New driver in the family

Congrats to Arjun on passing his tough Aussie driving exam. He is now properly licensed (as compared to licensed in India) and can look forward to driving on his own :) In excellent time too, now that his vacation trip here is just around the corner.

A 1000 used iBook G3s for $50 each!

This amazing sale is being conducted by Henrico County Public Schools in Virginia. Apparently they just recently switched from Apples to Dells for their students. I wish they'd sell online :)

Subaru!

Yes, that odd looking two-toned car that you see on the road and wonder about, that’s Subaru. And we now own one! We had been looking to replace App’s aging Honda Civic with a newer vehicle. Our requirements were – all wheel drive, a roof rack and more cargo space. We found it all in an Atlantic Blue Subaru Outback. After spending the whole day browsing the test driving Subaru’s line of cars we picked the Outback because of its ground clearance. Sure to be useful when have to drive through those unpaved National Forest roads. Heated seats and AWD should serve us well on those winter trips to the Sierras. We haven’t been much but I definitely plan to snowboard more this year. Anyway, Subaru it is! Sure you’ll be seeing and hearing more in this space.

Dark Chocolate May Sweeten the Way to Health

Good news for lovers of dark chocolate, read this article. A tasty way to get antioxidants in your diet, yum!

Back from Lassen

Reflection Lake - Lassen
Originally uploaded by Jillako.

We're back and we're tired but we had lots of fun. Here's my favourite pic from this weekend, this was last evening near our campsite at Manzanita Lake in Lassen Volcanic N.P. More pictures are in Flickr, more to follow from Janu & Ranju's camera!

Off to Lassen Volcanic National Park!

Another week, another "off to ..." message sure to be followed by a "here are pics from ..." message! :) Apologies for being predictable but I am looking forward to Lassen. We planned this trip earlier in the year and its finally time; Janu and Ranju will be there as well, it will also be good to get away from the scorching heat in the Tri-Valley this week! Have a good weekend, all.

Chicago pictures are on flickr!

Taking a picture of ourselves
Originally uploaded by Jillako.

Here's one of us shooting ourselves at Millennium park! Click to see others.
In other news, Arjun will be visiting this August; he got his visa, hurray! Planning is in full swing, should be fun times.
We are off camping in Lassen Volcanic National Park this weekend, been wanting to go for a while. Hopefully it will be cooler by the weekend, today was HOT.

Back from a quick visit to Chicago. It was our anniversary weekend (thanks to everyone that wished us!) and App had to work except for the weekend. Got a few good pics, will post to flickr soon. For now, this was the view from our room at the Holiday Inn. Sears tower just dwarves all the other skyscrapers!

Off to Chicago!

Well folks, the week's gone by pretty busy actually and I find myself a
day away from the weekend. I am taking half a day off and flying to
Chicago for the weekend to spend my wedding anniversary (yay, 2 years
already!) with App who is there on work. We don't have any plans apart
from a dinner yet so if you think of anything good, let us know. If
nothing else, I shall get to watch a movie on my PSP on the flight and
play some more Lumines! Sayonara till next week.

We are busy entertaining Rachna here while she is visiting us this weekend!

MAVROMATIC - a technoblog

MAVROMATIC - a technoblog: "mavromatic is dedicated to bring you the latest DIY projects, home automation solutions, home theater products, and anything else you think is flat out cool."



I'm going to bring attention to some of the blogs that I read regularly in the belief that some of you out there might share my interests. If you're a DIY (Do It Yourself) kind of person, Danny Mavromatis has a really neat blog; he seems to have the time and energy to work on many cool projects. Check it out.