Year 2022 in Review

Year 2022 is kind to me several ways, Overall decent year I would say and here are somethings I really enjoyed.


  • 663 miles ran during this year 
    • It is more than the distance between Bentonville, AR to Minneapolis, MN.
  • Read 18 books this year. 
    • http://jnsuryaprakash.blogspot.com/2009/03/books-i-read.html for the books i read so far And here is my good reads link  https://www.goodreads.com/friend/i?feature=friend-invite-   url&invite_token=YzliNTcwNjItZmYwMi00YmZiLTk3ZDktYWRiNmY5OWRmYjIy
  • 17 blogs written refer http://jnsuryaprakash.blogspot.com/
  • More than 300 games of chess. Still struggling with ELO 1500 rated bots.

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