Finished reading Haroun and the Sea of Stories (Rushdie) yesterday. ‘Tis very good reading, across ages. Should be made mandatory reading for children aged 6-10. I liked the Shadow Warrior Kathakali association particularly. Before that was the curious incident of the dog in the night-time (Mark Haddon — keeps reminding me of Haddon Mirk). I’m [...]
[A lot of this is going to sound hackneyed and childish. There is language that some might regret reading. Go away.] Whether working for two years before doing an MTech was a good idea is still somewhat an open question. Well, there are a lot of questions there, but one thing I got was perspective. [...]
Home again. End-sem vacations end in less than a week. Was a much-needed break — the previous semester got very stressful towards the end. Exams were okay. Got very bored towards the end of the last, and left it a little incomplete. [shrug] Thesis topic should be finalised before the year is through. Will update [...]
Too long. Got here (== UP) a couple of weeks ago. Getting monstrously slammed in Math, but studies are interesting, and being done far closer to right than under the aegis of the much venerated bastion of education of which I am but a chipping. Rooms are decent, food is decent (except that I’ve transferred [...]
One may unambiguously state that the UWisconsin, Madison and Rutgers, New Brunswick write the nicest letters of rejections. Okay, so maybe it’s time for some updates Li’l while back, I (after promising not to) went to Blossom and (after, again, promising not to), bought books. Three of ‘em. Larry Niven’s The Ringworld Engineers, Michael Moore’s [...]
Gregory Benford’s Matter’s End, collected in my nifty copy of The Giant Book of Fantastic SF, is a really cool story, (interestingly) set in the Kolar Mine Fields. Benford somewhat typically prototypes India in it, but what the hell — the story is worth reading. Related interesting read (slightly over-the-head for me) — Implicate Order.
So I finished reading The Picture Of Dorian Gray today. Oscar Wilde writes … well, words would not do it justice. The effect on the senses defeats any attempt to describe. What next? Possibly Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Idiot. Though I do crave for some Sci-Fi. Watched some part of Contact. I want to read the [...]
So There’s GMail Mobile now. Doesn’t work on my T630 (yet, I hope). Yahoo’s WAP access is pretty good. One wonders how long this mutual catch-up game will continue. Rather amusing. Hope to have an AMD64 box in less than a month. An interesting thing to note — tags – gotta love ‘em. But most [...]
One of my all-time favourite stories A History of the Twentieth Century, with Illustrations. I found it heart-rendingly good. [wan smile] Bought six books yesterday (aside: when’re you going to read them, idiot?) in this book sale in Jayanagar 4th Block. Was fun. Very sleepy now — was up till late working on slides for [...]
