Monday, August 31, 2009

A pleasant Surprise!

The thing i have been waiting for from the past 3 months has finally happened.It rained!!(no big deal)but it was a deluge.

DSC01671Not that i am complaining about it but its supposed to be the monson season now and it has been a disaster this year.There are almost drought conditions prevailing in my area and boy! this was totally unexpected .

DSC01654It was for a while that i could fully realise what was happening because i was sceptical it would fizzle out.On the contrary it went from strength to strength and the rain came down in torrents with  strong winds whipping up leaves and spraying water allaround.The next thing i did was to rush inside and grab my camera and started clicking away like mad.I didnt know why i did that may be because i wanted this to happen for many days now?

DSC01645It was only a matter of time before my dog began to jump about in the water...may be it was relishing the moment too..i had to run behind it and persuade it to ocme back in the house....but not before being drenched.

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Saturday, August 29, 2009

Progress through processors....

I was just going through some fan sites today when i noticed this application.Called progress through processors,Intel's initiative uses Idle time of CPU'S around the world who are connected to the gridrepublic which also runs various other not for profit initatives like climate control,rosetta home and reasearch for malaria in sub saharan africa

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This initiative excited  me and i decided to see how the whole system works.After logging into facebook and downloading the app,The software utilizes idle time of the CPU.

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A neat interface gives information on diskusage,resource statistics and available projects which we can join.intel1


Volunteer computing seems to be an ideal platform for organmizations who cannot afford the huge costs involved in purchasing and maintaining complex systems.The cloud has indeed made the world into a smaller place, a global village of sorts.Kudos to intel


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Saturday, August 22, 2009

India..beneath the mystery..beyond the history...

The trip to mysore with my college friends was an experience of a lifeime.It gave me an opportunity to study and find out about India's past filled with rich heritage and culture.

When i first visited the palace of the maharaja's of mysore as a kid i was not in a position to understand what such imposing structures as the palace made in the history of india.

The trip to mysore with my college friends was an experience of a lifeime.It gave me an opportunity to study and find out about India's past filled with rich heritage and culture.

When i first visited the palace of the maharaja's of mysore as a kid i was not in a position to understand what such imposing structures as the palace made in the history of india.

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But after visiting it now,i feel that my trip has some purpose to understand what my country was like even hundreds of years agon1017948846_124859_1197

.The huge imposing palaces with vast areas of green gardens,the dancing fountains dating back to hundreds of years which still work perfectly,the magnifiecient temples which give peace and tranqulity.

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The grandeur  of the brindavan gardens which gives a feeling of heaven on earth,The lush green coffee plantations all along the roads leading to mysore... all of this makes me go hullabol...

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Saturday, August 15, 2009

India turns 62...

At the stroke of midnight 62 years ago,India obtained independence from the british raj after being ruled and looted of its entire wealth.Before the british invaded and took control over india in the 1800's it was the richest country in the world with a GDP higher than that of the present United states.It took more than 55 years for india to become a formidable economic superpower in the present world league competing with China and its contemporaries.

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As a citizen of the indian repulblic,I salute the initiative taken by mahatma gandhi in a non violent way to obtain independence and spread the word of peace.Jay hind!

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Friday, August 14, 2009

Back to fedora once again

After tinkering for a long time with windows vista to check out its much touted security features,I switched back to Fedora-11  today which happens to be the latest avatar of the distro.Installation was fast and snappy.There are many things which i found common with both linux and vista like the UAC prompt and ASLR implementation at lower levels.Not that i hate it,but i was done with the memory hogging OS for quite some time.I never experienced a BSOD before,but when i got one due to a faulty ACPI driver which followed the death of my HDD i thought that it was enough.

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It took some time to figure out on how to use proprietary software codecs and get all kinds of formats to work but finally i had done it.I have also been tinkering with the Bash command prompt which  i am very found out in linux based systems .

Some exciting artwork discussions is going on the fedora ambassador's mailing  list including more effective ways of marketing the product.Due to the various DOS attacks taking place over the internet i assumed it was best for me to switch back to the very secure linux system

With the independence day coming up i feel the launch of fedora 11 has truly lived up to its tag line Freedom +Infinty=fedora

JAy ho!Mera Bharat mahan!

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Finally relief from the heavens!

After 4 months of Intense heat and Sunshine,the monsoon has finally kicked in with full force!.Just seeing the rain bearing clouds above is a rejuvenating factor for all of us.The immense heat waves have made  day to day work including travelling a big nightmare adding to the frequent power cuts due to water shortage in the Dams.

With borewells drying up and tap water on alternate days, we had to for the first time buy a tanker full of water for our needs!But hopefully this should improve by the month end.Expecting rainfall in the lots.I still remember making paper boats and playing in the water with my brother when we were kids,I hope that we could have such a good time again :) .

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I joined my brother last time to try out rain water harvesting to rejuvenate my borwell,and sure enough it worked well and water began to fill in again.This time we are well prepared before hand,using simple ingenious method of collecting excess rainwater on the roof top and allowing it to pass through a pipe sent inside the borewell .The monsoon is below expectations this time,hugely deficit across the country.But i will enjoy the rainfall even if it means for a less amount of time!


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Saturday, August 8, 2009

Its always "whats the next step?"

Growing up and studying in such a competitive environment has its own pro's and cons.When there was no recession it was all about IT and Technology,In the initial days of my graduation IT was booming with high paying jobs with all perks we expect.Unfortunatley my last days of school have been full of apprehensions about my future.Competing with millions of aspiring students all around has always being taken into consideration apart from pressure and excitment when planning for the future course of action

Interning at ogilvy has thrown some light on what other avenues I can explore and build my career path in a different manner which will hopefully end in a constructive manner.Its always whats the next step....

Growing up and studying in such a competitive environment has its own pro's and cons.When there was no recession it was all about IT and Technology,In the initial days of my graduation IT was booming with high paying jobs with all perks we expect.Unfortunatley my last days of school have been full of apprehensions about my future.Competing with millions of aspiring students all around has always being taken into consideration apart from pressure and excitment when planning for the future course of actionrecession-survival-entrepreneurs-300x289

Interning at ogilvy has thrown some light on what other avenues I can explore and build my career path in a different manner which will hopefully end in a constructive way.Its always whats the next step....