I was just googling through some pages and came along the site for the Sun Club of IIT Kanpur.I just went through their activities.After seeing the activities they have conducted and are conducting I think we are far behind.They have already started a workshop on Java...though this is not a big deal..we will be starting a workshop on Java next semester.
What hurt me was that they have an internal site for the Sun club.We had also been trying to get some space for us in our intranet but it had not worked the way we have thought it would.But I think we will be getting some space soon.
What's great in the IITK website is that they are uploading the lecture notes of their Java workshop.Great news for us as well...we could re-use those for ours...!!!
More news coming up this Wednesday...
Sunday, November 11, 2007
The Divali Dhamaka!
Happy Divali to all of you.I hope you had a blast on this Divali as I had one.
Thi was my first Divali at college(Last year I had gone home for Divali and now I realise I had missed anopther fantastic day at college).
More cannot be said about the celebration...it's kind of private and it will be good for everyone if I dont disclose what things happen on Divali night.The only thing that can be said is that it ended with a lavish dinner at Madhuban which was sponsored by a final year senior.The people who were there were...myself,the final yr senior,Bibhu(Bhai) a third yr guy and three first year guys... well you can now guess where the fun was...
This was the fun part.There was also a dark side of this day which hurt me too much.I came to know the reality of many things and some people whom I had considered dear.I do not want to remind those things all again but I must say I learnt a lesson-One must be very careful while judging people.
But all's well that ends well...and my Divali was a fantastic one...Thanks to Bibhu Bhai...you are the best senior one could ever have!I will miss you throughout my college days and even after that...Be sure to be in contact with me always.
Thi was my first Divali at college(Last year I had gone home for Divali and now I realise I had missed anopther fantastic day at college).
More cannot be said about the celebration...it's kind of private and it will be good for everyone if I dont disclose what things happen on Divali night.The only thing that can be said is that it ended with a lavish dinner at Madhuban which was sponsored by a final year senior.The people who were there were...myself,the final yr senior,Bibhu(Bhai) a third yr guy and three first year guys... well you can now guess where the fun was...
This was the fun part.There was also a dark side of this day which hurt me too much.I came to know the reality of many things and some people whom I had considered dear.I do not want to remind those things all again but I must say I learnt a lesson-One must be very careful while judging people.
But all's well that ends well...and my Divali was a fantastic one...Thanks to Bibhu Bhai...you are the best senior one could ever have!I will miss you throughout my college days and even after that...Be sure to be in contact with me always.
Thursday, November 08, 2007
The NetBeans Workshop
We had a workshop on how to use NetBeans IDE(IDE for Java).The presentation and demo was presented by Prabit and me.While Prabit spoke about some features now and then while I was showing how to use NetBeans.We showed how to make a login applet.
Many other activities has happened during this time which had kept me busy.For details see Prabit's blog.
More news coming up...!
Many other activities has happened during this time which had kept me busy.For details see Prabit's blog.
More news coming up...!
Friday, October 26, 2007
NIT Rourkela's Sun club
I havent been writing for a long time.The main reason was that I had nothing to write about.Life was just going on with no new surprises.But now I have got something to write and hence forth this blog will be dedicated for that.
Sun microsystems has recently opened many campus clubs in major engineering institutes-ditto in our institute! Ok let me first of all speak about how it was all setup.This,I intend,to do in brief and are listed below as points.
Now we are in the lab which has been assigned to us and trying to install Solaris(OS).It has been showing some problems when some of us tried installing it on our PCs.Lets see what comes out of today's work.
And yes,today was also a workshop by TCS ppl on Information Security which I had attended.It was sort of good,I will say...not much of technical things just thrown to sound hi-fi but at the same time informative.It was kept on a basic level so as everyone to understand and appreciate.It was a new topic for all of us and most of us appreciated the information which was delivered in the presentation.
All this for today.Rest after some days.Expect more on Sun Club!
Note-Please overlook the typo mistakes,I really dont have the courage to go thru the post once again...All pardons for this!
Sun microsystems has recently opened many campus clubs in major engineering institutes-ditto in our institute! Ok let me first of all speak about how it was all setup.This,I intend,to do in brief and are listed below as points.
