The Code Geass 11:59 PM

Be it a seriously directed Christopher Nolan or David Cronenberg movie or a Funny Cartoon or Colorful Anime. At the end of the day after relishing the entertainment, there are very serious morals which many of us fail to grasp. The story might bring out a deliberate moral as you watch a movie or series, meanwhile in parallel you must also let your conscience try and grasp the other smaller hints and philosophies in a story. There are various examples to pen down, but as of now I would like to appreciate a beautifully crafted anime series called - Code Geass - Lelouch of the Rebellion.

It is a 50 Episode series split into two seasons. And I recommend that it is a must watch if you like philosophies, excellent planning and strategy. The anime has very good animation and dialogues and it is not suggested for the younger audience. The storyline is very simple - An aristocratic student, The protagonist - Lelouch Vi Britannia is an egoistic genius who tries to create a better world for his dear sister with a powerful ability that he obtains called the "Geass" which enables him to modify the thoughts of any person. Lelouch also tries to balance his school life and his plans of rebellion. The Anti-Hero – Kururugi Suzaku an honest and just soldier also has a very similar life and Aim as Lelouch.

The anime proves a two very strong statements when it comes to removal of corruption and politics -

"You need to get your hands dirty if you need to clean something"
"Solving a problem is always the best if started from the top".


That’s a just a cartoon if you look at it that way but if you realize that today in real life, be it any organization or company or even an educational institution, you can't just set things right by cribbing and complaining about the system standing at the bottom. Gone are the days where problem solving is correlated to the felling of the tree. I’ll share my learning experience - Take an (my) educational institution for example - A place now where students put in loads of their parent's money just for a certificate with education which I would say now has become just a “value added service” in the majority of Colleges today in India. The lecturers and professors in these colleges? Don’t ask, your child can teach you better.

Now how would you solve such a problem? Try to explain to the faculty for not meeting up to their standards? The immediate response you would get – You are a repulsive character. You convince your peers and they decide to help you. You would become a bad element trying to create a rebellious community. Try to explain problems to a higher official; Response: You have crossed the limits as a student. You achieve a great feat; Response: Ignorance. Commit a very small mistake; Response: Exaggerated Punishments, and discernment.

Result: Peers back out and they prefer the best way out by trying to bake beans on both ends. Problem ultimately is not solved. You get to live a life of an outcast. This is with regard to a small educational institution, but when its concerning a Country, you can imagine the intensity.

This Anime series explains how a similar kind of a problem is solved in a fancy environment with a scenario of tyranny and dictatorship. A must watch.

“I destroy worlds, to create worlds” – Lelouch Lamperouge

The Road 1:59 PM

If you watch this movie with high expectations of action, thrills and dark humor, well you would be highly disappointed. This movie is a drama that explains mainly about two things that every person should have in life -
"Hope" and "Perseverance ". The environment is post-apocalyptic, a father and son travel in search of humanity and food with cannibals and bad climate slow them down. The movie tends to be a bit melodramatic and lacks to hit the spot in several ways. The depravity of Humans in Humanity was amazingly portrayed. The desperation of the protagonists, the absence of wildlife, the deserted lands and falling trees reminds me of how the world would look in the years to come. The Road serves as a good wake-up call to make us understand that being human is what will save humanity. The father and son amazingly depicted themselves as the torch-bearers of hope, giving in their fullest and not giving up. Viggo Mortensen as usual kept up to the expectations of amazing acting as a responsible caring Father of a dubious Son.

"Are you one of the Good Guys?
Do you eat people?
Do you have the fire in you?" - The Boy

Blogging after a very long time 1:38 PM

Blogging has always been in the corner of my mind. Its like following a balanced diet for me - Which means that I have the "I-will-begin-tomorrow" Factor.

I was just reading my previous posts and it took me down memory lane as to why I decided to even start writing a blog. It was funny that I was using my own blog for a name-sake marketing purpose. I have always wanted means to express my thoughts in my mind in some way. In fact I end up spending some money buying a fancy Notebook or Pen wanting to write a Diary or a log book from a particular date. But looking into my own basement always helps and this time I found my dusty old Blog. :)

I re-named it as Pr♀♂igy from tæknifræði because it would be a Pandora’s Box rather than just technology and blahs. Something like Dr.Parnassus’ Imaginarium (Oh yes I did like that movie). It might have anything in it. My mind has been cluttered with a lot of things, the posts would be irregular, it might be utter rubbish or it may have some food for thought too. As my perceptions on things differ a lot. Its Up to you to incept.

