tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40475182011-04-21T17:46:21.911-07:00Mixed SignalsCyber Home Of Ranga/RajivRangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07064786925331576312noreply@blogger.comBlogger311100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047518.post-1073548200972543612004-01-07T23:50:00.000-08:002004-01-07T23:51:42.390-08:00wow, i myself nearly forgot about this page of mine until someone else reminded me. I guess now that I have got myself a job in agere systems, and have been getting accustomed to the bay area for about 3 months, its time to make use of the new PC at home. Life is fun now, and so is work,amazingly! Have read half of about 2-3 books, "dude where's my country" by michael moore and "lies and the Rangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07064786925331576312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047518.post-955367732003-06-10T22:04:00.000-07:002003-06-10T22:05:00.000-07:00The ULTIMATE Weblink I have been searching for a long time now - Hyper Physics and Hyper Math . The two sister sites have brief, clear explanations of all physical and mathematical principles that one needs to know in very easily navigable linked structures. What got me most impressed was the hierarchy and the network that weaves up from the electron to the Big Bang. The last time I was so Rangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07064786925331576312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047518.post-943127782003-05-13T23:01:00.000-07:002003-05-14T10:00:55.000-07:00I have been enjoying the luxury of some free time after nearly a year of "all work and no play"! So instead of some boring talk about circuits and work pressure, I do have some interesting stuff to log about. India Night This is the annual cultural program organized by the Indian student association here in Corvallis. Although it went on for a little too long and the sense of humour of the MCRangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07064786925331576312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047518.post-936800952003-05-02T17:20:00.000-07:002004-07-30T07:16:00.440-07:00Posting again after an even longer time! I have been busy with the "tapeout" of my chip. Now its more or less done , just a few nagging last minute details , which , if i overlook, would mean the end of the world for my professor :). I have now started preparing for the interviews that could get me a job. The news on TV says the economy is going to be back on track with the worst days behind usRangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07064786925331576312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047518.post-919696802003-04-03T23:56:00.000-08:002003-04-04T00:01:14.000-08:00Its been a long time since I posted on here. I am still pretty busy with my work, but I thought a quick post would be nice. The crazy war has been on for 2 weeks now. Lots of casualties, especially civilians ; Americans and Iraqis keep up their mud-slinging contest about who broke the Geneva Convention accord first. This war has made it look ugly on the TV screens as well. All American channels Rangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07064786925331576312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047518.post-903387932003-03-07T20:03:00.000-08:002004-07-30T07:16:58.613-07:00This has been such a boring week with no fun and all work. I decided to weblog to relax myself on this friday evening ! I have been reading some news articles today. Something I have been wanting to comment about for a long time caught my eye in the news - BT open Indian call center. So yet another company has decided the services offered by Indian graduates are cheaper than their own country's.Rangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07064786925331576312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047518.post-899729392003-03-01T15:41:00.000-08:002003-09-01T15:50:56.836-07:00WOW ! India is having a dream run at the world cup ( touch wood!). The cricketers must be proud of themselves for showing a very responsible attitude at trouble-shooting their earlier problems. In a way, the defeat against Australia woke them up and made them regroup - way to go guys! I felt so proud at the way two old foes were vanquished - England and Pakistan. I think most Indians treasure Rangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07064786925331576312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047518.post-895399072003-02-21T22:20:00.000-08:002004-07-30T07:18:25.203-07:00I had a paper review session of our San Fransisco conference today afternoon. I presented 3 papers myself and had to sit through 45 others to try and absorb the key issues. At the end of the 5 hour session I was virtually brain dead. And so , I decided to weblog :-) ( Webloggers I am not hinting anything about your intellect! Just my way of saying logging relaxes me!) Hopefully they are WORLD Rangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07064786925331576312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047518.post-891975332003-02-16T11:42:00.000-08:002004-07-30T07:19:19.103-07:00The San Fransisco trip was great ! I didnt get to do much fun stuff other than eating in different cuisines - Indian, Pakistani, Italian and Chinese. The conference was teeming with grandfathers of circuit design and it was an honour to hear them talk. The paper presentations were also better than last years - atleast i was able to understand a few of them.I now have to get back to dreary Rangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07064786925331576312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047518.post-886963422003-02-07T00:53:00.000-08:002003-02-07T00:53:40.506-08:00A lot of guys in my lab and my professor have gone out to Seattle for a conference. So its kind of strange to see so few people working today. Maybe thats why I got bored of working and decided to post something instead of just pasting email jokes! Today , me and my friends were musing in the coffee place about how phenomenally science and technology has developed. And it