https://kirubakaran.com/ Recent content on Kirubakaran Athmanathan Hugo -- gohugo.io en-US © 2003-2025 Kirubakaran Athmanathan - All rights reserved Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/sync/ Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/sync/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/life-ascending/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/life-ascending/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-small-bachelor/ Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-small-bachelor/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/laughing-gas/ Thu, 08 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/laughing-gas/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/seeing-like-a-state/ Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/seeing-like-a-state/ https://kirubakaran.com/blog/india-usa-rules/ Wed, 29 Oct 2025 06:05:19 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/blog/india-usa-rules/ I’m in India for my mom’s medical care. Watching how everything here, from hospital processes to one-way streets, bends around circumstance reminds me of the difference between spreadsheets and webapps. It’s hard to foresee everything when writing validations into a webapp. This leads to frustrating rigidity. But since spreadsheets let anyone change anything, it could become a mess in a hurry. Yet that’s exactly what makes it powerful. A recent story stuck with me. https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/chip-war/ Tue, 28 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/chip-war/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-dream-machine/ Sun, 12 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-dream-machine/ https://kirubakaran.com/blog/writing-on-the-go/ Fri, 26 Sep 2025 12:18:13 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/blog/writing-on-the-go/ .expandable-code summary { cursor: pointer; color: #0969da; font-size: 14px; padding: 4px 0 12px 0; border: none; background: none; } I often don’t carry my laptop when I roam around a city when I’m travelling. Especially if I’m somewhere like Italy, without much of a “laptops in cafes” culture. So when I feel the urge to write, I jot down some points on my phone. I fantasize about having a super light ultra small laptop. https://kirubakaran.com/blog/memorable-poems/ Thu, 25 Sep 2025 07:33:15 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/blog/memorable-poems/ We had to read, analyze, and memorize a lot of poems in school. Some of them had a huge impact on my world-view and life. Adam’s First Night This one had the biggest impact on me. I’m unable to find this poem online, so perhaps it’s a lesser-known one. In it, an angel visits Adam in Eden and tells him night is about to fall. Adam feels fear. How could he see or live without the sun? https://kirubakaran.com/blog/team-wiki/ Tue, 23 Sep 2025 11:00:02 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/blog/team-wiki/ Introduction It’s 2025, and I think that we still don’t have even the basic knowledge tools that will be considered indispensible soon. I’ve been working on histre since 2019. To be frank, it’s still quite far from what I imagined it would be. Other knowledge tools have gained traction, and even been financial successes, but have not solved the fundamental problem. “Team Wiki” is one pillar of the knowledge tools. https://kirubakaran.com/blog/cryptorover/ Sun, 21 Sep 2025 09:11:10 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/blog/cryptorover/ Between Sep 2017 and Apr 2018, I worked on “CryptoRover” (aka “CoinParse”). I never launched this product. I was trying to predict the price of cryptocurrencies, primarily using social media sentiment analysis. It was a SaaS app where you’d plug in the currencies of interest, and you’d get “prediction alerts”. I learned a bit of ML doing it, which was good, but I stopped working on it for ethical reasons. The potential users seemed too unsophisticated that “do your own research” caveat wouldn’t have resonably prevented them from yolo-ing it all and then blaming me. https://kirubakaran.com/blog/ml-vs-stats/ Sun, 21 Sep 2025 08:36:45 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/blog/ml-vs-stats/ Insightful comment on HN from 2017 (slightly paraphrased): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14944613 Machine Learning: Everything that focuses on dealing with problems with a complex structure and low noise Statistics: Everything that focuses on dealing with problems with a large amount of noise The whole comment is interesting, especially this part: Most machine learning techniques focus on problems where the signal is very strong, but the structure is very complex. For instance, take the problem of recognizing whether a picture is a picture of a bird. https://kirubakaran.com/blog/dream-machine-to-read/ Thu, 18 Sep 2025 10:00:16 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/blog/dream-machine-to-read/ I’m reading1 The Dream Machine. Noting down the interesting books he’s referencing, as well as the other books and papers that come to my mind too: Few other books by Waldrop look interesting too Complexity Man-made minds Life on Edge of Chaos Cosmic Origins John Von Neumann and Norbert Wiener Double biography. I didn’t know this existed. I remember reading somewhere that Prisoner’s Dilemma is the closest thing to a biography of JvN, but clearly not! https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-hallmarked-man/ Wed, 17 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-hallmarked-man/ It was no doubt gripping. But there were way too many characters without much of character development, so it was hard for me to remember. And the ending was sort of rushed. Still I enjoyed most of it, so four stars. https://kirubakaran.com/blog/atkinson-pull/ Tue, 16 Sep 2025 10:32:13 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/blog/atkinson-pull/ Local Archive: Download / Watch MP4 Okay. Here’s a little thing I learned about design. To design something, think about what you want to be there, rather than what you don’t want. You can look at the current time and say, what do I not want? Or you can imagine a time where things are better in some way, and then pull toward that. Here’s an example. I’ll use a deck of cards here. https://kirubakaran.com/blog/move-to-apple/ Sun, 14 Sep 2025 07:23:53 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/blog/move-to-apple/ Just a couple of years ago, I would’ve sworn that my main dev setup would never involve an Apple device. Deep philosophical differences, you see. But I’ve been using a MacBook Pro 1 since Nov 2023. A few different things came together to precipitate this. Valerie started gifting me Apple products for Christmas. First an iPad 2. Then Airpods 3. I would’ve never bought those on my own, as I didn’t want to vote with my wallet for a company that was locking down general purpose computing devices. https://kirubakaran.com/blog/learning-goals-2026/ Tue, 02 Sep 2025 14:27:05 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/blog/learning-goals-2026/ I’m turning my general learning goals into specific books to read. Here is what I’d like to read and thoroughly understand by the end of 2026: Our Mathematical Universe - Tegmark - 432 pages Meta Math - Chaitin - 240 pages Spacetime and Geometry - Sean M Carroll - 750 pages Annotated Turing - Petzold - 372 pages (+ 432 240 750 372) =1794 (/ 1794 365) =4 4 pages per day sounds doable. https://kirubakaran.com/blog/on-brand/ Sun, 31 Aug 2025 19:56:25 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/blog/on-brand/ My 6-year-old nephew asked my sister to take this photo and send it to me. I’m delighted that he thinks of me for these silly shenanigans… I must be doing something right if I’m the go-to person for this kind of thing. Our balloon-hat model is Alice. https://kirubakaran.com/blog/about-sirius-business/ Sun, 31 Aug 2025 13:04:04 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/blog/about-sirius-business/ I used to be a regular at sfsfss, a local sci-fi book club. One time, instead of the usual discussion, we all wrote short stories and then went around discussing each other’s. Mine was Sirius Business. I had about a month to write. As usual I did it kind of last minute. I was procrastinating as it was surprisingly stressful even to start. That’s nothing new. But unlike other tasks, it was stressful even after I started. https://kirubakaran.com/blog/sirius-business/ Sun, 31 Aug 2025 19:27:48 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/blog/sirius-business/ I couldn’t believe that the planets in the Sirius system are called Dash, Buddy, Goldie, Rusty, and Max. Planets of the Dog Star with these names? When I asked my coworkers about this, they laughed like I was the silly one. Turns out their thinking went something like this: Dash for the fastest revolving innermost planet, Buddy for the closest neighbor, Goldie for their home planet – the best planet, Rusty for their red planet, and Max for the large gas giant. https://kirubakaran.com/blog/travel-wishlist/ Sat, 30 Aug 2025 09:25:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/blog/travel-wishlist/ Here's where I've been already. I'd love to see these places: Near Term Sicily, Italy ✓ Greece ✓ Goa, India China UK Ferry from Spain / Gibraltar to Morocco Medium Term Darjeeling, India Everest Base Camp, Nepal Romania Berlin, Germany Indonesia Singapore ✓ Norway Sweden Finland Iceland Long Term Everywhere else! https://kirubakaran.com/blog/places-been/ Wed, 27 Aug 2025 13:40:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/blog/places-been/ Lo bailado no te lo quita nadie (No one can take away what you’ve danced) I absolutely love traveling. Thankfully it's a lot easier now, without visa hassles. There are still other constraints on me though, of course. Here are the countries I've been to so far, in alphabetical order. I plan to write more about some and link from here. (function () { var map = L. https://kirubakaran.com/blog/im-back-2025/ Tue, 26 Aug 2025 21:12:32 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/blog/im-back-2025/ After six short years, I’m back baby! histre took up all my time and attention. Between the last post and now, I also put in an intense two and a half years at Walmart, traveled to many countries, went on several backpacking trips, took care of family, found a way to stop stressing so much about my startups, got better at snowboarding, and also read several books. I lost interest in writing primarily because while I was doing it for fun, some friends from previous life were often commenting as if I was showing off. https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/permutation-city/ Wed, 23 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/permutation-city/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/are-your-lights-on/ Tue, 24 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/are-your-lights-on/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/gateway/ Tue, 10 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/gateway/ I practically have Stockholm syndrome with this book series due to sunk cost fallacy. I did mostly enjoy this one, but a lot of the Skippy - Joe interactions are repetitive as hell! But I can't stop. I need to know what the hell happens next. https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/piccadilly-jim/ Tue, 18 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/piccadilly-jim/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/task-force-hammer/ Sat, 15 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/task-force-hammer/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/aftermath/ Wed, 12 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/aftermath/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-mysterious-island/ Thu, 10 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-mysterious-island/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-luck-of-the-bodkins/ Sat, 21 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-luck-of-the-bodkins/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-courage-to-be-disliked/ Mon, 26 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-courage-to-be-disliked/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-mountain-is-you/ Sun, 18 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000 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https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/project-hail-mary/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/its-not-luck/ Tue, 29 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/its-not-luck/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/fallout/ Sun, 20 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/fallout/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/breakaway/ Mon, 31 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/breakaway/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/why-greatness-cannot-be-planned/ Mon, 17 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/why-greatness-cannot-be-planned/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/brushfire/ Sun, 09 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/brushfire/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-ink-black-heart/ Sun, 07 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-ink-black-heart/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/money-for-nothing/ Sat, 15 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/money-for-nothing/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/never-finished/ Mon, 06 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/never-finished/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/entangled-life/ Wed, 01 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/entangled-life/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-hidden-life-of-trees/ Wed, 01 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-hidden-life-of-trees/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/other-minds/ Mon, 20 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/other-minds/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/cant-hurt-me/ Sat, 31 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/cant-hurt-me/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/turn-the-ship-around/ Sat, 12 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/turn-the-ship-around/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/mr-mulliner-speaking/ Thu, 04 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/mr-mulliner-speaking/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/meet-mr-mulliner/ Tue, 19 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/meet-mr-mulliner/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/leviathan-falls/ Wed, 29 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/leviathan-falls/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/high-output-management/ Sun, 24 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/high-output-management/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-new-new-thing/ Fri, 15 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-new-new-thing/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/failing-to-win/ Tue, 01 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/failing-to-win/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/wanting/ Fri, 31 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/wanting/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-inevitable/ Sat, 11 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-inevitable/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/uncle-fred-in-the-springtime/ Sun, 28 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/uncle-fred-in-the-springtime/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-goal/ Tue, 02 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-goal/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/psmith-in-the-city/ Wed, 21 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/psmith-in-the-city/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/aunts-arent-gentlemen/ Thu, 24 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/aunts-arent-gentlemen/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/dragons-egg/ Mon, 17 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/dragons-egg/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-aye-aye-and-i/ Thu, 15 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-aye-aye-and-i/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/cocktail-time/ Sun, 28 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/cocktail-time/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/jeeves-and-the-feudal-spirit/ Mon, 22 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/jeeves-and-the-feudal-spirit/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/ring-for-jeeves/ Fri, 12 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/ring-for-jeeves/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-mating-season/ Fri, 05 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-mating-season/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/troubled-blood/ Sun, 24 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/troubled-blood/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/joy-in-the-morning/ Tue, 12 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/joy-in-the-morning/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/very-good-jeeves/ Sun, 03 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/very-good-jeeves/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/squid-empire/ Fri, 01 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/squid-empire/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/thank-you-jeeves/ Fri, 25 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/thank-you-jeeves/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-code-of-the-woosters/ Fri, 18 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-code-of-the-woosters/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-inimitable-jeeves/ Thu, 10 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-inimitable-jeeves/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/right-ho-jeeves/ Sat, 28 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/right-ho-jeeves/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/my-man-jeeves/ Mon, 16 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/my-man-jeeves/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/summer-moonshine/ Tue, 10 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/summer-moonshine/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/critical-mass/ Mon, 09 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/critical-mass/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/valkyrie/ Wed, 21 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/valkyrie/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/genghis-khan-and-the-making-of-the-modern-world/ Thu, 01 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/genghis-khan-and-the-making-of-the-modern-world/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/how-to-be-miserable/ Tue, 15 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/how-to-be-miserable/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/crossing-the-chasm/ Tue, 21 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/crossing-the-chasm/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/call-sign-chaos/ Thu, 30 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/call-sign-chaos/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/strategy/ Thu, 30 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/strategy/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-hard-thing-about-hard-things/ Sun, 01 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-hard-thing-about-hard-things/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-extreme-life-of-the-sea/ Fri, 14 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-extreme-life-of-the-sea/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/spark/ Fri, 07 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/spark/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/armageddon/ Tue, 04 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/armageddon/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-body/ Sat, 28 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-body/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-worry-trick/ Tue, 17 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-worry-trick/ This is one of the most helpful books I’ve ever read. There are several very practical techniques that I regularly use now. identifying the worry by listening for the “what if” statements repeating the worry 25 times in front of a mirror this one is shockingly powerful! i’d have something looping and looping in my mind, and once I say it out loud in the mirror, something unclenches and the worry no longer bothers me! https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/calming-your-anxious-mind/ Wed, 27 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/calming-your-anxious-mind/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/indistractable/ Sun, 10 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/indistractable/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/ultralearning/ Fri, 08 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/ultralearning/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-vital-abyss/ Mon, 04 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-vital-abyss/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/gods-of-risk/ Sat, 02 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/gods-of-risk/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/strange-dogs/ Mon, 28 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/strange-dogs/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/before-the-exit/ Thu, 17 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/before-the-exit/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/tiamats-wrath/ Wed, 16 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/tiamats-wrath/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/persepolis-rising/ Sat, 21 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/persepolis-rising/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/babylons-ashes/ Sun, 25 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/babylons-ashes/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/getting-past-no/ Mon, 29 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/getting-past-no/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-art-of-learning/ Fri, 26 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-art-of-learning/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/nemesis-games/ Fri, 28 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/nemesis-games/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/cibola-burn/ Tue, 11 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/cibola-burn/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/abaddons-gate/ Sun, 26 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/abaddons-gate/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-practicing-mind/ Fri, 26 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-practicing-mind/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/calibans-war/ Thu, 25 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/calibans-war/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/leviathan-wakes/ Thu, 28 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/leviathan-wakes/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/bad-blood/ Sun, 17 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/bad-blood/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-garden-of-the-gods/ Mon, 11 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-garden-of-the-gods/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/digital-minimalism/ Fri, 01 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/digital-minimalism/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/getting-to-yes/ Sun, 24 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/getting-to-yes/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-sleep-solution/ Mon, 18 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-sleep-solution/ I loved this book. It is funny and has a lot of practical tips that I was able to put to use. https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/birds-beasts-and-relatives/ Thu, 14 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/birds-beasts-and-relatives/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/planetside/ Tue, 12 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/planetside/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/my-family-and-other-animals/ Thu, 07 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/my-family-and-other-animals/ Makes me want to travel to Corfu really bad! https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-road-to-little-dribbling/ Fri, 01 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-road-to-little-dribbling/ Not as funny as his other works, but still enjoyable. https://kirubakaran.com/blog/charging-more/ Sun, 27 Jan 2019 08:20:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/blog/charging-more/ This is a part of the Consulting Lessons Learned series. Read this as opinionated suggestions from a friend over drinks, not as expert advice. There are many benefits to charging more. You end up with better projects, clients respect you more, you can work fewer hours and travel more and still make more, and so on. You know this. It is every consultant's fantasy. But how do you do it? Do you simply tell your clients that your rate is now higher? https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/mindfulness-in-plain-english/ Thu, 24 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/mindfulness-in-plain-english/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/rewire-your-anxious-brain/ Sat, 19 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/rewire-your-anxious-brain/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/atomic-habits/ Wed, 16 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/atomic-habits/ Here is a good summary, written by Derek Sivers. I read this book on his recommendation. Very insightful. https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-laws-of-human-nature/ Mon, 07 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-laws-of-human-nature/ https://kirubakaran.com/blog/marketing-yourself/ Fri, 28 Dec 2018 20:20:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/blog/marketing-yourself/ This is a part of the Consulting Lessons Learned series. Read this as opinionated suggestions from a friend over drinks, not expert advice. Everything becomes easy if you're in demand. You can pick and choose your clients. You can negotiate with ease. You can increase your billing rate. You can fire clients that are not working out. So it is important to become good at this. The Starting Point You need to start somewhere. https://kirubakaran.com/blog/hostel-dogs/ Fri, 14 Dec 2018 07:30:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/blog/hostel-dogs/ When I was in college, ragging was pretty prevalent. I had heard some sadistic stories, and I was terrified going in, but luckily I only have good stories to tell. If you set aside the sadists and focussed on the seniors who did it in the right spirit, it worked like this: as a freshman, you were put in ridiculous situations until your dorkiness and your parents' sheltering were stripped off. https://kirubakaran.com/blog/writing-hangups/ Thu, 13 Dec 2018 07:30:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/blog/writing-hangups/ I'm realizing that one of the main reasons I have several unfinished posts is, as I'm midway through a post, I start thinking about who will read it, and I try to cater to them. I quickly find this to be an impossible task. The best case scenario is, a plurality might like it and the majority won't. Case in point, some of you will be happy that the word " https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-mindbody-prescription/ Wed, 05 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-mindbody-prescription/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/mastery-gl/ Fri, 30 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/mastery-gl/ https://kirubakaran.com/blog/consulting-getting-started/ Thu, 22 Nov 2018 08:45:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/blog/consulting-getting-started/ This is a part of the Consulting Lessons Learned series. Read this as opinionated suggestions from a friend over drinks, not expert advice. Winslow Homer - The Fog Warning Who Is This For? This post is for people who check all these boxes: Programmers With at least 2 years of experience shipping software Want to start their own consulting practice US clients Sole owner of the business No employees I find it much easier to write when I have specific people in mind. https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/mavericks/ Sun, 11 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/mavericks/ https://kirubakaran.com/blog/org-pandoc-hugo/ Sat, 10 Nov 2018 13:45:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/blog/org-pandoc-hugo/ Note: See my update below for a better solution, if you're okay with recompiling Hugo. I use Hugo to publish this website and I like to write in org-mode. Hugo's org-mode support is incomplete at best. I was fighting with Hugo's org renderer yet again this morning. It couldn't even handle nested lists or paragraphs inside a third level heading! After getting frustrated trying to find a fix, I decided to fix the issue once and for all for myself. https://kirubakaran.com/blog/next/ Sat, 10 Nov 2018 07:45:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/blog/next/ Why? Writing helps me clairfy my thoughts. I'm trying to figure out what I'd like to build next. I feel a bit stuck on the question, so I'm writing to get me unstuck. So why not write in private? I also see that I may have an issue getting started. The last couple of things I built went nowhere, for various reasons. So I sense that I'm spending a lot of time trying find the perfect thing, which is the worst thing I can do. https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/why-we-sleep/ Tue, 30 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/why-we-sleep/ If you were to read just one book this year, let it be this one. I got a lot of actionable insights out of it. https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/lethal-white/ Wed, 03 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/lethal-white/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-time-keeper/ Sat, 15 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-time-keeper/ https://kirubakaran.com/blog/2018aug/ Thu, 23 Aug 2018 07:30:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/blog/2018aug/ Photos Working on the beach Backpacking Breakfast Gang Too bad Alan couldn't make it this time. We'll have to do another backpacking trip with all six of us to make it the official "Annual Hacker House Hike". Useful links for the future Strawberry Station is a cool store otw to Tahoe, to pick up things for hiking, camping, or snowboarding, if I forget something. 