Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Paw Paws (Paw Paw Bears)



I used to watch these cartoons in my childhood. But as a grew up I forgot most of it. About three years ago I started searching for them. All I could remember was Paw Paw statue had a turtle and eagle in it. Naturally all my google searches were very far far away, as they only revolved around statues turtles and eagles :( From time to time I searched and failed :(

And only when I gave up all hope of finding this cartoon something out of blue happened. I heard the word totem in movie The Inception. I Googled this word to see its meaning and voila the suggested images had pictures of totems :D This made it quite easier when I searched for cartoons with totem :)

Here is link to first episode of this marvelous series :)
Paw Paws (Paw Paw Bears)

Saturday, November 06, 2010

La Phir Ik Baar Wohi Bada-o-Jaam

La Phir Ik Baar Wohi Bada-o-Jaam, Ay Saki!
(O Cup-bearer! Give me again that wine of love for Thee)

la phir ik baar wohi bada-o-jaam ay saqi
haath aa jaye mujhe mera maqaam ay saqi

teen so saal se hein hind ke maikhane bund
ub munasib hai tera faiz ho aam ay saqi

meri meenaye ghazal mein thi zara si baqi
shaikh kehta hai ke hai yeh bhi haram ay saqi

sher mardo se howa beshae tehqeeq tahi
reh gaye sufi-o-mulla ke ghulam ay saqi

ishq ki tegh-e-jigardar urali kis ne?
ilm ke haath mein khali hai nayam ay saqi

seena roshan ho to hai soz-o-sukhan ain hayat
hona roshan to sukhan marg-e-dawam ay saqi

tu meri raat ko mehtaab se mehroom na rakh
tere paimane mein hai maahe tamaam ay saqi

la phir ik baar wohi bada-o-jaam ay saqi
haath aa jaye mujhe mera maqaam ay saqi...

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O Cup—bearer! Give me again that wine of love for Thee;
Let me gain the place my soul desires.

My lyrical vein was all but dried up, still
The sheik decrees that, too, should be choked to death.

No trail now blazes in new fields of thought,
But blind slaves of sufies and mullahs survive.

Who snatched away the piercing sword of love?
Knowledge is left with an empty sheath alone.

With a luminous soul the power of song is life;
With a darkened soul that power is eternal death.

A full moon glistens in Thy brimful cup;
Deprive me not of its silver beams at night.

By Allamma Iqbal

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Shoe Charger

Concept Shoe Charger

I am thinking of making this device. The plan is to attach a hand press flash light to my shoes. The position of the charger should be to produce minimum hindrance for the walker. My guess is that part of foot between heel and mid of foot should not feel much pressure if this device is attached. Lets see when I get time to do this stuff.

Part 2 of this project would be to use the energy produced to charge mobile devices. Lets see how well this goes :)