With the imminent introduction of the next generation gaming consoles (Microsoft Xbox 360, Nintendo “Revolution”, and Sony PlayStation 3), a lot of people talk about the future trends and stuff. For me, two things stand out. One is that the … Continue reading
In the middle of the October 2004 issue of Communications of the ACM, there was a peculiar-looking insert titled “GLAT: Google Labs Aptitude Test”. It had a very official looking format and was a fairly well-made mock-up test. It was … Continue reading
Quite a huge gap between the dates, I can see… I have been distracted for the last month or so, I guess. I never thought that I had an addictive personality, but I do get fascinated by gadgets a lot. … Continue reading
Man, it’s been a while… Actually, I don’t have anything particular to say today, but noticing how long ago I updated this page, I just wanted to scribble a few things. Yeah, November last year was about the time… Last … Continue reading
Several months ago, we had a very interesting guest speaker on the campus (the Microsoft campus, that is). It was none other than Douglas Adams, the author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series. He was actually there to … Continue reading