To the Glory of the Sun!

It's been a long time since the first post. A lot of bytes have passed through the fat cables of the Internet since June, a lot of work done in the meantime, and yet I still haven't introduced myself.

Allow me to correct this slight. I'm a senior student at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, pursuing a major degree in Computer Science. I love my girlfriend, my parents, my laptop, my stuffed dog (affectionately called "Doggu"), fried chicken, and my tattered copy of LotR, though not necessarily in that order.
And yes. I'm a geek.

Information yearns to be free, straining at its bonds in an eerily anthropomorphic manner, which is why I have decided to indulge in an interesting experiment, wherein I give vent to my feelings about everything happening in my life. I hope my gentle audience shall allow some sarcasm to seep through their overused senses.

Make love, make gcc, make gentoo, make everything except for war.
Peace on you.

I got administered!

Three months of working out through the night, sleeping off the entire day, endless rounds of coffee at the canteen. All for an examination given by a bunch of people with as much social skills as a penguin invited to the annual get-together of the local school of salmons.

My friends, I have just been administered the GRE Subject Test in Computer Science on the holy day of November the 13th (unfortunately a Saturday), and, believe you me, hell hath no fury like scorned and mocked-at academics.
In the course of these three months, I had to study:

• Algorithm Design and Analysis
• Automata Theory
• Digital Electronics
• Computer Architecture
• Operating Systems
• Compiler Design
• Computer Networks
• Programming Methodology

And certain other topics which belong to the wider realms of miscellania. I sure hope I get something out of this test, at least a decent assistantship at some university. Let's see how everything goes.

Settled in!

Yessirree! Got the blog sorted out finally. It's the curse of a modern society, the availability of too many options. Too many choices, too many settings to tamper with.

Well, what do we have here. I guess a brief explanation is required.

Muggermuch (n):
1. A person who studies a lot (mugger much). [Colloquial Indian usage]
2. [Hindi] A crocodile.

I'm sure that explains a lot of things.

And yes, to ensure that you're getting the biggest bang for your buck, attach a thermonuclear device to your pet reindeer.

Zat's all folks!