My girlfriend thinks pilots are cooler than programmers.   me: Hey.. she: hi.. me: who do you think is more cool? Programmer or a Pilot? she: programmer is nerd. pilot is cool.   Screw her!! I say "Programmers are as cool as Pilots". Ask me why?   Pilot controls a machine which can travel at few thousands of meters per hour where as a Programmer controls a machine which can do few...

When somebody asks you to describe a computer. You immediately say "It consists of a Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse, and a Cabinet which contains essential parts like Hard disk, CD/DVD/Blu-ray disk drive and a  Motherboard with CPU, RAM & some PCI cards plugged into it." Thats it. Right? You are not completely correct. You didn't describe a computer but you've well described a "Personal Computer (PC)"....

I was looking for informative videos on history of computers. I found these helpful. First two documentaries are excellent and must watch.           History of the Computer : Documentary History of the Computer is a really well narrated documentary which traces through the evolution of computers to what they are today. It starts with how Charles Babbage conceived the idea of a programmable machine in...

Here, I'm listing down few important things beginner programmers are must be aware of. These things I learned in a hardway. I've wasted lot of my time. I wish some one had told me these things when I first entered this field.         You are never a good programmer if you do not have good understanding about Data Structures , Algorithms & Operating  Systems. Data Structures is about how to represent...

Hello world! Welcome to my blog. I always wanted to have my own blog.  I wanted my blog to be unique and helpful. I started writing few blogs in past. But every time I started a blog I didn’t understand what should I write about. Basically, I was starting without realizing “the need” for a blog. So, none of them lasted for more than a month. Its different this time. I didn’t start this blog because I want to. I...