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More Fun with Inkscape

Sidharth — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 19:42:38 +0000

Some more Inkscape drawings of mine!

From tutorial of Class 26 of screencasters.heathenx.org you learn gradients and shadows.

From tutorial of Class 28 of screencasters.heathenx.org you learn perspective, text on paths and curves

From tutorial of Class 30 of screencasters.heathenx.org you learn insets, complex gradients and dynamic offsets

From tutorial of Class 33 & 35 of screencasters.heathenx.org you learn masks, reflection using masks and clipping.

Some Fun with Inkscape

Sidharth — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:23:50 +0000

It all started with an effort to make an advertisement in Inkscape. That led me to an excellent series of video tutorials at

screencasters.heathenx.org

The below drawings were all made by me in Inkscape 0.47 using tutorials from heathenx!

Result of Episode 22

Result of Episode 11 (Notice the picture hanging from frame effect)

Result Episode 103

And finally, quite fittingly episode 10

Polyglot Delhi

Sidharth — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:16:01 +0000

Hindi, English, Urdu and Punjabi for road signs. Thats a lot. Oh well, politicians need votes from everyone.

What do you find irritating about this picture?

Sidharth — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:00:36 +0000

Look at this image of the back of a book. Can you tell me what I found really infuriating?

I find the sticker “Prakash Books” really irritating. How are you supposed to buy a book if you can’t the read blurb at the back?

I find stores that do this aren’t really bookstores. The person who put the sticker there really doesn’t understand books at all… or doesn’t care.

You can always diet tomorrow

Sidharth — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:55:07 +0000

Cute one…don’t remember where I took this… possibly Singapore.

Reverse Psychology Advertising Campaign

Sidharth — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:53:18 +0000

In a shopping mall in Singapore.

Temperature Sensor

Sidharth — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:35:35 +0000

On a flight from Singapore to India I asked for a Carlsberg beer can and was surprised to see a small innovation:

There is small patch of white on the can which is temperature sensitive. If the beer can is cold enough, the words “Cool” appear in silver. If the can is not cold, the words don’t appear. Thus you don’t need to second guess the temperature. Drink if “Cool”, don’t if not !

Why Congress and BJP leaders love the women’s reservation bill

Sidharth — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:44:48 +0000

The women’s reservation bill forces 1/3 of parliamentary (and assembly) seats to be vacated every election for women candidates. Many entrenched and incumbent candidates will find themselves without a seat during this process.

Its not being talked about very much — but this is beneficial for party high commands — they can look at seat allocation afresh without feeling too beholden to the incumbent. In previous elections it was difficult to replace the incumbent unless performance was really dreadful. Many incumbents still got tickets because they had too many IOUs pending with the party. This made it difficult to replace average candidates for fear of “bad blood.”

This bill shifts the power away from the MPs in favor of the party leadership. Many MPs will fall by the wayside conveniently when a constituency becomes reserved for women.

No wonder the Congress, Communist and BJP leadership loves this bill.

McDonald’s Drive through in Gurgaon

Sidharth — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:02:24 +0000

“Drive through” restaurants, a gastric institution in the US are now in India.

There’s one in Gurgaon (actually the outskirts of Gurgaon) and is open 24 hrs. It serves some really tasty pancakes for breakfast!

Sometimes its Dark and Lovely

Sidharth — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:35:37 +0000

A lot of Indians are embarrassed at the surfeit of “fairness” creams in this country. “Fair and Lovely” is a prominent brand.

But sometimes its “Dark and Lovely” too… Here is a photo of a skin tanning blend I saw in a Malaysian beach resort. It made me happy to see it. My theory is this: As long as imitation goes both ways its healthy. One way imitation is usually the sign of an inferiority complex. But since the whites want to become browner and the browns want to become whiter its all cool !