Smart, petulant, knowledgeable, flirtatious, funny, resourceful...

Talented Ms Dewey

"People have been brainwashed into believing that web search cannot be better than that provided by Google", bemoaned the CEO of Ask.com in a recent Time interview. This belief, in part, explains Ask.com's (WAKA Ask Jeeves.com) diversionary marketing emphasis on better user interfaces and search tools as opposed to the basic search results themselves.

Though their instincts were right, Ask.commies would still be surprised to realise that the alternate search interface was not to be anchored by a staid, attentive butler named Jeeves but by a feisty, petulant beauty named Dewey.

All over the wide world of web, the wannabe startup founders (the me-too you-tubers) and the horny, eligible bachelors are in agreement: Gentlemen, the search stops here.

Joke, with Solution

Spot the Error

Now tell me, can you blame the world if they think programmers are weird ? Just picture this: you see two guys rolling on the floor in the server room, ask them what's so funny and they show you this piece of code. They'll also provide you with the solution manual in case you didn't get the joke (all CS joke anthologies come with solution manuals).

Don't take this personally folks. Just making an anthropological observation.

Sing along everyone

The Vocal Stylings of Hemachandra

A throwback to (my) trusty old music tastes where voice texture really counted. This Hyd lad's really got great vocal versatility. Was runner-up or so at the TV contest, 'sa re ga ma pa'.

Pop Warning: Heavily laden with pop content. Sustained exposure can be injurious to you-know-what...