CRUSADES

Recently i started reading a book on Crusades. Its actually a 3  volume collection from Steven Runciman. I have finished vol 1. I was always amazed by the word of crusades. So it was a very interesting experience for me. Book is very well written. Runciman gives an excellent pre-Crusades analysis to explain the the reason and need for Crusade movement. Besides all the enjoyment in reading the book i also learnt some new things. I concluded that even all the crisis we are facing today worldwide we are still living a much better life than those times. I read how human beings have massacred the earth and butchered each other. Some things i read it was hard to imagine that such a thing humans can do. So we have  lost our humanity for quite a long time now. This thirst for power is not new in human beings. I hope that one day a better day will come and world will be a better place. Although some say hope is a sickness. We should learn to love to each other. Nothing in this world is better or has more worth than a human being.

“Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.” 
― Carl Sagan, Cosmos

“If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.” 
― Mother Teresa

Internet of Things (IoT)

With advancement in embedded technology and microprocessor technology, it is now the dawn of IoT. This technology is going to impact on our lives in massive ways. It is going to change the way we think, we eat , we shop and alot of other things. The impact on industry might be equal to industrial revolution of 19th century(to be precise). So IoT has become a buzz word nowadays. Just google it and you will realize it importance. You cant see some of the investment and ROI stats from Gartner. They are interesting. 

              Okay enough of beating around the bush. Actually i recently had a chance to work on IoT. It was a suggestion from one of my teachers. My CS50 course was almost complete final project remaing and i was searching for something to work on for final project. It was good timing and a good suggestion. At the beginning i wasnt even aware of the term. So i started my research and soon started to get some idea about it. I started to get bore soon because of my ignorance of theory always. I like to practical in CS related stuff. So i bought some hardware which included a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B, a credit card sized microprocessor, an Arduino UNO, some sensors and other related hardware. I will telling in detail when i will publish my project. I started playing with this hardware. It was amazing once I set a very basic IoT with the help of Ubidots Cloud and Android SDK but it was tough especially the android part. I will be explaining in detail later. If someone is urgent, email me. 

          Later i moved from Ubidots to Thingspeak for some reasons. It has some powerful features specially the analytics thing. Okay enough i guess.

Take care. 

A TRANSFORMATION

I have no added any post for some time now. Today finally i made up my mind after so many days procrastination. I have been actually going through a period of transformation recently. Thats the simplest way to say what has been happening. I actually had a interest in books but i was detached from them for a long time. In my this semester i started reading again and they are changing me in amazing ways. I like reading about the topics which normally people dont like even to discuss. Topics like Philosophy, History, Other Complicated type of books. I also like to read about computer science. Although i have not read many books. But I know that reading is a hobby i am never going to leave in my life. I would be reading Liberal Arts in future as well. I think everyone should read books because they liberate you. But not all books. I signed up for goodreads in 2015 and i have been adding books since then. You can see my lists here. I will be explaining further about this transformation and dilemma the people nowadays are living in. I think everybody should start asking some questions from himself. Like about purpose of life and about the things we do. How us and these things effect others. Just some food for thought. Excuse me for my English. I will be learning that as well. Okay i think its enough. Thanks.

We are not our Khakis.

 We buy things we dont need to impress people we dont like.

(Have you seen Fight Club movie. If not go watch that one.)