Amusing Musings

Main Problem in Communication

harsh — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:28:33 +0000

Who said that only if you are fluent, you can hold your audience for a long time

Check this out:

Have A Pizza Party Thru Unix

harsh — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:00:00 +0000

Hey this really amazed me…

Say you are a tech buff and just can’t get your eyes and mind off that damned crt/lcd/plasma/whatever monitor??? And sure you’re feelin’ hungry… yeah… Then take this :

You can ORDER Pizza through the Unix OS/Linux Terminal!!!!

Still don’t believe it ???

Check this video and let your jaw drop in amazement…

(link to video : Pizza Party)

And this is not a Ripley’s stuff or anythin’ like that, so ignore the cautions like “PLEASE DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME” or blah….blah…blah… and get going. And this marks the end of the post….

Enjoy the CYBERIZZA

Lorem ipsum : What’s It?!?

harsh — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:07:54 +0000

Hey… you must have come across a desktop-publishing software theme or even themes in many other softwares like frontpage, powerpoint, etc. where the text written in the preview is “LOREM IPSUM”, which seems distantly Latin, but you may not have even thought what is it… Right? Well even I hadn’t given a damn to this triviality. that is until I was editing my blogger layout…

When I came across this :

Lorem ipsum vim ut utroque mandamus intellegebat, ut eam omittam ancillae sadipscing, per et eius soluta veritus

I couldn’t hold myself back to uncover the mystery behind the sentence, particularly the first 2 words (the reason for the research was cuz I was already connected to the Web).

Now, after I wiki-ed it, I came across the following article : Wikipedia search for : Lorem ipsum

“In publishing and graphic design, lorem ipsum is common placeholder text used to demonstrate the graphic elements of a document or visual presentation, such as font, typography, and layout. It is a form of “greeking”.

Even though using “lorem ipsum” often arouses curiosity due to its resemblance to classical Latin, it is not intended to have meaning….

…The most common lorem ipsum text reads as follows:

The text is actually derived from Cicero‘s De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum. A Latin scholar, Richard McClintock (Publications director at Hampden-Sydney College, Virginia), who was searching citings of the rarely used word’consectetur in classical literature, during which he came across this text :

….neque porro quisquam est, qui dolorem ipsum, quia dolor sit, amet, consectetur, adipisci velit, sed quia non numquam eius modi tempora incidunt, ut labore et dolore magnam aliquam quaerat voluptatem. Ut enim ad minima veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi consequatur? Quis autem vel eum iure reprehenderit, qui in ea voluptate velit esse, quam nihil molestiae consequatur, vel illum, qui dolorem eum fugiat, quo voluptas nulla pariatur? [33] At vero eos et accusamus et iusto odio dignissimos ducimus, qui blanditiis praesentium voluptatum deleniti atque corrupti, quos dolores et quas molestias excepturi sint, obcaecati cupiditate non provident, similique sunt in culpa, qui officia deserunt mollitia animi, id est laborum et dolorum fuga…..

And this led to the full version of the lorem ipsum thing which is :

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

And if you tried to translate it from Latin to English, the text returned is something hilarious/weird like this:

Input :

Lorem ipsum vim ut utroque mandamus intellegebat, ut eam omittam ancillae sadipscing, per et eius soluta veritus.

Output :

Lorem itself vim when to both sides order intellegebat , when she to omit maidservant sadipscing , very and her loosening truthfulness.

Source : Wikipedia

The End Of All Good… Maybe Not

harsh — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:25:25 +0000

After all the results of engineering exams were out, nothing much was left to be happy about. There was gloom all over the atmosphere. And though the sun shone brightly (and very strongly indeed), i felt a resounding hollow inside. A thing I had never feared, assuming it to be one of a distant and inaccessible future, had manifested itself ironically : My school life was over, and after being ‘at the top‘ for 10 years running, I never expected myself to be floundering for admission in a good college.

And with my soul already burning in hell, the heat equalised my body’s status to my soul’s.

And so when my friends arrived to take their marksheets and other things to the school, I didn’t feel like meeting them, but since even electricity had ditched me that day, the idea of meeting up with them wasn’t bad. My friends, though downbeat themselves (same reasons), tried to erase some pain and debated to go for a film, and after a long deliberation of 10 milliseconds, everyone consented.

And then everything started to clear up as the sky, previously ruled by Helios, admitted a ton of black clouds, with a promise of real, tangible rain, which made my day. And though the film (Sarkar Raj, to be specific) wasn’t all that good, the downpour had already doused the flames burning me.

What a difference a day makes!!

Here are some shots of the great day… (May not appeal your senses as a professional photographer, but the joy is nearly contagious)

Hello

harsh — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:18:00 +0000

Just a tryout… and this post sees the change from blogger to wordpress..

I am testing both platforms now, but even at the start, WordPress seems more clearcut, easy, and streamlined. Let’s see what awaits in future.

Hey One Second…. I just scrolled to the bottom of this page (while posting, and WP has won me over truly…