Vijay Pandurangan

The madoff scandal

My blog was supposed to be about my various travels throughout the world. But, alas as things usually go, plans and reality diverge.

I’ve been reading about the Madoff scandal with some incredulity — what kind of people would hand over so much money, and a carte blanche…

Your password management strategy stinks: Here’s why

We’ve used passwords since the beginning of computing. But back then you only had to remember one password — a single account let you access all the programs on one computer. You were unlikely to need to get into more than one of those…

First travel post. Seoul!

I’m finally getting around to writing about some of my world travels. I suppose it’s fitting that I’m writing this on a Delta flight. Thank god for in-seat power! And for complimentary upgrades to first class!

Where to start? I guess it makes sense to just intersperse ‘historical’…

Why Eclipse’s “Check for Updates” is horribly slow (and how to fix it)

I recently installed Eclipse Indigo. I wanted to add a few plugins to it, so I tried to use the UI to check for new updates and install some new packages. I let it run for a while, and after about 45 minutes…