Author: Dinesh Elumalai

Dinesh Elumalai explains data centers, their importance, their pitfalls, and the future they hold in store for us ‘Data! Data! Data! I cannot make bricks without clay’, was the mantra of Sherlock Holmes in Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Adventure of the Copper Beeches. Big corporations in the modern world seem to have taken Holmes’ motto to heart. An ever-increasing volume of data is collected and computed by big corporations in their quest to improve their margins. But to the layperson, words like data center, server, and the like barely make any sense. Let us take a quick look at how…

Dinesh Elumalai takes a nostalgic relook at one of the most loved games from the 1990s When we were all young and carefree, skipping homework, and engaged in a button-mashing frenzy on our (or friends’) arcade consoles to shoot down hostile alien hordes in a variety of locations, the name Contra brings back cherished memories. And to top it off, that nasty electric guitar-heavy soundtrack! Oh man. On February 20, 2022, our beloved Contra celebrated his 35th birthday. Image Credit: Contra – NES Gameplay – YouTube You heard it right. This childhood favorite of many a kid was first released…