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Move to wordpress
I'm finally moving my blog here. After having used livejournal since the time i started blogging, i finally got my act together and moved to something a lot nicer. I'm still fiddling around with the wordpress theme and pages, so please excuse me if something doesn't work right. Thanks to the impressive import function available in wordpress, i ( Read more... ) -
Ducking Google search
Google is an awesome company. I like a few things they do. I especially liked their now defunct, google code search, which was extremely helpful for looking up code, instead of having to download source.
There are a few things that i totally dislike in the newer google search interface though. As much as it has retained its simplicity, in look and ( Read more... ) -
Some days...
....are just bad days. Nothing falls into place. All the effort seems futile. Everything seems totally pointless. And this existence, a big burden.
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NetworkManager with alternate desktops
I use Xmonad. Its simple, its light-weight, and it just works most of the time, i haven't seen it broken between updates. Essentially, the usual set of reasons why we all stick to some piece of software that works. And I've realised lately, that i've been using less of the Gnome Software Stack. For instance, I gave up on using Evolution for gnus, ( Read more... ) -
Open Source and security
I came across an interesting and a very informational post by Thomas Koch while reading planet.debian.org. And I really believe that this has to be talked about a lot more, Primarily to create awareness among novice (and seasoned) users of FOSS.
It is a common practice with most of us to download source tarballs and binary packages from all over the ( Read more... ) -
K&RIP!
Dennis Ritchie passed away.
It is indeed a sad day.
I started using computers when in university (I was 18 then). And in the last 14 years, I have been using both C and Unix (and its variants, Linux mostly). And if I look around, most of the devices that I have, including but not limited to, my laptop, my phone, my desktop at work, use C and Unix ( ( Read more... ) -
First week in Dublin
Its been a week exactly since we landed in Ireland. And except for those initial hiccups mentioned in my earlier post, its been a good trip so far. A lot of roaming around and seeing places plus work were the highlights of the week that went by.
Irish are fun loving people. They have fun and frolic written all over the place. They have fun doing ( Read more... ) -
Dublin - First Post (written earlier, posted late)
(originally written on May 17th)
Its been 2 long days since i left india. And its been ok. Work starts from tomorrow. All i have been doing until now is go around Dublin.
This trip was off to a bad start since the beginning. We (me and abhijit, my team-mate at work) - had to wait in the Bengaluru Airport for more than a couple of hours, because ( Read more... ) -
Opensolaris (snv 111)
The next scheduled release of Opensolaris is 2009.06. This will be based on snv111. I just recently upgraded to dev snapshot of Opensolaris. And i should say, this release is indeed great. A lot of nitty-gritties have been taken care of.
* The boot-up time has considerably improved. On my Dell Precsion M4400(intel centrino 2.5Ghz, 4 Gig RAM) - it ( Read more... ) -
And the Oscar goes to...
By now, all of us already now about 'Slumdog Millionaires' success at the Oscars. This was a culmination of sorts after all the awards the movie received at the BAFTA and Golden Globe. With all the attention Slumdog was receiving, it was not surprising that the movie won 8 oscars. And our own A R Rahman, has got the much deserved international ( Read more... )