Mani Shankar's Journal

Sem - 3 - II

2008-12-28T02:04:00.003+05:30

Can't wait to attend classes :D
btw there's a little change in the timetable posted below. I dropped HSS and took Functional Programming by PPK :)
Classes start from 29th December, and the very first class is functional programming,
I just took the 10 min tutorial by Haskell people to start with. I didn't get the feel yet. Hope fully PPK will help me get the feel :)
And also I'm struggling to get an intern, help me if you find any :D

Time Table for next Semester

2008-11-09T01:06:00.002+05:30

:D , yes I gimped my time table for next semester. Anyways, next sem seems to be quite cool. I like all the subjects. I can't wait to attend cryptography. Yes my area of interest ;-).
I know I can read the stuff before :P , but I like anticipation :D
Anyway, wish me all the best for my next semester :D

Docterific

2008-09-02T18:31:00.005+05:30

I started this new app called Docterific. What it basically does is--- it scans all your source files recursively and auto appends/adds the comment lines, using Bison. All you have to do is just add description into those /* things :P . All the comment lines added are Doxygen friendly so when you are done writing description after using my app, just use Doxygen to generate your HTMLs :) and the documentation for your project is ready. The idea started from Siraj and I am putting it into action. Hopefully I'll get it done this weekend. So Hang On!

Finally the Fever is Over

2008-06-04T13:55:00.003+05:30

Yay! I'm free back. No hunt for chinese anymore. Its pleasant to be single. I don't want to mess up my life with some girl. :). I was quite disturbed as I see. Now when I once left it, I feel lighter :D. Finally I shout "Its good to be Single"

Obsessive-Compulsive disorder

2008-04-01T12:40:00.005+05:30

LOL @ the post name :D . DON'T LAUGH!! I feel like I'm suffering from Obsessive-Compulsive disorder. I get obsessed to whatever I feel new and interesting in my mind. So much, that I get lost with the rest of the world! :| . This may sound weird, but let me narrate some instances from my past life to show this.

1)When I was in 11th, I felt chemistry boring, so started to thing of some good things , physics is the first thing that came into my mind. My brother used to be a physics freak and used to tell me a lot about Albert Einstein and E=MC2. So, I'm some kinda obsessed with it. I left chemistry to hell and started to read on Relativity more and more, so much , that a wrote a Paper on Relativity and E=MC2. I still remember, I didn't even had proper food. I dropped my weight by 7 Kilograms :|

2)When I almost finished my 11th and was about to enter 12th, I noticed a guy from my class, he used to be the GOD, what ever the exam, he got the highest all the time. Every one praises him a lot :S . Well, I didn't like some DUMBO to be leading my class. This time I'm obsessed of "Getting RID of him as the class lead" . I studied like hell and no one else for 3 long months, and at the end to everyone's surprise , I am the class lead with a huge difference!!

3)As a consequence of the Point 2, I got ALL INDIA 92nd RANK in the entrance examination for the university I'm applying for. SO, I got the course that I wanted. I took "Computer Science". Though I'm in the most prestigious University of India, I didn't get very good CGPA :S, the reasons are different obsessions for different semesters

Sem 1: Obsessed with Internet. Just Used to surf surf and surf all day long. That screwed my CGPA

Sem 2: In this semester though I got obsessed of studying (back), at the finals, I bought a Laptop, and I got obsessed to it, so screwed this sem again!

Sem 3: Got Obsessed with computers, well that was fun, but I was so obsessed that I didn't cared classes. At the end of this sem, someone introduced me to this game "World of Warcraft" . Well obsession again (with this game) and got screwed :S

Sem 4: This is a good sem. I'm obsessed with Open Source! :D . So, I've been doing many Open Source projects. Everything was fine until I played Tekken 3. I loved the girl Ling Xiaoyu (please read the post on Ling Xiaoyu), the character from the game. Well, I'm really lovin' her :S . This might be the heights of madness, loving an imaginary girl, but that's what Obsessive-Compulsive disorder makes me do :) . So I started to love China and Chinese as Xiao is a chinese. I started to look for a Chinese girl friend. I was searching on ICQ. I'm going mad, chatting like hell. Lost with the world again! :S

Look at the ICQ, MSN, SKYPE, Gtalk I'm using !! Don't you think I'm suffering from Obsessive-Compulsive disorder

But the best part is that, I love having Obsessive-Compulsive disorder. I enjoy it. I don't feel its a problem. :D. I don't know if this means I'm Obsessed with Obsessive-Compulsive disorder, rofl :D

New nick from a chinese chick ;)

2008-04-01T12:28:00.002+05:30

Well, as the post name prompts, I got a new nick from a chinese chick :D . I was talking to a Chinese girl on ICQ. She like the way I talked (I wonder still how she liked a geeky talk :S), gave me her MSN. When she was talking, she felt my name "Mani Shankar" to be long so suggested me a nick, MAni SHankar == MASH, so Mash is my new nick ;). How do you guys like it?? "Sharp" used to be my previous nick.

