tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-150859142024-03-07T21:58:29.949-06:00Microcontrolled LifeLife is controlled by Micro-event which have Macro effects. This is a quest to document the cause-effect relationship of the two.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15085914.post-28393840745010937572007-03-16T15:26:00.001-05:002007-03-16T15:26:52.162-05:00Climbing Mt St Helens The Build up How did it all start ? Frankly speaking even I don't recall exactly but only have a vague idea. Yes it was a couple of weeks before thanks giving when I had conference call with Amit, Abhay and Sachin and we were making get-together plans for Christmas/new years holiday season. Well as usual nothing fruitful came out of that call as everybody had different plans, but I kind of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15085914.post-57634637112547791882007-02-05T10:15:00.001-06:002007-02-05T10:15:47.495-06:00MESSAGE KEY<!-- Converted from text/rtf format --> Some keyboard shortcuts to remember when using IM ? - what?@COLL - at college@HM - at home@SCHL - at school@WRK - at work^)^ ^(^ - Two people talking~~~c___ Beach:-|:-| Deja' vu1DAFUL - wonderful2 - to, too, two24/7 - twenty four hours a day, seven days a week2B - to be2BCTND - to be continued2D4 - to die for2DAY - today2L8 - too late2MORO - Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15085914.post-47192186441714349072006-12-27T09:26:00.001-06:002006-12-27T09:28:27.097-06:00Why I don't like to be in a photograph......<!-- Converted from text/rtf format --> Photography is not just a hobby but it is more of an art. You can teach someone how to take pictures but you can not teach someone how to take good pictures. I know it sounds cliché but sadly its true. I think I have some sense to capture beauty or beautiful things, and I admit I am no way an exceptional photographer, but I am a very good photographer inUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15085914.post-88009935652983078772006-12-26T13:23:00.001-06:002006-12-26T13:23:05.528-06:00Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15085914.post-59055018360155827712006-12-18T10:44:00.000-06:002006-12-18T10:47:18.240-06:00Seattle / Portland TripRecently concluded a trip to 2 fascinating cities on the Pacific Nortwest....yes of course they are Seattle and Portland.... I tried some snowboarding and then also went up the Space needle in Seattle... while in Portland I had a unique opportunity to visit the NIKE campus. The pics from the trip can be seen here.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15085914.post-77259252124234878642006-12-18T10:40:00.000-06:002006-12-18T10:43:52.706-06:00Fall Colors @ Sylvania National ForestInstead of describing my trip during fall to the upper michigan peninsula, I would simply give you guys the link to the pics I took during camping at the Sylvania Wilderness in the Ottawa National Forest, in U.P Michigan. You can find the pics here. Hope you like it.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15085914.post-77814565390930796742006-12-18T10:33:00.001-06:002006-12-18T10:35:13.191-06:00India Trip Part 2<!-- Converted from text/rtf format --> Finally I reached home a full 12 hrs late… so all the time I saved by taking the direct flight to Delhi was nullified. I was just happy that I reached home without any problems with luggage or anything else. It was the Ganpati season and so the whole Pune city was in celebratory mood after all it's in this city the festival was started some 110 yrs ago. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15085914.post-1166403403163603382006-12-17T18:21:00.000-06:002006-12-17T18:56:43.226-06:00Life Updated / India Trip: Part 1A lot has happened since my Sky dive on the 4th of July weekend.... so many things to write about... but can't find the right words to write about and so I will try my best to documents few events that stand out. One of the most important thing I did this year is going to India after a gap of some 3yrs in late Aug/Sept. It was a fulfilling but fast-forward kind of trip. I flew on my B'day and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15085914.post-1166401044931948902006-12-17T18:16:00.000-06:002006-12-17T18:17:24.946-06:00Back in the blogosphereDon't know what happened to me but I haven't been blogging at all lately. But things are about to change... I am gonna start writing blogs regularly if not frequently.... so my hello to you all ....keep blogging....Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15085914.post-1153948075672629622006-07-26T16:03:00.000-05:002006-07-26T16:07:55.746-05:00My first Skydive The Video has finally arrived... and so I decided to upload it... Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15085914.post-1152505587539685572006-07-09T23:16:00.000-05:002006-07-09T23:26:27.583-05:00So close yet so farZizou.... as he is called with love by his fans around the world, lost his temper today and it cost France its second world cup. He often terorizes the opposition by is skills, footwork and timing but today he did it with his head and literally. On any other day, if someone said something to Zizou, he would simply ignore it or respond to it with a superb play that would result in a goal, but Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15085914.post-1152113572655945992006-07-05T09:54:00.000-05:002006-07-05T10:34:19.236-05:00Heartbreak followed by a thrillerI was both a little nervous and little excited yesterday. Nervous because Germany was playing Italy in the semi finals, and excited for the fireworks show.I have no particular reason, but I just like the way Germany plays football (soccer for the prudent), and I wanted to