Shriphani Palakodety

As I sit here sipping my 10th cup of coffee ( a clear indication that my coffee drinking habits border on “poisoning” ), I whip up the last remaining lines of code for a Problem on project euler. I can’t help but wonder that my blogging, project euler problem solving frequency has dipped way too low. I also can’t answer why. Maybe it is because life is not treating me too well. Let us now imagine what conjuctivitis + fever feel like on the eve of an exam….. considering that I am weird (everyone tells me I am eccentric and weird… so many people can’t be wrong), I decide to go sit through the exam just because I want to be done with it.

So here is a list of my characteristics:

1. Nocturnal: (Ever since school, I realized that I could get anything done in the night. Hence, I have made it a point to occupy the Lawson CS Building at night for reading / homework etc., it is really quiet and lets me make awesome progress in w/e I want to do). The downsides are that I sleep in the morning, something that doesn’t fly too well with my Tuesday and Thursday Math recitations and leads other people to just assume that I am weird

2. Caffeine: Needless to say, I consume a lot of this substance and believe that it is God’s gift to mankind.

3. Bashing Most Non-*nix based OSes: Lots of targets, doesn’t get you a great reputation.

4. Theory fanboyism – I really love TCS. That is not a view most budding computer scientists seem to share….

5. Low levels of personal hygiene (however, dental, hands and other such departments are taken good care of).

So, I am weird.

Anyway, wikipedia says that eccentric dudes are pretty intelligent (usually) and that is some consolation.