My insides all turn to ash, so slow...
I've become so numb I can't feel you there, becoming so tired so much more aware..
And I live it all out to find, but I am not the only person with these things in mind..
So let mercy come and wash away what I've done..
Cuz in the end, in doesn't even matter..
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Monday, September 28, 2009
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Gudlinks
Why you should destroy your computer.
Do It Now.
AES: xkcd style.
(I mean, if you haven't destroyed your computer already).
Do It Now.
AES: xkcd style.
(I mean, if you haven't destroyed your computer already).
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Soul
Nova
Eclipse
Data General
VAX
DEC
How many of these appear familiar? Chances are they will be, if you've studied CS. Data General was a big maker of minicomputers (second only to DEC, the king) in the 80s, founded by Ed de Castro, the lead designer of PDP-8 earlier at DEC. In 1976, DEC introduced the VAX* (a 32 bit minicomputer) and DG needed to respond in quick (it's then current Eclipse line was 16 bit). This forms the background of the story so admirably told in Tracy Kidder's The soul of a new machine.
This book was a chance find on my recent visit to Odyssy. I had never heard about it before, but it appeared interesting and additionally it's a Pulitzer prize winner (1982), so decided to give it a try. The story focuses on the design and creation of DG's answer to VAX (later to be named Eclipse MV/8000) and the author was a live observer of the process. And a good observer he is! He acutely captures what actually goes on inside computer companies; the joy of creating something of value, the enthusiasm, but also the pressures and the unavoidable politics. And the apparently trivial things which later turn out to have a large impact (esp on support), things such as whether the on-off control should be a push button switch or an on-off button.
As for me, some things of which I was only subconsciously aware became apparent (which is good when dealing with them). The main personalities in the story are portrayed well, and they'll appear very familiar. The book really succeeds in capturing something of the the soul of the computing industry (at least as per what my little experience tells me). Give it a try, it's worth it!
* VAX had an OS named VMS. Dave Cutler, it's principal developer, later became the lead designer of Windows NT (the forerunner of Windows XP).
Eclipse
Data General
VAX
DEC
How many of these appear familiar? Chances are they will be, if you've studied CS. Data General was a big maker of minicomputers (second only to DEC, the king) in the 80s, founded by Ed de Castro, the lead designer of PDP-8 earlier at DEC. In 1976, DEC introduced the VAX* (a 32 bit minicomputer) and DG needed to respond in quick (it's then current Eclipse line was 16 bit). This forms the background of the story so admirably told in Tracy Kidder's The soul of a new machine.
This book was a chance find on my recent visit to Odyssy. I had never heard about it before, but it appeared interesting and additionally it's a Pulitzer prize winner (1982), so decided to give it a try. The story focuses on the design and creation of DG's answer to VAX (later to be named Eclipse MV/8000) and the author was a live observer of the process. And a good observer he is! He acutely captures what actually goes on inside computer companies; the joy of creating something of value, the enthusiasm, but also the pressures and the unavoidable politics. And the apparently trivial things which later turn out to have a large impact (esp on support), things such as whether the on-off control should be a push button switch or an on-off button.
As for me, some things of which I was only subconsciously aware became apparent (which is good when dealing with them). The main personalities in the story are portrayed well, and they'll appear very familiar. The book really succeeds in capturing something of the the soul of the computing industry (at least as per what my little experience tells me). Give it a try, it's worth it!
* VAX had an OS named VMS. Dave Cutler, it's principal developer, later became the lead designer of Windows NT (the forerunner of Windows XP).
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
A small thing
I happened to change my desktop clock setting today. I needed to measure the load time of something and compare it with something else, so I changed it from hh:mm to hh:mm:ss. It seemed like a small thing at that time, but now sitting in my chair, with none a soul around, I realize how fast my time is running out.
[Reminds me of this xkcd piece].
[Reminds me of this xkcd piece].
Monday, September 14, 2009
Into the wild
There is a pleasure in the pathless woods;There is a rapture on the lonely shore;
There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar;
I love not man the less, but Nature more...
- Lord Byron
They say a picture says a thousand words. Welcome to my million word post. The occasion is the amazing weekend trip to kaas valley and nearby places. Needless to say, it was awefome.
[Click on the images to enlarge. The thumbnails here leave out much].
