One of the perks of my job is to meet and work with so many interesting people. And with anything that awesome, it’s almost always short-lived. People move on once their assignment comes to an end and somebody else comes and fills their shoes. Snyder is leaving us this weekend and he will very much be missed! We...

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been contemplating how exactly I would like to set this Model rail diorama. My primary concern was mobility. I want to be able to dismantle it quickly if needed and pack these all up into two or three big boxes. Ideally I would stage this on a wooden platform, staged on a wall at...

The marines organized a stair climb event this morning to commemorate 9/11. Climbed 3 floors 38 times. They had their flaks on and one of them even had a gas mask on. I was breathing hard at the end of the 10th lap. Legs felt quite jelly by the 20th. Started sipping water from the 25th lap and finally finished...

It’s here! This is an absolute piece of beauty and I can already imagine how this could be a wicked good hobby! So many ideas on how I want to stage this! This whole kit came decently packed but I did have to super-glue some components that had popped off or broken during transit. The WAP5 kit has the WAP5 Engine, 3...

Amidst all this travel, I finally got some time to install GrapheneOS on the refurbished Pixel 8 Pro that I bought last month. Boy, that was the easiest OS install I’ve done in a while. Barely took my 10 minutes from start to finish. And having spent a few weeks with GrapheneOS as my primary driver. It’s nothing...

Rishi’s most recent newsletter sent me down a rabbit-hole on the Palakkad Gap - the lowest and most significant mountain pass in the Western Ghats in India. It all makes sense now - The weather patterns, our ancestral migration, the language effect… And then the word Kerala was derived from Cheralam. The Cheras...

Sometime in 2021 I started jotting down my weight in Trilium. I wasn’t quite diligent about it but I did make that effort to log it down whenever I measured it. Looking back at it today, it’s interesting to see the consistent downward trend over the last five years. What’s more interesting is the sinusoidal peaks...

After a failed attempt to install LineageOS on my primary phone, I spent a good many hours last week trying to revive as much as I could. After that misadventure, I’m several steps behind where I wanted to be - Instead of a fully functional LineageOS device, I now have a phone that is barely stable and doesn’t quite...

Sometime around February last year, I setup my comments system using ntfy. I think it’s actually pretty neat how it works and I’ve barely received any spam. I’ve kept it bare-bones since people rarely comment these days. Unless there’s an edgy or controversial post; there’s barely any exchange. And that’s perfectly...

At 0107 WAT it took me quite an effort to keep my eyes open. It’s been a while that I’ve stayed up late to watch something. But what a sensation of joy was it to see the capsule beautifully make it’s way into earth and splashdown into the Pacific Ocean. The amount of math, engineering and science to send 4 humans...

What a fucking miserable day today’s been. Came home this evening to the Main breaker panel being down again. Called FAC. While we were figuring out the issue with the power, we heard OP was electrocuted while playing in his yard and didn’t make it. Such a freaking tragic loss. How do you even come to terms with...

JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | SEP | OCT | NOV | DEC JAN We fit in a quick trip to Houston. Getting there and back was quite eventful! Hiked La Malinche with the ESC boys and had a good taste of frostbite. Work took me to Matamoros. Would be my last TDY while with ESC Mexico city! M’s offer got...