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I changed brands for my dosa mix and it seems that this brand behaves a bit differently than the previous brand I used… My dosas tonight were pitiful to look at. I thought of posting a picture but I don’t think I could bear the shame of displaying the barely recognizable mass of [...]

It seems to me Cavalier Computers is taking advantage of its position within the UVA community. Look at the BEFW11S4 (the Linksys wireless router) here. They sell it for $89. At MWave, the same device sells for $50.96. That’s a $40 dollar difference (yes, I’m rounding up). Also, at the time [...]

It doesn’t matter how one organizes a room for the first time: the first stab at stetting up the room intelligently is never the final one. I’ve been in my room in C’ville only one day and a half and I already know that tomorrow I’ll have to do some major reorganization. Let [...]

I took possession of my room in Charlottesville today. I’d take pictures and upload them but the lighting is not good right now and my Zire 72 does not take good pictures in low lighting. So there…
One night in C’ville and the world’s your oyster… or something…

Yeah, you read that right. $275 for one pair of jeans… I stumbled upon that from the Student Advantage site after I renewed my card. Whatever kiddo pays $275 for one pair of jeans better not come to me complaining that life is hard on a student’s stipend.
Since I’ve used Amtrak [...]

Honesty and beauty. Dove takes a step in the right direction.

Michaëlle Jean a été nommée gouverneure générale du Canada, un poste de fantoche s’il en est un. Il ne fait aucun doute que cette femme est très intelligente et compétente. Ce qui m’attriste, par contre, c’est de voir sa transformation de journaliste, de femme intègre, à politicienne. Cette transformation a commencé dès [...]

Now is time to talk about Vidrohi… an upcoming standalone dictionary program for the Palm. One that supports dictd files.

I keep getting spam and I keep writing imaginary replies…

I have a problem with the verb “to matriculate”, which is often found in sentences like “the student must submit form I99Z before matriculating.” For whatever reason (insanity?), I would expect the verb to be used in a variety of other contexts.
“Honey, the dog has matriculated all over the carpet again!”
“Set phasers to ‘matriculate’.”
“This [...]