I happened to ask Ra about whether his laptop had a single core processor and whether the Centrino Core 2 Duo was a 64-bit processor. This is what happened. At least, the interesting part.
[17:40] Ra: This laptop is ok.
[17:40] Ra: Serves the purpose.
[17:40] Ra: I'll get one when this gives up and dies.
[17:42] Me: when the processor's ghost exits through the cooling vents...
[17:42] Ra: Yes then.
[17:43] Me: ...and its tormented cries rent the fabric of your display into a complicated networks of tears...
[17:43] Ra: Haha.
[17:43] Me: ...when the keys become so weary that they no longer produce a click, not even the cheap sound that compaq is famous for...
[17:44] Me: ...when your battery will leak critical life blood lithium ions...
[17:44] Me: ...and when there is no nirvana playing in the backfground to make the whole thing ironic as hell...
[17:45] Ra: Ah, my suicidal laptop.
[17:45] Me: ...simply because the magnets in the speakers have long demagnetized to scrap iron.
[17:45] Me: I am sounding bleak aren't I?
[17:45] Ra: You are sounding rather funny.
P.S : I just wanted to rub in the fact that I was getting a new laptop. Fully loaded. Well, almost.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Monday, March 31, 2008
Following dreams.
Here's one. Hopefully, if it is liked, there will be more. Or else, there will still be more.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Update
The story is open again.
It's been moved to http://toscsp.blogspot.com
To make stuff easier, we will contribute and discuss in the comment section of each chapter and then we are ready to close the chapter, I will manually update the post to show the complete chapter and we will move on the next.
For easy reading of the comments section, write you contribution in a bold face. All you have to do it put your contribution within and . It will make things nicer and will be much more easier for me to put stuff together later.
So far so good...!!!
Let the yarn begin...again!
It's been moved to http://toscsp.blogspot.com
To make stuff easier, we will contribute and discuss in the comment section of each chapter and then we are ready to close the chapter, I will manually update the post to show the complete chapter and we will move on the next.
For easy reading of the comments section, write you contribution in a bold face. All you have to do it put your contribution within and . It will make things nicer and will be much more easier for me to put stuff together later.
So far so good...!!!
Let the yarn begin...again!
Monday, February 25, 2008
The discussion thread
Hi,
This is the discussion thread as promised for this. Please use this to discuss major twists and turns with other contributors.
Cheers.
UPDATE: Let's not go into a abstract philosophical plot right away, it's just going to make things complicated. Simply stick to nice clean simple line with maybe a hint of mystery. I am hoping that more people will contribute. If you can put a little post or a link to this blog post on your blogs it would be nicer. Bigger the party, the better.
If I feel a plot is too weird then I will delete it, or rather hide it. I will repost it on the discussion thread so that we can see how it can be made to fit in.
Please number your contributions so that we do not loose track. We have hit 3 so far so, continue from 4 now.
UPDATE : We are on to Chapter 3. Chapter 3 is flashback. We need to sketch out the two characters k and the nameless guy. We need to bring the woman who is proably involved with K into the picture NOW! Give her nice sultry sounding name. Nothing raunchy and all but something that reminds of open blue skies and yellow corn fields. Or whatever!
This is the discussion thread as promised for this. Please use this to discuss major twists and turns with other contributors.
Cheers.
UPDATE: Let's not go into a abstract philosophical plot right away, it's just going to make things complicated. Simply stick to nice clean simple line with maybe a hint of mystery. I am hoping that more people will contribute. If you can put a little post or a link to this blog post on your blogs it would be nicer. Bigger the party, the better.
If I feel a plot is too weird then I will delete it, or rather hide it. I will repost it on the discussion thread so that we can see how it can be made to fit in.
Please number your contributions so that we do not loose track. We have hit 3 so far so, continue from 4 now.
UPDATE : We are on to Chapter 3. Chapter 3 is flashback. We need to sketch out the two characters k and the nameless guy. We need to bring the woman who is proably involved with K into the picture NOW! Give her nice sultry sounding name. Nothing raunchy and all but something that reminds of open blue skies and yellow corn fields. Or whatever!
The Open Source Collaborative Story Project
I dunno if it's already been done, but this is something that I have always wanted to try. Simply because Open Source code projects are so much more robust and better than proprietary stuff in many ways.
This is going to go like this :
1) For obvious reasons, including my laziness, this thing will be working entirely in the comments section.
2) I'll start off with an opening line and then as and when people drop by they add a line or a paragraph to the story.