- A campus ambassador was selected by the Sun people through a telephonic interview. Result-Prabit Mishra(3rd Year,CSE).
- A campus club intended to be set up.
- CV submission by students followed by interview of shortlisted ones.
- Sun club formation at NIT,Rourkela.
Now we are in the lab which has been assigned to us and trying to install Solaris(OS).It has been showing some problems when some of us tried installing it on our PCs.Lets see what comes out of today's work.
And yes,today was also a workshop by TCS ppl on Information Security which I had attended.It was sort of good,I will say...not much of technical things just thrown to sound hi-fi but at the same time informative.It was kept on a basic level so as everyone to understand and appreciate.It was a new topic for all of us and most of us appreciated the information which was delivered in the presentation.
All this for today.Rest after some days.Expect more on Sun Club!
Note-Please overlook the typo mistakes,I really dont have the courage to go thru the post once again...All pardons for this!
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
What is the drive...?
Let me start by making this statment-I am not impressed by grade-points,however high you name... Seriously,it dosen't give me the kick.By this,I ofcourse don't mean to say that they are not important,but it is not at all that I hunt for.And this dosen't push to strive more.
What is it then?The answer right now is:I don't know.I do have a vague idea but if someone says me to pinpoint it,I fall back.I have had lots of arguments many-a-time sometimes with my college-friends or other friends from different colleges.They do ask me(with good intentions ofcourse)what do I consider more worthy and that ought to drive someone more than GPA does...I fumble for answers.Those who know me well,know that I have always had views differnt from others and I always made it a point to voice them-even though they may not taken in a nice way-and think I always make up my mind on a thing very soon and draw conclusions.I say only this that good GPAs are always good to see as laptops are, but they are not as solid as desktops-forgive my comparisons!!All I say them is to do something more meaningful.
But what is it?This is the question that has been haunting me and I am unable to find any answer to this.What is that....is it doing projects,learning more things that what they teach us in college...what is it?
I don't know what is it...but there must be something.Even after a year in college I haven't yet found that thing which really attracts me,is lucrative enough.I don't know what I will be doing after college or even what I want to do?
The only thing that I can figure out about that thing is-It is something more meaningful.
What is it then?The answer right now is:I don't know.I do have a vague idea but if someone says me to pinpoint it,I fall back.I have had lots of arguments many-a-time sometimes with my college-friends or other friends from different colleges.They do ask me(with good intentions ofcourse)what do I consider more worthy and that ought to drive someone more than GPA does...I fumble for answers.Those who know me well,know that I have always had views differnt from others and I always made it a point to voice them-even though they may not taken in a nice way-and think I always make up my mind on a thing very soon and draw conclusions.I say only this that good GPAs are always good to see as laptops are, but they are not as solid as desktops-forgive my comparisons!!All I say them is to do something more meaningful.
But what is it?This is the question that has been haunting me and I am unable to find any answer to this.What is that....is it doing projects,learning more things that what they teach us in college...what is it?
I don't know what is it...but there must be something.Even after a year in college I haven't yet found that thing which really attracts me,is lucrative enough.I don't know what I will be doing after college or even what I want to do?
The only thing that I can figure out about that thing is-It is something more meaningful.
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Quote of a lifetime...
Be a first rate version of yourself,not a second rate version of someone else.
Sunday, July 01, 2007
What a shame...
Just got this article while browsinn through about IITs which was published by JAM Magazine and may be written by a useless person and thankfully in the IITs...I am extremely happy that this person made to the IITs-if making into one is considered a pride-now I thank I didnt made into one.
Just read the story and do come back-
http://www.jammag.com/campus/iit/iitdream.htm#perceive
Now that you may have read it...
I first read this and just this irritated me at first and then at second thought I couldn't stop laughing...here it is....
There are predominantly three categories of non-IITians.
WORSHIPPERS
Those under the misconception that "IIT is heaven and IITians are Gods." Perhaps the only sources of solace to the IITians(!?!), the constant eulogising by these people can nevertheless get on one's nerves sometimes.
PERSECUTORS
The "just missed IIT" types who, at every opportunity, try to prove why they or their college is one step above IIT in some respect or the other. Undoubtedly, a species to be ignored, if not avoided.
ATHEISTS
Those who can’t distinguish between IIT and ITI. Their ignorance provides comic relief to many IITians. The most comfortable group to be around with.
