The thinking theorists

The thinking theorists
Originally uploaded by harith.s

This was shot yesterday in the evening on the obh terrace. Used picasa to make it black and white. Cropped the image to get the spacing on left and right sides correct. This was shot using timer ( 10 sec ) in the camera. Used little bits of brick and very small stones to get the angle correct. We were looking at the sunset. Brightness was automatically adjusted when we blocked the sunlight. Sony W55 is again total class :)

Sonnenuntergang

Sonnenuntergang
Originally uploaded by harith.s

Sonnenuntergang - German for Sunset. Sony DSC - W55 is total class. This shot was taken in the evening after PECN exam was over. I need to experiment more on this camera. It might have many other features which would be handy in the batch trip.

On the new google ID and Sony W55

As I posted previously, I did switch my google account. It is now about half finished. I am using GTalk with "harith.s". I now have most of the contacts of my classmates - thanks to the yearbook. You might have not noticed this but I came up with this interesting idea to invite harith.s to contribute to this blog which is owned by lukas.harithski - LOL. Now I can write here without logging into another account. Most importantly using Flock. I am still using two browsers most of the time. I need to organize my feeds, export and import them into harith.s. Once that is done, only Orkut and GMail will be left. I don't use Orkut much, so that's not a problem. I decided to leave all the mails in lukas.harithski except for some personal ones :D I'll filter the orkut invitations and scraps and forward them to harith.s. I'll be done.

I borrowed a camera ( Sony W55 ) from one of my relatives for the batch trip. This time, I have made sure most of the trip will be cherished for a long time unlike last time when we didn't have a camera and there weren't many pictures of me or my close friends at IIIT. I have started experimenting with the camera at home and there is a lot to learn. Photography is fascinating. Here is a nice one by GBR who is obsessed with macro photography. We shot some photos evening on the terrace. Yes! you heard it right. The terrace. It's open. I uploaded them on flickr.

coming up next ... Posts on the shots.

New Website is up.

I finally filled in some content and finalized the graphics. So, this is the site. I found very good images at Web Design Guru They seem nice. I used the RSS Icon available there in the "MyLO" page. Currently the whole design is in flash, but I would very much like to port it to html. Since the webpage doesn't have any flashy animations, arranging the images properly is the only challenge that I face. I don't want to go home tomorrow :( I have other work ( PECN and Theatre report ) to do. But, this would be my only chance to go home. If I miss this, I'll probably not go back until we return from the batch trip.

Vision 2020

10-15 years from now, where do you think I will be ? I don't mean the specific location, but, what would I be doing ? What would my friends be doing ? It's an interesting thing to think of. Where you want to be will is certainly different from where you would possibly be. To make the possible , probable ... ok ok no more philosophy :D ( unlike naveen ) Anyway, this is how I would like to see my wingmen and me by 2020 :)

• Me : Would have joined ISRO and living on the Shriharikota island :D

• Naveen : Would have finished Ph.D, would be working as an assistant professor in some European university ( OXFORD ? I would very much like it ;) ) . Why an assistant Prof. ? Well, I think 10 years is too short to become a Professor. Especially in a foreign university

• GBR : A stock market pundit ( competing with siva kumar ) + a great s/w engg. Even would be taking his suggestions right away.

• Pramod P : Would have founded a company. M$ and Google would be in a bidding war ( $50bn ? :P ) for his company.

• Sai Ram : You would have two shades here. One guy, a pro s/w engg. living happily with the love of his life ( You need to go azharuddin's for this to happen :P ) But at night ,he would be that person who is on the top 10 most wanted H4CK3R5 list of NTAC , CIA, MI6, etc.

No wonder it triggered a smile on your faces, LOL. First part of what I wrote for each person is realistic. The second might be a little exaggerated, but hey ... anything is possible or put it the adidas' way - Impossible is nothing ;)