It’s been ages since I posted something. I want to write about the numerous things I’ve done, the very many thoughts I’ve encountered, and the awesome books I’ve read. But after much thought, it boils down to, who cares? What’s mine, is mine. It’s mostly remain with me, if it needs to. So what’s the …
Category Archives: Life
My Map — II
I see that the original aim of my map: to be able to pinpoint any location on the map with just one piece of information instead of two, was rather randomly far-fetched. What I was imagining, was creating a mapping of all the points in two dimensions to a system in one dimension. Which per …
Major Joke: That kid makes up questions for himself, and even those he can’t solve
Major truth: He is truly awesome. Or at least, so I believe. When Lockhart said, In fact, if I had to design a mechanism for the express purpose of destroying a child’s natural curiosity and love of pattern-making, I couldn’t possibly do as good a job as is currently being done. I didn’t quite agree with …
The Mathematical Crusade
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 year’s crusade. …
I Had A Road Accident! :D
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 was definitely an …
Hitopadesa — A Penguin India Classic
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 through …
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
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 …
Does History Repeat Itself?
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 — …
The Eight Irresistible Principles of Fun
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, at …
99 — Unexpectedly Nice!
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 the …