45min east of Placerville; 30min west of South Lake Tahoe; on Highway 50. https://kirubakaran.com/blog/ml-exciting/ Sat, 28 Jul 2018 10:30:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/blog/ml-exciting/ Most startups cater to every new kink the investors develop. We've all seen them trying to ram machine learning shaped pegs into their product shaped holes. Who could blame them? Capitalism, for better or worse, ensures that the ones that don't bend to the whims of the market are replaced by the ones that do. We were having dinner after racquetball, and the topic turned to machine learning. One of my friends said that, and I'm wildly paraphrasing here, it is the garnishing, not the secret sauce. https://kirubakaran.com/blog/lifestyle-tweaks/ Sun, 22 Jul 2018 09:30:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/blog/lifestyle-tweaks/ I was telling Valerie how I used to have a lot of clutter about my living space, many many moons ago, long before I met her. She said that it was hard for her to imagine that, since I'm well organized now. I've done a lot of lifestyle experiments over the years, big and small. I've intentionally not been too methodical about it, so that it doesn't feel oppresive. I've kept the changes that were blindingly obvious to be good ideas, but there were naturally a lot of things that weren't worth the hassle. https://kirubakaran.com/blog/racquetball-gang/ Sun, 22 Jul 2018 09:30:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/blog/racquetball-gang/ I started playing racquetball in 2003, when I moved to Seattle from India. Sudhakar, my roommate then, taught me how to play. I fell in love with the game right away. I've played on and off since. It's one of those things that always made me feel great aferwards, but somehow I didn't do it as often as I'd have liked to. Why didn't I do something that was good for me, cleared my head, and was guaranteed to make me feel great? https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/think-complexity/ Tue, 03 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/think-complexity/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/how-will-you-measure-your-life/ Fri, 15 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/how-will-you-measure-your-life/ Innovator's dilemma applied to your personal life. I found it insightful and painfully revelant to my life re consulting vs building my product company with recurring revenue. https://kirubakaran.com/blog/all-for-naught/ Wed, 21 Mar 2018 13:49:03 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/blog/all-for-naught/ Potentially False Dichotomy My friend Vic is a programmer working for a big company. They’ve hired a lot of non-engineers who are wasting his time in meetings. He said that on one hand it is good money and he should take it and not worry about anything else. On the other hand, it is hard to see opportunities being squandered. He doesn’t want to turn into a cynic. I thought about my related experiences over the past 17 years of work and how my approaches have evolved. https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-48-laws-of-power/ Mon, 19 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-48-laws-of-power/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/zero-hour/ Tue, 13 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/zero-hour/ Another really great book in the series. I hope he keeps writing forever. https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/creativity/ Tue, 27 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/creativity/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-life-and-times-of-the-thunderbolt-kid/ Mon, 05 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-life-and-times-of-the-thunderbolt-kid/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-art-of-seduction/ Tue, 30 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-art-of-seduction/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/hungry-ghosts/ Sun, 28 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/hungry-ghosts/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/eat-that-frog/ Sun, 14 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/eat-that-frog/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-33-strategies-of-war/ Sat, 06 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-33-strategies-of-war/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/animal-farm/ Thu, 28 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/animal-farm/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/2-b-r-0-2-b/ Tue, 26 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/2-b-r-0-2-b/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/2br02b/ Tue, 26 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/2br02b/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/everyone-burns/ Sun, 03 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/everyone-burns/ This was such a fun read. I'm glad I've discovered a new murder mystery series, thanks to this list https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/eat-people/ Thu, 30 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/eat-people/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-mysterious-affair-at-styles/ Wed, 22 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-mysterious-affair-at-styles/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-moon-is-a-harsh-mistress/ Mon, 20 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-moon-is-a-harsh-mistress/ It was good and I love Heinlein, but it hasn't aged that well. It's a must-read classic anyway. https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/black-ops/ Sun, 12 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/black-ops/ Ugh, a cliffhanger. Can't wait for the next book! And I hope this series never ends. https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/burglars-cant-be-choosers/ Wed, 01 Nov 2017 22:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/burglars-cant-be-choosers/ I mostly enjoyed this book, but there were too many coincidences for my taste. https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/data-science-from-scratch/ Wed, 01 Nov 2017 14:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/data-science-from-scratch/ I loved it. It is well presented and gives you a strong basis with good examples to start exploring the subject deeper. https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/you-are-not-so-smart/ Mon, 30 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/you-are-not-so-smart/ He uses great examples to illustrate logical fallacies and cognitive biases. https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/moby-dick/ Wed, 25 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/moby-dick/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/moby-dick-or-the-whale/ Wed, 25 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/moby-dick-or-the-whale/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/trouble-on-paradise/ Sat, 07 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/trouble-on-paradise/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/paradise/ Fri, 06 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/paradise/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/specops/ Fri, 29 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/specops/ It didn't slow down at all in the second volume, as is typical for a series. Just as thoroughly enjoyable as the first book. Though I usually alternate between fiction and non-fiction, I'm so engrossed in this story that I probably will keep going until I finish the whole series. https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/columbus-day/ Thu, 21 Sep 2017 18:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/columbus-day/ Thoroughly enjoyed the book. The audiobook is extremely well done by R C Bray. https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/boyd/ Mon, 04 Sep 2017 16:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/boyd/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/interactive-data-visualization-for-the-web/ Mon, 04 Sep 2017 08:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/interactive-data-visualization-for-the-web/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/all-these-worlds/ Sun, 20 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/all-these-worlds/ I enjoyed the whole series. It felt real. https://kirubakaran.com/blog/consulting-sow/ Thu, 17 Aug 2017 08:30:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/blog/consulting-sow/ This is a part of the Consulting Lessons Learned series. Paperwork As a software consultant, “Consulting Agreement” and “Statement of Work” are the two main pieces of paperwork you want to have in place before you start a project. The consulting agreement should be “standard paperwork”. While it is important, the more important and interesting piece of the puzzle that you need to put a lot of effort into is the “Statement of Work” (SoW), which is what we’ll focus on here. https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/for-we-are-many/ Mon, 14 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/for-we-are-many/ I loved this second book in the series as much as the first. This is unusual for a trilogy. Usually the second volume is a slog with all the effort focussed on setting things up for the big climax in the final volume. Sure, this book wasn't entirely an exception to that, but there were still a lot of interesting things happening. The part of the story dealing with super intelligent humans descendents helping primitive but sentient life is particularly interesting. https://kirubakaran.com/blog/work-hikes/ Sun, 06 Aug 2017 20:30:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/blog/work-hikes/ InstantExporter, the product I was building, is feature-complete for what I set out to do and it's mostly sales work for now. So I'm spending a significant amount of time now thinking of startup ideas, researching market size and potential competitors, and testing them. Though I'm doing exactly what I want to be doing, it can get pretty frustrating to try and come up with ideas sometimes. So I go on work hikes. https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/we-are-legion/ Thu, 03 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/we-are-legion/ Coincidentally, this book which also titled "We Are Bob" was recommended to me by my friend Robert, a local sentient programmer Bob, much like the protagonist. This isn't hard sci-fi like the works of Greg Egan that I love, but not too much of a space opera either. It's entertaining, not mind-bending. It isn't closer to Heinlen's work either, because Heinlen bends the mind about social norms. Time Enough For Love for instance wasn't heavy on science, but was incredible in questioning a social norm that even hardcore liberals would find to be taboo. https://kirubakaran.com/blog/most-beautiful-program/ Mon, 31 Jul 2017 09:45:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/blog/most-beautiful-program/ I’m listening to this talk by William Byrd: The Most Beautiful Program Ever Written If you can’t fit an idea on a 3”x5” card https://kirubakaran.com/blog/fold-anything/ Mon, 31 Jul 2017 07:40:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/blog/fold-anything/ I capture my notes on books that I read as org files and publish that as my bookshelf. My script grabs a lot of metadata from goodreads.com and inserts it into the org file as Hugo “front matter”. The layout specifies how this structured metadata is to be rendered for the web as static html files. This is great because the data is structured and it is all there and I can pick and choose what I want to display and do other interesting things with it. https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/flow/ Fri, 28 Jul 2017 10:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/flow/ I've read about Flow from productivity and psychology books. Decided it was time to get the full version from the man himself now ;-) Listened to the audiobook. Flow : experiences where we lose track of time, especially at challenging work that we're good at Mindless relaxation isn't very restful If we were to think of our mind as not just a problem solving tool but as an organ of enjoyment, there will be whole new opportunities for flow Some surgeons get addicted to doing surgery that they get the shakes when they go on vacation. https://kirubakaran.com/blog/consulting-outline/ Mon, 24 Jul 2017 10:30:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/blog/consulting-outline/ Context I’ve been working as a software consultant for over 15 years. The last 7 years of that has been in the San Francisco Bay Area, mostly in full-stack web development. I’ve helped my clients find product-market fit, make millions of dollars, and raise their next round of funding (see: testimonials). I’ve helped my friends with their consulting practices. After many nudges from them, I thought it may be useful to write up what I’ve learned so far. https://kirubakaran.com/blog/porting-my-old-blog/ Sun, 23 Jul 2017 17:30:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/blog/porting-my-old-blog/ Coding A couple of days ago, I started writing a Python script to port my old Blogger blog posts, which were hosted at blog.kirubakaran.com, over to this website. It turned out to be a lot of fun to incrementally refine this script. I’m really happy with the result. I was able to port the comments over too. I was initially thinking of dumping the comments to keep things simple, but I’m glad that I didn’t. https://kirubakaran.com/blog/website-refresh/ Sat, 22 Jul 2017 08:57:15 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/blog/website-refresh/ I’m now using Hugo to render my website. I’ve been using it in other places like the home page of Insstant and I like it a lot. The first thing that stood out to me when I tried it was the speed. It is insanely fast. I’ve ported the content over from my previous website. I’m working on porting over my old blog posts. Most of them make me cringe hard. https://kirubakaran.com/about/ Fri, 21 Jul 2017 10:00:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/about/ .special a { border-bottom:1px solid #e22; } I pronounce my name as kroo-PAH-krun. In IPA it’s /kruːˈpɑːkrən/ I love solving problems. I’m the founder of histre, which brings knowledge management tools to everyone, not just the tech-elite. Insstant is my consulting practice, where I act as a fractional CTO and get startups to the next stage, be that a fund-raising milestone or a revenue goal. They say that you can tell a lot from someone’s . https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/ready-player-one/ Wed, 19 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/ready-player-one/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/mastery/ Tue, 11 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/mastery/ This was exactly the book I needed, while making some big changes to my work. I'm dedicating more time towards what I hope would become my life's work and less time towards making money in the short and medium term. There is a lot take in. I definitely plan to listen to this audiobook again. Maybe even a few times. I enjoyed the instructive and inspiring stories in the book. https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/career-of-evil/ Mon, 12 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/career-of-evil/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/never-split-the-difference/ Sat, 03 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/never-split-the-difference/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-silkworm/ Mon, 08 May 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-silkworm/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-cuckoos-calling/ Wed, 19 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-cuckoos-calling/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/you-have-the-right-to-remain-innocent/ Sun, 09 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/you-have-the-right-to-remain-innocent/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/norse-mythology/ Wed, 05 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/norse-mythology/ The audiobook version was great. I found it relaxing. I was listening to this book in the ski cabin in Tahoe after long days of snowboarding. We had one of the best seasons ever too. I'd listen to it as a bedtime story and drift off into the netherworld of deep sleep. It was awesome. This book made me see Loki as a complex character, not just a two dimensional villain. https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/tuva-or-bust/ Sun, 19 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/tuva-or-bust/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/quarantine/ Thu, 09 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/quarantine/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/time-enough-for-love/ Mon, 27 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/time-enough-for-love/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/neither-here-nor-there/ Thu, 26 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/neither-here-nor-there/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/and-then-there-were-none/ Tue, 10 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/and-then-there-were-none/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/start-small-stay-small/ Sun, 08 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/start-small-stay-small/ https://kirubakaran.com/blog/2016/ Sat, 31 Dec 2016 22:00:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/blog/2016/ The Start I founded Insstant and started building products and testing ideas. Lead Spell It was a SaaS webapp to “get alerted and act on a lead just when it heats up”. I built the MVP, launched it on BetaList, got lukewarm interest, and finally decided not to pursue the idea further because I didn’t think I’d feel great building and selling it and so I didn’t see much potential for the idea in my hands. https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/60-hikes-within-60-miles/ Sat, 31 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/60-hikes-within-60-miles/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-inner-game-of-tennis/ Sat, 31 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-inner-game-of-tennis/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-dog-stars/ Thu, 29 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-dog-stars/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-recursive-universe/ Wed, 07 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-recursive-universe/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/my-brain-is-open/ Wed, 16 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/my-brain-is-open/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/one-summer/ Mon, 17 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/one-summer/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-three-body-problem/ Fri, 07 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-three-body-problem/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-dip/ Fri, 30 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-dip/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/at-home/ Tue, 20 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/at-home/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/kings-of-kings/ Wed, 07 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/kings-of-kings/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/blueprint-for-armageddon/ Sun, 28 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/blueprint-for-armageddon/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/pitch-anything/ Thu, 25 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/pitch-anything/ https://kirubakaran.com/blog/email-list/ Mon, 15 Aug 2016 20:15:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/blog/email-list/ Here are some notes from building an audience. Append Only Database To give you the result first: A quick email capture form using Firebase turned out to be the best. I use Firebase as an append-only database, so that records can be added to it straight from the website, and I can be sure that no one can read or delete all the information, even without any authentication mechanisms in place. https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/william-shakespeare/ Thu, 12 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/william-shakespeare/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/so-good-they-cant-ignore-you/ Tue, 10 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/so-good-they-cant-ignore-you/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-war-of-art/ Tue, 12 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-war-of-art/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/in-a-sunburned-country/ Mon, 28 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/in-a-sunburned-country/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/cannery-row/ Sat, 05 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/cannery-row/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/traction/ Thu, 18 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/traction/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/deep-work/ Sat, 06 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/deep-work/ I can say without exaggeration that this book has changed my life. Unlike most self-help books, it has a lot of non-obvious, actionable suggestions. This is probably because the author is not a "productivity guru" who hasn't done much else with his productivity chops other than write a book on productivity. Here are his publications. Table of Contents The Idea Deep Work Is Valuable Deep Work Is Rare Deep Work Is Meaningful The Rules Rule #1 : Work Deeply Rule #2 : Embrace Boredom Rule #3 : Quit Social Media Rule #4 : Drain the Shallows Time Blocking This technique makes you be more mindful of how you spend your day. https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/starship-troopers/ Fri, 29 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/starship-troopers/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/no-touch-monkey/ Sun, 03 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/no-touch-monkey/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-old-man-and-the-sea/ Sun, 06 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-old-man-and-the-sea/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/of-mice-and-men/ Thu, 03 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/of-mice-and-men/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/laughter-in-the-dark/ Tue, 01 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/laughter-in-the-dark/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/daily-rituals/ Mon, 30 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/daily-rituals/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/post-office/ Sat, 21 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/post-office/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/axiomatic/ Mon, 16 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/axiomatic/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/wait/ Sat, 07 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/wait/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-supermen/ Sat, 31 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-supermen/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/three-men-on-the-bummel/ Sun, 19 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/three-men-on-the-bummel/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/fantastic-mr-fox/ Sun, 10 May 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/fantastic-mr-fox/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/jonathan-livingston-seagull/ Sat, 21 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/jonathan-livingston-seagull/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-charisma-myth/ Sun, 15 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-charisma-myth/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-game/ Fri, 30 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-game/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/zero-to-one/ Wed, 31 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/zero-to-one/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/lolita/ Sat, 20 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/lolita/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/poirot-investigates/ Thu, 06 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/poirot-investigates/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-abc-murders/ Wed, 27 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-abc-murders/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/murder-on-the-orient-express/ Sun, 10 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/murder-on-the-orient-express/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/stranger-in-a-strange-land/ Mon, 21 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/stranger-in-a-strange-land/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/three-worlds-collide/ Mon, 16 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/three-worlds-collide/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-martian/ Wed, 11 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-martian/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/notes-from-a-small-island/ Wed, 04 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/notes-from-a-small-island/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/secrets-of-consulting/ Thu, 24 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/secrets-of-consulting/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/predictable-revenue/ Sat, 08 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/predictable-revenue/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/endurance/ Fri, 17 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/endurance/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-sun-also-rises/ Sun, 15 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-sun-also-rises/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-keeper-of-lost-causes/ Tue, 26 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-keeper-of-lost-causes/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/how-to-fail-at-almost-everything-and-still-win-big/ Tue, 05 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/how-to-fail-at-almost-everything-and-still-win-big/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-golden-transcendence/ Sat, 21 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-golden-transcendence/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-murder-of-roger-ackroyd/ Sun, 01 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-murder-of-roger-ackroyd/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-phoenix-exultant/ Fri, 30 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-phoenix-exultant/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-golden-age/ Fri, 23 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-golden-age/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/schilds-ladder/ Wed, 14 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/schilds-ladder/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/blondie24/ Wed, 24 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/blondie24/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-making-of-prince-of-persia/ Tue, 02 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-making-of-prince-of-persia/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/accidental-genius/ Sat, 01 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/accidental-genius/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-brain-that-changes-itself/ Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-brain-that-changes-itself/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-4-hour-chef/ Sat, 01 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-4-hour-chef/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/small-gods/ Sun, 28 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/small-gods/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-importance-of-being-earnest/ Wed, 12 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-importance-of-being-earnest/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-hobbit/ Sun, 01 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-hobbit/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-hobbit-or-there-and-back-again/ Sun, 01 