my new canvas

i really like this picture. it was taken on my mum’s 63rd...

Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:38:06 +0000

i really like this picture.

it was taken on my mum’s 63rd birthday which she spent in hospital.

it’s one of the last pictures I have of her before she started to lose her hair

anyway i uploaded some more pictures to my flickr

my beautiful mum passed away on Wednesday 2nd December at...

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:31:48 +0000

my beautiful mum

passed away on Wednesday 2nd December at 1720

her funeral was today

i miss you mum

rest in peace

"save some money, buy a house, and get married. [me: “and then what”] and then you have..."

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:32:00 +0000

“save some money, buy a house, and get married.
[me: “and then what”]
and then you have children”

- my mum 19/11/09 :)

Dear Twitter, Thank you. Pravin twitter.com/pravinisram

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:45:04 +0000

Dear Twitter,

Thank you.

Pravin

twitter.com/pravinisram

"Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens."

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:03:22 +0000

“Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.”

- Carl Jung

i got my Google Wave invite today and saw this video and thought...

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:24:24 +0000

i got my Google Wave invite today and saw this video and thought it was useful.

"Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it. But it’s not...."

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:13:35 +0100

“Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it. But it’s not. It takes patience, it takes commitment, and it comes with plenty of failure along the way.
The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won’t.
It’s whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere.”

- Barack Obama

I really liked watching this

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:28:59 +0100

I really liked watching this

our last day together in Santiago, just as we were on our way to...

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:14:00 +0100

our last day together in Santiago, just as we were on our way to the airport to head off in our own separate directions.

(Santiago, Chile - 29/03/09)

"I find this sound quality stuff both fascinating and ridiculous. It’s like the pixel resolution of..."

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 01:23:00 +0100

“I find this sound quality stuff both fascinating and ridiculous. It’s like the pixel resolution of digital cameras: higher numbers are better, but that discussion always pushes the actual photography to one side, somehow.”

- Jonny Greenwood, on the sound quality of recorded music which can be found here!

"Humility… it amounts to a clear recognition of what and who we really are, followed by a..."

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:39:52 +0100

“Humility… it amounts to a clear recognition of what and who we really are, followed by a sincere attempt to become what we could be.”

“When you think that you are done… you are only 40%...

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:31:29 +0100

“When you think that you are done… you are only 40% into what your body is capable of doing… and that’s just a limit that we put on ourselves” - David Goggins

Last Day Dream - Chris Milk

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:46:35 +0100

Last Day Dream - Chris Milk

list of things to do before i'm 30.

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:45:00 +0100

ok i’ve been talking about this list for weeks now… so here is a 1st Draft so to speak.

there’s a lot missing from this list simply because i forgot to write them down when they came into my head… not to worry though because the plan is to stop adding to this list by the time i turn 25, in August 09.

i know some of these might seem lame - but they’re important to me.

then the aim will be to try and get as many done before i’m 30.

and you know what if i don’t make some of them i’ll just move them onto my list of things to do before i’m 40… or before i die :P

it’s quite remarkable the changes i have noticed in my focus/perspective on things since i wrote this list.

if anybody has any suggestions or know of important ones i have talked about but i have missed off, please get in contact with me.

I’ll update this again in a few weeks.

rock on!

go after one of my ideas
start a s/w company
fail then start another company
~~go to ICYPAA~~
visit jon in china
spend at least 6months in New York
spend some more time in Buneos Aires
move back to london again
travel scandinavia
visit moscow
see radiohead in a tiny intimate venue
~~see radiohead play in a different continent~~
see the album leaf
build a push bike from scratch
celebrate new years eve on the south bank
go to a TED conference
go to zurich
go to alaska
go to canada
go to whistler
go to antarctica
go to san francisco
~~go to south america~~
go to a world convention
do voluntary work for a cause I’m passionate about
find a cause I’m passionate about
go on a mens retreat
finish making amends
improve my french
learn spanish
learn how to ski/snowboard
learn how to sail
learn how to fish
~~go to a music festival in a different country~~
go to a music festival in a different continent
do a course on photography
learn how to prototype
revisit database things
learn how to use Java
have a rainy day fund
have a better understanding of economics
hang out with estelle again
watch at least 25 films from IMDB top 100
read at least 4 books per year until i’m 30
skydive
improve my maths / re-learn basic math
complete a TEFL course
try piano lessons

Tim Ferriss: How to feel like the Incredible...

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:22:06 +0100

Tim Ferriss: How to feel like the Incredible Hulk

“What’s the worst that could happen?” — is all you need to learn to do anything.

I watched this over the weekend and it stuck with me so i’m sharing it with you guys.

"The intellect has little to do on the road to discovery. There comes a leap in consciousness, call..."

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:05:48 +0000

“

The intellect has little to do on the road to discovery. There comes a leap in

consciousness, call it intuition or what you will, and the solution comes to

you and you don’t know how or why.

”

- Albert Einstein

David Merrill: Siftables, the toy blocks that think i watched...

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 23:16:00 +0000

David Merrill: Siftables, the toy blocks that think

i watched this on the journey home from work this evening - i thought it was really quite something

Bill Gates: How I’m trying to change the world now

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:01:00 +0000

Bill Gates: How I’m trying to change the world now

"Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?"

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:19:34 +0000

“Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?”

- Winnie the Poo

twitter

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:58:38 +0000

wow i haven’t posted anything here for a while

you can find my ramblings on twitter though

http://twitter.com/pravinisram

hopefully i’ll start making more regular updates in the coming weeks. I have a list of bits i’ve been meaning to post.

don’t hold your breath though…