Grad student, loves photography, biology, design & …. try{Typekit.load();}catch(e){}Tumblr (3.0; @bala)http://bala-chandar.com/“Photography is a small voice, at best, but sometimes one photograph, or a group of them, can lure our sense of awareness.”<br/><br/> - <em><strong>W. Eugene Smith</strong> (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://life.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">life</a>)</em>http://bala-chandar.com/post/17158103678http://bala-chandar.com/post/17158103678Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:04:53 +0100<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly3y4e6yWx1qh9qk0o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly3y4e6yWx1qh9qk0o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly3y4e6yWx1qh9qk0o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly3y4e6yWx1qh9qk0o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly3y4e6yWx1qh9qk0o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fybiology.tumblr.com/post/17042897947/wnycradiolab-if-you-only-look-at-one-russian" target="_blank">fybiology</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://wnycradiolab.tumblr.com/post/16177423180/if-you-only-look-at-one-russian-underwater" target="_blank">wnycradiolab</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>If you only look at one Russian underwater photography site today, make it <a href="http://clione.ru/gallery" title="Clione" target="_blank">this one</a>.  <a href="http://clione.ru/about" title="Alexander Semenov" target="_blank">Alexander Semenov</a> is doing some great work.  Here’s his equally impressive <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/a_semenov/" title="Alexander Semenov Flickr" target="_blank">Flickr stream</a>.</p> </blockquote> <p>oooo Semenov stuff that I’ve never seen before! Find ones I’ve previously posted here by searching his name in the FYB archive. :)</p> </blockquote>http://bala-chandar.com/post/17149476237http://bala-chandar.com/post/17149476237Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:05:37 +0100biologyphotographyseaocean“There must be more to life than having everything!”<br/><br/> - <em><strong>Maurice Sendak</strong></em>http://bala-chandar.com/post/15946100999http://bala-chandar.com/post/15946100999Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:31:39 +0100“Everything is Practice.”<br/><br/> - <em><strong>Pele</strong></em>http://bala-chandar.com/post/15945746302http://bala-chandar.com/post/15945746302Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:18:00 +0100inspirationquotes<iframe width="400" height="203" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3rHFNJnDPYY?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://curiositycounts.com/post/15777710078/every-presentation-ever" target="_blank">curiositycounts</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Every presentation, ever.</p> </blockquote>http://bala-chandar.com/post/15844292915http://bala-chandar.com/post/15844292915Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:56:20 +0100presentationpowerpointkeynote<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxsmmfyE8y1qzr04eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://bala-chandar.com/post/15844264958http://bala-chandar.com/post/15844264958Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:55:48 +0100<a href="http://www.miller-mccune.com/culture/how-the-unconscious-mind-boosts-creative-output-38841/">How the Unconscious Mind Boosts Creative Output</a>: <blockquote> <p>A study from the Netherlands finds allowing ideas to incubate in the back of the mind is, in a narrow sense, overrated. People who let their unconscious minds take a crack at a problem were no more adept at coming up with innovative solutions than those who consciously deliberated over the dilemma.</p> <p>But they did perform better on the vital second step of this process: determining which of their ideas was the most creative. That realization provides essential information; without it, how do you decide which solution you should actually try to implement?</p> </blockquote>http://bala-chandar.com/post/15722169916http://bala-chandar.com/post/15722169916Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:14:58 +0100<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxofilWUFq1qzr04eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://bala-chandar.com/post/15722124509http://bala-chandar.com/post/15722124509Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:13:00 +0100<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/1817787?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>Birth of an Idea: The Ride </strong>(from Brain Pickings)</p>http://bala-chandar.com/post/15722018576http://bala-chandar.com/post/15722018576Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:08:20 +0100<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/24302498" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/>http://bala-chandar.com/post/15617497057http://bala-chandar.com/post/15617497057Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:23:37 +0100creativityinspiration“Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. They deepen and widen and expand our sense of life: they feed the soul. When writers make us shake our heads with the exactness of their prose and their truths, and even make us laugh about ourselves or life, our buoyancy is restored. We are given a shot at dancing with, or at least clapping along with, the absurdity of life, instead of being squashed by it over and over again. It’s like singing on a boat during a terrible storm at sea. You can’t stop the raging storm, but singing can change the hearts and spirits of the people who are together on that ship.”