nrcima on August 24th, 2009

This weekend was awesomely sunny too but we did not get to hike. Instead we had a festival over the weekend and decided to celebrate it the way we would in India with as much grandeur. So what was the festival you ask. Its the great Ganesha festival – Ganesha Chaturthi also called as  Vinayaka [...]

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nrcima on August 18th, 2009

It took me a while to understand, compile and build this checklist. Now you may not need or feel like carrying everything thats listed out here. But it is always a good idea to go through the checklist before leaving anything behind. Map Never set out without a map especially if the trail is not [...]

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nrcima on August 15th, 2009

Difficulty – 7/10 Scenic – 10/10 Length – 5.5mi Living in the beautiful Pacific Northwest gives us access to a lot of serene picturesque locales not found elsewhere. Its weekend again and we set out on our Saturday hiking trip. This time we headed out to Lake 22 on Mountain Loop Hwy. Full of old [...]

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nrcima on August 12th, 2009

These days everything that is shown on News channels is about the new health plan that the Govt. is trying to push for. Angry mobs disrupting town hall meetings, people getting down on each others nerves, pushing and shoving. Now all this reminds me of something that we saw on the same News channels about [...]

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nrcima on August 10th, 2009

Yes and that’s a Billion Washingtons. This is not a trick question and there are no hidden parts to the question. One simple direct question – What would you do if you were given a Billion USD. Its nice to see people come up with a variety of answers and more importantly similar ones. Almost [...]

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nrcima on August 7th, 2009

Windows 7 is awesome. This is why – I have a 512MB, Centrino processor, 5 years old dinosaur of a Dell laptop sitting on the death row for about an year now waiting to be recycled. Enter Win 7 and this baby is running like a race car. Sweetness!

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nrcima on August 4th, 2009

You know its not a good day for technology when a device that is considered to be a big breakthrough in the tech world stops working and starts frustrating you. Well that is the day for me today. I recently purchased an iPhone. Now for people who dont know what iPhone is, it is the [...]

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nrcima on August 2nd, 2009

Now, I have been to this place atleast a half dozen times in the last 1 year and yet the scenic beauty doesnt cease to amaze me. Every time I feel like I am looking at something new and awesome. Thats the Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Forest for you. For more on Hurricane Ridge [...]

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