<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en"><generator uri="https://jekyllrb.com/" version="4.4.1">Jekyll</generator><link href="https://droidkid.github.io/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="https://droidkid.github.io/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" hreflang="en"/><updated>2026-01-17T18:28:39+00:00</updated><id>https://droidkid.github.io/feed.xml</id><title type="html">blank</title><subtitle>PhD student in Computer Science at Northeastern University, working on data structures. </subtitle><entry><title type="html">US Road trip Part 4 – Great Smoky Mountains, Shenandoah, Washington D.C and reaching Boston</title><link href="https://droidkid.github.io/blog/2025/us-road-trip-part-4-great-smoky-mountains-shenandoah-washington-dc-and-reaching-boston/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="US Road trip Part 4 – Great Smoky Mountains, Shenandoah, Washington D.C and reaching Boston"/><published>2025-03-22T22:27:22+00:00</published><updated>2025-03-22T22:27:22+00:00</updated><id>https://droidkid.github.io/blog/2025/us-road-trip-part-4--great-smoky-mountains-shenandoah-washington-dc-and-reaching-boston</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://droidkid.github.io/blog/2025/us-road-trip-part-4-great-smoky-mountains-shenandoah-washington-dc-and-reaching-boston/"><![CDATA[]]></content><author><name></name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[Wow, I really procrastinated on writing this blog post. It&#8217;s been 3 months since I finished the trip and reached Boston. Anyways, the last blog post covered my trip until Birmingham, reaching Knoxville well past midnight. I checked out in the morning and continued making my way to Boston. Along the way, I visited the &#8230; Continue reading US Road trip Part 4 &#8211; Great Smoky Mountains, Shenandoah, Washington D.C and reaching&#160;Boston &#8594;]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">US Road Trip, Part 3: New Orleans and Birmingham</title><link href="https://droidkid.github.io/blog/2025/us-road-trip-part-3-new-orleans-and-birmingham/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="US Road Trip, Part 3: New Orleans and Birmingham"/><published>2025-03-03T06:27:45+00:00</published><updated>2025-03-03T06:27:45+00:00</updated><id>https://droidkid.github.io/blog/2025/us-road-trip-part-3-new-orleans-and-birmingham</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://droidkid.github.io/blog/2025/us-road-trip-part-3-new-orleans-and-birmingham/"><![CDATA[]]></content><author><name></name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[After leaving Houston, I drove to New Orleans, taking the I-10 via Baton Rouge. I found this part of the drive to be very frustrating. The I-10 for the most part was a single lane that was always backed up with trucks. I got off the I-10 and drove through some of the towns for &#8230; Continue reading US Road Trip, Part 3: New Orleans and&#160;Birmingham &#8594;]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">US Road Trip Part 2 – Santa Fe, Breaking Bad and Texas</title><link href="https://droidkid.github.io/blog/2025/us-road-trip-part-2-santa-fe-breaking-bad-and-texas/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="US Road Trip Part 2 – Santa Fe, Breaking Bad and Texas"/><published>2025-02-13T15:11:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-02-13T15:11:00+00:00</updated><id>https://droidkid.github.io/blog/2025/us-road-trip-part-2--santa-fe-breaking-bad-and-texas</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://droidkid.github.io/blog/2025/us-road-trip-part-2-santa-fe-breaking-bad-and-texas/"><![CDATA[]]></content><author><name></name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[I&#8217;m dragging my feet a bit in posting this series. The last post covered the first few days of the trip (Utah to Moab and on route to Santa Fe). I reached Santa Fe at about at around midnight. I decided to stay for a day instead of leaving the next morning. That would give &#8230; Continue reading US Road Trip Part 2 &#8211; Santa Fe, Breaking Bad and&#160;Texas &#8594;]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">US Road Trip – Getting started, Arches National Park &amp;amp; Four Corners</title><link href="https://droidkid.github.io/blog/2025/us-road-trip-getting-started-arches-national-park-four-corners/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="US Road Trip – Getting started, Arches National Park &amp;amp; Four Corners"/><published>2025-01-19T05:54:47+00:00</published><updated>2025-01-19T05:54:47+00:00</updated><id>https://droidkid.github.io/blog/2025/us-road-trip--getting-started-arches-national-park--four-corners</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://droidkid.github.io/blog/2025/us-road-trip-getting-started-arches-national-park-four-corners/"><![CDATA[]]></content><author><name></name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a while since I last posted. The big news is that I&#8217;ve transferred universities! My advisor has moved to Northeastern University, and I&#8217;ve moved along with him. I do miss the friends I&#8217;ve made at Salt Lake City and at the UofU. I&#8217;ll especially miss the cricket sessions, hikes and in-person guitar lessons. &#8230; Continue reading US Road Trip &#8211; Getting started, Arches National Park &#38; Four&#160;Corners &#8594;]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Keeping things simple, Summer 2024</title><link href="https://droidkid.github.io/blog/2024/keeping-things-simple-summer-2024/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Keeping things simple, Summer 2024"/><published>2024-05-06T00:06:47+00:00</published><updated>2024-05-06T00:06:47+00:00</updated><id>https://droidkid.github.io/blog/2024/keeping-things-simple-summer-2024</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://droidkid.github.io/blog/2024/keeping-things-simple-summer-2024/"><![CDATA[]]></content><author><name></name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[The