Ehsanur Raza Ronny

Does that help? Not really. Realising you’re not alone while being isolated is really just one and the same.

The Bossman : Stay Inside

As a tiny five-year old in the ’80s, I first discovered and liberated an Archie comic from a teenage cousin the way oil rich countries are liberated: by force. I used superior tactics of crying, pleading, whining and bargaining.

Air conditioners are not made to explode. Yet, on Feb 10, 2020, three people were injured in an air conditioner explosion in Old Dhalka’s Islampur area.

The Note 20 Ultra is ultra-expensive because it promises you more camera than you thought possible. It’s also a gaming console/computer ready to tackle 5G while fitting in for your pocket. Well, your pockets have to be rather large because this is a massive phone.

Movies depict robots as the all-conquering machines that eventually put an end to humans. Sometimes they start off as tools of humanity, helping make coffee and driving us quickly to our destinations.

Corona is running scared in our homeland. Or so suggests a high ranking person of authority. Whatever the numbers, our people can’t be held back. The need to eat for survival far outweighs the need to stay inside safe from marauding viruses.

No, really! Did you notice the outpouring of joy and festivities this past week? We must have killed the pandemic dead.

Our breaks and holidays and work have all merge into one. Most of us have and are facing a work/study from home routine that has seemingly reduced our 24 hours by a few.

Didn’t hear much of that this time. Pre-Eid, amidst the sound of moo and baa and meh, this was a question everyone of the roads would scream out at each other.

Some cars are so perfectly designed that they shut down all argument. Such is the Datsun 240z. It is so aesthetically pleasing you cannot take a bad photograph. Perfect from every angle and that is a rare thing for cars. Yoshihiko Matsuo was the lead designer responsible for this. He passed away on July 11 at age 86.

That itself is enough to raise our pressure.

If you watch TikTok videos generated from Asia, that seems to be a recurring theme. Young people concoct elaborate sub-1-minute videos where

2020 is that resounding slap humanity needed to wake up. Luxury has been redefined. Your designer shoes are now less in demand than a cloth facemask.

While a lot seems to be going downhill, cloud services are pushing us quickly towards a digital lifestyle we’d only been watching in science fiction.

The Bossman : Containment

Most of Dhaka is now divided into colour coded areas of ‘no-go’, ‘maybe go but better not’ and ‘roam free and court death’, respectively. Life has

Satireday Cartoon: Gimme some everlovin' cover

ThThe Bossman : Going green in gray

Satireday Cartoon : Challenging times