Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Some strange words

Some strange, real English words:-

bailiwick
boondoggle
brouhaha

Really funny sounding words, if you ask me. English is a strange language.

Sunday, January 28, 2007

Federer wins again.

Roger Federer beat Fernando González to win the Australian Open for the third time - also his tenth grand slam, in all. Man, this guy is unstoppable and if he continues winning at this rate, he might become the greatest tennis player of all time.

Saturday, January 27, 2007

Featured Geek: Sid Nangia


In the first part of the "Featured Geek" series, Slurpin' Editor-in-Chief Dhruv Kumar interviewed Sid Nangia. The complete transcript of the interview is reproduced below.

For those of you who have been living under a rock, Sid Nangia is the Editor of Under_Score, a Member of Exun's Core Group, Director of the ECOSOC at DPS MUN 2006 and Chief Executive Officer of Madras Gin. He's also the man behind Under_Score's Cover (literally, Varun Khetarpal is the man behind Under_Score's cover) and the smashing Exun 2006 Intro Video.

1. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
Hopefully running my own company somewhere out there.

2. Describe your idea of heaven.
Mac Book Pro + Gisele Bundchen ( youll get this one by the time your reach Q. 8)

3. Linux or OS X?
OS X

4. iPhone or Aeon?
Aeon looks awesome , but its just a concept. I'll go with the iPhone. (okay apple fan here)

5. Best thing about 2006 ?
we thought up MADRAS GIN

6. Best thing about 2007 (so far)
i got accepted at CMU

7. Salma Hayek or Gisele Bundchen?
Gisele Bundchen

8. What would you rather have in bed next to you: a Mac Book Pro or Gisele Bundchen?
Gisele Bundchen , cant bring my self to say macbook pro regardless of the way i spin it.

9. ZFS, HFS or NTFS?
ZFS, Max file size 16 exabytes - gotta love it

10. One word to describe Slurpin'
Sweet

Keep your eyes peeled for the next "Featured Geek".

Thursday, January 25, 2007

Today is the 26th day of January, so, Happy Republic Day.

Exun: EXUN Unlimited

Wouldn't it be cool if Exun stood for Exun Unlimited? Recursive, like GNU, PHP and WINE.

Monday, January 22, 2007

After the Boards

Heres what I want to do (among other things) after the boards:-
  1. Ride a bike all the way to Chandigarh.
  2. Sleep at 8 PM and not wake up till 8 PM the next day
  3. Eat 2 dominators (or 4 footlong subs)
  4. Get totally sloshed
  5. Watch the entire LOTR trilogy back-to-back
  6. Re-read Hitchiker's Guide
  7. Watch each episode of Star Wars, in order
  8. Watch every Bond movie ever made, in chronological order
  9. Start Madras Gin
  10. Visit Goa and run along the coast in my nothing but my boxers
  11. Do Bungee Jumping and Zorbing (Added later)
Nothing very crazy or wild, but its just some stuff I'd like to do after them boards.
What does the Times Person of the Year (i.e. you) want to do after the boards?

Sunday, January 21, 2007

Nokia's Aeon



Okay. I know this is just a concept phone, but nonetheless it is beyond doubt one of the coolest phones that I have ever seen in my life. Orgasmic is the right word to describe this phone.

If this phone is ever made, I'm going to drop my K790i like a hot potato and buy this, even if it doesn't have any features (Heck, I'd buy it even if it didn't make phone calls).

And this is an image from the official Nokia site. Skeptics, click here.

Thursday, January 11, 2007

All that glitters is not gold

Message to Apple fanboys: All that glitters isn't gold.

Take a look at the resemblance between LG's phone and Apple's iPhone.

It was obvious that Apple wasn't going to manufacture the iPhone themselves, but now it seems like one of the following occurred:-
1. Apple sub-contracted to LG
2. LG and Apple both sub-contracted to the same manufacturer
1 is likelier.
LMAO.