As the iron-cored blue-hued orange-shaped planet known as Terra rotated slowly on its obliquity of the ecliptic while revolving gradually and languidly tracing a somewhat elliptical journey around a bright yellow star, which the inhabitants of the aforementioned planet had named Sol, bringing about a phenomenon that the denizens of the planet perceived as if… read more →
The water was perfect, just about the right temperature that I like, slightly lukewarm and hitting a spot that was neither too cold nor too warm. Unfortunately I couldn’t appreciate the feeling that accompanies one when stepping into that kind of water, that feeling when the skin pierces the surface of the water converting a… read more →
Looking down at the small family of mice, the tiny pups cavorting with each other and feeling the warm sunlight for the very first time in their short lives, their pale translucent skins glowing under the summer sun that played peekaboo among the clouds, under the watchful eyes of the father mouse while the mother… read more →
I can still recall the exact moment (it was twelve minutes past six in the morning) and what I was doing — struggling to tie my shoelaces with one hand that had come unlaced when I crossed that small log that served as a bridge not across troubled waters but across a small meandering stream… read more →
Twenty Eleven went by a tad too fast for my liking. Among a few things I got hooked on to this year was the Quantified Self experiment. Here are a few numbers & visualizations of the year that went by. Bibliophile Just like every year since 2004, I tracked the books I read in 2011… read more →
After reading Stanley Fish’s How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One, I decided to try an experiment in writing out a paragraphic sentence. I plan to take a simple sentence and construct a passable sentence. Since I don’t get to this kind of writing at work, this exercise ought to be fun. … read more →
My favourite author Umberto Eco talks about his latest book, The Prague Cemetery.
As promised in the earlier post, here are the tools I used in my quantified self experiment: Google Spreadsheet : Data Capture and Analysis Sleep Patterns: Sleep Bot Tracker Log (Android app: Market Link) Beverages: Simple Counter (Android app: Market Link) Body Weight: Libra (Android app: Market Link) Exercise: RunKeeper (Android app: Market Link) Phone… read more →
At the beginning of this month, I decided to do a Quantified Self experiment. So this entire October, I chose to track a few parameters of my daily life. The reason for choosing these parameters was either they were easy to track or they were already being tracked by me. I’ve read about the Quantified… read more →
“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” – William Arthur Ward Coming from a family where almost everyone is a teacher, this is for them also. For my wife, mom, grand-parents, uncles, aunts, and all other consanguineal and affinal relatives in the teaching profession, Happy Teacher’s… read more →