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-hobbit-or-there-and-back-again/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/timeline/ Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/timeline/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-hunger-games/ Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-hunger-games/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/million-dollar-consulting/ Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/million-dollar-consulting/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-power-of-now/ Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-power-of-now/ https://kirubakaran.com/articles/efficiently-browsing-text-or-code/ Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:30:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/articles/efficiently-browsing-text-or-code/ Searching a large code base or text dumps for sections of interest can be frustrating. This article walks you through using Emacs to make the task easy. Sometimes grep just isn’t enough. Scenarios Let’s search the source code of Python 2.7.2 for something interesting. You may find yourself in similar circumstances for reasons like: You inherited an enormous project and you have to fix an elusive bug or ten. https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/a-walk-in-the-woods/ Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/a-walk-in-the-woods/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/dirk-gentlys-holistic-detective-agency/ Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/dirk-gentlys-holistic-detective-agency/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/east-of-eden/ Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/east-of-eden/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/intimate-connections/ Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/intimate-connections/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/sphere/ Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/sphere/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-andromeda-strain/ Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-andromeda-strain/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-long-dark-tea-time-of-the-soul/ Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-long-dark-tea-time-of-the-soul/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-now-habit/ Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-now-habit/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-salmon-of-doubt/ Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-salmon-of-doubt/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/breakfast-of-champions/ Sat, 08 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/breakfast-of-champions/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/convict-conditioning/ Sat, 03 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/convict-conditioning/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/anything-you-want/ Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/anything-you-want/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/she-comes-first/ Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/she-comes-first/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/last-chance-to-see/ Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/last-chance-to-see/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/harry-potter-and-the-methods-of-rationality/ Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/harry-potter-and-the-methods-of-rationality/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-girl-who-kicked-the-hornets-nest/ Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-girl-who-kicked-the-hornets-nest/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-girl-who-played-with-fire/ Sun, 27 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-girl-who-played-with-fire/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo/ Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/a-short-history-of-nearly-everything/ Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/a-short-history-of-nearly-everything/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/mostly-harmless/ Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/mostly-harmless/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/ Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-4-hour-body/ Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-4-hour-body/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/a-guide-to-the-good-life/ Fri, 31 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/a-guide-to-the-good-life/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/dune/ Sun, 31 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/dune/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/atlas-shrugged/ Sun, 10 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/atlas-shrugged/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/grumby/ Sun, 03 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/grumby/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/skunk-works/ Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/skunk-works/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/problem-solving-101/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/problem-solving-101/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/learned-optimism/ Sun, 30 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/learned-optimism/ Components of explanation styles (Optimists vs Pessimists): permanence pervasiveness personalization When to use Optimism: In an achievement situation (e.g. sales, writing a book) If you are concerned about how you will feel If the situation is likely to be protracted, and your physical health is an issue To lead, inspire, or win votes When to use Pessimism: Plan for a risky and uncertain future To counsel others whose future is dim To appear sympathetic If the cost of failure is high https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/iwoz/ Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/iwoz/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/iwoz-computer-geek-to-cult-icon/ Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/iwoz-computer-geek-to-cult-icon/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/life-the-universe-and-everything/ Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/life-the-universe-and-everything/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-restaurant-at-the-end-of-the-universe/ Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-restaurant-at-the-end-of-the-universe/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/what-do-you-care-what-other-people-think/ Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/what-do-you-care-what-other-people-think/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/what-do-you-care-what-other-people-think-further-adventures-of-a-curious-character/ Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/what-do-you-care-what-other-people-think-further-adventures-of-a-curious-character/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/writing-your-dissertation-in-fifteen-minutes-a-day/ Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/writing-your-dissertation-in-fifteen-minutes-a-day/ https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2009-12-happy-birthday-mike/ Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:52:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2009-12-happy-birthday-mike/ Please accept this drawing as your birthday gift: Few links for you: http://www.27bslash6.com/overdue.html http://i.imgur.com/cIrNx.jpg http://abstrusegoose.com/148 1 comment Anonymous wrote on Dec 14, 2009: Hey are you a professional journalist? This article is very well written, as compared to most other blogs i saw today…. anyhow thanks for the good read! https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/mans-search-for-meaning/ Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/mans-search-for-meaning/ https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2009-08-enjoyed-mit-8/ Sun, 09 Aug 2009 12:59:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2009-08-enjoyed-mit-8/ Enjoyed MIT 8.02 Lecture 1. I wonder why electron and proton have the exact same charge. Of course, “fundamental charge” and what not, but that “explanation” doesn’t explain anything. Also, what happens when an electron collides with a proton? I guess all the answers are on the internet and I just need to search around. Also I read that neutron decays into proton, electron and neutrino. I am now going to have lunch at Gainsbourg restaurant which is near my apartment, since UrbanSpoon rates it very high. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2009-08-art-supplies/ Sat, 08 Aug 2009 22:39:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2009-08-art-supplies/ I went to a traditional art store today. We used to buy from that place when my sister and I took drawing lessons long ago. We bought supplies there out of last minute necessity and we didn’t buy much anyway. I wanted to buy some water colors to try. Yowww isn’t that place a rip off! Sure it is awesome to look around and everything but the prices are crazy to me. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2009-08-puppies/ Sat, 08 Aug 2009 22:25:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2009-08-puppies/ I am learning. I drew it seeing the pic. Settled down at about 9:15 and drew for an hour. Next time, something less negative-spacey. credit 3 comments Ruchi wrote on Aug 10, 2009: Puppiesh are cute. You did well. Do you mostly draw animals? first I saw you drew a lion. Kirubakaran A wrote on Aug 11, 2009: Thank you. Longggg way to go :) Didn't really think of it before. https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/founders-at-work/ Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/founders-at-work/ https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2009-07-ferry-ride-to-bremerton/ Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:59:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2009-07-ferry-ride-to-bremerton/ Weather has been amazing. I was going home from work yesterday evening and I didn’t have the heart to just head home and waste the warm evening. So I took the Seattle Downtown to Bremerton ferry and came back in the same boat. It was a two hour ride and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was fun to focus on little details like the pattern of wavelets on the water. There were many layers of them and varying levels of intensity and size. https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy/ Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy/ https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2009-06-sad-about-mjs-my-favorites-of-his-are/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:46:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2009-06-sad-about-mjs-my-favorites-of-his-are/ Sad about MJ’s :-( My favorites of his are: Billie JeanSmooth CriminalBadBeat ItThey Don’t Care About UsBlack or White(pretty much in that order) Though ‘Billie Jean’ is my most favorite, it makes me sad when I listen to it too many times… all the crazies he had to deal with even back then. ===== Recently watched movies: (in the past few months, most recent first) Up (awesome)Hancock (piece of shit)The Hudsucker Proxy (enjoyed)3:10 to Yuma (enjoyed)Vitus (i loved it. https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/coders-at-work/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/coders-at-work/ https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2009-05-changed-title-to-something-more/ Wed, 13 May 2009 16:15:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2009-05-changed-title-to-something-more/ Changed the title to something more appropriate. It used to be “Just Curious…” which was kinda huh?, kinda blah, kinda meh and kinda blah again. “a primate on a blue planet” is more in line with my current perspective, which no doubt will soon change. This is not to be particularly taken as an attempt to brag about my opposable thumbs. I just use them to hit the space bar. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2009-05-i-cleared-more-than-half-of-storage/ Tue, 12 May 2009 23:40:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2009-05-i-cleared-more-than-half-of-storage/ I cleared more than half of the storage space that I am renting. It was quite a workout, hauling stuff, sorting them and donating as much as possible. Then, after picking up pizza and some immediately needed groceries, I stopped by my friend Prakash’s house to pick up something. It was quite late. Still he force fed me. He had his mom and wife on his team. I was out numbered. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2009-05-org-mode-marathon/ Tue, 12 May 2009 06:00:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2009-05-org-mode-marathon/ Few days ago, I learned emacs org-mode for almost 10 hours straight. It was FUN. It felt like org-mode was loaded into my brain Matrix-style. I saw couple of videos, read through the manual and tried out my made-up examples. I read the manual cover-to-cover, metaphorically of course. If you are a more of a literal kind of person, I mean that I read the manual first-link to last-link. I skipped only the sections that described features that I thought I’ll never use. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2009-05-notes-technology-courage/ Thu, 07 May 2009 18:45:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2009-05-notes-technology-courage/ I reread ‘Technology and Courage’ [pdf] last Thursday, making effective use of the time waiting to go to my weekly motorcycle meet. I took notes this time. By the way, I had an awesome time at the meet, at Pike Place Brewery. The Kilt Lifters did live up to their name. These notes were a result of liberal paraphrasing… So read the original for accuracy. It is all about courage. We almost never look at it like that. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2009-05-if-god-is-for-us-who-can-be-against-us/ Tue, 05 May 2009 18:24:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2009-05-if-god-is-for-us-who-can-be-against-us/ “If god is for us, who can be against us?” Answer : You This is what I came up with, when I once again heard the often quoted verse. Religion turns people into sheep, if they aren’t one to begin with. ——– I liked this comment that someone made about Ayoreo-Totobiegosode Indians, an uncontacted tribe in South America: I wonder if they sit out there all alone without the necessary technology to move beyond their little village, and they all believe that they must be the only tribe in the Universe, because if they weren’t, then surely someone would have contacted them by now. https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/beginning-python/ Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/beginning-python/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/influence/ Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/influence/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/getting-things-done/ Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/getting-things-done/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/ready-for-anything/ Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/ready-for-anything/ https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2008-12-my-emacs-file/ Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:43:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2008-12-my-emacs-file/ Here is my .emacs file, ready for public consumption. I’ve cleaned it up. http://github.com/ki/my-dot-emacs/tree/master/dot-emacs.txt http://github.com/ki is where I plan to host my public code. 1 comment orsenthil wrote on Dec 18, 2008: Never knew you were an emacs junkie.I guess lisp took you there.I swear by vim forever! :) https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/feeling-good/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/feeling-good/ https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2008-10-olpc-as-ebook-reader/ Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:42:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2008-10-olpc-as-ebook-reader/ OLPC was choking up on large pdf files. I installed xpdf and it is working perfectly now. yum install gv yum install xpdf I like xpdf a lot now… It is so minimal and blazing fast! I installed it on my dev laptop too. Also, I installed emacs on my OLPC. [credit] 1 comment Ruchi wrote on Oct 25, 2008: will kindle your pdf reading now :) https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2008-10-untitled/ Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:46:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2008-10-untitled/ Passionate amateurs always beat bored professionals : link Open source software vs Microsoft gorillas vs enlisted soldiers freedom fighters vs empire’s hired murderers blogs vs journalists (aka Rupert Murdoch’s thugs) amateur porn vs commercially produced social news vs CNN.com Trying to accurately time the market isn’t ballsy, it’s stupid. It’s the modern day alchemy. – http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=329490 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2008-10-emacs-and-stuff/ Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:16:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2008-10-emacs-and-stuff/ I am sick with cold. It is probably flu, as the whole body hurts. I am in bed and don’t feel like doing anything else. So I thought I’ll type up a blog post. I will try to keep this post to be about what I did and what I am doing, while avoiding what I plan to do. By now most of you are pissed about my grandiose plans that I blog about and don’t follow up on. https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-day-of-the-jackal/ Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-day-of-the-jackal/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/self-discipline-in-10-days/ Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/self-discipline-in-10-days/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/smile-when-youre-lying/ Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/smile-when-youre-lying/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows/ Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows/ https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2008-03-first-off-ill-give-you-bunch-of/ Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:16:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2008-03-first-off-ill-give-you-bunch-of/ First off, I’ll give you a bunch of twittery updates, so that I can resume regular blogging after that. This is kind of like what you do on the first day in gym after a month long break… you just try to wake up all different muscles. I read “Ender’s Game” and I would recommend it to everyone. I’ll be reading the sequel after a break. I am now reading: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - page 146Gödel, Escher & Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid - startedThe Little Schemer - page 80I went snow-boarding just once. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2008-02-reading/ Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:16:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2008-02-reading/ … “Ender’s Game”. Very interesting. nearing the end…. 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2008-01-bad-news-higher-income-less-leisure/ Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:33:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2008-01-bad-news-higher-income-less-leisure/ Bad News: Higher Income = Less Leisure Time? The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss: … a certain class of pundits and politicians are quick to see any increase in income inequality as a problem that needs fixing—usually through some form of redistributive taxation. Applying the same philosophy to leisure, you could conclude that something must be done to reverse the trends of the past 40 years—say, by rounding up all those folks with extra time on their hands and putting them to (unpaid) work in the kitchens of their “less fortunate” neighbors. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2008-01-done-read-worse-is-better-fixed-google/ Thu, 03 Jan 2008 21:54:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2008-01-done-read-worse-is-better-fixed-google/ Done Read ‘Worse Is Better‘Fixed Annoyance: Google Toolbar Bookmark In Ubuntu Gutsy Read Beginning Python [APress]ClosuresCollecting ParametersUnpacking ArgumentsRead few pages of ‘The Little Schemer’ 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2008-01-new-year-gift-from-our-rich-uncle-mike/ Thu, 03 Jan 2008 21:36:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2008-01-new-year-gift-from-our-rich-uncle-mike/ We went to the Space Needle to watch the new year fireworks. There were some hiccups. They had to ditch the computer and do it manually. Can you guess which operating system that computer was running? It was priceless to watch. One lady standing near me yelled “Come on Seattle! We are on national television!!” I hope 2009 fireworks will be triggered using a Linux machine (preferably Debian-Stable) New Year Gift From Me: ‘Seasons of Love’ from the movie Rent https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-12-introspection/ Mon, 31 Dec 2007 21:43:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-12-introspection/ 23andMe is my favorite startup of 2007. From: Kirubakaran Sent: December 27, 2007 To: 23andMe Help Subject: RE: Can you…? Thanks. It will be really cool to look at my raw machine code and write my own code to parse it :-) If you can let me know when you offer that, I’d buy immediately. Thanks, Kirubakaran. —–Original Message—– From: 23andMe Help Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 To: Kirubakaran Subject: RE: Can you…? https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-12-quest-to-become-better-programmer/ Mon, 31 Dec 2007 06:00:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-12-quest-to-become-better-programmer/ The best time to start was last year. The second best time to start is right now. - Seth GodinI will try to list the milestones I want to cross: Write a compilerWrite a ray tracerWrite an operating systemLearn Lisp More math #Neural NetworksGenetic AlgorithmsBayesian ClassifiersClustering AlgorithmsImage MatchingProject Euler More Computer ScienceSICP Operating SystemsCompiler Design Machine LearningDistributed ComputingAlgorithm Design I am not kidding. I am pretty miserable about the current state of my programming abilities. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-12-2007-books-that-i-read/ Sun, 30 Dec 2007 22:43:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-12-2007-books-that-i-read/ Friends were the first victims of my project efforts of 2007. Hanging out, emailing, chatting, calling up - everything just dropped as if someone threw on the gravity switch in a zero-gravity area. A close second is my reading habit. Fiction intake especially took a big hit. These are some notable books that I did read this year: The Four Hour Workweek - Tim FerrissOn Writing - Stephen KingMan’s Search For Meaning - Viktor E. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-12-movie-madness-continues/ Sun, 30 Dec 2007 18:10:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-12-movie-madness-continues/ On trying to list the movies that I watched in 2007, I was shocked. The list is not comprehensive - I am pretty sure I missed a whole bunch of them. Still the count is 70+! Movies Seen In 2007 (Google Doc Spreadsheet) I briefly entertained the thought that I should cut back on movies, and then thought - what the hell. It is one of my primary relaxation activities. There is nothing like sitting together, eating and seeing a nice movie. https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/how-to-get-rich/ Mon, 31 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/how-to-get-rich/ https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-08-simple-way-to-become-rich/ Wed, 26 Dec 2007 06:00:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-08-simple-way-to-become-rich/ You may use this idea to become rich. Just give me 10% of your profits. Losses are all yours though - that is tax deductible, right? If you are not a criminal, you probably believe in the adage: “Truth Triumphs”. Then why didn’t you short SCO or buy put options? Instead of just talking to your friends about SCO’s fraudulent business practices, you could be a millionaire today. Instead of the countless hours that I spent Donald Duck dancing in front of my sympathetic friends, had I done some research and put some options where my mouth was, I would now have more options to put things in places - especially my feet in Seychelles and some of the finest rotten grape juices in my mouth - regardless of what I would actually do. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-12-my-new-year-wishes/ Wed, 12 Dec 2007 06:00:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-12-my-new-year-wishes/ People will stop using guidelines from medieval times (also known as religion) to live in the modern world.India will not elect convicted criminals just for religious and caste reasons.America will elect a President who is not of the current race, gender, belief and orientation stereotype.Instead of putting band-aids on problems like starvation, we will empower the victims to resolve their problems themselves.For a change, middle east will be peaceful.If my wish #1 comes true, I think everything else will come true too. https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/on-writing/ Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/on-writing/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/stumbling-on-happiness/ Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/stumbling-on-happiness/ https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-11-abort-retry-ignore/ Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:00:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-11-abort-retry-ignore/ When someone does something that you don’t quite agree with, the options you have remind me of the old MS-DOS disk-read error message: Abort, Retry, Ignore? Do you walk off, try to make them understand or look the other way? Lets consider each option: Abort Breaking up on encountering simple disagreements might produce out of you a grumpy old man yelling “Get off my lawn!” or a bitchy hag with nine cats who the children are terrified of. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-11-cheer-up/ Tue, 27 Nov 2007 06:00:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-11-cheer-up/ We don’t yell “Quit drowning!” when we see a guy flailing in the dark waters. Then why do we yell “Cheer up!” when we see someone sad? We can carry this analogy further: You don’t think before diving in your Armani suit, head long into shark bay, to save your dear friend. But if the dude is bigger than you, or even if he is not, he most likely will take you down with him in his death grip. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-10-pros/ Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:03:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-10-pros/ Programmers don’t enjoy working for companies for the same reason that prostitutes don’t enjoy sex. Initial fascination goes like: “I’ll get paid to do something I’ll be doing anyway!” But bigger the company, the more often do you have to service ugly old men of code alignment standards et al. Sure, the money is good, it pays your bills and puts your kids through school. But you have to drop your pants, bend over, and code in COBOL and JAVA. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-08-hide-ads-on-reddit/ Mon, 13 Aug 2007 06:30:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-08-hide-ads-on-reddit/ Ads displayed on Reddit are flashy. They call out to the colleagues walking by my cube. I don’t have the luxury of AdBlock as I am forced to use Internet Explorer at work. So, I use this to get rid of the offending ad: javascript:(function(){document.getElementById(‘ad’).style.display=“none”})(); You can either copy-paste the code to the address bar when you are at Reddit website or (better) install it as a bookmarklet. Use ‘open links in new window’ in you Reddit prefs, so that you won’t go crazy copy-pasting this code. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-08-comes-back-to-bite-you-in/ Sun, 05 Aug 2007 09:39:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-08-comes-back-to-bite-you-in/ #1 reason people don’t blog is that they don’t want to go on record on anything and be embarrassed later. “I’ll have kids some day and they’ll grow up and read my blog post that compares and contrasts the rear end of Jessica Simpson and Beyonce”. They think their blog posts will become their Clinton letters. I don’t think that a life time of carefully guarded gray image of yourself is what we need. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-08-frznspot-tool-idea/ Fri, 03 Aug 2007 22:02:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-08-frznspot-tool-idea/ Idea: A program that automates the steps involved in MAC address spoofing to access a restricted wireless hotspot. Simple Explanation: Wireless hotspots like in Starbucks charge you a hefty fee. They identify the computers using a number called the MAC address. This address can be changed with software. If you change your computer’s address to an address already let through by the hotspot, you will be let through too. Warning: The software I am talking about is for use in your own hotspots only - like in your home. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-08-blogger-labels-bug/ Fri, 03 Aug 2007 21:16:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-08-blogger-labels-bug/ If you are using Google’s Blogger and having issues with labels (tags), this might help. This is a solution to remove the undead labels, ie. the labels that don’t go away even if there are no posts currently with that label. The bug annoyed the hell out of me, let me tell you. I searched the internet far and wide and wasted hours on this which I could have wasted on other things. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-08-thought-upgrade/ Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:30:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-08-thought-upgrade/ I bought these books on Tim’s recommendation: Simple & Direct – Jacques BarzunOn Writing Well – William K. ZinsserThe Elements of Style – William Strunk Jr. & E.B. White“Clear Thinking And Problem Solving”. How better can the promised reward get? I am looking forward to reading these books. See his post for more details. 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-07-links-1/ Tue, 31 Jul 2007 06:00:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-07-links-1/ Recommended Podcasts http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37818 Like the caption on pmarca blog: “Often wrong, never in doubt.” MAC address spoofing Distraction free writing (credit) Girlfriend Changes Man Into Someone She’s Not Interested In Source/Comments Good Tool For Synonym Search Educational Videos Vanguard Funds Philip Greenspun on ‘Early Retirement’ How To Write Well Free math tools SLIME for HTTP (awesome) http://fresh.homeunix.net/~luke/misc/emacs/http-twiddle.el Python based Windows automation Linux by examples Tiny Lisp 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-07-stranger-than-fiction/ Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:36:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-07-stranger-than-fiction/ I loved the movie. Just loved it. Writing anything about it felt like me spoiling it for you. So here are some of my favorite quotes: (tx imdb) Dr. Jules: Hell Harold, you could just eat nothing but pancakes if you wanted. Harold: What is wrong with you? Hey, I don’t want to eat nothing but pancakes, I want to live! I mean, who in their right mind in a choice between pancakes and living chooses pancakes? https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-07-try-then-add/ Sun, 22 Jul 2007 16:49:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-07-try-then-add/ It is very important to write your computer program piece by piece. I am writing this post as I have seen many people sit down and type in a whole program based on their ‘knowledge’ (=assumptions) and then ask “hey, can you tell me whats wrong?” when the program does mysterious things. At this point, if time is also against us (as is usually the case), little can be done. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-07-book-solution/ Thu, 19 Jul 2007 17:43:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-07-book-solution/ To keep my mind creatively engaged, I decided to read like crazy. I used to read a lot but I slowed down a bit the past couple years. First there was a road trip phase just after I got my driving license, when my friends and I went on road trips almost every weekend. After that wore off, I spent most of my time hanging out with friends, watching movies almost every night, playing racquet ball every single day, snow boarding on the weekends & kayaking on balmy days. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-06-add/ Wed, 27 Jun 2007 06:00:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-06-add/ Did I mention that I read ‘Four Hour Work Week’? Its a great book that crystallized lots of thoughts that were floating around in my mind. Few things from it: Adventure Deficit Disorder Exictement is the more practical synonym for happiness (that is, chasing hapiness is tough; but if you do exiciting things, you’ll end up being happy). It has some awesome stuff on dealing with existential depression. Thats not what the book is about though. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-06-my-loss/ Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:04:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-06-my-loss/ This pretty much sums up how I feel, without me having to sum it up: (scroll down for ‘Chapter I’) http://www.photo.net/samantha/samantha-I If you liked his writing, here is more: http://philip.greenspun.com/site-map 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-06-go-team/ Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:00:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-06-go-team/ I am exploring the idea of having a team work on my ideas. This way, at least it gets done. I outline the result I need and we negotiate a price and it gets done! Compare this: I get excited; I write it down; I fantasize about how great it is going to be; I put in effort once in a while; I get distracted by newer ideas; the project gets procrastinated to death. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-06-n-blessingscount/ Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:00:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-06-n-blessingscount/ Well, this doesn’t work when you are deep into some worry. But when you are like on the fence, counting your blessings may help cheer you up. “May”. But think about it: one of the primary tasks of your mind is to solve problems. Your problems. “Will I ever get a good girlfriend or am I doomed to loneliness?” “What am I doing with my life?” “Am I happy? Can I be happier? https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-06-priya/ Mon, 11 Jun 2007 08:12:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-06-priya/ Priya passed away on 26th April. I came to know of it only on 19th May, when her cousin emailed me. Past month has been the toughest in life I think. Everyone has been extremely supportive. For obvious reasons, I am unable to go into details about how I feel. I can tell you that my perception of the world has been completely changed. I feel weird. Writing helps me. I’ve been doing it offline for a bit. https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-4-hour-workweek/ Thu, 31 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-4-hour-workweek/ https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-05-goddamn-what-ifs/ Tue, 08 May 2007 13:27:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-05-goddamn-what-ifs/ [I guess this post is easy to misunderstand. Don’t.] Sometimes I think I should have got married at 16 or less and been done with the whole damn thing. I didn’t know anything then. I probably would have married a classmate. It is shocking to see those “hot girls” now, at 27 (only their IQ seems to have stayed at high school level), but I digress. The point is, that part of my life would have been over. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-05-pure-evil/ Fri, 04 May 2007 10:32:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-05-pure-evil/ Could there be anything more evil than the mind that deviced the “fill your timesheets on friday” idea? Think about it: Friday is the only day when the tiny cogs in the big corporate machinery feel a little warmth in their heart and have a little sparkle in their eyes. “So, tell me! What have you been doing all week?” asks the timesheet, with a devious smile, thinly veiled sarcasm and biting cynicism, knowing all too well that the question will strike terror in those meek souls. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-04-perceived-truth/ Mon, 30 Apr 2007 18:37:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-04-perceived-truth/ Why is it that a negative person is perceived as more truthful? You may really like something and honestly say so. It is likely that you will be seen as sugar-coating, white-lie-uttering, insincere lowlife. If not that, at least you’ll be seen as someone with low standards. However, a perpetually complaining cry-baby is usually seen as straight-forward, no-bullshit, honest person with really high standards. People strive to please these jerks difficult people. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-04-random-thoughts/ Sat, 28 Apr 2007 12:34:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-04-random-thoughts/ Optimist : “She is playing ‘hard to get’” Pessimist: “She is playing ‘you are not getting any’” :-) “Bless me” said man. “Fuck you” said God. Time & Life: How much ever you are doing with life, you could be doing more, right? I am very energetic and I like keeping myself that way by playing, working on interesting things, thinking cheerful thoughts etc. But there are all these things I simply don’t have time for… I wish I could learn martial arts. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-04-money-and-happiness-ii/ Fri, 27 Apr 2007 20:21:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-04-money-and-happiness-ii/ I wrote this a little while back: Money And Happiness If those thoughts were even remotely interesting to you, you may want to read the article that I came across today: CNN Money: Can Money Buy Happiness? 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-04-roll-call/ Tue, 24 Apr 2007 17:34:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-04-roll-call/ Please leave your name or other identifier in the comment section of this post. (Or email me at kirubakaran[at]gmail[dot]com) I am just curious! My tracker shows hits from strange places. I recognize the IP lookup of almost all my friends (I think…). But few visitors really confound me. For example, I have a regular visitor from Ireland and I don’t know anybody in Ireland. I am pretty sure that that is not a bot too. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-04-small-sigh/ Sun, 22 Apr 2007 18:46:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-04-small-sigh/ Reasons for that small sigh of relief are: 1. I finally got wifi to work on Linux. 2. I made some progress on Clientish. (not uploaded) Wi-Fi didn’t work for me due to a deadly combination of broadcom card and procrastination. I was using Debian Sarge and recently installed Debian Etch. The new installation was all the more a motivation to get it working - as it was almost working (wifi was failing only in the very last step). https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-04-when-down/ Sun, 22 Apr 2007 15:55:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-04-when-down/ What do you do when you are down? I usually fix the problem. But sometimes there are many external factors involved - mostly intangible. It is when things are not in your control that you have a tough time. Distractions are one way to go. Play, watch a feel good movie, read a book etc. But once the distraction stops, it seems like the earlier thoughts come back with vengeance. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-04-money-and-happiness/ Mon, 16 Apr 2007 06:00:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-04-money-and-happiness/ This post is an observation; NOT a how-to. You must have heard rich people say “Money does not buy you happiness”. They say this as a complaint rather than as a fact. The rest reply “Yeah right! Give me a chance to prove that wrong”. Why do we even think that money and happiness are related? Sure, money prevents certain types of unhappiness resulting from certain types of s(h)ituations: evicted again for not paying rentonly child dying, lacking basic medical carebad debt ending in blown knee capsunable to afford college, day-care, food…The list truely is endless… https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-04-adorable/ Fri, 13 Apr 2007 19:47:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-04-adorable/ Found this very adorable: :-) (if u don’t know rms: wikipedia) rms with katana source etc: orig pic how it happened reddit 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-04-this-is-going-to-be-just-quick-update/ Mon, 09 Apr 2007 10:00:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-04-this-is-going-to-be-just-quick-update/ This is going to be just a quick update, ok? I haven’t called/written-to/replied/communicated with friends. I missed few birthdays. I haven’t done my taxes. I haven’t done a million other such really important things. I did kayak in the rain, see ‘The Grindhouse’ & play with Python. I wanted to blog about an incident in Chipotle, various socio-economic topics that I pondered over and few mundane stuff too. As you know, I didn’t. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-04-competence/ Thu, 05 Apr 2007 06:00:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-04-competence/ Competent Man “A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.” Robert A. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-03-monkey-trade/ Thu, 22 Mar 2007 06:00:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-03-monkey-trade/ Shan sent me this modern parable titled: ‘Stock Market Simply Illustrated‘ Once upon a time in a village, a man appeared and announced to the villagers that he would buy monkeys for $10. The villagers seeing that there were many monkeys around, went out to the forest and started catching them. The man bought several at $10 and as supply started to diminish, the villagers stopped their effort. He further announced that he would now buy at $20. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-03-my-car/ Sat, 03 Mar 2007 10:13:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-03-my-car/ 6 comments Radiohead wrote on Mar 04, 2007: Nice car! Is that a hybrid? Well, it is still better than mine when it comes to emissions. :)Srikanth Anonymous wrote on Mar 06, 2007: Nice car kiruba, i don't understand whey the hell all indian are buying HONDA or Toyota? Kirubakaran wrote on Mar 06, 2007: dear anonymous friend,i did my homework+research independently. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-02-party-crashing/ Mon, 19 Feb 2007 21:21:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-02-party-crashing/ That I did on Saturday (Feb 17). Walked in, talked to the host (for extra fun) and did stuff I usually do at parties. Was awesome :-D 1 comment Karen wrote on Feb 25, 2007: So did you get invited to the next party? When will I see you? https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-02-intelligence-wisdom/ Wed, 14 Feb 2007 22:55:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-02-intelligence-wisdom/ As you might know, I follow Paul Graham’s work. His essay ‘Is It Worth Being Wise?” was out today. You should read it. I was feeling bad about few things and he explained that it is okay to feel bad about those things. It makes better sense to me now. This is primarily about the difference between being intelligent and being wise. As a Reddit-comment for that essay, I left: an intelligent man gets drunk and goes for any girl he can get. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-02-am-back/ Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:30:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-02-am-back/ My friend Mike teased me today with: “Day 35 – Conditions are beyond description but my captor’s have not broken my spirit yet as I wait patiently for another entry into Mr. K.’s journal. :-)” :-)) Since I blogged last, I’ve gone skiing, learnt roller blading, bought a new car (my first), learnt some more Lisp, cleaned up my cluttered room etc. I’m reading ‘Founders At Work’. I’ll be going to Startup School this year too (Mar 24th). https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-01-new-skill/ Mon, 08 Jan 2007 06:00:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-01-new-skill/ This weekend, I was teaching my friend to drive. The mind, as usual, wandered. Not surprisingly, I was thinking about the time I learnt to drive. I put in lot of effort in getting every maneuver right. To illustrate: I practiced something more than fifty times, although I got it right in about six tries. This made me absolutely positively confident of doing that. Now that I think about it that way, I guess in order to be confident, not only do you need to know something, but you also need to know that you know it. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-01-brand-spanking-new-year/ Wed, 03 Jan 2007 06:00:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2007-01-brand-spanking-new-year/ My new year’s resolution includes blogging regularly. Although that is relevant here, it is not significant in terms of how it impacts my life. But I use blogging as a tool to reflect on my life and think about where I am going and wonder about what I should be doing. If this is done in isolation, it can be very depressing. Blog helps by also showing me other fun things I’ve been doing. https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/selected-stories/ Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/selected-stories/ https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-12-sergey/ Fri, 08 Dec 2006 22:34:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-12-sergey/ I enjoyed this talk by Sergey today: Search, Google, and Life I’d definitely recommend it to you. 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-12-linux-wifi-start/ Sat, 02 Dec 2006 10:44:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-12-linux-wifi-start/ I have this huge list of small pet-projects that I procrastinate to death. Only good thing is that I am not in denial about it. I’ve read incredible amount of procrastination… [got a call… jks called coz they are making pancakes and i love pancakes… will continue this blog after that… this is good procrastination dammit!] [i am back: 1:19pm] I’ve read incredible amount of procrastination avoidance techniques. Yeah that becomes an excuse for procrastination by itself. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-11-losing-my-screen-casting-virginity/ Wed, 29 Nov 2006 19:46:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-11-losing-my-screen-casting-virginity/ A flash based screen-cast, where I add two numbers using Lisp-In-A-Box :-) Click the green button plz… And turn up the volume too. Software used: Wink 1 comment Ruchi wrote on Nov 30, 2006: KK,...Congratualtions!!! Way to go. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-11-thanking-nature-in-diamondcrater-lake/ Sun, 26 Nov 2006 22:57:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-11-thanking-nature-in-diamondcrater-lake/ Some quick pix from this Thanksgiving weekend. It was a massive 15 member trip to Diamond lake, Crater lake. Part of the 'group': Riding snow-mobiles... another personal-first: I was lucky to get the 'single' machine: I haven't copied the pix from other ppl's cameras... So, I don't have the group pix etc to share here... Will do later. 2 comments Ruchi wrote on Nov 27, 2006: Awesome! https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-11-zune/ Sun, 26 Nov 2006 22:03:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-11-zune/ In the past month, if you had asked me a question that had the word ‘Zune’ anywhere in it, I’m sure I wud’ve given you an earful. For others: No, I didn’t buy it and I won’t. I’d rather get paper cuts all over my body and go for a brine dip. As if my one-on-one rant wasn’t enuf, here is something: Avoid the loony Zune [tx2reddit] I had to share it coz I just loved the simile employed: …overall experience is about as pleasant as having an airbag deploy in your face…:-) https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-11-end/ Wed, 22 Nov 2006 16:55:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-11-end/ THUD!!! Two crushed ants. One was singing and dancing. Other was brooding and frowning. Both became dust. And nothing happened. 3 comments Anonymous wrote on Nov 23, 2006: Nalla iruku...but anantha vikadanla padicha mariye irukey..TVK Anonymous wrote on Nov 26, 2006: just what is going to happen to us. S- Ohio. Ruchi wrote on Nov 27, 2006: :) Cute. I liked the end although it was 'supposedly' sad. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-11-one-way-to-start-weekend/ Sat, 11 Nov 2006 12:19:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-11-one-way-to-start-weekend/ I saw Borat last night. I guess I don’t have to say anything about that :-) (I concur with Aaron for most part) Got up this morning, had coffee, eggs, orange juice, eggs & coffee (again) before playing racquet ball. Oh yeah. We played for just 2hrs today - all doubles. Senthil and I teamed up against Shan & Thom. Good game. (I am not saying if we won or lost, because we lost) https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-11-observation/ Thu, 09 Nov 2006 06:00:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-11-observation/ I don’t have bad days. I just have days when I need more coffee. :-) 2 comments Ruchi wrote on Nov 09, 2006: You are not delusional.You are just too tired. :)BTW, cheers to your optimism ;) gopdha wrote on Nov 10, 2006: read similiar stuff from dilbert the same day. like cofi 4 u, bagel for scott. :)http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2006/11/blame_room_serv.htmlBTW, pass my hi to ruchi. :) https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-11-busy/ Wed, 08 Nov 2006 22:47:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-11-busy/ I’ve been really busy in the past few days. I am somewhat good at prioritizing. Though I aim to update my blog everyday, it is not exactly my Priority #1. Of course you know that :-) Quick update: I’ve been busy with so many different things… However I did buy SimCity 4 and played it few times. I love Caesar III and I used to play that all the time. SimCity has the same blood type as that. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-10-rss/ Tue, 31 Oct 2006 18:02:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-10-rss/ I’ve changed site feed from ‘short’ to ‘full’ to please the Google Reader visitors :-) 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-10-updates-for-lack-of-better-title/ Sun, 29 Oct 2006 11:43:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-10-updates-for-lack-of-better-title/ While my racquetball score is at a pathetic 3⁄15 won/lost, I can tell you that I am on my way up. I’ve started my long procrastinated ‘situps before shower’ morning routine. I’m concentrating more on my triceps too - as it is my back-hand serve-returns that lose me points big time. As I mentioned before, I’ve taken up golf. I go to a small par-3 9-hole course nearby. My scores were 57, 50, 47, 45, 49, 45. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-10-where-am-i/ Tue, 24 Oct 2006 21:34:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-10-where-am-i/ If you know me, you perhaps know that I 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-10-tattboo/ Thu, 12 Oct 2006 09:54:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-10-tattboo/ My grandma has a scorpion tattoo on the back of her hand. She got it when she was a teen. She even has a tattooed bindi on her forehead. While it is cool to have a tattoo in America, I find the idea of getting one myself quite unappealing. Ask any one else from India if you don’t believe me. So, here is my “Road Ahead” for you: “Two generations from now, tattooing will be totally uncool in America” https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-10-blown-mind/ Tue, 10 Oct 2006 19:56:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-10-blown-mind/ while (i++) { … } (eval (read)) 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-10-ever-feel-ve-bout-lil-uni/ Wed, 04 Oct 2006 21:58:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-10-ever-feel-ve-bout-lil-uni/ “Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson Well, today I am thinking more like: “Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make love to it in the rear.” It is a temporary glitch in the thought process, I promise :-) I did see this 1hr 16min video on Lisp, didn’t I? (-: (SICP - Part II) [More: Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs] https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-10-little-superstar/ Sun, 01 Oct 2006 10:01:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-10-little-superstar/ 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-10-atheism-best-video-ive-seen-so-far/ Sun, 01 Oct 2006 09:47:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-10-atheism-best-video-ive-seen-so-far/ 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-09-insomnia/ Thu, 28 Sep 2006 21:55:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-09-insomnia/ I saw the movie ‘Insomnia’ (Al Pacino et al) day before yesterday. The funny thing is I couldn’t sleep after that. I found it really funny. The reason was that it was damn hot plus I had a night-coffee etc… Anyway I couldn’t sleep till like 2AM. But I found it funny as I had seen ‘Insomnia’ only that day. Either I’ve honed my sense of humor or my life is so pathetic :-) https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-09-another-weekend/ Mon, 25 Sep 2006 08:00:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-09-another-weekend/ Saw the movie A Beautiful Mind (I am 5yrs behind). Saw the movie Dogs & Cats (I am still 5yrs behind). Had some great weather… went to the golf driving range. Went to the Huskies game (American football)… The home team won as they always do when I go, irrespective of the game (-: I was also working on websites: http://www.l15p.com/ http://www.093n.com/ http://www.c063.com/ http://www.kirubakaran.com/ Lisp Related: I saw the whole ‘Overview and Introduction to Lisp’ Sussman video. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-09-few-links/ Sat, 16 Sep 2006 12:58:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-09-few-links/ I really liked this post that made it to the top page of Reddit: Lessons learned from a job that sucked There is a reading list too, which I need to check out. I liked this too: It Must Be Tuesday : Who Am I? And this: Did I a Virus Make You Smart? 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-09-competitive-advantage/ Thu, 14 Sep 2006 20:15:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-09-competitive-advantage/ I spend a lot of time every day drinking straight from the bottle/udder/hose about startups and related stuff. Here is a collection of some of that, in the ‘competitive advantage’ point of view - in a pretty raw format. A startup should choose wisely and have competitive advantage in the following aspects: [follow links for ‘why’] Team Appropriate Use of Programming Languages Lisp - For overall implementation C - For well-defined CPU intensive components like image processing Javascript - For client-side scripting Automated Testing Selecting Non-Proprietary Infrastructure # Version Control System or you can get a job… (-; https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-09-zzz/ Wed, 13 Sep 2006 22:21:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-09-zzz/ I am kinda cranky with sleep deprivation. Rather than pissing you off with some pointed comment, I think it is a good idea to just sleep. Seattle’s typical weather today… bed is so inviting with its promise of warm comfort. I am going to manufacture some ZZZ :-) (movie ‘Everything Is Illuminated’ if you didn’t get it) I told you… I am sounding like a condescending prick. [ if you are tempted to mutter ‘just today? https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-09-are-you/ Tue, 12 Sep 2006 20:37:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-09-are-you/ I don’t want to say “man enough” and come out as a sexist. Are you person enough for doing something like this? While on the subject, here is something for you: 00 01 10 And a well-known personal productivity hack for good measure. Reading List on programming. 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-09-several-things-actually/ Mon, 11 Sep 2006 22:20:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-09-several-things-actually/ After a long break, I played racquetball today. It felt really good. I want to continue it. I came back from gym, took a cold shower and cooked egg curry. Turned out good. Just finished it off and logged in. I am talking to Krishna Rajesh after 9 years, thanks to Orkut. He is a buddy of mine from high school. I was looking around in Orkut and found a butt-load off “free” (u know what i mean) e-books (about all subjects - pretty much everything I want to read) from sites linked to by my sis. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-09-aww/ Sun, 10 Sep 2006 22:05:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-09-aww/ The weekend is about to end )-: but not a bad weekend at all… quite eventful, one can say… everything is illuminated (movie), lage raho munnabhai (movie), caesar III (game), vettai aadu… (movie), v for vendetta (movie), golf driving-range 150yds, para-sailing in Elliott’s Bay, sunset, dinner at pf.chang’s… Oh man did I really see that many movies? Damn. I didn’t do even a little bit of Lisp - although thats what I meant to do all this weekened. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-09-and-i-am-back/ Fri, 08 Sep 2006 00:13:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-09-and-i-am-back/ I’ve been disappointing about 15 people every day for the past two weeks. Hmmm. Not a good thing. Thanks for sticking with me. I haven’t returned your calls / replied to your emails & comments either. Sorry about that as well. I am on it. What did I do worth mentioning since the last post? I golfed for the first time in life! :-) I’ve been to the driving range few times in the past month or so but yesterday was my first golfing day. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-08-patience-is-virtue/ Mon, 21 Aug 2006 22:30:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-08-patience-is-virtue/ Thanks for your patience! I’ll post tomorrow. (I am trying to do more than I can and there has been some time crunch… for the “like-what?