tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57426702011-12-14T20:49:55.322-06:00I am the alpha and the omegaMy (non)descriptive (non)accounts of my (mis)attempts for (under)achieving in life(lessness)satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comBlogger2701100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1136454801922778492006-01-05T03:52:00.002-06:002008-03-05T18:59:14.979-06:00I HAVE MOVED HERE - http://barkingdogsdobite.blogspot.com/ satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1132272738780274002005-11-17T17:51:00.000-06:002005-11-17T18:12:23.133-06:00Galbraith's Law of Prominence Getting on the cover of "Time" guarantees the existence of opposition in the future.A couple of news items. As you all know, the XBOX 360 is to be launched in a week. So how popular is it? Is it worth spending the $300 (~ 13000 Rs) on it? Or is it better to wait for a while to let games mature out? CNN has reviewed the XBOX 360. Summed up - it is Good, but not great.satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1131906341770040592005-11-13T12:22:00.000-06:002005-11-13T12:25:41.783-06:00Galbraith's Law of Political WisdomAnyone who says he isn't going to resign, four times, definitely will. Another wonderful site that I found while Flickering.Astronomy picture of the day archive from NASA.It has quite a wonderful collection of pictures, that while being awe-insprining also are quite educational.And some of them, like this also form a good desktop wallpaper.satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1131844499038695402005-11-12T19:10:00.000-06:002005-11-12T19:19:41.293-06:00Gadarene Swine LawMerely because the group is in formation does not mean that the group is on the right course. Whats gonna be the next big wave in online media portals after Flickr (If you disagree that Flickr is not a big hit, I would be happy to argue and disagree your disagreement!), it's definitely going to be YouTube.Think of it as Flickr, With videos. With a streamlined flash interface.Andsatospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1130860579964982432005-11-01T09:46:00.000-06:002005-11-01T09:56:20.030-06:00Gadarene Swine Law Merely because the group is in formation does not mean that the group is on the right course. From Voodoo PC BlogAhA 24 karat gold plated PC. In all its water cooled goodness.And packed with enough features to not make it obsolete even in 2 years. (A standard PC becomes obsolete in 6 months, according to me)The stuff dreams are made of.(At its price, I can probably only dream satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1130824657192210242005-10-31T23:34:00.000-06:002005-10-31T23:57:37.253-06:00Fyffe's AxiomThe problem-solving process will always break down at the point at which it is possible to determine who caused the problem. Ever since my room-mate forced me into lifting weights at the gym, my diet has changed drastically. Gone are the days of eating cheesy food, sugar laden sweets etc. Its been months since I have even had a slice of pizza.Now everything is based on how much satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1130089824492544942005-10-23T12:26:00.000-05:002005-10-23T12:50:24.536-05:00The Futility FactorNo experiment is ever a complete failure - it can always serve as a bad example, or the exception that proves the rule (but only if it is the first experiment in the series). EULA woesWe have all come across this familiar screen while installing software:The all-familiar EULA agreement. No, I was not trying to install Opera - Why, when I have Maxthon. This was just an satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1129333209428504262005-10-14T18:11:00.000-05:002005-10-18T10:45:22.426-05:00Funkhouser's Law of the Power of the PressThe quality of legislation passed to deal with a problem is inversely proportional to the volume of media clamor that brought it on.My (less than 55 words) short story, tagged by Sidharth. Somebody may have already read it, though.A nuclear holocaust in the near future. Everybody and everything had been wiped out, except a man inside his hut. There was a satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1129330132620698142005-10-14T17:12:00.000-05:002005-10-14T17:48:52.683-05:00Fulton's LawWhen you need to knock on wood is when you discover that the world is made of aluminum, vinyl and fiberglass.Old news, but I just love to put more salt in their wounds.The ire of the IIPM'sIIPM has risen into the news again. Not for their false claims on all their ads, but by contesting that those false claims are false, legally, for suppressing the freedom of speech, and resorting tosatospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1129246227258775032005-10-13T18:00:00.000-05:002005-10-13T18:30:27.306-05:00Fried's LawIdeas endure and prosper in inverse proportion to their soundness and validity.Apologies for the late posting and the two week delay - I have been really busy with grad school.For starters, I do not wish to continue where I left last week. I rather intend to focus on whether a concept of "seaworld" is sound at all.My first point is that, animals here are used as a showpiece. Imagine satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1127954856150356512005-09-28T18:35:00.000-05:002005-09-28T19:58:54.613-05:00Freeman's RuleNothing is so simple that it cannot be misunderstood.Sea WorldEver since I watched the first dolphins and whales performing on the Discovery Channel, I had always wanted to see them for real, with my own eyes. I wanted to touch the dolphins, feel the splash of the orcas, dance with the flamingoes and talk with the sea lions.Opportunity knocked on my door when I got a chance to satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1127336649612589722005-09-21T15:52:00.000-05:002005-09-24T12:10:17.483-05:00Freddie's Laws of BiomechanicsThe severity of the itch is directly proportional to:* The number of persons in the group you are with.* The distance you must reach to scratch it.