The garage at 367 Addison Avenue in Palo Alto which transformed Santa Clara County into the Silicon Valley. Bill and Dave worked here when they first started. Read the story here.
I worked for HP in Cupertino in their Computer Systems Division. My office was in building 47.
Previous post: Part 1.
I find it hard to comprehend very large numbers. For instance, when I consider that India has 1.12 million schools (primary and secondary), I am dumbstruck. I have to translate it down to relative numbers because the absolute numbers are beyond me. So, I would roughly estimate that out of population of approximately one billion people, about 200 million are in the school-going age. If you have one school per 200 kids, that means India must have approximately a million schools. Now the number of schools makes sense to me.
Continue reading “Reservations in the Indian educational system — Part 2”
Neil Diamond sings his Longfellow Serenade:
I’ll weave his web of rhyme
Upon the summer night
We’ll leave this worldly time
On his winged flightThen come, and as we lay
Beside this sleepy glade
There I will sing to you
My Longfellow serenadeWeave your web of rhyme
Upon the summer night
We’ll leave this worldly time
On your winged flight
I quote those lovely lines just for the heck of it. Beautiful, isn’t it? Here’s a random link from this blog — on A Path with a Heart.
Atanu Dey : Life is a Random Draw 