Category Archives: Hobbies

More lessons in driving at Trichur

I started from Bangalore on last friday ( ugadi holiday ) in kallada travels, from Madiwala ( Multi axel volvo sleeper ) and reached Trichur at 5:30 AM on Saturday. It was a pleasant journey. I was welcomes by really heavy rains, but luckily I got an auto once I started walking backwards for a… Read More »

Getting good at something

Yesterday I was explaining to mom the concept of ‘developing ear for music’ . She wanted to know, how I was able to play music on the keyboard ( piano ) , after I had heard that song. Most non musicians are taken aback, when I show them this skill of mine ( although I… Read More »

My typing speed

Flexing my fingers is something I like to do, when I get some free time. I guess 90 wpm ( words per minute ) sounds pretty decent. Since the test includes only alphabets, the high score seems to be okay, as of now. But I need to work on numbers and other special characters and… Read More »

Udemy : Online courses : An amazing place to learn

There were two things that stopped me from taking online course seriously The free ones, did not have much depth and did not cover the topics in details ( reminds me of free youtube videos and showmedo) The paid ones, especially since the payment had to be done in dollars, ended up costing much more… Read More »

Character animation software

I have lot of ideas that I want to convey to the world in a very easy way, visually. That means I do not want to work on character sketch, perfecting the hair strands for weeks together. I am more concerned about the content, the story line and the message that I intend to convey… Read More »

Best gift ever – Amazon Kindle

All of you know how much I love books and love reading. When I gifted myself the ebook reader kindle ( Kindle paperwhite 2015), it was nothing short of inexplicable joy and excitement. It was delivered yesterday and I almost half way through the book ‘Briefer history of time’. It’s just amazing how such a… Read More »

Quality time at British Library

It has become a common practice for me these days to make a quick dash to the library, return the books, go to the DVD section, then the book section, hurriedly pick up some books, and then finally return back home. Yesterday, I did something different. After returning the books, I picked up some books,… Read More »

Raspberry Pi 2 is here

As per the suggestion from Sri, I ordered the latest iteration of this great pocket sized computer from Amazon, and it was delivered yesterday. I did not waste much time and decided to start with exploring and this great concept of computing. Since the new Pi makes use of MicroSD card ( the ones we… Read More »

Suprise bday gift – 2015

Keeping up with the custom I follow every year, of gifting myself on my birthday, this year was no different. This year, I have gifted myself the following gifts 1. Light stands, for photography 2. Logitech : Ultimate Ears Mobile Boombox Bluetooth Speaker 3. Raspberry Pi 2 ( can’t wait to lay my hands on this… Read More »