* The more embarrassing the place that must be scratched. Hurricane RitaWho would expect a Category 5 Hurricane to hit the dry land of Texas.But it is.Hurricane Rita, the 17th Hurricane in the Atlantic region, is now one satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1127098405072977642005-09-18T21:35:00.000-05:002005-09-18T21:53:25.080-05:00Franklin's RuleBlessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall not be disappointed.People who keep their computers messyI made this quaint little observation.The number of icons on the desktop of a computer is directly proportional to how disorganized a person is.Crowded desktops. Hate these a lot.I have seen this myself, in many people. I have seen desktops with about 80 icons on the desktop. satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1126459867011761162005-09-11T11:47:00.000-05:002005-09-11T12:31:07.083-05:00Fowler's LawIn a bureaucracy, accomplishment is inversely proportional to the volume of paper used.SkydivingA burning plane. A gaping hole. Mid-air. You jump. And fall. Fall Endlessly.The stuff that dreams, rather nitemares, are made off.And for once, at a very hefty price, I got to experience what it really means to fall endlessly. For 1 minute. From 15000 ft.It all started with one lazy person satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1125813097497795222005-09-03T23:21:00.000-05:002005-09-05T02:11:09.593-05:00Forthoffer's Cynical Summary of Barzun's Laws1. That which has not yet been taught directly can never be taught directly.2. If at first you don't succeed, you will never succeed.I apologize for the length of this post, but words dont do enough justice to this experience; neither do pictures. Links in italics go to pics. There are about 4 of them.The Pure Amtrak Experience - The California ZephyrAsatospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1125342150951056302005-08-29T13:39:00.000-05:002005-08-29T14:02:30.993-05:00Forsyth's Second Corollary to Murphy's LawsJust when you see the light at the end of the tunnel, the roof caves in.It was this day, the 29th of August. 2003 that I started my blog, and my first post. I have come a long way from that. But I can still remember that nite at my house when I created my account with Blogger. Why I created it, I do not know. Herd mentality, probably.Inspite of its satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1125069466118448052005-08-26T10:15:00.000-05:002005-08-26T10:17:46.126-05:00Flaw of Long-Range PlanningThe longer ahead you plan a special event, and the more special it is, the more likely it is to go wrong.Google SightseeingMy Contributions to Google Sightseeing.See the entire world from the comfort of your own chair!. STATUTORY WARNING: Good broadband internet required.satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1124980829963478112005-08-25T09:05:00.000-05:002005-08-25T09:40:53.573-05:00Flagle's Law of the Perversity of Inanimate Objects (Flap's Law)Any inanimate object, regardless of its composition or configuration, may be expected to perform at any time in a totally unexpected manner, for reasons that are either entirely obscure or else completely mysterious.Google TalkOver the nite, google introduced a slew of services, aimed at cutting into the pie now owned by Microsoft satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1124502150089498722005-08-19T20:35:00.000-05:002005-08-20T18:25:00.366-05:00Fitz-Gibbon's LawCreativity varies inversely with the number of cooks involved with the broth.I know I havent been faithful to my blog. But that was because work beckoned. As it got really busy during the last week, I just could not find the time. Then again, my cerebrum got tired. I just ran out of things to write about. I needed a fresh perspective.As of today, I am completing my internship. satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1123660445130472662005-08-10T01:22:00.000-05:002005-08-10T02:54:05.186-05:00Finagle's Rules of Scientific Experiments1. To study a subject best, understand it thoroughly before you start.2. Always keep a record of data. It indicates you've been working.3. Always draw your curves, then plot the reading.4. In case of doubt, make it sound convincing.San Francisco - The city I left my heart in.Suggest you have this map ready in order to get better oriented to the city. And satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1123042822328002532005-08-02T22:59:00.000-05:002005-08-02T23:20:22.336-05:00Finster's LawA closed mouth gathers no feet.Came across a very nice video based on stop motion animation. Thought it to be really funny.Made by a bunch of guys who had absolutely nothing else to do.For dialup and slower connexion users, click here.Work safe, unless you consider spending 5 minutes of work time not work safe.satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1122407609098012032005-07-26T14:51:00.000-05:002005-07-26T14:53:29.106-05:00Finagle's First LawIf an experiment works, something has gone wrong.The Sentinel that time forgotTrees.Garangutan trees.Old trees.The sentinels of earth.The trees that time forgot.The Sequoias.These trees, which have been existing since the Indus Valley Civilizations, since the Egyptians building their pyramids, all the way to the present where man zips across the seven continents in less than a satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1121846424515693922005-07-20T02:30:00.000-05:002005-07-20T03:00:24.566-05:00Finagle's CreedScience is Truth. Don't be misled by fact.FlickrI had a flickr account for a while now, mainly to see what others were putting up. I have never uploaded any images, until now - for the lack of a computer.I have uploaded a dozen or so images into the flickr - and thats the zeitgiest you see on the right - or you can access it here.I certainly will not be able to upload all my imagessatospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1121469103052205922005-07-15T17:59:00.000-05:002005-07-15T18:11:43.063-05:00Ferguson's Precept A crisis is when you can't say "let's forget the whole thing."A little while ago, I thought, "If rolling down a rocky mountain isnt thrill enough, how will rafting in calm water be better". I kept thinking that, until I was proved wrong. By a large magnitude.In the middle of our biking spells, where we all gathered for a pose with the expensive bikes.I awoke to find satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1120809051175438682005-07-08T02:24:00.000-05:002005-07-08T02:50:51.236-05:00Feline LawA cat walking into a room containing twelve seated people will jump into the lap of the person who hates cats the most.Certainly the idea of tumbling down a mountain on two wheels at 40 mph down a steep [large] rocky path patched with slippery sand did not sound appealing at first glance. On retrospect, it probably does not reflect me. But I certainly undertook it. Not for the glamor orsatospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1120193532917261062005-06-30T23:11:00.000-05:002005-06-30T23:52:12.926-05:00Law of FashionAny given dress is: indecent 10 years before its time, daring 1 year before its time, chic in its time, dowdy 3 years after its time, hideous 20 years after its time, amusing 30 years after its time, romantic 100 years after its time, and beautiful 150 years after its time.Random musings and activitiesWhile the akwardly fast-moving week certainly hasn't deterred my spirits, it only satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1119763264200900312005-06-25T23:46:00.000-05:002005-06-26T00:21:04.210-05:00Farnsdick's corollaryAfter things have gone from bad to worse, the cycle will repeat itself. The generally slow but busy week for me continues - as nothing much interesting has happened. But here is a gist of stuff that captivates my attention.Nvidia Geforce 7800 GTX launchIt was on Tuesday, that this graphics system, the most powerful video card, ever, was launched. It is certainly not the most satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1119205056351309212005-06-19T12:49:00.000-05:002005-06-19T13:18:03.033-05:00 Farber's LawsGive him an inch and he'll screw you.A hand in the bush is worth two anywhere else.We're all going down the same road in different directions.Necessity is the mother of strange bedfellows.More HabanerosMore Habaneros, as requested by some people. No videos - I did not have time to make them - and I realized I would also end up feeling really stupid making a video.So here they satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1118886236449227672005-06-15T20:41:00.000-05:002005-06-15T20:56:22.720-05:00Falkland's RuleWhen it is not necessary to make a decision, it is necessary not to make a decision.A forward, after a very long time.13 differences between men and women1. NAMES: If Laurie, Linda, Elizabeth and Barbara go out for lunch, they will call each other Laurie, Linda, Elizabeth and Barbara. If Mark, Chris, Eric and Tom go out, they will affectionately refer to each other as Fat Boy, satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1118596734103718172005-06-12T12:17:00.000-05:002005-06-12T12:18:54.110-05:00Another year of my lifeLife goes along, but there is always a moment to stop and say - This is something special.Trees of Muir Woods, reaching for the sky.satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1118291832694510152005-06-08T23:08:00.000-05:002005-06-08T23:40:13.343-05:00Faber's LawThe number of errors in any piece of writing rises in proportion to the writer's reliance on secondary sources. Numa Numa DanceIf you haven't seen the Numa Numa Dance yet, do see it.Its about this 19-year old from New Jersey who created a home video sitting and dancing like mad in sync with a song Dragostea Din tei by O-zone, a Polish band.Amazing antics and lip-syncing. So popular satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1117954086521427142005-06-05T00:46:00.000-05:002005-06-05T03:00:32.650-05:00Extended Murphy's Law If a series of events can go wrong, it will do so in the worst possible sequence. The New Century's spiciest BurgerIt started with this rather innocuous company email a couple of weeks ago challenging people to take on the habanero hamburger at the Prince of Wales pub.As soon as I saw the word hottest, my mind wandered - would it be Sahara hot, or would it have really sexy satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1117757577859666062005-06-02T19:09:00.000-05:002005-06-02T19:56:24.036-05:00Extended Epstein-Heisenberg PrincipleIn an R & D orbit, only 2 of the existing 3 parameters can be defined simultaneously. The parameters are: task, time, and resources ($).1. If one knows what the task is, and there is a time limit allowed for the completion of the task, then one cannot guess how much it will cost.2. If the time and resources ($) are clearly defined, then it is impossible to satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1117435147307264212005-05-30T01:08:00.000-05:002005-05-30T11:27:48.910-05:00Experiential LawGood judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment.First WeekYes.I know that I have not blogged for a while. Or bloghopped. But work catches up, you know.I never realized that working in an industry could be so demanding.My day starts at 7:30 am. And I start working at 9:30 am. Till about 6 - 6:30 pm. And probably later, as the weeks go by. Dinner and some satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1116638540262812692005-05-20T20:04:00.000-05:002005-05-22T13:23:12.693-05:00And finally.The eagle has landed.After quite an uneventful journey of three and half hours in an extremely crowded plane of people in sauve coats, business formals, and expensive leather bags unwielding clumsy laptops.There was not even one damsel in distress.What more to expect when you are flying from one tech area to another!!!.This is what a bird's eye view of southern Austin looks like. Try satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1116286578836338302005-05-16T18:23:00.000-05:002005-05-16T18:38:00.936-05:00Evvie Nef's Law There is a solution to every problem; the only difficulty is finding it. And thanx to a great friend of mine who trusted me with her car, I finally got my license.Of course, yours truly didnt certainly ace it, but the mistakes I made were quite trivial that they felt safe to let me on the roads.And now, I look forward to a whole new world...I shall be flying this Thursday to San satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1116137681733734882005-05-15T01:02:00.000-05:002005-05-15T01:14:55.186-05:00Eve's Discovery At a bargain sale, the only suit or dress that you like best and that fits is the one not on sale. Adam's CorollaryIt's easy to tell when you've got a bargain -- it doesn't fit. Squirrel HopIt all started when this friend of mine walked past some squirrels. Instinct probably forced him to take a couple of peanuts from his pocket.And this is what resulted.Can I have one? Pretty satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1115780690237766822005-05-10T21:58:00.000-05:002005-05-10T22:04:50.440-05:00 Erskines Observation on Government ProcurementAn elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.Well. I failed the driving test. Not surprisingly.Besides, its a well known saying that you will only pass the second time.The sad part is, I dont get a second chance - I had to return