It seems like the enthusiastic run on Stanford dish trail was more than what my legs could handle; I seem to have pulled some muscle in the shin/calf. It's not horrible pain, but each time I step (while walking mainly, not running) there's a slight sting. Realized this last Monday, and didn't run whole of last week. Only did some biking as part of ( Read more... )

It must be the weekend or maybe just the run I did Sunday evening, or sliding down the Whiskey at Kirkwood, or maybe all the phone calls .. either way, I just felt like posting an update ( Read more... )

It was 3 AM, and I was busy finishing up reading a book. A short break meant checking out Deccan Herald, and boom, I see there's news of C. Ashwath death. It was unbelievable, and I with-held reactions till I finished the book.

This is a HUGE loss for anyone who's had even a bit of interest in Kannada light music (Sugama Sangeeta). I got introduced ( Read more... )

Born to Run by Christopher McDougall
I picked up this book on a casual visit to Borders book store. I keep getting these 30% gift coupons from them, and me being a fan of brick-and-mortar bookshops, keep thinking that I should go buy a book. And then it is the all familar Amazonian trap. Books with marked price way lower than what I see in the ( Read more... )

So, as it turned out, I ran my first ever Half Marathon today at the San Jose Rock n Roll Half Marathon . Timing was decent for a first timer - 1:55:08. Feels good, and accomplishment of sorts .. after a long time!

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- IPL out of India

After all the talk about shifting powers centers, a new world order in cricket, IPL may be moved to South Africa or England? Woah.

One of the most remarkable buildings/beautiful spots of San Francisco is the city hall. I won't make you yawn with boring trivia, but here's a link to the wikipedia post.Passed by the building one evening, and couldn't help stopping to take a picture ( Read more... )

I have watched Forrest Gump many times now, and ended up watching watching it again last weekend. It has been entertaining, funny, silly, uplifting in parts, and overall a well made movie. What I had not paid attention to till I watched it last Saturday was the way in which events of the 50s, 60s and 70s are woven together. I had laughed at the ( Read more... )

I bought myself a DSLR - Nikon D40 - bvfinally during thanksgiving last year, and have been waiting for a chance to click some outdoor pictures using it. I got my first big chance when I was in Bangalore recently.

Was debating whether to continue using Webshots using my unchalli alias or move on to Picasa. In any case, I needed to do some cropping ( Read more... )

An Airbus A320 crashing into NY's Hudson river (right next to Manhattan) is all over the news today. The aircraft is wrecked but all the passengers survived without any major injuries. Wow, isn't that fun ? :)