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Dec 19, 2024: Delta, GDOT and the hell that is Metro Atlanta traffic Leave home at 3pm to drop off family at ATL. Return home at 730pm, after spending 2 minutes to get luggage out, hugs, goodbyes and a photo. Also …

Dec 17, 2024: Honda Altima has a nice sound to it.

Dec 11, 2024: Tamil Hyderabadi got found out by AI.

Dec 7, 2024: Iron Box of Memories R had a piano recital today at the local mall as part of a concert series at his music school that they do leading up to Christmas. He wanted to suit …

Dec 5, 2024: I was in a phone screen when the interviewer got an Emergency alert midway through. She continued but cut it 5 minutes short from the scheduled 30 …

Dec 1, 2024: RMAs in SSD Land Last month I had 2 SSD failures but two completely different RMA experiences. Bought a SanDisk 8TB DeskSSD in Aug from B & H Photo and that unit …

Nov 25, 2024: Catching up on First Man (2018) and the OST feels like an extension of Lalaland for the piano chords and wind instruments, Whiplash for the percussive …

Nov 16, 2024: Hallelujah! Walked in on the kiddo’s piano lesson at the end of the session. They are in private rooms with a glass window to peek through. They stick to …

Nov 14, 2024: AppleCare Replacement and Migration Assistant for iPhone on iOS 18.1 Triggered AppleCare replacement for the iPhone 14 Pro. While the shattered back was bearable, the main camera started showing artifacts. Overnight …

Nov 13, 2024: I like artsy fartsy films more than the average person but I just can’t seem to get into Megalopolis. May be it would have worked in a theater where …

Nov 12, 2024: When we return home and the dogs are out of their crate, zero movement towards the door. May be a lift an eyelid to acknowledge us. When they are in …

Nov 4, 2024: Every Blue team presidential yard sign I’ve seen show up, has gotten damaged within 24 hours. This has been the case in the 3 counties whose main …

Oct 24, 2024: #45 is spending a lot of time within our regular weekday schedule that it is affecting our commute times. Battleground State Woes.

Oct 24, 2024: Foggy Start by The Hooch

Oct 24, 2024: I’ve just realized Micro.blog Mac app never published many of my posts and has also lost many drafts. May need to find a different way to deal …

Oct 24, 2024: Beyond the hammer There’s a warehouse-style building in the shopping complex nearest us, empty since we moved to the area in late 2020. I was under the assumption …

Oct 17, 2024: Atlanta skipped Fall and went directly to Winter.

Oct 6, 2024: “everything is even numbers in our body - 4 chambers of the heart, 2 kidneys, 2 nostrils, 2 of those sperm balls…” Some times the kiddo cracks us up …

Oct 3, 2024: Slow Burn About five years ago, I started to feel that my hearing was deteriorating. I could fix it temporarily by popping my ears, but overall it felt like …

Oct 1, 2024: Buyer’s Remorse For the first time ever, we returned a Costco purchase after daily use close to 10 months. It was one of those Thomasville sectionals but every aspect …

Sep 26, 2024: Great to see the Orion announcement. Had done some gesture work as part of some user study a while back and it looks like it was part of the feature …

Sep 25, 2024: Rebranding.

Sep 25, 2024: Helene’s precursors are off to a thunderous start here in Atlanta.

Sep 13, 2024: Spent some time threads recently and it’s been chaotic to say the least. While I’m sure it’s not trying to actively commit genocide, it does feel like …

Sep 13, 2024: Doctor’s office removed the hard candies they usually have at the checkout counter. Time to look for a new PCP.

Sep 10, 2024: Did every ad break begin right after a “Thank you Mr.President!” ?

Sep 10, 2024: Local Library branch is showcasing its wares as usual by the front desk but given tonight’s media event schedule, “The Federalist …

Sep 5, 2024: Linkin Park - moving forward. apnews.com/article/l… Hope they put out more fresh work quick and soon, so that Emily can get not judged on how …

Aug 26, 2024: If I ever paint a deck again, I’m never touching the railing again. Boards are just 10% of the job.

Aug 20, 2024: Trying to extract all my photos / videos in their original resolution from both Google Photos and iCloud has been a outright nightmare. Once I am done …

Aug 19, 2024: Saw our elementary school’s designated Police Officer after the summer break at the Open House. I felt he’d lost a lot of weight, slimmed …

Jul 16, 2024: Pillowforts are fun Interesting afternoon yesterday to say the least. Casual weather forecast of light rain for a couple hours, within 30 minutes turned into a full blown …

Jun 27, 2024: USMNT Copa America match, Debate chaos and to add it all, a relief thunderstorm after close to 3 weeks of heat ended up shortening the Airport drop …

Jun 6, 2024: Kids got to enjoy that chaos of a match-up. Thanks Pakistan.

May 27, 2024: Wearing out shoes has been a pleasant side effect of having the dogs around.

May 17, 2024: Houston we have a problem The Houston transmission line damage pictures all over the internet were apparently in my cousin’s backyard in a new development they moved into …

May 13, 2024: Named Aurora after the Solar Flares. Couldn’t see one because the solar flares badly affected my health after an afternoon in the sun.

Apr 21, 2024: Feel sorry for Coventry fans. They made it happen for the team with the constant support throughout.

Apr 17, 2024: Jimmy Carr seems to have hired Mrs. Maisel’s cinematographer for his new special on Netflix.

Apr 7, 2024: For a small airport like what Austin is, it’s got amazing choice of food, beverage, desserts and coffee.

Mar 20, 2024: Organic Chew Toy Kiddo got sick last night. Some sort of stomach bug and was losing a lot of fluids. I got some fresh coconuts to give him coconut water They were very …

Mar 18, 2024: I planted some bulbs yesterday, and a freeze warning showed up for tonight. False spring strikes again.

