We had our major project evaluation yesterday and now there are no classes to attend too. Lot of time to kill :D. So keep thinking of new stuff to keep me busy. The other day I was writing my name in different languages. Then was wondering how it would be in morse code. So I just googled it. Below the images, there were a few links to some tutorial sites.
So I decide to learn Morse Code! Morse code is not a language, just an encoding technique to represent the alphabet. Every character is represented as a combination of dots (dit) and dashes (dah). It was developed by Samuel Morse for electric telegraph; and was later used for different purposes like radio communication. You must have noticed the google home page a couple of 
days back. It had 'google' written in morse code marking Samuel Morse's birthday.
The popular nokia sms tone is actually the morse code for "SMS": dit-dit-dit dah-dah dit-dit-dit.
There are a few good sites with good tutorials like this one. You can also try the softwares on the net. Most of them use the Koch method of training, where you would be practicing with 2 letters in the beginning, untill you reach the max speed you want with 90% proficiency, and as you improve your accuracy, you can increase the number of letters.
Softwares: G4fon Trainer, Ham university
Happy morse coding!
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Time to say good bye...almost...
We just have around 40 days left at the college now. Different cubs will soon start having farewell parties for the final years in the club. The juniors from different states will have it for their seniors. We guys from Karnataka will have it this fortnight. Bharath is been having a countdown timer on his desktop to the final day at college for around 2 months now ;). And that would end 4 wonderful years in calicut, 4 memorable years in the hostel.
One is really missing something in his life if he hasn't stayed in a hostel. I bet anyone here would second me on that. Looking back, the stay here was filled with lots of fun, lot of mischief, a handful of times when i was caught [;)], few fights with friends, arguments, wonderful seniors, great juniors, the lecturers, labs, the fests, the common rooms, and many more things! The seniors who came for Convo said that they miss college and hostel a lot; and I'm sure its goin to be the same for us too.
But I can't help it! I cannot screw up one of my exams just to stay here for another year :). Will be leaving the college, but will have lots of memories and some friends for life too to take along with me.
I very well remember the last few days at all the schools and my prev colg...and i miss all of them...but every time i left a place there was another wonderful place waiting, with more friends, more fun, more exciting stuff. And I'm sure the same is gonna happen this time too.
So, cheers!
Ragam '09 - Snapshots
Ragam, this year, exceeded all expectations and was the best so far!
Here are a few pics taken during RAGAM, courtesy Bharath. He btw won the photography competition during ragam!
It all begins here.
Rajpath.
Yadu, Philip and I, judging dumb charades.
Vegetable carving.
The OAT was so crowded that people had to climbadjacent buildings to watch the show!
NITC dance team at Choreo Nite.
Ragnarok Gaming Centre - Sponsored by Intel and Acer, and in
Western Orchestra.
Shankar Mahadevan! It was one of the best
English JAM finals.
Face painting.
Breathe - The Delicate Sound of Floyd.
Breathe - superb performance by them too!
Couture Boulevard (FS)
NITC team at Couture Boulevard.Thats the final RAGAM for us final years :( Hope next year too the Convocation is scheduled for some day close to the ragam dates.
Ragam - A Cult, A Culture
This year, Ragam, our cultural fest is going to be held from the 25th to 28th March ...and its going to be BIG! With pro-shows by Shankar Mahadevan, Darshan Doshi and Benny Dayal, its gonna be a huge crowd puller. And for the first time, a UK based band, "Breathe - The Delicate Sound of Floyd" (a Pink Floyd tribute band), is gonna perform at NITC. Three years back we had Parikrama and Silk Route perform in the OAT. In our second year, it was Shaan who set the stage on fire. And last year we had Karthik. But this year's Ragam is gonna be the best so far. You couldnt have asked for a bigger fest for your last year at college!
Will also be meeting some of my good old friends from other colleges during ragam. Then ofcourse you have lots of interesting competitions good cash prizes. You can also have a great time at the Ragam Informals stage. I will be spending a lot of time there. So you know where to be during the last weekend this month! Go book your tickets! ;)
PS: 2nd sessionals starting from tomorrow! Looking at the bright side... These are the last sessionals at NITC! :D
PPS: Some snapshots of ragam 09
Links:
Ragam Website.
Breathe The Delicate Sound of Floyd
Benny Dayal
Earth hour
Earth hour is an initiative of the WWF. Every year they select a time when in cities around the world, people switch off all the lights in their apartments and offices, thereby helping save energy. This year the earth hour is on 28th of march at 2030 IST and millions around the globe will participate. I hope you will join too and the lights in your room will be switched off from 830 to 930.
You can follow the earth hour on twitter for more updates. And yea, here's the link to my twitter page! I shall remind my twitter followers to switch off the lights... ;)
Do check the vid...
Remember! We have to hand over the earth to the next generation in the same condition as we got it, if not better! :)
Dont just keep complaining abt the hot weather...ACT or its only gonna get worse!
PS: Its Bharath's Bday too... So can give him some more GPL in the dark! Hehe...
Links:
Earth hour site
Energy saved in 2008 Earth hour.
On Flickr
Youtube channel
