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A fine weekday afternoon in SFO when for a change the sun god decided to show us pale residents something known all over the world as a season called “Summer”. The offices are wearing a pale look as everyone is on the streets to see this miracle.

I had a chance to get away for an hr and I shot tons of pictures, about 20 of which I am posting here. I also had a chance to go to the Wordpress HQ down at pier 38. Planning to cover the other half of the bay in a few days so consider this part 1. 

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For a long time I had it in my mind that the fixed width layout was a complete waste of pixel space. Considering how large our screens have become/how many more pixels our screens can now accomodate, the center aligned blog layout was a bit stiffling. So, for more than a couple of yrs, I have been experimenting furiously to come up with a layout that not only fills up the space, but also gives me flexibility to add more fun stuff that I like to.

But it turns out, the days of flexible width sites are over and no one seems to be designing anymore full screen layouts except for custom apps. I feel cheated by not giving me enough space on a large screen to fill stuff instead forcing me to go scrolling but as IA points out, it seems that there are more advantages to having centered fixed width layouts. And these guys are serious. 

So now the work begins on a centered theme that I am going to write myself!

Worked on a few plugins and templates this weekend and now I have this Lightbox plugin to display images in this very template. I have a sample gallery setup that I will fill up extensively over the next few days.  Just click on the image and you can navigate the whole set using the arrow keys.

Hope you like it and please tell me if it is otherwise.

… 2 months since I last posted here. Life has been hectic, crazy, long and a whole lot of more things.
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I finally went full time at my company after more than an yr of contracting. Had too, the market is too volatile for me to take a chance. Plus there is the visa thing.
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Moved to Berkeley! Finally a dream to live in a college town. Fabulous place, close to a hill, perfect commute to SFO. It’s a very very old place, in all senses.
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My first trip back home is inching closer and closer. 60 days to go. Really can’t wait. It’s been way too long.
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Got a photo blog finally setup after more than an yr of planning and planning. Will keep adding more to it. As always, I am still in search for a good template and a java app for displaying pics. 
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I got myself together and watched CNN-IBN last friday night for more than 4hrs for the election results. There seems to be no place for grace in victory or grace in defeat anymore. Pathetic host with a wonderful panel, totally wasted.  As far as the results go, I am disappointed, i guess, as always. 
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F1 is turing out to be intersting, finally. (Have to do a post on this soon?!)
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Was at IFFLA last month, watched 13 movies in 3 days. Quite an achievement for me. Some amazing films, some downright boring, as always. Sita Sings the blues is a wonderful film that i discovered there. It’s online, check it out.
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Have to start writing, again and need to find more things to do. Just been working and working and working…

To be very honest, I really hated SFO in the beginning. Having first come to the Conn and then experiencing the rains, snow and the Dunkin Donuts coffee of the east, SFO seemed a very dull and boring place. Took me a better part of the yr to go out and explore this place. Well, its never too late I guess… some of pics I took around this multi faceted city.

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Orkut, Facebook, blogs, pcitures, memories, stories, certificates, medals, headlines, I know-u know, youngest, biggest, best, looks, intelligence, money, cars… this rant

wats the pt?