Oct 12, 2021

How to turn $100 into $1,000,000

Book review, but through actions! Hi! I found this book, “How to Turn $100 into $1,000,000: Earn! Save! Invest!” in my parents’ house. Apparently, my dad bought it for my brother (re: he’s in 8th grade) to use…anyways, as someone who wants to save up for a car and a…

Finance

2 min read

Jun 30, 2021

Yea but

Late spring or early summer of 2020, around the George Floyd events, my friend Elizabeth messaged me a cool idea: “There have been reports of difficulty connecting to the internet at in-person protests. Can we make an app with helpful information, such as protest tips and bail resources, that protestors could access without an internet connection?” Some work later, we have Protest Pal! …

Blm

6 min read

Jun 29, 2021

Just filled out the GitHub Sponsorship application

but why do I feel so cheap and undeserving Vivek tl;dr: I should keep working on PorNo!, build a business model around it, and get a job. — I work on PorNo!, a porn blocking Chrome Extension and Android app (GitHub link, origin story). At this time of writing, I…

Pornography

4 min read

Just filled out the GitHub Sponsorship application

Dec 21, 2020

I bought an Amazon Halo

To track the tone of my voice, or at least, have a system that attempts to collect meaningful data about my voice. [For the sake of staying on topic, let’s momentarily disregard the sheer amount of information this device can collect from a user ~] The Amazon Halo is another…

Amazon Halo

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Dec 11, 2020

Worry

Are things really this important, or is my personality just “worrier”? In middle school I worried about how attractive I came off to girls In high school, same thing Late high school, when it was time for college applications and decisions, I worried more about why I didn’t spend more…

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Dec 5, 2020

UIUC ISA BARN DANCE FA17

Indian Student Association barn dance, an event that plays minimal Indian music and does not provide refunds. I was at this barn dance with my girl at the time. Not a big, red barn like Old McDonald’s, but more a one-story warehouse-esque hall with a DJ and party lights. Someone…

Uiuc

2 min read

Nov 10, 2020

Boredom

Covid 19 Running a mile barefoot Walking around on my toes the next day cuz I tore some skin off the bottom of my feet Playing ranked in a children’s video game and placing in the top 3% of my region Calling Call of Duty Mobile a “children’s game” for…

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Nov 9, 2020

UIUC MATH241 SP18

“Calculus 3” Spring 2018 (as title), I’m at Sushi Ichiban with my girl at the time. My calculus TA walks in with a companion (relationship unknown). I recognize my TA; she recognizes me; we acknowledge each other; we move on with our evenings…while I’m laughing at the thought that both…

Uiuc

1 min read

UIUC MATH241 SP18

“Calculus 3”

Spring 2018 (as title),

I’m at Sushi Ichiban with my girl at the time.

My calculus TA walks in with a companion (relationship unknown).

I recognize my TA; she recognizes me; we acknowledge each other; we move on with our evenings…while I’m laughing at the thought that both…

Sep 10, 2020

Protest Pal

2020: June 1: . Ideation with Elizabeth . Made google doc . Elizabeth gathered some research June 2: . Niharika joined . Pragya joined . Interviewed Markus . Gathered some design inspiration . Elizabeth bf joined as logo design yaaa June 3: . Made flutter project, hello world . …

Black Lives Matter

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Aug 30, 2020

Legendary in a children’s video game

Ranked Call of Duty Mobile, but in LinkedIn fashion… Hi, I’m Vivek Bhookya and I’m going to give you some tips on how to achieve the highly-coveted (re: not really) Legendary rank in the world’s most popular mobile game (citation needed), Call of Duty Mobile. <Disclaimer about various privileges I…

Call Of Duty Mobile

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