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There were a lot of holidays this month, and I found the time to chomp through three books. Thought I'd put up some quick reviews.
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Its been just over a month since I bought a firefox target . Its proving to be extremely fun. Many People (eg: ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) fox2mike ), have suggested that I should slowly and steadily increase the distances I cover. Well, logic and reason doesnt always work with me, and I tend to take off on relatively long rides (long by my standards) with 2-3hour rides covering 30-45kms being the norm. The goal is to do a 150km ride before the end of this year.
I cycle to work like once a week or so. Its about 20kms one way and should I say, surprisingly, in peak rush hour, I can cover the distance in about an hour, nearly 30-40 minutes faster than the car.
I uploaded some of my rides to nokia sports tracker. Depressingly, the app tends to lose track, many a times, especially on the longer rides :( Cant show off!!!
Luckily it didnt lose track on today's 30km ride on the BMIC. Its mostly downhill from bannerghatta road towards kanakpura road. Managed to touch my all time top speed of 52kmph and then bust my ass climbing all the way back.
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Launched Released in Taipei yesterday (7th and a friday). Saw it twice already.
The only thing I probably missed... the subtitles for the spanish bits were all in chinese...
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Hello!! This post is intended to end all speculation about me being dead or alive.
1)I've been terribly busy. Here spare time is squeezed out in minutes.
2)When I quit Aricent, sometime in november, my weight was tipping scales at 83. I have managed to bring it down to 72, and in the process, found a new hobby: running. Though my running capacity is pathetic( really PATHETIC) and consistency has been an issue, I haven't given up yet. I dream of running a full marathon sometime in the next ten years. More on this in another post.
3)My throat problem, especially in the last 2 months, has gotten from bad to worse. I cant talk without coughing. I try to avoid talking, and allow phone conversations to last long, only on good days.
4)No "me-update" can be complete without a mention of the car. In the first year, I drove just about 20,000kms. I decided to cut down on my driving apetite but, unfortunately, its taken just 3 more months to add another 5,000 to the tally. Swift is a beautiful car. Another post describing its virtues later.
5)Since my childhood days, I have had serious trouble concentrating or paying attention. My attention span, for any task used to be about 10 seconds. You cant imagine how miserable this can make your life. Avoiding distractions especially other human beings is a good way of overcoming this. So as a result, you will rarely find me on IM, reading/replying mails or indulging in other etc etcs. I do waste time playing some stupid arcade games, when I run out of ideas, or get stuck on a hard problem. I used to like working on weekends or at odd hours as it used to be easier to get into flow. I dont work on weekends anymore. Weekends are meant for doing nothing and clearing out your brains.
6)Work has never been as enjoyable and hectic. This does not mean that I work outrageous hours. Me and my team works sane human hours and enjoy our bit of holidays, but there is no time to jerk off. As a result I cant help turning myself into a phantom. I have not disappeared with my boat in the bermuda triangle. |
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and 20,000kms.....
mindless wanderlusting :)Current Mood: indescribable |
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Jan. 20th, 2008 @ 06:00 pm
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1)I bought my car on April 1st 2007. Its finished 15000km now. Being the only person to have ever driven it, my knees are getting really sore.
2)Last month(or maybe the month before that), went on a 3000km road trip around the south: Bangalore->Madurai->Kanniyakumari->Rameswaram->Bangalore. Again drove all the way. Had a lot of fun: Gigantous-Humongous temples, fun weddings, Secret Beaches, Incomplete Nuclear Power Plants(which you arent allowed into, obviously, and not allowed to photograph either), Tripping around corals wearing snorkelling masks, getting the car stuck in sand, hanging around ruined towns, getting sand blasted, blah blah blah. Will upload the pics when I can find them.
3) I've (almost) quit Aricent(bureaucracy at the place is delaying the paperwork). Off to work for a startup. Ask me sometime, and I'll tell you more about it.
4) Happy Diwali!!
Nov. 8th, 2007 @ 06:50 pm
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| » and it happens again... |
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Saturday night, ran over a dog near Mysore. Not sure what happened to it. No damage to the car though.
May. 28th, 2007 @ 12:25 pm
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0210_164336
Originally uploaded by prikansaritual.
that is me, a few months ago. i look a little better now.
May. 13th, 2007 @ 02:11 am
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Namdroling
Originally uploaded by prikansaritual.
Byalakuppe, Coorg.
May. 13th, 2007 @ 12:39 am
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I bought a new car, a silver Swift Zxi last saturday.
Yesterday, while driving my new car on the Mysore highway, I ran over a goat. Apparently, the goat survived, but I'll have to replace my bumper.
I've survived many goat scares before. It was just bad luck this time. Or maybe I took the new car on the highway too soon.
Goats love to jump in your way and stay there, looking as dumb as they can be, with their big eyes. Maybe the honking makes them freeze..
Goats, dogs, sheep and little kids, all seem to think that becoming road splat is the only purpose of their existence. If you really like your animals or/and kids, dont let them loose on a 100+ kmph highway. They can kill people.
The worst animal accident I've ever seen was on the mangalore highway, when a zen tried to swerve around a goat and took an auto along into a ditch beside the road.
Horny sheep on highways can be scary too.
and yeah, I sold my lovely, beautiful 800 for the new car. It was quite emotional. I'm going to miss it.
Apr. 7th, 2007 @ 11:21 pm
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Spiderman: "Ever felt like an idiot?"
Superman: "No. how does it feel?"
Spiderman: "I try and remember all my blunders. I don't like the feeling I get, when I think about them. But then, I'm going to do it again. Can't really help it. Maybe will try and not be as bad as the last time."
Superman suddenly realizes what Spiderman is talking about.His brain feels like something's squeezing it out. His stomach bursts, his guts fall out, and he dies.
One more thing Spiderman will have to live with, and regret, for the rest of his life.
I feel so bad, for you, Spiderman. You didn't even mean to....
Mar. 17th, 2007 @ 02:08 am
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Whatever life holds in store for me, I will never forget these words: With great power comes great responsibility.
This is my gift, my curse.
Nov. 28th, 2006 @ 08:43 am
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splurge splurge!!
Originally uploaded by prikansaritual.
I know there's a v2, but thats a tad too expensive( for a toy) ... This isn't all that cheap either( for a toy), but I couldn't help myself.
Guess what he says when you power him off....
"rosebud"
rotflmao.
Sep. 24th, 2006 @ 10:39 pm
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Sleep
Originally uploaded by prikansaritual.
I wish i was somewhere else right now ....
Dec. 2nd, 2005 @ 12:51 pm
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...bring me bad luck...
Nov. 12th, 2005 @ 09:46 am
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| » about jeclipse |
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jeclipse (not to be confused with eclipse) is a project that erhgyx and I implemented, while we were in college. erhgyx created some documentation and a presentation. To get a better idea of what jeclipse does,
( here's a quicky faq: )
Nov. 5th, 2005 @ 02:26 am
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p1010061-1
Originally uploaded by prikansaritual.
Oct. 23rd, 2005 @ 09:34 pm
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In the days since Blizzard eradicated the plague, the company has remained surprisingly quiet about what happened. But you can still find plenty of players willing to talk about it. One 14-year-old Orc told me openly of the incident: "Humans were dying left and right. We just laughed and laughed."
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Oct. 19th, 2005 @ 09:51 pm
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I've been having hiccups, on and off for the last 5 hours. They just dont go away. I've tried everything. They just dont stop. I cant sleep, cant do anything. This is getting exasperating. Good Lord! Save me!!
will try googling for a cure....
Aug. 20th, 2005 @ 12:20 am
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