July 29, 2008
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February 26, 2008
Cool website for art..
DevianArt (www.deviantart.com) is an online community where people can share their art with the masses and even make some money by selling it. If you are looking for some good images/art, check out the site. Here is a good painting, I found on the site..
Grannie by ~jenimal on deviantART
January 15, 2008
Sankranthi Subhakankshalu..
Sankranthi is the festival of harvest and is celebrated with much jest in India (esp Southern India). Back in my childhood, when we used to live in a village, this festival denoted the start of harvesting the rice fields and we used to have a lot of fun lighting up “Bhoghi Mantalu”, which were essentially large bonfires of old stuff that needed to be discarded. And being a kid, everything in the house “qualified” to be discarded for me 
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Another thing that distinguished this festival was that all the household entrances were decorated with colored rice flour. Here’s a picture of a typical decoration
For the kids, it was also the festival of kites. And boy, some folks were pretty serious about their kites and the competitions. Here’s a nice picture showing the landscape littered with kites..
Wishing everyone a happy Sankranthi .
July 24, 2006
The “sticky” cucumber
I loaned “Spirited Away” to one of my colleagues at work and she watched it with her children. The kids loved the movie and wanted to draw a thank you note for me.. My colleague asked them to draw the note and stick it to a cucumber from their kitchen garden so that she can give it to me as a gift. So she wakes up in the morning and here is what the kids come up
They really stuck the note to the cucumber . Here it is after the tape was cleared up
Thx for the cute note guys
May 21, 2006
The Beast
I finally got off my lazy ^%$$ and cleaned up my baby. Here is the
beast
and it’s
heart
Some quick facts about this beast
Engine:
* Type: 1795cc liquid-cooled 52-degree V-twin
* Displacement: 1795cc
* Bore and Stroke: 101.0mm x 112.0mm
* Fuel System: Programmed Fuel Injection (PGM-FI) with automatic choke
* Compression Ratio: 9.0:1
* MPG: NA
Drivetrain:
* Transmission: Five-speed
* Final Drive: Shaft
Brakes:
* Front: Dual 296mm discs with LBS three-piston calipers
* Rear: Single 316mm disc with LBS twin-piston caliper
Suspension:
* Front: 45mm inverted fork; 5.1-inch axle travel
* Rear: Dual shocks with five-position spring-preload adjustability; 3.9-inch travel
Wheels and Tires:
* Front: 130/70R-18 radial tire
* Rear: 180/70R-16 radial tire
Dimensions:
* Length: NA
* Seat Height: 27.3 in.
* Rake and Trail: 32.48 degrees / 5.7 inches
* Wheelbase: 67.6 in.
* Weight: 714 lbs. dry
* Fuel Capacity: 4.8 gals.
Just for comparision, this guy’s engine is more powerful than a Toyota Carolla (by 1 cc ). Thats a lot of power sitting between your legs . All I can say is that this guy is not for the faint hearted.
May 20, 2006
Hailstrom in Chicago
I have been in the Chicago area for ~6 years now and have never seen a hailstrom. Last week, on Thursday (5/17), I came home early and was caught up in a hailstrom. I was able to grab my camera and capture some quick shots of the strom from my backyard
May 15, 2006
Dr.Dhireesha!!!
My sister graduated with her Ph.D in Electrical engineering this Saturday. I flew to San Antonio to attend the graduation and it was a blast. We had tons of Mexican food and I got meet a bunch of nice folks. I think my sister will be really sad when she has to leave all her good friends in San Antonio and move to Rochester, NY to start teaching over there. She was the first student (and woman) to get a Ph.D from the school of engineering at the University of Texas, San Antonio. It was very cool to see her on stage and get a standing ovation from all the people who came to the graduation ceremony. Way to go sis!! . We are very proud of you. Here are some links with more pictures
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kudithipudi/tags/graduation/
http://www.sillymunky.com/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=dhireesha
March 27, 2006
This is UBER Cool!! :)
I think, I am on a flickr craze now . As I was exploring all the possibilities with flickr, I noticed that you can post blogs from flick itself . This will make is so easy for me to host pictures on the site now.. God, I love technology!! .