Tried with 108 piece swirls...
Fastest 3:38
Average 16:23
Your Time 31:29
Cut 44-piece Tri-dove
Fastest 1:11
Average 6:09
My Time 7:18
Fastest 0:41
Average 5:09
My Time 5:10
Cut 48-piece Classic, but yay!! :D
Monday, August 29, 2011
Puzzles with crazy cuts
Tried with 108 piece swirls...
Fastest 3:38
Average 16:23
Your Time 31:29
Cut 44-piece Tri-dove
Fastest 1:11
Average 6:09
My Time 7:18
Fastest 0:41
Average 5:09
My Time 5:10
Cut 48-piece Classic, but yay!! :D
Galdly Puzzled
Time
Time
Time
Time
Time
Time
Time
Time
Fastest 1:59
Average 7:52
My Time
Fastest 1:07
Average 6:23
My Time 8:08 :)
Fastest 1:16
Average 5:09
My Time 6:19 :)
Fastest 0:53
Average 8:15
My Time 11:55
Fastest 2:15
Average 16:53
My Time 29:53
Friday, July 01, 2011
Destructive entertainment: a good training technique
Our grandpups have been dirtying the living room every night, so that I have to mop it thrice every morning--once to scoop the pee and poop off, again with water to get the sticky paw marks off, and yet again with Savlon to kill the odor and germs off. They've been doing their business in the balcony/terrace area during the day, except when they are engrossed in playing and don't have the patience to go all the way outside.
Until recently, I didn't keep the door to the balcony open during the night for fear that the mosquito militia might take over. The last couple of months, however, have taken a toll on my patience. Two days back, I took the risk, and the results have been dramatic. The first night, they dirtied the place 50% lesser. The second night, that figure went down to 90%!!
So this morning, I gladly began sweeping the floor, because it wasn't quite possible due to the sticky floor until now. I found a lot of thin sticks, and wondered what they were, because we didn't really have any stick-ey object lying around. (Before we retire every night, we diligently hide everything that the critters can destroy. They've targeted and succeeded with the TV remote's rubber hand grip, the remote itself, a few wires, cloth, bottles... pretty much anything that is unable to protect itself.)
I found this lying on the rug that I put down for the puppies to snuggle in if they need it.
And then it all came back to me. I remember looking at this small table mat lying on the center table last night, and thinking, oh what the hell... they might not even look at it. What I didn't think was... this is the only useful object in the room... do you think they're gonna stick to their toys? Which kid ever did that?
But then I figured, this was a small price to pay for a clean room. (Only one pee! And that too, not splashed or spread around with their paws!)
So here we go. Another lesson learned. Leave one object in the room for them to focus their energy on.
Until recently, I didn't keep the door to the balcony open during the night for fear that the mosquito militia might take over. The last couple of months, however, have taken a toll on my patience. Two days back, I took the risk, and the results have been dramatic. The first night, they dirtied the place 50% lesser. The second night, that figure went down to 90%!!
So this morning, I gladly began sweeping the floor, because it wasn't quite possible due to the sticky floor until now. I found a lot of thin sticks, and wondered what they were, because we didn't really have any stick-ey object lying around. (Before we retire every night, we diligently hide everything that the critters can destroy. They've targeted and succeeded with the TV remote's rubber hand grip, the remote itself, a few wires, cloth, bottles... pretty much anything that is unable to protect itself.)
I found this lying on the rug that I put down for the puppies to snuggle in if they need it.
And then it all came back to me. I remember looking at this small table mat lying on the center table last night, and thinking, oh what the hell... they might not even look at it. What I didn't think was... this is the only useful object in the room... do you think they're gonna stick to their toys? Which kid ever did that?
But then I figured, this was a small price to pay for a clean room. (Only one pee! And that too, not splashed or spread around with their paws!)
So here we go. Another lesson learned. Leave one object in the room for them to focus their energy on.
Some thoroughly enjoyable destruction inside
Keeps the pee and poop outside
Keeps the pee and poop outside
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
The Grandpups
Just so I get something up in May.... here's what kept me busy since April... inspite of being jobless.
The Easter bunnies who looked like rats but were actually dogs.
In 5 weeks, they grew up to be spotted and spunky little critters of destruction. Or, as the hubs calls them, The Cuteness Guns... they've got killer looks!
The slightly-confused-but-happy-to-find-new-playmates-pop and the pissed-with-the-progeny-that-howls-at-night-pop-pop... my cousin unknowingly managed to capture the best picture yet of these two together.
The brilliantly instinctive mamma who got all 8 of them out and cleaned in 4 hours flat and the rather proud and goofily happy nanna holding up the firstborn to tie a colored thread around his neck for identification... they were both glued to the pups the first couple of days.
