The Big Fat Geek

Personal blog of Prasad Ajinkya

Guardians of the Galaxy

The film that proved Marvel could make a comedy — and that a talking raccoon could carry genuine emotional weight.

Edge of Tomorrow

The most interesting use of a time loop since Groundhog Day — on how repetition and failure are the actual mechanisms of mastery.

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

A superhero film disguised as a 1970s political thriller — and the Marvel film that takes the cost of its world most seriously.

The Lego Movie

Everything is awesome — until you look at what the film is actually saying about conformity, creativity, and who gets to matter.

Understanding the __utmz Google Analytics Cookie

A technical walkthrough of what the __utmz cookie stores, how to read it, and why it matters for understanding traffic attribution.

I Am Sapped

On the weeks that drain you completely — what causes them, what recovers you, and the thin comfort of knowing they end.

Faith

On faith as a practical operating principle — the willingness to act before you have proof — versus faith as a substitute for thinking.

D-Wars

Korean monster movie with spectacular visuals and a story attached to justify them. Watch it for the right reasons.

5 Years Hence

On why five-year plans are almost always wrong and why making them anyway is still worthwhile.

Nostalgia

On what nostalgia actually is, what we are really missing when we feel it, and what it is and is not useful for.