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The Times of India has a brief article about the major contributor to the Gujarati Wikipedia and Gujarati Wiktionary. (Gujarati is the language of Gujarat, an Indian state in the northwest of the country.) As the article notes, the primary contributor (Yann Forget, who recently ran for the WMF board ) is not Indian, but [...]

THE LAST DAY. There’s no distinct division between yesterday’s stuff and today’s, so this picks up right around midnight on Valentine’s 2001. To the NSA people reading this: in the first paragraph, I’m pointing out an obvious flaw in airport security in Chennai. Had I actually tried anything of the sort, I imagine one of [...]

One day left… Tuesday, 13 February 2001 Up at 06:30 as we approached Chennai Central. Sat watching until we arrived at 07:30. Anto T*’s driver met me and we left in the autorickshaw. This time, though, I was a tad bored by the ride, thinking about how I’d get the rest of the gifts I’d [...]

It’s a travel day! Monday 12 February 2001 Hey, I got to sleep in… to 08:00! Breakfast and packing. 10:30, to the National Association for the Blind’s Kerala HQ. Got the “Your mother’s in the field, therefore you must find this fascinating” tour — showed my ignorance of Braille, had tea, got some candles (notice [...]

It’s a boring day. Sorry. Sunday 11 February 2001 Why the fuck do these people get up so early? Got my stuff together (including this book) and headed out to KSV’s house. Had a great read (The Dilbert Future, hilarious!) and nice nap in a quiet room. Breakfast was eggs, toast, and corn flakes, then [...]