-ers” in you: kayaked all of Lake Union, golfed (ok, just the driving range), saw couple of movies, made progress with the books I am reading ‘The Alchemist’, ‘Just For Fun’, cooked, wiped my hdd and reinstalled WinXP, Debian Linux (due to a nasty crash some time ago) and all my dev tools, learnt more Lisp and listed out all ideas I’ve worked on so far) https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-08-reading.../ Mon, 14 Aug 2006 19:55:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-08-reading.../ All Marketers Are Liars Just For Fun Practical Common Lisp 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-08-understanding-extra/ Mon, 14 Aug 2006 19:55:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-08-understanding-extra/ [blogging in progress] aol - i am going thru the 3 month worth queries [bit torrent link] [xls link] (transition to:) human genome… taking a peek? a toy that understands how it works? - can touch on split-personality 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-08-passionately-advocated/ Sun, 13 Aug 2006 19:56:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-08-passionately-advocated/ I am listing what I’ve passionately advocated to my friends etc so far. I got hooked to those things at various points in life, but in retrospect I never have had to abandon any of those. [FYI for some ppl: I am not trying to be an arrogant prick here] Jerome K Jerome Linux Ayn Rand Firefox Quentin Tarantino Lisp Libertarianism (ideologically; not politically) 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-08-world-is-flat-video/ Thu, 10 Aug 2006 20:09:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-08-world-is-flat-video/ A must-see video ppl… Speech by the author of the book ‘The World Is Flat’ in MIT. I absolutely loved it and it will be so worth your time. Here is the video. It runs 1h 15m and you may need Real Player. 3 comments Anonymous wrote on Aug 10, 2006: Dei, Seriously.Do u still believe the crap that Friedman published in that book.I lost all credibility for Friedman when in one of his New York Times column he peddled the silly idea that countries with McDonalds would never go to war against each other. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-08-train-trip-to-portland/ Wed, 09 Aug 2006 22:13:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-08-train-trip-to-portland/ [Click on pix to see them big. Comment on 'em] Aug 5 & 6, 2006. I wanted to do some thinking; some soul searching, if you will... I made reservations to travel by train. Booked a hotel room as well. Destination: Portland, OR. I set out with a small black notebook and pen. (to trace my thoughts and stuff) Saw the sights... Let them randomize the mind... Thought about various things. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-08-greasemonkey/ Tue, 01 Aug 2006 20:52:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-08-greasemonkey/ I saw an guy is a suit, near Univerity of Washington Medical Center (mind you, it is medical center, not the engineering school) showing off his iPod to a lady. She was exclaiming “oooh you are so techie” and he was beaming and obviously gloating. Wish someone had walked up to him and asked if he greasemonkeyed his browser. He would have gone: ‘Grease what?’ or ‘What monkey?’ and his tech-senility would have hit him then. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-07-movie-madness/ Mon, 31 Jul 2006 07:00:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-07-movie-madness/ I saw: Gold Rush (Charlie Chaplin). Watched recently and loved it Fun with Dick & Jane. Watched recently and liked it Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Watched recently and absolutely loved it. Shallow Hal (yesterday ; ok) Monster House (yesterday ; ok+) Lady In The Water (yesterday ; liked it but little disappointed - compared to ‘The Village’ etc) 1 comment Anonymous wrote on Aug 21, 2006: Tom, dick and harry - padam paaru da :) hindi pppl r learning to make movies nowadays :)namma, 'Jerry' padathaa pathudaadhaa :( https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-07-sperfect/ Mon, 24 Jul 2006 21:03:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-07-sperfect/ [Update 2006/07/25] The word has been approved by Urban Dictionary :-) I coined this word today: sperfect I wanted to create a domain name that conveyed swiss-like perfection. After thinking for few hours, I coined this term and added it to the Urban Dictionary - but not before buying sperfect.com ;-) Now it is a real word (okay, not right now, but as soon as Urban Dictionary folks approve it) AND I own the domain name too! https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-07-my-blog-silence-explained/ Mon, 24 Jul 2006 06:32:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-07-my-blog-silence-explained/ An unexamined life is not worth living –Socrates On some days, examining life can be depressing –Kirubakaran Unexamined days are not worth blogging about –Kirubakaran 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-07-few-good-videos/ Sun, 23 Jul 2006 10:36:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-07-few-good-videos/ Psychological Differences Between the Sexes Matrix Pong Dare to give a cop the finger 1 comment Anonymous wrote on Mar 06, 2007: Very cool design! Useful information. Go on! » » https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-07-book-for-honzos-sword/ Mon, 17 Jul 2006 06:49:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-07-book-for-honzos-sword/ LISP is, of course, the Hattori Hanzo sword of programming languages. PDF ebook - Practical Common Lisp: An awesome book that sells for $50. Buy it if you can afford it but author has released the soft copy for free with great intentions. [original website] 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-07-simple-and-effective-cure-for/ Tue, 11 Jul 2006 07:26:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-07-simple-and-effective-cure-for/ I’ll write about this later. 5 comments Karen wrote on Jul 13, 2006: You are right on target with your progress. Kirubakaran wrote on Jul 13, 2006: Hope you got the joke! Anonymous wrote on Jul 14, 2006: hahaha :)balaguru karen wrote on Jul 14, 2006: i did... did u? Anonymous wrote on Mar 17, 2007: Cool blog, interesting information... Keep it UP » https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-07-awesome-comedy/ Fri, 07 Jul 2006 22:25:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-07-awesome-comedy/ Simply awesome comedy [google video] by Russell Peters. It has been a while since I laughed so hard… :-D Related links: credit | wikipedia | short Simply awesome original comedy. Must watch. Few other videos I liked while I was browsing: funny mobile ad speaking english? evolution of dance 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-07-pet-diaries/ Mon, 03 Jul 2006 06:57:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-07-pet-diaries/ [From an email forward. Credit:Ruchi] The Dog’s Diary: 7 am - Oh boy! A walk! My favorite! 8 am - Oh boy! Dog food! My favorite! 9 am - Oh boy! The kids! My favorite! Noon - Oh boy! The yard! My favorite! 2 pm - Oh boy! A car ride! My favorite! 3 pm - Oh boy! The kids! My favorite! 4 pm - Oh boy! Playing ball! My favorite! https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-07-six-pack-plan/ Mon, 03 Jul 2006 06:05:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-07-six-pack-plan/ The Quest For The Six-Pack Abs More explanation/pix - 1 More explanation/pix - 2 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-07-boremenot/ Sat, 01 Jul 2006 02:10:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-07-boremenot/ Check out the revamped BoreMeNot.com now. Let me know what you think… Update : Aug 4, 2017 I let boremenot.com expire a lot time ago. Looks like some squatters have grabbed it. 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-06-links-for-you-to-explore/ Fri, 30 Jun 2006 11:33:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-06-links-for-you-to-explore/ Thought provoking story of Jessica [Credit:Ramit] Hindsights [i’ll add more…] 1 comment gopdha wrote on Jul 02, 2006: links r great mach... https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-06-damn/ Fri, 23 Jun 2006 07:26:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-06-damn/ I couldn’t believe what I saw. My eyes must have become red with anger. A family got off the bus; a kid - 4 or 5 yrs old - stood ready to run; the dad said ‘Go!’ and the kid ran right across NE 8th street, an arterial road by my house… It is a 5 lane road and the kid, probably about 4 or 5 yrs old, ran right across it as if he was running in a park. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-06-my-original-one-liner/ Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:41:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-06-my-original-one-liner/ “Sometimes you have to treat people’s comments just the way a compiler does.” 4 comments Karen wrote on Jun 22, 2006: That is superfluous. Karen Ruchi wrote on Jun 22, 2006: One can not be as nonchalant as a compiler, always. Anonymous wrote on Jul 03, 2006: hahah :) :) Anonymous wrote on Jul 03, 2006: hahah :) :)(forgot put my name )balaguru https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-06-links-for-this-week/ Sun, 18 Jun 2006 17:22:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-06-links-for-this-week/ Colbert’s hilarious interview with Westmoreland (link to the video file) Hot Belly Dance Video (google video) 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-06-india-startups-economic-development/ Sun, 18 Jun 2006 12:14:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-06-india-startups-economic-development/ Some governements are pro-rich (e.g., US Republican). Some governments are pro-poor (e.g., the several state governments in India who publicly demonize the rich). They both fail. The pro-rich govts cut estate tax. The pro-poor govts cut income tax in the low income bracket. I think the most successful government would be pro–wanna-be-rich. I don’t see many governments like that. US govt (both Rep & Dem) is more pro–wanna-be-rich than most other. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-06-chiropractic-care-for-asthmapolio/ Fri, 16 Jun 2006 17:12:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-06-chiropractic-care-for-asthmapolio/ My friend has been suffering from severe asthma. Now she has been diagnosed with polio. It is heart wrenching for me and the feeling of helplessness is just too terrible. I am not going to go on any more about how I feel but I want to find a solution. I’ve heard that people with asthma or polio have been cured by chirpractic care. I have also heard that such a claim is bullshit. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-06-whats-give-away/ Sat, 10 Jun 2006 23:28:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-06-whats-give-away/ Girl(brunette): What do you do for fun? (in a mocking drawl:) You go to the bars, check out the hot girls… hit on them? Me: Well,… (I realize her smile is actually a stifled giggle) Girl: I bet you just stay home and play video games instead(giggle). What do you have? Playstation or XBox? (giggle giggle giggle) Ouch! I wonder what the give away was!! :-))) 2 comments Jagan wrote on Jun 12, 2006: dei . https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-06-my-bungee-pix/ Mon, 05 Jun 2006 22:18:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-06-my-bungee-pix/ On The EdgeOn The Way Back Up The Drop The Fearless[Whistler BC, 05/29/2006] 3 comments Jagan wrote on Jun 09, 2006: dei mappu , its been a while since i read/wrote blogs ...will like to hear from u ..oru fone illai na oru mail pannu mappu . Anonymous wrote on Jul 03, 2006: dei maapla, idhu dummy ya oru local marathula katti thonguramadhiri techniq penni edutha foto thaanla . https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-05-investing-in-indian-stock-market-now/ Wed, 31 May 2006 22:56:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-05-investing-in-indian-stock-market-now/ May 7, 2006|Gautham: Kiruba, Do you think it makes sense to invest in the US market at this point of time? Come to Emerging markets like India and you will have higher returns. [market crash] May 23, 2006|Kirubakaran: mallik, i am thinking of investing some in india… now that the market has crashed. Mallik: When I feel like investing in India… in non-real-estate… I see the following Inflation… India’s inflation is very high. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-05-hmmm/ Wed, 31 May 2006 06:25:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-05-hmmm/ Its really almost a month since I blogged? Wow! So much has happened. First I have my bungee jump experience to share. I will copy the pix from my friend today evening and write about it. I’ve done some useful stuff in the mean time too. “Like what?” is a pretty good question, of course, but I’ll blog more in the evening as I am rushing off to work now. I am working on a very interesting problem at work. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-05-up-running/ Mon, 08 May 2006 22:22:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-05-up-running/ BoreMeNot is up and running. Please remember that it is a simple tool I wrote for my own convinience. I just thought I’ll share it with you. Try it and tell me what you think. 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-05-bore-me-not/ Sun, 07 May 2006 21:22:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-05-bore-me-not/ I cancelled zpreddit.com (pron: ‘spread it’) and bought boremenot.com. I did this because I came to know that several friends of mine haven’t heard of Reddit. So I started hunting for names that match the purpose better. As usual, I tried about a hundred and a few were available too. Thankfully I didn’t decide on any of the local minima like purplehot.com. When boremenot.com “occurred” to me, I totally knew that thats the best fit. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-05-zpreddit/ Thu, 04 May 2006 23:57:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-05-zpreddit/ Check this out: zpreddit … and tell me what you think. Please do mail zpreddit@gmail.com with your suggestions and criticism. [Update:2006-05-06 0810] I fucked up. I was getting a new feature in late last night and it just wouldn’t work. I changed the live page coz I thought it would be a simple change. I somehow fell asleep right there, with my hand still on my laptop. I just woke up and found Koutilya’s msg. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-05-on-career-path/ Wed, 03 May 2006 21:17:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-05-on-career-path/ I am looking for a better paying job. Please forward my resume to potential employers. 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-04-paul-graham-eats-breakfast-afterall/ Sat, 29 Apr 2006 22:46:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-04-paul-graham-eats-breakfast-afterall/ Yes I am an eye witness to that but before I could whip my camera out, he sat down with his bagel and a cup of, I guess, coffee. So, here is the truth ppl - Paul Graham eats his breakfast, even in auditoriums that say “NO FOOD OR DRINK” on every wall. I attended Startup School today, with my friends Lax & Arun. It was worth every cent of what I payed to fly down from Seattle (no, I don’t work for Microsoft). https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-04-vancouver-bc/ Wed, 26 Apr 2006 23:54:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-04-vancouver-bc/ Spent the last weekend in Canada with Gopi & Lakshmi.the group… toasty sun… can’t beat it. holding up some snow… …which is already there… and, of course, the shadow… frying head and freezing ass… the march in april… did some thinking too… how can we miss the capilano? trekked up i trekked all the way. victorious at the top! https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-04-3l1t3/ Wed, 26 Apr 2006 20:28:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-04-3l1t3/ Yeah… unfortunately I can… well, if can’t… [Credit] 2 comments Giridhar wrote on Apr 27, 2006: Sorry i cant read.....Does she have my contact no?? Kirubakaran wrote on Apr 27, 2006: if u can't read, u r already getting more than all u need (so the txt implies). so just let it go :-) https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-04-mundane-stuff/ Wed, 19 Apr 2006 19:01:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-04-mundane-stuff/ Lots of mundane stuff, everything from filing the taxes to work deadlines have kept me occupied in a bad way for a while. Also, several small incidents and thoughts about the future have impacted my cheerfulness index a bit. Nothing to worry about though. I am still bouncing back but definitely on my way. Now that you know the reason, you also know that you should come back soon :-) https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-04-brb/ Mon, 17 Apr 2006 23:11:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-04-brb/ I’ll be right back! 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-04-dailyben/ Sun, 09 Apr 2006 23:30:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-04-dailyben/ Its time you had a look at this: www.dailyben.com Please remember that it is a work in progress. 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-04-nuclear/ Sun, 09 Apr 2006 15:41:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-04-nuclear/ I just felt like watching a nuclear explosion. 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-04-myth-busters/ Sun, 09 Apr 2006 14:19:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-04-myth-busters/ First let me give you a link to look at: Kari, the Myth Busters HOT chick with an amazing smile (opens in new window) Of course I love Discovery’s MythBusters for more reasons than that :-) I am watching an episode right now. They just busted the ‘Water Bottle Rocket’ myth. Its so cool to see how they analyze, build stuff, work, collide trucks and blow up stuff. Never fails to bring a smile - often a grin. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-04-pacifiers/ Thu, 06 Apr 2006 21:57:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-04-pacifiers/ No real post today. Here are some pacifiers, though :-) Circuit SimulatorStartUp RantWhy Lisp?No Diamonds PlzThe Wand 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-04-get-notified/ Thu, 06 Apr 2006 21:11:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-04-get-notified/ I see many of you checking this blog for updates multiple times a day. If it will make your life any easier, I can send you an email notification whenever I post to this blog… If interested, just leave your email in the comment section of this post or send me an email at: kirubakaran|at|gmail|dot|com Thanks for visiting! ( and click on the ads dammit! :-) ) 2 comments News from Prasanna wrote on Apr 06, 2006: I use Bloglines to read your blogs. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-04-appreciating-life/ Wed, 05 Apr 2006 22:45:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-04-appreciating-life/ You know how you take something for granted only to lose it and then realize its value? It is sleep’s turn this time. I am “on-call” for work - I slept at midnight; they woke me up at 00:30 - I stayed up till 02:30; slept again, only to be woken up at 03:30 - this time unnecessarily. By the end of it, I felt like a prisoner tortured by being woken up often and asked to state the name and number while facing a glaring light. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-04-c8h10n4o2/ Sun, 02 Apr 2006 21:37:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-04-c8h10n4o2/ Well, for the past few days my body has run mostly on coffee. Yesterday night is when finally sleep won the war. As a result, dailyben.com got some protein. So did KickAssWeb - a pet project. Reading ‘When The Market Moves, Will You Be Ready?’, ‘GTD’ & ‘The Monk And The Riddle’. Enjoyed this video clip today (a girl & Zaheer - tx to Gopi.C). But I am told that this is quite old. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-03-lock-up/ Wed, 29 Mar 2006 23:03:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-03-lock-up/ After Mani mentioned it, I saw the movie ‘Lock Up’ today. Quite a movie. In a strange way, it also makes you appreciate what you got, in a manner such movies do. I was a great fan of Sylvester Stallone as a kid. I was in high school when ‘Day Light’ was released - I felt really bad when I heard that he was going to retire and felt really happy when he didn’t. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-03-some-l1ners-i-really-like/ Tue, 28 Mar 2006 07:45:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-03-some-l1ners-i-really-like/ Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.I don’t think, therefore I am not.Practice safe lunch: Use a condiment.The trouble with life is there’s no background music.There’s no place like 127.0.0.1Vegetarian: Indian word for lousy hunter.More here 1 comment Ananth Nagaraj wrote on Mar 30, 2006: Ten thousand saw I at a glance,Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.By William WordsworthHis words are really worth, as Kiruba and I derived some meaning out of it. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-03-great-money-trick/ Sun, 26 Mar 2006 15:36:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-03-great-money-trick/ “Money is the real cause of poverty,” said Owen. “Prove it,” repeated Crass. “Money is the cause of poverty because it is the device by which those who are too lazy to work are enabled to rob the workers of the fruits of their labour.” “Prove it,” said Crass. Owen slowly folded up the piece of newspaper he had been reading and put it in his pocket. “All right,” he replied. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-03-sky-is-falling/ Sat, 25 Mar 2006 17:14:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-03-sky-is-falling/ Remember when I was accused of cracking into a blog when all I did was leave a comment? Many self proclaimed internet security experts wrote hate mail to me then. Something similar has happened to Oklahoma City government! LOL. Check this out: Orinigal story Comments in Reddit This is the gist of what happened: On seeing the error page of his webserver, the City Manager feared an attack by “the hackers” and threatened to call in the FBI! https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-03-solitude/ Thu, 23 Mar 2006 21:03:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-03-solitude/ When considering my career options, one thought I had was to pack my bags, withdraw my dollars and go to Chennai, India, and work as a recluse until I come out with a great product. This month I was at home, sick, for two days at first and then a day the next week. Some virus that brought down almost everybody in my team. Being alone is nothing new for me. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-03-google-finance/ Tue, 21 Mar 2006 06:40:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-03-google-finance/ Did you check out http://finance.google.com? It is amazing! Yahoo has a very useful finance site that I’ve been using all these years. But they didn’t improve it much in the past years. Now they’ve been surpassed by Google. NOW I think Yahoo will try to better Google… Shouldn’t they be on their toes all the time with a competitor like Google? I would think so! (Now don’t say G Fin doesn’t have this, doesn’t have that… this is an early release… it will soon have this and that and more) https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-03-working-on/ Tue, 21 Mar 2006 06:15:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-03-working-on/ I am currently involved with some stuff, most of which are documented here. I am getting so engrossed with it that I haven’t answered all emails from friends yet :-( I read a really thought provoking essay yesterday: ‘What You’ll Wish You’d Known’ - Paul Graham. 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-03-pbwiki/ Wed, 15 Mar 2006 22:35:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-03-pbwiki/ Guys & Gals, check out PBWiki. I am kinda unnecessarily stressed out right now. Anyways… If you haven’t heard of Lucid Dreaming, here you go… 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-03-back-from-hiding/ Tue, 14 Mar 2006 23:34:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-03-back-from-hiding/ “Dude, you haven’t updated your blog for a while” - Yep! But I wasn’t being lazy :-) I was doing a lot of serious thinking & work. I have been working really hard this week… reading, experimenting and learning. Crazy week. However, it is summarized here. [PLEASE DO VISIT] Thanks a lot for your support and encouragement when I expressed my thoughts about taking the plunge. That is going to happen quite soon. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-03-user-friendly/ Thu, 09 Mar 2006 06:06:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-03-user-friendly/ User friendly? Windows? Have a look! People seem to be hanging on to it coz there is nothing friendlier yet. The day Google comes out with its Linux based OS, Windows will be dead. It will be so dead that you will wonder how it didn’t happen long before it actually did. Ill conceived designs meet ill fated death. You should see the OS on Nokia 770. Ooooh smooth! By the way, a big buying opportunity ladies and gentlemen - GOOG is trading below $350! https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-02-plunge/ Mon, 27 Feb 2006 23:00:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-02-plunge/ Should I quit the corporate world and take the start-up plunge now? This is the primary question in my mind now. Of course the question is only on the ‘now?’ part… Lots of serious thinking. Lots of effort. I will share more on this… 9 comments Anonymous wrote on Feb 28, 2006: Hi Kiruba,Wonderful to hear that.If u think ur hesitant to take the plunge dont worry there are people ready to push u into those dark waters. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-02-productivity-porn/ Fri, 24 Feb 2006 18:50:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-02-productivity-porn/ What is it? Yes, I am addicted to it. And yes, now that I realize it, I need to grow out of it. … there’s a big difference between buying new running shoes and actually hitting the road every morning. Big difference. One is really fun and relaxing while the other requires a lot of hard work, diligence, and sacrifice.Read the full article. Related Links: 1 2 3 [Thanks to Ramit] https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-02-tgif-links/ Thu, 23 Feb 2006 23:26:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-02-tgif-links/ Imaginary difficulties are harder to overcome than real ones.1) A “Must Listen ” Podcast: ‘Truth and Awareness” Get it here. 2) A podcast to ponder over: “How To Make Money Without A Job”. Get it here. [Thanks to Ramit] 3) Web2.0 Blogs 4) Play chess with me 5) Inspiring basketball by autistic kid: Video 6) da Vinci’s paintings 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-02-cheering-for-india/ Sun, 19 Feb 2006 19:44:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-02-cheering-for-india/ 2 comments Amrita wrote on Feb 20, 2006: You wouldn't happen to know the girl on the left now would you? Hi! :) I found your blog via a comment your friend left here: http://amritar.blogspot.com/2006/02/please-help-us-find-this-girl.htmlThe link explains why I'm interested in knowing the girl...just curious. ;) Anonymous wrote on Feb 23, 2006: The left girl is shouting in the ears of the poor policeman.In an another 30. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-02-nokia-770/ Tue, 14 Feb 2006 22:10:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-02-nokia-770/ Although they seem to be messing with me by delaying the shipping (bought it last saturday), I should be getting this soon. Hopefully next week :-))) Excited. Very. It runs full fledged Linux. What else can you ask for? I will write more on this soon. Some links that I found to be interesting: 1. In Mobile Tech Review 2. [hold on…] 3 comments Mallik Reddy wrote on Feb 16, 2006: Wow. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-02-seychelles/ Mon, 13 Feb 2006 22:09:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-02-seychelles/ I am intrigued by an almost daily visit to this blog from a person from Seychelles. Intrigued because I’ve never heard of the country before. This just shows my limited of knowledge in geography - no offense to that person of course! I became very interested and wanted to know all about the country. My first stop was CIA’s World Factbook. Before I go on, I would like to thank the person from Seychelles for being a regular visitor. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-02-fire-within/ Mon, 13 Feb 2006 20:59:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-02-fire-within/ Five guys got together in college and made a music album. (I was curious to know which college - but that info has so far proved elusive) I haven’t heard the music yet - but it is exciting to even know that they have just got it done. Great days ahead for the fresh new talent, I think… Check them out… Certainly something TamilNadu has been waiting for. 5 comments bharat wrote on Feb 13, 2006: Thanks for the wishes kirubakaran. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-02-tic-tac-toe/ Sun, 12 Feb 2006 11:17:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-02-tic-tac-toe/ [Mallik won it…] 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-02-thank-you/ Sun, 12 Feb 2006 10:31:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-02-thank-you/ [thank people who liked my blog in stumbleupon] 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-02-life-metrics/ Sun, 12 Feb 2006 10:07:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-02-life-metrics/ I read this post in IWillTeachYouToBeRich. It blew my mind. I am going to try to actually do some of these. What would happen if you tracked these things? 1. How much $ you spend per month … 3. How much time you spent working on the thing you say is your “passion” last month … 8. How much time you actually work at work … 10. Which of your goals you accomplished last year[Credit: Ramit->Kimen] https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-02-chiropractic/ Sun, 12 Feb 2006 06:52:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-02-chiropractic/ My chiropractor Dr.Ryder has helped me so much that I want everyone I know to, at the very least, know what chiropractic is. 