Vijay Narayanan on November 25th, 2005

4, 2, 6, 123, 1, 9, 93, 67, 2, 11, 19, 39, 2, 2 and 2. That gives you the runs scored by Sachin Tendulkar, my favourite player and inarguably the world’s best living cricketer, in his last 15 ODI innings. Hardly anything that displays consistency or lives up to the aura and halo we [...]

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Vijay Narayanan on November 24th, 2005

Just when the fame of the = rand (200, 99) bug in Microsoft Word reached another level, with Chetan Bhagat exploiting it in his latest novel, One night @ the call center, another geeky bug has come to light. Try this… On your Desktop, and create a new folder with the name “Notepad” Open any [...]

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Vijay Narayanan on November 24th, 2005

After quite a lot of negative publicity, Anna University is in the news for a good reason. Magma Design Automation, a California-based electronic design automation (EDA) company has tied up with Anna University’s Integrated Systems Laboratory (of the Department of ECE – my own alma mater!). According to The EE Times, Magma considers this move [...]

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Vijay Narayanan on November 23rd, 2005

For more than a month now, State Bank of India has been running ad campaigns – basically a set of teaser questions, all of which end with a matter-of-fact “SURPRISINGLY SBI”.I particularly liked the ad campaign, because SBI is probably the only “old bank” that I respect and would like to bank with. If you [...]

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Vijay Narayanan on November 22nd, 2005

The Chepauk stadium is considered (not just by people from Chennai) as one of the best venues in India not just for the laurels India has won on this ground, but also because it is “reputed to be the most knowledgeable and appreciative in the country” (Cricinfo.com).That sporting crowd has, in the past few years, [...]

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