt the system.

I'm not gonna include any spoilers so you can watch the movie yourself and enjoy it. You've gotta watch it, before you run out of Time.

Comments policy changed

Recently I've been getting a lot of spam comments, you know the one's which have a generic statement about how the like your post and a completely unrelated link attached. It's obvious to anyone who reads it that the comment is link spam. I guess there is a gang of spammers who share information about posts where they can post spam easily and my blog was being targeted so I had to turn off all comments here.

I've finally managed to remove them and comments are now back online. So the real people can start commenting again. I'm sorry to have blocked all comments but it was essential, kinda like the Phoenix that rises from its ashes, I hope to improve comments here.

I've turned off the annoying captcha, yes I hate it too, but as a trade off all comments will be moderated. I hope this will deter spammers when they see that their comments are not being published, and they'll just let this blog be.

I'm looking forward to some genuine comments now, don't disappoint me.

Quick Chat

Hello everybody!

I know I've been away for a long time and only post here sporadically but the fact that there are people reading this blog is the reason I've kept this domain online. A big thank you to all the readers who keep visiting my blog. I would appreciate if you would leave a comment so we can chat. Also you can catch me on twitter @selurus, I'm on twitter almost every waking hour, but don't worry I'm not addicted. It's all under control.

I would be moving this blog to a self hosted wordpress blog as soon as my issue with PayPal is sorted. I have already contacted them and hopefully they will fix the bug in their verification system and grant me full access soon.

I'm considering hosting my blog with HostGator, 'cos I've heard a lot of good stories about them and also some of my blogger friends are hosting there. So this blog would be moving soon.

Well that's it for now. See ya on twitter. Bye :)

My first Android phone

Just a couple of days ago I bought a new phone, LG Optimus One.

This is a very different phone than the ones I've used previously. It's my first touch screen mobile. It has a capacitive touch screen so no need for a stylus and the touch response is pretty good. The only other touch phone I've used is the Samsung Corby and all I can say is that the LG Optumus One is in a different league altogether.

This phone does not have a physical keyboard and typing on a touch screen isn't easy, atleast if you're new to it. Luckily I came across a post on Overjoid and got the Gingerbread keyboard from the Android Market and I'm being saved by the auto complete and auto correct feature, else I wouldn't dream of writing this post.

The reason I bought this phone is because I wanted to try Android,and I am really impressed. It's so easy to use. Finding and installing new applications is such a breeze. And there are so many free apps to use, is simply amazing. Previously I was apprehensive about switching to Android, but now I feel why didn't I do this before. Anyway better late than never.

Well I'm off now on a new adventure to explore Android,care to join me?

Switch to Blogger

If you've tried to visit my blog over the past few day then you've probably noticed that it was not available.

As I've mentioned previously my hosting period with bluehost has expired and I've decided not to renew it for now. Mind you there was on issue with the service and blogging on wordpress is a real pleasure but I need some time to figure things out and decide where this blog is heading.

For now I'm hosting this blog with Google. I had a bit of trouble changing the DNS to google's servers because I was previously hosted with another host and had not moved the DNS back to my domain host. Once I did that I just had to set up the DNS for google and some other settings and also configure the domain on blogspot. And within a couple of hours the domain was live.

So here we are now, hosting the domain with Google. Google does not allow hosting the domain as just selurus.com. It needs to be www.selurus.com as you can see it in the address bar on your browser. But it allows you to redirect selurus.com to www.selurus.com so all the old links still work. Thats a relief.

Now I haven't used Blogger much so I'm just exploring this space and any advice you'd like to give me is welcome. Looking forward to your comments. :)

Are you looking for a new phone?

Like any other mobile enthusiast I've been drooling over all the new phones being released. Recently I read a post about Overcoming Gadget Lust where Tony Butler talks about how he started to explore his Nokia E72 to keep himself content with his phone till his current contract runs out.

That's a fine article and a must read for any Mobile phone junkie who craves to buy the latest gadget but unfortunately can't because of money or rather the lack of it. Its like you want to have the latest gadgets but don't want to spend a bomb getting them all. It would be nice if there was a library of mobile phones so you could play with the latest device for a couple of weeks or so and then get another device, and again another one... I know I'm only dreaming but hey it doesn't cost to dream, does it?

My dream phone for now is still the Nokia N900. But I'm not buying it! Nokia's announcement that they wouldn't be officially supporting Meego on the N900 has made me change my mind. Although I continue to be amazed by the things that people have been able to do with this device. Also I think this was just a trailer and the updated Meego device would simply blow your mind. So I've decided its best to hang on to my Nokia N79 for a bit longer till a truly awesome phone is launched.

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