Hobbies

I'm fond of reading, cooking, and swimming. And I have started enjoying hiking, a lot. I'm very open to recommendations of good hikes around Atlanta, or sci-fi and fantasy books.

Music
Beatles radio from shoutcast.
Pandora

Books

Currently reading: Pattern Recognition

Previous (since 2010):

1. The Golden Gate
   
2. Dune
   
3. Ender's Game
   
4. Stranger in a Strange Land
   
5. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
   
6. The Dispossessed
   
7. A Short History of Nearly Everything
   
8. Kafka on the Shore
   
9. A Deepness in the Sky
10. Outliers
11. The Kite Runner
    
12. American Gods
13. Mahabharat (C. Rajagopalachari)
14. How to Win Friends and Influence People
15. The Earthsea Series (A Wizard of Earthsea, The Tombs of Atuan, The Farthest Shore, Tehanu)

Somewhat Miscellaneous

1. Marc Raibert on Good Writing

Hiking Pictures

Most of the hikes (not close to Atlanta) that I have done since the summer of 2008, and would love to do again.







Mount Si (close to Seattle) [March 2012]










 
Wank Mountain in Bavarian pre-Alps (close to Munich). [July 2011]







Sigiriya, Sri Lanka. [Dec 2010]








Close to the Fushimi Inari shrine in Kyoto. [Sept 2010]










Exit Glacier in Seward, Alaska. [May 2010]













Another beautiful hike in Seward, Alaska. [May 2010]






Yosemite, California. (I need to go back at least once for the half dome hike). [May 2009]






First time geocaching. Portola Redwoods, California. Thanks Matt and Alex! [August 2008]






Muir Woods, California. [July 2008]





Hiking Around Atlanta
Unicoi State Park, especially the Smith Creek Trail to Anna Ruby falls.
Kennesaw Mountain
Amicalola Falls
Raven Cliff Falls
Red Top Mountain
Bear Creek Trail. This is different from the Bear Creek Loop Trail.
Smoky mountains
Stone mountain
East Palisades loop hike