I have been fairly irregular in updating my journal these days, which has resulted in a lot of people writing to me privately, asking “wassup?” amongst other things. Let me use this journal entry to answer the most commonly asked questions: Read the rest of this entry…

Never criticize a man until you’ve walked a mile in his moccasins. – American Indian Proverb How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct. – Benjamin Disraeli (1804 – 1881) Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost how it feels about dogs. – Christopher [...]

ehlo world! (If you think that the above is a yet another example of dyslexia, you are not a geek) I am back from Mauritius, and a whale of a time. Way too much to into detail about, but I can tell you this – I can’t wait to get back there again. Of the [...]

Hello there from Mauritius, where I have been these past we days, and will be till next Tuesday). This country has definitely gone Open Source crazy. Either that, or they just love me – in the past three days, I have given several talks, been in the newspapers, was interviewed on the radio, and apparently [...]

Been a while since I updated. Lots has been happening. Let me squeeze it in – there is news about my eye, my travels, and other stuff… Read the rest of this entry…

Yesterday, I found myself in a situation. I had to get to M.G.Road for a meeting of the Palm User Group, but it being Sunday, my driver wasn’t around. And because of

This afternoon, I was in the basement, quietly soldering cables, installing software, cleaning instruments and tweaking mixer in preparation for some serious jamming and recording, when my dogs came running in, all excited. The younger one (Nicky) exited soon after, but Judo stayed. I didn’t pay much attention, until (out of the corner of my [...]

Hmmmm… It has been two weeks since I last updated my journal, and more than two months since I got laid low with health problems. Time for an update. Two weeks ago, on the evening of the 21st of June (known throughout the world as “Harry Potter 5 Day”), we went to Khader’s birthday party, [...]

Ahhhh, one of those days. Earlier today, Sushanth managed to kill any further productivity for the day by cruelly mentioning this piece of evil in his ‘blog. If you have java installed in your browser, try it out. It looks like a simple game, but looks can be deciving. It gobbled up most of my [...]

I am a big fan of pizzas. Especially pepperoni pizzas. The bigger, the better. With lots of cheese. But in Bangalore, I don’t get any pizza anymore. Read the rest of this entry…