Mar 17, 2024: Technically disappointing, but what a thriller of a football match. GGMU!

Mar 8, 2024: Commentator's Curse Wednesday morning at school drop-off, Kiddo looking at the Carplay Apple Maps, called out that the internal roads within the school complex were …

Mar 7, 2024: Rivian shot a bullet through Subaru with today’s announcements. Outback/Forrester clientele would be prime markets for R2 and Crosstek for R3. …

Feb 28, 2024: Goodbye, H1B visa. Check.

Feb 14, 2024: Apple Vision Pro Demo - First thoughts The immersive experience demo at the end is probably where it’s at for both monetization as well as the peak of what this device can deliver, …

Feb 11, 2024: Pfizer Super Bowl Queen Ad ! Now I’ve seen everything.

Feb 4, 2024: A terrifying picture thoughtsrandom.substack.com/p/a-terri…

Jan 24, 2024: Interviewing at Startups vs Big Tech has been a such a contrasting experience. It may end up boiling down to individuals, but the trend has been that …

Jan 12, 2024: Best part about For All Mankind’s Season Finale was the lack of code review for the file upload of the RPC. Also S-band FTW.

Jan 11, 2024: Progress is never free “I’ve always been captivated with the idea of justice. It’s what attracted me to engineering in the first place, the sense of right …

Nov 28, 2023: A colleague that I meet weekly on Tuesdays over VC over the past year, passed away over the Thanksgiving break. If I’d learn anything from her, …

Nov 25, 2023: YouTube Music recommendations are finally reaching 2015 Spotify levels. www.youtube.com/watch

Nov 25, 2023: Creepy but Neat. Got to give it to The Container Store’s web presence. I vaguely remember registering at their SJC Santa Row store in 2015. I gave an old phone …

Nov 19, 2023: We’ve assigned an ottoman of the new sofa for these fellas and they seem to love lounging on it whenever they get a chance. This snap last night …

Nov 9, 2023: Well that was a interesting B’day gift.

Nov 8, 2023: Caught the first episode of All The Light We Cannot See - the SS officer scenes had a treatment similar to the vibe from Season 2 Boardwalk Empire.

Nov 1, 2023: Took my first “Be Me Eyes” call after signing up in Feb 2022. It was less than 30 seconds and it was to help someone in NA with their thermostat …

Sep 24, 2023: Catching up with Lightyear after the Japanese GP and Mo Morrisson’s voice was switching between Australian and Scottish accents before I could …

Sep 23, 2023: The case of the curious bath We had a problem in our guest bathroom that when the kid would take a bath, there would be water dripping downstairs right under the tub. The problem …

Sep 22, 2023: 15-0. There was a gas leak near the elementary school next door, which led to a road closure blocking a main thoroughfare to the area. This, along with next …

Aug 22, 2023: On a flight to HYD-MAA sat next to someone random from ATL.

Aug 22, 2023: A kid named Feenix in the school - three cheers for phonetically easy-to-pronounce names!

Aug 7, 2023: Left the dogs at the pet boarding this evening before heading to India later this week. I don’t think I’ve gotten this emotional in a while saying …

Aug 2, 2023: Got a loaner Outback XT as our Outback’s dash lit up after the last thunderstorm. The extra 80 hp is so much fun flooring from a stop.

Jul 30, 2023: Leave a movie theater at 630am, check.

Jul 22, 2023: Tool choice Changing a tire with an impact driver »»»» Changing a tire with the tools in the trunk. One of our cars caught a nail during …

Jul 21, 2023: That was about 20 minutes of intense wind, with the regular levels of thunderstorms last evening but it has downed so many trees.

Jul 19, 2023: Yesterday, I had a sense that today would be a challenging day at work. So much so, that I unusually said it aloud, to my boss. Glad the day is over.

Jul 18, 2023: Piano Listening to a bunch of contemporary Piano based musical pieces around the sub 5 minute mark, after Succession’s series final, landed in my …

Jul 13, 2023: Tamil Transliteration added to iOS 17 One of the main reasons I’ve continued to follow so much of Chennai’s happenings over the last 15 years was the written Tanglish I could consume. …

Jul 11, 2023: Feels so weird booking a ticket to MAA instead of HYD.

Jul 9, 2023: Goodbye DDG

Jun 27, 2023: Triumph is scared of Royal Enfield. Case in point : www.triumphmotorcycles.com/motorcycl…

Jun 20, 2023: Even our oven thinks it is too humid.

Jun 10, 2023: Bathroom debacle Demo’d one bathroom that the good son managed to get water damage in thinking we have the spare. Just before we had family visit, we discovered the …

Jun 10, 2023: I picked up some chest infection, which I tried to self-soothe/heal with home remedies/OTC, and now we’re at the point of Zpak+Steroids. Tested …

Jun 10, 2023: Kiddo asked what is MRF during the Test Match. It is fun to have visual aids to explain with.

Jun 10, 2023: Data transfer between two NASes has taken the whole week—lots of learning around file permissions between default usergroups that Synology and …

Jun 2, 2023: Blackberry something with ice cream at Toccoa Riverside Restaurant. Ordered as an afterthought but probably the best meal of the trip.

May 28, 2023: That score to end it - I wish to hear that in a symphony soon.

May 18, 2023: Jan ‘22 : Test +ve for COVID May ‘23 : GA DPH catches up to me from being backed up all this while and calls to ask me about my symptoms during that …

May 15, 2023: 15 years.

May 8, 2023: “Happy 31st work anniversary” posts on the group’s Slack make one look young.

