Ed Viesturs is a great thinker. Well, he is a great climber, too. Reading through his book, I could realise how much of a mental fortitude and clarity one needs to do tasks that are superhuman. In his case, it was climbing all fourteen eight-thousanders in the world. A few days ago, I had borrowed his … [Read more…]
I have an opinion that the closest friends you make are the ones with whom you have spent your early twenties. That would roughly be from 18 to 25 years. The reason that happens is because that’s when a person starts to construct his own raison d’être or if not, at least constructs the axioms … [Read more…]
I have just completed the Week 3 programming assignment for Prof. Ng‘s Machine Learning course on Coursera. I have learned linear and logistic regression so far and their application in regression and classification problems respectively. The course also introduced me to Gradient Descent algorithm to solve for the minima of a function. I have used other iterative … [Read more…]
So, I got a new saddle for my bike. Ravish, my weekend cycling partner, had injured his knee while running sometime earlier this week. I believe he wouldn’t be cycling for the next few months. Last time during the Kolar trip, I had chafed in my chamois. This always used to happened after I had ridden … [Read more…]
A few days ago, I received my copies of Yowamushi Pedal Volumes 1 and 2 in English. I have already seen the anime and have read scanlations of the manga. It was one of the bicycling mangas that I wanted to see translated in English. I was happy to see Yen Press doing the translations. I … [Read more…]
How I almost did not make it to Hampi While I was at the Narsapura CCD, halfway through my cycling trip, Mogit called me up and told me that he had booked tickets to and from Hampi. I later asked him about the schedule and he mentioned that the bus would depart from Anand Rao Circle … [Read more…]
Me and Ravish went for the same Narsapura CCD trip we have done a few times before. This is a familiar route and was a good way for me to get back on the saddle after the rainy season. On our way to the CCD, the pace was pretty sweet. We were hitting an average … [Read more…]
So, how can you run a successful restaurant? The short answer is, “I don’t know.” But by looking at this small restaurant called Tandoori Chowk, I think they have nailed it. On weekends, they have quite a lot of people lining up in front of their counter. These guys run a seating service as well … [Read more…]
China vs Portugal Today, Freshmenu goofed up my order royally. Although the goof up is pretty epic, it does have a happy ending. Today, they had two chicken based dishes on the menu and both were being served in a bowl. I received a call within about 15 mins of placing my order from a … [Read more…]
My new sleep cycle My new sleep cycle is working pretty fine. I go to bed by 10:00 pm and wake up next day at 5:30 am. This gives me an hours time to go out for a small bike ride. I am in office by 7:30 am and out by 4:30 pm. For some … [Read more…]
