Life as it comes
One fine day, my maternal uncle threw a surprise I could not have imagined. A collection of pristine postage stamps, affixed inside the pages of a blank notebook. The pages were filled with stamps of all shapes and sizes – squares, rectangles, hexagons, and even triangles! There were domestic ones – only the rarest, and […]
In Software design, a Big Ball of Mud is usually referred to a system that is incomprehensible, designed without any standards, lacks proper structure, and hard to maintain. However, these are not what we are talking about today. Interestingly, some Big Balls of Mud (literally and figuratively), carry precious stories with them. A couple of […]
I started indulging in some seventh grade math lately. It helped me in two ways, firstly, I started re-learning and it rekindled my love for Geometry. I felt like the clock had turned backward as I discussed the language of a seventh grader. Secondly, and more importantly, my buddy started sharing interesting anecdotes from his […]
I was about 7, when my Dad bought me a pocket diary. The tiny book, with dated pages seemed out of this world. The brown sleeve that covered the tiny book, looked like an executive notepad. It was my prized possession. Every day, I would scribble some notes, and hide it underneath the rest of […]