Jurassic World review – Greed is NOT good

I already feel like a dinosaur. Its been more than 12 years that the first Jurassic Park released. And #whatamovie it was! Spielberg had us – the young and our adults enthralled all alike with his vision of a world that we never knew existed. After having watched those old cartoons and B-grade movies, watching

We are in good hands – GameJam 14

Today was a heartening day. I was one of the 5 people judging the works of 160 odd under-graduates competing on a 24-hour hackathon to build a game from scratch. Sceptical how much I was of the number of games that would get done, it was time to put the thinking cap on and start

Yulees.com launched – online shop for authentic women’s wear

Another friend of mine from IIIT has turned a entrepreneur. He has launched a small scale online shop for women – kurtis and churidars mostly. The gear is eye-catching and if the inhouse home minister is to be believed – the costs are quite good too! Go try and shop – the costs include shipping

Desiderata

From Full text of Desiderata Go placidly amidst the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.

R.I.P Aaron Swartz

The exemplary human being Aaron Swartz – author of RSS (not RSS of India), co-founder of Reditt, co-author of Creative Commons and many more is no more. Apparently he took his own life. The legacy though is worth remembering and getting inspired from. With the media and the people with limited memories where upon death

Talk it out

The Indian Debating Union.

Compound interest is the natural rate of growth

Daddy’s, Mommy’s and Granddad’s and Granny’s tales of meatballs and chocolates for less that 1 paisa… Horrors of inflation now Stories of radios, black and white TVs staying put for generation and a new generation seeing Color TVs, Computers and the newer generations only knowing the phones, tablets Organs transplant which is still a complex

The world this week [sic]

Turned 30. Too many things to do and too little a time left. Neil Armstrong dies at 82. This was the first man to walk on the moon. In a couple of decades, Dragon X [and many others] will commercialize cheap [sic] flights to the stars and beyond … but until then this was the

man in the mould of god or vice-versa ?

All the texts of origins of different religions talk about a beginning. A beginning that was begot by a single all knowing all powerful being. And humans who were moulded in his / her shape. If it looks fine, if it feels fine and if it smells fine… then it must be fine. However when

How to work with me

The first time I read it here (Hat-tip @derblub) , I saved it in a text file for my reference and to internalize it. However for the sake of posterity and my own predisposition towards spring cleaning I’ve decided to save it here. This is something I am going to send out to my minions