http://alagu.net Alagu's Personal Weblog Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:01:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I complete one year at work today! Let me jot it in teemus's stylelearnt a lot . met rasmus. great friends as teammates. shout. cubicle cricket. foosball. cycling 2 office. football. php. pecl. pool. trekking. inox movies. snacks (order). jump. hide & seek. brigade road shopping during office hours. ... http://alagu.net/2008/06/25/1-year/ Gopal says, PHP programmers don't really understand PHP. They know how to use PHP - but they hardly know how it works, mainly because it Just Works most of the time. Very true. A level of abstraction is important for the programmer to concentrate on the logic, than handling cases for memory leaks and ... http://alagu.net/2008/06/05/know-your-opcodes/ Your children are not your children.They are the sons and daughters of life’s longing for itself;They come through you but not from you.You may give them your love but not your thoughts,For, they have their own thoughts.You may house their bodies but not their souls,For their souls lie in the ... http://alagu.net/2008/05/29/spoil-your-kids-please/ I've been tagged before, but too lazy to respond.Srikanth tagged me this time, and the questions were quite interesting. So here goes, Last movie seen in a theatre: Kuruvi (Suckiest movie, evar) What book are you reading? No, I am not reading anything Favourite board game: Ludo Favourite magazine: Vikatan (Tamil) Favourite smells: The smell of rain, Buttermilk Favourite sound: Airplane take ... http://alagu.net/2008/05/18/the-tag-game/ I've been using this since IPL started - setting my IM status as the current Score. Some even pinged and asked me, "Why are you wasting time updating ball by ball scores?" - answer is here. It is a modification of the existing DBus example in pidgin. It is a cheap hack, ... http://alagu.net/2008/05/02/cricket-score-in-your-im-status/ Another one gone, and another one gone and another! So after an year, there won't be any of juniors at college :( . It seemed to be an alien land when I went for Pragyan, but the presence of juniors made me feel better. I don't know much faculties other than ... http://alagu.net/2008/04/30/kids-are-leaving-school/ Our office food is giving me a lot of problems, as my doctor says. So, amma taught me how to do lemon rice. Simple and quick to do even after you wake up at 8.First, get the rice ready. We have an electric cooker. So as soon as I wake ... http://alagu.net/2008/03/28/diy-lemon-rice/ Yea, you must have realised by now. I am not-frequent. (esp when suren is in full form. grr) I apologize myself, and I will try to resume writing crap over here! (Blogging from home, cochin) http://alagu.net/2008/03/23/ok-im-a-bad-blogger/ This is going to be an interesting weekend. I'll be leaving for NIT Trichy to attend Pengufest - the foss festival by GNU/Linux User Group of Trichy (Yes, after a long time, Glug-T has chosen to come out public) and Pragyan - NIT Trichy's annual technical festival. I'm not ... http://alagu.net/2008/02/24/off-to-nit-trichy/ You wouldn't have got any more better Valentine's day gift. So, it is high time you realize what you should love - your job. Guys, you'll rock wherever you go. http://alagu.net/2008/02/13/adieu/