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Last weekend Trip.. Turned out to be quite an adventurous trip especially from Talakad to Mysore. Left Bangalore at 1 PM and reached Shivanasamudra via Kanakapura road at about 3 PM. Visted Talakkad on the same day and stayed at Hotel DasPrakash in Mysore. Next day visited Mysore Zoo and Chamundi Hills. Returned home just after 10 PM.

Day 1. Covered the following places and temples:   1. Dasarighat - Chowdeshwari Temple.   2. Tiptur - Mallikarjuna Temple and Kempamma Temple 3. Shimoga - Kotte Anjaneya Temple and Kote Marikamba Temple Day 2: 1. Ikkeri - Old Shiva Temple 2. Sigandur - Chowdeshwari Temple 3. Jog Falls - Majestic Water falls Day 3: 1. Shakrebyle Elephant Camp - Similar to the more famous Dubare in Kodagu district. 2. Gajanur Dam - Nice view points but no photography allowed. 3. Tyavarekoppa Lion and Tiger Safari with zoo. Photos: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150780489475015.724895.500085014&l=1917d85344&type=1 http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150781991065015.725321.500085014&l=f7bfef03c7&type=1 Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimoga http://wikitravel.org/en/Shimoga http://www.karnatakaholidays.com/shivamogga.php http://www.travelingbeats.com/blog/shimoga-district-travel-info-karnataka http://soundsofsile...

Created a simple tiny Android app Started at around 11 PM and completed around 5 AM.

{DRAFT} Aadhaar Aadhaar Developer Track Chandra Mohan’s Notes   Next Generation Service Delivery Enabled by Aadhaar. By Nasscom (National Association of Software and Services Companies)   Authentication: -> Credentials -> Biometric Finance Inclusion platform - A+ Architecture Components: Software (Client) – MindTree Backend - Reduplication AUTHENTICATION L1, Accenture and Logistics : India Post prints and delivers it. Registrars : State Govts, Banks and LIC etc Enrolling Agents: 200+ Testing and certification of these enrolling agents -> Sify Training: For Operator Device testing and certification: STQC - Standardization Testing and Quality Certification http://www.stqc.nic.in/ Visibility: Portals driven by dynamic content. Can be drilled down State Wise and then District wise, sub district wise and so on Partner portal: Login to view their own view. Developer Portal: Precision Infomatic (M) Pvt. Ltd. Biometr...

https://portal.uidai.gov.in/uidwebportal/enrolmentStatusGet.do Giving my details keeps returning 'NOT FOUND' though :(

Applied for my UID along with Colleagues - Prashant and Saneesh. Good: The enrollers were very professional and courteous. For a one letter spelling mistake, they re-did the enrollment completely again. Know other govt agencies where even with 100s of mistakes, they say it's fine and don't bother changing anything. Not so good Experience: The entry part of demographics was time consuming. Retyping so much data in Kannada again was not expected (mainly for word changes like 2nd Cross to 2ne adda rasthe.. etc). The client/webapp kept showing error on demographics screen though all data was filled. The advice from a senior person there : Keep pressing "Finish" and it will take it. :)

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Wishing everyone a very happy Ugadi !!!

Wishing everyone a very happy Ugadi !!!

Wishing everyone a very happy Ugadi !!!

Here is the quick invite I had created using a Powerpoint template -

Trip to Mysore

Wishing this festival brings great joy to everyone.

Wishing this festival brings great joy to everyone.

Yesterday (26th Oct 2010) was a special Sankashta Chaturthi as it fell on a Tuesday. I heard that fasting on this day is equivalent to observing the fast for 21 days :). Researching on internet, found this link that mentions it to be Angarak Ganesh Chaturthi and explains why it’s special. Thought it’s a good time to start fasting on this day – with only fluids until moonrise. But reading through this link , it looks like you cannot have any fluids except water and that too in limited quantities. Dates of sankashta chaturthi for this year are here .

Original post : @ 6/16/2010 10:18:00 AM After nearly 9 years of being involved in desktop software development, am finally thinking of shifting to the online/mobile space. Attended a 2 week JavaEE course and planning to start learning developing on Android platform. Hopefully can shift to that domain soon. Java EE course was good but felt I learnt the syntax and “how to do” part but not the why part. Am looking for some suggestions on learning projects for JavaEE, so if you have some cool suggestions, drop it in :)

Trip covering Chidambaram, Cuddalore, Pichavaram, Poompuhar and Karaikal. Trip Start Date: 21st Aug 2010 5:30 AM Trip End Date: 24th Aug 2010 4 AM Route: Bangalore – Salem – Attur – Chidambaram – Cuddalore – Chidambaram – Pichavaram – Poompuhar – Karaikal – Kumbakonam – Tanjavur – Tiruchi – Karur - Salem - Bangalore People: Mom, Divi and me in Ritz Jeeju, Hema, Aditi, Bhoomika, Paapa and jeeju’s ma in Wagon R. Plan was to visit some beaches – but since it was heavily raining in the west coast – Goa / Karwar was rejected. On the east coast, since Mahabalipuram and Pondicherry were done, we wanted to goto some other places. Jeeju suggested Karaikal but since my first view of that place was as a remote village- i said we can visit it on one of the evenings. So we decided to cover Chidambaram , Cuddalore , Poompuhar and the temple towns Tanjavur and Trichy on the way back! As usual we planned to start at 5 but ended up 30 mins late and started at 5:30. Divi was the last one ...

Date: 11 Sept 2010 Persons: Pallavi, Sireesha and me. Transport: Ritz Total distance covered: 140 kms.   Just after Marriage – we had been to Mauritius . Our first anniversary trip was to Kerala . Wanted to plan some good place for the second anniversary but since our cutie girl Sireesha is too young for travel (as per my wife) – we couldn’t plan to go anywhere far. Even Mysore was rejected!. Finally chose Vishwa Shanti Ashrama as we heard it is only around 50 kms from Dodballapur . This place is in outskirts of Nelamangala and infact comes before reaching Nelamangala if you are coming from Bangalore. It’s around 20 kms from Majestic. We had been there about a year back in bike and that time had chosen to go via Maddure, but since the roads were bad – we chose to go via the NH to Tumkur and take a deviation near dabbaspet. Dabbaspet is the junction where you take a turn to go to Shivagange . Roads were okay and we reached the place in about 1 and 1/2 hours. This was a ...

Driving a new car for the first few months or an year is always a pleasure especially if it happens to be your first car! The first few mini/micro accidents – you tend to ignore and think scratches are part and parcel of the learning experience. But as days go by, it certainly plays on your mind! Driving from Bangalore to Dodballapur was always a mission for me – Target to reach the ~60 kms in 1 and 1/2 hours. Upto Yelahanka was a slower traffic one but once I crossed the town limits, used to do even 150 kms on the state highway. Risky but it was all fun! Was aggressive driver – honking away to not allow any vehicle stealthily join my lane ahead of me or not maintaining sufficient space between the next vehicle for others to sneak in. But too much of travelling has it’s effect and I no longer have the energy to fight with the auto-rickshaws to not sneak into my lane or bikes to criss-cross at their own will. Stay at the right most lane – has the least chance for people to fight and c...