The journey of life has been a very knowledgeable one for me so far. Knowledgeable, as in not entirely education but also experience, emotions, philosophies and perceptions. But upon looking back as to how life gave me that knowledge always takes me into a never ending loop of “It-would-have-been-better-if-it-was-like-this” situations. At times it makes you wish that if you had the power to manipulate time, you would just correct the one small error you made recently, which in-turn would remind you of a bigger mistake that you made earlier and so on, if the list continues you would end up wishing that you were either a child or an environment when things would so perfect. The story would never be the same for everyone obviously, because that environment would vary and its that environment everyone wants and everyone tries to attain.
At the end of the day what is that environment? It could be a landscape of a beautiful sunset or atop the mountains or post-apocalyptic or just lots of shops without a cashier.

Microsoft Dream Spark Yatra 10:06 AM

Microsoft DreamSpark Yatra is an initiative by Microsoft, to conduct large-scale technology-oriented events in various cities. This event focuses on spreading awareness among the masses, about new & innovative technologies. This event is one of its kind, with a motive to cover 100 cities in 10 weeks (mid-Feb to end-April). This event will be done in collaboration with one or more Microsoft Student
Partners and Microsoft Evangelists.
  We are CoimBatorE User Group supported by Microsoft, iNeta and Leadcap. It’s a User Group formed by Microsoft Student partners in 2007. Microsoft Students Partners are the selected and trained students by Microsoft from various institutions across the globe. Though Tamilnadu being one of the Educational hub in India,
students are not aware of the latest technology and happenings of it across the globe. In order to overcome this we conduct conferences and Hands-on-lab in various colleges in and around Coimbatore, Erode, Salem, Sathyamangalam, Namakkal, Rasipuram, Thanjavur and various other districts of Tamilnadu. As a part of Microsoft Dreamspark Yatra we are conducting one day workshops in various institutions of Tamilnadu. So far we have conducted events in various institutions of Coimbatore, Erode, Rasipuram, Thanjavur, Sathyamangalam and Namakkal. We have covered more than 9200 students in these cities in just 1 month.
 

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BootCamp V2.0 - Sprint 8:02 PM

Hi!
Its been a long time. I hope you are doing good! My joy knows no bounds right now. I am truly happy to inform you that the February Boot Camp was an amazing Success. We had a 2 Day Boot Camp at Coimbatore in Hotel Vijay Paradise. 24 MSPs from Coimbatore, Erode, Salem, Thanjavur, Nammakal, Karur etc. Turned up for the Session. Again, it was a BIG HIT!!

We organized the Boot Camp with the help of a few newly recruited MSPs so that they get an experience into organizing events. Again it was a thrilling last-minute successful planning and lightning fast implementation.
The only problem we faced was that we didn't have even a single Rupee in the Usergroup Account.

Anyways, moving on to The Bootcamp. It begin with an introduction to the Usergroup where we explained what are the roles of an MSP and the responsibilities of the Executive Body. Notepads, Pens, Charts and CBEUG Stickers were distributed to all during this time. It was a pleasant surprise for the MSPs.
After the CBEUG Organization session was over, we conducted the SONA - State of National Affairs

This was an activity where the MSPs are jumbled and made to sit in groups. Then a couple of tasks would be given to each team which required interaction amongst each other and amazing Team Work. This was the perfect Ice Breaking Session. (I would suggest it for the best case practice)
After SONA we broke for lunch and we came back to Sathya Narayan's Session to help the Phase II selected MSPs, introducing them to the various sessions and tips on how to go about handling the various tasks being an MSP. It really helped the new recruits.

Next we had a Driver's Test. This test is a personality analysis Test. Test sheets were handed out to all the MSPs and all of them were made to complete the test. Then the analysis was based upon the responses of the MSPs. I was truly shocked to see that the Test made a 90% Perfect Analysis of the Individual. This was a real eye opener.
After the Driver's Test, Arumugham and I left the venue to the OCP get a little gift for the attendees. Meanwhile Jibin Varghese was taking care of the attendees by checking them into the rooms and making sure that everything was fine. I had planned a small party where we had another Ice Breaking session, but due to the immense participation of the MSPs during the whole day, most of them slept off.

The Next Day began with a Bang. EduSpark Analysis and planning was made full on. I was inspired by the team effort put by all the MSPs in planning the EduSpark. We finalized the entire list of colleges to visit, the total number of Developer Conferences and the number of Goodies to provide to the audience.
After we finalized the plans and had a nice lunch. We had the awards ceremony, where we distributed the little surprise to everyone. They were a set of Visiting Cards for all the attendees of the session. We also distributed resource DVDs. It was a pleasant surprise for them. Vice Presidents of the Usergroup was also announced.

Dancing skills depicted by Arumugham

Then we "promised" an award for the Best Performing MSP and the MSP to initiate Maximum number of MSDN AA and Live@edu, (We didn't have any goodies left to award them something nice too :( )

This was the long 2 Day amazingly "AWESOME" Boot Camp that we had ever Conducted. It was a nice experience. Please do support our UG .

Thanks for reading!