Of Blogs and Oranges..

Don’t give up on Paint so soon, bud!

This is a remake of a banksy original.

And this is inspired off a CNet Flash ad.

Indica V2 Xeta. Unfortunately mine is laid up in the garage.

Wacom Intuos 3 6×8, Photoshop CS2. From reference. Artwork available.

Exclusion or Inflation: Is there a third choice?

If one tries to include all strata of society in economic growth, everyone’s purchasing power increases.  Give the poor easy loans, and they’ll take the banks down when they default. Give them earning power, and they will vie for a piece of the limited pie you want – inflating everything from real estate prices to vegetable rates.

What’s the solution?

1) Exclude sections from economic growth?
Make the barrier between exclusion and inclusion higher, so that few cross it. Those who do, will be able to afford a quality life. Those who already do, remain that way. Those who can’t, get angry.

2) Include everyone, in a totally free market?
Lots of people are included in economic growth. Due to the paucity of resources, inflation grows. While the poor earn more, their rupee buys them less so they almost stagnate. At the same time some of those who were earlier rich find their worth decreasing. As it is always more painful to traverse Maslow’s pyramid the other way, the erstwhile rich cannot handle the drop. The (vocal) rich get angry at finding themselves poor.The poor don’t realise they are rich, since the target has shifted.

3) Exclude everyone?
Doesn’t make sense, since society stagnates.

So, we arrive at a new question: is Inclusion a zero-sum game?

An Intuos3 6×8 Graphics tablet. Yes, the Boy finally gave in to Temptation.

First day, playing with Photoshop. Back to the basics!

Okay, so I’m learning how to use a graphics tablet effectively. But right off the bat, this seems like one of the best investments in computer peripherals I’ve ever made. It’s slightly more tiring than a mouse as of now (with 4 hours of use), but the full-arm movements will definitely save my hand from being amputated due to RSI.

Peculiarly, you know what writing with the pressure sensitivity reminds me of?
Writing on an ATM receipt (you know, the ones that you can scratch on to leave a mark). Not surprisingly, those are pressure sensitive too.