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Monthly Archives: July 2008

No more lectures now…

July 26, 2008 – 4:06 pm

Randy Pausch, fondly known as the Last Lecture Guy, is no more.
If you have not heard of him, I suggest you watch his “last lecture”. A summary of the lecture and Randy Pausch’s life can be read here.

p.s.:
@Johnny: Thanks for updating me.
@Slashdot-ters: Thanks for not making stupid and mean remarks this time.
@Randy Pausch: Rest In [...]

By Bipin Upadhyay | Posted in hackers, humour, irony, life, news | Comments (0)

SecurCamp and back.

July 12, 2008 – 8:55 pm

I spent the first half of the day at SecurCamp -1 (or Security Barcamp). It always great to get together with the community and today was no different. It came a sweet surprise to me that I have quite a few acquaintances in the community. The best part of the whole day, however, was getting [...]

By Bipin Upadhyay | Posted in hackers, irony, life, security, webappsec | Comments (2)

[OT] Sad demise of Guru Ammannur Madhava Chakyar

July 2, 2008 – 8:36 pm

This post is not technical. However, being a SPICMACAYite and an Indian, I felt compelled to let my readers know about the sad news; especially when the news channels are not finding any slot for this legend.
Koodiyattam exponent Ammannur Madhava Chakyar, recipient of the Padma Shri as well as the Padma Bhushan honours by the [...]

By Bipin Upadhyay | Posted in music, news, off-topic | Comments (0)