Kalyan Chatterjee

Welcome to my sandbox :)

Here I try to get my hands dirty with various web programming technologies and buzzwords.  Things I do may seem trivial or monolithic to seasoned web developers but my philosophy to remain upbeat is that a journey of a thousand miles starts with one step.  With that in mind, I am trying to learn how to write clean and easy-to-maintain websites, web applications and widgets where functionality and standards are given importance over cosmetics.  Ideally, I want to attain a level where any website or app I write comes across as elegant and reliable.

About me
Since this is my personal website, I will take the opportunity to yack a bit about myself... I was born and raised in Kolkata (Calcutta), India and immigrated to Canada in Y2K.   I did my bachelor's degree from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.  By profession I am an engineer and develop software for living and leisure.  It's going to sound like a cliché... I dig muscle cars, gadgets, nature travel, road trips, little bit of photography and I watch Simpsons regularly.

Happening now

Date: June 24, 2010
I have been an ovo-lacto vegetarian for about a year now (with a few exceptions when I was in India last fall).  I am not against eating meat (or maybe I am, I don't know) but I am strongly opposed to factory farming.   If you are not the faint of heart, I insist that you watch this gruesome video of animal abuse in our industrialized societies.

Warning: Explicit graphic content.  Viewer discretion is strongly advised.

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