A moment to cherish on the genesis of Pitchblack !
THIS IS OUR COLLEGE ROCK BAND ! (work done in Adobe Photoshop CS3)
Saturday, September 08, 2007
2D Painting
Thats me in 2D !
This was done in Adobe Photoshop CS3. You can make such stunning 2D cartoons from your snaps !
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Insure today and you wont regret later !
Everyone who drives a vehicle needs to have insurance. Most of the countries require the car drivers to have some insurance or the other.
Finding good insurance companies to ensure your car against theft, accident, etc has become a very tedious task as there are a lot of companies offering insurance. These days, the Internet is helping customers by having auto insurance companies put up their websites and the customers are just a click away from getting their vehicle insured sitting at home or office.
Advantage Auto Quotes, is one such company that sells all types of car insurance including liability insurance, commercial policies, student policies, bad record, good record. Moreover, you can do it online now at Insurance Quotes Online
Earlier people were advised not to buy sports cars or such other vehicles driving which could potentially increase the number of accidents and the damage. This was because, most insurance companies had a policy that did not cover the insurance of such vehicles. But Advantage Auto Quotes have gone a step further in this aspect by providing Coverage For Sports Car.
There are also policies to lower your insurance rates. Just log on to
Lower Your Car/SUV Insurance
Lowest Auto Liability Quote
Anxious parents who use to feel insecure while giving their teenage children the car can assuage their anxiety with the Poor Driver Auto Insurance Rates
and Teen Driver Auto Policy
Some of the other insurance policies offered by Advantage Auto Quotes are :
Finding good insurance companies to ensure your car against theft, accident, etc has become a very tedious task as there are a lot of companies offering insurance. These days, the Internet is helping customers by having auto insurance companies put up their websites and the customers are just a click away from getting their vehicle insured sitting at home or office.
Advantage Auto Quotes, is one such company that sells all types of car insurance including liability insurance, commercial policies, student policies, bad record, good record. Moreover, you can do it online now at Insurance Quotes Online
Earlier people were advised not to buy sports cars or such other vehicles driving which could potentially increase the number of accidents and the damage. This was because, most insurance companies had a policy that did not cover the insurance of such vehicles. But Advantage Auto Quotes have gone a step further in this aspect by providing Coverage For Sports Car.
There are also policies to lower your insurance rates. Just log on to
Lower Your Car/SUV Insurance
Lowest Auto Liability Quote
Anxious parents who use to feel insecure while giving their teenage children the car can assuage their anxiety with the Poor Driver Auto Insurance Rates
and Teen Driver Auto Policy
Some of the other insurance policies offered by Advantage Auto Quotes are :
Gap Coverage New Vehicle
Leased Vehicle Gap Insurance Policies
Saturday, September 01, 2007
Megapixels Myth !
Nowadays, we hear a lot about digital camera manufacturers increasing the megapixels of their cameras to lure the public into believing that a higher megapixel camera is better than a lower megapixel one.
Well, too few megapixels compromise the quality of a photograph, but too many is a waste of money !
The number of megapixels largely determines the maximum print size up to which your image can be taken without loss in quality.As the megapixels in a camera increase, the price of the camera also goes up.
Using a 2 or less megapixel camera for instance, you can print photos that are quite good in quality for web based uses, for emails etc....The size required to store these are also pretty less.
Using a 3 megapixel camera, one can easily print stunning 4x6 images and lovely 5x7s . Some cameras of the same megapixels can even print decent 6x9 images.
I myself use a Sony Cybershot 3.2 Megapixel camera with 3x optical zoom.
I hardly take photos in 3.2 megapixels, because when you need to share them with your friends and family via photo sharing applications like Flickr and Picasa, their sites themselves restrict the sizes of each photo to less than 500KB. And a 3.2 megapixel photo takes around 1.5MB(around 1536 KB) of size !
People are crazy about going for cameras with more megapixels, but more isn't always better.
So, the number of megapixels you need to go for depends on mainly 2 things-
1)How big an image you need to print ?
2) What your budget is ?
This I say so because, there are hardly any improvements in other features of the same company's camera with different megapixels. Higher megapixels also means larger image sizes, which in turn means more expensive memory cards and more storage space required on your hard drive.
Well, too few megapixels compromise the quality of a photograph, but too many is a waste of money !
The number of megapixels largely determines the maximum print size up to which your image can be taken without loss in quality.As the megapixels in a camera increase, the price of the camera also goes up.
Using a 2 or less megapixel camera for instance, you can print photos that are quite good in quality for web based uses, for emails etc....The size required to store these are also pretty less.
Using a 3 megapixel camera, one can easily print stunning 4x6 images and lovely 5x7s . Some cameras of the same megapixels can even print decent 6x9 images.
