How to start a movement?
A truly inspiring video by Derek Sivers on TED. Must watch.
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MBA, thoughts, etc.
I was thinking about the real benefit of being in an MBA school and then I remembered about my initial intention of joining the MBA program. My original intent was to get exposed to brilliant talent, team up and satiate my entrepreneurial self by doing out of the box stuff. Stuff, successful or unsuccessful, after graduation could make me not feel I have wasted my 2 years of grad school. In addition, I wanted to …
My LOI for the KGSA VP of IT position
So, I took the plunge and nominated myself for the Krannert Graduate Student Association’s VP of IT position. Here’s my Letter of Intent. About KGSA (taken from krannertlife.com): KGSA is the governing body of Krannert’s student clubs and is responsible for representing the interests of the entire student body with a simple mission: Enhance the Krannert Experience. KGSA directly oversees the planning and implementation of student activities, programs, and processes designed to add value to your …
Soup Survival
Life is getting really busy, days are getting longer and hectic, nights are getting shorter and sleepless, and survival on (ahem) soups has become quite common. With the rain of cases, mid-terms, other course stuff, outside course stuff, club activities, global projects, social gatherings, etc. and etc., pouring over your head, would you really have time to cook?! Of course not. But do not worry. That is why such great inventions as soups exist. Easy …
Building an HTPC Part 3
I am very satisfied the way this project has progressed so far. I have successfully upgraded my system to have more RAM and a dedicated Graphics card. With all the upgrades in place, I connected the system to my HDTV using the HDMI cable and also to the router using a CAT5 cable. Sweet! Isn’t it? I am playing around with Windows Media Center software at present which comes standard with Windows 7. I have …
End of Semester 1
I am joyous to say I have completed 25% of my MBA journey! Looking back, my last performance wasn’t one of my best. I could have done better but that’s all gone now. The only thing possible is to be best in future. And I will be!
Building an HTPC Part 2
So, I mentally calculated how much the upgrades are going to set me back by. RAM – probably $50 or so, Blu Ray drive about the same, graphics card about $60 or above and USB card about $30. Total about $200. I could do that! There was one more thing. I figured from online research, that my motherboard could only support RAM up to a maximum of 2GB. That shattered my plans. However, I was …
Building an HTPC Part 1
Few weeks back, during the week of Black Friday, I was thinking of buying an Xbox to play video games on my HDTV. I have a Nintendo Wii but there’s only so much you can do with it. Not that I don’t enjoy playing games on it. I do. However, the type of games you can play is very limited. So, why did I buy the Wii? Well, it is fun to play on it …