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The Lottery

The Lottery, a short story by Shirley Jackson is something to read.

Kindle DX

I got a Kindle DX. I have been using a first generation Kindle. The paperback size of the original Kindle is handy for reading fiction but is too limited for reading other kinds of material. There are so many fancy ebook reading devices announced by companies these days but only a very few are in the market.

When taking the device out of the box the screen was wrapped in a transparent sticker with some instructions printed on it on how to turn it on and charge it. But after peeling off the sticker I found that the instructions were still there. Only then I realized that the text was not printed on the sticker. It was the text on the screen. It is that good, almost like printed. But PDF documents were not always great especially when viewing small text and diagrams in lighter colors. Some diagrams were almost invisible.

Finding the Root Cause

Sometimes software developers come across issues in their systems that they cannot explain how it has happened. It is almost like some mysterious cosmic rays have caused it. But as James Gosling recounts an incident that occurred at Sun, it could be just that. Read at the mercy of suppliers. You need a radioactive measurement device in your debugging tool set.

Burning Hogwarts

A poster for the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows movies have been released with a picture of Hogwarts in the final battle.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – First Trailer

First movie trailer of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows movies have been released.