‘The Cyberiad” by Polish author Stanislaw Lem is a brilliant set of short stories. Its translation from Polish to English is an astounding achievement in itself, faithfully preserving the wonder of the original.
A few days ago, I came across a trailer for the Third Culture Kids . Instant empathy. Nice to know that there are others out there..as I am never tired of repeating, “The more personal it is, the more universal it is.” Here is a lovely poem from the beginning of the trailer. Does anyone know who the author is? I’d like to buy him/her a beer.
The wrap up. Follow Sagar’s adventures as he hangs around the Netherlands in the days leading up to the Grand Cooperative Driving Challenge .
The past few days went by in a blur. We were really busy and I didn’t find time to update this blog with the daily reports. Now that it is all over, I don’t...
Day 7: Before the cock crows. Follow Sagar’s adventures as he hangs around the Netherlands in the days leading up to the Grand Cooperative Driving Challenge .
We left the hotel at 4.30am today morning. Drove down to TNO and thence to the DAF test track near Eindhoven. The tests on the track started at 6am and we...
Day 6: The wake-up call. Follow Sagar’s adventures as he hangs around the Netherlands in the days leading up to the Grand Cooperative Driving Challenge .
The day started off with good news and bad news. The good news is that we will get access to the DAF test track to do platooning and run our tests. Finally, we...
Day 5: Business as usual. Follow Sagar’s adventures as he hangs around the Netherlands in the days leading up to the Grand Cooperative Driving Challenge .
The plan for today was to continue with testing and fixing the controller issues identified yesterday. Proper testing and verification of the controller...
Day 4: Stopping is for losers. Follow Sagar’s adventures as he hangs around the Netherlands in the days leading up to the Grand Cooperative Driving Challenge .
Dennis Sundman joined the team today with the statement, “You know you have too little to do, if you start using a mouse.” As hardcore geeks...
Day 3: The Swedish domination. Follow Sagar’s adventures as he hangs around the Netherlands in the days leading up to the Grand Cooperative Driving Challenge .
Heretic people work on Sundays too, even though the Hotel Breakfast is not available early in the morning because everyone else is taking it easy. So we...
Day 2: The calm before the storm? Follow Sagar’s adventures as he hangs around the Netherlands in the days leading up to the Grand Cooperative Driving Challenge .
Saturday started off at 7am with a typical hotel breakfast. The twist was that we also had Dutch pancakes this time. For the unintiated, Dutch pancakes...
Follow Sagar’s adventures as he hangs around the Netherlands in the days leading up to the Grand Cooperative Driving Challenge .
The trip to NL started getting eventful even before I boarded the flight. We reached Arlanda a bit later than I had expected, courtesy bus 40 not turning up, but once we had checked in,...