May 5, 2023: Got a glimpse of the Wife’s work laptop only to find my ride home during my FOB landing at Rochester 15 years ago. He’d moved on from ROC …

May 1, 2023: Unsubbed to The Talk Show - maybe will pick back up on following @ gruber.com feed. The needle moved not because of his opinions, not his interviewees …

Apr 22, 2023: As much as one gets to enjoy the foliage all around in the Atlanta area, there’s something cosmic about being able to seeing sunrises and moonrises …

Apr 15, 2023: Wife travelled for work this week which meant that the kiddo and I co-slept after a long time. Each night was at least 10 hours of non stop sleep with …

Apr 14, 2023: This shot clock for MLB is making baseball feel like IPL.

Apr 14, 2023: Why is the Apple TV+ broadcast not showing the Blue Detroit Tigers logo ?

Mar 31, 2023: Cell Tower Deaths - Frontline Documentary youtu.be/ue5fMQ9vZ…

Mar 24, 2023: Nice try Bard - Cholas were done by the 14th century.

Mar 22, 2023: Counter strike 2 announced ! Puts to rest the Half Life 3 rumors for another 2 decades.

Mar 22, 2023: “Why do men always pee a lot and women always poop a lot Appa?” Breakfast musings are getting wilder as we progress through kindergarten.

Mar 10, 2023: I finally saw my doctor’s face for the first time today. COVID’s over folks.

Mar 9, 2023: Windows Uninstall and Reinstall Overestimated how much effort taking out every blind in the house would take & grossly underestimated how much of our stuff is alongside windows. …

Mar 9, 2023: So, is the earth still spinning ?

Mar 9, 2023: The joke would have landed better if the @help HEIC fix worked better on iOS.

Mar 9, 2023: The Anti-Defenestration League certifies this window.

Feb 24, 2023: Super Teachers First month of Kindergarten, kid gets ESOL recommendation after an assessment, which we chose to decline, knowing his vocabulary. This week they send …

Feb 24, 2023: MIKE ATHERTON: No fast bowler will take more wickets than James Anderson www.thetimes.co.uk/article/n…

Feb 20, 2023: The Mystery of New Zealand’s Tamil Bell, an Archaeological ‘UFO’ www.atlasobscura.com/articles/…

Feb 18, 2023: Hey Google, can dogs eat methi parantha?

Feb 16, 2023: The Silicon Valley Loop - Here, Icarus dusts himself off and pivots to zeppelins. …

Feb 15, 2023: Moclans are Liverpool Fans, who would’ve thought.

Feb 8, 2023: That Jadeja first delivery! Everything a left-arm spinner hopes for.

Feb 7, 2023: Got cold called by Turito, who are apparently a YuppTV education arm. The guy quoted a YuppTV cricket subscription package from 2016.

Feb 7, 2023: TIL What is a Hammam? - Spafinder

Jan 24, 2023: It took 4 phlebotomists, 3 pokes, two arms and 1.5 hours to get a bag of blood from my donation attempt. I’m gonna need to find other ways of …

Jan 21, 2023: TIL Bambi is a boy.

Jan 21, 2023: “Appa we made a gratitude quilt today at school!” “What are you grateful about?” “TV. Today is Friday.”

Jan 20, 2023: “Appa doesn’t know mathematics” says the genius who calls the less than symbol crocodile to the right.

Jan 5, 2023: “We are on the world’s biggest soap opera” ends the first meeting of the year.

Jan 2, 2023: Tired New Years’ was spent driving to the emergency vet. At that point, we weren’t sure if it was GI or Respiratory, but Boksira started showing …

Jan 2, 2023: Driver! Gaadi nikaalo!

Jan 1, 2023: Goodbye Dark Sky

Jan 1, 2023: The Beginning of It All Humanity fantasizes about the notion of pure innocence, yet the loss of such innocence is essential for survival and progression. In all that we …

Jan 1, 2023: Strava Retro 2022 The only retrospective that I was interested in this year and the only one that did it right by waiting for the year to end. Strange that all data …

Jan 1, 2023: I submitted a Beta Feedback just now, but here’s the video of it. The most recent text box entry line hides behind the photo attachment bar. @vincent

Jan 1, 2023: Test share from strava

Dec 29, 2022: It is funny how the foreign nationals line is empty at the CBP for the Caribbean flights, and the immigration experience is flipped from the usual …

Dec 26, 2022: In a reversal of the spooky social media is listening to me trend, I saw someone in Cancun who LinkedIn has been trying to suggest I add to my …

Dec 24, 2022: Cancun - the promised land.

Dec 19, 2022: “I Am a Cybernetic Organism, Living Tissue Over Endoskeleton” www.nature.com/articles/…

Dec 19, 2022: Regular meeting cancellation notices : Conflicts/Quorum not met etc. Holiday time meeting cancellation notices : “Happy New Year”

Dec 18, 2022: Siblings, dealing with the coldest day of winter yet, each in their own way.

Dec 18, 2022: They look lost before taking the kick. It’s over.

Dec 18, 2022: Paisa Vasool World Cup.

Dec 18, 2022: “Bonjour France” - Mbappe.

Dec 18, 2022: If they don’t get one back now, France is done for. Argentina’s theatrics will go full tilt in the second half to hold on to their lead.

Dec 18, 2022: Someone needs to wake France up at the halftime talk.

Dec 16, 2022: I just finished watching The Handmaid’s Tale S5E1. Why was this not the series finale?

Dec 16, 2022: Totally worth taking the day off to watch it on the proper IMAX.

Dec 16, 2022: Fucking Jamea Cameron! Does it all over again.

Dec 13, 2022: It looks like it is going to be Sachin’s World Cup 2011 for Messi.

Dec 9, 2022: Where is Tim Krul?

Dec 9, 2022: 4D Chess FTW!

