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FOSSKriti

By Arun | Published: January 30, 2008

That’s right. This year, IIT Kanpur’s techfest, Techkriti, is going to host FOSSKriti — our very own F/OSS mini-conference. We’re having talks, BoF sessions, workshops and maybe a hackfest or two. It is going to be legendary! More updates in the days to come. Nirbheek and I are going to be trying to arrange a [...]

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It’s true, I swear

By Arun | Published: January 21, 2008

This is what happens at our lab. I work hard, git-bisectin’ away to glory, while makes his significant contribution.

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Maybe I’m too cynical

By Arun | Published: January 8, 2008

There’s a talk by NRN going on. Got bored and walked off while he was preaching the importance of putting the good of society above our own. The talk was preceded by a short speech by Arun Shourie. He had the audience in fits, slamming politicians, and actually making the point that NRN was trying [...]

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I think I used to have a voice

By Arun | Published: October 24, 2007

Ah, I’m back. In a revolutionary fit of life changing, I have decided to try to be regular about blogging again. And as I type this out, I have completely forgotten everything that I wanted to blog about. Flup. Books. I got my hands on a few and, shockingly, read them. Going through a manic [...]

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Dear Dr. P. K. Kelkar …

By Arun | Published: July 19, 2007

There is something absurdly wonderful about being lost in a library. Just finished The Handmaid’s Tale (Margaret Atwood). Fame well-deserved. On to Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (but hopefully not too soon).

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iBlog

By Arun | Published: June 23, 2007

Saw some Outlook ratings recently (the page is dead, but cached here) for Engineering colleges. I’ve traditionally held that these rankings are bullshit. Ranks are often handed out on a highest-bidder basis, all else, including metrics, being decided arbitrarily. Ignoring relative rankings, I scanned through for a list of colleges I recognised. There were a [...]

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Things good and bad

By Arun | Published: April 12, 2007

Alas, Kurt Vonnegut is no more. Time I read Slaughterhouse 5. Currently on Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale. Time, it is short, as the semester end nears. And it appears that I will be busy this summer. Not much else that is spectacularly worthy of reporting. Now to read about routing protocols in mobile, wireless, [...]

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… and the day they stopped

By Arun | Published: March 25, 2007

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 [...]

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Waat eet ees, thees "vaari vaari"

By Arun | Published: February 26, 2007

IOHC over. Went quite well. 102 teams, 51 from IITK, 51 from outside. ~15 teams from outside India. Awesome fun. The contest is now open to all (for as long as I can persuade the authorities to let us retain an external IP). Won 3rd prize in Chaos (it’s an event where you’re given some [...]

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Bounce bounce bounce

By Arun | Published: December 20, 2006

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 [...]

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