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Stuff under 100x Microscope

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Here are some common materials as seen through an Illuminated Microscope (60x-100x) bought from RadioShack Piece of Fabric Printed Paper (Magazine / CMYK)

Bhusawal ka chor

Bhusawal se chada tha woh train mein choori ke irade se ek archan aa gayi uske plan mein khopdi mein bheje ki kami se He was about to take off with the lady's bag But was noticed by the husband of the old hag The lady was being critical about our generation And now she was being punished for her baseless accusations Soon the TC and RPF were called And so began a verbal brawl The youth began reciting his well reharsed story And secretly one of us wished the scene would turn gory Ladke ne fekna chalu kiya lambi lambi Dene hindi ka exam koi ja raha tha woh mumbai TC aur RPF use le gaye auntyji ka purse toh khojne pe bhi mila nahin itne excitement se toh bhai hum thak gaye so kar hoosh kab khoya pata nahin A few minutes later There was some further chatter The lady's bag was located And her happiness was reinstated .. a poem about a foiled robbery incident onboard our train as we returned home from Jabalpur inaccurately narrated by me in hinglish.

Versova Post Office

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Cost of couriering some documents from Mumbai to Shanghai: DHL: Rs. 2150 IndiaPost EMS (also known as SpeedPost) : Rs. 469 And yet most of us end up going for the first option (i.e. Private Shippers) instead of our government's own courier service. Most of us have an impression that visit to government offices is full of hassles - that even a small thing such as posting a letter would take lots of physical and mental energy - not to mention the bribes and forms and getting sent from desk to desk. Well the truth is totally different altogether. There are proper procedures for getting any work done at a government office. Everything is well documented - only thing is that either most information is not available online or if it is, then its outdated/not organized properly. And since we don't know where else to get that information, we inevitably try to ease our lives by paying agents or avoiding government services altogether. So being a good citizen, I would like share all that ...

Fun times at L & T EmSyS with friends

Here is a tribute to our friendship and the moments we spent at EmSyS, Powai. The tribute is in a story form titled: "agar hamari moms friends hoti and if we were all born on the same day.." once there were 6 ladies, they were best friends : AM, KM, JM, SM, HM, DM They were childhood friends fir sab bade ho gaye aur unki shaadi ho gayi and guess what? they were all expecting us on and around the same day... Sab pregnant the and sab apne apne ghar pe baithe rehte the.. they used to talk to each other on fone whenever they had mood swings.. pregnancy mein hota hai na.. Ek din (very near their delivery date), they were talking on the fone.. cordless .. conference call sab ke sab 6 log.. it was 10 pm at night, thats when KM said "i think my water just broke and I am going into labour". So she kept the fone down called her husband and they went to the Kokila ben hospital. The other 5 ladies thought: "well what the hell, lets us all get admitted together at the same ...

Praying on a soldering iron!

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These pictures were taken on 2004 July 24 at VESIT during preparations for Robocon 2004. The pictures were taken using a sad camera (actually it was a logitech webcam capable of taking pictures). The Praying Mantis came in from the open widows along with lots of other insects. This was during the rainy season. Soldering iron's warmth might have attracted it..

Deeksha ne banaya ... mera South Park avatar!

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Thanku Deeksha!

AVRISPwith a blown up AT90S8535

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Q: What happens when an exposed Vcc pin of a target system (with an AVRISP connected to it) accidentally brushes against a +12V DC battery terminal? A: The AT90S8535 (inside the AVRISP) blows its lid off - literally. The pictures below say it all. (Happened during Robocon days at VESIT) For a photograph of a silicon chip inside an AVR (A90S1200) with its various regions marked, look here .