Dec 9, 2022: Croatia is celebrating getting into Schengen

Dec 8, 2022: Test MarsEdit Sharrow FTW

Dec 7, 2022: Caught this beauty while getting off from Ellis Island.

Dec 6, 2022: Fox Coverage of Portugal = SriRonaldoKoti.

Dec 5, 2022: I thought Feta had a lot of salt. Halloumi is otherwordly, high BP-inducing levels.

Dec 3, 2022: A review of reviews by Ramchandra Guha www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/p…

Dec 1, 2022: WTF! 506/4 in 75 overs! Pak vs Eng Test 1 Day 1 Scorecard

Dec 1, 2022: I’d never heard of the drink Negroni before the HOTD HBO interview of the two leading ladies and have since had a Baader-Meinhof(had to google it, to …

Nov 30, 2022: Seeing more SoCal license plates at the school parking lot recently.

Nov 11, 2022: The 2021 GA runoff election was the worst physical political mail spam I’ve experienced. Malformed fetus pictures were a constant feature. Not looking …

Oct 28, 2022: Micro.blog - Share Image Test - Share Screenshot via iOS Sharesheet - Brand new Screenshot that is not part of previously permitted list of images

Oct 25, 2022: As a replacement for Deepavali Marundhu, I took the bivalent booster, flu shot, and TDAP trifecta. Now they’re all working together

Oct 23, 2022: Rhaenyra Targaryen’s transformation into June Osbourne is complete with that final shot.

Oct 21, 2022: Lots of mastodons on Twitter today. I wonder what happened there.

Oct 18, 2022: Fifteen years later, I’m no longer a Cingular customer.

Oct 15, 2022: How mud boosts your immune system [This research was co-sponsored by our dogs] (https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220929-how-outdoor-play-boosts-kids-immune-systems)

Oct 15, 2022: 4K streaming Rings of Power Finale is such a letdown. This should have been experienced on IMAX.

Oct 9, 2022: The last 20 odd minutes have been probably some of the best television HBO has ever put out.

Oct 8, 2022: I severely underestimated how much work pressure washing a 900sqft driveway takes. The floor cleaner attachment did squat at 2700 PSI, so I spent 6 …

Oct 6, 2022: Somebody give the creative team behind Pinterest’s “Don’t Don’t Yourself” tv ad campaign a few awards.

Oct 6, 2022: Ultra is the first Apple Watch that sits right on my wrist.

Oct 1, 2022: Bathing the dogs needs to be an Apple Fitness workout. 2 hours to make these rascals look cute for half an hour before they go roll in the backyard …

Sep 28, 2022: Been commuting on the motorcycle recently and boy, do I miss California. Lane splitting is a must in Atlanta suburbs, especially during mornings when …

Sep 27, 2022: Summer is over

Sep 24, 2022: We are not going anywhere

Sep 23, 2022: Convergence Insufficiency After 4 years of ophthalmologist visits and reading glass prescriptions with barely any power that did nothing to make it …

Sep 19, 2022: Walk in the park with Boksira [Action Mode Test Video] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhYE0iiv778)

Sep 17, 2022: Goodbye summer

Sep 15, 2022: Mowing can sometimes be therapeutic.

Sep 13, 2022: Mood www.youtube.com/watch

Sep 8, 2022: Good night

Sep 3, 2022: Tiramisu After trying every odd tiramisu that any establishment has decided to offer me in this country over the last 15 years, and after having tried …

Sep 1, 2022: Trying out Rover for the first time. Hope it works for us.

Aug 20, 2022: I forgot about it, but 15 days ago was 15 years in this country for me. It was also the first week of Kindergarten for the kiddo. It’s been a …

Aug 12, 2022: This week’s high point was Tom Cruise thanking me for watching his movie.

Jul 30, 2022: Mr.Saturday makes a comeback

Jul 17, 2022: Woah Episode 4 really moved the timeline forward. #westworld

Jul 17, 2022: $9.99 a month

Jun 19, 2022: Note for next time - Things to take back from the US - power tools Things to take back from India - books

Jun 18, 2022: Ride a Triumph on ECR, check.

Jun 16, 2022: Drive a Tractor, check.

Jun 15, 2022: Slept on the terrace after ages next to a neem tree. 100% recommend.

Jun 4, 2022: This week was full of Hyderabad firsts for me. First time on the safari at the zoo, the first time I visiting Viceroy, and first time being seen by …

May 30, 2022: It’s 2:30 am, and I’m having a K&C veg burger. That’s the news.

May 30, 2022: Pink Monopoly Money After the last visit, I had a few Rs. 2000 notes with me that I brought back this time. Everyone’s been asking the question of where I got those …

May 27, 2022: Taking bath in room temperature water is such privilege.

May 21, 2022: Of all the places I’ve lived in, no city matches the brunch culture of San Diego.

May 20, 2022: Georgia Tech’s Biochem & Organic Literature May 2022 is getting graded next to me on the flight. The prof must love Red Wedding.

May 20, 2022: Startup Idea #45131: 1Password but for filling USCIS and State Department forms.

May 19, 2022: House feels so empty and quiet without them.

May 19, 2022: Last day with the doggos before we head out on our vacation, and they fall sick with Bronchitis. It’s gonna be tough being away from them. The …

May 17, 2022: “It’s the Home Depot way, nothing works” - Home Depot employee at checkout

May 15, 2022: Luna Rossa

May 14, 2022: I Started Severance - 3 episodes in. I don’t know if they can weave in a WFH scenario if the severance procedure becomes reversible.

May 12, 2022: It’s too damn high!

May 7, 2022: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is a Mother’s Day movie.

May 4, 2022: Wedded to the job

May 2, 2022: It seems like the dogs missed me as much as I missed them.

