I inherited a Pentax SFX from my dad. Here are some random test shots I took a while back in India. I don’t remember the film used, most probably, Kodak Gold. The blacks look amazing but I need to practice manual focusing and other visual necessities without the use of an intelligent viewfinder that come with every DSLR’s these days.
I plan on printing out another film reel I just finished photographing. Keep an eye out for it.
There is an amazing guide to construct your own IR security camera which can be found here [http://computerguru365.blogspot.com/2006/07/diy-infrared-security-camera.html]. This is what it would look like after you finish:
A few years back I converted a standard point and shoot camera into an Infra red camera by removing it’s IR filter and blocking visible light using a fully exposed, developed Kodak negative film. That project can be found here [http://varund.wordpress.com/2007/01/28/diy-infra-red-camera/].
I started playing the flute out of boredom but it has now become a large part of my life. It’s like meditating through playing the flute.
Eternity
If I were the rain that binds together the earth and the sky, who in all eternity will never mingle, would I be able to bind the hearts of other people together?
-Bleech (Anime)
Blue skies and all within,
Red earth and everything.
Both connected yet never mingle!
Just rain and shadows…
You an Angel from above,
I, a mere Mortal in Love.
Both connected yet never mingle!
Just tears and sorrows…
Silence
Silence, a rare force,
Shinning within a crystal heart.
Show me the source,
See, how I would light your path.
Little Girl
My tears have gone cold
I am wondering why
What’s wrong, darkness covering the sky
With this storm out on my song
And shadows following me
Is it keeping me away from you
Or is my fate dark within
?
Am I mistaken
Do I know
What am I thinking
Am I my foe
?
Come hither,
I am thinking about you.
Come hither,
I am waiting for you.
Come hither,
In my arms, just once and stay forever.
The very light on my blooming rose,
dimmed, beyond lonely skies.
In vain, I’ve waited…
tears gone cold, now no one cries.
Watching the silver; hopping new life,
a pearl, a cloud, a promises long made.
Empty is my shadow, burnt away…
alone, along my dying island.
Now there! I see!
Bright wings of faith and love.
Breeze embraced with lost roses.
Ah! Like a cool cloud…
washes anew my weathered heart.
Diving into your promising eyes,
sparkling with ever deepness.
Mine once droughty ones…
now brimming with warmth.
Have you come to stay, I ask. Come to stay?
The longest forever
Recently I have been confused about keeping Blogspot or WordPress for all my blogging needs but just today a solution came about to this mess.
I will be keeping both of my blogs, one for electronic projects for students and their education. The other for my own writing interests; science, philosophy, movies and psychology.
Blogspot: Electronic/Software projects
Wordpress: Other Writings
Best of both worlds.
Presently, I am working on a project by Crazyengineers.com. CE Bot (visit the link for more information and see Appendix for more links). While discussing the appropriate suspension/chassis design, we thought about implementing a Rocker-Bogie system inspired by the Mars Rover designs.
So to get an idea on how the Rocker-Bogie design would work, I tried several simulations on PHUN, a 2-D simulation sandbox. Interesting program to go a lot of other things, its free.
Note that the simulations are only for one side. The other side is connected by a differential rod with elliptical gearing on each side. This has to be further studied to be used properly. However, here is a small flash demo showing how each side will turn based on the other’s motion [[LINK]]:
Buttons top to bottom are (if you cannot read the text): Kuper, Planetary, Sun. We will be using Planetary in our design to connect the two sides.
Here is the video containing the 3 simulations with explaination:
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You must have, should have read about my visit to CNN in the previous post. Well, we finished off by exchanging cards, no wait, not exchanging, she gave hers. We exited the office in awe, thinking wow, that was damn easy So, while getting down the lift, we stopped on the 3rd floor randomly because of the colorful direction boards and company names. We came across many like Cybertronix, 7 Cube etc, but none were open, so we decided to visit Geo Channel. Half of the whole floor was theirs, nice.
We entered the office, no receptionist. We introduced ourselves to a guy next to the recep. and asked if someone could show us around. He looked puzzled which was understandable considering how many barge in like this – he asked us to talk to a guy sitting behind us. He was the broadcasting Station Head; Mr. Imran Meer. Well, Geo TV is Pakistan’s premiere news and entertainment channel like ARY and local PTV group. He gave a huge smile and said, “So, you guys are students? Want to have a look around?”. We were all wide faced smilie-lookin. He took us to the News station area where they receive feeds from all over the world from other stations and journalists or Routers, AFP, AP etc. The edit all that, translations, voiceovers, etc and give it to the area where its put in line with the anchor talking about all that stuff, the studio where the anchor sits (Hamid Mir). well, just for your information they all use apple Mac’s there, not a single Wondooz based PC for the technical work. Though some employees had 2 pcs, one Mac the other an Intel machine.
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