I myself use a Sony Cybershot 3.2 Megapixel camera with 3x optical zoom.
I hardly take photos in 3.2 megapixels, because when you need to share them with your friends and family via photo sharing applications like Flickr and Picasa, their sites themselves restrict the sizes of each photo to less than 500KB. And a 3.2 megapixel photo takes around 1.5MB(around 1536 KB) of size !
People are crazy about going for cameras with more megapixels, but more isn't always better.
So, the number of megapixels you need to go for depends on mainly 2 things-
1)How big an image you need to print ?
2) What your budget is ?
This I say so because, there are hardly any improvements in other features of the same company's camera with different megapixels. Higher megapixels also means larger image sizes, which in turn means more expensive memory cards and more storage space required on your hard drive.
Thursday, August 02, 2007
When Silence Speaks !!
Who said solitude bores you ? Maybe it does..sometimes, but it doesn't necessarily..it makes u think..that's the fact..!
Imagine, you are moving at a staggering pace in life; actually you might be doing nothing to speed your life, but then...suddenly you feel as though somebody has pulled the reins ! U can t go on...slowly but steadily you wish you could rest awhile.It is now you realize the amazing speed at which you were moving...everything around you,one by one comes to a standstill, but then u see things that's little farther away ain't stopping...only your life has been paused !!!
The suddenness of dropping speed, consumes you...confuses you..you know something is AMISS..but yet don t know, what is !
Boredom hits a high and then , you are in vacuum...you don t know whats coming or whats happening..u have all the time in the world..but then U really have nothing to do...but simply ponder in the ..HOLLOWNESS !
Never do people, of this age, more aptly....as a matter of fact, who are in the right senses, have the insanity or TIME to be like this. Its usually some sickness that dictates such a state of immobility. Its when you are supposed to be taking "rest", but then, you have no choice than to accept for your own good. On one hand you are afraid of how long this sickness will last, and on the other you are cursing, dunno who, for being left behind in the race ! Well, people under normal circumstances will not feel this, as actually a thought provoking scenario, where in u get confused of such things as getting left behind.
But when u are sick, you are at the mercy of others'. You cannot think clearly...its COLD, its DARK..you are drawn into a veil...its clouded ! The only time you can move or need to move is for medicines...time crawls...or does it..u ask ?! You just want to get out of it. Sometimes , you even feel guilty of the times when you have treated yourself, your health unsatisfactorily. You wish its not serious, wish that this is momentary, life will brighten up.
Every passing day, you wake up trying to lighten your day, but the veil is still there...And you are behind it !
Its now that, slowly, you begin to accept all this as a bad phase in life; times, you cannot run away from; a phase which everyone, someday or the other has to go through...
When time PAUSES you and goes ahead, you think of all the times, when u have incessantly wasted your time.
All the while, the rest was helping you..you slightly feel better...The remorse of having wasted time...begins to fade way with the illness....but for some...it teaches a lesson..Some glimpses that will remain etched in their mind, to remind them, when things, as sometimes it will, become harsh, only the time spend worthily will save you, from the guilt of resting without a choice !!
Imagine, you are moving at a staggering pace in life; actually you might be doing nothing to speed your life, but then...suddenly you feel as though somebody has pulled the reins ! U can t go on...slowly but steadily you wish you could rest awhile.It is now you realize the amazing speed at which you were moving...everything around you,one by one comes to a standstill, but then u see things that's little farther away ain't stopping...only your life has been paused !!!
The suddenness of dropping speed, consumes you...confuses you..you know something is AMISS..but yet don t know, what is !
Boredom hits a high and then , you are in vacuum...you don t know whats coming or whats happening..u have all the time in the world..but then U really have nothing to do...but simply ponder in the ..HOLLOWNESS !
Never do people, of this age, more aptly....as a matter of fact, who are in the right senses, have the insanity or TIME to be like this. Its usually some sickness that dictates such a state of immobility. Its when you are supposed to be taking "rest", but then, you have no choice than to accept for your own good. On one hand you are afraid of how long this sickness will last, and on the other you are cursing, dunno who, for being left behind in the race ! Well, people under normal circumstances will not feel this, as actually a thought provoking scenario, where in u get confused of such things as getting left behind.
But when u are sick, you are at the mercy of others'. You cannot think clearly...its COLD, its DARK..you are drawn into a veil...its clouded ! The only time you can move or need to move is for medicines...time crawls...or does it..u ask ?! You just want to get out of it. Sometimes , you even feel guilty of the times when you have treated yourself, your health unsatisfactorily. You wish its not serious, wish that this is momentary, life will brighten up.
Every passing day, you wake up trying to lighten your day, but the veil is still there...And you are behind it !
