I write C for a living and Perl for fun. Draw your own conclusions about my idea of fun.
Born in Madras, which is now Chennai. I did not move; the name did. Came over in 1992 for a master's degree. Stayed for the jobs and the weather, in that order.
My parents still live in Chennai. They call Sunday morning, which is Sunday night for them. Every call covers three questions: Have you eaten. Are you married. Why not. Answers: yes, no, see todo.txt.
I follow cricket, which in Santa Clara means reading scores on rec.sport.cricket at two in the morning. India did not reach the World Cup semifinals this summer. They did beat Pakistan. My father considers the tournament a success.
This page has no graphics because a homepage does not need graphics. The blue bar at the top is not mine. The counter at the bottom is not mine either, but I have made my peace with it.
$ cat favorites.txt
editor vi. not up for discussion.
language Perl 5.005
OS Red Hat 6.0 at home, Solaris at work
book Programming Perl (the camel one)
bowler Anil Kumble. 10 for 74, Delhi, February. The scorecard is taped to my monitor.
drink filter coffee. not available here.
food my mother's rasam. also not available here.
number 0. arrays start there.
color #A8A8A8. you are looking at it.
$ cat todo.txt
[x] make homepage
[ ] learn to cook
[ ] learn to cook (seriously)
[ ] Y2K audit, module 14 of 31
[ ] buy furniture. current inventory: futon, chair, desk, monitor.
[ ] return library book (due June)
[ ] find a place that shows test matches
[ ] call Amma back (she will call first)
$ finger raj
Login: raj
Name: Raj Iyer
Directory: /home/raj
Shell: /bin/tcsh
No unread mail.
Plan:
Ship 3.2 by October 15.
Survive January 1.
Eat one meal this week that did not come out of a box.
Fly home in December. Be asked the three questions in person.
$ mail raj [email protected]
Plain text only. I will not open your attachment.
$ wc -l visitors visitors (some of them are me, checking the counter)
$ date -r index.html
Last updated Sun Sep 19 23:41:07 PDT 1999
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