Saturday, June 06, 2009

Hasty Generalization

All of us know that before generalizing something, we need to have looked at many instances of it. One day, my friend said that Europeans don't behave properly, the reason being that he met an impolite European. Another day, another friend of mine, said that he stopped buying from a particular brand, since he had bought a particularly product from that brand that unfortunately turned out to be defective....

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Personality Test - 3

Check out my personality test results two years back. And this one's now.You Have A Type A PersonalityYou are hyper and energetic - your mind is always activeYou tend to succeed at everything you attemptAnd if you don't succeed at first, you quickly climb your way to the top!You could be called a workaholic,...

A Roadtrip to Malibu and Achieving your childhood dreams

It was a dream come true. I have so long been waiting for this to happen, right from my childhood. Ok, not necessarily my childhood dream, but as an adolescent I always wanted to drive a car and I wanted to drive into the longest of roads, all alone, on a silent morning, away from the city.The fascination...

Randy Pausch, my hero

Image via Wikipedia"Randy Pausch, the professor at Carnegie Mellon University who inspired countless students in the classroom and others worldwide through his highly acclaimed last lecture, has died of complications from pancreatic cancer. He was 47."- CMUNo, I couldn't have done it. I couldn't have...