A small survey.

Hi people,

Tanu is conducting a small survey for some advertising thing. And I request you all to go and fill it up as a favor to me. This will help her get a grade, and I know people at IIIT know what ‘getting a grade’ means! Thanks in anticipation!

Here is the link …. http://196.12.53.39/~tanu/questionaire/index2.php

Ciao.

Google ad

Tanu made an ad/poster for Google as her assignment. She says its just a concept. I really liked it, so here it is for you to view it. [ Click to enlarge ]

Tagged??

I don’t know whats TAGGING or TAGGED and stuff. I was just reading Sumeet’s blog and saw that he was tagged or something. And I saw that at the end he has TAGGED me. I went and asked him the whole funda. So, according to him, I am supposed to answer this questionaire and forward it to someone else. Here it goes…
1.Grab the book nearest to you, turn on a random page and find random line..

Do you remember when you bought, or comtemplated buying, a new car?
Word Power Made Easy by Norman Lewis
(Yeah, am trying to try to mug up some words…lol)
2.Stretch your left arm out as far as you can

Just got my room cleaned…. a lotta free space in here…

3. What is the last thing you watched on TV?

The song ‘No way no way’ from ‘Anthony kaun hai?’ on MTV

4.Without looking, guess what time it is?

11:40 AM

5. Now look at the clock, what is the actual time?

11:56 AM … wow!! I am so bad at remembering time… just saw the watch before taking this questionaire.

6. With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?

Nothing! The wing is unusually calm!! :O

7. When did you last step outside? What were you doing?

Went to brush at 10 AM. Am soooooo lazy hehehe.

8. Before you started this survey, what did you look at?

I looked at my monitor and the lovely ‘wallpaper’ on it

9. What are you wearing?

Shorts and T shirt

10. Did you dream last night?

I dreamt that I was chatting with my dad… which has happened like only twice in this whole lifetime till now..!!

11. When did you last laugh?

Don’t remember… been a lil sad these days

12. What is on the walls of the room you are in?

Dead bodies of insects… some marks left by the tapes that were stuck… cracks …. just removed all my posters and all….

13. Seen anything weird lately?

Well… cant even think of anything wierd… wierd isn’t it?

14. What do u think of this quiz?

Quiz? Is it a quiz? Its more like an interview

15. What is the Last film u saw?

Omkara …. the a-shade-less-than-DVD print… with ok ok video and crappy audio x-(

16. If you became a multimillionaire overnight, what would you buy?

I dunno… I need a bike and a Ford Icon… and maybe build another floor for my home… and surely wanna help some needy ppl.. dunno how

17. Tell me something about you that I dunno.

Well… Sumeet… you know almost everything… :).. and I wont tell you the rest of the ‘details’ .. nice try

18. If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do?

I wanna have a world without the border disputes between India and Pakistan…

19. Do you like to dance?

Like to… well thats tricky… YEAH I do.. But you see am not a professional dancer.. or rather not even a dancer… so I prefer doing it in private

20. George Bush

Screwed the world.

21. Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her?

I’ve already thought about it.. I’ll call her Mahfooza…. hopefully… if my wife agrees too
Mahfooza Rana wont go… so maybe we’ll come up with something else

22. Imagine your first child is a boy, what do you call him?

Never imagined that… !! .. it’ll be a gal.. come on

23. Would you ever consider living abroad?

Yeah why not… I’d love to. I mean I don’t have these ‘principles’ that I’ll live in India and stuff. But then I might feel homesick and return..

24.What do you want GOD to say to you when you reach the pearly gates?

I don’t think there is anything like that. Everything that IS is just in this world.

25. People who may do this memo in their journal.

Didn’t get the question. But if you mean people who take this quiz… then … well.. who have a lil time to spend outta their busy schedules

So, thats it, now my turn to TAG!! Wow!… I don’t even know how many people will actually read it and reply to tag or whatever you call it. So here is my list (skipping people who have been tagged by Sumeet)

IV … lets see what the bond has to write … AAAAAAIIIIIIIVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV

Hari puttar lets see what paaji writes… …

Pati … ok this one is a brave attempt… awaiting acceptence

Gokool lets see what are the ‘optimists’ thoughts

Beegle …. something techno expected

Ok fine.. as instructed.. I’ve put Five people on the TAG list. Ohh, and here are some specially invited/tagged

Gautam …. the coolant guy …. would love to know what he would answer… hey gimme the link to your blog

and last but not the least ….

Nidhi …. lets see how a PROFESSIONAL would reply

Ok thats it for this time. Am busy trying to study for GRE as you all know. Shamefully hopelessly failing to do so though, but I’ll keep trying. Rest in another post, and I promise wont delay it a lot.

