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Trip Report: Arizona-Utah

Anshul — Wed, 16 May 2012 03:23:47 -0400

Day 0: Las Vegas I’m not much of a gambler or a lover of snazzy sights, but despite that Vegas certainly has the redeeming quality of teeming with life even at midnight on a Wednesday evening (when this photo was taken). The city truly never sleeps. And, while I’m sure the Europeans cringe to see [...]

The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Anshul — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:51:15 -0500

Once you get used to reading 18th century English, this is an absolutely delightful, interesting and thought provoking book, well deserving of its place at the top of the Harvard classics bookshelf. The two facts I knew for certain about Benjamin Franklin before I read the book were that he was a founding father of [...]

The tool-maker is the distributor

Anshul — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:12:15 -0500

Apple’s new iBook creation software has a condition in the license agreement that disallows you from selling any work created using the software except via Apple (which will be subject to a further unspecified agreement). More details here. Apple, in this EULA, is claiming a right not just to its software, but to its software’s [...]

On vacation — pun intended

Anshul — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 01:41:45 -0500

Vacations — how we love them! It’s not just the water which comes in shades that give the colour blue not just a personality, but a soul; it’s not the sand that’s so fine that you’re tempted swim in it; nor does the salty tang of the insistent ocean breeze really explain it. What really [...]

Memories from a simpler time

Anshul — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 04:03:37 -0500

I’m on a gadget clearing spree, and decided to use Apple’s recycling program for my nearly 7 year old Powerbook G4; my first Mac. I haven’t used it in nearly 3 years. To be honest, I was somewhat surprised that it started up almost without any fuss. I’m guessing the battery would’ve run out completely, [...]

One more light to be grateful for

Anshul — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 02:19:50 -0400

His music could pull emotion out of thin air. You would lose your sense of all existence while swaying to ‘Main Nashe Mein Hoon’ and yet, feel your heart weep over the numbingly fragile nature of humanity with ‘Woh Kagaz Ki Kashti’. Truly, without his music, a whole dimension of my life would’ve gone unexplored. [...]

The brightest sparks sometimes fade the soonest

Anshul — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:03:15 -0400

The Shiva Trilogy, Parts 1 and 2

Anshul — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 03:44:37 -0400

Came across this series while browsing bookstores in India. Thanks to vacation time, I could polish off the first and second parts in four days, just like old times! The first book is titled “The Immortals of Meluha” and the second is “The Secret of the Nagas”. I can’t remember the last time I’ve finished [...]

The name of the wind, by Patrick Rothfuss

Anshul — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 04:15:05 -0400

I hadn’t read fantasy fiction in quite a while and decided to give this book a spin based on many recommendations. The first of a series, the novel is about an accomplished but world-weary magician, Kvothe, who has all but retired and become an innkeeper in an insignificant little town, to all intents and purposes [...]

The myths of innovation, by Scott Berkun

Anshul — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 02:14:11 -0400

A great book of insights, history and reasoning about the process of innovation. I think Scott Berkun chooses the perfect way to go about describing innovation — debunking the myths and half-truths that have cropped up about it since the term became overly abused in corporate and business communication. The work is far from merely [...]

Mountain

Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:54:00 -0400

This is why I am not rich
A bigger house might make the mountain smaller
Without ever dwarfing it.

Not much left

Mon, 18 Oct 2010 02:37:00 -0400

Wonder what this was. Someone's home, a place of work, just a shelter? What memories do the ruins still hold?

Forces of nature

Sun, 17 Oct 2010 02:37:00 -0400

Sand, wind, rain, sun.

A strange creature...

Sat, 16 Oct 2010 02:37:00 -0400

...born of the sand and the wind.

Line in the sand

Fri, 15 Oct 2010 02:37:00 -0400

"The desert is so huge, and the horizon so distant, that they make a person feel small, and as if he should remain silent."
— Paulo Coelho, in The Alchemist

Clouds in the desert

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 02:37:00 -0400

Mojave Desert, California. It was rainy and cloudy that day, which made it very special for photos!

Earth folds

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 02:37:00 -0400

He who first met the Highlands' swelling blue
Will love each peak that shows a kindred hue,
Hail in each crag a friend's familiar face,
And clasp the mountain in his mind's embrace.
— Lord Byron, The Island

Former volcano

Tue, 12 Oct 2010 02:37:00 -0400

Taken at Zabriskie point in Death Valley National Park. Now I know why molten lava can refer to chocolate

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Dr Dobbs - The Boost.Threads Library

So much to read

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:51:00 -0400

My camera recently went through a near-death experience. I was kayaking in the Russian River and the kayak turned upside down while I was clicking. Thankfully, I had the presence of mind to immediately remove the battery and let it dry out for a few hours before giving it in for a sensor clean-up. The camera survived, and so this blog goes on.

This is the first picture I made after getting back the camera today. It's true what they say - nothing like absence to make the heart grow fonder.