Friday, February 24, 2012

An Assignment....

Hi guys,I'm back. Last time i was telling you about how i was gonna finish writing my VLSI assignment right? Well i stayed up all night that day and finished most of it. But the 4th and last question was not in our prescribed text book.And i had no other means of completing it.And only three days later,that is today,i got another reference textbook. Anyway i finished the assignment.It has like 16 pages and more than 18 diagrams.Good riddance.The finished assignment is shown alongside.Ain't she a beauty?                                                                                                                                                                                                      
       Here we have the two textbooks i used.To the left  is our prescribed text book written by Douglas A. Pucknell. Its a pretty basic text with simple explanations and concepts are introduced in an easy to understand level.Its as simple as it can get.And to my right is a text authored by Rabaey.Its like an encyclopedia on VLSI. Its highly detailed,giving thorough explanations and uses explanations which are technially one step ahead of that of our prescribed text.But an interesting thing i noted is that both the texts have almost the same content,and they are indexed in the same order too!!Thats all for today guys!Tomorrow i am planning to go for the Tech Fest conducted by TKM College of Engineering.I guess if i do go,then that'll be the topic of my next post.....Take care...

Monday, February 20, 2012

A Holiday....


 As i was busy copying out  EC-601/ DIGITAL COMMUNICATION assignment all night long(oh yeah!!),i could wake up only at 9 AM. Today is a public holiday and thus no college to attend today. So I'm Chewing on my toothbrush (cursing EC-601) when Scooby calls.He wants me to go to the Project Classes at Punthalathazham. I mumble and say that I'll make it. But I hung up the phone and went back to sleep......Sweet Dreams haha....
 ഫുട്ബോര്‍ഡില്‍ യാത്ര പാടില്ല  പോലും !!
no travelling on the foot board!
An hour later he calls again and says everyone in my group is        there except for me.Well that's bad news .So i took a  quick bath,dressed up,skipped breakfast and was on my way in,like 15 minutes.I took a private bus to the city,and switched it for another one to Punthalathazham.No travelling on the foot board they all say....But really no one cares!.Its the most unheeded piece of advice,warning or suggestion in the State.Anyway i make it to the class by 11 AM.We worked on our project for an hour and a half.Scooby had his bike with him.So when the classes were over i drove it back and on the way i got off at a Nokia Service Centre to get my phone fixed.The service work was  free and  it was finished real quick.I was back home in an hour.So i had lunch(or breakfast),took a nap and here i am writing this blog.Tonight I'm hoping to finish the assignment given for EC-603/VLSI DESIGN .I like this particular paper very much.And i shall not fail,for i have in my possession the original textbook.But still its a pity that i don't have the assignment questions.Damn!I guess I'll have to call one of the padipists( aka nerds) to get the questions!!Goodnight everyone! sweet dreams.....


Saturday, February 18, 2012

GHOST RIDER 2 (Movie Review #2)


GHOST RIDER (The Spirit of Vengeance?)

Hi guys,i am back.So this is what i did today.I had violin classes but our teacher couldn't make it.And i heard from my classmate that he'd seen Jermy(my bro).And he told me that Jermy wanted to go see Ghost Rider.Yup that was the catalyst and just like that i took my phone,called him and said i'd be there for the 6:30 show.So i got back home had some tea and around 5:30 i took off.I got a bus from my nearest bus stop(ran into it) and then picked him up from the very next bus stop.

And thus we reached Kadappakada and after a minute of walking entered the DHANYA MOVIE THEATRE around 6:15 PM.The usual procedure,two balcony tickets,no refreshments and off we go.The thing about English movies being played here in Kollam(i.e my home town) is that you can choose where you want to sit.The theatre will be practically empty except for say 50-100 people.I saw a few 'old' people(ghost rider fans?,doubtful!).Anyway we chose the seats on the middle row and after the pre-show commercials the movie began.

 Jermy posing alongside a poster
OK,we have Johnny Blaze(aka GHOST RIDER) whose on the run,and he's travelled half way across the world trying to control the curse.He wanted to use this curse against the Devil Guy,but its gotten out of hand,the Rider is always hungry for souls.We are also shown a boy who is important to the plot.This kid is the crux of the movie.The Devil Guy wants the Kid for himself to do some ritual to transfer his powers to the Kid,thus making the Kid the new Devil on Earth.But nothing to worry about,we have the Ghost Rider who is always happy to burn up roads,buildings,people and vehicles(but not his jacket). Another deal is made between the rider and Moreau(an African dude who seems to have some connections with a monastery in Eastern Europe).If the Rider  can protect the boy the curse will be removed from him.There's also a new villian,who is super cool,yes he is!We also come to know more about the GHOST RIDER DEMON.It seems that even this demon had a story.So is he really the Spirit of Vengeance  or  something else?
Watch the movie!! ;)

So by 8:15 the show ended and we walked back to the bus stop.Jermy wanted to pose for a photo along with the Spirit of Vengeance.I happily obliged and the above pic is what i got

Friday, February 17, 2012

PRIMER(2004) - Hard to understand (Movie Review #1)

Since i like movies of this nature very much,i thought i'll start with this one for my blog.PRIMER is a movie which is not for those people who are of the opinion that movies should be easy.It is not one of those movies where you can just sit back,relax and go on without your full attention. Even with the subtitles its a tough nut to crack.You have to watch,hear and understand everything in order to digest the story.

I came across this story while i was googling for temporal paradoxes.I was in wikipedia and from there i found out about PRIMER.This movie has also won two awards at the 2004 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL.Here's a poster for the movie>>
With a humble budget of just $7000 this movie offers more fun and excitement than that of a $7 million blockbuster.The director of the film,Shane Carruth plays the lead role too.Full marks to him for this brilliant theme and superb execution.This is as real as time travel can ever get.

The plot of the movie can be summarized as follows: Four young engineers/scientists are working on a mechanism to reduce gravity(or weight of objects).Two of them stumble upon the accidental discovery of time travel and they hide it from the other two guys.To what purpose will they use this new discovery?Will they succumb to their various selfish needs or will they use it for the better good?Watch the movie!(I highly recommend it).

What i liked most about this movie is their concept of Time travel.It is more realistic than all the other versions we have

across so far. Shown above is a picture depicting time travel in primer.I found this from wikipedia. It is a totally new concept and far more complicated.After a certain point you just lose track of who,when and where. Here is the link to PRIMER at wiki.I would prefer not reading the plot before seeing the movie(it just spoils all the fun.)
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My name is Davis.
Welcome to my blog,i don't know what i'll be doing here.
Lets see...hmm what am i good at?
I know a bit of general knowledge,i'm a movie buff,and i like to read...

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