Category Archives: interesting

Norse Mythology – Neil Gaiman

Posted on June 9, 2017 by gautshen

A delightful retelling of the Norse Mythology This is my fourth book by Neil Gaiman the earlier three being American Gods, Stardust and Neverwhere. Gaiman is one of those few authors who can keep me engaged with the material for … Continue reading →

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A case of sour mangoes

Posted on October 5, 2012 by gautshen

I read/heard this story a few months ago. However, I cannot recall the context where I came across it. It goes something like this: Long ago, there was a king named Bhartrhari who ruled his kingdom in a just and … Continue reading →

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IPL Season 2.0 Balanced Dream Team

Posted on April 18, 2009 by gautshen

So, the great Indian Cricketing Circus called Indian Premier League, v2.0 is going to commence today. This time however, it has been outsourced to South-Africa, due to the National elections in India. Truly shows the how cricket has become globalized, … Continue reading →

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Congrats Sripathi

Posted on March 29, 2009 by gautshen

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, … Continue reading →

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AvaraNA

Posted on November 21, 2008 by gautshen

I finished reading S.L.Bhyrappa’s AvaraNA yesterday. This is my first Kannada Novel. Yeah, despite being in Karnataka for almost a quarter century now,  I didn’t bother to check out the literature apart from whatever was being taught in the school. … Continue reading →

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A GTalk chat-bot

Posted on May 1, 2008 by gautshen

Ever wondered why can’t we have a chat-bot that responds when we’re idling or away ? Sathya tried this a couple of times while he “appeared” to be away on GTalk by responding something like “The recipient of your message … Continue reading →

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Cause and Effect

Posted on April 4, 2008 by gautshen

While working on idle power management, I used vaidy’s klog based patches to profile an idle system to obtain stats such as: * The time when a cpu enters into the tickless idle mode * The various interrupts that bring … Continue reading →

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Recently Discovered

Posted on March 28, 2008 by gautshen

Raghu Dixit , the Album and the Artiste The music of Black & White Cul de Sac Comic Strip Python Programming Language

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Lawyers and a light bulb

Posted on March 27, 2008 by gautshen

Q: How many Lawyers does it take to change a light bulb? A: Whereas the party of the first part, also known as “Lawyer”, and the party of the second part, also known as “Light Bulb”, do hereby and forthwith … Continue reading →

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Ambigrams

Posted on March 16, 2008 by gautshen

Opening Mood: Lunch time! Opening Song: None For the past couple of days, I have been crazy about Ambigram. So much that I haven’t checked my mails nor have thought about some of the outstanding todo items in my list. … Continue reading →

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