What I'm writing about has absolutely nothing to do with the title obviously. Such a silly thing that would be to do. In any case, for the uninitiated, it's a Russell Peters reference.
Moving on, the Final Exams have ended. They were 'okay'. I'm not satisfied with them, but I guess, it'll "be all right" 'cause we have about three chances to eff up the finals every year, instead of those unlucky souls who have only two. The quarter system is deadly. It's just so ludicrously fast! I'm like, hey, I don't even know the names of all the people in my IHUM discussion group and it's already the last week of classes. It simply doesn't leave time for any personal projects unless you do them during the 1-week break between quarters or you're taking like 15 (ha!) units.
Also, I was thinking about this journal (all right, so it's an effing "blog") the other day (today actually) and I was wondering who actually likes visiting it. I mean, one day I'm writing about RTTI or something and the next day I start talking about my cat and how we were throwing paper airplanes at the chemistry teacher (highly recommended - the actual bit of throwing the airplanes, that is, not reading the entry). It's such a hybrid website that I doubt it caters to anyone's singular interest (unless it's an Indian from my school who's doing CS and loves Macs - a very finite set of people); how I manage to get >-1 visitors is beyond me. I mean, some times I do wonder precisely what five random people from Uruguay (yes, Virginia, that is a country - and, no, it's not in Africa) are doing on my blog… (if you're on a Mac, I've discovered that pressing Option+; produces an ellipsis)
See, now we switch to the tech part of this entry. The DotA-playing continues. Got two more people from my dorm onto the bandwagon today. Total is 15 now. Meanwhile, I installed World of Warcraft on my iMac and got someone to log me into their account to try it out, and although the introductory video is totally friggin' awesome, I was unimpressed by the game itself. The graphics are so-so (I maxed out everything!) and although I can see how people could get addicted to it, I'd rather not pay a monthly to play this. I'm definitely a fan of the "Buy Once Play Forevah!" model.
Also, Mozilla on the Mac sucks. Precisely what it sucks is irrelevant for this discussion (by Green's theorem). I just cannot use a browser as my primary choice if it cannot render Hindi as anything but a string of ?s with spaces interspersed amongst them. And this brings my Safari-alternatives list down to Shiira - which is also WebCore based like Safari. It's got some really neat features and a launch time that competes with or overtakes Safari's. Three of the features I found really cool were the "page flip" transition it uses to flip pages, the fact that it can access Safari's bookmarks natively and save to them and that it had an "Exposé for Tabs" feature that's actually both usable and elegant (a là Foxposé, but better). Check Shiira's website for videos demoing these features. Also, Shiira is a/the Japanese word for "shark fish" (as opposed to "shark"). Mac guys should give it a test drive. It's quite innovative and has progressed a LOT since last year.
On a side note, I've finished started making the website for my dorm. Check it out at http://chouse.stanford.edu/ [the Secret Snowflake pictures involve partial nudity and homosexual... umm... gestures - you have been forewarned (as if!)].
PS: the broken link with "my cat" was intentional as I do not have a cat.
Moving on, the Final Exams have ended. They were 'okay'. I'm not satisfied with them, but I guess, it'll "be all right" 'cause we have about three chances to eff up the finals every year, instead of those unlucky souls who have only two. The quarter system is deadly. It's just so ludicrously fast! I'm like, hey, I don't even know the names of all the people in my IHUM discussion group and it's already the last week of classes. It simply doesn't leave time for any personal projects unless you do them during the 1-week break between quarters or you're taking like 15 (ha!) units.
Also, I was thinking about this journal (all right, so it's an effing "blog") the other day (today actually) and I was wondering who actually likes visiting it. I mean, one day I'm writing about RTTI or something and the next day I start talking about my cat and how we were throwing paper airplanes at the chemistry teacher (highly recommended - the actual bit of throwing the airplanes, that is, not reading the entry). It's such a hybrid website that I doubt it caters to anyone's singular interest (unless it's an Indian from my school who's doing CS and loves Macs - a very finite set of people); how I manage to get >-1 visitors is beyond me. I mean, some times I do wonder precisely what five random people from Uruguay (yes, Virginia, that is a country - and, no, it's not in Africa) are doing on my blog… (if you're on a Mac, I've discovered that pressing Option+; produces an ellipsis)
See, now we switch to the tech part of this entry. The DotA-playing continues. Got two more people from my dorm onto the bandwagon today. Total is 15 now. Meanwhile, I installed World of Warcraft on my iMac and got someone to log me into their account to try it out, and although the introductory video is totally friggin' awesome, I was unimpressed by the game itself. The graphics are so-so (I maxed out everything!) and although I can see how people could get addicted to it, I'd rather not pay a monthly to play this. I'm definitely a fan of the "Buy Once Play Forevah!" model.
Also, Mozilla on the Mac sucks. Precisely what it sucks is irrelevant for this discussion (by Green's theorem). I just cannot use a browser as my primary choice if it cannot render Hindi as anything but a string of ?s with spaces interspersed amongst them. And this brings my Safari-alternatives list down to Shiira - which is also WebCore based like Safari. It's got some really neat features and a launch time that competes with or overtakes Safari's. Three of the features I found really cool were the "page flip" transition it uses to flip pages, the fact that it can access Safari's bookmarks natively and save to them and that it had an "Exposé for Tabs" feature that's actually both usable and elegant (a là Foxposé, but better). Check Shiira's website for videos demoing these features. Also, Shiira is a/the Japanese word for "shark fish" (as opposed to "shark"). Mac guys should give it a test drive. It's quite innovative and has progressed a LOT since last year.
On a side note, I've finished started making the website for my dorm. Check it out at http://chouse.stanford.edu/ [the Secret Snowflake pictures involve partial nudity and homosexual... umm... gestures - you have been forewarned (as if!)].
PS: the broken link with "my cat" was intentional as I do not have a cat.
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