win this and go all the way to finals. Lately I have been loosing all my bets, it started of with England losing to Portugal, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15085914.post-1151944749714382682006-07-03T10:33:00.000-05:002006-07-03T14:10:21.793-05:00Back on GroundIt was very tiring but one of the best days in my entire life so far. As said earlier, I went to Superior Wisconsin, which is in a North West corner of Wisconsin and couple of miles south of Downtown Duluth MN. This picturesque small town is situated on the shores of lake superior, the biggest fresh water lake in the world.I started my trip from Rochester at 945AM Sunday morning. Karoline and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15085914.post-1151842395337706412006-07-02T07:06:00.000-05:002006-07-02T07:13:15.356-05:00Living on the edgeWhat would you say of life of a person who does water skiing but doesn't know how to swim ?What would you say of life of a person who goes for skydiving knowing fully well that he doesn't have wings to fly ?I would say its like walking on a highwire or dancing on thin ice, or simply, he is 'Living on the edge'.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15085914.post-1151591333352442122006-06-29T09:21:00.000-05:002006-06-29T09:28:53.353-05:00Land - Water - AirTill yesterday I had no plans whatsoever for the 4th of July long weekend. Well it is not really a long weekend and I am working on Sat and Sun morning and that is other reason why I didn't make any plan.But things just started falling into places since yesterday afternoon. If every thing works out as planned then on Saturday morning I will be joining my friend David and his GF on their boat and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15085914.post-1151590895658743812006-06-29T09:17:00.000-05:002006-06-29T09:21:35.660-05:00Taking off finallyI have been waiting/delaying and waiting my India trip for quite some time, almost 3 years now. But finally I bought my ticket last week and yesterday confirmed my flight connections in India. Now it is time to start packing my bags. There is one weird thing, eventhough I am going back home I don't have the excitement I had when I went back the first time.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15085914.post-1137595435354018592006-01-18T08:43:00.000-06:002006-01-18T08:43:55.413-06:00FibersFibers were added to Windows (in NT 3.51 SP3, IIRC) because some customers (not just SQL server) believed that they could improve the performance of their server applications if they had more control over their threading environment.But why on earth did these customers want fibers?Well, it's all about scalability, especially on MP system. On a multitasking system, it's easy to forget that a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15085914.post-1135777423129128552005-12-28T07:43:00.000-06:002006-12-18T09:45:38.636-06:00Why does Win32 even have Fibers? Fibers were added to Windows (in NT 3.51 SP3, IIRC) because some customers (not just SQL server) believed that they could improve the performance of their server applications if they had more control over their threading environment. But why on earth did these customers want fibers? Well, it's all about scalability, especially on MP system. On a multitasking system, it's easy to forget Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15085914.post-1132157161393777262005-11-16T10:01:00.000-06:002005-11-16T10:06:01.420-06:00A Glimpse of First SnowYeah the winter has truly arrived... and following are few pics of itUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15085914.post-1132094742396232382005-11-15T16:45:00.000-06:002005-11-15T20:09:51.836-06:00The Good news and the not so good newsHad my first research presentation at Mayo as a Research Engg. It went pretty good the best part was my boss really liked it. I think I liked it too. I guess that's the good news.Now the not so good news..No kidding but Minnesota winter has truely arrived and with big bang. They said it was going to snow about 4-6 inches between tuesday and wednesday and it has infact already snowed good 2 inchesUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15085914.post-1131461817169279842005-11-08T08:40:00.000-06:002005-11-08T09:04:09.500-06:00@ AkshardhamUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15085914.post-1131126305916517272005-11-04T11:41:00.000-06:002005-11-04T11:45:05.953-06:00It's a NissanFinally I bought my first Car. It's a Nissan and following are the pictures.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15085914.post-1129909051065112072005-10-21T10:36:00.000-05:002005-10-21T10:43:38.533-05:00Fall ColorsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15085914.post-1128551181280105052005-10-05T17:14:00.000-05:002006-05-17T13:41:59.470-05:00Just fun.... don't take it seriouslyI was listening to Eric Clapton today, the song was "My father's eyes" and I noticed one weird thing. The background music has some one breathing deep, and to me it sounds like Darth Vader's breath.Now, keeping this in mind listen to these lines from the same song," How will I know him?When I look in my father's eyes "and now recollect scene from the movie " Star Wars: Episode V 'Empire Strikes Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15085914.post-1128307567773533072005-10-02T21:46:00.000-05:002005-10-02T21:46:07.780-05:00Words worth Gold<!-- Converted from text/rtf format --> I takes love over gold And mind over matter To do what you to that you must When the things that you hold Can fall and be shattered Or run through your fingers like dust -------- from Love over Gold (Mark Knopfler) Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1