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Access Whores and Access Hogs

2011-02-22T22:05:00.001-05:00

...those are the two types of people in tech companies and of course there are "others", who are caught in between. Access whores want and get access to all the applications including the one to order refrigerator cleaning in break room (if there is any such access). They aren't a nuisance compared to the access hogs. It's the access hogs who would stop by at your desk and request you order "

Surprise Mom!

2011-02-12T00:10:00.001-05:00

I completed my infinity scarf and it seems a bit entwined. I guess it's with the way I joined it. I would prefer making it straight and joining it in the end rather than crocheting circular scarf...no longer seems like a mobius strip :( I like it nonetheless and mom loved it :) She was so pleasantly surprised like I had planned.It took about 7-8 hours over a period of 29 days. Now I can use it a

Hunky-dory

2011-02-10T23:52:00.001-05:00

As sung by Christy's Minstrels. Air - "Limerick Races" One of the boys am I, That always am in clover; With spirits light and high, 'Tis well I'm known all over. I am always to be found, A singing in my glory; With your smiling faces round, 'Tis then I'm hunkey dorey. via phrases.org.uk The page goes on to explain the plight of etymologists. Not long afterward, in October 1866, the

Australian parrot

2011-02-06T12:53:00.001-05:00

This Australian parrot is know as Rainbow Jungle because you see them only when it's raining and Sun is shining at the back...no silly, it's because they are colorful.

Calvin and Hobbes

2011-02-05T00:33:00.001-05:00

Drew this after being fascinated by http://ianbrooks.tumblr.com/post/3087016117

PenHolder from phone directory

2011-02-03T18:11:00.001-05:00

I made this penholder today using a phone directory. It isn't as neat it could have been with the right tools but fair enough for a yellow pager :) Detail instructions here.

Glazed

2011-02-02T19:01:00.001-05:00

My neighborhood is no longer safe. I can't go to parking lot without endangering myself. It all started exactly two days ago. I remember. That was the first time I felt ground slipping from under my feet. I couldn't open my car door. I tugged at it but it wouldn't budge. I was surprised.I tip toed back to my apartment and told my team that I'll work from home. We are having a snowstorm with

Setting oneself for disappointment

2011-01-30T17:48:00.001-05:00

People who you use that expression must either be prescient or pessimistic. How else could they predict the outcome? Even otherwise, I feel that expression is condescending to the person for whom you are setting expectations. It thwarts the morale of people trying to dream big. I would like it to be changed to "setting oneself for great expectations" and perhaps the world would see more Charles

About my day

2011-01-28T23:21:00.001-05:00

A day of jumping with stress.Meeting people full of agression and despair.Being defensive and could care less.Why would some one succumband not go to desired land. Life is ongoing and we lag with every grey hairlaid back, lost and unwilling to make change.Things that matter more than goldare only fools who recognize those.

The weekend in pics

2011-01-27T22:57:00.001-05:00

I had great time playing scrabble on Saturday. I picked up a new trick of "balancing rack". John mentioned how in a tournament two guys played back to back bingos and were done in nine turns. One of the bingo words was "APOSTLE". Ever since he has been obsessed to try and play it. Jerry then explained that bingos are all about balancing the rack...discarding the words which are not generic

ForK

2011-01-19T00:18:00.001-05:00

a man has dreams to achievelike a river needs to meet the sea let them run their course else dry up in remorse.

The weekend!

2011-01-17T11:58:00.001-05:00

I had a fun weekend, went Snowboarding with a couple of new friends and had a good time. But man it was freezing and my jaw almost froze! There was a jaw (of my friends') dropping incident on the way back. The conv went like this:Me: I haven't washed my car in over a year now.R: Really? Even then your car is too clean for Columbus.Me: Yes, I wash my car only in distill water.S: (in awe) what? Me

Project: Infinity scarf

2011-01-13T23:18:00.001-05:00

I'm gonna surprise my mom with this infinity scarf that I'm crocheting. I again learned the basic stitches from my mom when she was visiting me last year. Infinity or loop or Mobius (for the geeky) scarf is a circular scarf with a twist and it's very IN to wear it OUT.I found a neat video on youtube and am on my way. Three hours into it and it seems to turn out alright.