We were to leave at 5:30AM Saturday morning. The car was supposed to pick me from office, but when I reached there at 5:40, not a single soul was to be found. I decided to go in search of a chai tapari. Found one on Sinhgad road, and the walk was wonderful. It feels great to walk so early in the morning, very few people to be seen and streets beginning to wake up. Streetlights were out, and the day had not yet properly begun.
Junta arrived eventually, by 6:15AM. Here's the group, except Amit and Shruti.
We started our journey towards Thoseghar. Our first stop was Sriram Vadapav center near Shirwal. The place is very famous, and for good reason. Probably the best vada pav you can get on NH4. The tea was good too. Here's Amit and me (with my third cup probably).
The journey was as usual filled with songs, discussions and jokes (PJs, some prefer to say). The road to Thoseghar is picturesque. Here are some snaps clicked at a random spot where we made a halt. The highlight was the sky, the grandeur could actually be felt, not only seen.
Here's one I clicked. Had to lie flat on my back, but I think it was worth the effort (Thanks to the good camera).
We resumed our journey after the brief halt. The most important feature of the place can be seen in the next picture.
Yes, pawanchakki. I remember seeing a few when I was a kid, but here we had an entire farm. Here's we trying to act as if we are falling.
I think I am the most realistic one of the lot :p. Here's one more.
As you can see, we are posing for different cameras, Lalit for the front camera, myself for the left. I don't know which camera MD was posing for. Here's another with the Pawanchakki.
If you look hard enough in the bottom left part, you'll find me, arms outstretched. The landscape was beautiful too, filled with flower beds like this
Here's another one. Don't know why, but it reminded me of the Eucledian plane, with many lines intersecting.
I really did not want to leave the Pawanchakki-land so early, but there're many more things on our plate. Our next stop was to be Sajjangad. I had heard about it, but never visited earlier. Beautiful, serene. We had Mahaprasad, and the simple elegance of the system made an impression on me. The food was great too. Maybe the purity of the people preparing it somehow finds its way in the food. Here's a snap taken from a distance..
In a just-another-stroll, we discovered this beautiful valley.
OK, all I am trying to say is, idhar mat jana, bahut gahari khai hai... I am unsure of how much success I had had in conveying that message.
For some reason, this is one of my favorites. But I see you haven't looked at the valley in its totality yet. Take a look
After spending the afternoon in wandering around and a little bit of shopping (me and Amit bought digging tools, these days we find ourselves in continuous need of those :p) our next stop was to be Thoseghar waterfall and then Kaas lake. Here are some new friends we made on our way.
Our first stop was the waterfall. Actually there are many waterfalls that can be seen from that point. They are not very big , but the the whole is very impressive. Take a look
Later we started our journey towards the Kaas valley and the lake. The valley is actually a plateau, where flower beds sprawl around this time of the year. It was beautiful, but I guess we missed the main season by a week or two. Our next stop was the lake. But first things first. Here's something we encountered on our way
The rain was falling, but on a very small portion of the water, just like they show in cartoons. And one could discern the moving shadow of the clouds on water. I think something like this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
We reached the lake in the evening. Here it is
Some of the group went swimming, but I did not want to, so went for a walk instead. We discovered another hidden beautiful spot
Now it was about sunset. So we decided to leave. We were to stay at Mahabaleshwar for the night. Thanks to C for making the arrangements. Here's a snap of the place.
We actually did not stay at one of the building in the snap, but in one to which the road leads. It was way better than I had expected. We had our dinner at Swad, which is famous for it's chicken. The plan was to do some tp in the evening. We gathered in a room, and within 15 minutes, most of the group was asleep :).
We woke up early next morning. Here's wonderful snap of a cobweb MD clicked.
Our original plan was to go watching the points in Mahabaleshwar. Instead, we decided to go to Pratapgad. I had visited it in a school trip in my sixth standard, but remembered very little. After a journey that did not go too well for me, thanks to the overdose of tea (5 cups) and breakfast I had had in the morning, we reached Pratapgad. Mist was everywhere. Here's a snap taken from the payatha.
And here's an attempt on beta's life (in the middle), by crushing him between two buruj. But he survived. You'll find out why in the snap after this.
We continued our climb and we're halfway through when we encountered this handicraft shop. My initial reaction was to skip it entirely, but later we decided make a quick run. And, and, we spent almost an hour there. No doubt the objects were very attractive. All made from wood. Bought a model aeroplane, among other things, which I again convinced me that Iam turning into have turned into a shopoholic. And we decided to skip the remaining climb when we got out. This small incident made our true motives (shopping) clear to us :p.
