Category: Life

Uma with her Baby Radio 2

Baby Radio

Table of Contents1 Requirements2 Solution3 Audio Content Technically, it’s not a radio. No radio waves are involved as such. It’s a Micro SD Card Player like the cassette tape players we used to have. The name Baby Radio is apt only because it only plays what a baby needs to hear, is controlled...

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Pookalam – Onam, 2024

Anju has been arranging flowers for the past eleven days (she started a day early). It took her 2-3 hours each morning to gather and organize them. I helped a little each day, mostly with collecting the flowers. They look beautiful. Here’s the set. Happy Onam.

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Yamaha Restoration Project

We started the restoration project in June. It was supposed to be a one-month project, but it took three months. However, I am pleased with the result and the professionalism shown by Salman of Delhi Garage (OSM, Google Maps). It was worth the time and money. There is some legal work pending, but...

Linked List: FOSS Apps for Bill Splitting with Friends 3

Linked List: FOSS Apps for Bill Splitting with Friends

I am a BillMonk refugee. I used it until it went down. Even though it was not FOSS, it was the first app I had seen and used for bill splitting. Today, there are lots of FOSS alternatives. Some of my favorite ones are listed below in this Linked List edition.

On my way back from Rohtang, entering Karnataka 1

Why restore my old Motorcycle?

I bought this motorcycle (Yami/Red) in 2003. It was my first motorcycle. It was just under INR 50K. It was my first big buy and a loan. I purchased many things after this, but nothing came close. Nothing has given me the sense of freedom I could get from Yami.

Echo and Uma 3

Echo, Pathu and Uma

We introduced Uma to Pathu and Echo on day one, and she has grown up with them since then. Echo and Pathu have been friendly to people and toddlers even before Uma. So it wasn’t difficult to introduce Uma to them, even though she was the youngest baby they had met. It’s also the first time they are living with a human baby. Their relationship is that of siblings.