What does INR 1,000 mean to you? To me? A quick dinner for two at a local favourite restaurant.. A couple of cups of coffee and a muffin at a coffee shop.. A couple of ice-cream sundaes.. A glass of wine at a 5 star restaurant.. A cab ride from …
Why do servers in restaurants always assume that the man will pay the bill/check? When my husband asks for the check, he is handed the check every time. But when I ask for the check, 8 out of 10 times, my husband will be handed the check. About 1 in …
I chanced upon a book called “Better” by Dr. Atul Gawande while browsing in a small bookshop in Rangashankara a few months back. The synopsis looked good, and I picked it up for casual reading. And what a find it was! Dr. Atul Gawande is a surgeon at Brigham and …
One of the greatest leaders of our times, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela aka Madiba, was born on this day, 96 years ago. On this occasion, Google has put out a beautiful doodle. Last month, I finally got around to reading his excellent autobiography- “Long Walk to Freedom”. This is probably the …
In January 2014, I finished the Mumbai Half Marathon, which I think is the best half marathon route to run in India. Of the 21km route, almost 14kms are along the Arabian sea- on the Bandra-Worli sea link, the Worli sea-face, and Marine Drive. Additionally, for a true Bombayite, the …
The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, 2010 is being held in December in Bangalore at the Taj Residency. The program promises to be quite good. The registration deadline is 25th Nov for those interested.
Another edition of the Google India Women in Engineering Award has been announced. Please help get the word out to all female engineering students in Computer Science/Engineering, pursuing their BE/Msc/MTech/PhD. The deadline for submissions is 31 Oct 2010. Eligibility criteria and other details can be found at the awards site.
Packet-Flight has created a beautiful animation of a client-server communication over TCP, based on an input tcpdump while retrieving an image. It shows TCP slow start and congestion in full action! Awesome!
I am back, after a 10-month hiatus. I have been meaning to write some post or the other, but was just too lazy to write. But today, I just had to write; I had no choice on the topic! About a couple of years back, when we were booking an …
The Google India Women in Engineering Award is entering it’s third edition. The goal of the award is to encourage, recognize and reward deserving female students in Computer Science, and to inspire them to contribute to technological advances. Cash prizes of Rs. 100000 will be awarded. Female students pursuing Bachelors, …