We wanted to start the descent asap, but heavy rains intervened. We found shelter in a tapari nearby. I'll let the pictures talk for themselves as for what we did for timepass there.
This
and this
Here are some more snaps from Pratapgad. This one is called idhar udhar dekho, idhar udhar :p
And here's me sitting on a three hundred year old sofa.
On our journey back to Mahabaleshwar, we found this beautiful zarna.
Next on our plan was boating at Venna lake. Here it is
We don't have any snaps of the boating as it was raining heavily. But we did spend quite a good amount of time after boating discussing whether we were kutte jaise bheege or a bheegi billi. :p And the bhutta was fundoo.
We soon started our journey back to Pune. But one cannot leave Mahabaleshwar without visiting Bagicha, famous for its strawberry-cream shakes.
Reached Pune by 9:30.
There are many more snaps and more stories, but I think I'll stop here. Thank you guys for the awesome time. (And special thanks to Lalit for paying all the bills. Ye ahsaan mai zindagi bhar nai bhulunga :p.) To use words of a member of the group, this was a weekend spent as it ought to be spent. I totally agree.
Enjoy!!
Update:
I jumbled the chronological order. We went to Waterfall before Sajjangad. Thou shalt not write in sleep. :p Thanks to C for pointing out the error.
[Click on the images to enlarge. The thumbnails here leave out much].
We were to leave at 5:30AM Saturday morning. The car was supposed to pick me from office, but when I reached there at 5:40, not a single soul was to be found. I decided to go in search of a chai tapari. Found one on Sinhgad road, and the walk was wonderful. It feels great to walk so early in the morning, very few people to be seen and streets beginning to wake up. Streetlights were out, and the day had not yet properly begun.
Junta arrived eventually, by 6:15AM. Here's the group, except Amit and Shruti.
We started our journey towards Thoseghar. Our first stop was Sriram Vadapav center near Shirwal. The place is very famous, and for good reason. Probably the best vada pav you can get on NH4. The tea was good too. Here's Amit and me (with my third cup probably).
The journey was as usual filled with songs, discussions and jokes (PJs, some prefer to say). The road to Thoseghar is picturesque. Here are some snaps clicked at a random spot where we made a halt. The highlight was the sky, the grandeur could actually be felt, not only seen.
Here's one I clicked. Had to lie flat on my back, but I think it was worth the effort (Thanks to the good camera).
We resumed our journey after the brief halt. The most important feature of the place can be seen in the next picture.
Yes, pawanchakki. I remember seeing a few when I was a kid, but here we had an entire farm. Here's we trying to act as if we are falling.
I think I am the most realistic one of the lot :p. Here's one more.
As you can see, we are posing for different cameras, Lalit for the front camera, myself for the left. I don't know which camera MD was posing for. Here's another with the Pawanchakki.
If you look hard enough in the bottom left part, you'll find me, arms outstretched. The landscape was beautiful too, filled with flower beds like this
Here's another one. Don't know why, but it reminded me of the Eucledian plane, with many lines intersecting.
I really did not want to leave the Pawanchakki-land so early, but there're many more things on our plate. Our next stop was to be Sajjangad. I had heard about it, but never visited earlier. Beautiful, serene. We had Mahaprasad, and the simple elegance of the system made an impression on me. The food was great too. Maybe the purity of the people preparing it somehow finds its way in the food. Here's a snap taken from a distance..
In a just-another-stroll, we discovered this beautiful valley.
OK, all I am trying to say is, idhar mat jana, bahut gahari khai hai... I am unsure of how much success I had had in conveying that message.
For some reason, this is one of my favorites. But I see you haven't looked at the valley in its totality yet. Take a look
After spending the afternoon in wandering around and a little bit of shopping (me and Amit bought digging tools, these days we find ourselves in continuous need of those :p) our next stop was to be Thoseghar waterfall and then Kaas lake. Here are some new friends we made on our way.
Our first stop was the waterfall. Actually there are many waterfalls that can be seen from that point. They are not very big , but the the whole is very impressive. Take a look
Later we started our journey towards the Kaas valley and the lake. The valley is actually a plateau, where flower beds sprawl around this time of the year. It was beautiful, but I guess we missed the main season by a week or two. Our next stop was the lake. But first things first. Here's something we encountered on our way
The rain was falling, but on a very small portion of the water, just like they show in cartoons. And one could discern the moving shadow of the clouds on water. I think something like this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
We reached the lake in the evening. Here it is
Some of the group went swimming, but I did not want to, so went for a walk instead. We discovered another hidden beautiful spot
Now it was about sunset. So we decided to leave. We were to stay at Mahabaleshwar for the night. Thanks to C for making the arrangements. Here's a snap of the place.
