June 15th, 2011
reducing shaky images in photography
(Response to my sister who was finding that photos were shaky upon zooming in)
June 12th, 2011
aaruhitavaru ninage?
June 12th, 2011
musical building blocks
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 or lmms.
I’m not a musician, I have no knowledge of musical instruments. I think it has a sort of abrupt ending but I spent over an hour so at some point had to finalise it 
Comments/criticism welcome.
June 11th, 2011
dealing with unwelcome guests (insects)
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 lemon at the entry spot and leave the peel there. Planting mint around the foundation of the house will also keep ants away. Place cloves of garlic around indoor and outdoor ant pathways.
~ dealing with ants, cockroaches, wasps, and bees
June 8th, 2011
common man returns
After a long involuntary hiatus, particularly due to using Facebook as a convenient though poor substitute, this site is back in action again!
June 6th, 2011
can over a lakh of people be wrong?
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 irresponsible comments like “lets hang the corrupt politicians” because while corruption is unwanted, hanging is a really stupid solution.
He replied “While Ramdev is uneducated, he has over 1 lakh supporters a lot of whom are highly educated. Can 1 lakh people be wrong?”
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June 5th, 2011
molting process
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 – a biological process called molting.
If the snake’s skin is a metaphor for the habit patterns of our mind, a human being may hardly ever molt. Read the rest of this entry »
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 – a biological process called molting.
If the snake’s skin is a metaphor for the habit patterns of our mind, a human being may hardly ever molt. Read the rest of this entry »
June 4th, 2011
obituary of Sanjay
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, self-centered fellow, driven by an incessant need for attention and self-gratification. Finally, the miserable bastard kicked the bucket, good riddance! 
On June 3rd, some fellow was born and by a wild coincidence had a striking resemblance to the same late Sanjay. Though somewhat over the hill aged 36 to start with, and still haunted by the ghost of his previous existence. there appeared to be remote possibilities that he’s a somewhat better version with a few bug-fixes. He is (relatively) more deeply committed to living an uncluttered, contributive life true to his own heart, and to the pursuit of happiness defined by the harmony of what one thinks, says and does.
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Ha ha I hope I haven’t sounded too callous about myself – on the contrary I love life and myself – selfishness, slothfulness and all. I more or less consider myself and each person on the planet, as some internet video had said – ‘perfectly imperfect’ 
However I do wish it was so easy to die each day and be born fresh the next day. I’ve found that a minimum of once a year is a very worthwhile, invaluable consideration!
May 31st, 2011
luck at home
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 that my wife had opened them later again so that my office gets some fresh air. So later after we were down enjoying the view of the rain and dancing in the balcony with our son, I returned to my office and let out a shout! One of my office laptops (Acer Aspire 5520) was soaked!
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