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-02-reno/ Sat, 11 Feb 2006 11:54:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-02-reno/ Dammit! 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-02-creation/ Sat, 11 Feb 2006 11:14:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-02-creation/ As far back as I can remember, it has been my passion to run a startup. 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-02-ad-campaign/ Tue, 07 Feb 2006 19:27:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-02-ad-campaign/ I am trying a new ad campaign for this blog - primarily as an experiment. If you reached here through an advertisement, pleaseleave a comment - even just an ‘X’. That way, I will know that the ad agency didn’t generate clicks using scripts or zombies. If this experiment is successful, I will use this experience for my entrepreneurship efforts. I will share the info with you too. I hope you will use that for your entrepreneurship efforts. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-02-thats-what-i-am-talking-about/ Sun, 05 Feb 2006 11:52:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-02-thats-what-i-am-talking-about/ 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-02-update/ Thu, 02 Feb 2006 21:52:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-02-update/ Didn’t update the blog for a while since was engrossed on a personal project I am working on right now. After a while, life is a bit more interesting than usual again :-) You will see the fruits of it soon - but not very soon. Just trying out some new stuff. I am the happiest when I am solving problems. By the way, if you are good at AJAX or Perl, do let me know. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-02-some-one-liners/ Thu, 02 Feb 2006 21:49:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-02-some-one-liners/ The journey of a thousand miles begins with a broken fan belt and a leaky tire. Always remember you’re unique, just like everyone else. If you can stay calm, while all around you is chaos…then you probably haven’t completely understood the seriousness of the situation. [ Credit - viewers strongly cautioned ] 1 comment Hari Sundararajan wrote on Feb 02, 2006: Actually, the one who smiles when surrounded by chaos is the one who has found some one to put the blame on. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-01-hartford-ct/ Fri, 27 Jan 2006 18:38:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-01-hartford-ct/ Few weeks after setting foot on the SE corner of US, here I am in the NE corner. This is really a last minute trip - to visit my friend on her birthday. I enjoying a much needed vacation - a real vacation - with no need to go out for food and no need to cover maximum number of places in minimum time. Ahhhhhhh. I digged into lj code almost all day today. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-01-driving-me-crazy/ Mon, 23 Jan 2006 21:40:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-01-driving-me-crazy/ I became a paid-member to make use of the ‘advanced’ features of LiveJournal and I am pulling my hair out after about four hours of search. I guess the core problem is with my expectations. I thought there will be step by step solutions - since I come from Blogger community. I won’t bite the dust. I am still fighting. Damn! It has been a long time since I beat my head like this against a problem. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-01-seahawks-super-bowl-bound/ Sun, 22 Jan 2006 22:06:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-01-seahawks-super-bowl-bound/ My friend Lax and I thought we could get in but the tickets got sold out just when we were the fourth ones from the counter :-( We had stood for about two hours in the cold by the Quest field and we had to walk away. BUT!!! of course, we caught the game from Red Robin by the waterfront :-) It was a great game. Seattle is going to Super Bowl for the first time in human history and we are glad we didn’t miss it. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-01-movie-watching-spree/ Mon, 16 Jan 2006 19:50:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-01-movie-watching-spree/ I have watched lots of movies recently. ‘Kanda Naal Mudhal’ was the only Tamil I watched though. If you come across any good quality Tamil movies, please alert me. I saw ‘Dukes Of Hazzard’. It was of pretty low quality, but there were good comedy sequences. Then I watched this TV show ‘Worst Movies of 2005’ and this movie was on that list. I most likely will watch ‘21 Grams’ today. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-01-smile-plz/ Sun, 15 Jan 2006 17:15:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-01-smile-plz/ Resumé of a cat 5 comments Anonymous wrote on Jan 16, 2006: resume without fake experience - Prakash Double K wrote on Jan 18, 2006: Thats one helluva resume! Kirubakaran wrote on Jan 18, 2006: @Prakashpls identify urself... which prakash? :-) (sorry)@doubleKis that something you get in thirunelveli Double K wrote on Jan 20, 2006: "halwa" kum "helluva" kum vithyaasam theriyaada orey aalu nee thaan Anonymous wrote on Jan 25, 2006: Did vikram c this. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-01-we-still-get-it-done-dont-we/ Sun, 15 Jan 2006 10:11:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-01-we-still-get-it-done-dont-we/ One of the ‘why are we the way we are’ questions: :-) How we work It seems to work. We tend to sprint rather than run a marathon. This once again brings us to the point that start-ups are very efficient and big sized organizations are slow and dull. Do we live our lives like a lean&mean start-up or like a big organization with lot of limiting bureaucracy? Read these for some enlightment: Good & Bad Procrastination How To Make Wealth [I have already presented these links to you in the past] https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-01-happy-prince/ Thu, 12 Jan 2006 06:45:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-01-happy-prince/ I listened to the audio book version of the classic short story ‘Happy Prince’ from LibriVox last night in bed. It was in a beautiful voice and it was like someone telling a me a bed time story to put me to sleep. I loved the experience. Here is their catalogue. Volunteers (not some dumb softwares) have read the books. If you too wish to start your experience with Happy Prince, here is the mp3. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-01-and-winner-is/ Tue, 10 Jan 2006 22:42:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-01-and-winner-is/ Lax is the proud winner of the Stock Market Game. He made $219 and won the $25 prize. He says: Hi all… I am extremely happy that I won this stock market game.Believe me when I say this…I knew nothing about the stock market before registering for this game. This does not mean I have learnt a lot now, but have started.This game has given me a lot of confidence and interest to learn more. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-01-how-to-be-lied-to-besides-other-things/ Sat, 07 Jan 2006 15:29:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-01-how-to-be-lied-to-besides-other-things/ Read this insightful post that I want to bring to your attention - on how to be lied to… by Seth Godin. Have a look at these great articles about getting things done: The Myth Of The Great Idea How To Get Any Project Up And Running 3 comments Jagan wrote on Jan 07, 2006: maams ..call pannu machi 3K(p) wrote on Jan 08, 2006: The Truth shall set us free. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-01-aiyangaaru-veetu-azhagey/ Sat, 07 Jan 2006 09:58:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-01-aiyangaaru-veetu-azhagey/ [Explanation for the international audience: Brahmin-speak is a dialect of Tamil spoken by Brahmins] Though not a brahmin myself, I think original brahmin-speak is the cutest dialect around. Of course it is so extremely cute to me only when spoken by girls :) I want to burn a CD with such cute-cute brahmin-speak songs. I am making my small effort public, to be of use to several other guys who I know will be interested too :)) Here we go: { Kettele ange (Movie: Badrakaali) (Of the ‘Vangonna’ fame) https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-01-apologies/ Fri, 06 Jan 2006 06:34:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2006-01-apologies/ Happy New Year! blah blah blah… ok - moving on… :-) Sorry, I was tied up with several things… I missed you. I am working on an exciting pet-project. Please bear with me - I am keeping it under the wraps until it is done. The stock market game results are out. I’ll post on that today. I will post regularly, starting now. Did you hear about this? I am very excited. https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/angels-demons/ Sun, 01 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/angels-demons/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/blink/ Sun, 01 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/blink/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/hackers-and-painters/ Sun, 01 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/hackers-and-painters/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-art-of-war/ Sun, 01 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-art-of-war/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-da-vinci-code/ Sun, 01 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-da-vinci-code/ https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-mallik-for-music-freak-music-genome/ Sat, 31 Dec 2005 01:06:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-mallik-for-music-freak-music-genome/ ‘Premium Member’ of this blog, Mallik, is honoring us with this guest-post. He became a ‘Premium Member’ by being the Top Commenter of this blog. Guest-post is one of the perks :) Thanks a lot Mallik. –Kirubakaran. If you are a music freak, you sure will like this…. Online Music Radio… this is no regular radio.. it allows you to create your own stations in less than a minute… if you like Britney Spears, just type the name . https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-wrap-up/ Thu, 29 Dec 2005 22:37:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-wrap-up/ Alert to participants of the Share Trading contest. Make sure you sell all your shares before end of trading day tomorrow. I’ll decide on the winner of $25 after market closes tomorrow for the last time in 2005. 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-python/ Wed, 28 Dec 2005 22:37:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-python/ Kept my word on spending 30min exploring Python. This is not dabbling. Starting point. Why Python? Coz I know absolutely nothing about Python. Coz I am a PERL fan and Python is the rival. Feeling happy about what I explored today. If you like to join me in self-learning something new everyday for 30 min, as mentioned in my earlier post, do so consistently and comment here about your 30 min each day. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-thoughts-of-paul-graham/ Wed, 28 Dec 2005 20:19:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-thoughts-of-paul-graham/ I got introduced to Paul Graham’s thoughts through the beautiful podcast - Great Hackers. I am delighted to bring you these really excellent and valuable articles: On Procrastination On Wealth Creation Please don’t put off reading those articles. It is not something to be postponed. Serious. You may also be interested in his talk about Open Source. This guy is awesome! As always, I am eagerly expecting your comments… 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-read-oreilly-books-for-free/ Wed, 28 Dec 2005 07:08:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-read-oreilly-books-for-free/ Here is a step-by-step instruction on how to read O’Reilly Hacks series for free! “O’Reilly Hacks” are my most favorite books. I just lovvvvvvvvvvvvvve them. You can use this ‘feature’ of Google’s Book Search to try a book before you buy it and, I humbly request(=beg) you, not for piracy. It is one of my ‘goals’ in life to read as many of the “O’Reilly Hacks” as possible. Whats your favorite one? https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-pepper-chicken/ Tue, 27 Dec 2005 21:33:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-pepper-chicken/ I am now making South Indian style Pepper Chicken from this recipe. [will update about the result] [i am back!] My roommate (Shan) says that it turned out really well. I think I kinda have to agree with him there :-) Yep - I found it to be tasty :-)) 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-0030-steroid/ Tue, 27 Dec 2005 17:19:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-0030-steroid/ What if you spend just 30 minutes every day (20min/40min… whatever you decide) CONSISTENTLY towards learning something totally new? It won’t get in the way of anything else and it won’t require a huge commitment. It will be easy. What are your thoughts? 8 comments Gladtomeetin wrote on Dec 28, 2005: Not a Bad idea....but Humans always tend/like to stick to what they know ;-)) Anonymous wrote on Dec 28, 2005: What do u think abt learning something absolutely useless? https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-all-day-skiing/ Tue, 27 Dec 2005 07:19:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-all-day-skiing/ If someone asks me “When is the last time you did something for the first time?”, I can say “Yesterday” :-) I skied all-day yesterday. Shan showed me how to attach the skis to the boots, how to walk uphill with skis on etc. Then I went to a 2-hr class which was a part of the package I purchased. They taught very systematically. But it was really gruelling. And boy! https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-challenge-yourself/ Sun, 25 Dec 2005 18:02:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-challenge-yourself/ “You wasted $150,000 on an education you coulda got for a buck fifty in late charges at the public library.” - Will Hunting (played by Matt Damon), Good Will Hunting(one of my most favorite movies) Here are some resources: Personal MBA Computer e-Books Berkeyley Lectures MIT OCW DataPig If you are not what you want to be, only YOU are to be blamed. And it is never too late. 6 comments Anonymous wrote on Dec 26, 2005: Kirubakaran suggests that if someone wants something he can do it. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-done/ Sat, 24 Dec 2005 03:06:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-done/ Just conquered the world. World domination is simply natural, isn’t it? Employing several careful strategies, I managed to win in the game of ‘Risk - World Domination’ now. The game went on for just five and a half hour this time (9:00PM to 2:30AM) (my second time). Last time it took eight hours. As I said before, I love this game. Made Aloo Cauliflower Korma + Egg Fry - to be eaten with paratha(reheated frozen) & rice. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-that-gnawing-feeling/ Thu, 22 Dec 2005 23:21:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-that-gnawing-feeling/ You know the gnawing feeling from not being on top of things? I will be blogging on it tomorrow. Meanwhile, please do check this out: Painless Software Schedules This will help you with getting things in the non-programming part of your life too. 2 comments Mallik Reddy wrote on Dec 23, 2005: "Painless Software Schedules" makes sense in the post-project review. It will be very hard to sell before and during the proj exectuion. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-para-sailing-in-miami/ Wed, 21 Dec 2005 23:18:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-para-sailing-in-miami/ [Dec 10 - 13, 2005] "Winter" @ South Beach! 3... 2... 1... Lift-Off! We Came From There! Thats Us! To Give An Idea... The Jet-Skiers The rightmost is Gopi - who set the high-score among us at 47 mph on water - which is real fast. He looks much better in person than in this pic :) Anyways, here is the JetSki winner Gopi, close up: [Yo single girls out there! https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-kkk-thought-for-day/ Tue, 20 Dec 2005 10:43:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-kkk-thought-for-day/ [From our mysterious guest blogger 3K(p)] "There is cream in cream-biscuits. But there is no dog in dog-biscuits". "If your life is in darkness, don't give up. Just pray. But, after praying, if your life is still in darkness, then don't be stupid! Go & pay the electricity bill!!" {3K(p)} Share your original 'Thathuvams' (philosophical gold nuggets) here! 10 comments }-{ 4 |?-1 5|_||\||)4|?4|?4j4|\| wrote on Dec 20, 2005: No french in french friesNo adam in adam's appleNo mysore in mysore vadaiwe have feet that smellwe have noses that runwant more? https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-3k-when-evil-cats-attack/ Thu, 15 Dec 2005 21:33:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-3k-when-evil-cats-attack/ Enjoy this post by our guest blogger, the ‘Queen of Satire’, 3K(p): When Evil Cats Attack Her entrance is no secret, as she walks into the room with an unabashed grin that punctuates her jovial attitude. Though she appears to be a very conscientious, considerably sane lady: she is the very definition of cat-phobia. An emblem for those around the world who shudder at the sight of the feline. I beseech all cats to stay outside twenty-five feet of this person, unless they want to be startled out of their fur skins by the many squeals and terrified cries that escape from the mouth of Mrs. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-catching-up/ Wed, 14 Dec 2005 23:02:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-catching-up/ Guys&Gals… plz give me 1 more day. Lots of ideas are bubbling - but I had to tackle several other things before I could blog. If you get a chance, do see the movie ‘Little Manhattan’. Wonderful movie. 2 comments maniosai wrote on Dec 15, 2005: hope you enjoyed the vacation. Dei if anyone else has not already mentioned the kiru.in is not working. check it out okLots of things happening here too. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-apartment-sweet-apartment/ Tue, 13 Dec 2005 23:56:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-apartment-sweet-apartment/ Just reached here 10 min ago. I couldn’t keep you updated during my trip due to the lack of internet access. Totally unlimited access now :) All I need now is some cozy sleep. C’Ya! In the mean while, this might interest you: Roll Your Own Google (Public access to web-crawl data) This is a big development. The possibilities are enormous. 2 comments Guess wrote on Dec 14, 2005: What would you do if you had to spend a week in the middle of no where without internet access? https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-back-to-civilization/ Tue, 13 Dec 2005 09:17:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-back-to-civilization/ We stayed in a place that had nothing but dial-up. I will tell the whole story in a day or two. Did para-sailing and jet-skiing. Here is what I typed offline: [morning in Tampa] We are now in Tampa, FL in my friend Maddy’s house. We came here like 4AM. [10:58AM South Beach - Hotel Shelly] Sunday. Second day in Miami. I am typing this offline. Only dial-up available from this hotel. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-in-denver/ Fri, 09 Dec 2005 17:48:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-in-denver/ We are in Denver airport now. The next flight is delayed by 1.5hrs… so its going to be a 2.5hrs wait here. But no issues - internet access keep you un-bored. People! Some of you have registered for the share trading game but you are not doing any trades! Please get your feet wet. Going to eat and top up my battery now. C’Ya later. 4 comments maniosai wrote on Dec 10, 2005: Have a great vacation. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-going-to-see-some-palm-trees/ Fri, 09 Dec 2005 11:56:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-going-to-see-some-palm-trees/ Leaving now to airport. 4 days vacation in Florida. Will blog from there. I have a guest blogger here. I will post that article from the east coast. See you then! 1 comment Mallik Reddy wrote on Dec 10, 2005: Have fun and post how it goes out there... https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-please-bear-with-me/ Thu, 08 Dec 2005 23:17:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-please-bear-with-me/ You will definitely see a new post within 12 hrs!!! Meanwhile, enjoy this link sent by Mani: http://www.angelfire.com/wa/zzaran/calvin.html And, 3K(p) has written a beautiful poem for my 100th post!! Here it is! 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-is-this-real/ Mon, 05 Dec 2005 21:57:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-is-this-real/ Must be the evening of coincidences. My mind was bubbling today with ideas for applications utilizing virtual reality. And I see that Dave Pollard has written just about that! I am thinking of some interesting applications. The price of the hardware is a bottleneck though. Even if I developed a killer application, will people want to dish out so much money? May be if it is useful enough…? 5 comments maniosai wrote on Dec 06, 2005: some bubbling ideas if it snowshttp://www. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-interesting-evening/ Mon, 05 Dec 2005 21:11:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-interesting-evening/ I got down in a bus stop this evening at around half past five. It was dark - you know how it is in Seattle in winter. There was a guy and a girl in the bus stop. He must be about 30 and she must be about 15. As I was getting down from the bus, that guy screamed ‘hey how ya doin’ to no one in particular! I think even the bus driver was startled - as he didn’t close the door for some time. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-that-thing-of-beauty-called-pay-check/ Sun, 04 Dec 2005 11:13:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-that-thing-of-beauty-called-pay-check/ Yesterday - Before Salary: Today - After Salary: [Credit: Lax] 1 comment maniosai wrote on Dec 05, 2005: Having fun is not having anything to do , but having a lot to do and not doing it. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-setting-ourselves-up/ Sun, 04 Dec 2005 10:12:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-setting-ourselves-up/ Ignorance is a temporary bliss…. Heard of the turtle that was put in a pot with cold water and placed on a hot stove? The turtle was so happy when water became warm. But warm water was a temporary condition, wasn’t it? Please read on… You are a small businessman. You have few computers to help housekeeping. Your disgruntled employee (you can’t avoid that!) makes an anonymous phone call. Police will come to check if you have complied with all software licenses. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-on-selling-snow/ Sat, 03 Dec 2005 21:13:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-on-selling-snow/ [Please refer previous posts 1 & 2] When I was browsing the web on this question, I found this article and decided to share it with you. I know that this is not the point and the question is more of a fun question rather than a logic question. But it is an interesting article nevertheless. Here it is. Enjoy! Just the crux of the article for the impatient: Eskimo Recap: https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-building-igloo/ Sat, 03 Dec 2005 19:24:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-building-igloo/ I believe that a worthless product should not be sold. But the marketers assigned to the task of selling those products have no choice. They have to resort to hype (created by interruption advertising or even conned word-of-mouth). Every time I think about it, I am astounded by the corporations managing to sell cola. If you refer my previous post, you will see that I am pondering on the possibility of selling snow to an eskimo. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-selling-snow-to-eskimo/ Sat, 03 Dec 2005 02:44:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-selling-snow-to-eskimo/ This is a pretty good post about selling snow to an Eskimo :-) Thought provoking too… I liked the idea of selling purple colored snow. But this will need to be used only on the outside of the igloo as a layer. If an igloo is entirely made of purple snow, they may need more lights inside and may be the igloo will melt sooner as the snow will absorb more heat with that color. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-15-minutes/ Sat, 03 Dec 2005 01:40:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-15-minutes/ Just finished watching 15 minutes. I am a big fan of Robert De Niro. I don’t mean that I am big and that I am his fan. I mean, I am a great fan of Robert De Niro. Aw! Now you are going to think that I am a conceited guy who just called himself great. I didn’t mean that either. Just when we tend to conclude that English is unnecessarily complicated, English has this beautiful expression to fix it all - “You know what I mean”! https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-adorable-video/ Thu, 01 Dec 2005 23:48:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-adorable-video/ You will absolutely love this video. Check it out! If you know Tamil, you will absolutely positively love this. Even otherwise, I guess you can get a pretty good picture. Don’t miss this one. What are your thoughts? :-))) [Credit: Srikanth Peddireddy] 3 comments Jagan wrote on Dec 02, 2005: ellam unna mathiri peter gosti pola irrukey ;-) 3K(p) wrote on Dec 02, 2005: There are times I long for familiarity in these strange surroundings, although I had lived among them for years. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-snow/ Thu, 01 Dec 2005 17:20:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-12-snow/ Here it is! Its snowing now. We came home early from work. Here are some pictures from today. I am serving them through flickr. There is a sad 20MB monthly band-width (upload) limit on the flickr. Downloading Freshness (not a blurred pic - snow flakes are in focus) Welcoming Snow Hope For A Holiday? Christmas Lights & Snow 3 comments Narayanan Venkitu wrote on Dec 02, 2005: Didn't know that it would snow in Seattle now. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-11-look-tiger/ Wed, 30 Nov 2005 22:14:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-11-look-tiger/ Tiger Laks bought an Apple 12” iBook today. Loved exploring it. Especially loved interacting with it in the command line mode (can you believe that?). Simply awesome. The OS Tiger on it is so neat. But I was surprised (& happy) to note that it came pre-installed with Perl! Changed my perception a little bit about the hack-appeal of macs. Spaghetti I had dinner at ‘The Old Spaghetti Factory’. Food was tasty. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-11-brrrr/ Tue, 29 Nov 2005 22:03:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-11-brrrr/ It is getting colderrr. The temperature outside is 1c (34F) now. Slowly the bone marrow is getting chilled. While people all around are complaining (one elderly lady in the bus asked another - “Did you order this weather?”), I am hoping that it will snow like crazy soon and they will close down the office for a couple of days :-) Weather forecasters are predicting snow every tomorrow and going back on their words. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-11-in-case-you-didnt-notice/ Sun, 27 Nov 2005 00:25:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-11-in-case-you-didnt-notice/ You have a Tic-Tac-Toe game now to your right. Give yourself a break. There is this new ‘Zeitgeist’ section with some hopefully interesting stats about this blog. I would like you to notice the ‘Top Commenters’. I hope you will give them a fight! I will take this moment to nag you to: 1. Sign my 100th post, if you haven’t done it so far (by now it must be obvious to you that I am pretty serious about it) 2. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-11-excellent-ad/ Fri, 25 Nov 2005 17:40:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-11-excellent-ad/ <br> Right-click and save this link if you can’t see this video above: http://creativecriminal.castpost.com/budlight.wmv [Credit: CreativeCriminal->Bud Light] 3 comments Kirubakaran wrote on Nov 25, 2005: everytime i see this, i laugh :-)... not just because of this - but also thinking of the wonderful creativity that went into it! maniosai wrote on Nov 26, 2005: wow man really felt the pinch. ha ha ha wish i could post my laughter in voice. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-11-consistency/ Fri, 25 Nov 2005 11:21:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-11-consistency/ As my friend Lakshmi aptly said, consistency is the secret to achieving anything. I feel happy that I got my iPod to run video. The only thing that was stopping me from doing it so far was me not sitting down and actually doing it. To be fair to myself, I can say that there are so many things happening and several unexpected time-guzzlers pop up all the time, the latest one being visits to the Chiropractor. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-11-of-friends-happiness/ Fri, 25 Nov 2005 02:12:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-11-of-friends-happiness/ I upgraded the Linux kernel in my iPod to one with video support and ripped an episode of Friends and converted it into the format supported by iPod. Just now, my ‘non-video’ iPod (4th gen 60gig photo iPod) played an episode of Friends in brilliant colors! The one where Chandler lies that he is being transferred to Yemen, to get away from Janice. [LJ link][Pic Credit: CreativeCriminal] 2 comments maniosai wrote on Nov 25, 2005: Great going da. