Eternal Thinker

There is a fly in my free lunch! - First thoughts on Blogger's .com to .in change

2012-01-31T00:54:00.000+05:30

This might be the first thing that greeted many of the Bloggers today morning. Yes, Google has yet again done something funny without any notice. When I opened my blog today evening I found that the 'Likes' on the posts have magically disappeared. But how? If you've read Facebook - a history, you would probably know that Likes simply can't disappear from a blog post. That is, unless the link

Candle meets Camera : Light painting

2012-01-30T14:45:00.000+05:30

The following try at candle light drawing is the result of two things: New camera in the home! It's a Canon Powershot SX150IS. A bridge camera with some pretty good control over various factors. More than 48 hours of power outage. An unsurprising situation when the efficiency of the electricity department is coupled with a state wide holiday. My eyes got sore after much reading in the candle

Growing Up

2012-01-18T10:39:00.000+05:30

This is a coincidence. I was about to write this post about how Chloé has grown up (physically), and then today happens to be my birthday ^_^ So now I'll talk about Chloé, about growing up in general, about birthdays, future, or something like that. Here I have a bunch of snaps of le cat, those that can be fairly juxtaposed with some older photos from an earlier post. The picture to

And stop chasing the golden snitch !

2012-01-13T22:46:00.000+05:30

Harry Potter completion : 3 books, 3 movies Relatively slow, I know. But this is the normal and regular pace for me ^_^ Sometimes I bicycle to grandma's home with a book and without the cellphone. I like such reading breaks, away from everything digital. And even essential, because otherwise it is hard to spend too much time with a book !

New Year in Bengaluru

2012-01-11T01:06:00.000+05:30

Happy New Year, all you wonderful people out there! A few hours before the midnight struck on December 31st, I was lost in the crowd of youngsters flooding the Brigade road in Bengaluru. There were neon lights, TV cameramen, girls with glowing red horns, and a chilling weather cloaking me as I strolled through with my rather heavy luggage. Celebrating the new year in a different city was

Meowy X'mas!

2011-12-25T21:23:00.000+05:30

So, my sister made a sweet little Xmas hat for el kitten, Chloé ^_^ Wishes to all you folks out there! Apparently, the only time the hat is going to stay there

Penciling blogger template - recent template error has been repaired

2011-12-08T13:36:00.001+05:30

Some users of the much loved Penciling blogger template might have encountered a few errors in the template recently. This problem was noticed since today morning by certain users (and myself). The error made the template look a bit dis-aligned. Without much ado, I want you let y'all know that there is nothing to panic. Actually, the error has been already repaired and the good new

Paws of wrath

2011-12-03T16:44:00.001+05:30

This post is all about my kitten Chloé's demolition mode, as mentioned previously :D The daily routine of Chloé can be roughly summarized as follows: One needs special expertise and practice to accurately determine the intensity of attack (ranging from no-nail-pounce to slaughter). The following picture was taken moments before she unleashed demolition mode. The depth of rage is often

Life with Chloé - a few snaps

2011-11-29T12:57:00.001+05:30

Chloé moves on to her 8th week and beyond. She is enough self reliable for her age, yet never in lack of spontaneous rage mode (I should be doing a separate post about that alone!). She's not tiny anymore, yet not a big cat. Here are some snaps of Chloé awesomeness. The pictures range from her 5th to 8th week and in no particular order, so you'll notice irregular changes in her growth. I'm

Out of Balance - a logic game for kids (and anybody who enjoys it!)

2011-11-21T13:48:00.001+05:30

The new game from my workshop is ready for a spin! This time it is a weight balance logical game. The game is made with kids in mind, yet it can be enough fun to anyone who wants to try. Making the game was an enjoyable thing - browsing for toys, drawing a cute environment and so on; Childhood is wonderful :) It is a not-so-uncommon concept built up with some good (and cute!) polishing. As

10 rather do-able steps to happiness

2011-11-19T16:54:00.001+05:30

Happiness - yes, we're brushing through the topic once again! ^_^ But let me start with a very practical quote: Moreover, it is an emotion. People constantly tweak their life in the pursuit to attain it, just to find themselves back at square one pretty soon. Exactly because it is an emotion. Any combination of sugar, spice, and everything nice doesn't seem to create the perfect stable form

Kitten gets a Red flower : Chloé's new toy

2011-11-13T08:44:00.001+05:30

Throughout her first week in home, I found a bunch of quirky toys for Chloé. One which makes her most excited is the Red (plastic) flower. Watch her first time with the flower toy :) To make things more interesting, I suspended the flower at a height she can reach by slightly standing up on her hind legs. It worked rather well. It is now her most favorite toy to try out new

graFighters - what if your notebook doodles came to life?

