Archive for February, 2009

that was easy to draw!

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

This is the follow up of this was easy to draw? Submitted by cartoonist and fellow blogger Bellur in his inimitable style… The HOD, ‘Rediscovers Nature’ Block, Common Man’s College of Engg. Bangalore Branch (H.O. Igatpuri) Sub: Submission of Assignment Kindly accept my Pelican assignment. Sincerely Yours Bellur Roll No:260109 …please click on the image […]

a good investment

Monday, February 16th, 2009

Today I received a handwritten letter. Its been a long time since I got a handwritten letter in the mail, many years (I don’t even remember when the last time was!) So it was a good surprise to find one today. The contents had a photo of a little girl, and a copy of her […]

a wonder of the modern world – that's truly wonderful

Monday, February 16th, 2009

The Taj Mahal was built on the love of a man for his wife. The Pyramid is built on the belief of after life. The Great Wall of China has been built as a  political divide, The Colosseum was built to pit fighter against fighter for cruel fights to the death. In our current era, […]

environmental music video: a beautiful lie

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

Came across a music video that was shot entirely in Greenland in the Arctic… has amazing footage of the location and I liked the music as well… it definitely makes a strong statement about our environment. I heard recently that often times the most difficult path is also the right one. Well, this project was […]

quantum leap beyond a mediocre life

Sunday, February 8th, 2009

In physics, a quantum leap or quantum jump is a change of an electron from one quantum state to another within an atom. It is discontinuous; the electron jumps from one energy level to another instantaneously. ~ wiki Electrons keep changing – leaping – vibrating – all the time. But minor changes are insignificant. Its […]

online fantasy versus offline reality

Sunday, February 8th, 2009

Online one may have a lot of friends, be very popular, interesting and interactive. But is it possible that in reality one may be a boring nerd glued to a computer a lot of the time, and neglecting a lot of difficulties? Seeking a kind of escape in the online identity? Of course I myself have been […]

FW: the monkey with the wooden apples

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

A forwarded mail from Venki (Today’s Kagga)… There once was a happy monkey wandering the jungle, eating delicious fruit when hungry, and resting when tired. One day he came upon a house, where he saw a bowl of the most beautiful apples. He took one in each hand and ran back into the forest. He […]

Indian language support in WordPress

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

Currently my site seems to have some Unicode problem so all kannada characters are messed up. Root cause seems to be a wrong database collation after an import into a new database. Btw thanks to the super support of Weblogs.us, this site is powered by a lot more powerful and reliable server and database now! […]