Arvind T M

Moved to arvindtm.com

noreply@blogger.com (ATM) — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:22:37 -0500

Moved to arvindtm.com

I was on Google’s Blogger platform for more than three years. Out of curiosity, I was checking out Wordpress other day. And then I thought let me create some test blog. You know, just to get a look and feel experience of an alternative blogger. As I discovered more and more of wordpress, deeper I sunk and I am not going cry for Blogger’s help.

If I have to tell a commoner how it feels to be on blogger Vs Wordpress, this is how I will describe.

When you are on blogger, you are given a piece of land (Free Hosting space), but on one condition. When you construct the house, it will go by their design. You can move your hands, but your hands are still roped.

When you are on wordpress, things are slightly different. You will pay for buying the land. Inexpensive though. But YOU stack the bricks, YOU have a say whether the entrance should face south or North, or you need glassed window, etc. and build a very rich house. Truly YOUR dream home.

How do you do ?!

noreply@blogger.com (ATM) — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:31:28 -0500

We friends met at a coffee shop recently. The conversation went on something like this...
All of it. Filled with cholesterol. We ate Dark Chocolate and Apple Pie :)

What makes a read interesting ?

noreply@blogger.com (ATM) — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:34:41 -0500

I had to share this little post from my favorite Scott Adam's Blog. He Wrote and I pasted here...

"The hardest part about writing is capturing your own inner thoughts. For example, if I ask you to tell me something funny or frustrating about your job, you'd give me tales of coworkers eating your food from the break room fridge, or tell me your boss is incompetent. But those aren't thoughts, just observations. We seem to store memories in terms of actions and some broad emotions, but not thoughts. And it is the thoughts you generally don't voice that make writing interesting."

I get into this split whenever I want to post. What makes a read interesting ? An opinion, a thought, an observation, a bare fact....!?

Did you see my mobile ?

noreply@blogger.com (ATM) — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:17:44 -0500

Am quite forgetful these days. Missing birthdays, day of the week, misplacing keys, rushing to meeting at last minutes are quite common. Not that I was doing better earlier, but things have worsened in past few months. I am beginning to think if am contracting Alzheimer. But a sigh of relief after reading the warning signs of Alzheimer's.
I thought I found a good excuse but no, I am still normal, it's just a age-related memory lapse.
Did you say something ??

My Dream car for the Blind

noreply@blogger.com (ATM) — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:10:02 -0500

I met two boys from Tamilnadu. They gave me a ride to MG road in their self-designed car. On the way I kept thinking how they could drive on the road. Because that car did not have a transparent glass pane in the front.

Bizarre ? This is the dream I woke up with this morning. Just sat down to put that car on the paper. I later figured out that such a car could actually be used by blind people. Heights ?

How to be productive on Mondays ?

noreply@blogger.com (ATM) — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:51:13 -0500

Drew on a Monday to deal with mundane Mondays. How do you tackle your Mondays ?
Free-to-print-poster for your cube.

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MB and Mbps confusion

noreply@blogger.com (ATM) — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:12:23 -0500

For those looking for answers to MB and Mbps confusion, I created this graphic. In fact I had another post sometime back.
Do you realise...that my fingers are itching and getting desperate to put my Graphic tablet to some good use. Need fresh ideas for illustrations.

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Manachanabele dam, Savana Durga outing

noreply@blogger.com (ATM) — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:28:29 -0500

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Understanding IPSec/IKE Phase 1

noreply@blogger.com (ATM) — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 22:58:50 -0500

IPSec/Ike is a difficult-to-grasp security protocol. Because it is one protocol which does many things. Authenticates, encrypts and establishes a secure tunnel.
I have been trying to get a understading of message exchanges between the initiator (eg: mobile) and responder (eg: security gateway) before the tunnel is established. In the most simplified form this is how it looks. Six message exchanges, logically separated.

It's a three two-way exchanges between the initiator and receiver.

