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1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 23.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.

From a book I’d rather not name:

The following fields are included in a typical inode for a disk file in Unix.

(Yes, I know, that’s sad. )

Tickets are bought; I’m leaving for Bangalore on April 22.

In case you know someone who works in the software industry there, or who might be able to give me information about where to stay and what to do, I’d much appreciate some information.

On the road to India

So I’m going to move to my country of citizenship, India, one of the poorest nations in the world, to pursue my career in about two weeks’ time, specifically to the city Bangalore.

As can be expected when moving to a poor country, I will be without Internet access (and other first-world luxuries) for a while. This means, of course, that I will not be able to contribute to Linux.Ars for a few months until I find my bearings (and hopefully get a job).

I’m definitely not looking forward to it, but when life deals you lemons, the best thing to do with them is to make lemonade. Hopefully when my career gets back on track, I will have the opportunity to move to a better place.

Matthias is getting married sometime during the next eight weeks. Congratulations to him and his bride-to-be.