the rental car and it was costing too much for each day. And hence I will not be able to take the test for a satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1115247340565219292005-05-04T17:42:00.000-05:002005-05-04T17:55:40.796-05:00 Epstein's LawIf you think the problem is bad now, just wait until we've solved it.Its the fag end of the semester, and all academic work is crunching by to a close, and I am eagerly awaiting to start my internship. Inspite of all the things happening now, I still get time for little things, like the daily read of /., Google Blog and of course, Sepia Mutiny.But the thing that seems to consume satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1114575617920979082005-04-26T22:58:00.000-05:002005-04-26T23:20:58.316-05:00Eng's Principles The easier it is to do, the harder it is to change. Funny ArticlesSome really funny articles which I came across while perusing the web!!!.Snails are faster than ADSL"Dear Sirs, Following our experiment last year, and after long preparations, we have successfully proved that certain gastropods called African giant snails can be faster then ADSL and pigeons. The system we have satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1114358380334229712005-04-24T10:30:00.000-05:002005-04-24T10:59:40.336-05:00Eliot's ObservationNothing is so good as it seems beforehandHike and PartyI know. I know. I promised a very nostalgic post.But then again, real life always treats you differently. I was invited to a party by a professor whose house was in the beautiful Barton Creek nestled in the scenic Austin countryside, but still within arm's reach of the city.While the original idea of going to a profs party satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1114147661210175182005-04-22T00:19:00.000-05:002005-04-22T00:27:41.210-05:00Elena's Laws of Animal Behavior The probability of a cat eating it's dinner has absolutely nothing to do with the price of the food placed before it. Here is my next post. Though it may seem like the lyrics of a song (which it is), it is loaded with a lot more meaning than that. And while you are contemplating on it, I can take some time in preparing the next one, which is probably going to be satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1113543259748687792005-04-15T00:28:00.000-05:002005-04-15T00:34:19.750-05:00Electronic theorem of television sets A $300 picture tube will protect a $10 fuse by blowing first.Finally.I had got my intern at nVidia.I had had three interviews over more than a month, on quite simple stuff.Some formalities to be completed still, but atleast now I have something to do for the summer.I would have to go to Santa Clara (California) for it. I think it starts around the fourth weeksatospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1113154535998523672005-04-10T12:25:00.000-05:002005-04-10T12:35:36.000-05:00Ehrlich's Rule The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts. You always know when spring is here.When all the flowers out there get ready for the bloom.In pink, yellow, white, blue, red, violet and all other colors of the rainbow.So here is my tribute to them.A beautiful white flower snapped at another apartment on the way to my college.A striking violet flower, growing in a satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1112823624356249622005-04-06T16:10:00.000-05:002005-04-07T10:14:40.690-05:00Ehre's Double-Door LawIn approaching a double door, you will always go to the one door that is locked, pull when you should have pushed, and push when the sign says pull. What you are about to see...Is not for the faint hearted.Is not a good-nite-sleep clip.Is not for someone who do not like having nitemares.Even the most objective of persons will and should twinge.FUR FARM HORROROnly goes to satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1112760550171467202005-04-05T22:51:00.000-05:002005-04-05T23:09:10.173-05:00Edington's Theory The number of different hypotheses erected to explain a given biological phenomenon is inversely proportional to the available knowledge. From the Eye in the SkyAlways wanted to know how your place exactly looked from the sky.Here is your chance, atleast if you live in USA.Google Maps.Quite a while ago, Google acquired Keyhole, a company specialized in Satellite Imagery. They satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1112378411772389962005-04-01T11:32:00.000-06:002005-04-01T12:00:11.776-06:00Edds Law of Radiology The colder the x-ray table, the more of your body you are required to place on it. While that was an April Fool's Day joke, my timing was a little off. Probably because I lived halfway across the world. And in a different time zone.But still I cannot beat Google at it: GoogleGulp, that is. (After Though they seem to be getting a bit caustic year after year, first Google satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1112329364679931542005-03-31T22:12:00.000-06:002005-03-31T22:22:44.680-06:00Ed's Fifth Rule of ProcrastinationSpend sufficient time confirming the need and the need will disappear.Blogospheres Very End(I know that there is some blogger out there with the very same title!!!)Life has its beginning. Life has its end. Everything has life. Including this blog.So it must end too. Sometime.More than one and a half year ago, I was magically and magnetically drawn into the satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1112075306467526252005-03-28T23:38:00.000-06:002005-03-28T23:48:26.480-06:00Ed Yourdonradar's Fundamental TruthThe grass is brown on both sides of the fence. Some interesting quotes about men."What are the three words guaranteed to humiliate men everywhere? 'Hold my purse.'" Francois Morency"The male is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness and kindness, can be trained to do most things." Billy Cooper"Men do not like to admit to even momentary imperfection. satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1111872424243125672005-03-26T15:15:00.000-06:002005-03-26T15:27:04.246-06:00Economists' Laws 1. What men learn from history is that men do not learn from history. 