We actually did not stay at one of the building in the snap, but in one to which the road leads. It was way better than I had expected. We had our dinner at Swad, which is famous for it's chicken. The plan was to do some tp in the evening. We gathered in a room, and within 15 minutes, most of the group was asleep :).We woke up early next morning. Here's wonderful snap of a cobweb MD clicked.
Our original plan was to go watching the points in Mahabaleshwar. Instead, we decided to go to Pratapgad. I had visited it in a school trip in my sixth standard, but remembered very little. After a journey that did not go too well for me, thanks to the overdose of tea (5 cups) and breakfast I had had in the morning, we reached Pratapgad. Mist was everywhere. Here's a snap taken from the payatha.
And here's an attempt on beta's life (in the middle), by crushing him between two buruj. But he survived. You'll find out why in the snap after this.
Insan aur Shaktimaan
Dono milke Duniya bacha rahe hai
And may I add, Bwa ha ha :p
Here's me staring into the mist.
This was also the spot where I received my acid burns. Some plants here have white stringlike formations on their leaves and I accidentally brushed my hand against one. It burned like anything for the next five minutes, and marks could be seen for some time. As I kept saying the whole day, Evolution rocks!!
And may I add, Bwa ha ha :p
Here's me staring into the mist.
We continued our climb and we're halfway through when we encountered this handicraft shop. My initial reaction was to skip it entirely, but later we decided make a quick run. And, and, we spent almost an hour there. No doubt the objects were very attractive. All made from wood. Bought a model aeroplane, among other things, which I again convinced me that I
We wanted to start the descent asap, but heavy rains intervened. We found shelter in a tapari nearby. I'll let the pictures talk for themselves as for what we did for timepass there.
This
and this
Here are some more snaps from Pratapgad. This one is called idhar udhar dekho, idhar udhar :p
And here's me sitting on a three hundred year old sofa.
On our journey back to Mahabaleshwar, we found this beautiful zarna.
Next on our plan was boating at Venna lake. Here it is
We don't have any snaps of the boating as it was raining heavily. But we did spend quite a good amount of time after boating discussing whether we were kutte jaise bheege or a bheegi billi. :p And the bhutta was fundoo.We soon started our journey back to Pune. But one cannot leave Mahabaleshwar without visiting Bagicha, famous for its strawberry-cream shakes.
Reached Pune by 9:30.
There are many more snaps and more stories, but I think I'll stop here. Thank you guys for the awesome time. (And special thanks to Lalit for paying all the bills. Ye ahsaan mai zindagi bhar nai bhulunga :p.) To use words of a member of the group, this was a weekend spent as it ought to be spent. I totally agree.
Enjoy!!
Update:
I jumbled the chronological order. We went to Waterfall before Sajjangad. Thou shalt not write in sleep. :p Thanks to C for pointing out the error.
Now playing
Suno to zara hum ko hai ye kehna
waqt hai kya tum ko pata hai na
so gayi raat jaa ke din hai ab jaag utha
aankhe masalata hai saara ye sama
awaazen bhi leti hai angdaiyaan
wake up sid saare pal kahe
wake up sid chal kahin chale
wake up sid
sab dishaon se aa rahi hai sada sun sako agar suno
wake up
ye jo kahe wo jo kahe sun lo
baate jo sahi dil ko lage chun lo
karna hai kya tumhe ye tum hi karo faisla
ye soch lo tum ko jaana hai kahan
tum hi musafir tum hi to ho karvaan
wake up sid saare pal kahe
wake up sid chal kahin chale
wake up sid
sab dishao se aa rahi hai sada sun sako agar suno
wake up
aaj bhi dekho kal jaisa hi na ho
aaj bhi yun na tum sote hi raho
itne kyun susta ho
kuchh kaho kuchh suno
kuchh na kuchh karo
ro pado ya haso
zindagi mein koi na koi to rang bharo
wake up sid sare pal kahe
wake up sid chal kahin chale
wake up sid
sab dishao se aa rahi hai sada sun sako agar suno
wake up!
