A couple of hours back, I had the chance to play around with the Lego Mindstorms NXT Robot (Alpha Rex) and was blown away by what I saw. I vaguely remember a toy I had as a kid; a robot that had a button on it’s head and made noises when pressed. That was close [...]

Recently, I happened to attend one of those social situations where a lot of Non Resident Indians (mostly students) gather to feign love for their country, speak in put on Australian accents and dress up in clothes one just can’t wear on the street in Melbourne. As if jumping to loud thumping Bhangra music wasn’t [...]

 
Anybody could use a little extra money. That’s what this friend said when he came up to me with a proposal regarding Amway. I’d heard a lot about it (mostly just allegations of it being a cult, blah blah) and I had assumed it to be just a glorified pyramid scheme. So I sat and listened to [...]

I came across this site, Global Richlist and was ‘pleasantly‘ surprised to find that, inspite of my pathetic and meagre earnigs I’m actually the 850,643,176 th richest person on the planet.
Apparently, I’m in the top 14.17%…in terms of annual income.

Sigh…just hope all this new found wealth doesn’t go to my head! Not! 

Remember Lester Burnham? Remember how he freed himself from the shackles of corporate and marital slavery? (Yes I said marital slavery) Remember how he lived? Remember how he died?
Sometimes I think I want to be more like that. I want to be the kind of guy who can afford to quit his job and just [...]

Work is driving me nuts.
One thing about working in a huge firm is that you tend to feel insignificant most/all of the time. There seems to be no meaning in anything you do…no greater good. You walk around like a zombie all day and do whatever you’re told without thinking twice about it.
I’m not even [...]

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Like most young, confused and disillusioned individuals who dream of making money and living ‘the life’, I too once wanted to get an MBA degree after my graduation and nurtured the idea even after I jumped on to the software bandwagon. Admit it, there’s a certain level of glamor associated with an MBA [...]

Disclaimer: Pointless rant follows…Inspired by a conversation with relatives who think I earn truck loads of money. 
The man who said “I’d rather be lucky than good” saw deeply into life. People are afraid to face how a great part of life is dependent on luck. It’s scary to think so much is out of one’s control. There [...]

Disclaimer: The following rant has nothing to do with Adam Sandler. 
When I got into college, I thought that 4 years in a place like that would turn me into one of those intellectual slackers. The kind that you see in movies. The ones who have long hair, a perpetually unshaven look, smoke a LOT of [...]

Disclaimer: The following is a result of waiting too long for something productive (regarding my posting) to happen. The author is not responsible for wasted time or moronic acts inspired by the following rant.
 
Over the years, we have had numerous men/women who have fought the system single-handedly without compromising on a single one of their ideals. [...]