Results of discontinuation of medication

Suffering from the usual post-lunch-syndrome, commonly known as "being sleepy". The medicine I usually take is going to the library, find out the silent corner and have a nap. Planning not to continue with that medication. Browsing or thinking something weird is better than sleeping in the library.

Browsing Results:

1. Found out the details of expenses for the conference at Berlin. One week at Berlin at the end of July. I hope - the amount I asked would be sanctioned by GK (for my travel, accommodation and registration for the symposium)
2. Downloaded Office 12 beta. Why should I? I had tried that already at Microsoft. "Sexy" software - I would say.
3. Was shocked to know that they are taking away the admin privileges from developers (at Microsoft) - Am almost sure... It wont work. For eg., in MBOS (aka Dynamics), without admin how can one restart IIS? And with the servers I dont have any clue - how things would work without admin rights. Anyway their headache.

Thought Result: Decided to take up three small projects. All of them are of same category. The idea is to solve every question in the exercise of some books and definitely to publish them. Would be nice I suppose, also very helpful. Following are the books.

1. The "C" programming language - K&R (am forgetting C)
2. Introduction to Algorithms (aka CLR, Cormen, Rivest etc.)
3. A book on algebra, mostly "Abstract Algebra" by Herstein

So, now I shall get back to work/reading. Wrote about these projects in public so that I have to save my face and hence I will really put efforts to do the ones I listed.

So that's it. So long...

- sands.

Escape from a girl...!!

Just came in to my office. Am so tired and sweating.. [my baniyan sticks to my body. In some time it will start stinking too]. If I dont write right now, about my struggle to get away from her, I will never.

Wait... let me get a cup of coffee and come back.

Every morning 180 ml of mild coffee has become the starter of my work [do i work?] This is after the one big cup of tea I have from home/room. The coffee maker makes more noise than the amount of coffee it makes. I am not so happy with the black-coffee it makes. For my horror, here everyone drinks black coffee.

Back to the main story. This morning is pretty dull. The sun hasnt come yet, full clouds, it might rain at any time. I had started cycling so sleepishly. Even before comleting the first 5 minutes of my 50 minutes journey to the dept, I had had 3 red signals!! Okay.. that was the third one.. waiting for the green!!!

Here she comes, in another cycle, a bit smaller than mine. She has a small knapsack on her back. I just glanced at her without paying any attention, and turned back to the signal. Green came, I rushed. Now, for the coming 10kms, there is only one signal. I just overtook the short chinese guy who was expertising slow-cycling.

Hey, she just flew past me, and was going fast like a rocket. Then I glanced again, but now with paying enough attenction so that it could be even called staaring ;). she was kinda cool. Wearing very tight biking-dress which shows all the curves which were really of terrific proportion. Enjoyed for a second. But, that's not the point. I never wanted to be overtaken by anybody...[They who have travelled with me in my car(back home) know how i feel about that] That too by a girl!! [No hard/soft feelings towards girls... but a boy never wants to be next to a girl]. Started chasing her, with all my power. It took just a couple of seconds for me. I was ahead of her by about 10 metres.

I think, she too had the same feeling as mine. Every second I looked back to see her approaching me. And I was flying, to keep the distance. I cant lose. Near the bridge where I usually find it difficult to do the uphill, I flew my bike in 2 seconds... [It seemed she did in lesser time]. We had almost covered some 8-9 kms. I was still going in front... We were nearing the signal.. where we might have to stop. I knew, once I stop, getting back to the speed was next to impossible...

As if she read my thoughts, just 500 metres before the signal she took a deviation and went in a different route!! I was so happy and relieved. I suddenly slowed my bike and started riding peacefully. I just wished that she shouldnt suddenly come out of some pocket road and give me trouble again. When I looked at my watch, for my horror, we had come all the way [10 kms] in some 12-15 minutes. [Even though the rest 4 kms I took 20 minutes]

That's all for now. Had wanted to scribe something about Orkutting. Will do later.

- Sands.

