This blog began as a diary of sorts: collecting the occasional dilemma, the grand aspiration, or the seemingly remarkable discovery of bygone days. Nowadays it is primarily about computer programming and open-source software.

పల్లె ప్రాంగణంలో ఒక పిచ్చుక
On a village porch, a sparrow.

1  Myself

By day, I am an EDA engineer. By night, I am a developer of open-source software.

Previously, I was a graduate student of Computer Architecture at the University of California, Santa Cruz. I completed my bachelor’s degree with honors at the same university while majoring in Computer Engineering and specializing in Systems Programming.

During my undergraduate days, I was an active member of the School of Engineering’s Honor Society. I especially enjoyed helping them develop the robot shown here.

1.1  Interests

I know the following languages, listed in descending order (most fluent first, least fluent last):

1. English (English)
2. తెలుగు (Telugu)
3. हिंदि (Hindi)
4. Español (Spanish)
5. 日本語 (Japanese)

I love computer programming! In particular, nothing has brought me more joy than my fortunate encounter with the Ruby language back in December 2005. Since then, Ruby has strengthened my perception and renewed my enthusiasm for learning. Thank you Matz!

I am a proud user of the GNU/Linux operating system since 2002. From humble beginnings in RedHat Linux 6.3, I travelled to Mandrake Linux 7.2 and Fedora Core 3 before finally settling down on Ubuntu Linux 5.04.

1.2  Contact

You may send me an e-mail; but please try to encrypt your message using my PGP public key first.

2  Links

• వ్యాసములు Articles — on this blog.
• Dvorak layout
• Kinesis keyboard
• AlphaGrip keyboard
• Favorite APOD
• Ubuntu GNU/Linux
• స్వేచ్ఛ freedom
• వికీపీడియా wikipedia

2.1  Projects

Here are open-source works that I have been involved in.

• Recur — I’m still dreaming about this one!
• Rumai — Ruby interface to the wmii window manager
• OpenAG5 — open firmware and device documentation for the AlphaGrip5 keyboard
• Gerbil — extensible document generator
• Rassmalog — static blog engine
• Ruby-VPI — Ruby interface to IEEE 1364-2005 Verilog VPI
• Ruby-IXP — Ruby interface to the 9P2000 protocol
• Telugu RTS for IIIMF
• For each File — convenient for-loop for GNU Bash shell
• Various scripts — shell scripts, one-off utils, fun.

2.2  Tools

Invaluable tools! How could I ever live without them?

• Ruby
• jEdit
• wmii
• Darcs
• LyX