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-11-plan-for-long-weekend/ Wed, 23 Nov 2005 07:16:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-11-plan-for-long-weekend/ Update: Didn’t go with the other guys. At home now :-( Seven of us are planning to go on a road trip to Glacier National Park in Montana. It would be a 10hr drive from Seattle - each way. NW corner of Montana state - near the Canadian border. We have booked a cabin there. The plan is to chill out in the hot tub (irony?), ski, enjoy the glacier, relax for all four days, probably read by the fireplace or watch movie in the evening when it is snowing all around :) https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-11-sonics-vs-jazz/ Tue, 22 Nov 2005 23:24:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-11-sonics-vs-jazz/ Had fun at Key Arena. Shan & I went. Seattle Sonics lost though. Didn’t have my G6 with me. This is just my poor mobile masquerading as a camera. 3 comments phoe6 wrote on Nov 23, 2005: 6600 ofcourse has a good quality. But I guess it will be bit difficult to carry. Tammie wrote on Nov 23, 2005: Sorry for this shameless plug, but if you want to see good basket ball in the key, go to a STORM game. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-11-just-do-it/ Tue, 22 Nov 2005 07:33:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-11-just-do-it/ [Blogging in progress… Please check back later too…] “When is the last time you did something for the first time?”Here is your chance… 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-11-laser-in-real-life/ Mon, 21 Nov 2005 21:58:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-11-laser-in-real-life/ If we had Light Sabers of StarWars… [Credit: German-Lang Blog -> HowStuffWorks] 2 comments Jeevan wrote on Nov 22, 2005: wow!! what a instrument!! what is that name. Kirubakaran wrote on Nov 22, 2005: this is the light saber, used in 'star wars' movie. the pictures are just imaginary :) https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-11-stock-market-game-prize/ Sun, 20 Nov 2005 22:23:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-11-stock-market-game-prize/ Update: I have also created a ‘test game’ - for you to try things out - pls read on for details. You will be playing with the real data but virtual money. It is same as playing the real stock market - except that you have nothing to lose. No entry fee. Lets spice it up a little bit. The winner will get USD $25. I will send the money to you by some means, no matter what country you may be from. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-11-in-high-spirits/ Sat, 19 Nov 2005 13:59:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-11-in-high-spirits/ I am in to some hard core weekend activities. What are you doing checking blogs on a weekend? :-) Just kidding you! Have lots to blog about - but lemme do justice to the weekend first. 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-11-better-than/ Thu, 17 Nov 2005 21:21:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-11-better-than/ Whats more fun than BJ [thats BLACK JACK, ok? lower your eyebrows], Chess, Risk game and NFS put together? I would say, playing the stock market. [its no match for Racquetball though] Vikam and I did our first trade investing Rs.50 (=$1.16 - it was a big risk for us then and it was a big deal… seriously) per head when we were in the 4th sem of college. We made Rs. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-11-2233332/ Wed, 16 Nov 2005 22:58:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-11-2233332/ [I have a special request for you guys’n’gals - this being the 100th post and all! Please leave your pug mark in the comment section. No need of a “comment” comment if you don’t have one - just sign, may be…] Just now I enjoyed the movie ‘Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit’. Wonderful and funny. You must see it for sure. I saw ‘Chicken Little’ last weekend. You must see that too! https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-11-weekend-end/ Sat, 12 Nov 2005 21:31:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-11-weekend-end/ [Update : Nov 15, 2005] The 100th post is coming up. Please wait. If you are really bored, check out my tryst with LiveJournal. It is not really meant for public consumption but I won’t mind if you look. Pretty lousy weekend for blogging. Did my best to explain things. What more can one do? In blogging, emotions run high - for whatever reason - ~sigh~ I guess I will stick to my own blog henceforth. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-11-google-word-verification/ Fri, 11 Nov 2005 07:20:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-11-google-word-verification/ [Non-Tamil viewers… These words are commonly used expletives in Tamil.] [Credit:Raju] 5 comments Jo wrote on Nov 11, 2005: Is this for real??? Or your friend worked on this? :-) Kirubakaran wrote on Nov 11, 2005: Nah! Just Photoshop - hopefully Gimp... Kavya wrote on Nov 11, 2005: ha ha ha..just thought instead of this stupid words which dont make any sense how nice would it be if we can enable something good unlike the one u have posted for word verification. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-11-coveted-title/ Thu, 10 Nov 2005 23:30:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-11-coveted-title/ I was called a “hacker” multiple times today. Just for the newbies, I would like to mention that “cracker” is a derogatory term and “hacker” is a much sought after title. I really have to appreciate Chinmayi’s great attitude. Check her blog out: (yup, the wonderful singer) Or more specifically: [Update : My friends tell me that these links don’t work. Looks like they decided to delete those posts. (I had resolved not to go back there after that - so I don’t know)] Chinmayi’s Post #1 Chinmayi’s Post #2 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-11-gone-for-whole-week/ Thu, 10 Nov 2005 06:47:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-11-gone-for-whole-week/ Several things: Lots of work. One day of severe bad health (I guess, due to chronic sleep deprivation). Never felt this horrible. Planning to sleep well in the future. One day of complete rest. Got engrossed with Dan Brown’s ‘Deception Point’. Bunch of movies. Seattle Auto Show. Hiking in Cougar Mountains. And I am back! Blog Related Pending Tasks: 1. I bought www.kiru.in - I am yet to map it to this blog. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-11-up-against-wall/ Thu, 03 Nov 2005 07:31:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-11-up-against-wall/ I am reading ‘One Up On Wall Street’ by Peter Lynch. It is very good. These are from that: “Things are never clear until it’s too late” [p86] “If all economists of the world were laid end to end, it wouldn’t be a bad thing” [p85] If you are interested in “understanding” the share market, you may wanna read this book. 2 comments Mallik Reddy wrote on Nov 09, 2005: What does the followign mean? https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-poor-men/ Sun, 30 Oct 2005 12:01:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-poor-men/ I am so impressed with a comment I received for the post ‘Poor Pigs’ that I am posting it here: 3K(p) wrote: So girls are evil huh? And what are guys? What have guys got against girls anyway? Don’t they think that they are a necessary evil? Girls got nothing against pigs, and this girl certainly recognizes the natural superiority of men. So you guys out there please take a deep breath and relax. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-innovation/ Sun, 30 Oct 2005 09:58:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-innovation/ [blogging in progress - also check back later please…] The Five Stages Of Innovation People deny that the innovation is required.People deny that the innovation is effective.People deny that the innovation is important.People deny that the innovation will justify the effort required to adopt it.People accept and adopt the innovation, enjoy its benefits, attribute it to people other than the innovator, and deny the existence of stages 1 to 4.[Credit : BusinessBalls->©AC->Bill Bryson in his book, ‘A Short History Of Nearly Everything’->Alexander von Humboldt’s ‘Three Stages Of Scientific Discovery’] https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-good-1liners-i-enjoyed/ Sun, 30 Oct 2005 09:42:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-good-1liners-i-enjoyed/ When you ASSUME, you make an ASS out of U and ME. There is no I in TEAM. (But if you look carefully there is a ME…) [Credit : http://www.businessballs.com/quotes.htm] 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-sites-to-check-out-later/ Sun, 30 Oct 2005 09:24:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-sites-to-check-out-later/ Your Amazing Brain Complete “Linda Goodman’s SunSigns” The Invisible Web From an unknown aircraft waiting in a very long takeoff queue: “I’m f…ing bored!” Ground Traffic Control: “Last aircraft transmitting, identify yourself immediately!” Unknown aircraft: “I said I was f…ing bored, not f…ing stupid!” More of whats above >> Funny Insurance Claims: “A pedestrian hit me and went under my car” “My car got hit by a submarine.” (The Navy informed the wife of a submariner that the craft was due in port. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-good-programming-resources/ Sun, 30 Oct 2005 08:49:00 -0800 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-good-programming-resources/ OneSmartClick Quick reference cards Interview questions JEdit My most favorite code editor 1 comment phoe6 wrote on Nov 06, 2005: Vim has always been my favourite text editor. Vim tip I was about to post in my blog:dw will delete a word when you are the start.db will delete the word when you are the end.daw will delete the word when you are in the middle of the word. Remmeber aw as " https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-poor-pigs/ Sat, 29 Oct 2005 12:45:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-poor-pigs/ I am not a ‘Sexist Pig’ or a ‘Male Chauvinistic Pig’. I am just having this derivation here just for the simple beauty in it - so that it will have a permanent place here. Most of you must have received it as a forward long long time ago. Didn’t you smile then? :-) By the way, why do girls berate pigs? I don’t get it. It is as if pigs personally offended them! https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-from-50-countries-with-love/ Sat, 29 Oct 2005 09:44:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-from-50-countries-with-love/ This blog has been viewed from 50 countries (listed in the descending order of number of unique hits) United States, India, United Kingdom, Canada, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Australia, Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Italy, France, Taiwan, Belgium, Denmark, Malaysia, Mexico, Ireland, Philippines, United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong, Brazil, Argentina, Thailand, Estonia, Serbia and Montenegro, Japan, Austria, Romania, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Finland, Switzerland, Korea, Republic of, Indonesia, Norway, Chile, Kuwait, Mauritius, Egypt, Unknown, Venezuela, Bulgaria, Turkey, Iran, Islamic Republic of, Iceland, Pakistan, Lithuania, GreeceYay! https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-another-deepavali-missed/ Fri, 28 Oct 2005 06:55:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-another-deepavali-missed/ This is the cost of being in the US. I wish at least the Indian restaurants and other business owners here sponsored a fireworks show, like Ivars Restaurant does for 4th of July celebrations. I think that will remain just a wish. A little background, guys: On Deepavali, the day good won over evil, we wake up very early in the morning, take an oil bath, wear new clothes, set off fire crackers and eat yummy yummy food (“Deepavali Special”) that mom makes. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-google-base/ Wed, 26 Oct 2005 13:23:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-google-base/ I managed to take screen shots of whatever was accessible in Google Base. The site was taken down less 5 minutes after I got the shots. A happy lunch break! Some see Google Base as a threat to Ebay. EBay shares haven’t fallen yet. Shot#1: Home Page. Click on the image and zoom in to see what they are planning to offer. Shot#2: Predefined categories in Google Base. Shot #3: Some more… Shot #4: Google Base asked me to sign in. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-found-wanting/ Tue, 25 Oct 2005 20:44:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-found-wanting/ We see aliases (of bloggers) like ‘Bored Techie’, ‘Lazy Geek’ etc… What kind of a mental image does that present to you? Anyways, my problem is the opposite. There are so many interesting and exciting things that I feel am not doing a good job at any of that. I have been trying various techniques to boost the efficiency. And if you know me personally, it must be obvious to you that I am still in the process of ‘trying’. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-searching-for-sbc/ Mon, 24 Oct 2005 23:31:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-searching-for-sbc/ I am serching for a simple Single Board Computer to connect to my computer and learn Linux kernel at low level. Arunachalam is helping me with it. Looking for a cheap PowerPC based low-end SBC. I have computers that I bought for $1, $5 etc. I can build linux from scratch on that. But I agree with Arunachalam that a different processor than Intel and a bare-minimum system can help understand things better. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-beautiful-saturday/ Sun, 23 Oct 2005 20:29:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-beautiful-saturday/ Kirkland Waterfront - Oct 22, 2005 [Photo Credit: Lax] 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-why-i-flunked-math/ Sun, 23 Oct 2005 19:59:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-why-i-flunked-math/ [Credit: Jesu->Wade] 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-catch-me-if-you-can/ Thu, 20 Oct 2005 20:43:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-catch-me-if-you-can/ It is time to tell the story about Balaguru, Vikram and their cat connection. For the records, I didn’t bring it up. I was telling a story about cats. Balaguru commented and Vikram responded. THAT is what made it my duty and responsibility to tell this story. It was some time past midnight in our hostel (National Engineering College, Kovilpatti) and several other parts of the world nearby. We guys were sitting on the short wall bordering the hostel veranda. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-just-curious-just-curious/ Tue, 18 Oct 2005 20:44:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-just-curious-just-curious/ I was googling on the title of this blog and visited this site of the same title. This guy has a really funny post “Saving Casey”. Here is a quote for it: Casey (the cat) had been there for 3 whole days. They had called everywhere, including the fire department (who informed them that they only save kittens from trees on television). My comment on his blog: I have a blog of same name. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-weekend-of-movies/ Mon, 17 Oct 2005 23:09:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-weekend-of-movies/ Movies I saw this weekend: ‘Guess Who’, ‘Harold & Kumar’ (again), ‘Final Destination’, ‘Ghajini’ (Tamil), ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ (again) & ‘In The Line Of Fire’. Phew! Besides staring at the CRT, I played racquet ball, drank in cups and cups of chai and coffee and of course as I said before, the party at EMP and iPod explorations. Played couple of hours of ‘Halo’ too - with a friend on his XBox. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-first-milestone/ Mon, 17 Oct 2005 19:03:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-first-milestone/ Installed Linux in my iPod (podZilla) yesterday using Jon’s Guide. It was a fairly simple task. Now my iPod dual boots. Yay! Man, podZilla offers much more features. I can play Tetris, Tic-Tac-Toe, Chess and many other games and do stuff like change the sensitivity of the wheel, RECORD sound for even all 60 GB. There is this amazing matrix screen saver, which is similar to the one for PC but the cool-factor gets multiplied by 10^6 when seen on the iPod screen. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-digging-deeper-into-my-ipod/ Sun, 16 Oct 2005 12:52:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-digging-deeper-into-my-ipod/ I will be updating this same post as I explore my iPod more and more. Let us see how deep this rabbit hole goes. Purpose: I thought I’ll take notes here, which could hopefully help other people. Goal: I want to be able to see video on my non-video iPod. Easier option is to buy the new one. But I don’t want to dish out that much money, and that too so soon. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-friday-night/ Sun, 16 Oct 2005 06:38:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-friday-night/ We went to the EMP for a party thrown by the company that Shan works for. Shan & I thought we’ll complete the Scavenger Hunt. We abandoned it due to hunger and ‘thirst’. Prakash (college-mate and friend) and I went to the dance floor. I trampled several people’s feet in the hyper. A pic after we got home: Badly in need of a haircut I guess. Then enjoyed ‘Harold & Kumar’ (again) and ‘Guess Who? https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-video-ipod/ Fri, 14 Oct 2005 06:54:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-video-ipod/ I went for the 60GB Photo iPod few months ago and I was so happy to own it. Now there is this video iPod. Damn. I looked around a bit and found that I can make MY non-video (or so says Apple) play video. Look at this. I will let you know as soon as I get this done. The screen size is less on mine but thats okay - What can be more satisfying than doing this? https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-perseverance/ Wed, 12 Oct 2005 07:35:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-perseverance/ All of us need that to make even a small difference in our lives. I wanted to give a permanent place here for an inspiring dialogue from the movie “Hitch”: Alex: Do you know the definition of “perseverance”, Miss Melas? Sara: An excuse to be obnoxious? Alex: Continuing in a course of action… without regard to discouragement,opposition or previous failure. 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-everything-on-map/ Tue, 11 Oct 2005 19:36:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-everything-on-map/ "If you done it, it ain't braggin" I was reading this insteresting article about Gene Hughes, the guy who created a whole new hobby when his wife did the thing that wives do. I remembered Wozniak saying in some article long time ago about how he is working on a project that will put little moving cop car icons on your GPS screen by scanning the radiowaves transmitted by them. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-tools-code-snippets/ Tue, 11 Oct 2005 06:44:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-tools-code-snippets/ Most of yesterday evening was spent on searching for new tools and hacks that I can use on my blog. Specifically, I want the Calendar tool that makes the archives more accessible to the visitors and I want the tool that lets the visitors rate each post by clicking on the stars (like Netflix). I am not satisfied with anything. Senthil mentioned the Google Reader. It is wonderful. You can use it to follow all the websites and blogs that you are interested in and she will serve you just the fresh content. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-lovely-cat/ Sun, 09 Oct 2005 21:43:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-lovely-cat/ On the streets of Winthrop 5 comments 3K(p) wrote on Oct 10, 2005: Aww, that pic looks soooooo cute!!!Of all God's creatures there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the lash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with a cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat. Author: Mark Twain 1835-1910, American Humorist, Writer Meena wrote on Oct 10, 2005: Sooperaa irukku anna… eppo unga cabin katta porenga? https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-in-middle-of-nowhere/ Sun, 09 Oct 2005 19:18:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-in-middle-of-nowhere/ I try to disappear off the face of the earth occasionally. I did that when I went to Mt.St.Helens when she was venting. Once I drove to Oregon coast by myself. Don’t get me wrong, I am not a misanthrope. But it feels good to get unplugged once in a while, you know. Sometimes you need to unplug more than just going from ethernet to wi-fi. Shan, Karen, Sam & I went to Karen&Sam’s cabin this weekend. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-you-will-be-what-you-will-to-be/ Wed, 05 Oct 2005 19:41:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-you-will-be-what-you-will-to-be/ You will what you will to be; Let failure find its false content In that poor word “environment,” But spirit scorns it, and is free It masters time, it conquers space, It cowes that boastful trickster Chance, And bids the tyrant Circumstance Uncrown and fill a servant’s place. The human Will, that force unseen, The offspring of a deathless Soul, Can hew the way to any goal, Though walls of granite intervene, https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-down/ Tue, 04 Oct 2005 23:10:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-down/ …with cold, fever, headache and everything related to that :-) 1 comment KB wrote on Oct 07, 2005: I hope you are feeling better. You have things to see and do and being sick just interferes with having fun so I don't recommend it. You mentioned in an earlier blog that you wanted to sleep in and stay snuggled in a comforter.....that can happen when you are sick. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-risky-behavior/ Sun, 02 Oct 2005 00:57:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-risky-behavior/ "I think, therefore I am single." We played 'Risk - World Domination' for 8 hours and 15 minutes. After that we abandoned the game (I definitely didn't want to) - although it was 'settled' that I come second coz I occupied less territories than my friend who came first. But I had the pieces strategically lined up and did stand a fair chance of winning too. It was fun. I played as if it were a real life-and-death situation. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-angel-eyes/ Sat, 01 Oct 2005 08:34:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-10-angel-eyes/ "If there's one thing I can't stand, it's intolerance." Speaking of paradoxes and profound truths, I once told my friend "Although you are unpredictable, I always know exactly what you are going to do next". Saturday morning. I don't know whats this with me. I long for the weekend so that I can really sleep in, snugged in the comforter, with no care in the world. Come saturday, I rise real early, make myself a fresh cup of coffee and start browsing, blogging, reading, going on a brisk walk etc etc etc. https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince/ Sat, 01 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince/ https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-09-rain/ Thu, 29 Sep 2005 22:43:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-09-rain/ "Everybody has their own private Mount Everest they were put on this earth to climb" Phreaky Fotoshop: [Credit: http://www.welaf.com/funny-picture-313.html] I am placing this as a non-clickable link coz I don't know if corporate webfilters will like this site. If it were a link, you might click it and curse me if if the webfilter blocks the site saying it is "Pornography". I am of the opinion now that the corporate webfilters are really a joke. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-09-sarge/ Wed, 28 Sep 2005 07:06:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-09-sarge/ I bought ‘Linux Format’, a magazine from the EU. It came with Debian Linux 3.1 (Sarge) DVD. Need to install it in my laptop. The main reason I log into Windows is because I haven’t configured Wi-Fi in Linux yet. Right now I have Suse 9.1. Do you use Linux on a daily basis? Well, I guess all of us would when that gOS comes out. The stock market game trial run did dig up some interest. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-09-dogsense/ Mon, 26 Sep 2005 16:47:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-09-dogsense/ [Credit: Mark- New Yorker Magazine - Cartoonbank.com] 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-09-and-inevitable-monday/ Mon, 26 Sep 2005 07:25:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-09-and-inevitable-monday/ It is for this reason that I like long weekends where we get the monday off rather than the friday. It gives you a feeling that you are getting more out of it, although, logically speaking, it is just a ‘three day weekend’ no matter how you look at it. I am trying out this Zimbabwean coffee. I think it makes blood rush to my face! I am loving it. It is from the Dandoni coffee estate. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-09-ah-weekend/ Sun, 25 Sep 2005 19:11:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-09-ah-weekend/ Went to the Ballard Locks to see ships/boats/other-water-crafts being raised and lowered. Lake Washington (fresh water) and Puget Sound (salt water) are at different levels, you see… It was interesting but not as impressive as I had visualized in my mind :) [post in progress… brb…] 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-09-should-try-this-next-time/ Sat, 24 Sep 2005 22:00:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-09-should-try-this-next-time/ 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-09-little-more-than-cosmetic/ Sat, 24 Sep 2005 10:36:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-09-little-more-than-cosmetic/ Do you like the new color scheme and layout of this blog? I want to know what you think of the changes. Check out my photo in the profile. It is from a couple of weeks ago from the shores of the Pacific. I have added translation feature. If you want that in your blog too, refer “Translations” in the ‘Links’ section. What else would you like to see? Copious comments please… https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-09-mans-second-best-friend/ Fri, 23 Sep 2005 06:36:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-09-mans-second-best-friend/ I am reading: Online Investing Hacks (O’Reilly) Cascading Style Sheets (O’Reilly) China Inc (Ted C. Fishman) (re-reading) If It’s Raining In Brazil… (Peter Navarro) I will try my hand at writing a brief review here. Reading something interesting? Leave a comment and we’ll discuss. 3 comments Chinmayi wrote on Sep 24, 2005: AhaAutomated translations! Good going :) 3K(p) wrote on Sep 28, 2005: How abt "Creating Optimism" -Bob Murray, Alicia Fortinberry? https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-09-carnivore/ Thu, 22 Sep 2005 07:45:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-09-carnivore/ I don’t mind being a bit higher up in the food chain. I kinda made a vegetarian friend dizzy by saying that I chopped up chicken and cooked it. Probably the process was visualized as me grabbing a hen by throat, biting off its head savagely as the hen violently tried to escape flapping its wings amidst desperate blood curdling cries, and plucking off the feathers with hands, with an evil laughter. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-09-share-and-sharing/ Wed, 21 Sep 2005 07:03:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-09-share-and-sharing/ I am organizing a game ‘Bulls N Bears’’, where we trade shares with virtual money but real market data. The participants are: Shan, Mark, Sukumar, Mallik, Senthil, Gopi & me. Trials are going on now with $1000 of virtual money per person. Check it out at the blog created for the game. Exciting! The real game, which will begin on Sep 26, will start with $10K per person and will go on for 6 weeks. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-09-pause/ Tue, 13 Sep 2005 23:26:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-09-pause/ For those of you wondering why I said that I update this blog daily when I haven’t, I would like to just say that I am on vacation but much more busy than I would have been, had I been working… Parents are leaving to India this weekend. So lots of shopping, packing etc etc. I might be out a day or two, ok? I might still blog, but I might not be able to put in hours of uninterrupted effort. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-09-salem/ Sat, 10 Sep 2005 23:36:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-09-salem/ I am blogging from Salem, Oregon. I don’t know if there is a connection between the Salem in Oregon, USA and the Salem in Tamil Nadu, India. Do any of you know? We are planning to spend the whole day tomorrow by the Pacific Coast. Highway-101 Scenic Highway. We ate in a Taco Bell here. On a sause packet it said “Of all the sause packets, why me? why now?” :-))) https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-09-stock-challenge/ Sat, 10 Sep 2005 23:18:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-09-stock-challenge/ We are planning to have a contest on who makes most virtual money on a simulated stock market. I am considering various options to host this contest. There will be no real money lost - as this is only a simulated stock market where the data reflects the real stock market but buying/selling is virtual. The plan is to collect a nominal entry fee to buy a gift for the winner. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-09-go-goog-go/ Thu, 08 Sep 2005 19:27:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-09-go-goog-go/ A successful first step into the American stock market (apart from my ESPP). Bought and sold Google for a small but decent (by my standards) profit. I opened my share trading account in the beginning of August. Started buying from then. Sold off everything today. 