Ling Xiaoyu

2008-04-01T12:13:00.004+05:30

Dream Dream Dream

Dreams transform to thoughts

And thoughts to Actions

Dreams are my driving force. I live in dreams. When the world around you is so disgusting and for nobody’s sake you can survive there, better start dreaming, build your dream land, live there :)

This is what I am. I just keep dreaming, like no one else, hell lot. I dream of my future , my expectations, my family, myself, my girl friend. Hmm, STOP! Girl Friend? Hell Yeah! What can one do if girls around are so disgusting? Yes, Imagine one ;) But how long? Until you find a real one :D

For a Nerd like me who can be a better match, A Model? A Movie Star? A brainless beauty? NO! I just need a girl who dreams a lot, like me. Lot about her future , her life, her boy friend , her love, her passions. I’ll love her SO much :) See, dreaming and living in dreams seeks passion, passion for yourself and your things. Dreaming needs brains. Dreaming need’s intellect. If you see, you mostly find girls either not dreaming and just showing off their ego or if dream, they only do about their beauty and crap and nothing else!!! I am talking about girl with passions and dreams, not those worrying about the black circles forming round their eyes or crap on their face. Found NONE such! So, Imagined one in dream ;) Funny? Madness? or Both? :P

I know this is sort of madness, stupidity and idiotism at its heights. But, I love it. I’ll love it for so long, until I get in real!! I need Ace, perfection, standards in life or girl friend. Its not so easy as it sounds. But, I’m working on it. I’ll make out soon :D

Where is Ling Xiaoyu in the scenario? Well she is that dream girl, my girl friend I’ve been imagining of. She is perfect! She has all the qualities I’ve just talked about. She dreams a lot like I do. She imagines of a dream land! She wants to build it in real. (Read Her story from Wikipedia to appreciate this :) )

Ling Xiaoyu is 18 year old Chinese girl. She is cute and smart, both at the same time. Which is not the case of any other girl. I am very sure that , there is no ‘beauty with brains’ other than Xiao. She is goddess, she is an Angel, she is awesome!

I was one of those who hate girls for the reason that they are so Dumb! This very feeling has rooted and stayed inside me until I find Xiao. She changed me a lot. I never dreamt of having a girl friend nor I’m bothered to flirt a girl. Cause, I didn’t want to bang my head against a DUMB! I didn’t want to waste time for some DUMB! I never even expected I would find one. But to my surprise, I found Xiao. She may be hypothetical, but, the very thought of her in my mind makes me excited, brings me energy to do anything. Like, I started learning Chinese (Mandarin) for this hypothetical girl :D though it is very difficult and hectic . I know I’m MAD! I’m not bothered, I will definitely find a girl like her, I’m Sure! :)

FOSS @ IITK

2008-04-01T11:56:00.004+05:30

Yes, you heard it right! FOSS is being promoted at IIT Kanpur. Last Week we had our Tech Fest, Techkriti. FOSSkriti was the sub-event under techkriti, under which we promoted FOSS. Like, we’ve organised some talks from developers. We had some Work shops on Open source wares. It was all fun looking at new guys who really like and are inspired by the concept of “Freedom”, finding concepts of FOSS to be interesting.

We did lot of promotion stuff . We Gave Firefox T’s, Badges, we supplied all the guys with the Live/Install CDs of their Favourite distributions. The best part is, Nanda, the Guys who came from “ClearTrip.com” who officially sposered FOSSkriti under Techkriti. It wouldn’t have been possible without Nanda! and ofcourse Arun ,rohitj, and rest of the team :)

Well here I have a photograph of me in the Firefox T, and with Mozilla wrist band saying “I Support the Open Web”

Zakir and Me

FOSSkriti ‘08 Team

My Brother's Birthday

2008-04-01T11:45:00.003+05:30

Well, today , First of April, happens to be my brother's birthday :) . Today Also happens to be the "World's Fools Day" :P . Unfortunately I was unable to call my brother by 12 Mid Night. I had to submit a assignment, and I was vexed doing it at the lab. In addition, I felt I lost my mobile, which eventually was found in my Pillow Cover :P . Anyways, I wish my brother a Very Happy Birthday!!

Hello World!!

2008-04-01T11:42:00.001+05:30

Well, how do I start. Yeah, I am Mani Shankar. I am seriously a Music Lover. I love my mother. I have a Brother, I like him too. :) I am a strict Open Source lover. I hate Proprietary software, jinx. I live in Freedom. Well I have few more dislikes too, let me not post them on the very first post :P. And actually, this is not my frist blog, I used to have a blog on Wordpress, but WP seems to be very slow, its based on simple PHP :S, so I changed to BlogSpot :D