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Ohm's Law and its Validity

Jan 4, 2011

…that a luminous body such as a candle flame emits light only because there are eyes to see it! And sea waves striking the shore produce sound only because there are ears to hear it!

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Is There A Right Answer?

Dec 5, 2010

One should never let one's creativity be bridled and bitted by rules and norms. One should be free. After all, we are not number crunching machines.

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The Joy of Creation

Nov 6, 2010

As a school boy, I spent quite a portion of my time screwing together nuts and bolts, taking delight in the little vehicles and models I could build with my Mechanix set. Now, as a college student, here I am plugging in transistors, capacitors and such kinda stuff into breadboards and thrilling myself with all the gadgets one could build with semiconductors.

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A Problem of Plenty

Nov 1, 2010

Is all our "socializing" really doing us any good? We make a lot of acquaintances but not many friends. No longer do we really cherish our dear ones or have true respect for our fellow people. Methinks, if we had fewer people around us, we would value them and love them more.

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Digital Electronics and the Dark Arts

Oct 14, 2010

The general feeling is that analog design is tedious and not worth the effort. But personally, I would say that analog circuits have an element of beauty, rather lacking in digital circuits.

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Photography and Munnar

Oct 6, 2010

I ain't much of a photographer and have only a casual involvement in photography but my recent "industrial visit" to Munnar raises one question. In such a place as Munnar, with all its scenery and natural ecstasy, why do people still continue to shoot pictures of themselves?

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The Case of the Ideal Teacher

Sep 27, 2010

Good and bad cannot be at two opposite poles or at +infinity and -infinity. Rather, they should lie somewhere in between the natural extremes. Aristotle and the ancient Greeks would call this the Golden Mean…

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