Criccer … I don’t know what else to call it. This was a game that is a cross between cricket and soccer, being played in the stadium/grounds near my home. The bowler throws the football and the batsman bats by kicking the football, and then runs. All the other rules are those of cricket, such as the batsman gets out if the football hits the wicket.

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Then, I heard the announcer mention that this is an inter-school tournament, with “qualified referees.” When I left, the score was 12 runs for 7 wickets in 5 overs.

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When a friend told me to listen to the song “What a wonderful world” by Louis Armstrong, I ended up changing the lyrics from:

I see trees of green, red roses too I see them bloom for me and you And I think to myself what a wonderful world.

I see skies of blue and clouds of white The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night And I think to myself what a wonderful world.

The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky Are also on the faces of people going by I see friends shaking hands saying how do you do They’re really saying I love you.

I hear babies crying, I watch them grow They’ll learn much more than I’ll never know And I think to myself what a wonderful world Yes I think to myself what a wonderful world.

to this:

I see lines of Perl, some comments too. I see them run for me and you And I think to myself what a wonderful code.

I see references to arrays and hashes of strings, The bright blessed calls, the dark sacred ‘die’, And I think to myself what a wonderful code.

The colors of the syntax highlighting so pretty in VIM, Are also on the faces of the people going by I see functions sending parameters saying how do you do They’re really saying I callback for you.

I hear developers crying, I watch them grow They’ll learn much more than I’ll never know And I think to myself what a wonderful code Yes I think to myself what a wonderful code.

- Swaroop

Note: Contrary to the lyrics, I actually like Perl.

Excerpt from a messenger conversation:

Me: Why is it that I think best only with a pen and paper… Pradeep: That way, your speed of thinking is inline with your natural speed Me: What? Pradeep: Hmm. Think about it Me: Okay, let me grab a pen and paper… Pradeep:

It was around 6 o’ clock in the evening. I’m in the office. I went near the printer to collect some printouts. In the nearby library section, I notice a policeman! Gathered around the table was also Raju (the Man Friday of Y! Blr) and three Americans visiting from the Sunnyvale office. The policeman was questioning them and was wielding his stick in an intimidating fashion. The policeman accused them of carrying drugs. I was shocked to hear the questions and could see the guys visibly shaken. I went back to my desk eventually but could see their talk went on for more than 15 minutes.

Suddenly, I see 20 yahoos surrounding the library and bursting out in laughter. It was a prank! Oh boy, the Yahoo! traditions that we have…. … I could see our CEO and a few managers and lots of other guys and gals involved. The expressions on those American faces were priceless. One of them said “Please come to the US sometime…”

Note to self: You’re an easy bakra. If a strange series of events happen at Y!, look out for Raju.

I was reading this article on Ten Reasons you’re a software developer (via Vikram) and saw this sentence in point number 4:

Software developers are artists, using crude tools to render images, text, and logic on electronic palettes that transcend aesthetic appeal.

It reminded me of an old messenger conversation with Avinash:

Me: We’re artists. Code is poetry (tagline stolen from WordPress). We create fascinating worlds where objects talk to each other and achieve magnificent things. The sad thing is that there is nobody to appreciate this other than ourselves. That’s when we turn sadists. Avinash: Avinash: awesome!

…

I still can’t stop laughing at this:

(IRC chat room) Ben174 : If they only realized 90% of the overtime they pay me is only cause i like staying here playing with Kazaa when the bandwidth picks up after hours. ChrisLMB : If any of my employees did that they’d be fired instantly. Ben174 : Where u work? ChrisLMB : I’m the CTO at LowerMyBills.com * * Ben174 (BenWright@TeraPro33-41.LowerMyBills.com) Quit (Leaving)

(via Kapil)

Drop everything. Turn up the volume. See this flash video.

I couldn’t stop laughing.

Strangely, he reminds me of myself.

( Found via Yahoo! Search Blog )

Gadling’s photo of the day is a snake charmer in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. No, seriously, I’m not talking of Pythonistas, I’m talking about a real snake charmer!

Maybe this can be the official logo for BaPy ?

Update: ‘BangPypers’ seems to be the frontrunner for the name of the group!

Python’s a blast! – This one’s too funny. Highly recommended for geeks!