A day at 'Kadalmallai'

Yesterday we had an account level party at Sterling resorts, Mamallapuram. It was meant to be day of fun and frolic and it really was. The morning session went by playing Waterpolo, TT, Pool etc. After lunch, we settled for some indoor games at the 'Rajasimha' hall which was quite good. After face painting, clay modelling and mummification, our team Yellow Willows came out winners.

The evening was dominated by Cricket, Volleyball et al. Me and one of my project mates went for a stroll at the beach. I was particularly excited to see the erstwhile hidden 8th century temple recently exacavated by the ASI. May be one of the few positive aftermath of the Tsunami. As I walked in the beach I tried to visualize how this beach would have looked thousands of years before, when it was one of the greatest ports of the ancient Tamils, handling most of the asian trade. It would have been no less than the Chennai for the ancients.

We returned for DJ rock-n-roll and refreshments. I was tempted to shake legs but stood my ground. When I reached house it was half past nine. There is a chinese proverb which says 'You have to work so hard that you should be asleep before your head touches the pillow'. Perhaps we had partied harder to have me doze off even before I laid my bed.

1 year

It just occured to me last night that its been a year since I began blogging.

It was desparate attempt to get a gmail account that made me start this site. As soon as I got one, I lost interest in blogging. After sometime, I started again but this time with the intention of sharing ideas and perhaps propagating it.

Well, I have not really blogged in a true sense. A good chunk of my posts were referrals and copy-paste so far.

Will try writing up in my own way, if I find something like that, in future.

Match your wits with IBM inmates

Seems worthwhile.

 

http://www.research.ibm.com/ponder/

 

Stupendous superstar

A communist point of view

“At the Same time, I concluded that God as a creator of this world could be conceived only in three ways either as a rogue who sanctioned and shared in the roguery prevalent in his world, or as an imbecile who could no more control what he had created, or as a samyasin (recluse) who no more cared for what was happening to his creatures. if God was a rogue, we had to rise in revolt against his rule. If he was an imbecile, we could forget him and take charge of the world ourselves. And if he was a samyasin, he could mind his business while we minded our own. The scriptures, however, held out a different version of God and his role. That version was supported neither by experience nor by reason. The scriptures should, therefore, be burnt in a bonfire, preferably during winter when it could provide some warmth.”

 

His earlier views by Sita Ram Goel on ‘How I became a Hindu”. Captivating read. I am just going on.

YOPER - Your Own Operating System

Claims to be the fastest out-of-the-box linux system. Had won the DesktopLinux poll for the best distro of the year. Although the intention is suspected.

A Tamil syntax parser

The time traveller convention

The Time Traveler Convention
May 7, 2005, 10:00pm EDT (08 May 2005 02:00:00 UTC)
East Campus Courtyard, MIT
42:21:36.025°N, 71:05:16.332°W
(42.360007,-071.087870 in decimal degrees)


Source: The Convention

Nice thinking.