Anand’s Blog

Just read the recent issue of Time Asia and came across this article that proclaims that India needs to envy and fear China should it continue to harbour those dreams of being a ’superpower’. First few lines of the article and I couldn’t make too much of sense out of it, for always had been [...]

Remember Professor Jasper Rine of UC Berkeley whose laptop was stolen recently by someone after exam data? What the Prof had to say after the incident indicated that the thief was in for some serious consequences. (You may read the transcribed Professor Rine’s speech here.)
However the Prof has admitted [...]

Updates here will be sporadic at best and none at worst over the next few days. The reason: It’s the end semester examinations.
And after that I’ll try to break this spell of real small postings. Going through my archives I’ve observed this trend of short and shorter posts, and feel that some things here will [...]

Why worry about the future when the present around you is ever-changing?
Suddenly I realize that college life is not just about attending classes, writing examinations, and night-outs. Why should life confront you with crisis everytime you think you have things under control?

I just came across this wonderful document on making accessibe pdf documents.
With nothing else to do, I am aimlessly strolling the web. Some screwed up registration system says I can’t appear for my end-sem examinations on Monday. Those responsible say they have to play by the book. WTF! Its a course in my undergrad curriculum [...]

One ought to go through this special section on “A centurt of Einstein” in MSNBC Technology and Science. It’s a 100 year since 1905, Einstein’s Miracle Year and this report is all about “how the revolution in Physics trigerred by his theories is still playing out, and at Einstein- the man and the brand.“
…it’s possible [...]

Remaining undecided about things comes very naturally to me. More so if that thing is of no consequence. Simply because option A will seem better than option B, and yet there will be an urge to choose option B for the mere logic that I ain’t going to be affected in any significant way. But [...]

Beijing Review Cover

The cover of latest issue of Beijing Review:
“China and India are writing an unprecedented chapter in world history” and in bold it says, “Looking Good”.

Okay. This is how you could get a StackTrace and write it to a String:
try
{
//code here
}
catch(Exception e)
{
StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
e.printStackTrace(new PrintWriter(sw));
String stacktrace = [...]

Any text about Software Engineering will begin by saying that most software projects are destined to fail. Failure invariably translates into blame-game and then you’ve got to cover your You-know-what.
Three things you ought to do to survive in the world of Software development: Manage your Time Sheets no matter how hard pressed for time you [...]