2. If on an actuarial basis there is a 50-50 chance that something will go wrong, it will actually go wrong nine times out of ten. HailstormGlad to say that I have experienced my first hailstorm. And it was a pretty gusty one at that. It started as a quite hot day - 30 degrees. (Add a boring dayto it). I was satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1111681549445426052005-03-24T10:09:00.000-06:002005-03-24T10:25:49.446-06:00Law of economic dispersionThe one you want is never the one on sale. If you like it, they don't have it in your size. You never want the one you can afford.Over the past few days, inspite of being busy, all I end up doing in the nites, is watching Seinfeld. The regular DVD rental has pretty much all the seasons released till now, and we end up going there every day, take a DVD, and watch all the satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1111269145169439692005-03-19T15:31:00.000-06:002005-03-19T17:35:46.193-06:00Durrell's ParameterThe faster the plane, the narrower the seats.Updates:The interview, well, it went decently well. I could have done better; frankly, nervousness took the better part of me. The questions were quite easy, and in any other situation, I would have answered them properly. Will know the results in another three-four days.The symphony orchestra, amazing. My first symphony ever, and satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1111033165215510262005-03-16T22:11:00.000-06:002005-03-16T22:19:25.220-06:00Durant's DiscoveryOne of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.Three things.Interview with nVidia tomorrow for intern position. Its in the afternoon. Wish me luck. Hope I get it.I am going to http://www.austinsymphony.org/season/march/index.asp#bs9">The Austin Symphony: the rendition of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. I paid quite a lot satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1110829920434196352005-03-15T04:00:00.000-06:002005-03-15T04:00:26.530-06:00Dude's Law of DualityOf two possible events, only the undesired one will occur.One of the best NRI stories that i have come across!Grandmother was pretending to be lost in prayer, but her prayer-beads were spinning at top speed. That meant she was either excited or upset. Mother put the receiver down. "Some American girl in his office, she's coming to stay with us for a week." She sounded as if satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1110739775934804682005-03-13T12:09:00.000-06:002005-03-13T12:59:58.320-06:00Ducharme's PreceptOpportunity always knocks at the least opportune moment.How very true, isn't it.Some really funny think to spark up our dull lives - cleaning the Bath Room.I started my spring break by doing probably one of the more despicable things that I could - cleaning the bathroom. It was my turn to do it, and it was something that I had put away for quite a long time, much to the hardshipsatospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1110476399290257862005-03-10T11:17:00.000-06:002005-03-10T11:39:59.293-06:00Dryer's Law of TimingIf you're early, it'll be canceled. If you knock yourself out to be on time you will have to wait. If you're late, you will be too late.I am still here.Alive.Barely.And just kickin'.And for all those who had dropped by the last week, thanks, and sorry that I had nothing to report / no time to report.Its just the culmination of everything coming together in the last week had satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1109955496590834982005-03-04T10:56:00.000-06:002005-03-04T10:58:16.590-06:00Dror's Second LawWhile human capacities to shape the environment, society, and human beings are rapidly increasing, policymaking capabilities to use those capacities remain the same.I shall be having a TA pizza party tonite. I will post on that.satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1109635020136119312005-02-28T17:31:00.000-06:002005-02-28T18:01:00.166-06:00Dror's First LawWhile the difficulties and dangers of problems tend to increase at a geometric rate, the knowledge and manpower qualified to deal with these problems tend to increase linearly.For a long time, I had desired to have a USB flash based drive. I was only deterred by the fact that it was very costly in India, and that the capacities available were not much to satiate my needs. Only satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1109107482175361692005-02-22T14:13:00.000-06:002005-02-24T11:34:19.663-06:00Law of Driving DynamicsThe speed of an oncoming vehicle is directly proportional to the length of the passing zone.Unfortunately, the permittivity of time does not allow the permeable me to permeate an interesting blog. All I wished was that the permeability of free space and free time to me would be infinite.If it hasn't made any sense yet, don't worry. We, including me, are all in the same satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1108494067871443502005-02-16T09:10:00.000-06:002005-02-16T09:10:32.693-06:00First Law of DrivingThere is no traffic until you start to back out of your driveway.No glitch in The HitchHitch. A movie of the love doctor. (Image copyright by Columbia Pictures).Hitch - the movie of a man with class, panache and a love for helping people find their true love. And trying to woo the fine lady of his dreams.All amidst the georgeous skyline of Manhattan, with some amazing nightimesatospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1108312875355982212005-02-13T10:39:00.000-06:002005-02-13T11:12:44.300-06:00Dow's LawIn a hierarchical organization, the higher the level, the greater the confusion.Marathon RunWhy would I, accustomed to only sleeping 5 hours during weeknites, take great pains to get up on a Sunday morning at the unearthly hour of 8:30 am.Simply because it was the Freescale marathon. Simply because the 14th mile of the run passes through my neighbourhood four blocks away. Simply because satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1108176153844119822005-02-11T19:22:00.000-06:002005-02-11T20:42:33.850-06:00Douglas's Law of Practical Aeronautical designWhen the weight of the paperwork equals the weight of the plane, the plane will fly. Movie review timeTHE AVIATORAviator - The MovieImage copyright by www.empiremovies.comThis was the movie that I had seen two weeks ago, and then probably regretted spending three hours of my busy schedule in the midst of many homework and project submissions for it. satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1108018785792910332005-02-10T01:46:00.000-06:002005-02-10T00:59:59.030-06:00Donsen's Law
The specialist learns more and more about less and less until, finally, he knows everything about nothing; whereas the generalist learns less and less about more and more until, finally, he knows nothing about everything.