First exchange—The algorithms and hashes used are agreed upon in matching IKE SAs in each peer.
Second exchange—This exchange uses a Diffie-Hellman exchange to agree upon a shared key. Diffie-Hellman is not an encryption algorithm but an algorithm for establishing a shared key over an unsecured medium.
Third exchange—This exchange verifies the other side's identity. The identity value is the IPSec peer's IP address in encrypted form.

The main outcome of the whole exchange is matching IKE SAs between peers to provide a protected pipe for subsequent exchanges between the peers.

The IKE SA specifies values for the IKE exchange: the authentication method used, the encryption and hash algorithms, the Diffie-Hellman group used, the lifetime of the IKE SA in seconds, and the shared secret key values for the encryption algorithms.

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Symbol speak

noreply@blogger.com (ATM) — Sat, 31 May 2008 07:32:45 -0500

It's the team I work with at office. Team lunch this afternoon at Jalsa. Tried putting symbols to match the personalities!!

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Hit and Don't Miss

noreply@blogger.com (ATM) — Thu, 29 May 2008 12:14:17 -0500

Many of the hits to my site gets missed because they were looking for aravindtm! ( and not arvindtm )

So I decided to register a new domain www.aravindtm.com
Domain forwarding is enabled, so if you key in aravindtm.com you will still be brought to www.arvindtm.com

By the way, my original name is spelt ARAVINDA T M. But I don't think I have to register yet another domain name with an extra A. That's my graphical skill being put to work.

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Nitrogen is in the air

noreply@blogger.com (ATM) — Sun, 25 May 2008 09:03:08 -0500

If you are filling air next time at the petrol bank... just look for this raw looking blue box. Its a nitrogen air filler. If you fill it today, you can forget re-filling for next 6 months!! Amazing alva?. It comes at a price of 30 Rs per wheel for the first fill. Rs 10 for the subsequent.

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Boycott Beijing...? Think again

noreply@blogger.com (ATM) — Tue, 20 May 2008 22:35:15 -0500

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Ant ad

noreply@blogger.com (ATM) — Sun, 25 May 2008 09:31:22 -0500

I saw this ad in Vijaya karnataka this morning. Ad by Bangalore Traffic Police.
It's great as an idea to tell 'follow lane' policy on the roads. The choice of ants is just perfect. But what would have been a great ad is reduced to just another. Nice idea, poorer execution.
Ants are cute. Because they are tiny. Because they are disciplined. Elephant sized ants here could be mistaken for an insect. Don't they ? Look at them.
Also, instead of just showing seven ants, I would have chosen few hundreds. After all, it's about Bangalore traffic menace.
Few hundred, tiny little black ants marching in-line, going around the four corners of rectangle pictured in a white background would have done the magic. Be a critic. It's easy.

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Moooooods in lines

noreply@blogger.com (ATM) — Sat, 17 May 2008 22:24:56 -0500

Just few lines & expressions come alive. Tried them on a lazy Sunday morning. First lesson to any budding cartoonist is the understanding of facial expression . eyes eyes eyes...don't have to emphasise more. It's all in the eyes. Place the dots and you instantly see the mood. Isn't this easy ?.... try them in your free time.

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i had ideas...

noreply@blogger.com (ATM) — Sat, 10 May 2008 13:45:56 -0500

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noreply@blogger.com (ATM) — Wed, 07 May 2008 00:19:53 -0500

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London Stay

noreply@blogger.com (ATM) — Sat, 03 May 2008 08:48:31 -0500

I was lucky enough to take a break of 10 days at London after three months of slogging at work in US. Half my stay at UK was at Cambridge and the remaining half at London. 4 days can barely do justice to visit London. What I did in these 4 days was just hopping tubes and coaches to get the length and breadth of the town. Was trying to familiarize with as many localities and points of interests as possible, rather than spending time at just one location. But on the final day I took it easy and spent all the time at Greenwich.
While US was work work work, UK stay was fun hop fun.