Gobi Musallam

2011-01-11T22:46:00.001-05:00

So I'm armed with Chef Sanjeev Kapoor's cookbooks and tried this dish - gobi musallam. It's a dish that requires cooking cauliflower in two (major) steps. It turned out pretty well and I liked it more the next day when I was no longer tired of cooking and pre-cooking shopping. I was fed up of feeding on the simpler gobi recipes which magically work well only for mom. There's something

App Engine Helper for Django - Part I

2010-11-15T00:27:00.001-05:00

Even with the easy instructions on installing GAE Django Helper I ran into several problems. Most of these were Import Error.from google.appengine.ext import dbImportError: No module named google.appengine.extdjango.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: 'appengine' isn't an available database backend. Try using django.db.backends.XXX, where XXX is one of: 'dummy', 'mysql', 'oracle', '

Exporting Contacts from Facebook - How many care?

2010-11-12T20:55:00.001-05:00

There have been discussions around how Facebook is evil about not letting "everyone" get their contact data out unless they happen to have a free yahoo or hotmail account. The discussions surfaced again after Google prohibited direct upload of contacts to facebook and added a warning on downloading the contact data. Techcrunch has an article today about how to create a new yahoo account to get

GAE Error when displaying datastore entity key

2010-11-11T18:13:00.001-05:00

Error TypeError: write() argument 1 must be string or read-only character buffer, not Key Reason I was trying to display key for an entity. Python/ Java API returns keys as an instance of the entity class. Convert it to string to pass it or to display.

Running Django on Google App Engine

2010-11-11T02:31:00.001-05:00

It took about five hours but I did it!!!Google has this simple tutorial on how to start first Django project on GAE. It's helpful but not enough to debug all the errors novices run into. Here's the step by step instructions for someone familiar with basic Django.1. Create the GAE app. Let's call it gaeapp.I use GUI to provide app name and it creates a directory with following

An African Elephant Sketch

2010-11-09T23:21:00.001-05:00

Here's the original - Mine didn't turn out that well. Looks kind of aged.

Untitled

2010-11-08T22:51:00.001-05:00

Contrasted pink with gray just to see how it looks. Not to bad eh :)

Crayon Sketch

2010-11-05T00:49:00.001-04:00

Time to draw : 15 mins

Mac OSX Disk Sweeper

2010-11-05T00:45:00.005-04:00

With over year and half of data, my mac harddrive is choking. With backups for previous machines and trip photographs and applications etc. Although I've backup on external harddrive, my fingers still refuse to delete anything worthwhile from my mac. So until I bought another harddrive to backup my backup, I had to do some clean up. A quick googling helped me find this awesome software called

Jeff Dunham Show

2010-11-05T00:45:00.003-04:00

Watched the show at the Ohio State Fair last night. I took a "sky ride" ride and had an aerial view of most of the fairground. They have so many rides! The Celeste Center theatre was right in the middle of the fairgrounds. The theatre is huge and clean but the seats suck! With the uncomfortable, narrow and close seats, it manages to seat 10k. Show itself was good! Jeff showed a new doll - Diane,

Amazon Kindle has games

2010-11-05T00:45:00.001-04:00

If you have an Amazon Kindle and you didn't already know it, go get your Kindle and try it out like now. When on home screen, press SHIFT (the up arrow key ↑) + ALT + M and voila - there's the hidden Minesweeper. Use joystick to explore and "m" to mark/unmark mines. And if you hit "g" you could play GoMoku. I had never heard of GoMoku and simply explained it's Tic-Tac-Toe but you need 5

BumpTop

2010-11-05T00:44:00.005-04:00

Checkout the 3D room like appearance of desktop. It looks pretty neat isn't it. You could pile stuff just like in a book store. The software was developed by bumptop who have been acquired by Google and the software is off the shelves now.

