It’s my week for asking for help! For my homestudio, I need to soundproof acoustically treat a small area, and for that I need some of that egg-carton shaped foam that is usually used for packing things like motherboards. Some pics: Note – I do *not* need cardboard egg-cartons. I know where to get those, [...]

Lots of people visit my site every day, even more read my diary via RSS. So maybe one of you can help me out here: I am trying to find a source for a “Balans Chair”, also known as a “Kneeling Chair”. This a chair design that forces good/correct sitting posture, without the use of [...]

I have made some changes and shuffled a few things around on my sites – AtulChitnis.com, AtulChitnis.net and COMversations.com. Nothing that you should notice, but in case you *do* come across something that isn’t working like it did before, please let me know. Thanks!

[Update] Great summary of the issue can be read here. I am half Indian and half European. Both my homelands have now adopted policies related to software patents that undermine my professional and personal interests, in order to curry favour with a few companies in the USA. Is there any country I could consider migrating [...]

[UPDATE]: Permissions issue with photos link now fixed. Sorry folks, not enough coffee. Saturday evening finally saw the Radio City gig happening at Cubbon Park, featuring Phenom and Thermal and a Quarter. And it certainly was a night to remember, in many more ways than one, for everyone who was there. Read the rest of [...]

And so, finally, Phenom‘s entire album is out, with the release of “Coloured for this World” yesterday, and “Unbound” earlier this morning. All that’s left now is that people download the songs, listen to them, discuss/comment/criticise them, in forums, mailing lists, journals, blogs, or wherever you normally voice your thoughts and opinions. Point others at [...]

Question: What’s better than getting many cards from your friends and loved ones on your birthday? Answer: Getting *one* card – signed by almost everyone of your friends and loved ones. Even better – getting handed that card, with nearly all of them around you. Read the rest of this entry…

Heh – cool! My favourite little rock band – Phenom, just announced that they are going to play one of their most important gigs ever: they are performing at the Airtel Radiocity Live, Chapter 1 concert on February 26th, in Cubbon Park, Bangalore. Why is this an important gig for Phenom? Because for the first [...]

For those of you who get the Bangalore edition of the Indian Express, check the back page of today’s CityExpress supplement. The article “SPACE jam” is about rock groups not being able to find places to practice in, and quotes Mrinal about problems for the group after graduating, saying “After that, it was some guy‘s [...]

Three years ago, I had put out a plea for help when I was looking for a song – the song used in a Bridgestone Tyres advertisement on TV. This was the text of the diary entry: Help! That new Bridgestone tyres advertisement jingle is stuck in my head! The one that shows a car [...]