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mini vrfrenz meet at Camridge

noreply@blogger.com (ATM) — Sat, 03 May 2008 08:44:41 -0500

London still seems to be far. My friend, Praveen who was supposed to be here a day before, came down yesterday from Brighton, to see us.

From left, it's me, Niranjan Hiremath and Praveen Hosangadi. Grad time friends. They happen to stay here in UK for their masters.

We were hanging out in the most happening streets of Cambridge, till 3 in the morning. Oh! it's my birthday today. Wished me ?

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Guide walk tour of Cambridge

noreply@blogger.com (ATM) — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 03:21:37 -0500

I am still hovering around in Cambridge and yet to visit London. It was a day of Guided walk tour y'day. After spending sometime at Cambridge University Press book shop, I decided to take the guided walk tour to get to know Cambridge from inside. For 10 Pounds, it is still a value for money. What you get to see and hear is a little bit of Cambridge history, Important places, inside view of of one of the colleges and a visit King's college Chapel.

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Cambridge on 4 wheels

noreply@blogger.com (ATM) — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 03:13:07 -0500

While Day-1 of the cambridge was on 2 wheels Day-2 belonged to 4 wheeler. Since the Weather forecast for London was Heavy rain, I dropped the idea of visiting London.Instead, took the opportunity to visit our office in Cambridge Research Park.

Best way to get around in Cambridge is to buy Day rider Ticket for 3 Pounds. You can have unlimited number of rides. Visit to office was nice and short. Research Park is outside the city Limits and still not fully occupied.

Later in the noon, I took this citi13 bus which was leading to Haverhill via Linton. What a beautiful countryside!

Some confusion in the return journey led me to long long waits in the bus stops. End of the day, am more comfortable now getting around in Cambridge using public transport.

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Cambridge on 2 wheels

noreply@blogger.com (ATM) — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:49:29 -0500

This morning I had this confusion. To start with London or Cambridge ? Then I found out on the web that there is a Guided walk tour starting at Visitor information centre. I knew it's going to be difficult to get there in the first hit in an unknown place.
I took bicycle and went roaming in the noon at my own pace. Bicycle is so much part of this town's dwellers. There are dedicated cycle paths throughout the city. Mild cloudy weather was just perfect for a outing. Visited King's college, Trinity College, Whipper and Zoology museums. I sorta understand the topology of the town, the roads and other points of interest of cambridge. There is more to explore. But today's idea was just go out and see. Old educational institutions, museum, nice parks, Punting people, Bicycle rides. That's Cambridge for you.

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Dilbert Business Anthology

noreply@blogger.com (ATM) — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:24:49 -0500

I consider this a special buy. Other day when we were waiting for our Bosses to show up at the dinner, we spent few minutes in the nearby Borders bookstore. There is always something you can pickup at the bargain section. It was a steal for $9.99. Scott adams', slapped together. Three of his best works in one volume. Dilbert Principle, Dilbert Future and Joy of work, put together in one. Though I had all three of as separate volumes, this is so easy to have it as one. It is titled "The Dilbert Business Anthology".

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Few Closing shots

noreply@blogger.com (ATM) — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:26:07 -0500

Few closing shots before I start packing off from US.

- The length of the hair was still not ready to salon, but wanted to experience American salon. Price 15+2$ .
- Salsa lesson hall at MIT. Made it to almost 6-7 classes in spite of the hectic office.
- The best Boston view from Memorial Drive. Picture some.
- And the Car. Dodge mustang kept me company, more so the Sirius Satelite Radio

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Atonement

noreply@blogger.com (ATM) — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 22:44:39 -0500

Called it a day off. Did all the office work from home and watched this movie, which was sitting on my laptop for some time now. Atonement is a Masterpiece. One of the nominees for Best motion pictures for Academy awards '08.

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