Amazon buying your old books

2010-11-05T00:44:00.003-04:00

Amazon is offering a trade in of amazon gift card worth $5 or more for your used books in good condition. These books will be purchased by a Third Party Merchant. How convenient is it that that shipping is free. So no more selling your books for the same amount and wait in queue at halfprice bookstore or reposting those craigslist advts. See and download the full gallery on posterous

Cute Puss sans boots

2010-11-05T00:44:00.001-04:00

If you have seen any of the Shrek movies, well not any, but ones after 1st Shrek you know who Puss is. Puss is the ninja cat - nimble, fast, sharp and in the boots at that. This is how Puss looked before. With Shrek Forever After, Puss gets a make over...a big fat one. One of the most hilarious scenes from the movie, when puss and donkey are drenched are trying to groom themselves.

We are Shortsighted

2010-05-19T18:41:00.002-04:00

We are a product of our choices. Even when we thought we didn’t have a choice we did. If we have choices all along why do we feel so discontented? Because we are timing our decisions wrong. Rather than focusing on what will make us happier today we are making choices for the self that we think we will be in future. But when the future comes we are anything but happy about our decisions. How

Coders and Insurance

2010-05-18T20:31:00.002-04:00

At work a program fell flat and wiped out the backup eliminating any hope of recovery. The coder said she had not expected the program would ever encounter a condition like this and hence never accounted for it. In an ideal situation..., she continued, but she had lost me.I wonder how could humble people who take out insurance policies on themselves miss to see fallibility of the applications

Reading

2010-05-05T22:23:00.010-04:00

Reading has been keeping me busy apart from endless browsing and listless browsing. I find time to watch a 1 hour TV episode but not a 10 minute tutorial. I guess it's all in the mental setup. The mindset that we are too tired to do anything. In 'How to live on 24 hours a day', that author (forgot his name, he isn't a movie star after all; but I often refer to Robert De Niro as 'What just

Cheesecake

2010-05-04T22:01:00.006-04:00

Last week I tried my hands at The Cheesecake Factory style cheesecake. I had intended to stick to the recipe to get it just right. The cake turned out good even after my slight deviations. The recipe suggested a mixed nut crust and it's to die for. It's worth just baking the crust as snack bars.Deviation#1The tin foil cake-pans I bought ended up smaller than I needed and I didn't have any

Tiger

2010-03-15T13:08:00.010-04:00

Journey into the animal kingdom continues from cat, horse to tiger. I guess next would be lion.Checkout the video with 34 stages of the sketch. It took me 5 seatings spread across 3 months to finish it...mostly because I was lazy and it looked like a daunting task after 50% into it. Also learned that if you're creating a movie with pics in iMovie it will add Ken burn effects by default and

gimp puppy

2010-02-04T23:46:00.001-05:00

Snowboarding

2010-01-31T13:41:00.004-05:00

My shoulders are sore;ankle sprained.hamstrings are pulled;all the signs of age.But, hey, I’m not getting old.It's just that yesterday,I did snowboard.I relish snowboarding and the pain that devours me afterward; it reminds me of the fun I had. I started snowboarding in 2007 in Snoqualmie after having given up skiing previous season; I had hurt my knee and wore a knee pad of poison ivy, it was

World's Largest Baskets

2009-12-12T21:17:00.009-05:00

Today I saw the world's largest picnic basket (see above) and world's largest apple basket (see below). Picnic basket is located at1500 East Main Street Newark, Ohio 43055Apple basket is located at5563 Raiders Road,Frazeysburg,OH 43822Picnic basket is the working office of Longaberger basket company. They have the basket workshop in Frazeysburg by the apple basket. It's closed during the holidays

The Horse

2009-11-21T23:26:00.006-05:00

My charcoal sketch of original Baroque (European art marked by ornate details) Horse Series III by Heather Theurer.Completed it comparitively faster than my other paintings.After 30 minutes into it, it looked like this -25 minutes later -32 minutes later -Total time to complete the sketch 1 hr 27 minutes.

