The tech news site digg.com is under siege by its 1 million users and a simple 16 digit Hex code is to blame. It all started when a user posted HD-DVD encryption key on the site so that linux users can play the videos. The post was mysteriously deleted. A repost met with the same [...]
After our regular weekly meeting, QoH and I had a walk-&-talk. He wanted to discuss my graduation timeline and my plans after I pass quals. First off, I am so happy that he thinks I will pass quals Anyways, getting back to the story, we deliberated for a few mins and agreed that I [...]
I have been beta testing Joost for a few weeks now and have been given 3 invites to distribute. If you would like one, please leave your contact in the comments section.
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As most of you would have already read by now, it was a quite remorseful beginning to the week for most at Virginia Tech. An unidentified person entered the engineering department and shot 32 people in class rooms before turning the gun on himself. It looks like the same person had a fight [...]
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It is 2.54 AM on Sunday and I am wide awake. I am feeling a bit down. Not really sure why. Nothing is wrong, but it seems like nothing is right either. There is a bit of tension back at home, and some issues with my father’s business; but it is nothing [...]
The list of people taking the quals this quarter came out a couple of days ago. There are only two people in my field, me and my lab mate. Considering it is the second time both of us are giving our exams, and pretty much *have* to clear it, this should be interesting.
I turned in my application for taking my quals for the second and last time yesterday. QoH has submitted a letter of support which he says is strong. Considering that we have been getting along well these days, I have little to suspect it. Anyways, lets see how it goes.
I have a workable study plan [...]
I just sent the first draft of *my* research proposal to the funding agency as a powerpoint file. It is so difficult to condense something into just 10 slides when you have a billion ideas based on it. Lets see how things go and what they say. It would so awesome if I can be [...]
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Have you ever had dreams that were so real that you actually didn’t realize they were a dream? Last night I dreamt of work. Yes, work. I got a few emails from QoH, sent out updates, delegated tasks.. pretty much the usual day-2-day stuff. Nothing exciting. I got to work this morning assuming [...]
