(re)discovers nature…
Prerequisite: See [nine dot puzzle](http://msanjay.weblogs.us/entries/133/my-dads-second-last-puzzle) More than the solution to the [nine dot puzzle](http://msanjay.weblogs.us/entries/133/my-dads-second-last-puzzle) , the struggle involved in solving it is what really matters – the point is that it’s a clear demonstration of the fundamental folly of all of humanity, regardless of race, intellect or era.
Today being father’s day, I’d like to recall a puzzle my late dad gave me in June 1998 a couple of weeks before he had a fatal series of cardiac arrests. Of course I’ve come across this plenty of times later as well… I suppose it must be fairly well known by now. I must […]
While discussing about .NET recently with a small group recently out of college, it suddenly occurred to me that they were missing something fundamental, so I went back to the basics. What I say here may would hopefully be insanely obvious… except maybe the links at the end of the article.
Simplifying writing in HTML
Nowadays Einstein’s quotes *surprise* me more than anything anybody else has ever said. This one jolted me so much that I cannot resist posting it here. Here’s what he says about machines… “You cannot love a car the way you love a horse. The horse brings out human feelings the way machines cannot do. Things […]
Every now and then its a good idea for even an experienced developer to revisit the basics again. SQL joins esp complicated ones weren’t exactly my strong point anyway, and today was a good day to get back to some basics… I found this site particularly good because of the explanation wrt the set theory […]
About noisy cities in general, I’ve even come across scientific proof that hearing gets affected for those living in them.
I happened to see this TV program that Rakesh had been talking about – this chap who walks around on the street casually chatting with any passers-by he encounters, and performing the most astounding magic tricks.
This is a flashback really, of something that happened in 1998… This is very delicate subject, and I’ve tried to avoid any morbidity or depression in it though thats rather tricky. One may ask why I share such personal details publicly. I thought about it, and felt that there are times when what I’ve learnt […]
This site is pretty cool and answered some unasked questions I’ve had for quite a while about the lyrics of Pink Floyd’s songs…