3) If you feel you are nearing the end of a plot/sub-plot/idea, feel free to start a new chapter. This comes with the little problem of someone wanting to contribute to a chapter and then not being able to since it is already closed. We'll get to that when we have to cross that bridge.
4) Feel free to add characters, names for characters, places and so on. But, don't do it just for the heck of it. Let there be a reason. (I'll start another post, that could be used a discussion board of sorts. Feel free to bounce ideas around there.)
5) Please please please keep it clean. I am not enabling moderation on this, since that would be like code review before a checkin and can get quite messy. But, if something is totally in bad taste I shall remove it. Sorry, but let's try to keep it nice. At least for the time being.
Why am I doing this in the first place?
First off, I had tried this a long time ago over SMS and though we did not get very far, there was some really nice stuff that came along. Sadly, all those messages got lost when I changed my phone. It actually felt good. The other two contributors of that effort visit this blog - Ra and CJ. CJ had one excellent line in that - "The cold draught of air passed by him like a stoned angel".
And secondly, I think it is going to be good fun.
To make life easier, I'll post links to this post and the discussion thread on the sidebar so that you can reach stuff easily enough. Or you could bookmark those links on your browser as well. Whatever grabs you.
Let's see where it goes. Maybe, if it hit the right notes we could make a book out of it all.
After all that here goes the first line :
"He stubbed his cigarette out and called for a coffee. The coffee was, of course, lousy and it was by far the safest of all the bistro had to offer. The rain hadn't let up yet; the reflections of yellow street lights danced merrily on the puddles outside."
This is going to go like this :
1) For obvious reasons, including my laziness, this thing will be working entirely in the comments section.
2) I'll start off with an opening line and then as and when people drop by they add a line or a paragraph to the story.
3) If you feel you are nearing the end of a plot/sub-plot/idea, feel free to start a new chapter. This comes with the little problem of someone wanting to contribute to a chapter and then not being able to since it is already closed. We'll get to that when we have to cross that bridge.
4) Feel free to add characters, names for characters, places and so on. But, don't do it just for the heck of it. Let there be a reason. (I'll start another post, that could be used a discussion board of sorts. Feel free to bounce ideas around there.)
5) Please please please keep it clean. I am not enabling moderation on this, since that would be like code review before a checkin and can get quite messy. But, if something is totally in bad taste I shall remove it. Sorry, but let's try to keep it nice. At least for the time being.
Why am I doing this in the first place?
First off, I had tried this a long time ago over SMS and though we did not get very far, there was some really nice stuff that came along. Sadly, all those messages got lost when I changed my phone. It actually felt good. The other two contributors of that effort visit this blog - Ra and CJ. CJ had one excellent line in that - "The cold draught of air passed by him like a stoned angel".
And secondly, I think it is going to be good fun.
To make life easier, I'll post links to this post and the discussion thread on the sidebar so that you can reach stuff easily enough. Or you could bookmark those links on your browser as well. Whatever grabs you.
Let's see where it goes. Maybe, if it hit the right notes we could make a book out of it all.
After all that here goes the first line :
"He stubbed his cigarette out and called for a coffee. The coffee was, of course, lousy and it was by far the safest of all the bistro had to offer. The rain hadn't let up yet; the reflections of yellow street lights danced merrily on the puddles outside."
Friday, February 22, 2008
Horlicks & Boost Services
After a very very long night of work yesterday that stretched into the wee hours of the morning today, the lack of sleep made me a little grumpy. I just refused to put semi-colons at the end of statements.
And then this mail dropped into my inbox. I've been laughing for the past ten minutes non-stop. Yes...I am sure all the third-standard kids here who write software, Verilog and design PCBs will miss it.
Dear All,
We wish to bring to your kind attention that we have received an intimation
from Glaxosmithkline that with immediate effect they will withdraw
from their vending business services.
With reference to this, in future we will not be able to provide Horlicks &
boost.
We regret for the inconvenience.
Regards,
Hospitality Team
And then this mail dropped into my inbox. I've been laughing for the past ten minutes non-stop. Yes...I am sure all the third-standard kids here who write software, Verilog and design PCBs will miss it.
Dear All,
We wish to bring to your kind attention that we have received an intimation
from Glaxosmithkline that with immediate effect they will withdraw
from their vending business services.
With reference to this, in future we will not be able to provide Horlicks &
boost.
We regret for the inconvenience.
Regards,
Hospitality Team
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