[Lyrics taken from here].
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
After so many years..
..feels good to be in a uniform.. (or at least part of it)
P.S. Thanks to Charuta for the image and Khyati for the image-within-the-image.
Monday, September 7, 2009
Gödel's proof
I first heard of Gödel's proof while reading GEB (I've not finished it yet, to my great chagrin). GEB as you might know is a book that defies genre boundaries. It's popular science, music, art and just beautiful passages and dialogs rolled into one, and then something more. Words (my words, by any count) will fail to catch its essence. But more to the point, I first came to know about Gödel's proof in its introduction. This little book was cited as the main source of inspiration for the author of GEB, Douglas Hofstadter. At that time, I did not take much notice of this seemingly trivial tidbit. But a few days later, I stumbled upon the book and decided to give it a try. The effort was well worth the time. It'a a pinnacle of clear and consise exposition. The main focus is explaining Gödel's incompleteness theorem to the non specialist. In simple words (my own), it reads
For any axiomatic system rich enough to express the arithmetic of whole numbers, there are truths which are not provable/disprovable in the system, which means the system is incomplete. What's more, this incompleteness is inherent to the axiomatic method. Also the proof of consistency of the system cannot be given inside the system.
Gödel proved this by discovering a way to mirror statements about arithmetical truths (so called meta-mathematical statements) into arithmetic (Gödel numbering) and then proceeded to obtain the aforementioned result, all at the young age of 25, in 1931. Considered to be one of the most important advances in Logic since Aristotle, it means that mathematics cannot be axiomatized (and hence meachanized, not at least with current models of computation). Some took this as a sign to despair and some as a way to promote mystical mumbo jumbo. IIRC, Freeman Dyson was one of those taking an optimistic view, and seeing Gödel's theorem as a sign that there'll always be a place for human ingenuity.
In later life, Gödel joined the Institute, where he was a close friend of Einstein.
But the end was not so good. From Wikipedia,
In later life, Gödel suffered periods of mental instability and illness. He had an obsessive fear of being poisoned; he wouldn't eat unless his wife, Adele, tasted his food for him. Late in 1977, Adele was hospitalized for six months and could not taste Gödel's food anymore. In her absence, he refused to eat, eventually starving himself to death.
That aside, it was a privilege to be able to glimpse at one of the most important intellectual advances of the twenteith century. I think this book is a must read.
[Note for AT guys: It's there in the office library].
Enjoy!!
For any axiomatic system rich enough to express the arithmetic of whole numbers, there are truths which are not provable/disprovable in the system, which means the system is incomplete. What's more, this incompleteness is inherent to the axiomatic method. Also the proof of consistency of the system cannot be given inside the system.
Gödel proved this by discovering a way to mirror statements about arithmetical truths (so called meta-mathematical statements) into arithmetic (Gödel numbering) and then proceeded to obtain the aforementioned result, all at the young age of 25, in 1931. Considered to be one of the most important advances in Logic since Aristotle, it means that mathematics cannot be axiomatized (and hence meachanized, not at least with current models of computation). Some took this as a sign to despair and some as a way to promote mystical mumbo jumbo. IIRC, Freeman Dyson was one of those taking an optimistic view, and seeing Gödel's theorem as a sign that there'll always be a place for human ingenuity.
In later life, Gödel joined the Institute, where he was a close friend of Einstein.
But the end was not so good. From Wikipedia,
In later life, Gödel suffered periods of mental instability and illness. He had an obsessive fear of being poisoned; he wouldn't eat unless his wife, Adele, tasted his food for him. Late in 1977, Adele was hospitalized for six months and could not taste Gödel's food anymore. In her absence, he refused to eat, eventually starving himself to death.
That aside, it was a privilege to be able to glimpse at one of the most important intellectual advances of the twenteith century. I think this book is a must read.
[Note for AT guys: It's there in the office library].
Enjoy!!
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Seven
Today marks the completion of my seventh year in Pune. 5th of September, 2002. I distinctly remember that day. This was the day VIT opened, where I had gotten an admission. Coming from a small town, it's all new to me. I remember sitting on a katta in front of Building B, and thinking, "Apna kuch hoga kya yahape". It seems to have worked out though. And the journey so far has been wonderful.
Enjoy!!
Enjoy!!
Giving back
A very interesting slide show about voluntary grid computing projects, from NetworkWorld.
