It’s been in the mid 70s since yesterday!!! That’s the 20s in Celsius. It’s ridiculous. Tonight I’ve made plans with Libby to sit outside on a patio. Yay! As per Deepa’s request for things that will (hopefully) get resolved over time (not that I’ve followed up on crime rates yet), my apartment (Warner Properties Minneapolis) [...]
All posts for the month March, 2010
Sari bowling Video!
I made this video of our sari bowling pictures using some program called animoto which does its own transitions and time based on your music…so I might still make my own version later but at the moment this is fun adding random music. I also think if you keep checking back, you’ll get completely new [...]
Posted by Shubha on March 31, 2010
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Quotes out of context
It’s a great day to be a particle physicist – General Rolf Heuer Using jive as a variant of jibe in the meaning ‘to agree’ is usually considered an error or misspelling, though the “error” is so common that at least one college dictionary (not Random House) enters it without comment or warning label. – [...]
Posted by Shubha on March 30, 2010
http://shubhabala.com/archives/108
Stupas and Sultans (I stole this from Sara)
This is from Sara’s blog (journalist in Indonesia) http://sschonhardt.com/2010/03/28/in-a-land-of-stupas-and-sultans/ Prambanan is Borobudur’s lesser-known counterpart in Yogjakarta. The Hindu temple complex is only part of a web of temples, or candi (pronounced chan-dee) spread across the province. And while it doesn’t have the spectacular views of the Buddhist Borobudur, it has some amazing reliefs that tell [...]
Posted by Shubha on March 30, 2010
http://shubhabala.com/archives/105
HD Vision
I got new glasses, since I finally have optical insurance. If you’ll remember, my old glasses were..old and apparently the lenses had lost every coating they could have (suddenly night driving is way easier for me). Anyway, I put on my new glasses at the optical store and looked in the mirror, and suddenly I [...]
Posted by Shubha on March 26, 2010
http://shubhabala.com/archives/103
Different data about sex and religion
On our blog, there was a recent blogpost looking at Floatingsheep data that tracks user-made google maps. They did this analysis on sex and religion across the world and basically found that in developed countries (and coastal Africa), there’s more interest in sex, but in all other countries there’s more interest in religion. I then [...]
Posted by Shubha on March 26, 2010
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Those Indian weddings with all the singing and dancing
There’s totally another Indian woman that comes to Body Step now. And once there was a lanky Indian guy in Body Pump. I made sure I didn’t stand near him in case people thought we were together. But by and large, any issues around my visible minoritiness is in my head. BUT. There are just more people [...]
Posted by Shubha on March 25, 2010
http://shubhabala.com/archives/95
What’s an Associate Producer
This is the post about what I do for my job. My “core function” is supporting production of episodes of Speaking of Faith, which produce hour-long weekly episodes. So let’s take an upcoming Desmond Tutu interview that’s going to be aired near the end of the month. 1. First I help setup the interview. They’re usually [...]
Posted by Shubha on March 25, 2010
http://shubhabala.com/archives/89
More flute songs..mainly Jonsi
This will be my last flute post because nobody else probably cares. But I realized when you’re actively listening for the flute, a LOT of songs have it. Also, whoever Jonsi is, he loves the flute. Jonsi – Go Do And then Preethi’s favorite band, Hey Ocean. The lead singer is a flutist too so [...]
Posted by Shubha on March 24, 2010
http://shubhabala.com/archives/87
Young me vs now
This is from Chris. I love it. I think Rebecca specifically would love it too. I should just e-mail it to Rebecca. It’s people recreating their childhood photographs, as adults.
Posted by Shubha on March 24, 2010
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