Thoughts and Plans... and a question at the end.

Am I a little bit slow? I have been given this book (Ideals, Varieties and Algorithms) almost 2-3 weeks back. Still I am at chapter 3 of it. It doesnt mean that I have done both the first and second chapters very well. Yes, I understood the concept of GBs. Still elimination theory is too tough. Okay this is the problem which upsets me right now. My basics in algebra is not so good.. I should improve it. I know, I havent touched the exercises given. Have to try and to them. Will take months to finish this single book. Anyway I am here to read and read and think and think and understand and finally create something new. Something great that it can change the lives of millions out there.

In the immediate future planning to do the following..

1. Refresh my memory in all the comp-sci (important stuff => theoretical only)
2. Read all the books of UTM. Atleast some 20 of them [UTM = Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics - A book series by Springer]
   
3. Read a couple of books from GTM [GTM = Graduate Texts in Mathematics]
4. Read 20-25 papers related to both GB applications and HECC
   
5. Spend 3 days on GB/Algebra and 2 days on HECC in a 5 day week
6. Read daily - some book from UTM/GTM.
7. Publish a paper + attend a conference.
8. Visit some 10+ places around Munich (3-4 hours distance)
9. Visit 4-5 important places in Europe (Prague, Places in Italy and Swiss)
10. Concentrate more on photography and painting (do i paint? )
11. Read during weekends - novel/philo books (5-10) enlisted in blogs
12. Try to recollect all those things to be appended to this list.

All these are for this year 2006. This really needs slogging... proper slogging...
I dont dare to write about the list of movies which I want to watch and I know I will watch "ATLEAST" two movies per week.

Do I have time for all these?
I have to make time for them... all of them...

Having free time is state of mind
- Prof M S Anand(IITM Diroctor)

today I cant read it anymore... it's not going to my head... let me read some other stuff.... which might be interesting.

By the way, something interesting for the readers.

You have 3 doors in front of you of which one hides a car (which you are dreaming for a long time), the other two hide a goat each.

one door - car
another - goat
the last - goat

okay.. now you can knock at any door and whatever is behind it is for you. :) now you go and knock at one door. Then, I open one of the other two doors and show you a goat. Now I ask if you would like to switch your choice to the unopened door which you didnt choose. (You goal is getting the car)

Will you switch? why?
Will you not switch? Why?

for the right answer, see the first comment. I just give the answer now.... reason I shall give later.

- sands

My comment for his blog

Was reading his (vimal's) blog... gave a long comment.
while writing itself i thought that it could be an entry in my blog...
then decided not to...
now he also suggested that... so it goes below (verbatim)

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Sandeep Sadanandan said...

da...

kaashu venengi para... njan thalkkalam sahayikkam.. i have about 3k euros in my acc :)

pinne, credit card!! eda... enthengilum cheyyunnathinu mumpu swayam chodikkuka -

ithoru
1) Anavashyamano?
2) Aaavashyamano?
3) Athyavashayamano?

use the card only if it is the third category. Always try to use liquid cash.. then you will experience your pocket becoming lighter.. and lighter. E-Cash gets spend easily because you experience the loss only after some days. Liquid cash is really fast... u experience it going from ur pocket.

so much for it.

about books... dont worry... i had the same habit while in M$. now i have just 4 books of which i havent read any... (those ones i listed in the blog)
but you definitely need to put a control after 8 weeks of continuos purchasing.. which i am sure you will... :)

now for the movies...
if you want the original CD/DVD collection... i am sorry...
you just want the movies... i have a couple of them ... GODFATHER- i have the collection - real one... bought for Rs. 750 @hyderabad.

next... about the entry on ppl who influenced you...
add me.. (whether i influenced you or not) ;)

- sands.

4:14 PM

CrimeMaster GOGO said...

Ninakku oru blog entry ezhuthamayirunille response aayittu :)

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i am not giving the address of his blog... just to keep its divinity... (atleast i find it to be so) Forgive me..

- sands