Pun Intended Consequences

I bought the book the day it came out on Dhaka, July 16th (from what I remember, Rowling wanted to release it on the day of the summer solst...

I go back to Malaysia on the 17th, after a nice and relaxing vacation in which I've done everything the way I wanted to, but haven't...

Following my success at installing Internet Explorer and MSN Messenger on my Linux laptop, I realised I might as well install Microsoft Offi...

Say you know that a web page has recently been changed, but no matter how many times you click Refresh/Reload, the new version just refuses ...

Well, turns out I didn’t need Internet Explorer 5 at all. The reason the IE6 installer I downloaded from Microsoft was not working with Wine...

The Darth Side Ever wonder what thoughts swirled around in the evil Darth Vader’s head during the events of Star Wars 4–6? Well, here’s you...

Yesterday night I had the usual `discussion' with another guy about religion. He's a Muslim, and a pretty dogmatic one at that. `Dis...

Just a few days before flying to Malaysia I bought and read, in three days, Susanna Clarke’s 800-page debut novel, Jonathan Strange & Mr...

AFTER a long time of hither and thither, I've finally bought the ticket. I am definitely going to Malaysia to study in Monash University...

`'Tis double death to drown in sight of shore.' -- Shakespeare THE mind boggles at the amount of death and suffering. The sheer...

I was chatting with a Sri Lankan friend about an hour ago and I mentioned to him my surprise that the Bam, Iran earthquake of last year is n...

A few weeks ago I caught a little household spider in a transparent plastic floppy disk case. I showed it to Yaman, who recoiled in disgust ...

Yes, I too make mistakes. I did a very foolish thing today. I was walking home when a man wearing a shirt and lungi greeted me as if he knew...

I don't know about you but, I'm a sucker for new (and improved) programs on my computer. This is what keeps me downloading and tryin...

This might be one of the more exciting events of modern times. The American people choose a new president and the rest of the world is rivet...

I've started using GnuPG, the GNU Privacy Guard. I've uploaded my public key to the MIT PGP key server, pgp.mit.edu. My key ID is: ...

After watching four episodes, I've finally decided it's one of my all-time favourite shows. Two teams, minimal team loyalty, and alm...

When I was younger, from nine years to about eleven years old, we used to live in Dubai, in a part of town called Deira. I was pretty happy ...

I am not a religious person. In fact, I consider myself an atheist. I never was very religious but as I grew up I saw no point in pretending...

A couple of days ago, a red link showed up in my Gmail inbox page below the mailbox list. It said `Invite a Friend' [to use Gmail], and ...