Archive for March, 2008

Hiking near Alton

Monday, March 31st, 2008

8 of us; 2 Indians, 2 Bulgarians, 1 Canadian, 1 American , 1 Polish, 1 Kazhak (truly cosmo ?) were hiking somewhere Near Alton in New Hampshire. Uphill was daunting and I almost gave up several times. But after that view from the summit, I felt it was worth ...

Good Luck Tania

Friday, March 28th, 2008

Tania Biswas, is a best friend, than just a colleague of mine. Her last day at office today. We worked together for 2.5 years. My best mentee so far :)Ever smiling, enthusiastic, full of energy and jumping to learn ...and yes argumentative ( Bengali ?, yes ). ...

Packed Sunday

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Visited these historically important places in the history of American Independence. Lexington and Concord.I still havent learnt reading parking signals in US. After failing to find the parking on the roadside, I got inside the parking space of a church on a Sunday morning. Looking at all those ...

Click Click

Friday, March 21st, 2008

I forgot the data cable of the camera when I was coming to US. I clicked the snaps, but they remained in the camera for this long. Found an alternative way, to finally upload them.Few of them are here. Complete album is available here.Like it?

One weekend has just two days

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

Probably it is the first weekend am staying home. Past few weekends were all care of office.It happens you run of out ideas when the weekend is there with you.- Some Yoga in the morning- Listening to the Top Ten Songs on Kannada Audio- Did some exploring on the Sirius ...

Four Time Zones For One Nation

Friday, March 7th, 2008

Geography of US is spread out so horizontally.... that it needs four different time zones within the nation. Am I right... there's a time difference of 5 hours between the coasts ?15 deg of latitude difference corresponds to 1 hour. But it's bit political, technically India could have had ...

Art and Visual Perception by Rudolf Arnheim

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

I was browsing the art section at Borders bookstore in Nashua. I picked this green paperback and browsed through few pages. I had an instant liking. It's expensive at 24$, but could not lay it back.To rationalise my purchase, I searched this book on the web. It turns out to ...

Perfection has its price - Train Commerical

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

I saw this train commercial of Stella Artois on TV. Stella Artois, the Belgium beer is known for its distinctive advertising campaign. The thematic music, the visual, the mystery, the comical sequence, the slogan, all reiterating the brand value. Great ad. Perfection has its price. Like it?