[The 'What an idea Sirjee' award goes to slide #6 :) ]
[The 'What an idea Sirjee' award goes to slide #6 :) ]
Friday, September 4, 2009
Snapshot
A man can live a good life. Be honorable, give to charity… But in the end, the number of people who come to his funeral is generally dependent on the weather.
You will experience a painful sharpening from time to time, but this is required if you want to become a better pencil.
There is more to life..
The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.
Its so much fun driving the bike..on a slope..in a traffic jam :P
Life is... eat, sleep, quit...
Its a joy to be all alone in a hotel ... and get the best seat too ... !!
Ganapati Bappa..... Morya...!!!! Pudhachya warshi .... lawkar yaa ....!!!
geeta mein bhagwan srikrishna ne arjun se kaha... "hey parth! jo ho raha hai, accha ho raha hai. Jo hoga acche ke lie hoga..kyu vyarth ki chinta karte ho..."
Life is what happens,when we are busy making other plans.
i WANT an ipod nano...
"Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are."
Working from home
Update: Sabh ke liye [
I dream my painting and then paint my dream... Vincent Van Gogh
]
Come to the edge, he said. They said: We are afraid. Come to the edge, he said. They came. He pushed them, And they flew...
Cricket every weekend!!!
Dj Tiesto - Just Be
The most important thing is to keep the most important thing the most important thing...!!!
[A snapshot of status messages from my GTalk window [used with permission [in a few cases]]]
You will experience a painful sharpening from time to time, but this is required if you want to become a better pencil.
There is more to life..
The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.
Its so much fun driving the bike..on a slope..in a traffic jam :P
Life is... eat, sleep, quit...
Its a joy to be all alone in a hotel ... and get the best seat too ... !!
Ganapati Bappa..... Morya...!!!! Pudhachya warshi .... lawkar yaa ....!!!
geeta mein bhagwan srikrishna ne arjun se kaha... "hey parth! jo ho raha hai, accha ho raha hai. Jo hoga acche ke lie hoga..kyu vyarth ki chinta karte ho..."
Life is what happens,when we are busy making other plans.
i WANT an ipod nano...
"Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are."
Working from home
Update: Sabh ke liye [
I dream my painting and then paint my dream... Vincent Van Gogh
]
Come to the edge, he said. They said: We are afraid. Come to the edge, he said. They came. He pushed them, And they flew...
Cricket every weekend!!!
Dj Tiesto - Just Be
The most important thing is to keep the most important thing the most important thing...!!!
[A snapshot of status messages from my GTalk window [used with permission [in a few cases]]]
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
One life, a thousand deaths..
You have a thought.
You write the post.
You decide a title.
It's different this time.
I have died a thousand times. Or probably more. Sometimes in the deserts of Africa fighting Nazis, sometimes a zombie chopped my head off on the Mars base. And sometimes an alien bug hopped from the roof in the dark corners of black mesa. Maybe I missed a health pack, maybe I turned the wrong way, chasing mutants, ignoring the flag. Maybe I wasted too much ammo on a single target. Sometimes it's just plain bad luck also, you press F5 just when a zombie is about to jump at you. New levels come with new challenges, your experience may or may not help. But there are always health packs to pick, NPCs to guide you, and in some levels, gems to collect. You learn as you go, and sometimes get lucky even. And each level makes you better. So do those thousand deaths matter? No. Not if the flag matters! Just Click to continue!
[All keystrokes from Max Payne].
You write the post.
You decide a title.
It's different this time.
I have died a thousand times. Or probably more. Sometimes in the deserts of Africa fighting Nazis, sometimes a zombie chopped my head off on the Mars base. And sometimes an alien bug hopped from the roof in the dark corners of black mesa. Maybe I missed a health pack, maybe I turned the wrong way, chasing mutants, ignoring the flag. Maybe I wasted too much ammo on a single target. Sometimes it's just plain bad luck also, you press F5 just when a zombie is about to jump at you. New levels come with new challenges, your experience may or may not help. But there are always health packs to pick, NPCs to guide you, and in some levels, gems to collect. You learn as you go, and sometimes get lucky even. And each level makes you better. So do those thousand deaths matter? No. Not if the flag matters! Just Click to continue!
[All keystrokes from Max Payne].
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
An update
My movie related rant has found a new place, at Zarin's movie blog. Thanks to Zarin for giving me the opportunity. The rest of the rant will continue as usual. That's all for now.
Enjoy!!
Enjoy!!
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