Mehnati naujawan deserves a break

19 April 2009 0

Noticed a bunch of books way down the pile which turned out to be journals. And I had to show these to my professors in 4 days. That, boys and girls, put to test my writing (…??) and my PR skills (oohh puhhleease koi assignment likh do…chocolate dunga!!)

Then, there was the project module. I had to find a phone which supported AT commands (finally found my brother’s old Nokia 8310 and got it fixed). I searched a few shops for the data cable, but gave up soon enough.

me: data cable chahiye phone ka
shopkeeper: milega na sir, kaunsa chaahiye bas bolo…
me: iss phone ke liye *whipping out my 8310 in style*
shopkeeper: *looks at the phone, entranced…*
shopkeeper: *still looking…*
me: are milta hai ya nahi?
shopkeeper: haanji sir, mil jaata aapko…8 saal pehle *wicked smile*
me: *$&#(*$!

Finally deciding to use IRDA, I found out that Compaq notebooks provide a Consumer IR (only used for their remote control), so got another notebook which supported the 8310 range. Next, found out that VB6 Comm Control needs updated drivers (which was impossible as they stopped manufacturing years ago). Downloaded IR2COM and it works great now.

Just when I thought things could only get better, I had to write 5 university papers and submit them the coming week. Short time, and then they complain about not being able to decipher your handwriting…Sheesh!