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Yesterday I saw a film - Metropolis. I still have no idea how I sat through the whole film. Not that it is a bad film - it is credited by many as a great milestone. Still, I could not enjoy it a bit. These are the reason for that…
It was black and white
It was [...]
My brother and I have separate systems. Mine is a brand new AMD X2 system - but my brother is using a considerably older machine. Lately everything seems to go wrong with it.
RAM
First to go was the RAM. Simtronics 512 MB. One fine day the computer stopped booting. At first I had no idea what [...]
I am going to upgrade the WordPress software used in this blog. Expect some down time. I am upgrading from 2.0.1 to 2.1.3
Since I have a lot of WordPress sites, it will be more easier to manage if I use the same version everywhere.
I will let you know after the upgrade is over.
Update: Done! [...]
The LUG that I am a member of conducted a Seminar on Free And Open Source Software Principles and Philosophies for the Gandhi Peace foundation. It was held on Saturday 7th April 2007 at Gandhi Bhavan, Kacharipaddy, Cochin.
Only a few people attended - but as a result, the seminar was very interactive. We were amazed [...]
I bought a new system today - the configuration is…
Component
Brand
Price
Processor
AMD 64bit X2
4100
Motherboard
Asrock MB AM2NF6G-VSTA
2800
RAM
DDR2 RAM 1GB(677) x 2
7160 = 3580×2
Hard Disk
Seagate SATA HDD 160 GB
2475
Cabinet
Cabinet KM
1250
Optical Drive
DVD Writer Sony
1750
UPS
UPS 500A Wipro
1683
Mouse
Mouse Logitech Optical
365
I spend a total of 21583 Rs on this. I still have not assembled it - I will do that tomorrow.
If the [...]
I have been meaning to by “The Mythical Man-Month” by Frederick P Brooks for some time now. Yesterday, I read a post on how to be a better programmer which recommended this book. That was the tipping point for me. Today, I went to Ernakulam and bought this book.
I bought it from “Computer Book Store” [...]
In the last post, I promised to show you the way to beat KSEB and their nefarious schemes. I called that method TTR - or Total Time Reversal. But in the days between the promise and this post, there is a small change in plans. I found that total time reversal was not for me [...]
After my announcement about retirement from active rat racing, KSEB have begun a campaign to make me regret my decision. I can see them sitting in fancy chairs and stroking white felines saying stuff like So, Binny thinks he can escape the rat race, huh. We will show him, won’t we.<Evil laugh>
After laughing for a [...]
The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.
Lily Tomlin
A week ago, I quit the rat race. Now I am an freelance web developer. One week - no complaints yet.
After two years of service, I decided to leave Reubro International. I joined there around March 2005 as [...]
2006 was a great year for me - got a lot of things done. Created lot of sites, and made it a paying job. I just hope 2007 would be just as good - if not better.
I hope that this case is true in your life too. If not, hey, its another year.
Some of the [...]