It happened. Like, two weeks ago. See — that’s how awesomely fast my life is. Hence, I forgot to tell you about it. Now, I’m pretty officially also called tech.head, while Anurag is called Ac. Head. And I’ve actually abandoned most of my anger at that. Here go my “technical” contributions to this …
Oh yes! Fifteen days ago. And not just a random accident. One in which I was hospitalized for three days! And I got to miss all my half-yearlies. Truth be said, I could’ve given the last two HY exams, but why put the effort when I have the option not to!
It …
I registered for this “blog a Penguin India Classic”, got the book, and didn’t manage to complete it for nearly two months. That goes nowhere to say how good or bad the book was, but does go to say how callous, distracted and shameless a person I am.
Well, I finally managed to read …
July 19, 2009 – 7:26 pm
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By Mystic Ranger
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Posted in Life, Philosophy, personal
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Tagged A.N.D Haksar, Board Marks, chauvinistic, Culture, English, Gaining Friends, Hindu, Hitopadesa, Indian, Mitralabha, Narayana, Panchatantra, Peace, Penguin, Penguin India Classics, Sandhi, Sanskrit, Scholarship, Splitting Partners, translated, Vigraha, War
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A story. Yup. That’s all it is. Minus the adjectives.
Life-changing, memorable, and most influential; unforgettable and really thoroughly awesome. Of course it would only be self-flattering to say any such thing on themselves.
It is about a seagull with the name of Jonathan Livingston. I could go about telling you the whole story, considering its just …
Q. Prompt:
“History repeats itself. This is a testimony to the stupidity of man.”
–Adapted from Edith Hamilton
“History does not repeat. It rhymes.”
–Mark Twain
Assignment: Does history repeat itself? […] Write an essay.
A. Does History Repeat Itself?
No — in my view, History does not repeat itself. I would concur with Mark Twain — ‘It [history] rhymes’.
It has been recognized since …
June 28, 2009 – 11:03 am
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By Mystic Ranger
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Posted in Life, Philosophy, misc., personal
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Tagged Chaos Theory, climatic changes, deja vu, earth, Economic Depression, Edith Hamilton, History repeats Itself, ice age, Mark Twain, Mathematics, repetition, Rhyme, Stock Markets, swine flu, technology
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A Must-Watch. I mean I’ve been telling it to nearly all the people I’ve met. You just got to see this. Cause if you don’t, trust me, you’re wasting your life.
Update: I absolutely forgot to mention that you could see the proper flash video of the same, which makes it easier to navigate, …
I accidentally watched a movie. Hindi one, start to end. Which is an overwhelming shock. . But yeah, it was 99, and rather unexpectedly, fun too! Well, the only fun I had expected, was from Cyrus Broacha — but whoa, there was a hell lot more. I won’t exactly go into the details of …
What is 7 times 6?
What is 9 times 5 to the base 13?
What is the ultimate answer to life, universe and everything?
What is the number of this post on this blog?
Here goes my 42nd post. It ain’t exactly no landmark, but still. Have fun. Can you imagine you actually bore the torture for so long?
Or perhaps, did …
I missed the Towel Day, which was to be celebrated on the 25th of May. Which is in fact. a very sad thing to happen, but yeah… I’ll take care not to miss it the next time around! 364 days left for it, after all! :-O
You can also know if it is Towel Day, just to …
May 27, 2009 – 12:25 pm
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By Mystic Ranger
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Posted in Art, Life, design, personal
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Tagged .psd, 42, absurdity, Don't Panic!, Douglas Adams, downloads, Estrya's Handwriting, FAQ, fonts, freebie, Frood, Happy, hexadecimal, HitchHiker's Guide to The Galaxy, Holy, Hoopy, Is It Towel Day, Marwin, May 25, Memorial Lecture, photoshop, randomness, resources, Sass, So Long and Thanks for all the Fish, Techno Font, the Paranoid Android, Towel Day
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An Amazing piece — there are supposedly other human “beatboxes” as well. But I’m pretty sure these guys are the best. Hope I could find them to learn that from any one of them some day.… (Especially the Flute one!)
May 27, 2009 – 12:11 pm
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By Mystic Ranger
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Posted in Life, misc., personal
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Tagged Beardyman, beat boxes, flute, human, mouth, music, Nathan "FluteBox" Lee, sounds
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