Good Links for budding graduate students:

Collected Advice on Research and Writing:
http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/mleone/web/how-to.html

A good reference book:
"Getting what you came for"

For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong
- linux.org

Reading Hacker's Delight:
Caveat Emptor: The cost of software maintenance increases with the square of the programmer's creativity.
—First Law of Programmer Creativity, Robert D. Bliss, 1992

Wish you a happy, prosperous New Year. Let the coming year be eventful, joyous and one that of discovery too.

For those who are wondering "April 14, New Year??, What the heck!", relax.. Today is New Years Day according to Tamil Calendar.
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/099/food/Tamil_New_Year_is_a_time_of_ritual_and_repast+.shtml