Cabbages?
Is this cabbage?
Is this cabbage?
One mite argue.
You mite even go to the extent of saying that this is beetroot.
I beg to differ. This is cabbage. satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1107643196268216702005-02-05T21:30:00.000-06:002005-02-05T21:29:03.760-06:00Donohue's Law
Anything worth doing is worth doing for money.
Career FairEvery semester, the ECAC (equivalent to your college's Placement Office)holds a career fair where companies come to give information about their company, and hopefully find some prospective recruits.
The Frank Erwin Center on the inside, taken from the very top. Some companies which you cannot see in this medley include thesatospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1106888628409817112005-02-02T09:00:00.000-06:002005-02-02T08:59:58.343-06:00Dolly Parton's Principle
The bigger they are, the harder it is to see your shoes.
Workouts
I am not the person that I was when I came to Austin.
Sure, I changed in the last six months. But it is not that change.
It is an intrinsic change. A change of the mental attitude.
Especially over the last 2 months.
Its that I started going to the gym. Regularly. Very regularly.
No. It is not a New Yearsatospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1106887838604414372005-01-29T10:08:00.000-06:002005-01-29T10:08:32.376-06:00Law of Doctoring
It never heals correctly.
Once-in-a-while
Every once-in-a-while, me and my room-mates get time to sit around, and that once-in-a-while, everybody feels bored, with no movies to watch, nothing to read, nothing to eat, nothing to cook, and basically nothing to do.
It was in one of these once-in-a-while's that we decided that we would all tell something about what we are good at,satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1106776819171314422005-01-26T15:48:00.000-06:002005-01-26T16:00:19.173-06:00Doc's Laws of Automotive Repair
1. If you can reach the faulty part, you don't have the tool to get it off.
2. Quality is inversely proportional to the time left to complete the job.
3. If it jams-force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyhow.
Republic Day Special
It is not often that one gets to hear the chimes from the Carillon at the UT Tower (pictures found in previous posts). These satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1106458602525704692005-01-22T23:14:00.000-06:002005-01-22T23:49:27.856-06:00Doc's Laws of Automotive Repair
1. If you can reach the faulty part, you don't have the tool to get it off.
2. Quality is inversely proportional to the time left to complete the job.
3. If it jams-force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyhow. Wallpapers
Here are a list of images - about 11 of them which I found were wallpaper material. Most of them are in NYC, some in the day, some in the satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1106238804458554232005-01-20T10:22:00.000-06:002005-01-20T10:33:24.456-06:00The First Discovery of Christmas Morning
Batteries not included.
The First Discovery of Christmas Afternoon
Give a kid a new toy- Dad will play with the toy, the kid will play with the box it came in.A long bus journeyA long class, a long TA and a short workout at the gym, made it a very long day. Made me very tired and famished. Made me go to the bus-stop closest to the gym and take a bus satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1106010673371028282005-01-18T13:58:00.000-06:002005-01-18T13:57:57.210-06:00Dirksen's Three Laws of Politics
1. Get elected.
2. Get re-elected.
3. Don't get mad -- get even.
Mustangs. Galore!!!
As I was coming from a tiring hour of work out at the Gregory Gymnasium, I couldnt help but notice a bright red Ford Mustang, a modded 2004 version, I think.
The saucy front, streamlined side-skirts, a bulging hood, and the raised spoiler at the back, all make it look like a satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1105944897783857192005-01-17T01:27:00.000-06:002005-01-17T00:54:57.783-06:00Diogenes's First Dictum
The more heavily a man is supposed to be taxed, the more power he has to escape being taxed.
This is a story of a bus.
A spanky brand new Capital Metro bus on the Route that takes me from my home to the Campus/Library/Department/Gym etcetra, etcetra, etcetra.
True, I could not get a picture of it from the outside - as , Duh, I was travelling in the bus, and they wouldnt satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1105745352131492362005-01-15T08:25:00.000-06:002005-01-15T08:24:03.653-06:00Dingle's Law
When someone drops something, everybody will kick it around instead of picking it up.
A quite striking image of the UT Tower. The sunlight was falling only on one side - and the other side was in a quite contrasting color - which prompted me to preserve that moment.
The UT Tower, time time clearly being 5:40 pm.
What do you think?satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1105631982602149202005-01-13T09:49:00.000-06:002005-01-13T09:59:42.603-06:00Diners Dilemmas
1. A clean tie attracts the soup of the day.
2. The hardness of butter is in direct proportion to the softness of the roll. Another foodie law for you, Blythe.One of my first so called abstract images.Just another twig in the garden, with a different perspective. Fully taken with manual settings.Technical information.
Original image size: 2048 x 1536
White Balance: Auto
ISO: Autosatospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1105385839853197232005-01-11T17:45:00.004-06:002005-01-11T17:46:07.310-06:00Dijkstra's Prescription for Programming Inertia
If you don't know what your program is supposed to do, you'd better not start writing it.
I just realised that my University library has the Seinfeld Season 1, 2 and 3 DVDs.
I am now rushing to get them.satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1105377176380364192005-01-11T17:45:00.003-06:002005-01-11T17:45:51.503-06:00Dieter's Law
Food that tastes the best has the highest number of calories.
Was this created by another spam-bot???
Interesting.satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1105376519672845102005-01-11T17:45:00.002-06:002005-01-11T17:45:27.736-06:00Dictum
One should always prefer the probable impossible to the improbable possible.
