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I came across an interesting thread on Amazon where people were discussing about their top five favorite songs. What is cool is that they all said that they couldn’t possibly list their top five songs ever as, I quote, “these change weekly or as the mood strikes”.

This is my current top five songs today:

1. Fischerspooner - A Kick In The Teeth
2. Yael Naim – Toxic
3. Faithless – Reverence
4. Daft Punk - Television Rules The Nation / Crescendolls
5. Porcupine Tree – Hatesong

Incidentally, all the above links point to Last.fm which is, IMHO, a fantastic social networking site for music lovers. Personally, it has allowed me to discover countless artists through its recommendation engine and by exploring the playlists of people having similar music taste as me. Give it a try!

This is my own artist page (yep!) on Last.fm. By the way, some people say (and I think it’s true) that good computer scientists are also good musicians and vice-versa. Apparently, this has something to do with structured reasoning. What I personally know is that I derive the same kind of pleasure playing some music and writing a program…

The picture above shows David Gahan and Martin Gore of Depeche Mode, my favorite music group by very very far…

 

What are your own top five songs today?

I’ve observed that many of you have lost your sense of direction. This is so comprehensible as current political systems (and this includes religion IMHO) have not adapted to the real world of blogs and Facebook and, consequently, you, as a technology-freak, are feeling lost.

You don’t have to be alone anymore.

On this very auspicious day, I am launching my new religion: Avism.

The image seen above is the official logo of this new religion. In essence, it has its roots in Technology (I used Gimp to render that image), in Football (obviously) and also in Me (hence the name). Avism is the first post-modern religion: it is a best-of of everything except existing political parties and existing religions…

Naturally, I am quitting my job at the University of Mauritius as I feel I’ll need all my energy to serve you as your light-bearer.

By the way, I will be known as from now as “The Perfect (and So Intelligent) Grand Guru Who Likes To Party and Is A Great Computer Scientist and Likes To Koze KK”.