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reducing shaky images in photography

Wednesday, June 15th, 2011

(Response to my sister who was finding that photos were shaky upon zooming in) Tweet Share

aaruhitavaru ninage?

Sunday, June 12th, 2011

Purandara Dasara haaDu… rendered for a Kannada TV Serial… Lyrics from ourkarnataka.com: Tweet Share

musical building blocks

Sunday, June 12th, 2011

Please click on the triangle icon to play some music… preferably listen with headphones or good speakers to hear the details! This was composed just for fun, using some computer software, using short clips that can be assembled together, much like building blocks. Other examples of software to create music on a PC are FLStudio [...]

dealing with unwelcome guests (insects)

Saturday, June 11th, 2011

There are also many natural repellents that you can place around your home to prevent ants from coming in. If ants are coming in the cracks of doors and windows, put a cinnamon stick, coffee grinds, chili pepper, paprika, cloves, or dried peppermint leaves near the openings. You can also squeeze the juice of a [...]

common man returns

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

After a long involuntary hiatus, particularly due to using Facebook as a convenient though poor substitute, this site is back in action again! Tweet Share

can over a lakh of people be wrong?

Monday, June 6th, 2011

This was the question I was asked by a senior friend, when I said something critical about Yoga guru Baba Ramdev. I agree he’s got some very valid points, and the cause he’s taken up of uprooting corruption is undoubtedly a very valuable one. But being in such a prominent position, he shouldn’t be making [...]

molting process

Sunday, June 5th, 2011

If we consider a snake, over time, it gets a new skin, and its old skin dies. Its not easy for the snake to get rid of the old skin. It has to wriggle through rocks and narrow spaces and put in considerable effort to get rid of the old skin. Its quite uncomfortable – [...]

Sunday, June 5th, 2011

If we consider a snake, over time, it gets a new skin, and its old skin dies. Its not easy for the snake to get rid of the old skin. It has to wriggle through rocks and narrow spaces and put in considerable effort to get rid of the old skin. Its quite uncomfortable – [...]

obituary of Sanjay

Saturday, June 4th, 2011

Bangalore — Sanjay Mysoremutt, 36, died Thursday, June 2, 2011 at Bangalore. He leaves among others, his almost 4 year old jovial son, his affectionate wife, his caring mother and sister, family around the globe and many wonderful friends. He was, arguably not to an unreasonable extent, a gluttonous, slothful, inconsiderate, indifferent, professionally complacent, hypocritical, [...]

luck at home

Tuesday, May 31st, 2011

Yesterday evening’s rain was phenomenal – they were the strongest winds I’d ever seen. From our 10th floor the view of the neighbouring building looked like a waterfall, with water flowing horizontally, it was an amazing sight! I had closed our window because the water usually comes in through it, but I had not known [...]