The Project

With the Synopsis of the project finally out of the way and a IRC channel and wiki set up for collaboration from the comfort of our homes, the project seems to be on track. All we shall need to get us through the next semester, project-wise, will be enough information off the Net, books, etc [...]

Knowledge is free,and meant to be

On a lark,I decided to find the meaning of the word serendipity,the meaning of which I already knew,in the Dictionary incorporated into OpenOffice.org.OpenOffice Dictionary got me the meaning if serendipity from Wordnet along with a humongous number of synonyms from Moby’s thesaurus whereupon I came across an unfamiliar word,trouvaille.Since some of the synonyms didn’t seem [...]

0316

Something strange is going on with me.Though I haven’t been able to discern any pattern to any disturbance which may be causing this phenomenon,almost always I wake up at 0316 sharp,no matter when I go to sleep,or when I plan to wake up,which is to say,no matter what I set the alarm for.

Update: On a [...]

Saturday the 7th

On the grounds of Bharat,Adi,Sarab,and Abhi needing to buy components for their Level3 autonomous line follower robot,above mentioned and myself,Divyesh and Ramya went to VT.Divyesh and Ramya came along for the ride.I went along to get some cheap books for GRE test prep(which reminds me,I haven’t started yet)Adi joined us later,so the early birds getting [...]

Productive use of spare time

While going to the bus stop to leave for college or coming back,I’ve observed since a few days that some teens of the chawls near my home have devised a productive use of their spare time.This is ,of course, in comparison to going into cigarettes and other random stuff people get into when they have [...]

An anti-terror Golden Shield,privacy be damned

I read Mr. Venkatesan Vembu’s opinion article in the DNA about an anti-terror “Golden Shield”,which would help reduce the response time of the police to catch terrorists who masterminded the dastardly act of violence against New Delhi citizens Saturday.Mr. Venkatesan writes and I quote,”If a ‘Golden Shield’ had been in place in New Delhi on [...]

20th Jun to 23rd Jun

20th Jun:
Huge traffic on the Mumbai GNU/Linux users group mailing list about where to hold the meet,timing all decided,agenda all decided,but no venue!Sanjay had come up with an offer to host the meet at his place on the 18th,but there’s no consensus,whether we should go to Bandra or IIT would be a better choice.Vipul tries [...]

19th Jun:Maths 4

Maths paper.Studying at the last moment despite a 9-day holiday preceding.
Thinking that this gonna be the worst paper I’ve ever given in my life.Heart beating at 170-200 beats per minute.Question paper in hand looks unnaturally small.I recognize the 1st question I place my eyes on.Heart rate:150 bpm.
Then I look up and it’s the second side [...]

Independent life for five days

Dad,mom and sis have “deserted” me to an independent life for five days since the 26th upto the 31st of December 2007.The concept is that if I can handle myself for these five days,I shall be considered a “mature” adult on their return.Today,Dec 29th is the 3rd day and I’m already bored with eating the [...]

Apropos Catching Up….AGAIN!

Well,the not-so-great performance is becoming slowly a “competent ” performance as I listen in from different people and believe less and less about what my “band members” tell me and think how they have possibly misinterpreted innocent queries about “Who was the vocalist?”