Category: Life

ನಾಗರತ್ನ ಸ್ಮಾರಕ ಅನುದಾನ - Nagarathna Memorial Grant 6

Nagarathna Memorial Grant – 2026 Open for Applications

Welcome to the ninth edition of the NMG grant. I am grateful to friends (Nemo, Gangadhar, Shweta, Divya, Miss.Y, Mr.S) and other anonymous folks who have joined me on this journey with additional grant support. We do have some of them supporting us this year, too. Since last year, we have separated the...

LABYRINTH Game on TIC-80 fantasy cconsole 0

Fantasy Consoles and the Joy of Limits

I came across PICO-8 sometime in 2018. The programmer and short-time gamer in me couldn’t control myself and had to buy it. I have not made any games with it, but I have enjoyed dabbling with it once in a while. The game, thankfully, is still owned by the same folks and continues...

Uma at Taj Kumarakom 0

The Year that was 2025

The year 2025 has been a decent year personally. I got to focus on and spend time with family, friends, and on personal growth. The work has been decent. I am still able to explore, learn, and apply new things. It helped that I am mostly off popular social media, spend very little...

Day 5: Thin lines, rush control and clouds :) 20251216 0

30 Days of Watercoloring

I did a bit of drawing and painting when I was in school. I loved it, but kind of lost it when I reached college. I never got to learn it, though I always wanted to. Recently, when Uma started playing with colors, I thought about to learning watercoloring just for fun. This...

Uma, collecting flowers on one of those evening walks. 0

Weekly Notes 47/2025

Bangalore has suddenly turned very cold, apparently due to a cold wave. It’s been at least 4 to 5 degrees colder in the early mornings. I had a bit of a temperature, a cold, and a sore throat most of the week, thanks to the weather and Uma. School kids are super spreaders....

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Work, Hard Work, and Stupid Work

For me, work means utilizing all available tools, knowledge, and options to achieve a goal. You will need to dedicate time and effort regularly to acquire or to become better at them. Sometimes, in specific projects, these tools, methods or pieces of knowledge aren’t ready, complete, or acceptable. You adapt, do your best,...