2011-11-10T13:22:00.000+05:30

So here goes my latest awesome find on the interwebs : graFighters The website describes itself as "The first online fighting game for your hand drawn characters". I think this alone will be enough to boost up the curiosity in all the doodle artists out there. graFighters actually do make your doodles come to life. And what's more fun than seeing your fierce or cute doodle characters fight

New kitten in the home

2011-11-06T09:34:00.000+05:30

You heard it right! Everyone, meet Chloé. Chloé, everyone. Yes, there is an acute accent on the é. Kinda French, eh? You may as well save the trouble and spell it as a normal e. No pressure. This beautiful calico kitten is in her 6th week on Earth. She was too much of a mommy girl, so getting her friendly took an incredible amount of patience. At present, though, she's familiar with her

Bengaluru : some odd glimpses from a quick visit

2011-10-26T13:28:00.000+05:30

Before I knew it, two days ago, I was in Bangalore, Karnataka. Or to put it in the correct flavor, in Namma Bengaluru. Everything happened on short notice - the travel, the exploration, and the return. And here are a few apparently brief but immensely live moments when my mobile cam was put to use. Weird.. Industries Limited I wonder what their product line is. And unsurprisingly, the

A Very Simple Game 2 - Walkthrough

2011-10-16T08:39:00.000+05:30

A Very Simple Game 2: Odd one out was published earlier this year, in July. Check out the game if you haven't done so yet! Here is a game guide that will give you some really helpful hints to get through the colorful levels (And a few rather unhelpful comments from the game creator). Level 1 | Mr.Happy As we all know, this level is a no-brainer. All the smileys are supposed to be happy.

Returnin'

2011-10-03T17:58:00.000+05:30

I kind of like the feel of return journeys. It is often the case that departure is sorrowful with the silent pain of having to call it a day and leave the celebration. But there is also a certain calmness in retracing our path back home, with memories so fresh that they are still bubbling all around in our heart. This feeling of peace is what I like about it. Our mind is filled with new

Smiley Update #5 : The end of all JavaScript Conflicts!

2011-09-22T20:18:00.000+05:30

Even when things are going good and fine, there's nothing wrong in making them.. better. Here is a hack on the et Smiley script for Blogger (and all other blogs) which brings in more smiles. This update is mainly aimed at users experiencing JavaScript conflicts while using the et Smiley set with other scripts, resulting in any of the scripts not working properly. The hack is to initialize the

The Smell of Pasta

2011-09-19T07:22:00.000+05:30

Several conventional recipes (and a few embarrassing disasters) later, last day I tried a pretty long recipe. This time the aroma comes all the way in Italian style. It's pasta time! So we gather round the raw materials.. Macaroni, Chicken, Onions, Tomatoes, Pepper and lots of Sauce. AND Butter. Shed some a lot of tears on the onions. Don't mess up too much with the sauce. And make a

And the blog has been redesigned

2011-09-13T09:46:00.000+05:30

The good ol' Eternal Thoughts template has retired to make way for the fresh new Mindblast template. Speaking of freshness, this design idea or at least many of it's features has been sketched down and/or implemented within the last 2 years. In the end time wins, procrastination surrenders, because time is essentially infinite ;). The old template was much loved by many readers. But after all,

God took my wish seriously

2011-09-06T00:21:00.000+05:30

For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen. Douglas Adams Right after weeks and months of bragging about hectic college life, suddenly I am given all the free time I ever wanted. It is a sweet contradiction :). Following this all my previous blog posts were about creating something and publishing it. The list of ideas is being ticked off one by

The Game of Marienbad

2011-08-22T00:40:00.000+05:30

When you watch the 1961 French movie Last year at Marienbad, don't bother trying or Googling to find its actual storyline. Apparently, it's not made to have an accurately interpretable storyline. Apart from this, what captured my curiosity after watching this film is the game they play many times in the movie. It is mostly between M and X, and sometimes with M and other people. M always wins.

Smileys for your blog #Update 4.0

2011-08-18T10:14:00.000+05:30

The et Smileys for your blog are back, this time with a bunch of happy updates! ^_^ Update 1 : New smileys!I have added 14 new smileys and updated 4 of the existing smileys. Here is a passage from The Pilgrimage to illustrate the new smileys (I haven't read the book though): It is the pleasure of searching and the pleasure of the adventure \m/. You are nourishing something that’s very

Adding the et Smiley set to your blog/website

2011-08-18T09:03:00.000+05:30

Yes! Now the et Smiley set is available for use in any blog or website. Read on to find out how to add them to your website. * See the list of smileys * If you want to add smileys to your Blogger blog, see Smileys for blogspot Follow the simple steps below to add the smiley functionality to your website/blog: Step #1 1) In your website/blog's HTML code, search for the part saying </head>

A Very Simple Game 2

2011-07-21T00:19:00.000+05:30

Right after publishing A Very Simple Game, the idea for a sequel took shape in my mind. Now, this happened four complete years ago. I wanted to make the sequel a much better one, but the hectic undergrad life never gave me enough creative space and time to work on it. After the four year black-out, I'm simply back with the sequel I dreamed of. What matters most is that it is done now. An idea,