Apr 28, 2022: Fried Rice It’s been a crazy couple of days. Most of it has been getting up to speed on every aspect of the contents of this page. Flexor Tendon Injuries …

Apr 26, 2022: You know you’ve crossed into Florida from Georgia when the come to Jesus billboards turn to anti-abortion messages.

Apr 26, 2022: Embarking on an unexpected trip to Orlando.

Apr 25, 2022: Test,redux.

Aug 12, 2018: Delta 2348 ‪While sleeping on a redeye last Sunday night, I was woken up by a heave. The lady across the aisle from me looked to be having a nightmare in her …

Jan 20, 2017: La La Land I first came upon the trailer for La La Land on The Verge last July. I played it on the telly and immediately decided to watch this on the big screen …

Aug 14, 2016: Moonset over South Bay As amazing as it was to go up Mount Hamilton, scout a secluded spot , get up on our car to lie under the expanse of the visible universe above us to …

Aug 13, 2014: Kate O'Sessions Memorial Park I discovered Kate Sessions a couple of months ago when I was avoiding the I-5 when heading from UTC to Ocean Beach. There’s a do-it-yourself car …

Apr 15, 2014: Lyrics - Raaz-e-Fitna - Nescafe Basement This song has been on an infinite loop since I first heard it in December 2013. The lyrics weren’t available anywhere on the internet. Thanks to …

Apr 15, 2013: Death is nothing at all Death is nothing at all. I have only slipped away to the next room. I am I and you are you. Whatever we were to each other, That, we still are. Call …

Apr 3, 2013: Jailbreak tweaks on my phone A colleague of mine recently jailbroke his iPhone because he could and didn't know how to put it to use. Cydia's discovery mechanism isn't that great …

Aug 9, 2012: Misinformation Non-scientist-journalists drawing their own conclusions from scientific papers might be the biggest root of misinformation. These observational …

Nov 16, 2011: Simplicity How many ever versions of Aaj Jaane Ki Zidd Na Karo I listen to, I keep coming back to Habib Wali Mohammed’s rendition as part of some cleansing …

Oct 5, 2011: Steve Jobs There were times when discoverers & inventors belonging to the Western world were executed for those very discoveries and inventions that they …

Mar 21, 2010: +108 RT @prabhuferrari: Rajni should buy a team based out of Arunachal Pradesh and name the team as Arunachalam. #IPilim

Mar 21, 2010: Paapam pasi vaadu RT @mspraveen: Yuvraj becomes ‘bhai’. Not Dawood uncle types, but Preity Zinta’s bhaiyya. Ha ha.. …

Jul 10, 2009: The Other Ferguson Father Part 1 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEjZKH7h3Vc&feature=related] Father Part 2 …

Mar 22, 2009: Education System Let me tell you about the education system. The education system produces left brain prisoners. Do you know what that means? Well I’ll tell you …

Feb 25, 2009: Sweet Talk After their previous venture of trying to check the average height above mean sea level of the Chepauk pitch, Ramudu and Shyamudu got really busy with …

Feb 2, 2009: GNU Octave + QTOctave = Tata Matlab ? I did the unthinkable a couple of weeks back. I wiped out the Windows 7 Beta partition and did a clean install of Ubuntu 8.10. A friend of mine wanted …

Jan 28, 2009: Come Sue Me I hate Barkha Dutt. There. I said it. Come sue me.

Jan 15, 2009: Rationalisation Here is a wonderful line from the great fred54: " Don’t try to rationalise football, its not worth the hassle." The same is so true …

Dec 12, 2008: I want to be .. .. an insensitive prick, again. I want to be rude to everyone else and call myself frank, again. To hell with this maturity and growing up shit, I …

Dec 11, 2008: Blogswara V5 Blogswara is out with its lastest album, V5. Check them out; I liked them and it’s free to download. I may update this post after listening a …

Dec 11, 2008: Kalasala - Kalloori in Telugu Last December, I had written this while comparing Happy Days and Kalloori: I pity the Telugu town/village student community who could not relate to …

Dec 10, 2008: Go Invisible in Google Talk Just in case you guys did not know, for those of you who like to use Google Talk but end up using Gmail for the Invisibility ( aka feigning …

Dec 3, 2008: Actress Pratyusha's Suicide/Murder - CID's perspective For those interested, here it is. Ever wonder how you get to something while surfing. I got there in the following steps Movies in which a character …

Dec 3, 2008: Randomness What is with the desi blogging community that makes everything to be random and every other thing be a rant and every other other thing to be a puke?

Dec 3, 2008: Provocative Motivaton There is such a thing.

Nov 26, 2008: Mumbai Soaked In Terror The spirit of Mumbai prevails and they all lived happily ever after. Just that they deserve better.

Nov 16, 2008: Push Push Push Guys shouting 1 2 3 4 Push Climax of Salaam Namaste or a couch stuck in between the walls of the stairs at 51 Crittenden.

Nov 14, 2008: Greasemonkey for Chrome - Beta or Not Update on 11 Dec 08: Now that Chrome has made its way out of beta, Greasemonkey is supported by default but still needs a bit of tweaking. Right click …

Nov 11, 2008: Gmail Voice & Video Chat Voice & Video in a browser. Let’s see how it is. Update : Video clarity is awesome. Far better than Skype, which is anyway better than frame …

Nov 6, 2008: I Believe In Recycling Kaadhal Sadugudu [youtube=www.youtube.com/watch Rangon Mein [youtube=www.youtube.com/watch Aadat [youtube=www.youtube.com/watch

Nov 4, 2008: Breaking News - Presidential Elections - Decision 2008 Who says this US Presidential Election is just about race. Its also about caste. Wordpress tries to help the cause in its own way. [caption …

Nov 1, 2008: Halloween Special There are somethings that just cannot be scripted better. Some perks of living near a cemetary.

