Humour

Well before the Web, Usenet used to be the only way to waste time while writing a thesis. Much of the humor here dates to my grad student days...

Geek

• What if computer users bought cars
• How to hunt an elephant
• Life before computers
• Geek nursery rhymes
• Hindi film songs to illustrate programming constructs (really)

Academic

• Understanding the university power structure
• Universal Grade Change Form
• Decoding professors
• Decoding letters of reference

India-related

• Rules of the Indian Road
• US naming ceremony

General

• Who's on first
• Light Bulb Jokes
• 18 Unnatural laws
• Application for Canadian Permanent Residency (from the New Yorker)