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Archive for December 29th, 2007

Accounts for translators seem to have gotten stuck in a void – why do you have to make the experience so painful ?

Written by sankarshan

December 29th, 2007 at 9:45 am

cozen: Dictionary.com Word of the Day
cozen: to deceive or obtain by deceit. […]

Dame Rose Macaulay
"It is a common delusion that you make things better by talking about them." […]
Will Rogers
"The best doctor in the world is the veterinarian. He can't ask his patients what is the matter-he's got to just know." […]

And sometimes you do
end up smiling (note I did write smiling instead of smirking) on the predicaments. For instance, it is just the mid March and, instead of the Ides of March we have the beginnings of the hot season. Curiously enough, we had a spell of shower today and predictably enough the weather went all over the [...] […]
There are times when you recall the surroundings
It turns out that I completed 5 years at the work-place recently. It is a bit of a jumble because the employment contract and status during the times I joined was a bit of a mess and, so it was a surprise. It also struck me that through all these 5 years I have seen folks [...] […]
Annoying ice-breakers
“What are you up to ? Long time no see” was the constant refrain that I heard yesterday at GNUnify’10 when I dropped in. I have never been able to respond well to the “What are you up to part ?”. Most of the times I am doing stuff that is either deeply internal to [...] […]