tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-100882522011-04-21T18:18:13.721-07:00Reflecting, Connecting, Discovering.. >> Musing of a vagaBond. jithnoreply@blogger.comBlogger111100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10088252.post-1114732241199494312005-04-28T16:43:00.000-07:002005-04-28T16:50:41.200-07:00Lookin at flight-path monitor in aircrafts, I’ve been wonderin Y t heck is it takin a “curved” path, instead of flyin <em>straight</em>-“as the crow flies” ! ;) Oh sttuppid me ! mumbled when I read this..<br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_circle">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_circle</a> .. , and more interesting stuff…<br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_stream">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_stream</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10088252-111473224119949431?l=knowhere-man.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>jithnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10088252.post-1108048553935125102005-02-10T07:06:00.000-08:002005-02-10T07:15:53.936-08:00<span style="font-style: italic;">Here's some stuff for History buffs:</span> <br /><span style="font-size:85%;">HISTORY TODAY: In 1931, capital of India shifted from Old Delhi to<span style="font-family: monospace;"> </span>New Delhi, </span><tt><span style="font-size:85%;">formal inauguration of New Delhi City took place.</span> <br /> </tt><span style="font-family:MS SANS SERIF;font-size:78%;">New Delhi was built between 1912 and 1929 on a site adjacent to Delhi (or Old Delhi), which had been chosen to replace Calcutta as the capital of British India in 1911; New Delhi was thus inaugurated as the new capital in 1931.</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: monospace;"> <br /></span></span><span style="font-size:78%;">>>Designed by architects Sir Edwin Lutyens and Herbert<span style="font-family: monospace;"> </span>Baker, New Delhi has broad, symmetrically aligned<span style="font-family: monospace;"> </span>streets ...</span> <br /><pre><tt>(I've been wondrin.. how cum ND happen to have better <br />roads! .. Now i know the reason ;) </tt></pre> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10088252-110804855393512510?l=knowhere-man.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>jithnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10088252.post-1107963985811133702005-02-09T07:46:00.000-08:002005-02-09T07:49:49.883-08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/297/2965/640/MonolithicElephant.jpg"><img style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 2px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/297/2965/320/MonolithicElephant.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br />Mahabaleshwar: view from inside one of The Unfinished Monolithic Temples (Circa 600 AD). Pic from Sep'02 trip <a href="http://www.hello.com/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif" alt="Posted by Hello" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10088252-110796398581113370?l=knowhere-man.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>jithnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10088252.post-1107963109397304102005-02-09T07:22:00.000-08:002005-02-09T07:33:26.830-08:00 <p class="MsoNormal"><b>Einstein, the brainy bird</b>... Mannn.. this is ammazzzinn stuff ! <br />Einstein proves why she's a bird brain. Watch her winning moment. <br /><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;color:navy;" ><span style=";font-size:12;color:navy;" ><a href="http://media.animal.discovery.com/fansites/petstar/videogallery/season3/ep309_winner.html"><span style="font-size:85%;">http://media.animal.discovery.com/fansites/petstar/videogallery/season3/ep309_winner.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <div class="shim10"> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10088252-110796310939730410?l=knowhere-man.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>jithnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10088252.post-1107871945530002202005-02-08T06:10:00.000-08:002005-02-08T06:12:25.530-08:00 <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/britain/london/0,15718,1394802,00.html">London: A world in one city</a> >> Guardian Unlimited | Special reports <br /> <br />Pretty interesting stuff ! <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10088252-110787194553000220?l=knowhere-man.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>jithnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10088252.post-1107876952372521892005-02-05T07:09:00.000-08:002005-02-08T07:37:30.280-08:00Here's the Topographic Map of India & Pak prepared by US Army Map Service - <br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> <a href="http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/india/250k.html">http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/india/250k.html</a> <br /> It's divided roughly in 150x100km blocks. Can click on each block <br />to get the 1:250,000 (ie., 1cm = 2.5km ) map of the block. <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10088252-110787695237252189?l=knowhere-man.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>jithnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10088252.post-1105724698174816602005-01-14T09:44:00.000-08:002005-01-14T09:49:07.236-08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/297/2965/640/RossIsland_Church.jpg"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; MARGIN: 2px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/297/2965/320/RossIsland_Church.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br />Dilapidated British Church on the Ross Island, The Andamans(Pic from Oct'02 trip). Wonder what is left of it after the Tsunami and an earthquake of 8.5! <a href="http://www.hello.com/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" alt="Posted by Hello" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif" align="absMiddle" border="0" /></a> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10088252-110572469817481660?l=knowhere-man.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>jithnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10088252.post-1105721296557416802005-01-14T08:48:00.000-08:002005-01-14T09:09:16.273-08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/297/2965/640/TequilaSunrise_byThePacific.jpg"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; MARGIN: 2px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/297/2965/320/TequilaSunrise_byThePacific.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br />TequilaSunrise by the Pacific. Tequila cocktail rising above the horizon ;) <br />From Jeju island, SKorea. (Xperimenting withNikon Coolpix4300) <a href="http://www.hello.com/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" alt="Posted by Hello" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif" align="absMiddle" border="0" /></a> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10088252-110572129655741680?l=knowhere-man.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>jithnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10088252.post-1105723170918380842005-01-10T09:19:00.000-08:002005-02-08T06:14:02.670-08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/297/2965/640/WaterLilly.jpg"><img style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 2px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/297/2965/320/WaterLilly.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br />WaterLilly in a pond. Captured during bird survey at Kole Wetlands in Kerala. Jan2/05. <br /><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/keralabirder/message/1561">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/keralabirder/message/1561</a> <a href="http://www.hello.com/" target="ext"><img style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" alt="Posted by Hello" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10088252-110572317091838084?l=knowhere-man.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>jithnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10088252.post-1105721033883402012005-01-03T08:43:00.000-08:002005-02-08T06:13:04.670-08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/297/2965/640/DewDrop.1.jpg"><img style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 2px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/297/2965/320/DewDrop.1.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br />DewDrop on a leaf. From initial experiments of macro shots with my SLR. (Nikon F80). <br />Goin thru some ol' pic folder on my PC. Thought I'd post a few here. <a href="http://www.hello.com/" target="ext"><img style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" alt="Posted by Hello" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10088252-110572103388340201?l=knowhere-man.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>jithnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10088252.post-1105457428181683952005-01-01T10:10:00.000-08:002005-01-14T07:32:08.123-08:00Reflecting on Life: <br /> <br />I Believe <strong><em>LIFE</em></strong> is about... <br /> <br />... <strong>SEARCHING</strong> for... <br />Order among Chaos, <br />The Unknown within The Known, <br />The Unseen within The Seen, <br /> <br />... <strong>FINDING a BALANCE</strong> between... <br />Awareness and Ignorance <br />Lights and Shades <br />Achievements n Failures <br />Courage and Fear <br />Confidence and Self-doubts <br />Comforts and Hardships <br />Substance and Style <br /> <br />... <strong>FOLLOWING</strong> a trail and <strong>GOING OFF</strong> a beaten track <br />... <strong>FLOATING</strong> with the flow and <strong>SWIMMING AGAINST</strong> the currents <br /> <br />... a <strong>JOURNEY</strong> from the shadows of ignorance towards the lights of <strong>AWARENESS!!!</strong> <br /> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10088252-110545742818168395?l=knowhere-man.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>jithnoreply@blogger.com0