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Compiling RAM Drive

September 2nd, 2008 · 4 Comments

I remember the IIT geek who taught us C Programming in third Sem. He would go on and on about debugging in the time of punch cards and about how lucky we were. Little did that poor soul know about a Visual Studio in the making.
Ramadorai and early days of TCS profiled in Economist; in […]

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Tags: Trivia · e-mail

Iruvar - Kanmaniye…

July 28th, 2008 · 3 Comments

 Vairamuthu’s gem from Mani Ratnam’s Iruvar. Voice Over by Aravind Swamy.
Unnoadu naan irundha ovvoru maNi thuLiyum
maraNa padukkayilum maRakkaadhu kaNmaNiyae
90 nimidangaL thottaNaitha kaalamdhaan
800 aaNdugaLaai idhayathil ganakkudhadi
paarvayile sila nimidam bayathoadu sila nimidam
katti aNaithapadi kaNNeeril sila nimidam
ilakkaName paaraamal ella idangaLilum muththangaL vidaiththa mogathiL sila nimidam
Unnoadu naan irundha ovvoru maNi thuLiyum
maraNa padukkayilum maRakkaadhu kaNmaNiyae
edhu nyayam edhu paavam iruvarukkum thoandravillai
adhu […]

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Tags: Trivia · poetry · lyrics · talkies · love

Can you imagine

February 22nd, 2008 · 2 Comments

Thank God it is Friday!
I was so happy that I talked to a credit card marketing chick for full five minutes
I was so happy that I celebrated a happy birthday this week
Mammooty was so happy, he didn’t slap a single fan this week
He was so happy, my Project Manager smiled at me. And hell I’d no […]

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Tags: security · Trivia · What the Fuck

Forrest Gump Confesses

March 16th, 2007 · 6 Comments

The Forrest Gump of Global Terror has confessed. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is one of the three hundred and twenty seven (courtesy : random number generator) people the US considers to be Al-Qaeda No 3. This Global terrorist was arrested in March 2003 in Pakistan and was placed in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. The […]

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Tags: security · Trivia · US

Road to the White House - Miami Caucuses

February 4th, 2007 · 6 Comments

With the Presidential race for 2008 getting heated up , Miami Caucuses yesterday decided on a bipartisan ticket for 2008. The Caucuses across Budweiser suggested a Republican as President and a Democrat as his VP. The Lincoln-Kennedy ‘08 ticket was announced by the Caucus leader Stephen Colbert with much fanfare outside Sunday’s Superbowl venue. Within […]

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Tags: Trivia · US · Al Gore · 2008 Elections