• Paragliding in Kamshet - The Sunday before last, we went paragliding in a beautiful place called Pawananagar Dam, near Kamshet in Maharashtra: The idea was to go on “tandem flights” where a qualified instructor will take you as a passenger in one of these … Continue reading →
• Apps using simple tricks to simplify usage - I have been recently using the iXpenseIt iPhone app to track cash expenditures[1]. What’s interesting is it uses the “most used” / “most visited” feature (which you may be familiar with in Firefox or other software) to vastly speed up … Continue reading →
• Freewriting – Review of the Accidental Genius book - Semi-regularly, I’ve been doing something I called “Paper Therapy.” The idea was simple: “Write on paper till your brain has nothing left in it.” This stupidly simple idea has often been miraculous in helping me clear my mind and think … Continue reading →
• Moved to WPEngine - I have moved my website from my own Linode server to WPEngine. Why? Because I was tired of my server randomly going to 100% CPU usage and the only way to revive it was to reboot the server! For a … Continue reading →
• Energy and Health - The past several weeks I’ve been down with various illnesses and the repercussions and emotions that went along with the physical problems has been taking its toll on me. While I’ve still not recovered and still reeling from the effects, … Continue reading →
• I wish Ubuntu focused on Android - Instead of Ubuntu trying to make a kick-ass *new* UI, I wish it would simply focus on integrating Android with Ubuntu, along with an iCloud equivalent. Continue reading →
• Book Review : Focus Manifesto - I was struggling with focus in the past week, and I needed a refresher of the basics. So I was looking for reading a new book that I haven’t read before, and luckily there was a free one – the Focus Manifesto by Leo Babauta of ZenHabits.com fame Continue reading →
• Updates to dotbash and dotvim environments - Updated my dotvim environment to use the Vundle plugin and Solarized scheme and other changes. Updated my dotbash environment to make it simpler and less irritating for new users who install it and is now up to date with the latest bash-it environment. Continue reading →
• Two nuggets from Coders at Work book - I've been reading "Coders at Work" book, on and off, and it is a good read for coders who want to learn how their heroes think and approach programming. Continue reading →
• Book Review : Start-up Nation (story of Israel) - I just read an amazing book called "Start-up Nation" that talks about how Israel grew its economy 50 times in the past 60 years by a combination of government, army, entrepreneurism and culture. Continue reading →
• Inspired by companies incubated at RTBI, IIT Madras - Amazed at the kind of socially positive companies that are incubated at the Rural Technology and Business Incubator facility at IIT, Chennai. Continue reading →
• Syncing Android with Mac - How I sync my Mac with my Android phone Continue reading →
• Freelancing for NextDrop - I have been working for the NextDrop project for the past few months. NextDrop is a social venture which gathers information about water supply and informs residents on when water will flow to their homes. Continue reading →
• Freelancing for Joshua Schachter - Product management lessons learned from freelancing for Joshua Schachter (well known as the founder of the del.icio.us bookmarking service) Continue reading →
• Working out of Goa - How I was working out of Goa, seeing the sights and coding as well, the ordeal of Internet connectivity, as well as the Bangalore Traffic Police! Continue reading →
• Gokarna to Goa by car - Travelled from Gokarna to Karwar, across River Kali, to Palolem beach and finally to Mapusa, Goa. Final end to our week-long road trip. Continue reading →
• Mulki to Gokarna by car - Mulki to Udupi to Murdeshwar to Gokarna by car. Part of our week-long road trip. Continue reading →
• Surfing in Mulki - The wife got surfing lessons at the Ashram Surf Retreat in Mulki. Continue reading →
• Mysore to Mulki by car - Road trip : Mysore - Sakleshpura - (Western Ghats) - Uppinangadi - Mangalore - Surathkal - Mulki. Continue reading →
• Kaveri Trail Marathon 2011 - Ran KTM again this year. First 17 km I did good. Last 4 km was a killer. So exhausted that I'm planning to not run again until I lose weight. Continue reading →

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