Every day for the past few months I would excitedly look forward to my work commute across this dreary city; I was listening to Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History. As I was fiddling around with the various podcast apps trying to find one that . . . Read more

I just finished teaching the largest class I have taught so far. It went as well as one would expect a class, that is held in the bleak Canadian fall nights for two hours straight twice a week with a student to faculty ratio of 200:1, to go. Biweekly quizzes. Thi . . . Read more

"...when we’re done with it, we m . . . Read more

Let’s start with the obvious. Brad Pitt has managed to give the performance of a lifetime in Ad . . . Read more

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There is something special about Spiderman. Though not the most powerful superhero, he is unmistakably . . . Read more

I used to love watching Ted Talks, but of late I think the institution has very much lost its way and its originality and has become overly preachy and full of generic platitudes. It is great then to come across a Ted talk that I feel happy to share. . . . Read more

HBO is bringing out a remixed version of the Watchmen and it brings back some very fond memories. . . . Read more

I recently saw this fun video about the tension between clarity and mystery and the role of this tension in creating good design. It made me think about giving a math talk. I think the element of mystery is often neglected when one prepare . . . Read more

I haven’t used any Microsoft product since I came to the US. I fleetingly toyed with the idea of using Windows 10 but having seen the glory days of Windows 98 I just could not tolerate this monstrosity. I stumbled upon . . . Read more