Chocolate Factory Tour

2009-07-29T06:23:00.001-04:00

This week I took factory tour of Schakolad Chocolate Factory in Columbus, OH.It is one of the few attractions that Columbus offers apart from monstrous apple baskets, graduation cap etc.The tour was sweet and so was our host/guide - Judy. She showed us a video on the history of chocolate and served us warm chocolate drink with honey and salt. That's probably the way it was drunk in ancient

Girl with red rose

2009-05-19T22:19:00.006-04:00

I've been wanting to draw this for a long time. I abandoned the first attempt. But started afresh last weekend and here I am.It took some time to locate the poster. It's called "Only for You" by Kim Anderson. It's also called "Red Hat" and appears in "Little Friends" too.

Just a thought

2009-05-14T23:02:00.004-04:00

I've a book of 100 short stories by O. Henry. I read it almost daily during lunch time. I like O. Henry's work - the sarcasm, the humor, the twists and the language. Today while I was reading I realized I was holding 100 individual works of art by Henry. Each written with great deliberation. It's a huge accomplishment to write 100 stories. Of course he would have written many times more to get

How David Beats Goliath

2009-05-14T22:30:00.003-04:00

I like writings of Malcolm Gladwell. Just read his new essay Annals of Innovation: How David Beats GoliathGist:Underdogs beat professionals in as many as 70% cases. These underdogs often don't play by the conventional methods. Their effort and determination triumphs the expertise of their opponent.

Cat in the Shoe

2009-05-10T21:42:00.006-04:00

Sketch of the naughty cat caught in the shoe.Closer shotUpdate:Mom says the sketch is exceptionally good. She said, "Look at the tail. How brilliant it is! OMG!" She even encouraged me to be a full time artist.

2009-05-06T22:09:00.000-04:00

Available packages/ ports on MacPorts :http://www.macports.org/ports.php?by=category&substr=archiversTo install a package using MacPorts : sudo port install sudo port uninstall

Experiment - Amazon Remembers

2009-04-01T20:21:00.046-04:00

Amazon remembers is an innovative and incredibly fast product image recognition service by Amazon currently available only on iPhone. I'm totally blown away by it.How it worksGo to Amazon app on iPhone, Remembers Section, Click a picture with your iPhone, Send it to Amazon. Amazon will respond with a either an exact item or a matching one. All this right from within the app. You can view the

Folding a sheet of paper more than 7 times

2009-03-29T10:55:00.003-04:00

While growing up almost all of us have tried folding a paper more than 7 times and failed but for Britney Gallivan. She derived empirical formula for approximate width needed to fold a paper in alternate directions and another one for approximate length needed to fold a paper in one direction. She demonstrated that a 1.2 km long toilet paper can be folded 12 times.Here's the complete story and

Add hours to your day - Switch off TV

2009-03-28T22:04:00.005-04:00

Mitch Altman talks about how TV takes away 13 years of 70 years of an average American's life. He hates TV so much that he created a universal remote called TV-B-Gone.Here is a talk he gave on hacking life for fun and profit - http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4600578110948529551&hl=enSome salient points - 1. Watch more TV be less happy.2. TV is one of the causes of obesity.3.

Lazy Days

2009-03-28T17:15:00.006-04:00

My latest watercolor painting.This adorable golden retriever was photographed by Keith Kimberlin and can be seen here.I first saw it hanging on my roommate's door and when it tore during a move, I replaced it.

The Sawmill

2009-03-26T22:38:00.001-04:00

As I walked into my parking lot a small smile came to my lips. A smile that comes with knowledge of familiarity.As a kid I used to visit my grandparents' sawmill. The mill is still there but they aren't. They were older than the mill. The passage to the mill was piled with fresh logs on both sides. The greatest attraction of the mill for me was it's big wooden pan balance right at the entrance.

