“There are no other Everglades in the world.” --The Everglades: River of Grass I woke up at 5:45am, determined to make the most out of the first day of the year. It was dark and hazy outside when I started heading towards the Everglades on US-1. As you exit US-1 the traffic starts dwindl . . . Read more

The first thing you notice upon landing in Florida is the weather. The Miami airport is very well designed BUT it lacks good markings. I could spot several other passengers getting confused over the airport direction signs and falling back onto their smartphones. I did not have time to explore Miami . . . Read more

An Area of Darkness is a disturbing pessimistic novel written by V.S. Naipaul about his first visit to India in 1962. This was India not too long after the Independence with it’s freshly minted Constitution, trying to make a transition from an English past to an Indian future. Naipaul shares t . . . Read more

Thinking, Fast and Slow in a life changing book written by our lord and savior Daniel Kahneman, Danny Kanny. If you haven’t read this book you should drop everything that you’re doing and start reading it right away. It is extremely well written and easy to read, with short chapters and . . . Read more

*“The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better.”* - 1984 Icarus is a shocking film about an American filmmaker getting accidentally intertwined with head of the Russian anti-doping lab, Rodchenkov, during the unfolding of the Russia . . . Read more

Goo watch Jumanji. I’ve now become a fan of Kevin Hart after watching this movie. There is no sarcasm, no deadpan humor, nothing vulgar, nothing GTA-Hangover style, nobody ever makes fun of anybody else, all the humor is benignly self-deprecating. It’s a heartwarming, wholesome, adventur . . . Read more

I love words. I found this wholesome link on Reddit while I was doing some work (*cough*). As the US is riling under Mr. Pai’s proud accomplishments there are some countries that have figured it all out. Every year since 1944, the Icelandic book trade has published a catalogue – called Bókatíð . . . Read more

Zugzwang (n.) a situation in which the obligation to make a move in one’s turn is a serious, often decisive, disadvantage, often in the final years of grad school. Zugzywangy. I don’t understand music and yet I like to listen to it, same goes with girls. I recently came across this video . . . Read more

Boltbus, or as I like to call it capitalism on wheels. I’ve bought a Boltbus ticket for $1 and I’ve bought one for $70, I bet there are derivatives being traded on these ticket prices. But all in all it’s always a pleasant ride, you know why? Because there’s a toilet on the b . . . Read more

Saturdays are the hardest for me, I have an early morning yoga class. And so every Saturday morning there is almost always an intense battle between the sleep-a-little-more and the get-your-ass-up factions. Both sides have fairly convincing arguments and the debate turns deeply philosophical pretty . . . Read more

One of the perks of being at Hopkins is that ever so often you get to visit the Hubble Space Telescope building. It is a stolid building perched atop a small slope on the fringe of the campus overlooking a dense park through which flows calmly a small ravine, or a run, as we like to call it in this . . . Read more

I’m usually very reluctant to try new places. I do enjoy the places AFTER I’ve been to them, the trouble lies with the planning phase. While there are several reviews available online none of them talk about, for example, how long does it take to get to Hopkins from the place? Or how sun . . . Read more

I spent the entire day today configuring Hugo so that I can write a blog. The alternative was of course using the free, efficient, easy to use, readily configurable blog sites. What be life without a little pain? In my college I owned a shitty Acer laptop with an utterly useless battery and a coolin . . . Read more