It’s been a while since my last post. Life has been pretty busy and it was hard to find free time to do blogging. However, I think squeezing 20 minutes per day to write some thoughts shouldn’t be that big a deal. So, here I am, I am planning to write my thoughts online more frequently. Partly for the people who care about me and partly for tracking my steps during the years to come. For the past a few days, I have been busy learning Microsoft Dynamics CRM system. Watching the design of a complete software system is a...

Friend’s kid is a happy, bright boy attending junior high. Last weekend, he showed me some of his math home work questions while we chatted online. One of them was interesting enough that I thought it is worth to share with everyone who reads my blog. The question was simple enough:  Find a the value of ? in the given Hexgon.   With a degree in applied science, this was a non-brainer to me. “I found the pattern of these numbers. The formula is (next = 3*previous + 1).” I proudly announced after some quick calculation. The young man's face brighten...