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December Boys

diDecember Boys

This is another movie that moved me. This one has a very distinct flavour. I liked the way the boys lived, played and tackled with their internal conflicts. Ultimately it was that graetest thing

This one gave me new stuff to think and help me live on…

I don’t know what really is a masterpiece, but I want to call this one a “masterpiece”… (Even while knowing that I am no expert)

Animation and Perfection

One very good friend of mine is is learning how animate stuff. That is his trade in academia. His devotion to his subject, makes me jealous. He devotes himself to his subject, like he is the subject. When he draws, it seems that the pencil somehow exactly reproducing what he wants from it. Some perfection I rarely see. He uses his pencil like a second arm.

Some friend of mine just jerk off the word perfection, they just keep saying something like nothing is perfect, so bothering about perfection has no meaning at all. I think perfection is; what we can do, compared to what we want ourselves to do or what other people can do, or what is possible for us to do. And this friend of mine just proved me correct. He is obsessed with perfection. I am not saying he is one of the rarest people who can draw like GOD, but he is one of them who likes to become perfect.

I liked to flaunt my obsession about perfection in my trade, where I play (Unlike HIM). It was a bug in my character. Flaunting perfection might lead to conflicts of many kind. And that will fade obsession. When obsession is faded, then there is no perfection, no uniqueness; And then how can one define himself, to him, to his conscience, to the Universe.

Perfection and obsession are so intermingled!

Another tribute to perfection, Richard Williams’ animation. Enjoy!


The newer Blog!

Primarily, the new blog was created when this blog was locked when some bad bad Hacker changed me password, beyond recovery. Then I had to create a new blog, I did that on blogger. That new blog is, http://mangosave.blogspot.com.

This blog is I think ideal for what I want to do. It has a lot of flexibility that I can experiment on.

Great!

Fast and Furious 4

Fast And Furious 4

I am a nOOb in movie theatres. This experience was great!

Vin Diesel had his attitude mixed up with some supercharged racing engine. Paul Walker had his hands on a imported tuner which was coupled with nitrous. It presents some old characters  e.g. Han. This is some kinda prequel to Tokyo Drift. And you will love the moments of the last smile from Dom Toretto.

Recommended viewing. This movie is RAW Throttle.

The Snail

The Snail may b e slow, but it will reach it’s destination

I drew the lines while our Electronics Teacher was saying something about MOSFETs.

The colours are added later in Photoshop…

She was looking Beautiful

I am pretty sure that her hair was not like that when she entered the classroom. She did tuned her hair a bit later today. And the tweak was awesome. I spent time in the Canteen, observing her hair. It was beautiful and sleek. And she looked a lot different than she usually does. And she looked soooooooooooo BEAUTIFUL! Maybe that means I am in love. The best part is that she is getting lighter day by day. She doesn’t stay much gloomy these days like she used to. I am pretty sure she was, or is going through a hard time, though she doesn’t admit that. Still all these not going to change anything between me and her. But I am not depressed about that!

It was beautiful and sleek. And she looked a lot different than she usually does

Recently something is not going right, “MAN!PPL GTTNG ME WRNG!”. And that is having an effect on her as it appears. I don’t understand much stuff other than academics. I get confused these times! I think General Relativity is easier to understand.

I can LOVE, I am in LOVE and I will not cease to LOVE if a big EMP disrupts all digital systems

Whatever, I am happy! Oh Yeah! I can LOVE, I am in LOVE and I will not cease to LOVE if a big EMP disrupts all digital systems. Life is BEAUTIFUL! World is just AWESOME!

Humanity ROCKZ!

P.S. – If the person referred here is reading this … (Uncertain), and if my previous crush is reading this, she shouldn’t think I forgot about her…

An Engineer is a person who may not have the education or training to accomplish every task but has the ability to research and find the resources to accomplish and fullfill the tasks necessary to complete a project at hand – J.W.Johnson

Engineers must also have skillset and methodology to problem solving that helps in making effective use of their knowledge base.

  • Self motivated.
  • Enthusiasm to learn about emerging technologies, hardware, software and applications.
  • Logical approach to problem solving and troubleshooting
  • Detail oriented.
  • Quick thinking.
  • Calm under high pressure situations.
  • Good oral and written business communications, negotiation and time management skills.
  • Leadership skills – Organizing and motivating a group of engineers.
  • Drawing skills – To draw graphical workflow diagrams or CAD schematic drawings.
  • Training and mentoring skills – To train and mentor junior or fellow engineers or operational staff.

From Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer

First Circuits

These are my very first circuits, that I devised.

This one will shift a single lit LED in every clock pulse. It uses a HCF4017 Decade Counter, and NE555 in astable mode as a clock.

schematic_led_shift

This one will produce a train of lit LEDs. It uses two NE555 in astable mode, on as a serial data input, and other as a clock, and a 74HC595 Shift Register.

schematic_led_train

The Train length sometimes is apparently random, because I didn’t fine tune the timing of the data input, and the shift clock.

I tested these circuits on breadboard, and it worked fine.

Decades and dissapointments

Recently, I noticed that some people just don’t take me as I am. Few think I am a show off, few jealous of me because I am a bit radical. This is maybe because I projected myself a bit differently, or maybe it is an effect of a faulty educational system. Or it maybe both.

One very good friend of mine in college confirmed my doubts, that few students got me wrong. I am really really disappointed about this.

All I wanted is to share the little joys of the academics, and they thought I am a f**king “Show Off!”. I feel abused!

They hate if you’re clever and despise a fool / ‘Til you’re so **** crazy you can’t follow their rules – Working Class Hero, GreenDay

Whatever, I can’t let myself go. Can I? So I built my 1st “Hello World!” in Digital Systems. A NE555 astable clock, with a HCF4017BE Decade Counter I built a LED Shifter, 10LEDs. This circuit is my first out-of-brain circuit, but a easy one.

The far Green LED is the clock, and the faraway yellow is a Carry Output. And the 10 in between is actually the output of the counter.

I am no good video worker and I cannot shoot great videos. This one is crappy, but it can show you what I built. (And the background music is Ebb & Flow by Jason C. Cluts).

And one more fun thing I read from this months Scientific American issue,

Suddenly, as Schmidt cranked up the current flowing through the diode, a narrow beam of blue-violet light shot out of it. “Wow!” he thought. “I can finally graduate!”

Some people are so devoted to their work, and others don’t even know what they are really doing!


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