Its now that, slowly, you begin to accept all this as a bad phase in life; times, you cannot run away from; a phase which everyone, someday or the other has to go through...
When time PAUSES you and goes ahead, you think of all the times, when u have incessantly wasted your time.
All the while, the rest was helping you..you slightly feel better...The remorse of having wasted time...begins to fade way with the illness....but for some...it teaches a lesson..Some glimpses that will remain etched in their mind, to remind them, when things, as sometimes it will, become harsh, only the time spend worthily will save you, from the guilt of resting without a choice !!
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Photography
Well, it might catch you by surprise as to how my friend and I spotted this tiny red beetle on our trek to one of the hills in Pune.
But something about it caught my attention and I paused to take a snap !
Withered but still holding on....makes you think !!
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Getting Aboard a Cog !
Little do people know about what goes behind the Mask of Tranquillity!
Under the false impression that their wards will be taken care of, they drop them into The Ocean. The Ocean sees all alike, they say. For 3 years they have no reason to believe otherwise.
Then, one fine day, the journey, or the Trip as we call it, to the Biggest Island in the Ocean began.
No doubt, the Island is big and fruitful. Little can it be compared to our own islands. We found only the abundance of greenery, on our first expedition on getting there.
We suspected nothing. Not because we are inferior to the inhabitants of the Big Island, but because of our ignorance.
Well, we had all come to get aboard a *Cog! And we ain’t thoroughbreds...This is how the whole procedure of getting into a Cog went about (or goes..cos this ain’t gonna change in a long time)...We were all let out into the ocean which seemed to be placid and serene. We moved in our respective shoals under the aegis of our leader.
Day 1: Sun was shining brightly. The first Cog that is to take us ashore was coming today. My group were the fortunate/unfortunate ones to take the first dip in the waters..a pass in the preliminary swim is necessary to go out into the vast expanse of the Ocean which is the playground. Well most got through. There were few of us who didn’t make it to the playground.
We were, without doubt, sad! Sad is a mild word to use under the circumstances..but still...My fellow mates who made to the playground, had their wits tested. They had to wait of course, till the next day eve to know whether they were in or not!!! Those of us who didn’t make it...were preparing to get aboard the next Cog in line...
Day 2: Day 2 passed without many happenings till the evening. I began to sense the fluttering of butterflies in ma fellow mates' stomachs...the results..anytime now. Some started pacing up and down..which obviously didn’t help..so they went to enquire...And then they came..most cleared....but few didn t..they looked sad..the Cog, they said, had funny ways of getting people.... Alas... Tough luck!
And so some got aboard the Cog! Still more to go....
Day 3: We were all expecting the worst from this Cog...! They surprised most..I got in..suddenly I, who was to head on the next Cog in line, had my plans altered...the mission was to get On board this cog..Anyhow! We tested each others' wits...part of the training...for the D- Day tomorrow...
Day 4: Well...I ll make it short........ It was full of surprises and mixed emotions all around..the final list was announced after a long wait..that seemed like years...I got Aboard this Cog !..well..later on...we began suspecting when things began to smell...but there were no evidences....the day passed.
Day 5: Now, till today, we did feel, something was going on..but we dismissed it as a hallucination cooked up by our sadness and anxiety...but when one of our mates was "shot" in the knee..rendering him helpless and handicapped...and others not even as good as him made it to the Ocean,we knew it..The Cog had some Big Island Pros on board....we tried treading the path that was once overlooked..the path which led to the shadows of the villains...we were now sure of foul play...we were in an Alien Camp..!!
Treachery at its Worst!! Cos some of the Big Islanders also, were made Scapegoats.....!
Day 6: We tried voicing, or at least enquiring....our cries were silenced by our own leader..he said our hands were tied..and that we had walked into a booby trap..for the benefit of a few of our own men..we kept quiet..!! Lies were spread to curtail the few of us who had got to the Ocean...Our mates who were there to help the Cogs, knew what was to be done..they turned the tables and went to the extend of surprising the Devil...thanks to them...some survived..we did celebrate when we bled in silence !! We were clearly the minions now...but we grew stronger! Those who were shot were ready to fight...!!!!
Day 7: Clearly shown on our faces, the anger and despair...they played safe this time around...Though a lame duck...he did fire a bulls eye...now we knew how to take it on..we worked our asses out...it was a Do or Die task at hand...those few of us who stayed till our fellow men got aboard...tried our best to help...
Day 8: We did our best...They couldn't do much than give it to us....those of us who had fallen overboard...made it this time...we celebrated...!!! The Hunted took the role of the Hunter...
Still there remained a bunch of us who couldn't t get aboard a Cog...and those who were brave enough to stay and take it on..are getting aboard.....This way we are still fighting a LOSING battle...for the Benefit of those who will follow us into this BIG ISLAND in the years to come..until..by some twist of fate...we get to bring these Cogs to our end of the Ocean !!!
