Sunday, July 25, 2004

The Agarwal Study Centre

In the begining of this year, around April, for no reason in particular, possibly under the influence of alcohol, I joined the Agarwal Study Centre.
At this tuition centre, which btw is a minutes walk from my place, I am taught Maths by the highly eccentric, hilarious, stupid, and wierd Mr. Sanjay Agarwal. As for Science, there is Mr. Radhakrishan, popularly known as Radhey.
The fact is this: Work is extremely boring, no matter what happens. And theres nothing these poor guys can do about it. So, classes at Agarwal are pretty boring. The breaks, though are enjoyable, and required.
Theres another thing about ASC. I love the centre, its just amazingly open, bright and new. But I myself am very different person at Agarwal. I mean I always sit in the front row.
The reasons for this are various, but one reason in particular is my strongest motive to do so. During my first class at Agarwal, I sat in the last row and by doing so, I ended up sitting next to a person who bored the shit out of me. And as this person never sits in the front rows, I am conveniently able to avoid this persons company, which is extremely boring.
However, my habit of frequenting the front rows makes me appear like a geek/nerd, which I certainly am not.
There are reasons for my sitting in the front row, including a strong desire to avoid the ire of Sanjay Agarwal. There are more reasons, besides the ones already outlined.

Saturday, July 24, 2004

Logos

A party of people at Exun want to change the exun logo. I ask why? They say because a new logo will give it fresh appeal. I tell them that the logo was changed two years back. They say so what?

Why should the logo be changed? Does microsoft or sun change it's logo every year? No, ofcourse they don't. There's a need to maintain continuity and remain similar. Customers and clients identify with a logo. A logo should represent the brand and mean the brand. It is the true essence of a brand.
Signing off
Dhruv

I've got nothing to say

I don't know why but I have nothing to say at all. I'm to full of my own nothingness. It's overwhelming. I feel like a bag of nothing. I'm full of nothingness. You can see that I've got nothing to say as I keep repeating the same thing over and over again.
I am so so bored. Now I feel like I'm full of boredom and nothingness. What bothers me is that this world lacks innovation. People like and appreciate innovation yet there are very few innovative people. It's an interesting observation.
Also something about these IQ tests.
I gave an IQ tests, randomly filling options without even reading the questions and guess what, I got a score of 106! Without reading a single question!
I'm bored so I'm signing off

Wednesday, July 14, 2004

The result

Hello humans,
Yess-ter-daayyy,
was not a great day,
tomorrow might be better,
if i get marks that are better,
which depends on the exam,
that i wrote like a clam,
i will be filled with joy,
when i get my sst marks tomorrow.

90% i shaall not get,
cry i shall till i feel not wet!
long before the next exam,
to make promises to myself
of doing better,
and of workin like savinay,
and still not do as well as him!

C'est un pathetic self composed poem. It describes my mood as sorrowful, and nothing can be closer to the truth. I am totally disappointed with my marks. I shall have to work harder the next time around.
I actually thought my exams were going well till my maths exam (the second exam!) That's when disaster struck. I messed things up and that's the reason for this poem.
Now....
My performance seems to be dismal though i did well in science.
How come geeks always do so well?
Because they're geeks! duh!
Okay silly question.
How come normal people don't do well?
Because they're not geeks! duh!
Okay another silly question.
Conclusion: I hate geeks!
Geeks stay away from this website! I'm planning to put an anti geek filter! I've been working on it for a while.
After having expressed my hatred towards geeks I must ask another question. Why must we get our results?
Why can't the parliament ban exams, results, geeks, teachers, principals and schools?
Okay i know the answer don't mind telling me.
S'all for now fellow humans.

Adsense

Adsense makes a lot of sense for webmasters like me who have websites that get very little traffic. The fact that you don't have to invest any amount at all is great. Get paid for clicks. It's great.
But the only problem seems to be that they have a very tough method of selection. My website didn't get through. They didn't select it, (though the reason is unknown to me and i feel that my website is the site ever made!)
I tried some other pay for click ads but none of them got me any money at all. I joined this program (name witheld) where i was to be paid 25 cents per click nd the minimum amount for a cheque was 100 dollars. It took me about 8 months to collect 12 dollars. That was three years ago and i still haven't earnt a hundred dollars.
It is wierd.
I do hope google is better with their pay outs, though i am in no position to comment on it. I don't see why they have such a tough method of selection. What harm could accepting my website cause to them. It isn't asking too much. Or am I too 'low' for them.
It won't cause any negative publicity to them. (My website is harmless. It is JUST about some computer related topics)
I'm applying again and do hope that i am selected this time.

Internet blues

In a dark, cluttered and small room a knock was heard. A lean man about 6 feet of height and 30 years of age walked to the door and pulled it open.
"who is it?" he said in a hoarse whisper.
"It's me, Brian" came the reply.
Brian walked in and seated himself on a table cluttered with books.
"What's the progress like?" asked Brian.
"It's just about done. I'll finish the rest in about half an hour"
"So doomsday is near!"
"You could say that if things go according to the POA."
"Why do you sound doubtful. It's seems to be easy enough. Just email it in 'harmless' packages"
"Emailing a virus isn't that easy, you know."
"why not? Just make it an attachment."
"There are many problems"
"Like anti-virus software, scanners and stuff? I thought you found a way through them?"
"As a matter of fact, I did. But I overlooked a seemingly unimportant detail. That is, the internet"
"what do you mean"
"I mean i've been trying for the past half hour and haven't been able to connect till now. And unless I can connect I can't get through the anti-virus software or the scanners and such."

You see what a barrier the internet has become. Dial-up is a curse on man kind. It's like knowing where heaven is but not being able to go there because it takes too long or you can't get a connection. Though in this case it might have been for the better of mankind in most cases we mere mortals just wish to get some info for our school reports or cheat codes or some info about a shoe or a comp. I think I must stop chattering on and on, so that's all for now, folks!

Note: I'm not obsessed with the internet and it's numerous problems but I do like writing about it.

Tuesday, July 13, 2004

Broadband

Broadband internet is a boon. I got a cable connection last week and it works like a dream(I was using dial-up before that, that explains it doesn't it?)
I wanted DSL or ADSL but unfortunately DSL wasn't available in my area and ADSL turns out to expensive for my kinda usage. SO i got cable. Howcome the rates aren't slashed. The rates for ADSL are the same as they were about a year back. Cable has got down by 50%. Dial up is cheap in any case. DSL seems to be pretty affordable though.
I do hope costs go down in the near future to get these excellent services in the reach of the common man(hello humans! that's us!)

It's me again!

I love this! I feel like the whole world is listening to me with bated breath (don't care to tell me you don't care one bit)
I recently read something about the menace of camera phones. I don't see what the problem is. Okay okay i see what the problems is but the solution (not given by me, but some brilliant mind) seems to be equally conclusive. The solution is to get a sort of beeper like sound whenever an image is snapped. This sound should be played irrespective of the speaker volume and profile settings and such.
Banning these useful devices in public places won't help. We can't expect the cops to start making sure that people aren't using camera phones. It seems a total waste of public funds to me.
That's all. (lets see for how long)

Hello Humans!

This is my first post on blogger and i don't seem to have much to say. I plan to post something as often as i can, though it may be of no interest to anyone at all. But it's my right to freedom of expression and i plan to use it. I don't care whether anyone cares to read, listen or reply. This is my birth right and i'm lovin' it!
I don't know what impulse led me to call my blog hellohumans, but it seems to be a fairly unique and expressive name, so it should do for me.
I've never been too innovative so this is the best i could come up with.
Innovation doesn't have much to do with me.
That's all for now, fellow humans