Sounds like somebody joined to half moons to create Iapetus. (Yes, the same moon made famous in the Space Odyssey series.) The ridge along its equator proves it, thanx to the spacecraft Cassini Huygens.
More about it here and images here.satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1105376000128375032005-01-11T17:45:00.001-06:002005-01-11T17:45:08.916-06:00Dhawan's Laws for the Non-Smoker The cigarette smoke always drifts in the direction of the non-smoker regardless of the direction of the breeze.The amount of pleasure derived from a cigarette is directly proportional to the number of non-smokers in the vicinity.A smoker is always attracted to the non-smoking section.The life of a cigarette is directly proportional to the intensity of the satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1105375318849685362005-01-11T17:45:00.000-06:002005-01-11T17:44:31.600-06:00Fifth Law of Design
Design flaws travel in groups.
Came across this while using the next blog link in blogspot.
The bot has really tried to prove that its NUMBER 1.
satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1105244219644167472005-01-09T01:46:00.000-06:002005-01-09T01:58:13.143-06:00Denniston's Law
Virtue is its own punishment.
North-East USA Trip - IV
New York City - The Big Apple
New York City - the Big Apple, the City That Never Sleeps. There are a thousand other nicknames that fit the city more perfectly than a size 12 shoe fitting my foot.
And its the busiest city I have known yet.
And its a city thats 24/7. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and you will still find satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1104775594082384092005-01-05T12:07:00.000-06:002005-02-13T11:02:16.313-06:00Dennis's Principles of Management by Crisis1. To get action out of management, it is necessary to create the illusion of a crisis in the hope it will be acted upon. 2. Management will select actions or events and convert them to crises. It will then over-react. 3. Management is incapable of recognizing a true crisis. 4. The squeaky hinge gets the oil. This is quite a long post. And wait for the satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1104732157657282132005-01-02T23:33:00.000-06:002005-01-03T00:02:37.656-06:00Demian's Observation
There is always one item on the screen menu thatis mislabeled and should read "`Abandon all hope Ye who enter here".
The beach - that I loved forever
Those early summer and winter mornings. When I used to vigorously cycle, pardon me, bike to the beaches. In sun or rain, in heat or cold, I used to land up there on the shore. Playing games with the waves. Lapping the cool satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1104381999484785352004-12-29T21:55:00.000-06:002004-12-29T23:37:21.760-06:00First Law of Debate
Never argue with a fool. People might not know the difference.North-East USA Trip - IIBaltimore - Your Experience Starts HereWhile the capital of Maryland does sound interesting to the average traveller, be warned - the cold does not. Its location at the head of the Chesapeake bay certainly does not help it get warm weather. During winter atleast. It certainly freezed my arm satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1104179159749918842004-12-28T22:25:00.000-06:002004-12-28T21:25:32.620-06:00Dean's Law of the District of Columbia
Washington is a much better place if you are asking questions rather than answering them.
North-East USA Trip - II
The above law seems appropriately titled for what I am going to experience. Coincidence, I guess.
Thursday to Sunday of the last week was spent in going to and being in Detroit, about 500 miles from where I was currently. Given me, I would satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1104174646341916372004-12-27T13:15:00.000-06:002004-12-27T14:37:37.210-06:00Dean Martin's Definition of Drunkenness
You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on.
North-East USA Trip - I
Well, after titling it appropriately, so that everybody can know what I am trying to approach it, let me proceed on with what I was trying to proceed on - my trip to North Easternn USA - mainly Maryland, DC, NYC and Detroit - this being the first part of the many thatsatospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1103606697715053032004-12-20T22:14:00.000-06:002004-12-20T23:24:57.716-06:00Deadline-Dan's Demo Demonstration
The higher the ``higher-ups'' are who've come to see your demo, the lower your chances are of giving a successful one.
One of those posts where I am not going to post any pics - reason being that I could not upload them anywhere. :D
But there are three important things to tell you, I think three.
Let me see how it goes.
First - I have been experimenting with asatospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1103317794531581542004-12-17T15:03:00.000-06:002004-12-17T21:44:28.726-06:00Dawson's Rules of Superior Inferiority
1. Don't let your superiors know that your are better than they are.
2. You never know who's right but you always know who's in charge.
I am just frustrated now. I spent an hour typing a really nice post, and before I could click on Publish Post at the bottom, I did some vague keyboard combination, and before I knew it, I was staring at the dashboard, satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1103064971188309612004-12-14T16:33:00.000-06:002004-12-14T16:56:11.186-06:00Davis's Basic Law of Medicine
Pills to be taken in twos always come out of the bottle in threes.
And then there is Christmas.
The season of joy.
The season of giving.
The season of recieving.
The season where everybody decks up their house more beautifully that in a traditional Karthigai Deepam.
So I as I keep going around the freezing neighbourhood, I try to capture the glimpses of warm satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1102803486465527262004-12-11T15:14:00.000-06:002004-12-11T16:18:26.306-06:00Davidson's Maxim
Democracy is that form of government where everybody gets what the majority deserves.
Well,
Thank you for all your wishes for the exams, and sharing my sleep deprivation with me.
All that is over now, and is now in the past, and I am running like the wind, or as fast as the wind can carry me, into the future.
Christmas, and New Year. Here I come.
The weather has definitely satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1102144191780787492004-12-04T01:44:00.000-06:002004-12-04T01:09:51.780-06:00Dave's Rule of Street Survival
Speak softly and own a big, mean Doberman.
