Dilbert and IIT

This is the third time the cartoon strip Dilbert features IIT.


Previous two cartoon strips featuring IIT



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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Another movie has stormed into my All time favorites - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Do watch it if you haven' t yet. And if you are an Indian, lookout for 3 hindi songs in it's soundtrack!

Now the list (in alphabetical order) is:
American Beauty
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Fight Club
The Matrix
The Shawshank Redemption

Animated:
The Incredibles and Shrek 1 & 2

Bloglines is amazing!

I have been looking for an RSS/ATOM reader that allows me to read various Blogs and posts without going to individual sites.

I hate Desktop RSS Readers and I was never really into online RSS readers (or aggregators).
Today for the first time I opened Mark Jen's Bloglines blogroll and found it real good. Exactly what I was looking for.

Now I don't need to click ten's of favorites every day. I have added all the Blogs I read but my regularly visited tech sites are still not there. I'll add them soon.

My Bloglines blogroll.

Blingo!

I wonder if it's normal but anything free always sounds good to me :-D

Like this new search website Blingo.
These guys are giving gifts to those (or friends of those) who search for something using Blingo at some particular time (time is different each day)

Most importantly Blingo just redirects Google's results so it's not like I have to use something unnecessarily. Just Search normally and you might win!

Join my friends list. It'll increase both our chances..

Update:
The service is only for citizens of USA :-(

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Just finished reading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and WOW, it was the best book in the series.

I am still feeling weird, not sad but weird. And, I have absolutely no words to describe anything more.

A must read for all fans!

MIT Lab's $100 laptop!

I am awestruck and have no words to say. This may not be an example of some cutting-edge technology but this is an engineering marvel.

Links:
Official website
Cyberia Weblog

IIT Roorkee rocks!

If somebody had asked me a few days ago how is IIT Roorkee, my reply would've been, "Well it's good but not as good as I expected an IIT to be. The place is kinda old and boring."

Ask me now, and I will say, "IIT Roorkee rocks!"

And what caused the drastic perception makeover? Well, the answer is Internet.

When I came here I had almost no source of accessing Internet except the labs which I feel sick of visiting. Add to it the repetitive courses (similar to my UG curricula) made life hell boring. I began wondering whether the the courses were boring or the professors were bad. At a time I was so sick, I was wondering whether I made the right decision choosing M.Tech (CSE) at IIT R over my job at Infosys.

But now, ever since I have Internet access through WiFi on my new laptop (Compaq M2201TU) all my woes have vanished. Suddenly, I am lacking time to do stuff. It took me 2 days before I got time to write this.
I found IIT Roorkee Intranet website, which is simply amazing. We have local mirrors of all the common software required and, like it should be at any respectable place, most of them are open source.
Also, I found an online notice board with all the notices about last year placements. In short, they rock!
Last thing I saw today was faculty profiles. Well, all the professors I was cribbing about have over 50 research papers published in International journals! I am kinda feeling guilty.

Apart from the Internet-revealed stuff, this place is really cool to live. Ofcourse, Roorkee is no Delhi but I never got so much freedom in my life before I came here. For one instance, today I went to SnackPoint (near Century Gate, IIT Roorkee) to have my dinner (after I skipped the mess dinner) at 11 PM. And when I was returning, IIT hostel canteens were literally flooded with students. All canteens here open till 2 or 3 at night. Maybe mine is a special case but I never imagined such a thing in my UG institute.

It's hard to stop writing since I am so happy, but I think you have got the essence of the post, IIT Roorkee rocks...

My new life starts tomorrow...

I am feeling lazy so this post is gonna be real short.

• I am going IIT Roorkee for registration tomorrow.
• Classes start on Monday, so I will have more than one day to get settled in my new hostel room.
• I am not taking my computer and I hope I'll get a hostel with a computer centre inside.
• I am busy reading reviews and forum posts to decide upon my new computer. I have 3 options:
• Buy a new computer (something high-end) and leave my old one home.
• Upgrade my computer and buy a new one (something basic) for home.
• Buy a laptop (some desktop replacement model) and leave my old PC home.

That's it. Now the next post will be from an IIT Roorkee IP Address :-)

The Fantastic Keyboard !

Thejo found the Optimus keyboard somewhere on the Internet that keeps reminding me of the flexibility of Mr. Fantastic. Too bad, it's just an idea yet. But I am sure buying one once it is available, presuming I'll be able to pay for it by then :-)

PS: I saw Fantastic Four this Sunday, it's good. Not as good as Spiderman but still good.

Assamese beauty

Assamese beauty
Originally uploaded by chirag_gupta.

I bought this beautiful handicraft from my trip to Guwahati.
But only when I reached home, I realized the girl in the picture is made from letters of "Happy New Year"!
Cool eh...