Ciao.

My Nerd Score

Wow! I am just 90% nerdy, not very high na? And to tell you more, 10% people are more nerdy than me, and 90% are less nerdy than me. I wonder whether they counted me or not? How can the sum come up to 100? Where is my fraction?

PS: Took the test from http://marutiborker.wordpress.com/

PS2: Read the article on Ankit Fadia on his blog. Its really nice.

First time

Tension mat le mamu, life mein bahut see cheezen first time hoti hai ..!!

Well, as you people know, its 20th May, Alvy aka Snopy aka Dodo's birthday. You might not expect this, but we met for the first time in this life ever 'Today'. She asked me to meet her at PVR Priyas (a place in Delhi) where she had decided to meet some of her friends to kind of celebrate her birthday. I hadn't gone to a pub or a disc ever in my life. She also knew that, and very proudly announced to the rest of her friends. Her friends were all switched off kinda, maybe not interested in me (me as in such a boring seedha sa person). Anyways, Alvy was nice and friendly and made me feel comfortable.

She took us to some pub/restaurant called TJI Fridays. The ambience was nice there. Very nice and comfortable place as she had told me. I wasn't too hungry and also not willing to have any alcohol. So, I just had some kind of juice she chose for me. I gave her the greeting card and a small humble gift which I had got for her and she was more than delighted, I guess. After that she took us to a 'disc' called RPM. Wow, RPM is my favorite word, lol. Anyways, the disc was all crowded and stuffed up to the brim. There was smoke all around, and besides that, I am a really bad dancer, actually I am not a dancer at all. Anyways, I tried to keep pace with Alvy's moves. She kept talking a little bit in that noisy place, though it was difficult. After some time, she left the place. We wandered there for a while gasping for free air.

The evening has been nice here. It began to rain as we reached here. By the time we reached our room, we were completely soaked. We quickly changed and had dinner. Now, I am sitting in the office, writing this blog. I might work on my project, or just check mail and return. All in all, the day was pretty nice, and it was great to meet Alvy. And I must admit, I actually wanted to stay in the disc for a little more time.

Have a nice Sunday. Ciao. 

Yahoo! Answers and Carpel Tunnel

Yesterday I came across a new thing, Yahoo! Answers Beta. Its a new concept by Yahoo! in which people post a question and specify the category and subcategory of the topic. There is a place to answer the questions. You get a list of posed questions, just click anyone you want to answer, and post a reply. There is a limit of the number of questions one can ask in a day, but replying is limitless. You get a +2 for replying and -2 for asking, with a opening balance of 100. Its really fun, and you get a reply to your question generally within 5 mins. Try it out!

I came to know what is a Carpel Tunnel through Yahoo! Answers. Its some disease caused due to stress on nerve fibres. Something like when you work on the computer or some other place for long hours, your nerve gets pressed and due to this, your hands will go numb or feel tickling or become weaker. This has cure from using pads to going for a surgery. After knowing all this, I have begun having symptoms of Carpel Tunnel. Hope its just psychology.

Computer Vision paper was fine. It was in English rather than Greek for a change. I did some usual blunders, but hopefully I’ll get something acceptable. Lets prepare for LP.

I am Windows 2000!!

Which OStan are you?

You are Windows 2000 Professional Edition. You are the most stable and reliable of all the Windows girls. Of course, since your main comparison is with ME, that’s not saying much. You’re popular with some, but you’re being replaced with XP. You often help take care of your sister ME.

Kubuntu 5.00000000004…

Ohhh.. gosh. Never waited longer to get 1 MB downloaded. This kubuntu linux CD… took 10 restarts and 2 days… 2 PCs and 2 men to complete… finally.. installed it. Initial hiccups and disappointments, still not very good, but still I am tending to like it. Nice KDE 3.4 apps, crashing and seg faults. Alien environment of Debain Linux.. and me a Redhat user…. still, its a nice experience. Most of the utilities are working here too. Gaim and firefox look bad… kaffeine crashes now and then.. amarok is great….

wow,.. is it my blog or a lug archive.. actually nothing else happened today.. was doing this thing all day. Met prof. Jawahar… will begin a project under him on visual tracking for security of sensitive places… will begin this monday.

Increased some marks in Algos…. so feeling happy…

Anni sms’s and says that I am forgetting old friends.. he’s gone mad.. i have always wanted to go home and meet my friends.. if there was no summer project.. i would have been there… how can i make him understand??

Rest is fine. I am a little lonely and a little sad.