2 comments mallikreddy.blogspot.com wrote on Sep 09, 2005: Congratuluations dude !!!!! By decent, what % of gain ? Kirubakaran wrote on Sep 10, 2005: Profit after commissions was about 2. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-09-climbing-corporate-staircase/ Thu, 08 Sep 2005 17:41:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-09-climbing-corporate-staircase/ “They” can conviniently blame the system, not give me the promotion I think I deserve and stop me from climbing up the corporate ladder. But “they” can do nothing to stop me from climbing up the corporate staircase :-) A comment to my previous post said that my resolution was too unrealistic. So I decided to climb the tower, just for good measure. I didn’t want to climb up like a maniac. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-09-kaizen/ Wed, 07 Sep 2005 22:18:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-09-kaizen/ I have given up using elevators (starting today) after reading this: Top ten stupid unhealthy lifestyle trends: … 6. Using the elevator or excalator when you are not handicapped … I work on the fifth floor. I thought that this will be a good baby-step towards better shape. Immediately after the decision came the sathya-sodhanai (test). Lax (a.k.a. Lakshminarayanan) wanted to go to the HR floor in the other (main) building to get his ID card. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-09-aim-low/ Wed, 07 Sep 2005 22:15:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-09-aim-low/ I practiced racquet ball for about an hour. Mainly practiced hitting low. My back-hand skills suck too. So I was working on that as well. All these are steps in the path to defeat my colleague Thom. He has trash talked my game sufficiently enough. I don’t want to go into the specifics on that :-) My plan is to: 1. Practice by myself for some time daily - to improve my technique and specific skills. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-09-bee-utiful/ Tue, 06 Sep 2005 09:49:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-09-bee-utiful/ Picture Of the Day[POD 20050906]. . Photo Credit : My DadButchart Gardens, Victoria, BC(Photo quality intentionally decreased to decrease file size) 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-09-sleepless-in-seattle/ Sun, 04 Sep 2005 23:28:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-09-sleepless-in-seattle/ Sleeping in Victoria 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-09-victoria/ Sun, 04 Sep 2005 19:34:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-09-victoria/ We are in Victoria, BC now. It is a beautiful island in British Columbia, Canada. The guy at the front desk of our hotel has invented the world’s most inefficient & convoluted check-in process. WOW! You can only imagine. We were there for what seemed an hour - and it could have easily literally been an hour while he stapled stuff, asked us to sign here, counter-sign there, attended phone calls, talked about seeing my name somewhere in the computer some time ago for some reason some how etc etc… https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-09-beautiful-british-columbia/ Sun, 04 Sep 2005 07:49:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-09-beautiful-british-columbia/ Having toured Canada before (so far they have used up 6 pages in my passport) I thought I will be showing Vancouver and Victoria to my mom & dad, friends Shanmugam & Mala. But thankfully everything didn’t go as planned. In fact nothing went as planned. We left from home at 8AM instead of the planned 5AM; on an impulse, we went to Semiahmoo for breakfast (two unplanned hours right there); we waited in queue (another great British invention! https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-09-arrrgh-uments/ Thu, 01 Sep 2005 17:09:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-09-arrrgh-uments/ Stumble reads my mind. I squandered the opportunity to click ‘No’ when I was asked “Do you want a cookie set in your brain?”. I don’t regret it though. Anyways, it served this (today of all days - don’t ask me why) in a fine plate, garnished and everything. This guy talks about the things that he and his girlfriend have argued about. Hilariously charming British humor! I laughed hysterically, uncontrollably… I am sure you’ll be identify yourself with several of the arguments. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-09-artery/ Thu, 01 Sep 2005 07:39:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-09-artery/ Picture Of the Day [POD 20050901] The beautiful I-5 with downtown bound traffic this morning.[I-5 is Interstate #5 - a major freeway in USA that passes through Seattle.] 2 comments Anonymous wrote on Sep 02, 2005: what is your point... Kirubakaran wrote on Sep 02, 2005: "There is no point" -Matrix https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-09-what-could-be-more-boring/ Thu, 01 Sep 2005 07:17:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-09-what-could-be-more-boring/ than bloggers blogging about blogging? Sadly, most of the visitors to this blog are bloggers themselves. So I think its kinda okay for now… I created a test bed blog to try out new templates, tools and hacks. http://tstexpuid.blogspot.com [don’t bother to go there] I am trying out this tool w.bloggar. It is an interface between you and your blog, as they put it. It is simple and convinient. But haven’t used it extensively enough to yay-or-nay about it. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-state-slogans/ Wed, 31 Aug 2005 06:49:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-state-slogans/ Funny State Slogans For USA: Indiana: 2 Billion Years Tidal Wave Free Idaho: More Than Just Potatoes. Well Okay, Not Really, But The Potatoes Sure Are Real Good Minnesota: 10,000 Lakes And 10,000,000,000,000 Mosquitoes Mississippi: Come And Feel Better About Your Own State Wyoming: Where Men Are Men (And The Sheep Are Scared) [Credit] Indiana: We keep Ohio and Illinois from touching each other [Eric] Wyoming: Where the men are men and the women are too [Karen] How about funny state slogans for India? https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-free-aspnet-training/ Wed, 31 Aug 2005 06:35:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-free-aspnet-training/ Microsoft is offering a $349 course for free until Nov 6, 2005. It is 17 hours of hands-on self-paced ASP.NET training. http://msdn.microsoft.com/asp.net/learn/asptraining/ You can make use of this opportunity. [Thanks to Mallik] 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-holi-moly/ Tue, 30 Aug 2005 22:08:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-holi-moly/ I didn’t know that men are beaten up by their wives on Holi celebration! My colleague Lenny had seen it on TV.. It seems they showed women wacking their husbands really aggressively with thick and fearsome sticks! The wives were going for the head mostly! I have always thought of Holi as a friendly festival of colors. I didn’t know this “violence” part. Apparently, the men are well padded. But who knows! https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-back-with-vengeance/ Mon, 29 Aug 2005 23:55:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-back-with-vengeance/ Done with my pouting! Stroll in Alki Beach (West Seattle) was wonderful - it did help :) We did a lot of kayaking on sunday in the Lake Washington. Besides that, played lot of racquet ball. I just love playing racquet ball. But I got beaten up pretty badly by my friend today :) Not just badly - really badly!… Need to work on my game big time. :-) You should be seeing a lot more posts over the next few days. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-excuse-me/ Thu, 25 Aug 2005 22:50:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-excuse-me/ Friend is leaving… Don’t want to be very dramatic about it… Am upset… Hope you will understand… Please do come back in a day or two. Thanks! 2 comments Anonymous wrote on Aug 29, 2005: Sounds really dramatic to me. I wish, you know that there are somethings called “Phone” & “Email” & “Web Cam” and a whole lot. What is bothering you? Kirubakaran wrote on Sep 01, 2005: Since I know who you are, I'll deal with you directly! https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-evens-and-beginnings/ Thu, 25 Aug 2005 06:44:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-evens-and-beginnings/ Text version of Image Search http://c6.org/toogle/ Creates images of whatever you say, using just text! Kaleidoscope Painter http://www.permadi.com/java/spaint/spaint.html Anyone can be a painter with this tool! Whatever you draw is ‘seen’ through a kaleidoscope. “Why I Will Never Have A Girlfriend” http://www.nothingisreal.com/girlfriend/ One guy explains scientifically…. 2 comments Anonymous wrote on Aug 25, 2005: "Why I Will Never Have A Girlfriend" was disappointing. Neither hilarious nor completly convincing...Rest were impressive Kirubakaran wrote on Aug 25, 2005: @anonymousThe idea attracted me the most. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-talk-google/ Wed, 24 Aug 2005 07:02:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-talk-google/ Yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!!!! http://www.google.com/talk/ Its one of the moments of pure happiness! It is pretty basic though. Waiting for V2.0 already. Add me even if you don’t consider me as your friend. My Google ID is : kirubakaran [Thanks to Vinod of IIITA] 3 comments maniosai wrote on Aug 24, 2005: I think google is going to be the internet os. It will be an os once you are connected to the net. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-make-up-for-it/ Tue, 23 Aug 2005 21:53:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-make-up-for-it/ Its my dream come true! When my parents got me my Apple //c (I mentioned it in my previous post), it came with lots of magazines. I loved inCider, which had lots of programs that I can type in and run. My sister (she was 8 years old then) would read it to help me type faster. Those were Applesoft BASIC programs. My sister and I devised a way for her to tell me that the line ended without saying ‘return’ (so that I won’t type the word ‘return’). https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-global-worming/ Tue, 23 Aug 2005 21:11:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-global-worming/ If someone writes a worm that will propagate, lie really low and bring down the whole world down one fine wintry morning, what the hell will happen to life as we know it? The world would be wiped clean of data and everybody will dispute the back ups in every possible way… We bet our life on softwares that have a pretty face. History laughs at the fate of men who did the same things in other areas of their lifes. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-holier-than-cow/ Tue, 23 Aug 2005 20:47:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-holier-than-cow/ I was going to write about how bad mannered people are really irritating me right this moment. It is amazing that I came across this quote just in time, before I could drive you away with my rants. It kinda freaked me out. It is as if Google indexed my thoughts! :) “Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people’s bad manners” May be other people are just too polite to point out my bad manners. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-enhance-life/ Mon, 22 Aug 2005 21:33:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-enhance-life/ Credit :http://www.allowe.com/Humor/computerenhancers.htm [WARNING : The site possibly contains offensive language. Its funny though. I have not made it as a link for your ‘safety’ and inconvinience :)] 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-google-eyed/ Sun, 21 Aug 2005 21:36:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-google-eyed/ (Updated) Google is one of my favs and in my opinion, the most interesting company. Unfortunately, the share price has been falling. There are several things happening that might push the share price further south. But if you know Google, you will believe that they will be having several aces up their sleeves. The (-) factors: 1. Google is planning to raise $4.2B through a secondary listing. This can flood the market. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-l-1-ners/ Thu, 18 Aug 2005 21:49:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-l-1-ners/ Lawyers have feelings too (allegedly). If there is no God, who always pops up that next Kleenex? The box said Windows 2000 or better. So I installed Linux. People like you are the reason people like me need medication. What would Scooby do? The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it’s still on the list. Procrastinate now. Do they ever shut up on your planet? The trouble with life is there’s no background music. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-top-15-exciting-things-to-do-with/ Thu, 18 Aug 2005 07:11:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-top-15-exciting-things-to-do-with/ This is a post-in-progress. Comment in your suggestions… Right now the list is in the order in which the points occured to me. When we settle down to the final 15, I’ll sort them in ascending order of excitement. I have started a discussion in the usenet about this. F. [thinking…] E. Get companies to donate old computers to schools, install Linux and “catch ‘em young” [mani] D. Develop a killer app for mobile devices using embedded Linux, such as Motorola E680i, NEC N900iL, Samsung Qtopia. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-if-dogs-ruled/ Wed, 17 Aug 2005 23:08:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-if-dogs-ruled/ Photoshop contest on the theme “If Dogs Ruled…” - Enjoyed it! 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-happy-birthday-india-from-her-friends/ Tue, 16 Aug 2005 20:43:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-happy-birthday-india-from-her-friends/ Eric and Suzanna are colleagues of my friend Gopi. I will let the pictures speak. They planned this a week in advance. There were many more treats :) Their knowledge and interest about India is impressive. I don’t know much about America right now - I should definitely learn more…. That brings us to my friend Mark. Man! He knows so much about India, her cultural diversity, history etc etc… He loves Indian food… He is fond of the Indian culture… He reads ‘Times of India’ more often than I do. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-of-toasters-and-no-just-toasters/ Tue, 16 Aug 2005 19:45:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-of-toasters-and-no-just-toasters/ 3 selections from the evergreen list: If SAP made toasters The manual to run the toaster would be approximately 10,000 pages long. The toaster would come with 2,500 switches which would all have to be set in an exact pattern and in a precise sequence in order to toast specific kinds of bread. Each pattern would be established by SAP’s experts as the “Best Practices” method of toasting that kind of bread. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-blog-leads/ Tue, 16 Aug 2005 06:41:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-blog-leads/ Light houses Yankee clipper or some useful but little known utility Google share / share trading My lack of directional sense http://www.pricelessware.org/thelist/ http://www.reciprocality.org/Reciprocality/r0/ http://www.blender3d.com/cms/Home.2.0.html http://www.andromeda.com/people/ddyer/topten.html 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-lake-union/ Mon, 15 Aug 2005 21:40:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-lake-union/ We rented a boat this weekend and explored Lake Union. The event was to honor the two soon-to-be cult-members, mentioned in my previous post. It was an excellent sunny day - which ( in addition to the "responsibility" of steering :) ) was the excuse for my sun glasses. Yeah, you heard me right - there ARE sunny days in Seattle too. Another proof that "they" feed us with lies. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-still-anna-yayyy/ Mon, 15 Aug 2005 07:12:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-still-anna-yayyy/ Subtitles: Anna = Elder brother ; Akka = Elder sister I think married people form some kind of a married-people-cult and they try all the time to get you in to it. One of their strategies is making their little kids call you ‘uncle’ (or ‘aunty’ - you know what I mean…) and you go “Oh man! Do I look that old??!! Time to get married” and then boom! you are finished! https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-switch-to/ Sun, 14 Aug 2005 09:23:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-switch-to/ Check this out - a funny flash animation :) This dude says that the blog-run is going to end soon. Some impressive sites: Google maps put to amazing use 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-pet-rock/ Sun, 14 Aug 2005 08:59:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-pet-rock/ There was a ‘whose pet looks best?’ competition organized by the diversity group at work. I helped them a little bit in setting up email votes etc. Tom Sirgedas had sent in a pic of his pet, a rock! This is what he had written: Here's a picture of my pet rock, George. George is so big, I have to keep him outside in the garden. George is very low maintenance. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-clean-up/ Sat, 13 Aug 2005 08:52:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-clean-up/ Some links in this weblog were frowned upon and even shot down by some really jittery corporate internet filters. So I’ve cleaned them all up. Now you can confidently browse this blog from your work. Its all PG-13 or better ( or worse - depending on your perspective :) ) If I have to mention a potentially R-rated site in order to give credit or something, I will mention it WITHOUT making it a clickable link. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-for-weekend-devouring/ Thu, 11 Aug 2005 23:32:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-for-weekend-devouring/ ‘Show me the money!’ Learn about the stock market An Enjoyable Game (browser playable - no downloads needed) Wack the penguin Geek Fodder - non-geeks beware! Embarassment Regular Expressions(tx to mani) Open Source Multimedia Programming Search more than 200 million lines of code OS Resources This one is cool… You pretend to be a dictator and they find out who you are! “When is the last time you did something for the first time? https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-meaning/ Thu, 11 Aug 2005 23:17:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-meaning/ Wondering about the meaning of life? You should see this website. I stumbled into it today. Excellent work, don’t you think? 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-textual-attraction/ Thu, 11 Aug 2005 07:25:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-textual-attraction/ Try this and then read the rest of this blog. My first computer, Apple //c, came with a game called Eamon Adventures. The game had just a text interface but the gameplay was wonderful. I wrote to Tom Zuchowski and he sent me several Eamon Adventures disks and Eamon Adventurer’s Guild newsletter for free! He is a great guy. I was(am?) obsessed with the game. When I got a newsletter in the mail, I used to read it at least 20 times! https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-local-positioning-system/ Wed, 10 Aug 2005 07:07:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-local-positioning-system/ The sun’s position on the compass varies with time of day, as do the positions of your watch’s hands: By combining the two equations, you can solve for direction. Just move your arm so your watch’s hour hand points to the sun. Halfway between the hour hand and the number 12 is south. Picture Credit: http://img.lj.com.ua/denis7/drawgirl.gif 7 comments mallikreddy.blogspot.com wrote on Aug 10, 2005: From "SO?" to "Just Curious".. I am curious of the change :) Anonymous wrote on Aug 11, 2005: Dei, Kiruba. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-why/ Mon, 08 Aug 2005 22:41:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-why/ Money spent by governments around the world on military this year: US$ 427,761 million (source : WorldMeters) Money needed to feed, clothe and educate one starving child is less than US$1 a day Picture Credits: http://www.7th-day-arm.org/images/hungry_child1.jpg Interesting Note: I was asked to remove the picture of a soldier that I displayed here from http://druid.takeover.nl/thesis/uploads/soldier-scr2.jpg - see the comment posted about this by the creator of the image. (6:34AM Aug 16, 2005) https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-thunderbirds/ Mon, 08 Aug 2005 06:42:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-thunderbirds/ Last week we went to an air show by the US AirForce. I have been to the “regular” Blue Angels (navy) air show for the past two years. But this one was way too impressive. I got to sit in the cockpit of fighter planes :-D You can only imagine how I felt! My dad (who is also an avid photographer) and I managed to get some really good pix. I’ve uploaded a chosen few… Scaled down though… Whoa! https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-smile-please/ Sun, 07 Aug 2005 00:07:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-smile-please/ { from http://www.visualjokes.com} 3 comments Kirubakaran wrote on Aug 07, 2005: Please feel free to leave your comments here. Even if you want to be 'Anonymous' to the public, leave me some hints... saaral wrote on Aug 08, 2005: Guess the second pic is the advanced form of the so called 'Creative' child!!! :-p Kirubakaran wrote on Aug 08, 2005: :-D https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-kindergarten-mafia/ Fri, 05 Aug 2005 07:14:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-kindergarten-mafia/ My friend Prem has written about how we were punished by our KG teacher for ‘launching’ rockets at her :-D Check it out! 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-jokes-apart/ Fri, 05 Aug 2005 06:56:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-jokes-apart/ My friend complained of his stomach being upset. I suggested that he tell some jokes to his stomach. We went to have dinner at my friend’s. She apologized for her apartment being a mess. I said ‘Thats cool coz we are going to eat!” (for the really spaced out ones, ‘mess’ is where you eat in a hostel etc) My friend said that she ran out of minutes in her mobile. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-wait-up/ Wed, 03 Aug 2005 23:03:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-08-wait-up/ There are some issues with the blog template. The blog looks horrible in Firefox. I am working on getting it fixed… I am totally dissatisfied with templates that I have tried. Looks like I will have to roll my own. Fighting with IE & Firefox has greatly humbled me… I totally understand that there are gaping holes in my knowledge… Right now the whole thing sucks! But I’ve put on my warrior helmet and will straighten this out. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-07-sorting-out-worlds-problems/ Fri, 29 Jul 2005 06:27:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-07-sorting-out-worlds-problems/ I liked this demo of sorting algorithms. Here is another one. This is a good one too. Here are some quotes that I came across and enjoyed: A gun gives you the body, not the bird. - Henry David Thoreau Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet. - Roger Miller No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place. - Zen I love to meet people from different countries and have a casual talk. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-07-spammer-murdered/ Wed, 27 Jul 2005 07:35:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-07-spammer-murdered/ This news was too interesting to pass up. The infamous Vardan Kushnir was murdered, possibly because of all the spam that he sent out! 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-07-live-love-laugh-okay-at-least-just/ Tue, 26 Jul 2005 06:32:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-07-live-love-laugh-okay-at-least-just/ You would have come across these really f(b)unny suicides I love’em! Make sure you have seen them all! And tell me what your fav is… 0 comments https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-07-eagles-eye-view/ Mon, 25 Jul 2005 00:51:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-07-eagles-eye-view/ Riding the BiPlane - over Seattle’s amazing water fronts. More on this later! 2 comments Karen wrote on Jul 29, 2005: What! When did this happen? I am missing out. kasi wrote on Aug 11, 2005: Adei..ipadiyellam photo kamichu..engallelam oru pattikattanungala aaakitiyeda.... https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-07-watrusosurprisdabt-itsseattledude/ Fri, 22 Jul 2005 07:34:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-07-watrusosurprisdabt-itsseattledude/ After several days of sun and more sun, it is raining now. The trees seem to be smiling all over! Here are some reasons for mine: :-) “Relationships are hard. It’s like a full-time job, and we should treat it like one. If your boyfriend or girlfriend wants to leave you, they should give you two weeks’ notice. There should be severance pay, and before they leave you, they should have to find you a temp. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-07-everybody-loves-raymond/ Thu, 21 Jul 2005 19:21:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-07-everybody-loves-raymond/ Almost every one has misconceptions about the Open Source World. “Yeah I know about Linux” they confidently say, pronouncing it as ‘Lie-Nux’. “Oh it cannot be sustained”, “Then how will programmers make money?”, “Who will support it?” they say so conclusively and dismissively in a manner that makes you think that they did years and years of research and they are handing the final judgement to the rest of the world. https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-07-blogin/ Thu, 21 Jul 2005 07:25:00 -0700 https://kirubakaran.com/archive/2005-07-blogin/ I have half-heartedly blogged before (looks like October 2, 2003 is when I first did)… Mostly as a means to get GMail account in those days. But I plan to whole-heartedly blog from now. This morning, sipping a beautiful cup of chai tea that my mom made (mom and dad are visiting me) and battling to keep my eye-lids in ‘open’ state, I stumbled upon this site that challenges you to tell Programming Language Writers from Serial Killers. https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/harry-potter-and-the-order-of-the-phoenix/ Sat, 01 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/harry-potter-and-the-order-of-the-phoenix/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/harry-potter-and-the-chamber-of-secrets/ Thu, 01 Jan 2004 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/harry-potter-and-the-chamber-of-secrets/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/harry-potter-and-the-goblet-of-fire/ Thu, 01 Jan 2004 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/harry-potter-and-the-goblet-of-fire/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/harry-potter-and-the-prisoner-of-azkaban/ Thu, 01 Jan 2004 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/harry-potter-and-the-prisoner-of-azkaban/ 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00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/rich-dad-poor-dad/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-monk-and-the-riddle/ Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-monk-and-the-riddle/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/fish/ Tue, 01 Jan 2002 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/fish/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/kallikaattu-ithigaasam/ Tue, 01 Jan 2002 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/kallikaattu-ithigaasam/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/losing-my-virginity/ Tue, 01 Jan 2002 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/losing-my-virginity/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-fountainhead/ Tue, 01 Jan 2002 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-fountainhead/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-one-minute-manager/ Tue, 01 Jan 2002 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-one-minute-manager/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-one-minute-manager-meets-the-monkey/ Tue, 01 Jan 2002 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-one-minute-manager-meets-the-monkey/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/who-moved-my-cheese/ Tue, 01 Jan 2002 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/who-moved-my-cheese/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/permission-marketing/ Mon, 01 Jan 2001 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/permission-marketing/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-diaries-of-adam-and-eve/ Mon, 01 Jan 2001 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-diaries-of-adam-and-eve/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-doomsday-conspiracy/ Mon, 01 Jan 2001 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/the-doomsday-conspiracy/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/disclosure/ Sat, 01 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/disclosure/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/eye-of-the-needle/ Sat, 01 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000 https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/eye-of-the-needle/ https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/lie-down-with-lions/ 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