Oct 28, 2008: Irony She was not fit to fly but her dead body was.

Oct 26, 2008: Cooking Escapades - Gajar ka Kulfi Grate carrots such that you get 3 cups of grated carrots. In a big pan, heat some ghee and fry the grated carrot for about a minute. Add 3 cups of …

Oct 25, 2008: Movie Review - Hello Write a movie-script based on something very common but something no one would even think about making into a full fledged movie. Let there be …

Oct 25, 2008: Dream Boy 2 I just woke up from a dream where Sauron was telling me the story of LOTR as it happened and he was winning.

Oct 21, 2008: The Presidential Debate [youtube=www.youtube.com/watch

Oct 20, 2008: The Empire Strikes Back How dare you darned South Indians take away all our techie jobs? [youtube=www.youtube.com/watch

Oct 19, 2008: An Amazing Run By Ryan Giggs / Aakhri Alvida Na Ho I am a Ryan Giggs fan and that is something most of my friends know. With the kind of talent and oppurtunity that he had, I believe Sachin Tendulkar …

Oct 19, 2008: The Scene Many of you may be still spending some money buying computer magazines. Here is an alternative from Warez–bb.org. I liked it and thought I would …

Oct 17, 2008: Lyrics - Omar Nadeem - Laut Aana Lyrics Disclaimer still holds good. Click here to download. [youtube=[www.youtube.com/watch](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek70iEoZMQ8]) Laut Aana …

Oct 17, 2008: Lyrics - Omar Nadeem - Dil Ka Diya Lyrics disclaimer still holds good. Click here to download the song. [youtube=[www.youtube.com/watch](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF4SiIKe7N4]) Dil …

Oct 16, 2008: Movie Review - That Four Letter Word Just a headstart for those who haven’t heard of this movie, visit the website. More about how to watch the movie here. Also, this movie is not …

Oct 16, 2008: Break Even I am back.

Oct 16, 2008: God Gets Sued For Spreading Terror Mr Chambers, a state senator for 38 years, said he filed the suit to make the point that “anyone can sue anyone else, even God”. I believe …

Jul 26, 2008: Doubting Thomas Finds Similarity in Blasts I am not talking about Bangalore and Ahmedabad. This is between the blast in Mecca Masjid, Hyderabad last year and today’s blasts in Ahmedabad. …

Jul 20, 2008: Hope Hope is expecting your dead loved one to move their head to your side, give a rise smile and waking up from sleep, scaring the shit out of you. But …

Jul 16, 2008: Fevi Kwik It is advisable that one uses the Fevi Kwik Rs.5 pack judiciously. I will now qualify one such aspect of care. It so happens that it comes with a cap …

Jul 15, 2008: History I am obliterating about forty years of it right now.

Jul 4, 2008: ATM Is God I go to an ATM to draw Rs.10,000. It is not my bank's ATM, but is part of the network. I wait in the line. I get my turn. I swipe the card. I hit the …

Jul 4, 2008: The Law Of Life "There is no escape from loneliness and separation…….." I told my self often. "Wife, child, brothers, parents, friends…..we come together only to go …

Jul 3, 2008: Mushti Quote - Mushti Quote Mushti Quote has got it’s own blog now. It shall be operated by a bunch of seemingly like minded people. The basis of Mushti Quote is stealthily …

Jul 3, 2008: Bewars The are infinite number of advantages to being employed. But there is one advantage to being unemployed that you cannot get. All one has to say into a …

Jul 2, 2008: Conversations with Strangers I have noticed that I have start being a bit more chatty with strangers that I meet these days. The following are some pieces of information I have …

Jul 2, 2008: I am God or so I would like everyone to believe, since I am about to predict the future by making the following announcement. This blog shall be updated at a …

Jul 2, 2008: Mushti Quote - Speech Pedhavi thappithe Pruthvi thappindhata.

Jul 1, 2008: Dooba Dooba Rehta Hoon Sitting there at the shore at Marina Beach, watching a bunch of kids umping around in the waves, made me reminisce all the times I have ever been to a …

Jun 29, 2008: Mushti Quote - India If you have money, this is the place to live in.

Jun 29, 2008: Mushti Quote - Money Paisa Mein Paramathma Hain.

Jun 28, 2008: Hithopadesham A five year old brother to his eight month old sister : Respond with oohs and aahs when these people talk to you. Only then will they buy you stuff.

Jun 28, 2008: Mushti Quote - Run Mullah ki daud masjid ko. Humaari daud bathroom ko.

Jun 28, 2008: Once upon a train journey Today I intend to tell you the story of Ramudu and Shyamudu. Ramudu had to travel to Chennai from Hyderabad, to check the average height above mean …

Jun 27, 2008: Seri Dhaan Po Di Best way to end an argument.

Jun 25, 2008: Mushti Quote - Quality Nobody bothers.

Jun 18, 2008: Mushti Quote - Viscosity Blood is thicker than water. Always.

Jun 12, 2008: Tum Kahaan Ho saaansein gayi hai tham, aankhein meri hai nam tum kahaan ho, tum kahaan ho kahaan ho tum, kahaan ho tum kahaan ho tum, mere jahaan ho tum rothe se …

Jun 12, 2008: Peace in Adversity Many people have had a lot to say to me, encouraging me. A friend, though verbose, made me this painting. Here is what’s written in it : The …

Jun 10, 2008: An apple a day costs Rs.15 per day.

Jun 10, 2008: My First Lawsuit I intend to sue Microsoft ( Windows Vista), Apple ( Safari ) , Dell ( Vostro 1400) and most importantly Wordpress, for not telling me that blog post …

Jun 8, 2008: Mushti Quote - Destiny What you think you are destined to be is definitely not what you are destined to be.

