After a long time, I am actively back on the web. Following are the web pages I have visited in last few days and have liked.
1. A must read article about PhD experience. I reached this link via my guide's homepage.
3. Luca Trevisan's short course on Additive Combinatorics. I have done first lecture (Intro) and half of the next lecture. I hope to finish the series in about a month's time. Anybody interested in reading along? He has provided videos of his lectures. You can see Luca Trevisan talking to you as if in a lecture. Really lucid as of now. (It was actually offered as 4-5 days course. But I will be spacing it out over a month).
4. Metoo's blog called "My Slice of Pizza" I stumbled upon via comments section on Fortnow's (now Bill's) weblog. He commented on representation of minorities in the FOCS. And the comment was witty enough for me to actually go and check the link. His blog is pretty interesting. He writes brief and crisp entries every now and then.
Also there happened a huge Diwali celebration in hostel. I helped out in making a big rangoli. It came out better than we expected. Here's the snap of people at work.
I visited this place close to the beach called Mash. This is situated right on the Besant nagar beach. Serves pretty good conti cuisine. It has a lovely balcony facing the beach. Very very similar to Baywatch, which is just the neighboring restuarant. However, the ambiance of both are strikingly different. Baywatch has an ambiance which teenagers get attracted to. I have never seen any uncle aunties walking in. Nor have I ever seen couples with small babies dining in Baywatch. In Mash, on the other hand, most of the tables were occupied by big families out for celebrating Diwali. If I was to recommend a dish from this place it would be the dessert consisting of ice cream, topped with coffee cream which in turn is topped with whipped cream. And a bit of whiskey is added "to taste". Its something one should definitely definitely try.
So thats about all the interesting/semi-interesting things that happened while I stayed away from the blog. Consider this post as an update post. I hope to write more often for the next few days. But lets see how it goes.
1. A must read article about PhD experience. I reached this link via my guide's homepage.
3. Luca Trevisan's short course on Additive Combinatorics. I have done first lecture (Intro) and half of the next lecture. I hope to finish the series in about a month's time. Anybody interested in reading along? He has provided videos of his lectures. You can see Luca Trevisan talking to you as if in a lecture. Really lucid as of now. (It was actually offered as 4-5 days course. But I will be spacing it out over a month).
4. Metoo's blog called "My Slice of Pizza" I stumbled upon via comments section on Fortnow's (now Bill's) weblog. He commented on representation of minorities in the FOCS. And the comment was witty enough for me to actually go and check the link. His blog is pretty interesting. He writes brief and crisp entries every now and then.
Also there happened a huge Diwali celebration in hostel. I helped out in making a big rangoli. It came out better than we expected. Here's the snap of people at work.
I visited this place close to the beach called Mash. This is situated right on the Besant nagar beach. Serves pretty good conti cuisine. It has a lovely balcony facing the beach. Very very similar to Baywatch, which is just the neighboring restuarant. However, the ambiance of both are strikingly different. Baywatch has an ambiance which teenagers get attracted to. I have never seen any uncle aunties walking in. Nor have I ever seen couples with small babies dining in Baywatch. In Mash, on the other hand, most of the tables were occupied by big families out for celebrating Diwali. If I was to recommend a dish from this place it would be the dessert consisting of ice cream, topped with coffee cream which in turn is topped with whipped cream. And a bit of whiskey is added "to taste". Its something one should definitely definitely try.
So thats about all the interesting/semi-interesting things that happened while I stayed away from the blog. Consider this post as an update post. I hope to write more often for the next few days. But lets see how it goes.
Comments
Rangoli is huge and nice.
I just returned from a weekend trip to Rameeshwaram, it was eventful. Yet to blog on it, so you are getting a preview into my next post.
Regards,
Rohit Zachariah
Nice to receive a comment from you. Mash is a great place. After it has opened I have visited it about 8-9 times. Aah, right, Bailey's Frappe!!!
Do revisit the blog and also comment on the rest of the entries.