The Plucky Programmer

Write 42 on your hand on an exam day. Not only is this VERY lucky (for those who *believe* atleast), if you keep looking at it during your exam, after a while the invigilator is sure to suspect you’re cheating. Then you can tell him/her about 42, and it PISSES people off. :p

Well, its that time of the year again…[half hearted exclamation mark] Now we all get to take those neat little books out of our neat little bags and start trying to neatly fit them in our neat little brains. Endless hours spent poring over the same sentence while actually texting, hardcore procrastination, monk-like resignation from the world and plain old guilt soon follow. And to add to the agony, my  [ Read More ]

If you live in India, chances are that you’ve read/heard about this movement already. But still, isn’t it stupefying that just 1411 tigers left in the entire span of our country? Its been our carelessness that’s resulting in their deaths. Give them a chance! Show your support by spreading awareness and if possible, donating. Check out Aircel’s neat website that’s been the one advertising recklessly for this cause. Agreed, it  [ Read More ]

Say hello to the newest chat Facebook emoticon. Its called, you gessed it, FORTY TWO! I don’t know if its Zuckerberg whose a 42 fan, or its someone else from the dev-team, all I know is that ITS THERE.  All you gotta do is type :42: into the chat window. Speaking of 42, I made a Vocab PPT for the assembly in school today. Since I didn’t have time, in order  [ Read More ]

I realized recently that one of my friend had linked my blog to his fake id. Through an inbuilt facebook feature, whenever I posted a new post on my blog, it was posted as a note from his id. And also, he did the digital equivalent of locking a door and swallowing the key: He forgot the password and the password recovery answers too. And it is irritating, but I  [ Read More ]