Jun 7, 2008: Mushti Quote - Time Time will answer many more questions than I ever will.

Jun 3, 2008: The Science of Question / The Question of Science An important attribute of science is the right to question. Knowledge advances and science progresses because people exercise their right to question. …

May 24, 2008: Mushti Quote - Uppu Uppu lo uppu ekkuvundi.

May 24, 2008: Mushti Quote - Pessimism Pessimists are the best planners.

May 24, 2008: Mushti Quote - Convenience Sarvam Krishnaarpanam. Sarvam Sivamayam. Sarvam Unga Sauryam.

May 17, 2008: My Dad This post shall be long, depressing, emotional and random but most importantly it shall be extremely personal. Yes, this blog is personal again. My …

May 9, 2008: My Kovil Prasadam Experiment Have you ever wanted to just feel the environs of a temple, while being at home? I mean, the smell of that old granite stone, with residue vibudhi and …

May 4, 2008: Mushti Quote - Sunday Afternoon Four Cousins. Each separated by 3 hours. One cousin’s voice changes gender. Mayhem on Skype. Good Morning.

Apr 29, 2008: Koi Jaldi Nahi Hai I have always had nothing but dislike towards auto-drivers. This extended to cab drivers, once they took over the roads of Hyderabad. I once got …

Apr 27, 2008: Same Mistake [youtube=www.youtube.com/watch I’m not calling for a second chance, I’m screaming at the top of my voice, Give me reason, but don’t …

Apr 25, 2008: Mushti Quote - Indians My cousin has this to say about her Indian on-site manager : Bloody Indians.

Apr 23, 2008: Thalimpu Pepsi Reddy Prologue : This blog does not care for the feelings of Thalimpu Reddy. This is my version of a story that had been told to me and many others, in the …

Apr 21, 2008: Behind Blue Eyes There was this time, when I used to stare at girls. Looked into their eyes, till they looked away, wherein I would claim victory at the stare-game to …

Apr 21, 2008: Lyrics - Entity Paragigm - Kya Hota Lyrics disclaimer still holds good. Enjoy the song here. Entity Paradigm - Kya Hota hai kaisa mera, par kahaani tumhaari bhi hai sach ki ghadi, hai …

Apr 21, 2008: Camera Numbers During the first 3 overs of the Kings vs Royals IPL match, the feed that I was getting did not have the main commentary( Not the first time, …

Apr 20, 2008: Biznezz Matterz Guy1 ( just finishing up on the phone ) : Maama. Aa Guy3 gaadi cycle kontunna ra. 35$ ki cycle + lock + pump . Guy2 : Manchi deal kadha. Vaadu koni …

Apr 19, 2008: Mushti Quote - Friends Mere liye ek camera bhi nahi la saktha kya bey. Haa bey, hum sabko bhool jaathe US jaatheki. Dost Dost Na Raha..:-". If this is what is …

Apr 17, 2008: Yourself There are many words that we use to get someone’s attention. Hello. Boss. Babu. Deii. Oreii. Saale. The list goes on. But there was this …

Apr 17, 2008: Mushti Quote - Understanding doby_mick : yesterday i was understanding a mango tree, when a crow crapped on me alien : the crow understood you better than you understood the mango …

Apr 17, 2008: Time Time heals all wounds. vs Time heals no wounds, but it in it’s own merciful way, blunts the edge ever so slightly. vs Time shall answer more …

Apr 8, 2008: Through the Roof, Underground Perspective [youtube=www.youtube.com/watch Don’t blame me if you die after listening to this. [youtube=www.youtube.com/watch

Apr 8, 2008: Is Your Mind Made Up ? You see, you’re just like everyone When the shit falls all you want to do is run, away And hide all by yourself When you’re far from me, …

Apr 1, 2008: Suicide I am in depression and I committing suicide.

Mar 31, 2008: I wish that this happens at the end of every season. 

Mar 31, 2008: Mushti Quote - Death The only reason life has value.

Mar 30, 2008: Mushti Quote - Status Symbols If Orkut statuses are to be believed, then I am definitely male.

Mar 29, 2008: Mushti Quote - Public Andaru Kanthrigaalle.

Mar 29, 2008: Dream Boy Setting : Mid 1800’s. A small village in the Americas. The village was a very close-knit community and spent a lot of time together. Well, with …

Mar 28, 2008: Do You Believe In God? I did not know what to answer when my cousin asked me this a few years ago. In some ways, I still do not know. This identity crisis is because of …

Mar 28, 2008: Paisa Mein Paramathma Hai Guardian has this : Lord's and The Oval will play host to matches involving franchises from the Indian Premier League this season if the MCC and …

Mar 27, 2008: Cry Baby I cry a lot. When I am cutting onions. Which is very rare. So I cry very rarely. Coming to the point. Today, I learnt the best way to peel the …

Mar 24, 2008: First Minute Rush I always have had a dislike towards those who tend to huddle up at the door on a train approaching a halt, way before it is to reach the halt. …

Mar 23, 2008: Skiing For Dummies If you do not know how to ski, then you have reached the right place. This article contains in the simplest of terms, the most comprehensive guide to …

Mar 19, 2008: Mushti Quote - Networking Networkinglo alumsni miss avvacchu kaani, ammailanu miss avvakoodadhu.