Unlocked iPhone

2009-03-22T00:51:00.000-04:00

After several failed attempts at craigslist and unwillingness to sign a 2 year contract my wait finally got over today. I bought a 4 GB 1st generation iPhone. I attempted to jailbreak and unlock with QuickPWN but it did not quite go well on mac. I guess because I failed to put iPhone in DFU mode a couple of times. When I tried again iTunes blew raspberry with "An iPod has been detected, but it

OpenCobol Compiler

2008-12-07T02:25:00.000-05:00

I was looking for a COBOL compiler to use compile a matrix multiplication program. I found and downloaded openCobol using Synaptic. I wrote a simple "Hello World" display program but it would not complie for lack of lncurses. I cursed and installed libncurses5-dev. The program compiled and ran just fine.OpenCobol translates COBOL to C and then compiles C program using Gnome C compiler. COBOL code

First Firefox Extension

2008-12-06T23:32:00.001-05:00

Thought of trying out some thing new and I wrote the "Hello World" Firefox extension. Precise instructions and explanation are available at https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Building_an_Extension.The profile folder mentioned in the instructions is ~/.mozilla/firefox/*.default/extensionsAfter creating the id file in extensions folder when you restart you firefox, the addon window notifies that a

Color Pencil Drawing - Sleeping Dogs

2008-12-02T21:33:00.000-05:00

This is my first color pencil drawing. I took four hours to do it. Ear of the dog in front looks as if it has been wrung.Made the preliminary sketch while listening to PG's Great Hackers

Mac Theme for Xubuntu

2008-11-26T22:44:00.000-05:00

I had used compiz in my previous install of Ubuntu and missed it in Xubuntu. I installed compiz and emerald yesterday. To further enhance aesthetics of my laptop, I wanted to change the wallpaper. I did not know how to do it until yesterday. My search led me to a blog with details on how to make you Xubuntu look like Mac. Link here.It inspired me and I downloaded the package - Macforlin package

Angel

2008-11-22T23:14:00.000-05:00

I did a water color painting recently. It took about ten hours over a period of three months. It did not turn out as good as expected. Need more practice.MineOriginal

Drivers - Windows has it

2008-11-11T13:41:00.000-05:00

Now dual boot is working fine :)I'd downloaded missing drivers from lenovo website for ethernet, wireless, sound and video. But the windows plug and play was unable to find them. I was pointing search in WIN2K folder instead of XP [C:\DRIVERS\WIN\ETHERNET\WINXP].My friend downloaded the correct Ethernet driver and got plug and play wizard to find it. Once on internet, finding and installing

Dual Boot - Windows Woes

2008-11-08T15:26:00.001-05:00

I've still not found the right drivers to make WindowsXP connect to Internet. All my attempts end up like this - more animals

Dual Boot - Xubuntu and Windows

2008-11-06T03:40:00.001-05:00

Yay! Fixed wireless issue on new install. OS wasn't detecting my Thinkpad's wireless card on both Ubuntu 8.04 and Xubuntu 8.04. I was having a hard time but thanks to wonderful Ubuntu community I was able to fix them. I'm still struggling to fix it on Windows :-)Here is the tip that ticked - http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=826233&highlight=aironet

Hot air ballooning in Seattle

2008-10-25T19:17:00.000-04:00

This birthday I did hot air ballooning 3000 ft above Snohomish County of Seattle. The clear sky enhanced the pleasure.Hot air balloon works on a simple principle that hot air is lighter than surrounding cold air. This difference causes balloon to rise. First manned hot air balloon was invented by the French and in their honor, the organizers always celebrate success of a flight with

Labor of Love

2008-10-25T00:07:00.000-04:00

June 29, 2008. I ran my first ever half marathon!Well I did not just run but walked, dragged and cribbed. 13 miles did not seem easier when I registered for the run and boy! were they any easier.My friend and I planned to train for several months in advance and started just in time a week before the run. Training made us confident of running at least 3 miles which is just enough to cross

Get Last Used Row

2008-08-27T20:19:00.000-04:00

Sub get_last_used_row()' to get the last non-blank rowLastRow1 = Cells(Cells.Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row'this is the keyboard equivalent of selecting a range using shift and down arrow ' Exercise What does "A" signify??LastRow2 = UsedRange.Rows.CountMsgBox "LastRow1 " & LastRow1MsgBox "LastRow2 " & LastRow2End SubExercise - What is the difference between LastRow1 and LastRow2. Though they

selcells

2008-08-26T22:59:00.000-04:00

Sub selcells()' this sub shows how to get a cell value ActiveSheet.Select cellval = Cells(1, "A") MsgBox cellvalEnd SubTry writing a sub that copies value of A1 into B1 without use of an intermediate variable.