<br/><br/> - <em><strong>Anne Lamott </strong>in one of <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/01/09/best-books-on-writing-reading/" target="_blank">9 essential books on reading and writing,</a> for a New Year’s resolution to read more and write better (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://curiositycounts.com/" target="_blank">curiositycounts</a>)</em>http://bala-chandar.com/post/15617472689http://bala-chandar.com/post/15617472689Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:22:23 +0100<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxhbiwKLja1qz4v04o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A rainy evening</p>http://bala-chandar.com/post/15506048636http://bala-chandar.com/post/15506048636Sun, 08 Jan 2012 13:18:00 +0100androidvignettehuawei x3mobile<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv54hiywqa1qzcq51o1_r1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fromme-toyou.tumblr.com/post/15406350612/swept-away" target="_blank">fromme-toyou</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em><strong><a href="http://fromme-toyou.tumblr.com/post/15400932531/swept-away" target="_blank">Swept away</a></strong>…</em></p> </blockquote>http://bala-chandar.com/post/15472801887http://bala-chandar.com/post/15472801887Sat, 07 Jan 2012 23:30:20 +0100<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxc5f5qYxD1qz4v04o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Street art!</p>http://bala-chandar.com/post/15350437870http://bala-chandar.com/post/15350437870Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:18:41 +0100<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxc550Ie4F1qz4v04o1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://bala-chandar.com/post/15350225545http://bala-chandar.com/post/15350225545Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:12:36 +0100<a href="http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/stellent/groups/corporatesite/@msh_peda/documents/web_document/wtdv033080.pdf">In an average meal, you eat around 150,000 km of DNA.</a>: <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://www.itsokaytobesmart.com/post/15222985811/in-an-average-meal-you-eat-around-150-000-km-of-dna" target="_blank">jtotheizzoe</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>… and other tidbits featured in Wellcome Trust’s “<a href="http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/stellent/groups/corporatesite/@msh_peda/documents/web_document/wtdv033080.pdf" target="_blank">The Big Picture: Little Book of Fast Facts</a>”</p> </blockquote>http://bala-chandar.com/post/15239722777http://bala-chandar.com/post/15239722777Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:44:44 +0100<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lx6ou8CbFF1qz4v04o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p> <a onmouseover="this.style.background='none';this.style.border='none'" style="border: 0; text-decoration: none; font-size: 20px; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;" href="http://getglue.com/conversation/balachandar/2012-01-02T18:32:29Z/?s=tu&ref=balachandar" target="_blank">I am reading Foundation’s Edge</a> </p> <p style="margin-top: 10px;"> <span style="border: 0; text-decoration: none; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"> Check-in to </span> <a onmouseover="this.style.background='none';this.style.border='none'" style="border: 0; text-decoration: none; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;" href="http://getglue.com/books/foundations_edge/isaac_asimov/?s=tu&ref=balachandar" target="_blank">Foundation’s Edge on GetGlue.com</a> </p>http://bala-chandar.com/post/15191918929http://bala-chandar.com/post/15191918929Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:32:32 +0100Foundation's Edgereading<a href="http://balachandar.in/2011/12/30/celebrity-headphones-is-it-really-worth-it/">Celebrity Headphones – Is it really worth it?</a>: <p><p style="text-align:justify;">I have been asked by a few friends about celebrity endorsed headphones like the “popular” Beats line from Dr.Dre and so on. Sadly I’ve never had the chance to try these out nor ever had an…</p></p>http://bala-chandar.com/post/15075152679http://bala-chandar.com/post/15075152679Sat, 31 Dec 2011 09:41:04 +0100<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwb0ygGHVk1qzicj3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://www.itsokaytobesmart.com/post/14990276707/freshphotons-schuhle-lewis-via-you-are-far" target="_blank">jtotheizzoe</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://freshphotons.tumblr.com/post/14989699930/schuhle-lewis-via" target="_blank">freshphotons</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://schuhlelewis.com/index.htm" target="_blank">Schuhle Lewis.</a> <a href="http://popperfont.net/2011/12/16/amazing-science-posters-by-schuhle-lewis-definitely-worth-a-look/" target="_blank">Via.</a></p> </blockquote> <p>You are far more than you.</p> </blockquote>http://bala-chandar.com/post/14992311884http://bala-chandar.com/post/14992311884Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:23:53 +0100<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/28304264" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/>http://bala-chandar.com/post/14524128252http://bala-chandar.com/post/14524128252Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:52:29 +0100