Mar 9, 2008: Mushti Quote - American Public  Raathri manam chali lo vanukuthu unte jogging chesthaaru , madhyanam enda lo dhaduchukuntu unte appudu kooda jogging chestu untaaru. Ento ii janaalu. …

Feb 29, 2008: Happy Ending A lackluster series. An inconsequential match. An OK batting display followed by a gritty bowling effort. Last wicket partnership is posing a serious …

Feb 26, 2008: Red & White Bravery Award Grating your thumb while grating Fresh Frozen (already) Grated Coconut and mixing your red blood with the white grated coconut does not give you Red …

Feb 24, 2008: Take Everything From The Inside And Throw It All Away Moral of Another Story: I will never know myself until I do this on my own And I will never feel anything else, until my wounds are healed I will …

Feb 23, 2008: Breakfast and Dinner Youtubing has its own pleasures. I found this, that and this just now. So many school days started and ended with these. This was in …

Feb 23, 2008: Six Feet Under A humble request to all of you. Watch the following movies. Johnny Gaddar Manorama Six Feet Under Mithya Most of the time, I am inclined to being …

Feb 22, 2008: Priorities I work as an Office Assistant ( Yes. OA ) in the Cardiac Surgery Dept. at URMC. My job involves minimal amount of filing of patient charts. Since it …

Feb 19, 2008: Moral of Another Story I woke up early today. Took a long, refreshing bath. Shaved. Ironed my formals. Polished my shoes. Edited my resume. Suited up ( ;) ). Put on …

Feb 16, 2008: Perspective Sports. Relationships. Material Pleasures. All these and many more, take a back seat, when it is a matter of life or in some matters, death. …

Feb 16, 2008: The Terror Of The Red Scooty I believe that all of us have superstitious beliefs, some religious, but most , due to instinct and repetition. Say for an examination, we would like …

Feb 16, 2008: Happy Birthday Thalimpu Reddy This blogs intends to wish Thalimpu Reddy, a Very Happy Birthday. He underwent this and later he gifted himself one of the most costliest gifts, an …

Feb 14, 2008: Childhood Sayings Keep your sorry in the mori, go in a lorry and drown in the mori.

Jan 20, 2008: Vacation - NYC & Central Florida Had lots to write, wrote it even, but removed the post. Why? Those are memories better articulated through pictures than words. NYC - Was a real …

Jan 1, 2008: Gym Bhai Gym Bhai Fatass and Pandu went to Muscle Power Gym. They went there to watch ITV and I believe went to sit on the cycle. Long time ago. I never joined them. …

Jan 1, 2008: Album Review : Penn Masala - Pehchaan ( The lyrics for Main Tanha and Pehchaan can be found here. ) I did the unthinkable last week. I bought an album. Yes. I spent money to buy music. The …

Jan 1, 2008: Lyrics Disclaimer 1) Lyrics are for educational purposes and all the related shit to avoid copyright infringement hold good. 2) This is my interpretation of what I …

Jan 1, 2008: Lyrics - Penn Masala - Pehchaan & Main Tanha After seeing a lot of searches for these songs’ lyrics landing up unsuccessfully at my review of Pehchaan, I wrote these down. Disclaimer: …

Dec 21, 2007: Movies Review : Happy Days vs Kalloori With the dawn of the new year fast approaching, I now sit down to compare two movies of 2007 dealing with the theme of college life, Happy Days in …

Dec 6, 2007: Moral Of Another Story Close The Damn Lid!!!

Dec 4, 2007: Moral Of A Story For Heaven’s Sake .. LOCK THE DAMN DOOR!!!

Dec 1, 2007: A Little Escapade - 1 - Before The Devil Knows You're Dead Last week I became a member of The Little Theater. It screens only independent and foreign films. It has 5 screens( I saw 5 ) each one …

Nov 24, 2007: First Birthday in America ( This post is being scripted on my ( 3 * owner + 1* driver)/4’s demand. Anyone else reading it, would be doing it at their own risk. No …

Nov 24, 2007: Away From Home - 100 days - Review More than 3 months have gone by since the last ( first ) post. I am a bit free right now , this being the Thanks-giving weekend and so I finally sit …

Aug 18, 2007: The Big Bad Journey Welcome to another blog of mine. I couldn’t get to log in to my old one so starting afresh again.Starting afresh with my life as well. This …

May 8, 2006: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz the heat is really getting to me. not the summer heat…the exam heat…i am dozing off at the very sight of a textbook. mefa is gonna be on …

Apr 10, 2006: Dint wanna lose this piece of description of me...so posting :P Jayashree says: Empty vessels make much noise well that cud be ur conclusion if u r the kind hu draws one during the fisrt few days I ve learnt not to …

Apr 4, 2006: Summer ..is here ...and here to stay.. hey btw INDIA lead the series 3-0 against Eng<:-p exams were better than yesterday.. [-o«br /> the day had more to do with us giving …

Apr 3, 2006: and finally the union of the .... does seem strange when 3 ppl who meet each other daily online, meet for the first time in real life..i have met many a person this way ..spanning the …

Apr 3, 2006: internal........misery 2 records down..one 2 go microprocessor i-) saturday ie april the 1st went to st.martins engg college…apus college wid yav for deir …

Mar 28, 2006: Time Delayed Version records..:(( y does one hafta do dem:(( so i am like stuck with ..deciding to do them or outsource the same >:) ..but having deliberated over it …

Mar 18, 2006: March the 18th 2006 uthaa :-s 10.30 ko nikalne ka plan.. ironing my shirts is something i love to do..but in leisure time.. baaki sab bhaad mein jaaye ..i take pride in …

Mar 17, 2006: Pay Day # 2 pay day 1 was in first year wen i won some quiz in college :-j :P snist ko firse went..akshay and his frend spoorthy arrived in M8 and picked me up …

Mar 16, 2006: My First Single....Take 2 see ..sra always screws it up with his blogs.. tho i typed d prev post on may 31 2k5 but posted it on 16 march 2k6…. in d mean time..i got a …

May 31, 2005: My First Single.... date…may 31 2005..finally got d patience to make a blog for meself.. first things first..this place aint gonna have proper english ..just d way …