Fall 2024 semester just got over and it&#8217;s time for the summer is about to start. It was a very satisfying semester academically. I was happy with the two courses I took this and research progress. The first course, Advanced Computer Architecture had lots of discussion on papers related to formal specifications of memory &#8230; Continue reading Keeping things simple, Summer&#160;2024 &#8594;]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Blogging again, on being tired</title><link href="https://droidkid.github.io/blog/2023/blogging-again-on-being-tired/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Blogging again, on being tired"/><published>2023-12-26T03:54:19+00:00</published><updated>2023-12-26T03:54:19+00:00</updated><id>https://droidkid.github.io/blog/2023/blogging-again-on-being-tired</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://droidkid.github.io/blog/2023/blogging-again-on-being-tired/"><![CDATA[]]></content><author><name></name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a while since I blogged. A lot has happened since then. I was wondering how to restart this, but a cold start is the cleanest way. I&#8217;ll write in more detail about the larger life changes in later blog posts, I won&#8217;t promise when. I didn&#8217;t plan this one, I&#8217;m just writing it &#8230; Continue reading Blogging again, on being&#160;tired &#8594;]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">A bit of travel, catching up with friends and other things</title><link href="https://droidkid.github.io/blog/2021/a-bit-of-travel-catching-up-with-friends-and-other-things/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="A bit of travel, catching up with friends and other things"/><published>2021-12-13T17:03:10+00:00</published><updated>2021-12-13T17:03:10+00:00</updated><id>https://droidkid.github.io/blog/2021/a-bit-of-travel-catching-up-with-friends-and-other-things</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://droidkid.github.io/blog/2021/a-bit-of-travel-catching-up-with-friends-and-other-things/"><![CDATA[]]></content><author><name></name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[Travelling to Ahmedabad to attend a friend&#8217;s wedding was the highlight of the last few weeks. The wedding was festive, with lots of high energy dancing and celebrations. Practicing and performing together as a group to perform on stage for the Sangeet was definitely something I&#8217;m not going to forget for a long time. It &#8230; Continue reading A bit of travel, catching up with friends and other&#160;things &#8594;]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">College applications, Dota 2 Detox and more</title><link href="https://droidkid.github.io/blog/2021/college-applications-dota-2-detox-and-more/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="College applications, Dota 2 Detox and more"/><published>2021-11-22T17:32:34+00:00</published><updated>2021-11-22T17:32:34+00:00</updated><id>https://droidkid.github.io/blog/2021/college-applications-dota-2-detox-and-more</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://droidkid.github.io/blog/2021/college-applications-dota-2-detox-and-more/"><![CDATA[]]></content><author><name></name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a while, been busy filling out college applications, writing my personal statement and reaching out for letter of recommendations. I think that part is over, now to just sit tight, wait and pray. I should be back to my weekly schedule of blogging now and spend more time on interesting projects and experiments. &#8230; Continue reading College applications, Dota 2 Detox and&#160;more &#8594;]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Weekly Update Oct 19-25</title><link href="https://droidkid.github.io/blog/2021/weekly-update-oct-19-25/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Weekly Update Oct 19-25"/><published>2021-10-25T17:27:10+00:00</published><updated>2021-10-25T17:27:10+00:00</updated><id>https://droidkid.github.io/blog/2021/weekly-update-oct-19-25</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://droidkid.github.io/blog/2021/weekly-update-oct-19-25/"><![CDATA[]]></content><author><name></name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[Computer Graphics: After Ray Tracing, going to explore some rasterization techniques. Shadertoy seems to be the quickest way to get something quick going. Been playing with GLSL this week, learning about shader, following along with Book of Shaders, which is a fantastic resource. Generative art looks cool, maybe that will help me finally draw (haven&#8217;t &#8230; Continue reading Weekly Update Oct&#160;19-25 &#8594;]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Weekly Update Oct 12 – 18</title><link href="https://droidkid.github.io/blog/2021/weekly-update-oct-12-18/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Weekly Update Oct 12 – 18"/><published>2021-10-18T18:07:55+00:00</published><updated>2021-10-18T18:07:55+00:00</updated><id>https://droidkid.github.io/blog/2021/weekly-update-oct-12--18</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://droidkid.github.io/blog/2021/weekly-update-oct-12-18/"><![CDATA[]]></content><author><name></name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[This is going to be a short update, spent last week watch a lot of TI10. Drafting my Statement of Purpose has been eating up a lot of my time, and I&#8217;m nowhere near close to done. Hopefully I&#8217;ll get it done by the end of this week. Computer Graphics: Rendering Triangles from obj files &#8230; Continue reading Weekly Update Oct 12 &#8211;&#160;18 &#8594;]]></summary></entry></feed>