I attended an interesting talk today -- it was a combination of a technical presentation by Mr. Vipul Ahuja followed by a talk on what's closest to every IITian's heart from the day he steps into college: online gaming his (future) job.
He spoke about a lot of topics; why to be a civil engineer or not, etc. etc.
There were three things he said that I really liked:
- You will always be catching up with other people if you go outside your core competency.
- Being a Civil Engineer requires a very high standard of integrity. You cannot mess around with the laws of nature. Whatever bribe/incentive you're offered -- that building will break down if you don't make it properly.
and last, but also my favourite:
- Command a salary; don't demand it.
On being an engineer and other stuff
Current Stage: Alpha
I couldn't resist uploading my --albeit buggy-- theme, titled minimalWrite. Currently in stage alpha, it should work in all major browsers except the one and only IE6 (which I don't care about anyways). I still have loads to do -- specially making a good landing page for readers, but I didn't feel like blogging at all on my previous theme.
I'm making this post non sticky now --- I'd like to move onto some other project at the moment -- which involves a lot more interesting stuff -- and best of all, no photoshopping.
Site Design: Progress
As usual, as expected -- life is hectic. Run, run, run.
Study, study, study.
Lab reports.
Websites.
Posters.
...
And in all this, I still haven't managed to make a proper design for my own website. So, ultimately, I've made a decision: everyday, I'll devote some time -- a minimum of 20 minutes, to designing/coding my site. For every day I miss -- for example during exams, I do double on holidays.
I should be finished in a month. Or two.
Till then, I'm putting a 'sticky' post showing the progress of my site.
A decision
Wishing you all a very happy new year!
May all the dreams in your eyes, all the desires in your heart and all
the hopes in your life blend together, to give you the most spectacular
New Year ever with even better years ahead!
Happy New Year
- Kunal (occasionally known as Cynik)
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