takes so much to Rangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07064786925331576312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047518.post-885184312003-02-03T22:39:00.000-08:002003-02-03T22:39:15.660-08:00I got an email with some of P.G.Wodehouse's gems. His kind of sarcasm and dry wit is unparalleled, especially the way he plays with words! Some of these sentences were so long-winding I was losing track of the jokes ! Or maybe the British are just plain bombastic, like the Americans claim! Check these out : * It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want Rangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07064786925331576312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047518.post-883370822003-01-31T10:06:00.000-08:002003-01-31T10:06:22.033-08:00Its been a hectic week. But sadly, not very productive. Sarah, thanks for the log appreciation. And you made my day with the CD!! "Escapology" ( Robbie Williams) was awesome - it arrived in great shape , thank you so much. I am hoping you havent decided to stop checking this weblog after the first time ;) Maybe from now on I should directly give the link to this webpage on my yahoo mail outgoingRangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07064786925331576312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047518.post-880850322003-01-26T23:14:00.000-08:002003-01-27T00:34:33.000-08:00Ho, hum. It was a nice weekend . I spoke to a lot of favourite people yesterday and today, and the one which made me most happy was the talk I had with Sooraj ( sorry buddies, blood relatives get higher preference) - what a pity he is only 6 months old and cant keep pace with this chatterbox uncle of his! Suju , grow up soon - you will be the only one to have a lot of time and humour to listen Rangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07064786925331576312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047518.post-879775432003-01-24T13:57:00.000-08:002003-01-24T14:18:44.000-08:00With all the George Bush bashing , I have been getting some funny mails about the President. Today I got a really hilarious one from a friend here in my lab and thought it "deserved" the honour of finding its way into my archives :) . It might have been even funnier if enacted by the look-alikes on Comedy Central. Earlier there used to be Serd jokes in India, then I started hearing about the Rangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07064786925331576312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047518.post-878297902003-01-21T23:42:00.000-08:002003-01-21T23:42:29.593-08:00Finally got some time for a quick post. After several months/years of wishing to learn playing some instrument, I have finally got down to doing it . I bought a guitar last weekend and even registered for classes with a guy here in Corvallis. It is a Yamaha nylon string acoustic guitar and was the cheapest one available in the store for 99$. Tomorrow is my first class , so i am all excited about Rangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07064786925331576312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047518.post-876445442003-01-18T09:52:00.000-08:002003-01-18T10:03:52.000-08:00Hello all! I am back in the US , resuming my daily "grad" activities. It was nice to recieve so many thanks for all those cheap indian edition books I had bought in India for my lab-mates. The Americans were shocked to hear books worth $110 cost only $5 or 6 in India ! My flight was uneventful and boring. I got to watch some movies on the flight though. "My Big Fat Greek wedding" was hilarious Rangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07064786925331576312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047518.post-874094252003-01-14T01:21:00.000-08:002003-01-14T01:21:22.480-08:00Tonight, I am flying back to Corvallis after a month of fun here in India. Needless to say, my nephew Sooraj was the highlight of this trip of mine! And obviously I am going to miss my family. But maybe it wont be as bad as it was last time when I was flying into an unknown country, taking on new responsibilties, nervous about my Masters program etc. This time there is the added worry about Rangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07064786925331576312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047518.post-873031832003-01-12T04:59:00.000-08:002003-01-13T03:03:08.000-08:00I surprised myself by finishing off most of the packing that needs to be done to return to the US. It feels strange to actually be done with packing for a journey 2 days away! My parents make sure I dont tense them up in the last minute ( but thats the thrill of packing , isnt it :)) !) . The requests to get the cheap Indian editions of books from here are flowing in fast and thick from my Rangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07064786925331576312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047518.post-872092222003-01-10T00:12:00.000-08:002003-01-10T00:12:20.263-08:00I was down with the seasonal cough,cold and fever for the last 2 days. I am feeling groggy from all the medicines and the cold even now .. Yesterday I got the sad news in email that one of my batchmates in BITS ,Ganeshram , had died in the airplane crash at North Carolina. He joined as a grad student at Clemson the same year I joined OSU. It must be so difficult for his parents - my deepest Rangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07064786925331576312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047518.post-871101982003-01-08T05:10:00.000-08:002003-01-08T05:10:02.520-08:00In BITS and Pieces ? There was this article today in the "Hindu" newspaper about BITS,Pilani. The title chosen was horrible - "In BITS And Pieces" suggests to the casual reader that the article is about something going to pieces. On the contrary, it was all very nice to read and I got that warm feeling I get whenever India Today ranks my university at No.2,3 etc. among Indian engineering Rangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07064786925331576312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047518.post-869521592003-01-04T22:43:00.000-08:002003-01-04T22:44:27.000-08:00I was watching Star movies listing of a "UK Top 10" .I think this was the ranking of the movies on the basis of box-office collections during the year. I carefully memorized the list as I found something interesting about it and wanted to comment here on this space. Here goes ( in order of their rankings )... 