48 hours without sleep.
24 hours without food.
No.
I am not living in a desert with no food, no water and no sleep.
It is what grad school can do to you.
Especially at the end of the semester.
This saga started on the morning of Wednesday. When I realised I had a lot to do before the project submission on Friday at 5 satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1101987959202138772004-12-02T05:36:00.000-06:002004-12-02T05:45:59.210-06:00Dave's Law of Advice
Those with the best advice offer no advice.
Here are some of my experiments with my camera.
First up, is what is the same road as in the previous post, but with a longer exposure, so that I get the blurs in the red and yellow car lights. Not quite as expected. As my hands were jittery in the cold.
Dean Keaton at 8 pm. A Route 100 - Airport Flyer is seen at bottom right satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1101637547871606282004-11-28T04:25:00.000-06:002004-11-28T04:28:11.233-06:00Darwin's Observation
Nature will tell you a direct lie if she can.
Crazy Thanksgiving Shopping
If its ths New Year Sale in India, its the Thanksgiving sale in USA.
And thanks to some friends who owned cars, I too was able to experience first hand what it was. And was able to get some fun stuff
The Thanksgiving sale in most apparel shops start at 12 midnite on the nite of Thanksgiving. And satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1101018122638227902004-11-21T01:20:00.000-06:002004-11-21T00:22:24.046-06:00Darrow's Observation
History repeats itself. That's one of the things wrong with history.
Two movies.In Two days
I know its not like me to watch a movie.
But two movies in two days.
In the busiest day of the week.
In the busiest week of the month.
In the busiest month of the year.
Thats totally not like me.
But I needed to go out. Break out. And get away from the Freezing LRC's.
And thats satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1100882962265445462004-11-19T10:31:00.000-06:002004-11-19T10:49:22.266-06:00Danforth's Rules of Random Selection
1. Never be first
2. Never be last.
3. Never volunteer for anything.
This had me in splits. It was so funny that I had to control myself in order to prevent the entire lab from shouting at me because I was lol.
By now, most of you would have got the forward anyway. But still, this is just a space filler.
Qantas is an airline company based in Australia. satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1100321668744074852004-11-12T22:30:00.000-06:002004-11-12T22:54:28.743-06:00Czecinski's Conclusio
There is only one thing worse than dreaming you are at a conference and waking to find that you are at a conference, and that is the conference where you can't fall asleep.
Halo 2. The game of my dreams.
Atleast when its PC version releases.
Today, the Texas Gaming Association was having a Console nite at the Jester LanCave, a place which I frequent once a fortnight to satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1100124610011352602004-11-10T15:44:00.000-06:002004-11-10T16:10:10.010-06:00Law of Cybernetic Entomology
There's always one more bug.
And then there was this cold front, whose freezing hands and icy winds swept across the city that was Austin.
A week ago.
Temperatures obligingly proceeded to drop. First a few degrees in hesitation. Later in full blast, pummelled towards lows of 8-12 C.
And me, coming from the hot and sultry coastal areas of Southern India, where the satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1099466161440123942004-11-03T01:31:00.000-06:002004-11-03T01:16:01.440-06:00Culshaw's First Principle of Recorded Sound
Anything, no matter how bad, will sound good if played back at a very high level for a short time.
There was this one day in the Fall, when the entire nation of USA, excepting two states, goes back one hour. This is the concept called the Daylight saving time.
Simply because, the people want more time during the day (to work longer), instead of satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1099107849456815622004-10-29T22:39:00.000-05:002004-10-29T22:48:48.386-05:00Courtois's Rule
If people listened to themselves more often, they'd talk less.
One more forward to fill up, what is supposed to be a web log.
Even as I am trembling in the freezer, so much so that Delhi winters seem much better, I am trying to look back at the past. Whether all the decisions I have made and that have lead me here are the correct ones. And whether, the small stone I overlooked satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1098672008642643642004-10-24T20:50:00.000-05:002004-10-24T21:40:08.643-05:00Cosmetologist's Principle
Whenever you need to stop at a light to put on makeup, every light will be green.
Updates
First, the pizza party. For the course that I am TAing.
We had a nice time. Pizzas, cakes, pastries, candies and Coke makde up for the food.
The pastries, candies, Pizza plates (from Papa Johns), a cute doll and a false Halloween pumpkin
We had a sumptuous pizza dinner. And wesatospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1098426031038300382004-10-22T01:20:00.000-05:002004-10-22T01:20:31.040-05:00Corry's Law
Paper is always strongest at the perforations.
Probably just another post in a squeezer of a space before I delve into a nitemare of a 2 weeks ahead. I am already envisaging 4 consecutive nite-outs next week. And I have no idea what it would do to my health. But I think that I am getting used to it.
Even as my grey cells and white matter are recharging from an intense brainstorming satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742670.post-1097870340196229532004-10-15T14:44:00.000-05:002004-10-15T14:59:00.196-05:00Cornuelle's Law
Authority tends to assign jobs to those least able to do them.
Atleast I am managing to survive.
The last 2 weeks have been hellish. With my day extending from 8 am in the morning to 3 am, the next morning. There was one day, where I spent a total of 16 hours (from 10:30 am to 2:30 am) in the department). While all this may be bad, the worst is yet to come. I predict that my satospherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889971533916917454noreply@blogger.com