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Camera Exposure Experiment On a lazy Sunday afternoon I got a few nonsense emails this Sunday morning, and so, I went looking for my camera to keep me distracted. (I am picking up photography to keep me distracted from nonsense at … well, from my email.) Good thing I did because I learned a thing or…

“The Quadrilateral” ©Vijay Krishna Palepu Tracing light and shadows with low exposure photography At 4 pm on a Friday afternoon, I was getting tired at my desk and needed to stretch my legs. As I started to walk around my home I saw the sunlight peek through the blinds in my bedroom. The light through the…

Little Millet Porridge and Honey Replicating a tiny millet experiment, inspired by Mom. Little Millets: I picked these up from my local Indian grocery store. Mom (Lalita Shankar) posted a detailed write-up about Millets and how they can be healthier replacements for grains like wheat and rice. In fact she wrote two whole posts about them: Those recipes…

Captured with my iPhone 12 Mini, as I was trying to capture a sunset, and accidentally fell in love with this picture of a STOP sign! It started with a STOP 🛑 sign. In my usual attempts at capturing sunsets and colorful skies, I ended up capturing a STOP sign against the backdrop of a beautiful evening…

Things I do for breakfast🌅 with left over pieces of bread. I had two pieces of bread left, including the end-piece. And I wanted to finish them for breakfast this morning. I did not know how, but I wanted to be done with them so that I could throw the bag of plastic that the bread…

Filing this under #RandomThoughts I was reading this tweet about Mark Cuban’s new company/venture CostPlusDrugs.com: Tweet: https://twitter.com/mcuban/status/1486458116120236033 And a stray thought entered my mind: What if there is a way for us to generate non-generic-level profits off of generic drugs? Would the world be bold enough to try it? Meds are clearly expensive because the cost…

A Gradient in Contrast Capturing a sunset while experimenting with the iPhone camera’s exposure setting. Sunsets can change colors as the sun dips out of view: from golden to brown to orange to purple. And things get evermore interesting when your camera’s exposure setting gets involved. This past weekend, I was feeling too cold to witness one…

Kashayam is a bitter brew made for the times. COVID-19 has made me paranoid of sore throats. And I get a lot of sore throats. Every time I come down with a sore throat, I go through the stages of PARS (this is something I made up): Panic (because, I may have COVID!!!); Anticipation (as I…

Housekeeping note!!! Saaransh joins CFH During WFH! And he is out with a delicious story about his weekend cooking adventures!!! Saaransh and I attended the same engineering school, but missed each other by one year — he joined the year I graduated. But as luck would have it, we got acquainted through friends and fellow college buddies. Saaransh…

My experiments with Karelā (Bitter Gourd) continue. Bitter Gourds are awesome! They are healthy, nutritious and super easy to cook. In a previous post I shared my adventures with cooking this vegetable. No matter how awesome, this vegetable has few takers: They are bitter! Karelā: Bitterness equals Nutrition I addressed karelā’s bitterness last time: It…