TheHomoSapien

Oh, the joy at being wronged yet again by the executives of Apple. Tim Cook may have had much fun watching the press ogling Apple's new handsets, but that's beside the point. This event was for something new to be procreated by the California based tech company, for Apple to get its mojo back. And what do they gave us: some colourful little handsets with incremental upgrades. The event was as disappointing as going to a sauna to see Morgan Freeman in his undies instead of Keira Knightley lounging with only a towel. And Morgan Freeman is a good guy! Frankly speaking, the event was 'leaked' several times over, with only handsets visible in a typical blurry kind of horizon. But there were leaks of the next-gen AirPods as well as the seamless AirPower charging mat. Where are they?? Yes the XS is a brilliant phone. It has faster Face-ID, better waterproofing, louder and crisper stereo sound as well as a new 7 nm chipset. But you can't tell it apart from an i...

1. Liverpool Liverpool has had a stunning renaissance of late, what with Jurgen Klopp finally establishing his gengenpressing and with Fenway Sports Group ( owners of Liverpool) finally buying great players. Mohammad Salah is a class act and Van Dijk is an expensive towering menace but has done his part solidly. While they failed to realistically challenge Man City for the EPL title, they have had an exciting run to the Champions League finals ( beating Man City in the process) only to horrendously lose against a decidedly lucky Real Madrid. You feel if it wasn't for Ramos and his cheap antics Liverpool wouldn't have lost both their star player and a decent goalkeeper on the same day. But Kopites must not feel disheartened, as Salah is alive and scoring, Alisson is an improved version of Karius and in Naby Keita and Xherdan Shaqiri, they now have the depth to challenge on more than just one front. And the Fab Three haven't even hit their stride yet. This could be an...

'The Champiooooooonsssss!!!' A verse which uplifts the dour spirits of any football fan, the Champions League has been a staple of European football, so much so that even fans of teams who don't qualify, watch it with the sort of diligence or ethic many employers strive for. Truly it becomes a religious matter especially in the February- May period where the Knockout phase begins. Trying to turn off the TV for any fan watching the next goal is like trying to fight a hungry lion ( without a gun). You don't do it unless your dream is to pass away ( very painfully) as a human sacrifice.  This years tournament, however, is much more exciting than watching a typical Liverpool side capitulate against the now 3 in a row winner of  Real Madrid. With an exciting group stage and a seemingly large permutation of mouthwatering clashes between heavyweights in the knockout phases is leaving every fan breathless. Here are the teams to look out for : 1. Barcelona  Mes Que Un ...

A tale of two gargantuan clubs. A match more spicier than an extra spicy shawarma. Two of the richest, most successful clubs, in the world, perhaps the history of football ( or soccer if you must) colliding with a blatant 'Shoot-first-ask-questions-later-philosophy', the El Clasico is the epitome of footballing nirvana gracing the likes of both Ronaldo's, Ronaldinho's, Beckhams, Rivaldo's, Zidane's and several other first-class names which my brain has befuddled due to my awful physics test today. Still could be worse.  Like not having Ronaldo in your team...? Or maybe this a blessing in disguise. Real Madrid could be a wolf in a sheep's clothing, out to get little 'blue' riding hood trampled over by its lily-white teeth. Ronaldo, ever since he made the ex-world record move to the 'Royals', has always been in a sense Real's main player. A leader, without the captain's armband. A lethal goal-scoring machine who is like a forw...

As more top tier marquees roll up the expensively tailored khakis, the Pebble Beach show just seems to keep on rolling on the creative concepts as well as the "slightly more" legal going beauties for the generally car-loving public. What a week it must be for the photographers, jumping from unveiling to unveiling with little more than sparkling champagne sloshing vicariously in their bellies, with a sackload of an SD cards creating a hump the size of mount Everest. Really, the way to identify a professional car magazine or blog photographer is the person with his knees hunched, ready to race to the next unveiling at speeds even Usain Bolt would be mesmerised at, with their finger either superglued or twitching a few mm away from the camera's trigger button. Thankfully they are professional photographers...so they do take good photos. 1. Mercedes EQ Silver Arrow Concept Silver arrow is possibly the most description you could give to this very..uh..interesting car. A s...

While the people of Seattle have their breaths caught and vocal cords reprogrammed by the frankly obnoxious air the richest 1 percenters flock to California for the opening of the Pebble Beach 'Who's Stick is bigger' Car showoff. That is not to say the citizens of Seattle are affected by the cars at the ridiculously expensive golf club, but you get the idea. The Pebble Beach 'Stick' competition has always been a glamorous event, not only because its champagne costs more than most houses but some of the best of the best cars get unveiled there. And this year is no different. While more companies join into the fray, glimpse at the highlights till today 1. Lamborghini Aventador SVJ Possibly the most anticipated car at this Concours' D'elegance event, the Lambo SVJ bullied its way to top of the Nurburgring production car lap record by beating its fellow sister company's Porsche 911. It has a small bump in horsepower over its SV cousin and has en...

A few years, maybe more than a decade ago we humans had a very precise of identifying cars. Normal Cars were called uh normal cars, 'sports' cars were the slightly faster and fancy onesies whereas supercars were like a dreamy concoction of Alicia Vikander and Dwayne Johnson. Lithe, artful, but packing enough muscle to single-handedly cause global warming due to squealing rubber tyres, supercars were the cream of the crop. When you saw one, you rushed to it, hugging the owner and offering to polish their leathery shoes just to touch the steering wheel. You even offered to have their babies. Such was the mass hysteria when you read about one even in car magazines. Today, however, supercars are no longer the benchmark of driving thrill, but they are merely a step, a very expensive multi lacquered, leather upholstered step, to the driving nirvana called 'hypercars'. If we humans keep going like this, soon we will have 'elite' and then 'legendary' cars...