An Amazing technological advance-WOW!

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html

HallerBos - 10 to 12 KM Walk

After deciding that i will walk for around 10 to 12 Km, in HallerBos forest with my colleague, i started training little, as i don't remember ever walked that much. I started with 2 and 4 Km and then few days before the planned day walked 8 KM. This instilled some confidence that i can walk the 12 Km. So on 30 April evening after Office I and my colleague went to the forest in his car and started the Walk; It was a very good experience.The forest is really beautiful. The main attraction as is the blue bell, it carpets the forest for few weeks in spring. My Colleague gave me lot of information like- in Medieval times the forest used to stretch from Halle to Leuven and now it has shrunk.There are also other Garlic like plant- which smelt like garlic. There were pine trees and beuk trees. He also said there were native squirrels which are red in color, though we could not see one. But all in all it was an wonderful experience- both for walking and for the natural beauty. It took us 2 hrs and 10 minutes to walk.

Half an Hour in front of my Apartment - Car Stats

Volkswagen	---	43
Peugeot	---	28
Renault	---	27
Opel	---	14
Benz	---	13
Ford	---	11
Ciroen	---	11
Toyota	---	9
Skoda	---	9
audi	---	8
Smart	---	2
Volvo	---	1
Mini Cooper	---	2
Fiat	---	1
Suzuki	---	1
Honda	---	1
Limo	---	1
???	---	17

????- I could not identify.
May be at different time and place this can give different fgures, but it satisfies my curiosity

WYSINWYG a antonym for WYSIWYG - Publishing with Table in Blogger

This is really a pain creating something in table and publishing in Blogger. 1.First i created in html editor and tried to publish. If there is a break in the tag then it shows them as actual text. The i tried to have the tags in one line.Then it was OK. But for the table it created a big gap at the top. 2.I Changed the setting "Convert line breaks" in formatting tab to "No"- still did not help. 3.So then i have to manually remove all the space and align, so that it is OK. But Still "What you see is not What you got" May be a new acronym WYSINWYG a antonym for WYSIWYG Added to that: "The auto saved "saved when i mistakenly deleted all" Using Keyboard in lap top-switching from number keys to text. OOps..

My Grocery Shopping this week - April 25 2009

Item	Unit	Euro	Ruppes
ONION	1 kg	0.89	59
Spinach	300gm	1.59	106
Cucumber	400 gm	0.45	30
Beans	400 gm	2.58	172
Potato	500 gm	0.63	42
Carrot	1.5 kg	1.77	118
Tomato	600 gm	2.35	157
Brinjal	255 gm	0.43	28
Paprika	1piece	069	46
Lemon	2 piece	0.46	30
Mixed Nuts	350 gm	6.49	434
Water	7.5 L	2.67	178
Milk	2 L	1.66	111
Lays Chips	45 gm	0.39	26
Sugar	1 Kg	0.83	55
Yoghurt	500 gm	1.53	102
Total		25.41	1702

Scaling- Making of "Adai"

Dosa-Adai and Scaling Today i invited my colleagues and there family to Dinner(Adai). Still now i have maximum prepared for 3 persons and today it will be double; That means i have to scale twice in everything i cook. So i said to myself it is In Project terms simply doubling and more, the risks are time management and the ingredients quantities. So i started preparing the Batter, usually i don for 2 people(One quantity for dinner and the other for lunch), so now made it three times.I soaked in water the Rice and the dal and Started the preparing the Sambar. Making Sambar was not straight forward like Adai, most of the quantities i normally do by trial and error when i prepare, so now it is a bigger challenge as the size is increased. So i took a more slower and cautious approach while adding the ingredients. (When scaling for the first time- need more attention) The the timing problem- it really took more time than i have initially planned( but here also i don't have correct measurement of how much time i normally take). I finished successfully preparing. But then i felt that the quantity may not be sufficient and so i made some more Sambar again. I also at temped Chatni for these many people first time. All of this was a Success as my colleagues enjoyed the dinner. scaling at this level it self shows so many Process improvements areas!

Aalst Carnival- Spectacular and Colorful

Aalst Carnival- Spectacular and Colorful It was on 22nd of Feb and when i reached the station, I can already hear and see the sound and sight of big wagons with lot of Dolls, Men in different costumes. The whole city is geared up. The organisation of this Carnival is - There are around 70 wagons or groups which will start in one place and as a procession pass through different streets. The crowd will be on the side roads, enjoying and cheering. It was rich and i can see lot of practice has gone into this making. Each wagon or groups were organised around a theme, there were many themes about Fortis bank, there were themes about fire squads, scouts and there were 2 or 3 themes from India- Bollywood, Hare Rama and Kamasutra. There were Interesting themes like restaurants,market. There were themes in which a bar tender will be serving beer. Brilliant, colorful and well organised. Some of the wagons were huge and large mechanisms, with people in swings, this is as if they were moving a small giant wheel or swinging machines. As the day becomes to fade, they came with full of lights in the wagons and also in their dresses. When the last wagon passed me and as I start waking towards the Station, I already saw men and machine started cleaning the place.