Posted by: Aadisht on: March 24, 2008
While in Calcutta, I went for a litquiz with Aishwarya and Pradipta. Despite four self-overrules in the prelims, we qualified; and despite a Bong-funda heavy first half, we ended up winning the quiz. I think the margin of victory was at least three questions, and probably four or more. Apparently, it’ll be reported in the [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: March 23, 2008
While Wired magazine has commented on the huge popularity of xkcd, it has not been able to provide a reason for this: This mix of brains and fun, as well as underlying sweetness helped propel xkcd from a hobby to a full-time job for the 23-year-old former NASA roboticist. Since its 2005 launch, xkcd has [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: March 23, 2008
The next step the Kansa Society must take has become clear. No, it’s not the t-shirt. Dinner with the girlfriend, while excellent (mostly because it was with the girlfriend) was tragically beset by wailing kids. These, it should be pointed out, were not even babies but misbehaved five-year old children. This ravaging of what should [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: March 18, 2008
… who needs condemnation? China on Tuesday said that Tibet was a ”very sensitive issue” in Sino-Indian relations but appreciated New Delhi’s action against Tibetan pro-independence protests. ”The Tibetan issue is a very sensitive one in our relations with India,” Premier Wen Jiabao said at his maiden press conference at the ornate Great Hall of [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: March 10, 2008
BJP and RSS workers have attacked the CPI(M) office in New Delhi, apparently in retaliation for the CPI(M) killing BJP workers in Kerala. The idiots haven’t done anything in parliament for the past four years. They’ve squandered the opportunity to attack the Congress for toeing the CPI(M)’s line, and the left for toeing China’s line. The Congress has [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: March 5, 2008
From The Big Oyster – A Molluscular History Variationen von online poker spielen. of New York: The leading merchants realized that such practices were damaging the reputation of their most valuable product. One of the leading New York City houses grew concerned that Chesapeake oysters were being sold to England as Bluepoints. An agent for [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: March 5, 2008
For the past few months, I’ve been using the Books application on Facebook. As soon as I finish a book, I search for it, add it to my list of completed books within the application with a two or three line review, and a rating (on five stars). This is then broadcast to all my [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: March 4, 2008
You can approximate how fraud an MBA’s job is by looking at which Microsoft Office1 product he2 uses the most. Excel indicates the least fraudity, because the MBA here is working with real data and numbers, and is close to the truth of a particular situation. These are the consultants who do actual number-crunching, market research [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: March 1, 2008
She takes photographs of Batman buggering Two-face while Penguin looks on with sadistic relish: Note the strategic positioning of the jar of Vaseline. Also, Batman is so brutal that the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh will have to be called in once he’s done. I’m not too sure about the significance of If God [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: March 1, 2008
Since I’ve already expressed dismay and bad language about the debt waiver, let me expand a little. (Writing this in a rush, so it won’t be entirely accessible to lay readers. Sorry about that. If you’re interested but confused, ask, and I’ll try to explain in the comments.) For now, let’s ignore the fact that [...]