It's been a thrilling, tiring, breath-taking, back-breaking, exhilarating, and exhausting ride. Sadly, we can't afford to keep any of them... neither have the money nor the time. I hope the li'l ones find takers who really care for them and love them like we do ours. Or better. Till then I'm just a wobbly pot of mush.
When I'm not yelling at them to STOP-TEARING-THE-PAPER-THAT-YOU'RE-SUPPOSED-TO-PEE-ON! Or wiping pee and scooping poop. Or preparing their feeds. Or feeding them. Or washing pee-drenched cloth. Or feeding / walking their parents. Sigh!
The Easter bunnies who looked like rats but were actually dogs.
In 5 weeks, they grew up to be spotted and spunky little critters of destruction. Or, as the hubs calls them, The Cuteness Guns... they've got killer looks!
The slightly-confused-but-happy-to-find-new-playmates-pop and the pissed-with-the-progeny-that-howls-at-night-pop-pop... my cousin unknowingly managed to capture the best picture yet of these two together.
The brilliantly instinctive mamma who got all 8 of them out and cleaned in 4 hours flat and the rather proud and goofily happy nanna holding up the firstborn to tie a colored thread around his neck for identification... they were both glued to the pups the first couple of days.It's been a thrilling, tiring, breath-taking, back-breaking, exhilarating, and exhausting ride. Sadly, we can't afford to keep any of them... neither have the money nor the time. I hope the li'l ones find takers who really care for them and love them like we do ours. Or better. Till then I'm just a wobbly pot of mush.
When I'm not yelling at them to STOP-TEARING-THE-PAPER-THAT-YOU'RE-SUPPOSED-TO-PEE-ON! Or wiping pee and scooping poop. Or preparing their feeds. Or feeding them. Or washing pee-drenched cloth. Or feeding / walking their parents. Sigh!
Friday, April 08, 2011
Pune supports India against corruption
http://indiaagainstcorruption.org/index.php
Apparently, the website is down at the moment... I guess it is the number of hits it must be receiving.
Folks worldwide can sign the online petition:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/stand_with_anna_hazare/?cl=1007806945&v=8808
Punekars can participate in a couple of related events:
Contact: Dr. Gitesh Devhane (gitesh.devhane@gmail.com) (+91 9028 485 261)
More info: http://indiaagainstcorruption.org/aboutus.php
Further contacts: http://indiaagainstcorruption.org/citycontacts.php
For a change, let's do our bit without making excuses.
Apparently, the website is down at the moment... I guess it is the number of hits it must be receiving.
Folks worldwide can sign the online petition:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/stand_with_anna_hazare/?cl=1007806945&v=8808
Punekars can participate in a couple of related events:
- Support for the nationwide event on Friday, April 8, 2011 (TODAY) – A march from Baalgandharva Theatre (J. M. Road) to Shaniwaar Waada; gather at 6:00 pm, bring your own candles.
- Pune-specific event on Saturday, April 9, 2011 (TOMORROW) – A march from PMC Office to Shaniwaar Waada; gather at 6:00 pm, bring your own candles.
Contact: Dr. Gitesh Devhane (gitesh.devhane@gmail.com) (+91 9028 485 261)
More info: http://indiaagainstcorruption.org/aboutus.php
Further contacts: http://indiaagainstcorruption.org/citycontacts.php
For a change, let's do our bit without making excuses.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
The first few pictures
... are here!
There's this coconut tree on the rear side of my apartment, and this colorful branch caught my eye when I was ambling in the balcony making sure that my pets drank water.
So I zoomed in and immediately made a desktop wallpaper out of it :D
A spring blossom I picked up on the way while walking my dogs. I placed it on my red leather wallet for a contrast-ish effect.
My Phoebe! How could I not capture the apple of my eye? The queen of our home? My only love at first sight, ever? (Take that, hubby! The only thing I felt when I laid my eyes on you for the first time was... wow... that's so much light entering the room! You were practically reflecting light with every square inch of your visible skin!)
That's Mojo in his playful pose, who mistook the camera for a toy and was ready to jump at me and wrestle it away.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
The second memory capturer
... is here!
I can't stop giggling. Or at least grinning. It's either that or my evil laugh.
And I must add. Flipkart rocks! An impressive interview by Unmana made be give them a try. Am totally sold.
Also a vote of thanks to TG (bows! and bow-wows!) for the advice. And MG (you should begin write again!) for appreciating the pics I took earlier.
From Nikon's Life series of digital cameras, it's L120! It has 21x optical zoom. Megapixels be damned!
Isn't that red irresistible?
I can't stop giggling. Or at least grinning. It's either that or my evil laugh.
And I must add. Flipkart rocks! An impressive interview by Unmana made be give them a try. Am totally sold.
Also a vote of thanks to TG (bows! and bow-wows!) for the advice. And MG (you should begin write again!) for appreciating the pics I took earlier.
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