First of all as if being a non-IITian(now I even hate writing IIT in capitals-but I dont want to undermine what mark IITs have made)!!! Well put me in the second group....I missed IIT-JEE narrowly... But after entering NIT,Rkl I never had said-leave alone proving-that my insti is better than any IIT...Fools do that-atleast I havent found anyone in my insti doing that. Yes, we do admit that IITs are undoutedly better than any engineering college in India.
In the other pages there in the article I find ppl boasting coz they use short-cuts...LH(Ladies hall), CC(computer center) etc. Dear IITians there is also a world outside IITs and every college does that-got me right?I think you cant...or you dont want to...
Again,I find ppl boast coz they listen to Pink Floyd,consume drugs and they see Pondy...I dont think these are something to be proud of ...But these things happen in other colleges but they dont think this is something to boast of and so dont make it public... As far as listening to Rock music is concerned, ppl from our insti when had gone to IIT,Kgp they found that there were infact less rock-followers than in our college-it was obvious during the rock-night but we dont consider it to be something to boast of... Liking a particular kind of music depends on individual choice and has nothing to do with aptitude.
Lastly, this surprising fact that was mentioned that the quality of IITians is diminishing and this is visible coz the choice of music is shifting from Pink Floyd to hindi film songs-uhmmm,I dont have to comment on that.... And I think the guy who had written that,perhaps,he knows only about Pink Floyd-maybe too much impressed by Five Point Someone!!
Ha!If this is what represents the general attitude of the IITians then I am so lucky not to be one of these dumb-headed fellows...I find better ppl who are more sensible in our insti.And one thing to the editor of JAM,publishing anything about IITs will not see the magazine more-I think you must know that.
Just read the story and do come back-
http://www.jammag.com/campus/iit/iitdream.htm#perceive
Now that you may have read it...
I first read this and just this irritated me at first and then at second thought I couldn't stop laughing...here it is....
There are predominantly three categories of non-IITians.
WORSHIPPERS
Those under the misconception that "IIT is heaven and IITians are Gods." Perhaps the only sources of solace to the IITians(!?!), the constant eulogising by these people can nevertheless get on one's nerves sometimes.
PERSECUTORS
The "just missed IIT" types who, at every opportunity, try to prove why they or their college is one step above IIT in some respect or the other. Undoubtedly, a species to be ignored, if not avoided.
ATHEISTS
Those who can’t distinguish between IIT and ITI. Their ignorance provides comic relief to many IITians. The most comfortable group to be around with.
First of all as if being a non-IITian(now I even hate writing IIT in capitals-but I dont want to undermine what mark IITs have made)!!! Well put me in the second group....I missed IIT-JEE narrowly... But after entering NIT,Rkl I never had said-leave alone proving-that my insti is better than any IIT...Fools do that-atleast I havent found anyone in my insti doing that. Yes, we do admit that IITs are undoutedly better than any engineering college in India.
In the other pages there in the article I find ppl boasting coz they use short-cuts...LH(Ladies hall), CC(computer center) etc. Dear IITians there is also a world outside IITs and every college does that-got me right?I think you cant...or you dont want to...
Again,I find ppl boast coz they listen to Pink Floyd,consume drugs and they see Pondy...I dont think these are something to be proud of ...But these things happen in other colleges but they dont think this is something to boast of and so dont make it public... As far as listening to Rock music is concerned, ppl from our insti when had gone to IIT,Kgp they found that there were infact less rock-followers than in our college-it was obvious during the rock-night but we dont consider it to be something to boast of... Liking a particular kind of music depends on individual choice and has nothing to do with aptitude.
Lastly, this surprising fact that was mentioned that the quality of IITians is diminishing and this is visible coz the choice of music is shifting from Pink Floyd to hindi film songs-uhmmm,I dont have to comment on that.... And I think the guy who had written that,perhaps,he knows only about Pink Floyd-maybe too much impressed by Five Point Someone!!
Ha!If this is what represents the general attitude of the IITians then I am so lucky not to be one of these dumb-headed fellows...I find better ppl who are more sensible in our insti.And one thing to the editor of JAM,publishing anything about IITs will not see the magazine more-I think you must know that.
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