*P.S: A Cog...is a small sailing vessel!!!
Under the false impression that their wards will be taken care of, they drop them into The Ocean. The Ocean sees all alike, they say. For 3 years they have no reason to believe otherwise.
Then, one fine day, the journey, or the Trip as we call it, to the Biggest Island in the Ocean began.
No doubt, the Island is big and fruitful. Little can it be compared to our own islands. We found only the abundance of greenery, on our first expedition on getting there.
We suspected nothing. Not because we are inferior to the inhabitants of the Big Island, but because of our ignorance.
Well, we had all come to get aboard a *Cog! And we ain’t thoroughbreds...This is how the whole procedure of getting into a Cog went about (or goes..cos this ain’t gonna change in a long time)...We were all let out into the ocean which seemed to be placid and serene. We moved in our respective shoals under the aegis of our leader.
Day 1: Sun was shining brightly. The first Cog that is to take us ashore was coming today. My group were the fortunate/unfortunate ones to take the first dip in the waters..a pass in the preliminary swim is necessary to go out into the vast expanse of the Ocean which is the playground. Well most got through. There were few of us who didn’t make it to the playground.
We were, without doubt, sad! Sad is a mild word to use under the circumstances..but still...My fellow mates who made to the playground, had their wits tested. They had to wait of course, till the next day eve to know whether they were in or not!!! Those of us who didn’t make it...were preparing to get aboard the next Cog in line...
Day 2: Day 2 passed without many happenings till the evening. I began to sense the fluttering of butterflies in ma fellow mates' stomachs...the results..anytime now. Some started pacing up and down..which obviously didn’t help..so they went to enquire...And then they came..most cleared....but few didn t..they looked sad..the Cog, they said, had funny ways of getting people.... Alas... Tough luck!
And so some got aboard the Cog! Still more to go....
Day 3: We were all expecting the worst from this Cog...! They surprised most..I got in..suddenly I, who was to head on the next Cog in line, had my plans altered...the mission was to get On board this cog..Anyhow! We tested each others' wits...part of the training...for the D- Day tomorrow...
Day 4: Well...I ll make it short........ It was full of surprises and mixed emotions all around..the final list was announced after a long wait..that seemed like years...I got Aboard this Cog !..well..later on...we began suspecting when things began to smell...but there were no evidences....the day passed.
Day 5: Now, till today, we did feel, something was going on..but we dismissed it as a hallucination cooked up by our sadness and anxiety...but when one of our mates was "shot" in the knee..rendering him helpless and handicapped...and others not even as good as him made it to the Ocean,we knew it..The Cog had some Big Island Pros on board....we tried treading the path that was once overlooked..the path which led to the shadows of the villains...we were now sure of foul play...we were in an Alien Camp..!!
Treachery at its Worst!! Cos some of the Big Islanders also, were made Scapegoats.....!
Day 6: We tried voicing, or at least enquiring....our cries were silenced by our own leader..he said our hands were tied..and that we had walked into a booby trap..for the benefit of a few of our own men..we kept quiet..!! Lies were spread to curtail the few of us who had got to the Ocean...Our mates who were there to help the Cogs, knew what was to be done..they turned the tables and went to the extend of surprising the Devil...thanks to them...some survived..we did celebrate when we bled in silence !! We were clearly the minions now...but we grew stronger! Those who were shot were ready to fight...!!!!
Day 7: Clearly shown on our faces, the anger and despair...they played safe this time around...Though a lame duck...he did fire a bulls eye...now we knew how to take it on..we worked our asses out...it was a Do or Die task at hand...those few of us who stayed till our fellow men got aboard...tried our best to help...
Day 8: We did our best...They couldn't do much than give it to us....those of us who had fallen overboard...made it this time...we celebrated...!!! The Hunted took the role of the Hunter...
Still there remained a bunch of us who couldn't t get aboard a Cog...and those who were brave enough to stay and take it on..are getting aboard.....This way we are still fighting a LOSING battle...for the Benefit of those who will follow us into this BIG ISLAND in the years to come..until..by some twist of fate...we get to bring these Cogs to our end of the Ocean !!!
*P.S: A Cog...is a small sailing vessel!!!
Friday, May 11, 2007
Something to know about me
Hi all,
Am a firm believer that, You need to step inside others' shoes and walk around in them to see the other person's point of view..and believe me it takes you a long way ahead in understanding people !!
Something I read in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee..and since then a believer.
Am a firm believer that, You need to step inside others' shoes and walk around in them to see the other person's point of view..and believe me it takes you a long way ahead in understanding people !!
Something I read in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee..and since then a believer.
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