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Don’t let your friends fly with Afrin

Vishy KurugantiAugust 14, 20102 mins

My inseparable flying companion for the past 12 years! [Jan 7, 2015 update: seven years after I wrote this post, a helpful commenter informs us that the technique described below is called the…

Why I’m proud to be a Hindu

Vishy KurugantiAugust 08, 20102 mins

Someday (way in the future) I wanted to write this post. The thoughts were clear in the head but there were several more interesting posts queued ahead in my WordPress Drafts folder. During my last…

A blogger’s lament

Vishy KurugantiJune 06, 20101 mins

One of the challenges I face at the beginning of many new posts is the realization that a prequel needs to be written first. I would argue with and convince myself “but there’s this background I need…

Ode to Humpty Dumpty

Vishy KurugantiDecember 15, 20081 mins

My 13-year old niece in Cupertino, California wrote this ode for an English assignment. As you can see, it is heavily influenced by King Arthur era English (which I absolutely love). She sadly doesn’t…

Congratulations President-Elect Barack Hussein Obama

Vishy KurugantiNovember 04, 20081 mins

What better way to celebrate Obama’s victory? Not just for America, but for the world! Thanks to my friend Fred Johnson for posting this on his Photography by Frederick Van blog.

Why the urge to blog *now* ?

Vishy KurugantiJune 01, 20082 mins

The itch to blog has been there for several years. But I’m more of a generalist than a specialist. I believe it’s much easier for specialists to blog regularly than generalists. Audiences are…

Etymology of ulaar

Vishy KurugantiFebruary 22, 20081 mins

Back in my undergraduate alma mater (Birla Institute of Technology Ranchi, India), the ulaar moniker referred to students who were gentlemen of leisure, or in other words, displayed very little…

A Time to Qik

Vishy KurugantiFebruary 06, 20082 mins

The venerable Palm Pilot 5000 I’ve always been an early adopter of technologies. Shortly after I moved to the Bay Area in ’98, I bought the 1st generation Palm Pilot 5000 – absolutely loved it…

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