Msgbox Inputbox

2008-08-25T22:26:00.000-04:00

Open excelDo Alt F11Paste - Sub pgmhello()MsgBox "Hello"' accept name from username1 = InputBox("Name Please")' concatenate hello and user name MsgBox "Hello" & name1End SubClick green triangular button or PF5Try it!

PDF Converter, Split n Merge

2008-05-27T21:30:00.000-04:00

I shy away from cumbersome WORD documents due to poor navigation between pages and delay in loading images and prefer to use PDFs. Google Documents is good but for files under size of mere 500 KB but beyond that it gives up.I recently discovered an efficient and fast way of converting a file using services of Free PDF Converter. It is a 3 step process - Upload, Press Convert Button, Download. You

Half Marathon

2008-05-05T19:44:00.000-04:00

My take away from the big climb was information on marathon. My friend and I chose to enrol for 13 miles long half marathon scheduled for 29th June 2008. It provides the unprecedented opportunity to cross the 520 Bridge, the longest floating bridge in the world, on foot.Am all excited and plan to train for the event. That reminds me that I need to buy new running shoes.

Volunteering while on Visa in US

2008-05-05T16:22:00.001-04:00

Last week I decided to do some volunteer work for Seattle's Public Library. Since I'm on work visa, my friend advised me to check if I was legally authorized for volunteering.I was flustered to know that volunteering could be illegal. But sources on www reveal that the law has been made to ensure Fair Labor Laws and I agree. Besides being unpaid, a job should fulfill several other criteria to be

Harry Potter

2008-05-02T13:40:00.000-04:00

Harry Potter - Level III

Why do stories have a happy ending?

2008-04-28T18:17:00.001-04:00

Boy meets girl. They fall in love. They get married and live happily ever after. This is a simple example of a story with happy ending.Why do most of the stories have a happy ending?I got an optimistic answer on a TV show. The explanation goes like - "A story is not over until it culminates into a happy ending. This means that one should work thru difficult situations until the desired result is

The Big Climb

2008-03-16T20:21:00.001-04:00

The annual Big Climb presents its participants a seemingly daunting task to climb 69 flights in 1311 steps and 788 feet in vertical elevation. The event takes place at Seattle's Columbia Center. All the proceeds from the event goes to fight leukemia.My friend enthusiastically enrolled both of us for this fund raising event & gave me tips on how to pace myself and face the giant task. I knew that

One step at a time

2008-03-01T02:45:00.000-05:00

I've a list of things that I want to do. Every day I'd think of making a better use of tomorrow. But after every retrospection, I'd be disappointed to see no progress.Over the past two days, I tried to reason and realized that...1) I never worked on any target in an organized way...I had no plans but only wishes.2) I wanted things to change overnight.I've figured out that the only solution is to

List of Files

2008-01-23T09:00:00.000-05:00

List of files in a folder On Windows OS, to get a list of names of files in a folder on my local drive, I can do -Open a command prompt: run -> cmdNavigate to the folder by giving the path in quotes:cd "My Documents\myfolder"Type command: dir > file_name.txtThis saves detailed summary of the files in the folder in text file called file_name. Details include -Modified Date and Time,Size,Name of

Learning & Confidence

2008-01-05T14:35:00.000-05:00

I often feel superior to my peers and then feel guilty of my boastfulness.Everyone has different skills and they should be appreciated for that. But I realized what sets me apart from them - my urge to try and learn new things.The embarrassment at the knowledge of ignorance is bliss. I work towards getting rid of my awkwardness, I learn. This knowledge leads to confidence.With the umpteen

