i'm kushal
Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.
-- Mark Twain
The man, the myth, the legend....
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My mental typewriter-equipped monkeys anxiously anticipating Hamlet....
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On occasion, I entertain the notion that I can write, and you can see
some of the results for yourself. You can read my somewhat outdated articles about etext, computers in school, and cable modems. Also available are more recent articles on electronic publishing and another one about computers in education. Sorry the links within the articles aren't clickable yet; I work on these pages when I have time. There's also an article I wrote about keyboard shopping I wrote for ComputorEdge that I may add at some point. Even more recently, I've written for The Yale Herald about phones, the history of technology at yale, online apps, online classes, student.com, and a digital arts center. Phew!
I've taken away links to my poems because I'm embarrased by them now. I have, however, preserved my cheesy adolescent short story, Danse, to punish the unsuspecting amongst you. It's in Word 7.0 format, and you can get a plug-in to read it at Microsoft. Another file you might want to check out (also in Word 7.0 format) is a play. It was one of fifteen semi-finalists in the annual Playwrights' Project competition. I know these files don't download properly. I think it has something to do with MIME encoding. But since the only privileges I have on this server are FTP, getting these files to open now becomes your problem. |
Just some thoughts, updated every now and then....
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If you could only do one good deed, what would it be? Would it be to help a kid who was about to die enjoy one last hurrah, or would it be to relieve the suffering of starving children? I would be inclined towards the latter, and, in fact, if I were on my deathbed, I would urge people not to waste their efforts on my non-vital wants, especially when that $4,000 could be put to such better use. Perhaps I'm alone in this sentiment. Anyway, when Star 100.7 decided to spend December raising large amounts of money for the Make a Wish Foundation through auctions and other fundraisers, I was somewhat perturbed. Below, the correspondence succinctly states both sides. Feel free to email me with your own thoughts, but good luck trying to change my mind. I don't mean to sound like a grinch, but I am a little perturbed by your choice of charity. I mean, it definitely is romantic to help out these kids and make life a little better before they die. And while it is never really possible to compare miseries, it seems like you are providing a select group of victims with a luxury, taking thousands of dollars of San Diegan's excess money. Meanwhile, there are people throughout the world who lack food, much less medical care. Millions of people will go through their entire lives without ever having adequate funds to even come close to having some wish of theirs come true. Their misery will be of a much greater duration and severity than that of terminally ill children. It really seems to me that Make A Wish should be a last priority charity, after people have been fed. From Tracy Johnson: While we respect and appreciate your comments and agree that there are many deserving people, and charities in the world, it is very disheartening that you don't feel our efforts are worthwhile. Our station has decided to make a few crtiically ill children have the dream of their lifetime...and it is with great pride that we over-achieved our goal. If you don't feel a need to participate, don't....but to launch a criticism for something so worthwhile is, in all respect, a cheap shot. Many stations have stopped charitable activity because of this type of criticism....they have decided it's just not worth it. No matter what they do, someone has a problem with them. If they feed the world's hungry, they are criticized for sending the money out of town or for not sending clothes to the poor children in Tijuana. If they clothe the children in Tijuana, they are criticized for not helping out Americans in San Diego County. If they help the homeless and hungry in SD County, they're reminded that they are narrow-minded and not thinking globally. SO their solution is to do nothing. And that is sad. Update: I went back over Christmas Break and they are still are giving ridiculous amounts of money to this single charity. They could at least switch every year. It's a pity to see so many people thinking they are doing good for society when, quite frankly they aren't. Speaking of idiotic liberals, did anybody see Pleasasntville. It could've been so good except that they just had to beat us over the head with their free-love, nothing sacred message. |
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Windows into the minds of others....
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Dawson's Creek is a really lame show, but I watch it every week. I think I've finally figured out why, though. For all of its absurdity (and it is ubiquitous) it is still the most plausible show about teenagers (even if they look like their 19 instead of 15) out there. Sad, but true. Shows on other networks depict kids who are too young and too inexperienced in a sitcomy environment or adults in an unrealisitically frequently fornicating setting. While it is no My So-Called Life nor a Wonder Years, it still is adequately intriguing to distract me from my homework Tuesday nights. Joey is especially cool. No less attractively repulsive than the Spice Girls, Dawson's is worth trying -- you'll like it. Update: We have weekly Dawson's parties up here at Yale. I highly recommend it. There's nothing quite like compelling drama in the stilted words out of the mouths of purported teens to bring people together! |
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Is man only a blunder of god or god only
a blunder of man?
--Friedrich Neitzsche |
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You may be wondering, if you have too much time on your hands, why I chose the handle krave. The answer is very simple. I tried melding the names Kushal and Dave together on a Bulletin Board System (remember those?) long ago. However, Kave sounded too platonic. (that's a double entendre, in case you didn't notice). Plus, krave is more catchy, and, if I ever learn to roll my r's, I could say it with finesse. | |
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