I am going back to being a student starting this august.
First thing that struck me was that I will have to return my company provided laptop, a Lenovo T60p which has been my constant companion for the past 3.5 years. The laptop has served me well, but now it’s time to move on (Company policy [...]

This afternoon, I received quite a few emails about the “Earth Hour”. Mostly forwards from friends and relatives and corporations such as HSBC, asking me to pledge my support for this cause. The text in one of the e-mails ran thus:
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: <xyz@pqr.com> [Edit: e-mail address of the sender is not made [...]

I took the JEST-2010 (Joint Entrance Screening Test) today.
Institutes such as the Institute of Mathematical Sciences Chennai, and now apparently even the Chennai Mathematical Institute shortlist candidates for their MSc and PhD programs based on scores of this test. I wrote the Theoretical Computer Science paper.
I thought that the paper was very easy. The paper [...]

Yesterday while I was at my cousin’s place, I chanced upon to see this item in Deccan Herald, issue dated 27/03/2009.
Sripathi and I were classmates from 4th standard all the way upto 2nd PUC. But more than just classmates, we were fierce competitors and used to compete with each other especially in General Proficiency and [...]

Quick takes:

India leads the 7 match series 4-0. Dhoni’s Dashers do it again.
Poker has become the new favourite game here at Civilization.inc
If a team loses the match due to losing the toss, can you use the phrase “Gone for a toss” ?

I am busy writing my statement of purpose these days, since the University application [...]

I have a huge backlog of books to be read before this calender year ends. And I don’t think I can meet my expectations.

Mahabharata - C Rajagopalachari.
Great Indian Novel - Shashi Tharoor.
The White Tiger - Arvind Adiga

I am a Strange Loop - Douglas Hofstadter
Tamil Pulp Fiction.
Sacred Games - Vikram Chandra
A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled [...]

Opening Mood: Hungry..
Opening song: Hamesha tum ko chaaya - Devdas
Got the official mail today morning. The “Power Aware Scheduler” Birds of Feathers Session Proposal that I had submitted for this year’s Ottawa Linux Symposium has been accepted. The rest of the BOFS can be found –> here
A couple of days back, Vaidy got confirmation that [...]

Opening Mood: I’m back!
Opening Song: Romantic Piano - Chopin
Spent the last week at this place called Kudremukh. It used to be one of Karnataka’s famous mines before the operations were shut down in 2005. So now it is just a nice little place with lots of greenery and very few people to bother an occasional [...]

Opening Mood: Chillout and relaxed. NZ cruising along against Canada.
Opening Song: Dooba Dooba - Silk Route
Time: 9:15 P.M, 22nd March 2007.

I visited Indian Institute Of Information Technology Bangalore (IIITB) today to deliver a lecture on “Kernel Synchronization Primitives”. This being my first official technical lecture, I was quite anxious asto how it would turn out. [...]