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The referee’s whistle blew; we started moving forward, ready to win this game already. For the first time in as long as I can remember, Jam(una) was poised to win gold at inter-hostel basketball (Schroeter); winning gold in basketball would seal the deal on winning the Schroeter cup. It was a dream I wanted too much to believe it could be true. We were up against Saras(wathi), a hostel with so many good players it was criminally unjust; starting with an incredible post and forward with an 80%+ accuracy (SNS), an insanely fast point guard (Ajay), shooting guard (Evera), and some good supporting players (Krishna, Eeshwar and some guy who plays volleyball). They could assemble a whole team of institute players, and have otherwise good substitutes. Our team, on the other hand, was a motley collection of an institute player (Kanishka), a fast running support (Srikanth; he was also captain), a couple of freshies (Jana, Srinath), an old fart (myself), and some more supporting players (Hema, Rajesh, etc.). ...

This weekend, CocoD and I embarked on an adventurous trail deep into the Tam heartland to India’s second largest lagoon, Pulicat Lake. Soaking in the sights, sounds (and smells - good god we wish we didn’t), the two of us boldly proved our manliness by cycling the whole of the 62.8 km (ref. Google Maps), on the ultimate chick magnet, the Tam Cycle. The two of us also boldly proved our idiocy, carrying only our bags, some grub, spare change, a video camera and some paper soap. What follows are the chronicles of our tripiocity. ...

Sure, it isn’t the most awe-inspiring of events, but then again you don’t get to talk to the Guido everyday. Besides which, a considerable amount of effort and FOSS pimpage went into this. The Guido, i.e. Guido van Rossum, will be doing a video conference (VC) at our annual techfest (Shaastra) this year. Because of certain scheduling issues, Guido will be doing the talk from home, using his Mac’s webcam. Our “VC” team has never ever held talks with anyone not using one of those super expensive VC equipments that all colleges and big companies own, so it was upto us to figure out how the heck to get it to work. ...