1. Lord of the Rings( Fellowship of the ring) 2. Harry Potter- Chamber of Secrets 3. Rangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07064786925331576312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047518.post-869172742003-01-04T02:19:00.000-08:002003-01-04T22:13:12.000-08:00India lost the 6th cricket match in a row to New Zealand in identical fashion to their earlier losses. This team will not even go to the Super-sixes during the world cup. These failures would atleast prepare the Indian public mentally to accept India's poor world cup show. I was so irritated I even wasted my time in sending some comments on espn's "street talk". I dont think they will ever print/Rangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07064786925331576312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047518.post-868684412003-01-03T00:18:00.000-08:002003-01-03T00:18:20.036-08:00I was listening to a Robbie Williams concert yesterday on TV. A close friend of mine is crazy about this guy and is the reason why I started listening to some of his music. His high pitched clear voice is so much like the late Freddie Mercury's. In fact there was some talk a couple of years back that the band Queen might regroup again with Robbie as the lead singer. This was supposed to be Brian Rangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07064786925331576312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047518.post-868181052003-01-01T22:52:00.000-08:002003-01-02T01:59:43.000-08:00Hey, I was browsing around looking for bloggers near my college in Oregon,USA and found january 15th is apparently some international bloggers meet ? And i was surprised bloggers were meeting up even in a remote town like Corvallis ( where i have been living for the past year and a half). Rangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07064786925331576312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047518.post-867779272002-12-31T23:09:00.000-08:002003-01-01T06:56:03.000-08:00Hi WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR 2003 ! My first real blog entry ..... The only real purchases I have made after coming to chennai from the US are lots of music CDs and books. The "divide by 50" factor($-Rs.conversion) and the credit cards to swipe have made a world of a difference in my attitude towards buying stuff. Furthermore, it feels allright because it is my own Rangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07064786925331576312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047518.post-867456902002-12-31T04:45:00.000-08:002002-12-31T04:45:00.853-08:00Wow, now my updates are working! I dont know how it magically accepted my template changes ! So this java/html stuff continues to be an arcane subject to me ! I was looking at a few other weblogs through links on Random Thoughts. It is a very interesting community out here. Many of them made very interesting reading. I hope to post some interesting stuff in a day or two. All this settings Rangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07064786925331576312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047518.post-867452352002-12-31T04:23:00.000-08:002002-12-31T04:26:40.000-08:00I have not been able to modify any settings to my blog template because of the following error I get while publishing - " Error 103:java.sql.SQLException:Could not allocate space for object 'BlogSettings' in database 'blogger' because the 'PRIMARY' filegroup is full. (server:disco). " What does this mean ? I started getting this error message this morning when I was trying to add more Rangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07064786925331576312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047518.post-866981222002-12-30T06:44:00.000-08:002002-12-30T06:44:59.426-08:00Sathish , thanks a heap. You are like genie :) ! I was just thinking how I could add those "comments" link to my site and there was your mail today with that info. Either you understand the common problems faced by weblog/html infants like me or the less likely possibility that my sis was really paying attention to my whinings yesterday about not being able to find any blogger template with the 'Rangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07064786925331576312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047518.post-866563402002-12-29T03:45:00.000-08:002002-12-29T04:36:50.000-08:00Well, my nephew sure does keep me busy. Its funny how he amuses everyone by just giggling and smiling at their attempts to appear funny! Maybe he is thinking .. " poor thing is trying so hard to amuse me with these stupid gestures and crazy sounds. Let me just humour them so he/she does stop!" Tomorrow, Ranjani and Sooraj fly back to B'lore. I think I will have a little more time to pay attentionRangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07064786925331576312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047518.post-864734042002-12-24T01:17:00.000-08:002002-12-24T01:36:10.000-08:00First, to provide some nice links so that you can escape somewhere if you are bored with this page of mine:). My cyber mentor is Sathish , my bil. Check out the random thoughs of my sister, Ranjani, and Sathish at Random Thoughts . If you are a geek, you can check out my other website at Ranga's Home Page ! Rangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07064786925331576312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047518.post-864727292002-12-24T00:44:00.000-08:002002-12-24T01:11:10.000-08:00This is my first post.Hope it is the first of several more interesting ones! Being my first day , I am going to be doing a lot of experimenting. Bear with the crudeness of my cyberhome :) Rangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07064786925331576312noreply@blogger.com