Sons of Fortune

Sons of Fortune by Jeffrey Archer. Boring. Nothing to look forward to. Don't read.

Moving your bike between states in India

I got my bike (a Suzuki Fiero) to Bangalore some 2 months back. My dad sent it via train and sent the receipts here by courier. I expected the bike to arrive in Bangalore some 5 days after it was sent; so me and Lokesh, my colleague, went to the...

Raikkonen, finally!

Kimi Raikkonen finally won it for team McLaren Mercedes at Barcelona yesterday. He beat Alonso in number 2 by a whopping 25s. Says a lot about the package Kimi got. Was very good to see such a convincing victory for McLaren after a long time. Was at the Forum mall...

Deception Point, Digital Fortress

It's been almost a month that I've read Deception Point by Dan Brown. This one is his 2nd novel. A very fast-paced gripping adventure + thriller. Nicely woven story around NASA and the White House. However, I could guess every twist and turn in the book (against a couple in...

The Da Vinci Code and the Kashmir Code

Read "The Da Vinci Code" last Saturday while lazing over a long weekend. Friday was non-working day because of Good Friday and Holi, the festival of colors. On a typical Holi day, I would be playing with some color and water in my building with neighbors. This time, away from...

Dearth of Linux developers?

People are using the Linux kernel everywhere now; so there have to be lots of Linux (kernel) developers around. So finding one should be easy, right? My team (at Juniper Networks, India) has openings for Linux kernel guys and networking guys. If someone stumbles through this post and is interested,...

Moving on...

Having worked in a startup for ~ 3+ years, and still enjoying the work I'm doing, there seems to be no reason for me to switch jobs. However, there still is some need for that. I've never stayed away from my family. So this is probably the best time for...

Things you should never do

Things you should never do (Part 1) by Joel Spolsky... talks about throwing away code, reasons why not to do it, consequences faced by some companies for doing it and so on. As the title promises, this is the first in a series. More good reading lined up! (BTW: if...

Ideas for smoother traffic flow

Just read an article on Wired on ideas for smoother traffic flow. Some ideas suggested are not having any signs or signals at intersections, so drivers are more cautious and so on. Well, it kind of works that way here in Pune, with people ignoring signals, pedestrians walking on streets...

Books, books, more books

I've gotten back to my reading habit and have read some books in the past months, mostly on weekends. I recently finished The Fourth Estate by Jeffrey Archer. An absolutely gripping read about the lives of two youngsters who go on to become newspaper barons and their struggle to own...