Summary 2007

2008-01-02T15:08:00.001-05:00

2007 has been quite a fulfilling year.Read - Atlas ShruggedAnthemDa Vinci CodeDeception PointAngels and DemonsLearnt to -Snowboard - Looking forward to this year's seasonDrive - Licensed to Drive (only)Use Auto Hot Keys - I use of couple of these at work since AHK can be used only on Windows OS.Write Excel Macros - Ever so useful and quick.Could not finish these books -

Ubuntu - USB port problem

2007-12-23T01:48:00.000-05:00

Since I updated from Ubuntu Fiesty Fawn to Gutsy Gibbon, I was facing challenges getting my USB drive to work. The OS will not detect my camera, and either of my two flash drives. If the USB device would be detected after several minutes of silence, within a few minutes, system would throw the following error message -"To avoid serious data loss, disable removable drives with the "Eject" option

Portland Gardens

2007-12-08T09:00:00.000-05:00

A weekend get away to Portland, Oregon. It was a two day trip, by road, with friends.We stopped for a coffee break here.The car crossed the railway station of Portland.Railways are popularly called Amtrak.Union Station, PortlandThe next planned stop was the waterfront of Portland. It was a very cold day and we rushed.Waterfront, PortlandPortland has a huge China Town which has several Chinese

Snowfall in Seattle

2007-12-07T18:18:00.000-05:00

Snowfall was a luxury that I had no idea how to afford. Being in Seattle gave me an opportunity to be introduced to a preliminary snowfall last year in 2006 and last weekend it had full 3 inches of snowfall.Wow!Here are some of the pictures that I took from and around my apartment.Leaf in SnowSnow settling on the branchesSnow on the cobwebMy roomie's Linux penguin on our patioOverwhelmed with

A Misspiece

2007-11-27T15:15:00.000-05:00

After a long hiatus, I drew again! Below are the pictures of the my misspiece followed by the original.I use to take drawing lessons during school. I revived my creative pursuits in Feb '07 when my friend and I bought art supplies and drew a lion together. And then there was a lull. I had a sense of satisfaction after completing this painting.What critics say?1) My roommates liked it. One of them

For A Rich

2007-10-19T05:00:00.000-04:00

You are so cool that if you were any cooler...... you would be me.Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Mom

2007-10-08T23:57:00.000-04:00

Today is my mom's birthday. I wish her a very happy and long life. I always admire her emotional strength and perseverance. She has contributed in wonderful and intangible ways to make me the person I'm.I thank her for giving me her love, more than I deserve.I love you, mom. Happy Birthday!

A long story cut short

2007-10-06T11:23:00.000-04:00

I've heard this short story in my childhood. A few days back, I narrated it for my friend. She is an avid reader herself but of course there is no pleasure like listening to a story, at bedtime, tucked in a cosy bed. She was all excited but not as much as I was. I was all prepared to give her a little surprise. Here is the version of story I told -"Once upon a time, in a far far away kingdom of

At last Shrunked

2007-09-20T16:29:00.001-04:00

I like to read although I don't read a lot. I had already read the 'Fountainhead' and I was advised to read 'Atlas Shrugged'. I picked it up from library. The moment I saw I just shrugged. The tome was returned without a single page turned.Three months back, again I was offered the book, albeit a less scary edition. It looked like abridged version of the original but in fact had smaller print. I

Locked out of bathroom

2007-09-19T00:09:00.001-04:00

What could be worse than getting locked out of your own bathroom on a Sunday night. When none of the apartment maintenance guy could come to help! When I would have to attend a meeting at 7:30 am and above all when I could still have to .... So the situation demanded action. Regretting mildly about being in US, I tried to push the door but was of no help. Then I got a knife from the kitchen and

Who's the cat?

2007-09-11T23:14:00.002-04:00

Alex loves his job… making presentations, client meetings, onsite tours, and a king size status. Of course he is happy. He spends his time improvising his skills or with his three friends - Marty, Gloria and Melman.Melman stands out in crowd but is indifferent to everything and takes pleasure in nurturing his fears. He can live in despair forever; it is hope that scars him.Gloria is a